Burger & Beyond’s Soho outpost pairs 40-day dry-aged patties with what might be the best burger cheese in the city, and a genuinely good weekday lunch deal that’s never once let us down.
Burger & Beyond started life as an Essex food truck before building enough of a following to open permanent sites across London, and the two-floor Old Compton Street spot is the Soho branch of that expansion, tucked into the heart of the neighbourhood a few minutes from Tottenham Court Road. The signature order is The Bougie, two patties of 40-day dry-aged beef stacked with molten American cheese, steak sauce, marrownaise and beef fat onions. The beef is rich and properly grassy, it sings through every bite rather than getting lost under the toppings, and the cheese might be the best you’ll find wrapped around a burger anywhere in London. There’s a spicier Picante Deluxe layered with habanero glaze if you want heat over richness, and for anyone after something other than a burger entirely, a Bavette steak made from British Shorthorn and Hereford cattle reared in the Peak District, served with fries and chimichurri.
The sides back it up rather than playing second fiddle: the fries arrive properly crispy rather than the soft, steamed-in-their-own-box version too many burger spots serve, and corn ribs glossed in a vegan nduja butter are a proper standout, charred at the edges and worth ordering even if you think you don’t need a side with a burger this size. Bone marrow gravy and burnt butter mayo are both worth the extra pot on the table. This is a spot that’s proven itself reliable on repeat visits, for lunch or dinner, rather than a one-hit wonder riding an opening-week queue.
The lunch deal that makes this an easy weekday order
Burger & Beyond runs a dedicated lunch menu Monday to Friday, midday to 3pm, and it’s the detail that pushes this from “good burger, occasionally” into “genuinely useful Soho lunch spot.” A burger and fries comes in at £15 during that window, a proper discount on the à la carte prices for a burger that’s actually using 40-day dry-aged beef rather than a bulked-out frozen patty.
The verdict: Burger & Beyond Soho does what a good neighbourhood burger spot should, deliver on the burger itself without making the whole experience precious about it, and the lunch deal genuinely earns its place as a reason to go rather than just a bonus. It’s a spot that’s never let us down across lunches and dinners alike, and that kind of consistency is rarer than it should be on a street this well-trodden.
Rating: 4/5
Need to know
- Address: 10 Old Compton Street, Soho, London W1D 4TF
- Nearest station: Tottenham Court Road (4-minute walk)
- Opening hours: Mon–Wed & Sun 12pm–10pm, Thu–Sat 12pm–11pm
- Website: burgerandbeyond.co.uk/soho
- Price: ££ (mains roughly £14–£20; lunch deal £15, Mon–Fri, 12pm–3pm)
“A genuinely good neighbourhood burger, never once let us down across lunches and dinners, and the £15 weekday lunch deal is reason enough on its own.”
