Byron - Shoreditch - January 2012

Byron is a chain of restaurants specialised in burgers. Apparently, the first restaurant was opened in 2007 but we only came across recently by coincidence. I was reading reviews of Honest Burgers (burger place located in Brixton village) on the London Eating website and someone mentioned that he prefers Byron burgers over Honest Burgers. Recently, we walked around Shoreditch area and found a branch of Byron! Then we were around Covent Garden area and saw another Byron...we then realised that Byron must be doing well and worth a try.
Anyway, last Sunday (15th January 2012) we went to the Byron in Shoreditch to try their burgers.
My hubby ordered a Classic Burger and I ordered a Byron burger (dry cure bacon, mature Cheddar and Byron sauce). We shared a portion of Home made skin on chips, a portion of onion rings and an Oreo cookie milkshake.

Their beef is apparently sourced from small farms in Scottland, freshly ground everyday and cooked medium rare. The service was quite effiecient, we didn't have to wait too long until our food arrived.
The burger was very tasty indeed. It was cooked medium rare as stated. The quality of the beef was very good.
The onion rings were light and crispy and very tasty but maybe a bit too oily.
The chips were very nice and crunchy and not oily (unlike the onion rings).
The Oreo cookie milkshake was very good, very moreish!

Our lunch at Byron was very enjoyable. The service was nice and friendly. The only small criticism was that our waiter was keen to make us order olives, tortilla chips at the beginning and desserts at then end when we told him that we were full.
We would definitely come back. It's nice to know that Byron is a good chain of restaurants for burgers.
The bill for the two of us came to around £26 which is fine for very good quality burgers.