Island Burgers & Shakes
“Their fries are delicious and will please both the thick & thin fry eaters.”
“Pretty much everyone can find a hamburger that they will like from this impressive list.”
“Island Burgers & Shakes has ousted Paul's as now my new go to burger joint!”
Island Burgers & Shakes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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goat cheese salad. what I want to say: fresh, tasty, healthy and not pricey. great light bite.
Island Burgers & Shakes opened its first location in 1996, and have been serving mouthwatering flame-grilled burgers, sandwiches, salads, and milk shakes for the past 20 years. Here are some of my favorite items!
Tuscan Salad with Grilled Chicken
This huge, entree-sized salad incorporates fresh vegetables with a protein of choice for a healthy and hearty meal. The Tuscan salad includes generous portions of raw mushrooms, onions, roasted peppers, black olives, artichoke hearts, tomato slices, and fresh mozzarella with grilled chicken rubbed with spices, all over a bed of mixed greens.
Build-Your-Own Turkey Burger
Custom make your own burger creation. You start with a choice of protein – hamburger, grilled chicken breast, turkey burger, or portobello mushroom – and add additional items like cheese like cheddar, Swiss, Monterey Jack, sauces, and toppings like onions, guacamole, mushrooms, and salsa. There are so many combinations to create your perfect burger.
Sweet Potato Fries
A side of sweet potato fries is a must. The fries are perfectly crispy on the outside and moist on the inside, and packs tons of flavors. You can also add sauces like Bayou mayo or curried sour cream to enhance the flavors.
I've been to the UWS location a few times and this one once! Both locations are pretty similar and I've had good experiences at both.
At this particular location I had a few beers (more expensive than I like paying but pretty on par with every other place in NYC).
I love the asparagus here! YUMMY! I didn't eat anything else during this particular visit but the burgers (beef and chicken) at the UWS location did not disappoint!.
The space is pretty small though! We sat at the bar and had to shift a few times to make room for parties as they came and left.
Overall, its good! Just not somewhere I go often.
I would give the service 4 stars, food 3, the prices 2. I was cruising around Hell's Kitchen and this was a bookmarked spot from a yelp newsletter. Naturally I wanted to cross it off my list.
It was a warm day so I sat at the bar close to the open doors. It's a small space but typical really. Beer prices weren't bad actually, I got the Founders IPA, always a good choice. There are quite a few burgers to choose from, I ordered the Hobie. I have to echo everyone else, the sourdough is an absolute mess, but the mess is half the fun. Now the burger, the bleu cheese was good, but the bacon was cold, soggy and limp. The burger itself was big yes, but really the flavor wasn't there for me. It was just an average burger and for $15.95 not worth the price tag. If this came with fries or a side perhaps it would be justifiable at that price, but the side of fries was $6.50…pass. While it wasn't a bad burger by any means, it wasn't a great one either. I have no problem paying more for awesome quality but to me it was just standard.
I think I'd pass on a return trip with so many other options in this hood. The bartender was friendly, no issues there. But overall I would say just OK.
One thing my visit to Island Burger has taught me is to call to see if the restaurant is "child friendly".
I picked this restaurant for my book club to meet since I read that it was one of the best places in NYC for a burger. The menu looked appealing with lots of choices to go with your burger and they offer three different types (beef, turkey and chicken). I brought my grandson with me (he's 7 months) and this restaurant is in NO WAY conducive to bringing a baby with you. It is very, very, very small from the time you walk in and almost hit whomever is sitting at the bar with the door, you have to fold up the stroller and walk sideways to get to your table. There is only one restroom and it doesn't have a changing table either so parents beware! I don't think I've ever been in a restaurant that small.
We made the best out of it and placed our orders – we all ordered the beef burgers. I ordered mine Medium Well and I have to say that it came out well done which was disappointing. I had the sautéed onions and mushrooms with it and cheese. The burger itself though was very good and not greasy like some restaurants serve it. It came with the fixins (lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle). We shared an order of fries cause there is a lot in the order but the highlight was my black and white milkshake. It was absolutely delicious! In fact we all enjoyed our meals and the price that went along with it as for the four of us it came out to about $27 each which included tip.
I really like this place and would love to come back but I would definitely have to be "baby less" when I do so!
for all burger lovers, make sure to stop in here! this place is small and narrow, but nicely lit with natural light. there's a small bar up front with about 8 seats and the remainder of the restaurant is a long booth with tables and chairs. there's some really cool chalk art along the wall above too (like the entire nyc subway line?!)
saturday lunch time had a decent crowd. the menu here literally has something for everyone. for the pre determined burger options you can keep things pretty simple, go spicy, go decadent (all creep up in price a bit as the toppings keep piling up). also they have tasty beers on tap to enjoy too.
my bf and i shared a plate of cheese fries, yum! and each got a burger (bourbon st. for him, horbie for me). these things were huge and a bit challenging to eat, but we cleaned our plates. also the meat temps were perfect! definitely a fan.
We were in the area looking for a quick lunch bite on the way to the park, no wait, and the reviews seemed good! Family of 3, we got 2 burgers and 2 fries and it was enough for all of us.
My first thought was that the burgers are already on the pricey side and fries are still extra on top of that? But the french fry portion is very generous and super tasty, it's definitely a must add on. Our second order of fries we got as cheese fries and they came served as a huge platter covered every inch in warm delicious gooey cheese. My arteries said no but my mouth said yes yes yes.
In addition to the crazy good fries, the burgers weren't bad. Didn't blow me away for $15 alone good, but decent.
Soda was out of a can, not a fountain.
Table next to us got milk shakes which seemed like a featured item on the menu, if I wasn't stuffed from the huge french fry portion I would have loved to try them too.
Pure review with regard to their strawberry milkshake.
Okay.
Something's off.
I'd rather have 5 guys' milkshake or shake shack's milkshake for less dollar.