Burger Bhai — Restaurant in New York

I was happy to find out about the halal pakistani burger spot:Burger bhai. It was on my go-to list, and finally, I got a chance to try it while I was in the area. It's a takeout joint with some seating available on sidewalk (a charpai (traditional pakistani bed) and 2 tables with 2 chairs each. They have nice overall truck wall art and pakistani folk articrafts (rickshaw etc) on display. They do have a self order option. We ordered around 11.15am (they opened around 11am) and we had to wait for around 40mins to get our order. There were 2 customers ahead of us.

We ordered: Masala fries Bhai ka burger Classic smash Bogo smash (without realizing bogo smash is same as classic smash, you just get 2 of them - smh) Chapli burger (didn't know it's chicken chapli) Chick a Tikka burger Aloo Tikki burger Rose shikanjavi Mango shake Bhai sauce Mint sauce Totaling up to $95 and change.

So price wise, they are on the cheaper side as compared to what we pay in Queens. We loved their bhai ka burger, most flavorful and well done. Masala fries were super fresh with well coated delicious masala. Our least favorite was smash burgers. The patty was overly Smashed, making it burnt crispy. If you want good variety smash burgers, go to HITIT. Chick a Tikka was our 2nd favorite. You get 5 to 6 Boneless Tikka pcs in a burger with the toppings of your choice. On 3rd, alo Tikki, it was good but not as good as Bun Kebab's (a halal bun kebab cart). 4th or 2nd least liked one was chicken chapli, it's a simple chicken patty, not a chapli at all. So, I would recommend getting a bhai ka burger with Masala fries (the best combo).

As for drinks, rose lemonade is very toned down rohafza lemonade, we liked it because it was not that sweet, and you can taste real lemon. But sadly, the Mango shake was missing Mango flavor and was tasting like grinded vanilla ice cream.

Bhai sauce and mint sauce were okay, we ordered 2, but they also gave some bhai sauce packs with fries. Mint sauce felt more like mayo based.

Nothing crazy but a decent halal burger spot. It would be much fun in summer to enjoy a burger on a charpai. I would highly recommend/suggest the team revise their chapli recipe to make it more authentic. I will definitely stop by again to grab #bhaikaburger when we are in the area.

We were laughing at a thought that they were well aware of what they made best, and they named that burger:...

I was really executed to try this place out as it was on the neighborhood. I placed the order over the phone after asking all my questions about the menu and pricing along with checking all the fees on the websites and online. The guy who took my order wanted to make sure I was actually coming bc they had ordered through out the day and no one came to pick it up. When I went to pick up my food I was charged higher amount for what I ordered and what I was quoted along with what the prices I saw online. When I asked about this the person at the register responded “ I’m sorry I’m still new here and I asked my manager that’s what they priced me “ even after I pointed out to him that your online price clearly states $15 burger while you charged me 18$19 per burger and you quoted me 15$ over the phone but when customer shows up to pick up there food you are giving them a different price that is very very wrong to do with anyone. It makes sense why they were getting placed orders over the phone and not taking the order with this type of customer service. As per the burger not sure if it was due to closing time, but it was not worth the price and tasted like a very standard burger. The meat was very...

I have regret purchasing food in the past from some interesting establishments that would test even the most carefree use of the noun “restaurant” and have more often than not been pleasantly surprised. This unfortunately, is not one of those moments. I am a fan of exotic flavors, novel combinations and the fusion of international cuisines to create new flavor palates. Just adding some spices for the sake of cultural re-branding is a digression to the prehistoric age of culinary appropriation in this country. I really wanted to like this Bhai Ka burger and masala fries, but after trying it I had a ratatouille moment where I threw up in my mouth and I was left scratching my head and asking myself why…? Let me put it this way…just because you pick up a bunch of instruments and start carefully banging away doesn’t mean you are making music. This place is a hard pass…unless you suffer from congenital amusia, then...