Till K.
Yelp
Update: Had to go down to 3 stars.
First of all, I never waited that long, at least not that I remember. The people working there are all pretty friendly too. But food-wise, not that great.
The meat, I've had better. It's a frozen paddy and it cannot match those at other Burger joins in FHain and XBerg. Then, the cheese. Really disgusting. :( The people who had a cheese burger and are not complaining about the manufactured cheese -- what is wrong with you? Even McD and BK do it better.
The last 2 burgers I tried, especially the vegetarian burger, were so juicy that they fell apart before anyone touched it.
There's just something about putting veggies on a burger that's apparently non-trivial. Yeah, this is finger food, but this is an extreme and I just hate to make a mess.
Last but not least: oversalted. There's like a crust around everything, which makes you buy drinks.
The bottom line, I never had cramps and I can ignore the obnoxious Prenzlauer Berg crowd. That's not why I changed my rating from five to three.
The food is just not great when you had the competition. People get confused when they see Neuland on the door -- must be good. But that's not all. Cooking a burger requires a little attention to the product. Can't just push a paddy in a bun.
I really suggest that the die hard fans here check out Burgeramt, Burgermeister, Fritiersalon or even Yellow Sunshine instead.
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Marienburger is a burger joint in Winskiez (or something). The menu is pretty comprehensive, price-wise it's not as good as Friedrichshain, but still alright.
So far I had a Chilliburger which was pretty hot and dripping, and a Haloumiburger, which was goat cheese and pesto. Both at least a 9/10 on a scale of awesomeness. The fries they serve with it are pretty good too.
All in all, they serve burgers - meat and vegetarian (not really vegan as far as I can tell) - and that's what they are good at. The people are so friendly it's almost creepy and you have doubts you are still in Berlin.