To the Americans saying this is overpriced: You're right.

Looks like it costs about 50p to make

Love Wimpy's very nostalgic for me. But they're no longer British, they were bought out by a South African company a few years ago.

"The price is quite similar as well" Me: Throws 5 cheeseburgers and 2 large fries from mcdonalds on the table*

There's one literally 2 mins away from my house. I've always wanted to go but never got around it. But after watching this I think I'll keep it that way.

Lol this is so popular in South Africa it's one of the biggest chains

I used to love Wimpy! Would get one now and then if there was one nearby these days.

That literally looks like someyhing i could cook at home for much cheaper

Loved Wimpy as a kid, many happy memories going here with my Grandparents as a special treat! It’s a shame that the company couldn’t adapt to the shifting fast food market, hence why it dated so badly. It genuinely was a pretty decent place!

1.I have never heard of this place 2. Expensive Thanks for all the likes

My parents when they were younger both worked in wimpy and that’s how they met lol

wimpy was also the first fast food chain in Egypt but closed all stores in the 80s and made a comeback this year my grandma and parents were soo happy lol

Y'all acting like Wimpy is forgotten for no reason, everyone forget they food because it's nasty

It’s too expensive, looks like it’s from the 70’s and has chip that are from the freezer.

The food looks dilapidated. That's the word I'd use.

Thank you for this mini history lesson! I had never heard of Wimpy, and I always appreciate learning something new.

£10 for a burger meal I go to some relatively high up pubs and get meals for less than that.

It was too Wimpy to compete.

man I loved Wimpy as a kid, it was next to my high school and the local Woolworths up in Finchley. They had that typical cafe quality burger taste but it was addicting and nostalgic!

Overpriced!!!

McDonalds: I'm gonna conquer the world!!!! Jollibee: Hold my rice....

1:41 - What, NINE pound for THAT? A tiny half-burger half-hotdog mutant and a few chips? Think I'll stick with Burger King thank you!

| miss Wimpy. Their bean burgers were a part of my teens, never can get mine to taste the same. But it's the Wimpy of the past I miss.

Still have one in Dartford, when this virus pisses off I'll try it again.

I remember Wimpy from when I was living in England from 1984 - 1995. I thought Wimpy went out of business and all the Wimpy restaurants in the UK closed down. I'm surprised to see some Wimpy restaurants still exists.

Wimpy is trash. It has a budget school dinners feel to it. They should position themselves more like a chain of nostalgic greasy spoons rather than directly against McDonalds and Burger King.... add more british classics to the menu.

I used to love Wimpy 40 years ago. Their International Grill was a real treat.

I remember wimpy, their food was so delicious

wimpy is still a big franchise in south africa, and personally i prefer them above macdonalds

This is one of the biggest food chains in South Africa. The prices are obviously much lower and the food is good.

The one on the High Street in Grantham closed when I was little. I never ate in there but did buy a fizzy drink in a paper cup with my pocket money once. I was fascinated by the large plastic tomatoes used for ketchup that were on every table. I remember going to the Wimpy in Broadmarsh Centre Nottingham years ago, one of the largest and most popular Wimpy’s that survived right up until they knocked the place down. Went to the one in Teddington a couple of times. Used to get lunch at the Greenwich restaurant one or twice a month twenty odd years ago. Now these have all gone. Not sure where my nearest Wimpy is. I might have to search online and make a special journey to one for old times sake.

How much I love wimpy part of my childhood

The wimpy chains in South Africa are absolutely amazing. Some of the best restaurants around at a reasonable price usually. It's not considered a fast food restaurant but rather just a restaurant

Wimpy has started to make a come back in the UK A 100-seater restaurant has opened in Shrewsbury

wimpy rocks we need more of them bring back wimpy to the masses.

Wimpys equivalent burger to the quater pounder ( can't remember what they called it), was one of the best burgers in the fast food market, Imho. Haven't had one in years, wonder what it's like now.

They need to change something in order to keep on growing. They need to seperate themselves as a McDonalds and more of a "gourmet" English classic fast food menu. Looks to me like a overpriced school dinner in 2008. No wonder there dead.

I'm actually sad that my local Wimpy has closed

I miss this place might even go to London just for one

I have never not gotten ill from eating at Wimpy

The price tag seems to be more above the average.

We have Wimpy in South Africa. They're still pretty big and they're not bad at all.

I remember going to Wimpy just for their Milk Shakes, they were the best!

I haven't had Wimpy in a long time, but I can tell it's still the efficiency and quality of a chain with the charm of your local cafe.

To the people saying this is overpriced, think about the fact that in Norway a McDonald's meal similar to the first burger costs 12£

Wimpy in South Africa looks and taste way better than the one in the UK that looks like street food.

I didn't know wimpy was still around, I used to love going there in the 80's that's the last time I been to one lol

That young burger expert convinced me that was very tasty, hurrah for Wimpy

Wimpy is nasty. Terrible, rude customer service, overpriced, cheaply made ingredients and drinks and also home to the worst cheeseburger I've ever had in my life (and that's not an exaggeration). My friend felt ill after having it, not surprised. Amazed they're still hanging on in some places, because they're a total load of rubbish.

The few remaining Wimpy's are very hit-and-miss. While some have embraced the nostalgia and the quality people loved (they used to be better quality than McDonald's) others have kept the tried signage and interior and, in this case, gone with cheaper suppliers. For a good example of a modern Wimpy, try the one in Loughton - just outside London.

Wimpy is the home of the hamburgers. I love this chain always will. please reopen with a few stores UK wide.

Had a wimpy with my uncle in plymouth in probably 86 and it was brilliant. we then watched temple of doom at cinema and he bought me running man for my amiga. What a day.

By comparison, it looks like McDonald’s puts more effort into their food.

Inside Wimpy, the UK overpriced fast food chain

I used to go to one of these in my area when I was 9, sometime in 2011 or so. It remained open until last year.

I love wimpy they taste so good

As a person who lives in the US I have one word S A D

I remember driving to Luxembourg in the 80's , just to eat there. It was great.

wimpys great, more of a cafe than a fast food joint these days. They've got fry ups, grilled chicked meals and all sorts.

Wimpey Kingsize and the Chicken burgers were my top 2. They went down hill when they stopped Knickerblocker Glory's

Wimpy was like literally the least favorite fast food place growing up... it just feels like a school's dinner hall and the food was basic. Have not been to one in a very very long time, it sounds like it hasn't really changed at all on the decor side. That alone is enough to put me off ever going back to one. It is no wonder they mostly disappeared out, considering I don't remember them being that common in the first place.

They taste like trash and its expensive

"I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today". Wimpy's , the first payday lender.

We also have Wimpy in South Africa and people love it..not me personally though but i know its a South African family favourite especially for kids

Wimpy is still huge in South Africa. Almost every shopping mall and airport has one but ours are a bit more colourful with lots of vibrant red and dark blue furniture. Menus are identical though in look and the food is slightly closer to that of a McDonalds.

£6 meal Medium portion 5 minute wait Same quality as McDonalds Now I know why Wimpy died.

McDonald's didn't kill Wimpy. Wimpy was huge. For every 2 McDonald's there are today there were 3 Wimpy restaurants, they even had a game on a Sega console and their children's parties and mascot Mr Wimpy were popular with Families. They even had a restaurant under the Picadilly Lights building. In the 1980s it was bought by Burger King who wanted to expand their brand however Wimpy was a huge brand in the UK. Fortunately some towns had 3 Wimpy restaurants in their town centre so they would turn one of those stores in to a Burger King. The problem Wimpy had was the best performing stores and self service stores became Burger King restaurants which lost them franchisees because they were no longer as big as they used to be and the budget for promoting the restaurants went to Burger King at a time when rivals such as McDonalds were putting a lot of money in to advertising and sponsoring events. When Wimpy was bought again the new owners didn't manage it well losing more franchisees. The South African owners even stopped using Mr Wimpy and the other characters losing a good merchandising opertunity as Mr Wimpy was used on many of the company's toys and other merchandise.

They look like burgers you make at home when suddenly you realise you don't have any hamburger patties.

Wimpys gave me food poisoning as a kid 10/10

I used to have a wimpy burger near but now it’s just an empty shell with the wimpy logo out side

The wimpy here in South Africa is delicious and when we once when to a restaurant near Sun City, the waiters were very fun and kind so that's just old wimpy, the new wimpy is good

Wimpy has PLATES! Ive never been to a fast food restaurant with plates

0:54 Just a bunch of overcooked Vienna Sausages on a bun with cheese tf

I loved Wimpy as a kid and thought their chips were amazing (I always asked my mum to order me an extra plate of chips). It was nice to have a fast food restaurant with waiters and proper plates and cutlery. My local Wimpy (although expensive compared to McDonalds) was always really nice, clean & good quality and the staff were extremely friendly. I thought all Wimpy restaurants would be as good as my local restaurant however we once visited a Wimpy in Cardiff, the quality was dreadful and the staff were rude/couldn't be bothered. IMO Wimpy failed due to massive inconsistency across their restaurants andAWFUL management that was stuck in the past. If you lived in a town/city that had a decent Wimpy then you always had really good food/milkshakes that was a little overpriced. I will say that the burgers I had at Wimpy as a kid were MILES better then the dry, paper-thin garbage burgers McDonalds serve today.

What suprises me the most is that they actually serve the food in plates!

Wimpy was always our place to go for food. So much nicer eating off a proper plate

Lmao we have a wimpy here in south africa and its still very popular. (and looks better than the old uk one tbh)

Way too expensive to be able to compete with any other fast food chain.

When I was a kid in India in the late 80s and early 90's, Wimpy's New Delhi was absolutely my favorite burger place to go to. The bun had a different texture soft yet crispy with sesame seeds, don't know how they achieved that soft-crispy combination, and the burger patty was of course lamb or chicken or potato, but it was heavenly with the sharp radishy mustard and the ketchup, all on the wimpy wax paper. Wish I could get that taste back one more time.

The funny thing is that wimpy is MASSIVE in South Africa

I can see all the homosexuals in London ordering the bender burger 😂😂😂😂

As a British person, I can tell why this was forgotten and why I’ve never heard of it. 1: It’s overpriced af 2: The chips look like chips that have been in the freezer. 3: The meal looks like your average school dinner from a public school and is probably made in a budget under £3.

Glad to see Wimpy again.

It still exists down South and the menu has changed quite alot

This is in Whitechapel

I miss wimpy it’s my childhood

My parents used to take us to a Wimpy restaurant in Twickenham every weekend when we were kids - we always had a nice time and got to know the staff very well. It was always quite an empty place though and around the time I started college it had been closed temporarily. When it reopened it was only half the size, while another establishment bought the other half of the restaurant and a wall put up. Now it's gone completely. I miss eating at Wimpy but I can't really be bothered to take a bus all the way into Teddington to get one.

I remember them in the 70s when I a kid, my mum would take us into one in Tottenham, we loved them. Wimpy outlets seemed to be everywhere. Only know of one in Newton Abbot (I think that's where it was) on the high street. I confess I have not been inside one since the 70s and from the outside the shop looked like it hadn't changed. Having said that, I don't use macdonalds or BK either anymore, prefer home cooked food.

The shittest place I’ve walked passed it and no ones ever in there feel ashamed as a Brit to have this here 😂 we should just get rid of it

Y'all Brits need to try Chik-fil-a in the US.

Ahhh the memories of my nan taking me and my brothers to the wimpy when we were little...

80 is still more than I expected

It's expensive lol no wonder why mcdonalds took over uk

to every american saying its bad: stop, get some help

That's nothing like the Wimpy that I knew as a teenager. There you'd just get a basic bun, basic thin beef patty, that was it.

It really lived up to its name

Wimpy is horrible. I'm glad it disappeared

This looks really bad, also it looks way to expensive for basic ingredients and unremarkable school lunch taste. Also, of course the british would name a chain a stupid name like wimpy.

Watching this video immediately generated an advert for spam at the end. That tells me all I need to know about the food quality at Wimpy.

I recall one up devon way a few years back when we went on holiday my sister threw hers in the river. Sums it up really