• Lord of the Fries - Elizabeth St

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Breakfast

Lord's journey traces back to 2004 when it first began selling fries out of a mobile van; within a year, its flagship outlet was planted. The company has since expanded to operating franchise outlets across Australia and into New Zealand. Its menu offers vegan versions of fast food like burgers, hot dogs, nuggets, onion rings, and fries (chips) in addition to shakes, ice cream, and all-day breakfast foods. Check website for holiday hours. Previously located at 211. Open Mon 9:00am-9:00pm, Tue-Wed 9:00am-10:00pm, Thu 9:00am-11:00pm, Fri 9:00am-12:00am, Sat 10:00am-1:00am, Sun 10:00am-9:00pm.


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35 Reviews

First Review by Petesternz

Kittybiscuit

Points +7551

Vegan
16 Mar 2024

Good burger and crispy fries

I ordered the original burger and a medium fries. I got the regular patty and the burger was nice. The bun didn’t fall apart and the cheese was melty! I got classic fries with Belgian sauce. I liked that the chips were hot and crispy.

Service was fast and friendly. The location isn’t the nicest part town but everything tasted fresh and I would order there again.

beancurdled

Points +1526

Vegan
18 Aug 2023

what's going on?

Last few times I've eaten LOTF, I've been let down. Limp chips and dry, overcooked "meat" on the HSP. I don't know what they were thinking replacing cheese shreds with cheese sauce on the poutine, it drowns the chips in a snotty mess!

YohanⓋ

19 Aug 2023

I’ve never been a big fan of their fried, and I think the standard of the food has dropped a lot over the years. Such a shame!

beancurdled

20 Aug 2023

I actually loved the fries when they first opened and cooked them skin on, served in a cone. It's definitely gone down hill!

chatreuse

Points +2325

Vegan
25 Jul 2023

Some delicious things on the menu

The four stars is more for what I've eaten and loved in the past: prawn tacos, hsp, dim sims (don't think this is available anymore, sadly), the breakfast muffin range.
Last night, we got the sampler box. It's ok, INCREDIBLY salty, we had to brush the excess off. The chips were perfectly cooked, the nuggets are now too soft/mushy, the fried chickn is not as soft as the nuggets, but not the authentic texture it used to be, and the onion rings are quite nice.

Pros: prawn taco, hsp, dim sims, breakfast muffins

Cons: new nugget and fried chickn nowhere near as good, far too much salt

crispi_1971

Points +639

Vegan
17 May 2023

No seating. Big prices in small font.

Complete rip off in terms of pricing for what you get. For a stand this is ridiculous.

$3 for a sauce? $8 for some onion rings, $15 for a sampler box?

Obviously being a stand, there's no seating in an incredibly windy location.

If this is (and 2 other LoTFs) are the 3 of the 10 _BEST_ vegan restaurants in Melbourne, I think that says how bad Melbourne's vegan scene is.

Get real.

Updated from previous review on 2023-05-17

Pros: vegan

Cons: junk food, expensive, no seating

HungryLiss

21 May 2023

I could only get half way through the sample box in one sitting. It's a good amount of food imo.

rpoulova

Points +1539

Vegan
03 Feb 2023

We need this vegan fast food everywhere, please!

After I was slightly disappointed by this chain in New Zealand, this Aussie branch improved its reputation. Really excellent food, typical fast food but 100 % vegan! I've been missing a place like this my whole life.
I had fries, mac and cheese balls and "chicken", and everything was delicious. I like the salt that they use! The staff are friendly and they're open till late.
Unfortunately, next time I wanted to try the Phish burger and tacos, they were out of both items.
The surroundings are also not very nice, it is quite a dirty place and there is no seating.

Pros: Great food and lots of choice, Quick service, Open till late

Cons: Sometimes out of items, Take-away only

Tasty.Plant.Based

Points +818

Vegan
11 Aug 2022

Tasty food!

Great Mac and Cheese balls! Super crunchy and really gooey inside. You wouldn't be able to tell they're not vegan.

We also had poutine fries, with extra French Canadian sauce - meant to be gravy and cheese but only got gravy in the tub. Extra sauce tubs are always small and over priced regardless.

Pros: Tasty food, Great to grab on the go, Good drunken food.

Cons: Sauces are overpriced.

Klarajj

Points +2098

Vegan
30 Mar 2022

Delicious

Super delicious, filling and overall a great treat. Some of the best vegan fast food.

Pros: Lots of options , Filling

YohanⓋ

Points +5666

Vegan
30 Oct 2020

Getting worse!

Maybe it’s just me, I find the LOTF burgers and hot dogs are getting worse over the years. Today I ordered the phish burger and it was so dry and tasteless. The bun was so dry and plain and was merely a cover for the filling. Won’t be going back in a hurry.

Pros: Variety

Cons: Tasteless dry burgers and hot dogs on my opinion

caffeineflavored

Points +65

Vegan
29 Nov 2019

Filling

Decided to be proper Aussie and got “The Lot” burger. Beetroot, pineapple and vegan egg. It was huge, messy and delicious.

Pros: Fast and delicious

Cons: Of course it’s not healthy! It’s fast food Sharon

sistersaboutfood

Points +60

Vegan
23 Oct 2019

100% plant-based fast food

I really like the fast food idea that’s 100% plant-based. Best burger!

Pros: 100% vegan, Beyond meat , Beyond chicken

Cons: Good price, Fast, Good service

vegannnnnnabel

Points +40

Vegan
22 Apr 2019

I LOVE LOTF

I love every loft I have been to!

Pros: The chicken, Burgers, Yum

katiebella

Points +35

Vegan
22 Mar 2014

Perfect for a burger & fries fix!

Best veg burgers I've ever had. Mini burgers are a good option if you need a junk food fix without the extra calories. Fries are amazing - love the Mexican and French Canadian sauces. Deliciously addictive but not the healthiest vegan option

Pros: located everywhere, very tasty, fast

Cons: fat laden, expensive for fast food unless u get a mini burger, doesn't open until 10am which sucks if you want br

veganem

Points +106

Vegan
22 Oct 2013

Great post-pub Food

This is the kind of food you want to eat after you have had a few pints and want to continue on into the night. Fries are good, great selection of sauces, and tasty burgers. Granted, not a healthy option, but it will please vegans as well as non-vegans, which is a plus.

DiaShel

Points +48

Vegan
09 Jun 2013

Vegan heaven

This place surpassed my already high expectations. We've had a couple of the burgers, tijuana hot dog, onion rings, jalopeno poppers and fries. The least impressive thing on the menu is the fries, ironically. They are fine, however, everything else is just amazing. I love the extras, like the vegan sour cream and cheese. Oh ourse it's not very healthy, but it's great to indulge. At this location, the guy at the counter was great and juggled the many orders flawlessly and we got our large order very quick.

Pros: tasty, variety, service

Cons: not healthy

amaranth

Points +115

Vegan
29 Jul 2012

vegan fast food

Not the healthiest of vegan restaurants but it's nice to have a junky choice sometimes. The fries aren't anything special though. The nuggets are good.

Cons: not healthy , no seating , homeless people outside

ProtonVehiCROSS

Points +166

Vegetarian
16 Oct 2011

"It's-so-damn-tasty-but-why-did-eat-it" food

This is a 100% vegetarian burger shop chain. The food is tasty! I like the vegan Thai sauce on my fries, and I order a wholemeal (wholewheat) bun with the vegan spicy burger. Meat-eaters ought to be totally happy with the hearty flavours of this place.

It's excellent fare, but I always lament afterwards, "ugh, why did I eat that crap?" It's super-greasy -- go there when you're hungry after a long day walking around, or do something to burn off the calories afterwards! You'll feel like you ate a brick!

Pros: Tasty, 100% vegetarian, Excellent vegan options

Cons: Expensive for what it is, Unhealthy, Service can be slow

Veronica01

Points +168

Vegan
20 Jan 2011

Tasty Burger, Sad Squishy Fries

After all the hype I have to say I'm pretty disappointed that these fries were neither good, nor memorable. I don't know how they could be so squishy if they were fried twice. They are barely crispy on the outside.

I got the sauce on the side as others have said it makes them squishy, but it didn't make them better at all. They're just soggy in the middle anyways.

I ordered a box, so a good amount and all but the tiniest ones were squishy.

We got a large burger as well and it was pretty good, the most life like beef burger we've ever had, reminded us of backyard barbecue homemade burgers with the big buns and lots of toppings. So for a fast food burger it did the job.

But the price is pretty expensive, good thing we shared, but otherwise way too expensive for one person to get a combo $12 for lunch? Way too much for a 3 minutes to make vegan lunch, sorry.

They seem to have vegan cheese now, we had to check because we were afraid it was dairy.

Would I go back? No, too expensive for bad fries. The burger, maybe...

Pros: vegan options

Cons: expensive, squishy fries

sunsatori

Points +565

Vegetarian
08 Jan 2011

Great Vego Fast Food if you're not on a diet

LOTF is a convenient quick vego junk food fix. Let's not kid ourselves here, it's probably about as bad for you as a McDonalds burger, but it does the job when you just feel like that sort of thing. It has it's place.

It's non-pretentious, but has Jalapenos - YAY! Just remember to ask for no cheese if you're Vegan, as the burgers come with it by default.

The fries (or chips as we know them as in Australia) are quite good too. There are loads of interesting sauces to go with them.

Not a place to get your daily nutritional requirements, but it's really good that they're there nonetheless.

Pros: In the CBD, Tasty beef replacement, nice chips

Cons: Junk food, no tomato on burger, Only in Melbourne

Chewbecca

Points +44

Vegan
07 Jan 2011

Amazing!

LOTF is one of the reasons I wish I lived in Melbourne, and is certainly one of the highlights of every trip to Victoria. It's just fantastic when you want a junk food fix. I always order the vegan original burger and everything about it is absolutely delicious. Even my non-veg partner thought so. The fries and nuggets are also incredibly tasty. They are always busy too (and I bet many of its customers don't realise it's a vegetarian burger chain).

Pros: Delicious, Cheap

Cons: Not all vegan

KATIE H

Points +277

Vegan
19 Jul 2010

FAST FOOD AND GREAT NAME

tried this place a number of times now and its hit and miss. its a fast, vegan fatty salty option which hits the spot but the quality varies from whose on shift. when its good its good when its bad its slimy and over sauced, with soggy fries. saying that for the price i always go back in hope it will be a good one next time :)

Pros: vegan, fast, cheap

Cons: hit and miss, too much sauce

t-bone123456

Points +52

Vegan
24 Jun 2010

The BEST

Love the fries, they're fresh potatoes no additives so the taste and crispiness change seasonally - but they are always AMAZING. Love the Spicy vegan burger as well! Get an orginal mini and a spicy mini to see which you like more --- SO TASTY!

Pros: excellent food, good value, friendly staff

Cons: Long queues

rhod

Points +68

Vegan
28 Feb 2010

Great fried and burgers

Hand cut, fries with the skin left on. Loads of different sauces to choose from. I had the Aussie (ketchup and vinegar) which is nice. They're beautiful fries whether you're vegan or not. The burgers also very good- I had the vegan option with vegan mayo, mustard, cheese, pickle etc. Really good.

Pros: Good food, Open all the time.

VeJo

Points +212

Vegan
31 Dec 2009

a taste of home

I live in Sydney now, after living for a long time in Melbourne. And when I came "home" for a short work trip recently, Lord of the Fries was my first stop after getting off the airport shuttle at Spencer Street Station. Melbourne people, you don't know what you've got!

Yes, it's junky, but it's tasty junk, and such a thing needs no justification as long as it's only once in a while. We're all good little vegans, after all: live a little!

The chips are crispy, and the sauces are great (my fave is the thai -- which is a peanut sauce), although not all sauces are vegan so it's best to let them know. The burger patties are about as much like my distant memories of beef as I've ever had.

The best thing about lord of the fries, though, is that it passes as your corner greasy spoon: people pile off the train a flinders street and unwittingly eat vegetarian, and I looove the subterfuge.

Pros: convenient, tasty, good range for vegans

Cons: yes, I guess it's a little unhealthy

gr8vegan

Points +2359

Vegan
07 Dec 2009

healthy person's nightmare

It was a holiday so I decided to go off the healthy boat and try Australia's Best Vegan Burger (via Peta). They use Cheesely Vegan Cheese. I only got about 4 bites into before I decided it wasn't worth poisoning myself for a hard soy burger covered in oversized bread. If you're a junk food fanatic throwing caution to the wind, then this is the place for you, if you are struggling with your weight and health stay away.

Cons: fast food

SonjaCPA

Points +5270

Vegan
01 Dec 2009

Tasty fries!

This location has started serving vegan sausage rolls and pies as well, so of course, we had to try them. The roll was really good, but the pie was almost all TVP. I assume it was meant to replicate a meat pie, but I personally would have liked some veggies in there too. We shared a large order of fries with thai satay sauce. The fries are just so damn tasty being made fresh! The sauce was a thick peanut sauce which I loved, but it got to be a bit too heavy for Dirk.

Pros: fries, more fries!

Cons: no place to sit

Doomith

Points +28

Vegetarian
12 Nov 2009

Chicken Nuggets!

Lord of the fries is amazing! This is the first place I have found that do great chicken nuggets. I had them with peanut sauce and it was amazing! Would definatly go again!
Sadly it is takeout only.

Pros: Price, Taste, Location

Cons: Takeout only

Jeff Sanders

Points +81

Vegan
13 Feb 2009

Vegetarian fast food at it's best

Best vegan takeout burger ever! I just kept coming back to this place, if I was working late then Lord of the Fries was where I'd get dinner from. Even on a fine Sunday I would grab a burger and fries to eat down by the river. My friend recommended the gravy on fries - after that it was bye bye ketchup. Grab an organic cola and a vegan organic nougat chocolate bar and you're living life!

Pros: Fast, vegan cheese burger, fries with gravy




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