so much hype. with the fandom behind this joint, i thought it was about time to eat there, living around the corner and all.
i went with the manhattan - the burger was what i expected, but missed the mark, a classic sweet (unfortunately) american bun, with a leaf of lettuce, too many condiments to count, excellently cooked meat, and dripping with oil and orange cheese. the vanilla bean milkshake was a great way to help cut through the greasy muddle of sweet and tangy - usa usa!. now i know that's what people want, (as we saw with the massive infatuation with ben & jerry's) but this flavour of americana was just unsatisfying as i pushed through to speed up the internal damage being done.
bland, sweet, greasy, sloppy (hit the american nail on the head.)
i left with oil and condiments (mustard, tomato, and white?) over my hands, and disappointment over my face. i was truly hoping for it to be great – they do 4 burgers, you'd think they'd master them.
probably wont be going back, but hey, give it a go, do your own research. just dont expect too much.
service was excellent though, and the milk shake.