burgers, with beetroot, egg, bacon and real chips

Theo’s Takeaway on Boddington Cres Kambah makes super cheap, super tasty burgers and chips. It pulls in people from miles round – always wondered why the parking area was packed for a tiny collection of shops – they’re all waiting for their order inside.

ns – Marty’s is the food caravan on Parramatta St, pretty much opposite where the old Philip Motor Registry used to be.

canberra towie, where exactly in Phillip is Marty’s hot stuff?

The only place that rates a mention is Marty’s hot stuff in Phillip
Great food friendly service and open almost all night 7 days a week !!!

That charcoal chicken place up behind Fenner Hall in Braddon does good work astrojax.

Anyone else here appreciate the irony of this post being right next to the childhood obesity one? 🙂

More good experiences with Hughes takeaway here.

Mamma Ria’s wasn’t even the best place for a burger in Kippax more than five years ago let alone Canberra. Theo’s was next door to Mamma Ria’s years ago and they made a much better burger. My friends went to Theo’s regularly, until we saw the size of the Mamma Ria’s burgers. The owner (Theo?) saw us walk to Mamma Ria’s for their burgers and he confidently said “You’ll be back”. He was right. Bigger doesn’t make it better. Shame he moved from Kippax to another location. Sounds like he is located South-side now.

Another thing about Mamma Ria’s were their pizzas. Loads of topping, which sounds great but loads of topping means that it didn’t cook properly inside so you had raw ingredients in the centre. Once again proving bigger doesn’t mean better.

Hughes Takeaway is indeed pretty good. Chips are great too. The pizzas are fantastic – especially the chicken-meat-lovers pizza with BBQ sauce.

As for Inner North… I thought that Flatheads did a decent burger in addition to FnC. It’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed one though. Someone did report their most excellent Sunday morning brekky for $10, which while not healthy – it’s the perfect hangover cure.

ya see? nothing vaguely near the people’s republic of the inner norf… and yes, mama ria’s used to be well worth the drive for the humungous and delicious fare. sad to hear of its demise…

any more, mebbe closer to me? is there nothing at all in civic, say, that gives a good burger?

ta all the recommendations – shall keep a look out, and btw, the first milkbar on the right going into cowra from here does a mean burger. bit of a drive but.

Used to but the Belconnen Basket Ball take-away made a great hamburger. 49

I’m with TAD on Cookery Nook at Hawker shops. Their pizzas are also quite mountainous, if not good for the heart.

i agree, calwell shops is really good..

The takeaway at Calwell shops is pretty good.. only eaten there the once but I was quite impressed.

Mama Ria’s at Kippax isn’t as good since it was taken over….

I haven’t had a hamburger at Yass Rd Takeaway but I can vouch for their salad rolls!

Not a big fan of Ngunnawal Takeaway, food is passable I ‘spose (only ever had pizza and grilled fish) but in my experience the service could do with some fine tuning.

One place I will never forget for it’s burger’s is the G-spot food van in the carpark of the gunghalin lakes (?) club. Huge burgers! They were called things like ‘big bastards’ ‘evil bastards’ and ‘crazy bastards’ (lotsa chilli). Made a satisfying five-in-the-morning meal.

It all started to go downhill when they stopped using proper buns, and began using that crap that disintegrates.

Some of the places in Qbn used to do great hamburgers, and I’m just guessing here, but there’s a hamburgery on Yass Road, opposite Magnet Mart, and in the morning it is doing a ROARING trade with all those blokes in fluro shirts. Trucks and utes swarm the place, or they are crossing the road on foot from the industrial area on the Magnet Mart side. I bet they do proper hamburgers.

Mama Rias was taken over – Used to love their Aussie pizza – Ditto Ngunnawal T/A – my local too…inner norf I use to frequent Lyneham T/A – was pretty choice – its just next to “The Front”

Hughes Takeaway isn’t too bad, just your old-school Aussie chippy. I’ve gotta say their vegetarian burger is egregious though – it’s just a hamburger with the lot without the hamburger.

On a side note, the Hungarian word for cheeseburger is ‘Sajtburger’. In Hungarian, Ss are pronounced like “sh” in English, and the J is like a y… so yes, you can actually go to a Macca’s in Budapest and order a Shiteburger.

Theo’s of Boddington Crt Kambah…bit of a drive but fully orfentik

Geez, am I the only one who thinks the Cookery Nook at the Hawker Shops is fantabulous

Ngunnawal TakeAway is the one on Wanganeen.

The one in the Platypus centre is called Elenas Kitchen or something.

asp… wash your mouth out. how dare you pollute a topic about real hamburgers by trying to slide in a side reference to Maccas crap. you should be sin-binned from this forum for ten days…

Which hamburger joint in Ngunnawall, as there are two hamburger joints there.
One is at the main shops on Jabanungga/Wanganeen.
The other is at the Platypus centre off Paul Coe cct

Steves at Melba

Charcoal Chicken at Charnwood (Comes without bullet wounds since the tavern was removed, still pipe bombed to perfection though 😛 )

Acacia (?) Cafe in Braddon. Next to Fit Sistas.

Ditto Ngunnawal takeaway – fantastic service too!!

“the bun was the same diameter as a full size dinner plate”

Maybe I have large plates, but that burger would have a diameter of 6-8 inches.

If you like big burgers, Maccas will do a “double pounder”. I was successful in ordering one. Not so much in consuming on though. They did however refuse my request to add bacon to another part of my meal. what a croc. Who wouldn’t want a bacon mcflurry?

kramer, long time ago though.
their burgers, and in fact, most of their food, has gone distinctly down hill in the past 5 years or so, since it changed hands.
i think it’s on like the 3rd set of owners now since the initial owners sold it

Mamma Ria’s at Kippax used to make the best hamburgers – the bun was the same diameter as a full size dinner plate. One with the lot was enough for two meals. I haven’t been there for some years – anyone been there recently?

Ngunnaway Take Away. Their minimum $3.50 chips is a meal in itself. Can’t beat a proper take-away shop or home made burger.