Cawsburger Hitchin

We don't usually go out for fast food as I do a pretty mean burger with dirty onions and my daddy fried chicken is banging if I do say so myself. However the Mrs won £100 from social media to spend so we popped in on a Wednesday evening. 1 x Veggie adult 1 x Gluten free adult and 1 x "normal" 9 year old. Service was great, the two people serving were very helpful and super nice. All our dietary requirements were more than catered for and the menu was explained in detail. We had gluten free double caws burger, veg caws burger, hot honey crisp chicken burger, Parmesan and truffle fries, cajun fries and cawboy fries, gluten free buffalo tenders, plus two strawberry milkshakes, and a water. food came out in a timely manner given it's all fresh. Everything was really tasty, the smashed burgers had a decent crust and were lovely, honey chicken was huge with decent coating, gluten free tenders were crispy on the outside and juicy in the middle. Truffle and Parmesan chips were stand out. Everything would have come to just over £70.00 my old man head says that seems a lot but looking at the other burger places around it's competitive, and for us it was free anyway! Two suggestions 1) All gluten free rolls and poo full stop, I've not found one yet unless homemade that's any good. Maybe have a look at the Tesco gluten free tiger bread cut thick and toasted to replace as a sandwich style burger, I've started doing that at home and it works. 2) Get an auto close thing on the door as people in Hitchin seem to be born in a barn. Lovely dinner, well done Caws team...I may well be back on my own to snaffle the remaining prize.

Went in for fried chicken and came out with a fried hand. They've got these ridiculous heating elements on the ceiling at arm height. They're set hot enough to sear meat. Lifted my arm when putting my jacket on and it got burnt in the split second I touched it. Left marks down my fingers like they'd been grilled. Staff were good - they got me a burnsoothe gel and wrapping which helped but it's a ridiculous hazard. No warnings, no mesh to cover the heaters. Lucky it was my own hand and I pulled it down straight away but if you picked a kid up or something 😬 food is great though and they cater to gluten free and it didn't exactly put me off or anything but something to keep an eye out for! Edit/reply: The review was both fair and generous. Got comped £15 for my meal, but I spent well over that on getting burn creams, bandages and things like disposable gloves so I could shower or cook without getting stuff on my burns. Spent over a week typing up my reports with my left hand, rescheduling work cause I couldn't hold a pen, plucking wool out of my wounds every time I took my gloves off. 2 weeks in and the scab still kept painfully breaking every time I bent my fingers. Charlie, an apology should read, "We are sorry for the incident, we have taken steps to make sure it doesn't happen again, and we hope to see you again", not this.

These have got to be the best burgers in the world. Got to admit I drool thinking about them. Seriously juicy and flavoursome. The burgers and chicken we've tried have all been good.... Got a particular love for the Cawboy and Cawboy fries but some of the monthly specials have been spectacular. The team are all great and very understanding of dietary needs (We need gluten free and have friends who are veggie etc). Highly recommend an alcoholic slushie though (although not if you suffer from brain freeze 🥶). I also love the fact that the food is all local.... Beef from the local butcher, buns from a local bakery and sauces are made in house. Low Carbon miles for your food!