" Impressed "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

I've been here a couple of times for the burgers, and have to say that even the second time round I was "Holy Moly, that's huge!". Good news is that the burgers are BIG and TASTY! Chips come free n the side, so it makes for a good value lunch, the wait-staff and manager are friendly, and the decor is bright, comfortable, and elegant for a casual diner.

The burger buns are good, pretty solid, not sugary. The meet is fresh, US beef, untainted with all the herbs and flavourings like they use at Gourmet Burger, and when you order medium rare you get medium rare. The patties are good, and at 1/2 pound per slab, generous.

The Caesar salad was the best I've had in years, real authentic, but the clam chowder was more like a vegetable gumbo with a few clams thrown in - it didn't really cut it compared to the traditinal New England clam chowder.

For a lunchtime burger, this joint is definitely recommended. I will head back for dinner and try the surf and turf sometime soon.

" The King Of Burgerland "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Sometimes you eat upscale burgers here and think to yourself, "wow, that was really good....for Shanghai." There is always something missing, always something that makes you look forward to that dinner back home with friends where you go to the burger place you've been drooling for over the previous few months. Friends from burger-land, your Shanghai savior has arrived in the form of a quaint little place on Taikang Lu: New York Steak and Burger was hands down the best burger I've had this side of the Pacific. The meat was tender, wasn't packed too tightly, and all the toppings stayed exactly where they should, on top. Some restaurants go a bit far with jamming condiments and other delicacies inside the burger patty itself, the guys at New York Steak and Burger are purists, leaving you to revel in the fact that you are there to taste the burger and its great beef, not some flavor to mask its shortcomings.

The steak, had by my accomplice, was equally impressive, especially for the price. He paid around 250RMB for a prime cut...but I was too busy concentrating on my 1.5 burgers (yeah, we ordered a second one). The price for the burgers ranges from 50-68 RMB...entirely reasonable considering most other places in town are even more expensive for something not even half as good as this.

The decor was nice and relaxing, no bells, whistles, or ridiculous neon lights like you'll find at other Taikang burger establishments. The beer selection is perfect and reasonably priced, with never-seen-in-shanghai-before selections like Saranac Microbrews, and the old reliable Sam Adams, for only 35 RMB.

Nothing bad to say about this place, literally nothing. Go for a date, for a biz dinner, just make sure you go hungry...

" Amazing... "

Value for money		Suitable for...
The food		.. a date
The service		.. business dinner
The decor		.. with friends

Have tried this place 3 times now. Value for money, you won't find a better steak in Shanghai. Definitely American/"New York" style, but in a good way. Tasty, simple, steaks and burgers. The menu is small, but doesn't need to be large because what they serve is delicious and you get plenty of it (big portions). Wait staff is still learning but are very polite. The manager is great, very outgoing and adds to the atmosphere making dining here a very enjoyable experience.