Went for a late lunch at the recently revamped former home of Franck Pecol's neighbourhood food empire Rachel’s on WuKang Lu aka STACK where I placed an order for one Smokey BBQ Burger, with original fries, and a pot of English Tea, with cold milk.

Before I could be seated to take in the sights of the gaggle of millennials preening themselves in front of the three large hairdressing type mirrors on the main courtyard wall, for their enumerable selfies, a pot of tepid tea was set before me, along with jug of warm milk, followed not long after by the Smokey BBQ Burger, with original fries.

It’s clearly evident that the burger had been par-cooked to come out of the kitchen so quickly?  The burger was tasty enough as it was drenched with the topping, the fries were some of the best I have had in Shanghai, crispy and real potatoes!

All in all, a stout effort by the seemingly young team were operating the facility, price-wise 145RMB for a burger, fries and a pot of tea ok, but certainly a lack of attention to detail, no spoon for cup and saucer, no sugar offered, no salt & pepper, the paper serviette blew away, no replacement offered, or sight of any on the tables.

Would I return, probably not, the venue is not my cup of tea and certainly does not STACK up against other burger eateries in Shanghai.

They do need to repair the step, as seen in the attached image, as this is an accident waiting to happen.

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