Burgerology Astoria

Easily the best burger place in New York. I've been here more times than I can count, and I can't remember a time where I wasn't happy with the food. The food is perfectly consistent. The menu is good. The ingredients are all fresh, I've seen them bring in the entire chunk of meat which I assume they grind to the burger patties. I also appreciate the fact that when inflation goes up, instead of raising the price, they lower the portions which lets me eat with the same incredible flavors at the same affordable price. As per the prices, for a burger and a side the price is very good. The restaurant isn't as full as it used to be (on Friday nights it used to be a 30m wait now it's only half full). If the server makes a mistake and switches up the order or the order is wrong, the manager (which is lovely, they are so sweet to everyone) will go out of their way to make sure you have a smile on your face. They also made a replacement which they know how to fix it when they make a mistake. It's always a great vibe at burgerology and even though I've been coming here for years, putting my positive bias aside I can easily recommend this burger restaurant to anybody that loves burgers (or not, they have a lot of cool sandwiches and apps, as well as breakfast)!

Edit 12/9/22: I came here after the price increase. Fine, the burgers are great anyways. Well today (Friday night) it was almost empty, and I decided to dine here because I've been coming for YEARS. Usually one or two slip ups but today was extremely disappointing. To start off, they brought us a mint chip milkshake small instead of the campfire large we ordered. Then we tried to get the attention of the waiter which she just kept ignoring us. She was rude and didn't respond when we tried to call for her. They brought they burger out (Edison, still a great burger) but no napkins or utensils, and we had to go to the counter and get them ourselves. Really disappointing. After we finished the burger they finally brought out the shake (correctly this time). We asked for the chocolate syrup (which by the way COMES with the campfire) on the side and they charged us for extra chocolate syrup. The craziest part is that they didn't even bring the chocolate syrup! The bartender was more attentive than our waiter. The guy with the curly hair kept a careful eye on us and actually did a great job and did what the server should have done. They later had one of the busboys come and apologize (even though it wasn't his fault) instead of having the manager or even the server do it. It's really disappointing because I've been here also a few days ago and the server was lovely and she was also very attentive, like the bartender. On top of the extreme Inflation on these prices (which honestly doesn't bother me too much if the service was the service was the same as before), everything was awful and this experience might be the finishing streak of years of consistently coming here.