Five Guys London: Covent Garden Address, Menu, Hours and Reviews
The UK's first Five Guys opened at 1-3 Long Acre in 2013. Verified address, hours, menu, reviews and the other central London branches.
The best-known Five Guys in London is Five Guys Burgers and Fries Covent Garden, at 1-3 Long Acre, London WC2E 9LH (phone 020 7046 7840). It opened on 4 July 2013, the first Five Guys in the UK. According to the Covent Garden district website, it opens at 10:30am every day and closes at 11:30pm Monday to Thursday, midnight on Friday and Saturday, and 10:30pm on Sunday. TripAdvisor gives it 3.9/5 from about 2,800 reviews. The chain now has close to 50 branches in Greater London, but this is the original. It’s also the one most visitors pass in the West End.
I checked every detail here on 7 October 2026 against the official Five Guys UK locator, the UK menu, allergen and halal pages, the Covent Garden district website, TripAdvisor and the trade press. Each fact names its source. Where I couldn’t confirm something, such as most prices, I say so and leave it out.
Five Guys Covent Garden at a glance: address, phone and services
Five Guys Covent Garden is a counter-service burger restaurant at 1-3 Long Acre, WC2E 9LH, with eat-in, takeaway, Click & Collect, delivery and outdoor seating. The details below come from the official Five Guys locator page and the Covent Garden brand directory, both checked on 7 October 2026.
| Detail | Five Guys Covent Garden |
|---|---|
| Official name | Five Guys Burgers and Fries Covent Garden |
| Address | 1-3 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9LH |
| Phone | 020 7046 7840 (+44 20 7046 7840 from abroad) |
| GPS (published by Five Guys) | 51.511843, -0.1267793 |
| Services | Eat-in, takeaway, Click & Collect, delivery, outdoor seating |
| Delivery partners | Just Eat, Deliveroo, Uber Eats |
| Online ordering | order.fiveguys.co.uk and the Five Guys app |
| Payment | Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay, Google Pay, cash |
| Loyalty | Five Guys Rewards via Apple Wallet or Google Wallet |
| Table booking | Not offered on the official listing (order at the counter) |
The closest Tube stations are Covent Garden (Piccadilly line) and Leicester Square (Northern and Piccadilly lines). None of my sources mention parking, and this is the West End anyway: take the Tube.
Map of Five Guys London Covent Garden at 1-3 Long Acre (51.511843, -0.1267793), between Covent Garden and Leicester Square Tube stations, with the Piccadilly Circus (Coventry St) and Oxford Circus branches to the west. (Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL)
Step-free access, accessible toilets, Wi-Fi and seat numbers aren’t covered by any official source I checked. If they matter to you, call before you go.
Five Guys London opening hours
Five Guys Covent Garden opens at 10:30am daily and stays open latest on Friday and Saturday, until midnight. These hours come from the Covent Garden district website, checked on 7 October 2026:
| Day | Opening hours |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | 10:30am – 11:30pm |
| Friday and Saturday | 10:30am – midnight |
| Sunday | 10:30am – 10:30pm |
Check on the day. The official locator loads its hours dynamically and I couldn’t read them there. Time Out’s 2013 opening listing gave a 2am weekend close, so the hours have changed at least once. Midnight still leaves time for a burger after a West End show, which is when I’d go.
In December 2019, Five Guys launched a breakfast menu in four restaurants, Covent Garden among them (The Caterer). Whether Covent Garden still serves it in 2026, and at what times, I couldn’t confirm.
Five Guys London menu: what’s on it
The Five Guys London menu is the national UK menu: burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches, fries, milkshakes and bottomless soft drinks. The official UK menu lists:
- Burgers in regular and Little sizes, built to order with up to 15 free toppings. Five Guys claims “more than 250,000 possible topping combinations”.
- Hot dogs and sandwiches, including a BLT.
- Breakfast (egg, cheese, bacon) at participating restaurants.
- Fries, Five Guys style or Cajun, hand-cut every day and cooked in 100% refined peanut oil.
- Milkshakes on a vanilla base with mix-ins. A limited-edition Coffee Milkshake was listed when I checked.
- Bottomless soft drinks.
- A kids’ menu from £7.50.
The Five Guys London menu board at Covent Garden in its opening week, July 2013 (prices shown are from 2013, not current). (Photo: Ewan Munro (Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/9266092113), CC BY-SA 2.0)
Five Guys says its patties are 80/20 ground beef “with no additives or fillers” (nutrition and allergy page), and the locator page adds that its restaurants have “no freezers”. Visit London and the Covent Garden district site go further and call the beef Scottish, or Scottish and Irish. Neither the official menu nor the allergen page says so. Treat that as their claim, not the chain’s.
What to order at Five Guys on a first visit
Order a Little Hamburger or Little Cheeseburger and one portion of fries to share. The Little has one patty, the regular two, and for most people one is enough once the fries arrive. TripAdvisor reviewers keep calling the fries portions generous, so one bag between two is usually plenty. Go Cajun if you like seasoning. Curious about what goes into the burger? Clara takes it apart in her Five Guys cheeseburger copycat recipe and her Little Hamburger Five Guys copycat with one 80/20 patty.
A Five Guys cheeseburger with toppings at the Covent Garden restaurant on Long Acre, London. (Photo: Ewan Munro (Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/9266062943), CC BY-SA 2.0)
Five Guys Cajun fries in a small cup: hand-cut and cooked in refined peanut oil (photo taken at a Five Guys in Calgary, Canada). (Photo: Elsie Hui (Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/elsiehui/16469533527), CC BY 2.0)
Five Guys London prices in 2026
The only official London price I could verify is the kids’ menu, from £7.50 (official UK menu, checked 7 October 2026). Outside its ordering platform, Five Guys publishes no full price list. Unofficial price sites put a cheeseburger anywhere from £11.25 to £13.45, with no dates attached. I’ve left those figures out.
For today’s Covent Garden prices, open order.fiveguys.co.uk, pick 1-3 Long Acre and look before you pay. TripAdvisor puts the restaurant in its “$$ - $$$” band, and “expensive for what it is” is among the most common complaints. For how Five Guys stacks up against the big chains’ value menus, read our 2026 burger value wars analysis.
Five Guys Covent Garden reviews: what diners say
Five Guys Covent Garden is rated 3.9 out of 5 from about 2,800 TripAdvisor reviews and ranks #2,188 of 23,610 London restaurants (TripAdvisor, checked 7 October 2026; the figures change daily). I haven’t gathered Google, Yelp or Trustpilot ratings, so this summary rests on TripAdvisor alone.
| Recurring praise | Recurring criticism |
|---|---|
| Generous fries portions | Prices seen as high for the quality |
| Unlimited free toppings | Inconsistent from one visit to the next |
| Free peanuts while you wait | Weak vegetarian choice |
| Bottomless drinks | Service and cleanliness criticised by some |
| Clean, well-organised dining room | Buns go soggy under heavy toppings |
Verdict: is Five Guys Covent Garden worth it?
Worth a stop, not a pilgrimage. If you want a made-to-order American burger in the West End late at night, it does the job. A 3.9/5 score from thousands of reviews sums it up: dependable, generous and customisable, but pricey and uneven. That’s why I ranked it number 10 in our best burger restaurants in London, behind independents that cook with more character. One piece of advice: keep the toppings few and the wet sauces light, or the bun gives up halfway through.
The story of Five Guys in London
Five Guys came to Britain on 4 July 2013, and Covent Garden was its first restaurant outside North America (The Caterer, Wikipedia). According to Restaurant Online, the first customer turned up at 4am on opening day. The queue soon went round the block, and the restaurant became “the number one Five Guys in the world” (Restaurant Online, 2019).
Five Guys London Covent Garden: queues outside the first UK Five Guys at 1-3 Long Acre on 5 July 2013, its second day of trading. (Photo: Ewan Munro (Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/9268870138), CC BY-SA 2.0)
Restaurant Online credits that success with the satellite branches that followed nearby: Charing Cross, Oxford Circus, Piccadilly and Tottenham Court Road. In 2019 the UK business was backed by Sir Charles Dunstone, founder of Carphone Warehouse, with John Eckbert as CEO of Five Guys UK. That December, about six and a half years after the launch, the 100th UK restaurant opened opposite St Paul’s Cathedral.
The chain itself dates from 1986, when Jerry and Janie Murrell opened the first restaurant in Arlington, Virginia. Five Guys now claims “more than 1,900 restaurants worldwide” (official story).
Other Five Guys locations in London
The official locator lists close to 50 Five Guys branches in Greater London (as of 7 October 2026). A few sit just outside Greater London proper, and one is a Deliveroo Editions delivery kitchen. Two of the closest to Covent Garden:
- Five Guys Piccadilly Circus: Unit 1/2, Coventry St, London W1D 7DH
- Five Guys Oxford Circus: Sutherland House, London W1F 7TE
Other branches include Baker Street, Bond Street, Brixton, Camden, Canary Wharf, Charing Cross, King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, St Paul’s, Tottenham Court Road, Tower Bridge, Victoria, Westfield London, Westfield Stratford, The O2 and Heathrow Terminal 5 (full official list). For independent burger places across the city, see our London burger guide.
Five Guys or Shake Shack in Covent Garden?
Both are in Covent Garden, and they make different burgers. Five Guys gives you a two-patty burger, 15 free toppings and a big bag of peanut-oil fries. Shake Shack is known for its smashed patty and Shack sauce. Pick Five Guys to build your own burger and eat a lot of fries. Pick Shake Shack for a crustier smash burger. That’s my choice when I only have room for one. Shake Shack Covent Garden is also in our best burgers in London guide, and you can cook a ShackBurger at home with Clara’s ShackBurger copycat recipe.
Five Guys London FAQ
Where is Five Guys in Covent Garden? Five Guys Covent Garden is at 1-3 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9LH. Phone: 020 7046 7840. The nearest Tube stations are Covent Garden and Leicester Square.
What time does Five Guys Covent Garden close? The Covent Garden district website lists 11:30pm from Monday to Thursday, midnight on Friday and Saturday, and 10:30pm on Sunday. It opens at 10:30am every day. Check before you go, because older sources gave different hours.
What was the first Five Guys in the UK? The first UK Five Guys was Covent Garden, at 1-3 Long Acre. It opened on 4 July 2013 and was also the chain’s first restaurant outside North America.
How many Five Guys are there in London? The official locator lists close to 50 Five Guys branches in Greater London as of 7 October 2026. That count includes a few just outside Greater London proper and one delivery-only kitchen.
Is Five Guys Covent Garden halal? No. Covent Garden isn’t on Five Guys’ halal list. In the UK, only three Five Guys restaurants are fully HCO-certified, and London Park Royal is one of them. In London, the Bond Street, Brixton, Croydon Valley, Kensington High Street, Queensway, Westfield (Shepherd’s Bush), Westfield Stratford, Wimbledon and Wood Green branches serve halal beef, with bacon cooked on a separate grill (official halal page).
Can I eat at Five Guys with a peanut allergy? Take care. All fries are cooked in refined peanut oil, and some restaurants put free peanuts out in the dining room. Five Guys says “we cannot serve milkshakes to peanut allergy sufferers” (allergy page).
Does Five Guys London have gluten-free or vegetarian options? There’s no gluten-free bun, but any burger can be ordered as a Lettuce Wrap or a No Bun Bowl. The official menu mentions “other offerings” without listing a vegetarian range I could verify, and reviewers often call the vegetarian choice weak.
Can I book a table or order online at Five Guys Covent Garden? No bookings: you order at the counter. For Click & Collect, order at order.fiveguys.co.uk or in the app. For delivery, use Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats.
How much is a burger at Five Guys in London? The kids’ menu starts at £7.50, the only official price I could verify on 7 October 2026. For burger prices, check order.fiveguys.co.uk for the branch you’re visiting. Third-party price sites disagree and don’t date their figures.
