mad mike's burgers and fries

great burgers. i really love theburgershere. i usually get the one with mango chutney and blue cheese. yummy. although the pretzel or ciabatta bread is clearly an upsell, lots of theirburgersare really juicy and these two breads are a little more heavy and don't get soggy, so i would recommend them. fries are good and for a smaller joint, they have a pretty fair beer selection ( none on tap) at reasonable prices. i have tried the chicken sandwiches ( don't) and the cheese fries aren't so great either. i wouldn't let that keep you away though, come for theburgersand fries. you won't be sorry.

we just came out of mad mike'sburgersand had a fantastic meal. we had a gyro hamburger, a mushroom, bacon and onion hamburger and a traditional gyro as well as some of the best fries i've ever had. the service was great, the food was hot and totally delicious! i searched urban spoon for something different from the traditional fast food as we were driving down i- 75 and we were pleasantly surprised. will definitely be back!

every once in a while - i just get a hankering for a good burger. a really good - juicy - unique burger. we'd driven by mad mike's in newport numerous times and i'd heard rumors of theirburgers- so finally ...

best burger in town! not!!!. we knew that when we walked into this restaurant, and were the only table, we were in trouble! if a place is going to advertise as having the "bestburgersin town", you had golly well better have a full restaurant at 6:00pm!!

my wife and i went there, hoping to get a good burger for my birthday, and buddy, this just wasn't it. honestly, i would have rather have gone up the stairs to the levee up to five guys. the burger meat was completely unseasoned. sorry, but you have to have seasoning on a burger. the truckloads of barbecue sauce further retracted from being able to taste any kind of beef in our sandwiches. oh yes, there's beef; there's a lot of it! so you can imagine how much barbecue sauce they put on it, to completely cover up the taste of so much beef!

we ordered the "mad fries" to go with our burgers. i guess they're called that, because they'll make you mad. the fries were stale and greasy, as if they were fried 2 hours ago. they were probably the worst fries i've ever had.

my wife noticed that the restaurant was really dusty. she was not happy to be there. i did notice that the interior of the restaurant had "a few teeth missing". tiles were missing from the floor, and the interior was just in a mild state of disrepair.

finally, the help seemed unfriendly, or unhappy to be working there. there were no smiles, no cheerful hellos. they help seemed absolutely mopey.

really the only good i can say about the food was the bread for the buns was pretty darn good, and they had good tvs. that's really a pitiful statement for a place that advertises the "best burger in town."

just go to five guys..... walking in, the menu is almost identical to five guys besides the addition of 40 other products they do not make well.. five guys is good because they makeburgersfries and hotdogs.. and thats it.. 3 things and 3 things well... this place might have a decent burger but the rest is boring and bland.. they are trying to do too many things at once without doing any of them well... "chicken filet" sandwich is a frozen (non filet) ground up breaded patty.. when they ask you "pretzel bun or whatever the other one is"... this is there way of giving you a decision between two upsells... not knowing they are upsells..

again, if u want a five guys burger and five guys fries... just go to five guys and save yourself the disappointment that is mad mikes.

finally a good burger! only drawback...i live in dayton and had to drive to newport, ky to get it! flavorful and really, really good! theburgershere are huge. prices are very reasonable for what you get. the hawaii-five-o was tasty but needed more pineapple. this place won't hurt your wallet, you'll leave full & happy....bring your appetite! dayton could take lessons from mad mike....wish we had a burger place like this.

mad mike's takes its cue from places like 5 guysburgersand fries and smashburger, slapping the face of those who would denounce our american "super-sized" culture. they're out to prove that, every now and again, people want to shove a half pound of meat and french fries down the gullet, happily abusing their belly with that sweet, sudden rush of 1500 calories. housed in an adobe-styled building that looks like it was perhaps once an old taco bell, mad mike's premier location in florence offers just enough seating to accommodate a moderate lunch rush.