Burger Joys — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

Burger Joys Sai Ying Pun is spartan and bare-bones: three to four countertops with backless bar stools - and when my boyfriend and visited on a Sunday at 8:00, there were only two staff: one manning the grill and the other taking orders.

The menu offers a handful of fry-options: sweet potato, an In-n-Out reminiscent animal-fries option, cheese fries. The Southern fried chicken bites were crisp and bite-sized, perfect crabs of batter encompassing juicy and tender nuggets of meat. The classic cheeseburger (at 108HKD), came with a solid-tasting brioche bun, juicy interior, and deliciously oozy melty American cheese. You can add your bougie cheeses, but no one can deny that a good square of yellow American has just the right amount of fat and salt to go perfectly with a medium-rare patty.

But what I love about Burger Joy’s burger is that the fresh ingredients are snappy and fresh - lettuce is springy, tomatoes are bright and crunchy, and the red onion! Oh the red onion- sharpness cutting through meat.

Burger Joys is great for a casual no-frills meal - not date-worthy, but plenty perfect for when you don’t need to impress: juice running down your arm and used napkins all...

I’ve been a fan of Burger Joys even before they opened their Sai Ying Pun branch and have been to both this store and the one in Wan Chai multiple times throughout these past couple of years.

I decided to take my colleagues to the SYP branch for lunch since it was closer to our office in Kennedy Town. We arrived at 12 noon and all 7 of us had the restaurant to ourselves, which was quite nice.

Most of us ordered the cheeseburger. I personally got the fish burger with the chocolate milkshake upgrade. All of this arrived fairly quickly with friendly service, though we would’ve appreciated some music during the wait.

Regarding the food itself: although I thoroughly enjoyed the milkshake (always my fave at Burger Joys), I was a bit disappointed by the burger and the fries. It seemed like the fish fillet and fries had been left in the fryer for a little too long, leaving parts of it tough to bite. It was still delicious but the experience wasn’t as great as my previous visits.

In total, I spent $120 ($89 for fish burger set + $31 for milkshake drink upgrade). Pretty steep for lunch, especially considering the quality I got. I think the cheeseburger would’ve been a...

One of the best burgers I've had in HK. Just a simple classic burger with good ingredients, the patties grilled just enough so the outside is a little charred and chewy, while the inside is pink and juicy. I hate it when a burger is too fancy and you taste everything else but the beef patties. The tater tots were damn good, too! But I'm deducting one star for their horrendous garlic fries. All it was was fries drenched in raw garlic purée probably from a jar (too perfectly liquidy to have been blended by them). At first, my friend mistook it for cheese. Would've been better off if they had called it a dip and serve it on the side as a condiment. The garlic purée made the fries soggy and was too strong (raw) to consume. It's an absolute insult to "California-style" garlic fries -- or any garlic fries in general. I'm from San Francisco, and we have the famous Gilroy...