text: We got into the restaurant a little before noon, which was great because there was only a short line-up to order and just a few minutes later, as we waited for our number to be called, the line grew tenfold.\n\nI ordered a cheeseburger, but the lady at the cash confused me, asking if I wanted the $7.99 burger. I didn't really understand the question, for one because she had a heavy accent and two, I had no clue what that meant. I guess she could have simply asked if I wanted a double or a p'tit burger. Once I figured it out, I stuck with a double. She asked what I wanted on it and handed me quite a long list of choices. I think I choked over the confusion of the earlier question, but I saw sauteed mushrooms, jalapenos and several other less than standard toppings; all available for free. YAH!\n\nMy son ordered a poutine. He can't seem to help himself. Anyway it is offered he orders it. It might have something to do with being deprived of poutine for two years while in Vancouver. Who knows.\n\nMy daughter-in-law (I'll call her that now that we all live together) ordered an all-dressed $7.99 cheese burger as well. And we decided to share a regular sized fry. The cashier asked' spicy, cajun or regular and we must have really looked liek newbies. We were clueless. Oh, the fries. Cajun.\n\nDon't ask how long it took us to figure out the drinks. Let's just say none of us had had coffee yet and we'd been at the RAMQ all morning. Okay. Do you forgive us?\n\nThe restaurant has very limited seating on the main floor, but upstairs there is a dining area that is quite spacious and, when we got there, empty.\n\nI've had Five Guys Burgers before, I used to go to one in DC all the time because it was really close to the convention center and I could bring it back to my hotel and eat between meetings. The burgers here are fairly good, they are still fast food, let's not kid ourselves. But they are good; generous on the cheese, double patties that don't crumble but aren't too dense either. The bun isn't greasy either, which is something I can really appreciate.\n\nMy son seemed to like his poutine, though it wasn't at all what I expected. It is a bunch of fries, a packet of Kingsley curd cheese and their own in house sauce. Basically, you have all the ingredients for a poutine, but you have to put it together yourself.\n\nOverall, I like Five Guys Burgers and Fries as a fast food joint and in the downtown core, it is a solid choice for a hungry shopper, but to go out of my way to get one? Nah-uh.