Merrick W.
Yelp
I'm stunned in 2025, JFK, one of the world's premier airports, has pretty lousy sit-down food options -- at least T4 -- while other major airports have already upgraded their facilities. Newark, where I usually fly in and out of, has infinitely better options, but with all of Newark's problems of late, I decided to switch to JFK to avoid the hassles, delays and potential safety issues -- but, JFK, JFK, .
So, of what's here, if you want to sit and have a meal you got The Palm, wickedly overpriced, the horribly reviewed Mexican place, Mi Casa, a quick-serve pizza place with a few tables and, finally, unless I missed elsewhere, Buffalo Wild Wings, which I opted for, seemed the best value, least hassle.
So, the place is very clean and actually pretty pleasant, lots of tables and there is a separate room around the bar and to the back. As is the norm at airports these days, for the menu you scan the QR code that's on your table, order and pay on your phone, and one of three servers brings the food & drink to your table.
Not a huge fan of their wings, boneless or not, so I'm glad they got a burger, which I was in the mood for. It's very decent, smashed, so automatically well done with caramelized edges, which is how I like it, and you can request that they remove the mayo and mustard, lettuce and tomato, pickles, etc. I opted to do away with the lettuce & tomato & mustard, keep the mayo and added ketchup (automatically served on the side with fries) to make a pseudo-Russian-dressing. Interestingly, the burger had a faint gamey taste to it but that didn't bother me, it was good, as were the fries -- but as they didn't come piping hot as they should have, I ate most of them immediately to enjoy what warmth they still had left in them.
My server clearly didn't want to be there and seemed to disappear a bit, which is difficult given how relatively small a place it is, but she wasn't unkind and redeemed herself at the end bringing me an extra ketchup and an entirely fresh cup of soda. She got a little extra tip for that.
One thing, tho, and I don't blame this on her -- it took FOREVER to get my burger, I think 20mins after I ordered it, and I saw others had the same situation. This could be problematic for folks with limited time trying to catch a plane and I would strongly recommend this location's management bring out the company's efficiency expert, assuming BWW has one, to figure out how to UP the game of this location where being served quickly should be of the highest priority.