BLT Burger  

Spoilt for choice as usual on any dining outing, we decided to queue for a table at BLT Burger, located in the convenient hotspot of Tsim Sha Tsui. After some 25-30 minutes of waiting, we were finally shown to a table. This casual looking restaurant featured exposed brickwalls, naturally worn wooden floors and a dark pressed tin ceiling. If you get lucky (especially difficult on weekends), diners could enjoy sea views from their tables or enjoy a sporting game at the live bar.

With our stomachs growling louder than the buzzing shuffle of busy feet of servers and diners alike, we placed our orders briefly and waited in anticipation!

5 Spice 'Chinese' Chicken Salad (HK$85/-)BLT Burger certainly swept me off the feet with the creative names of some of their dishes, which included salads and burgers. First up was this unique '5 Spice' salad, which caught our attention almost instantly when we were eyeing for an appetizer to kick-start the meal. '5 Spice' should be a common fare for most Chinese (五香), though the '5 spices' marinade was ordinarily applied on meat dishes.

Served with grilled marinated chicken breast slices, cilantro, napa cabbage, carrot and cucumber, and drizzled with the unique '5 Spice' sauce, it provided an interesting fusion touch to the diners' palette. The grilled chicken breast was nothing too fanciful, and tasted rather dry and rather stiff. What saved the salad was the good variety of texture in each mouthful bite and of course the viscous '5 Spice' dressing that accompanied the dish, which gave a mildly heavy, dense and rich aftertaste to the simple tasting salad. The dressing tasted rich in a good sense and not MSG-saturated.

Verdict: 7.5/10

The Classic Combo (HK$148/-)

Like the name suggested, it was a classic 7oz. grilled certified Angus beef. For a very long time yet, I never quite figured out what was 7oz. equivalent to until some check revealed that 1oz. = 28.3495gms, so the steak sandwiched between the buns was a good 200gms of red meat.

This is one thing I don't understand about people in HK.

How can such a bad restaurant attract that many customers?

If you have had Ameircan food that is better than just bad, you would be disappointed at the quality BLT burger provides.

The quality was worse than just bad.

The quality of the food was very very very bad, the burger bun I was served was cold, the onion rings were the worst I have tried (I make better onion rings myself with frozen ones than the ones I was served), the milkshake was sweeter than sugar.

Alongside, the service was also extremely bad. The servers were arrogant and indifferent.

But, the price was very high for such standards. Definitely not worth a try and what you get isn't worth the price.

I personally would never go back again even if I were to get paid to eat there.

I really did suffer by eating there.

Well, being a Baby boomer did not acquaint me with this rather 'hip' joint.

Having decided to buy our youthful children lunch, and we decided on BLT upon hearing of their world reknown burgers - or I think.

Anyway, we reach the restaurant at 1pm and had to queue with 10 persons ahead of us. Leaving my children to queue, we went window shopping. But the waiting time was unexpectedly faster than we had forseen.

The table we had was near the window and it was not comfortable with the queuing people staring down at our food as we ate. The restaurant was filled. Tables were packed too near to each other to be comfortable. It was akin to a Chinese eatery except for the shared tables.

The service was bad. We had to get the attention of the staff and repeat our orders to him 4-5 times for his understanding. We had wanted a cold water but the water came warm and we had to wait for the next 5-10 minutes with 2 reminders for the water.

Expecting the portions to be humongously large, my wife and I shared a classic BLT burger whilst my son took the Wagyu burger and my daughter another classic BLT burger. We all took the combo set which came with drinks + fries.

The food was accaptable. As stated, burger quality was bigger, larger and certainly tougher. One of our classic was to have been medium but it came almost rare with some blood dripping. Nauseously un-appetising. The burger quality was tough and burnt or alternatively interpreted as - well done and smoked. To be fair, I would think the kitchen was over worked. IN addition, it is usually very difficult to cook a burger to its absolute standard especially medium well or medium.

Well, the french fries were normal. It came as the 'fat fries'= potato wedges or the skinny fries = Macdonald type fries. The side vegetables were overly soured with french dressing ( I assumed ) making it very un- palatable

We were not impressed.

What were impressed was the final bill. We ate HKD$857. The food was predictably BLT.

We do not think we will be extremely keen to come again. It should remain as a 'we tested it already' experience.

Recently I have a very strong burger craving so went with 2 friends although I hate places that don't take reservations. So when I arrived at 6pm on a Saturday evening there was already 10 people in front of me waiting for a table. Luckily we only waited for 10 minutes and got a booth seat.

Starter:
buffalo wings - very american style that I haven't had such an authentic buffalo wings for so long. The sauce is a little bit spicy while the blue cheese dip was something that cannot be missed especially if you are a cheese lover! But don't expect fresh and tender chicken wings coz' this is not the essense of buffalo wings!

Burger (cheese burger & BLT burger):
The meat patties in both burgeres were dry and burnt on the edge. So I guess this is their standard but for a burger that is selling at over $90, I expect the meat patty to be much juicier. The bun itself is only so-so, just like an off-the-shelf kind of quality! The only better thing is the coleslaw which is quite authentic.

Shake:
The mixed berries shake was very watery and tasted a bit like coughing syrup. I would not recommend this shake to anyone!

After reading multiple reviews of BLT Burger on Openrice, we decided to eat there since we were shopping around in the area. When we first approached the restaurant, there was a substancial wait line (at around 6:00pm!). We weren't particularly surprised, since it was a Saturday and it was during Chinese New Year. We were, however, surprised at the short wait time and we were quickly seated.

When we were seated, we noticed that our table was quite close to the other guests'. We could clearly hear them and there wasn't that much privacy. This setback was saved by the fact that our waiter was kind and courteous. We ordered a BLT burger set (for $158) that included a soft drink and skinny fries. We were blindsided, however, by the extra slice of cheese that cost a whopping $8 that came up in the bill... We also ordered the Chilli Bowl with Cornbread ($68).

Taste-wise, BLT Burger lives up to its name. The BLT Burger was cooked Medium (perfect), and was a delightful combination of toasty bun, moist quality beef patty and fresh crunch vegetables. The crunchy, salty bacon was the icing on the burger cake as it provided both flavor and texture. At first bite, the burger seemed lackluster and I felt the urge to add more salt and pepper, but the bacon slices compensated for the burger's insufficient seasoning. The burger came with a basic coleslaw and some skinny fries. The coleslaw was average; nothing special. The fries, however, were the biggest let-down of the night. There were three choices of fries; thick cut, skinny or waffle. We chose skinny, but were sadly disappointed. The fries were slightly overcooked and lacked the soft, fluffy potato centre that most skinny fries have. They were hard and brittle, similar to wooden twigs. I cringe to admit it, but McDonalds' fries seemed more appealing to us at that point, rather than the BLT Burger fries! A sad letdown.

We also had the Chilli Bowl with Cornbread. Since we were a bit hungry, we decided to order a small meal instead of another large burger. This was my first time eating cornbread, unlike my boyfriend. The chilli was tasteful but spicy. I would take a bite and taste the wonderful flavors.... but 3 seconds later, the spicy japaleno peppers would bite my tongue. Luckily, I had the sweet cornbread and sour cream to soothe my tastebuds. For a first time, the cornbread was pleasant. It was a vibrant yellow and was sweet, light and perfectly crumbly. While eating the chilli, I felt as if the chilli was a garnish on my yellow cornbread cake. The two foods truly complimented each other and the zingy spice of the chilli tantilized my tastebuds! Excellent Luckily for us, there was a thoughtful waiter who noticed us panting with heat and offered us glasses of cold water. You just don't get service like that anymore in Hong Kong!

If you're looking for a good value burger, then BLT is the place to go. Although it might be far in Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, it is well worth the trip. Overall, it was a great dining experience and we'll definitely be going again in the near future.

4.5 stars out of 5, BLT!

A great place. We arrived at 6:30pm and had no queue, sat straight down. Have seen some huge queues here in the past.

We had the BLT burger and the standard, traditional burger. We also got thick cut fries and sweet potato fries.

Firstly, service: The staff were very helpful and attentive. Never felt left out, and food/drinks were supplied very quickly. We both asked for alterations to the standard menu items (no cheese, add onions, no tomato etc) and everything was done exactly was requested. Top marks.

Food: Excellent. Burgers were tasty, well seasoned and very fresh. Served with a small coleslaw and a big pickle wedge, again both very good. The fries were very nice - fresh, well cooked and nicely seasoned. Couldn't fault the food at all, very filling & tasty.

Cost-wise, we thought it was very good for a sit-down burger meal. Our only gripe was that one of us had a soda and the other a cranberry juice. We paid the same for both and the juice was pretty small (although very nice). My suggestion would be to stick to soda.

Overall a great little restaurant. If you can avoid the queues it is well worth a visit. In the dining concepts group, same as Blue-smoke BBQ (which you should not visit, see my other review).

Big thumbs up BLT Burger!!

Chose to went on a Friday night. Luckily we got a table right away because we are there early at 7pm.

There is nothing much to choose from the menu. I decided to share a burger combo with my husband and also order a salad and a bufflo wings and a smoothy.

The BLT burger is what we have chosen. I would say the meat is not good. I understand it is just burger so that I should not expect a good steak. But it is far below my expectation. If they are charging for over $100 for a burger, they should serve a better one.

The vegetable salad is okay, and the bufflo wing is also good.

The item I liked the most is the smoothie. If you like American style drink, we must try the smoothie.

But overall, I don't think it's worth to try unless the price is lower.

Walked past at 9.15 PM - fairly long queue and gave up, but then made a detour to buy one more thing and the crowd had cleared, went in at 9.40 PM. Nice menu, very enthusiastic staff. Great decor.

Ordered a Veggie burger and my wife a salmon burger + chips. All felt very nice and it came to just 200 HK$.

That was quick and friendly, tasty and inexpensive. Recommended.

first of all, they do not allow bookings. secondly, there are no big tables. it was 6 of us fit and extremely uncomfortable

for the service, just so so, althought the waiters and waitress are handsome and pretty, but they and not too expreienced.

bugers are normal - bad, buffulo wings are bad, fries are good

it was to celebrate someones birthday, and it is the first time for all of us, otherwise, would rather go dan ryans.

Went there lunch time, a tall male waiter toke my order but didn't follow up.. waited over 20 mins and saw people arrived after me but have their food served.... call up the waiter and ask him where is my drink... he quickly go and check but still toke them another 5 mins to prepared. all in all waited over 30 mins for my burger...
food quality - beef is just warm... and quality is no better than Triple O... but price is more than double...

conclusion - services is bad to worst... food is over priced.... NO way i could ever go back.!!

BLT does not stand for Bacon Lettuce and Tomato in this case but Bistro Laurent Tourondel. Laurent Tourondel is the name of the chef who lauched the whole BLT restaurant group. BLT Burger is actually located only in NY, Las Vegas and Hong Kong.

Personally I thought the server came too early to ask for our orders. Or maybe it was because me and my friend hadn’t seen each other for so long we talked a lot and the menu’s not complicated people might typically take a little faster to decide what they want. But when the server came I told her we needed more time. And she never came back. After me and my friend decided on what to eat, I had to catch the servers attention to come and take our order. I wasn’t especially hungry so we just shared The Combo #1 Classic Burger, Soda and Fries. We added $25 for a milkshake (Mocha Mudslide) which was originally $68. Added $8 for Cheese (American Cheese). and had the choice of skinny fries, fat fries or waffle fries and I chose waffle fries.

If you’re from San Francisco this place might remind you of Burger Bar where Macy’s at. It’s already quite expensive but they give you the option of adding more and so your bill ends up more than you think. And most people like their burger with cheese and if you’re already willing to pay so much to eat a burger there $8 is nothing to add for a slice of cheese. I guess it’s a smart business tactic.

The restaurant was like a modern designed American diner. The restaurant was very well designed, but on the tables you’ve got your typical 2 plastic squeezy bottles of ketchup and mustard, the metal paper napkin box and your utensils all wrapped up next to you. Kind of dark though..

Service could improve. They didn’t give us wet paper towels until the end and it wasn’t a individual thing as if though they were waiting on each table to nearly finish but at a certain time they just gave everyone wet paper towels. I mean I understand we came to eat a little earlier than most people because by the time we left it was almost full capacity. But they could’ve given us the wet towels earlier. And they did not know how to present a bill. I asked for the bill and they gave it to me and went away and didn’t come back for it. I had to wave someone down again and checked our cash on spot picking up the $200 and then took it to the cashier and came back with our change. That was.. mehh..

Was the food good? Sure. Portion was decent, restaurants always give more than enough fries and the fries were good. I didn’t plan on writing a review for the place so I didn’t take any pictures. The milkshake was pretty good too. Was the entire meal worth $177? No. And I shared this. If we didn’t share times that by 2. Even more not worth it. But we wouldn’t have been able to finish our meals if we had a combo each with a milkshake. AND again I don’t know if it’s just me but the burger bun was not toasted and usually I expect them to be toasted until they’re warm.

I feel like I’m writing a really bad review about this place. But if I had to rate this restaurant it’d just be your average 3/5. Nothing stood out about it. Nothing stood out about the burgers, or the burger patties. And they proudly say they're USDA prime which is probably why they think they can charge so much. The reason I’m not praising this place is because for such a high price nothing stood out about it to make it worth so much.

But if you can afford it. There’s no harm to trying it. You’ll probably find it really good. Here’s the menu http://www.bltburger.com/PDF/eatin-hong-kong.pdf

My friends and I came here today since I had taken a copy of their menu which, printed on the back, clearly stated in bold words the fact that there was Happy Hour with Buy 1 Get 1 Free for their drinks.

After ordering our drinks, they took a very long time before they arrived - I'd say about twenty minutes or so? I mean, is that much time really necessary just to make a milkshake?

Campfire Marshmallow (vanilla ice cream & toasted marshmallows)
This drink was quite nice and you could really taste the little bits of marshmallow in it. Very yummy, but my friend who drank it said it was very rich/sweet after a bit.

Oreo Express (w/o the alcohol)

Mocha Mudslide (coffee ice cream, oreos & chocolate syrup)
This was alright, kind of tasty but also quite sweet.

Rocky Road (chocolate ice cream, brownie & almonds)
Way way way too sweet! I had to drink a lot of water after each sip of this drink. Much too sweet.

The drinks were overall okay, although very very very sweet! The worst part of the evening was when we found out that they were falsely advertising their Happy Hour! It was only after we finished our drinks and got our check that they told us that they no longer have Happy Hour!!!

The drinks are SO. VERY. EXPENSIVE. Not worth it.

Rest assured, I will not be coming back here again. For anything!

I really like the design and decoration of this place, a very neat re-creation of a classical American burger joint. Its atmosphere really helps to bring back a lot of memories from my school days in Canada. All these diners like Cactus Club, White Spot etc. served not only nice burgers and fries, which were all we could afford at the time, but also provided a place for good friends to gather for good times.

Spicy Buffalo Wings with fresh celery (Grade: 3.5/5)
This is one of my favourite dishes of all time. Wings, added with buffalo sauce, has this nice mix of spicy and sour flavour, which stimulate your taste bud like no other spice. The fresh celery provided a complete contrast with a refreshing taste.

Australian Wagyu (Grade: 3/5)
There were all kinds of different burgers served here, from the usual beef burgers to salmon, turkey, chicken you name it and they would probably have it.

I elected to choose the 7oz. Grilled Australian Wagyu Beef Burger tonight. The beef was very tender with a nice proportion of fat. However, I'd like my beef fatty to be more juicy. This one was a bit dry on the inside and I gave the edge to Triple O's beef burgers hands down.

PBJ (Grade: 4.5/5)
Milkshakes are often the best compliment to a nice burger and if you have a sweet tooth, the big-sized milkshakes here are a must try. My personal favourite is their PBJ milkshake with vanilla ice cream, peanut butter syrup and grape jelly. Oreo express and Rocky Road are close runner-ups.

Although the burgers could have been better, this would certainly not going to ruin my night. Great atmosphere, good service and nice food which would bring back fond memories from the past, I could not ask for more.

We have been talking about BLT Burger for quite a while, it was mentioned more often recently since it was elected to be the Best Burger Restaurant in town by Times Out Magazine. I was utmost excited to dine in this restaurant and tasted the best burger in town.

I had been arguing with my boyfriend that BLT Burger doesn't stand for Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato but something else, which of course I was neglected. Here we stood in front of the restaurant and here came the restaurant's name: Bistro Laurent Tourondel Burger, which apparently Laurent Tourondel was the renown chef who founded BLT Burger in New York.

Another reason that makes BLT Burger appealing is that it could only be found in New York, Las Vegas and in Hong Kong. I personally reckon it was kind of an honor to have this nice burger restaurant branched in Hong Kong out of all the great cities.

There is always a queue outside BLT Burger, and today we also found quite a number of people waiting outside the restaurant. While waiting for the table, I was inevitably behold by the beautiful cupcakes at the front desk. After refusing the bar seating, we were luckily allocated to a 4 people comfy sofa booster seats.

BLT Burger's Inferior was very American-ly furnished; the colour tone, furniture, the seatings as well as the spacing between desk. There were not much fancy decorations in the restaurants. The menu was a hard recycled paper acting as a table mat. Drink List on both the Left and the Right hand side. The milkshakes and spiked milkshakes looked particularly good to me, but considering the calories intake to-be tonight, I asked for a cup of warm water instead. There were only 3 combos available, which included the set burger, a fries of your choice and a soda drink. For fries, you could choose Skinny Fries, Fat Fries or Waffle Fries.

We ordered Spicy Buffalo Wings as a starter, a BLT Burger Combo and a Roarig Forties Blue Burger. Although secretly wanting a dessert after the meal, I could foresee there would be no room for that.

1) Spicy Buffalo Wings 8pcs/$60


Finally I encountered one restaurant offering authentic Buffalo Wings with some buffalo sauces. Most of the restaurants in Hong Kong do not have buffalo sauce on their so called Buffalo Wings. The sauce went amazing with the blue cheese sauce. Adding the spiciness, the combing taste was heavenly savory! Although the wings and drumbs were served very hot, we insisted using our bare hands to enjoy the lovely wings.

2) BLT Burger with Fat Fries and Root Beer $148


The BLT burger - was made up of the following ingredients: 7oz. Grilled CAB Burger, Double smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, BLT Burger sauce. CAB stands for 100% Certified Black Angus beef burgers, which are a combination of sirloin, short rib, chuck and brisket cut.


The BLT burger was HUGE, not to mention the 7oz. Grilled CAB patty was almost an inch thick! Since the burger was huge itself, it was relatively easier to compress then many other burgers that stacked mountain high. The CAB patty surprised me, although huge and thick, it was very succulent! The double smoked bacon was extremely crispy, however I would prefer a less crispy one. The ingredients was not spreaded evenly enough, so you could not have all ingredients with every bite. Furthermore, the burger somehow tasted a bit colourless, the BLT Burger sauce did not stand out, nor give a strong taste. We ended up adding ketchup into the burger to give extra flavours. Despite that, I do love the pickles accompanied at side. It tasted nice itself, as well as with the burger.


Fat Fries - came in a tall circular container and the quantity was out of expectation much. The fries was nicely fried to give a golden crispy coating and a soft hot inside. Just the fries itself had already given a really savory taste, but you could always dip them into the ketchup and tobasco sauce to give an extra edginess.



Root Beer - was my boyfriend's combo drink. It wasn't exactly my favourite, but I do agree it went very nice a la mode.

3) Roaring Forties Blue Burger



Despite the BLT Burger, we also ordered this Roaring Forties Blue Burger, which was made up of 9oz. grilled CAB burger, Roaring Forties Blue Cheese, Balsamic Caramlized Onions, Mushrooms. To be honest, this was much nicer than their BLT House Burger. The Balsamic Caramlized Onions gave an amazing sweet sweet to the burger while the Roaring Forties Blue Cheese gave a creamy, strong and a freaky moulded cheese flavour which I like. The freaky moulded cheese taste surprisingly matched with the caramlized onions. I could not locate where they spreaded the blue cheese, so every bite was full of anticipation. The mushroom however was more evernly spreaded, which utterly satisfy mushroom lover like me. This burger alone gave sufficient taste, thus extra tomato sauce was not needed.


Overall, I was satisfied with the quality BLT Burger provided. However if you say it is the best Burger restaurant in town, I might only partially agreed to that. I personally reckon Burgerroom's Burgers are much succulent than BLT Burger. However I would agree BLT Burger provides way better dinning experience overall, in terms of inferior settings, decorations and services. Anyway, I do recommend BLT Burger and the Buffalo Wings are a must try!

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BUFFALO CHIX W BRIE CHEESE......SUPER GREAT!!!!!!
THE CHEESE MAKES THE BURGER PERFECT....

BUT, IF U DONT TAKE CHEESE...THEN TOO BAD...