Fat Hippo Durham

Great food, the service was quick to take our drink and food order but the food took a tiny bit longer than expected. However it was more than worth the wait it was great best burger I’ve had in a long time. Would recommend the half parmo chicken burger and the chicken tender fingers

Fat Hippo is a great place for burgers. If you are into spicy food, the Wild Bill is the way to go. For me one of the best burgers I ever had. Waffle fries were great as well. Special thanks to our waitress Ocean. She really made sure everything was perfect.

First Class. Absolutely top. Great staff, stylish, grunge/pirate rock and roll atmosphere, and the food is EXCELLENT. We had the American burger, best one I've had in ages. The cheeseballs defeated me. 10/10 recommend to Fat Hippos everywhere.

Recommendation from a friends and didn’t disappoint. Great food and atmosphere, would visit again for sure. X

First visit to a Fat Hippo and was not disappointed. Went for the special Korma Sutra burger and Sutra fries. Very tasty and loved the lamb patties, raita and pomegranate. Would highly recommend a visit if you love your burgers.

Fantastic burgers, great service & dog friendly too. Went for the Swiss Tony, tasted amazing. Staff were really helpful & friendly very accommodating even though we'd not booked & had our dog with us. We were served by Sarah 👌🏻

Fantastic burgers. Fantastic service. Ocean, my waitress, was attentive and looked after me well

Absolutely amazing!!! The ambience is very unique, interior is very beautiful. The food was great, fresh and great tasting.

These were some damn good burgers. I mean, let's face facts -- this is north England, not exactly known for their exceptional burger game. All of England, really. But this place hits like your standard American burger pub. Big, greasy, with a ton of burger variety as well as a variety of MILKSHAKES - boozy or NA.

A Jekyll and Hyde sandwich joint! Fat hippo is reportedly a well liked place. It has great ambiance, and a wild, yet inventive, menu of opportunities. But we just did not walk away loving their burgers and other fried options, save the chicken. Their fried chicken ranks high in my (southern US based) opinion! As for the burgers, they were soggy, over cooked, and drenched in dressing and other goop. They lacked balance and in the end were a muddled mess. The refried tatter tots showed potential, but were also muddled. Still, we'd come back again for the chicken!

I was so happy see the Fat Hippo turn up in Durham, a town with a dearth of decent restaurants, and left feeling so disappointed. For a place that is basically a "burger and fries" joint, it does both surprisingly poorly. The American burger was overcooked, and the taste of the (very good meat) was overpowered by the kind of cut-rate American mustard you get on cheap hot dogs in the States. The worst offenders were the chips. Chips need to be crunchy and substantial. These were soggy, undercooked, and flaccid. The server did bring some more chips when we pointed this out. But lo and behold, they were soggy and undercooked too! The servers are very nice, but we left with a bad taste in our mouth.