Forkers!

[maston]

Went to the Zhongshan branch yesterday night with the gf. Very positive experience!!

We managed to get the one free table available. Swift and correct service in both english and chinese. Sides and drinks came out just a minute after ordering and the burgers within very reasonable time.

Meal was great and we payed around NTD500 for two persons.

We'll be back for sure!!

[TwoTongues]

The concept is good and the price is right - the Caesar dressing on the salad is crap but anyway - and they've got a lot of imaginative toppings and so on, but these are just not real burgers. Too many places around Asia, and I daresay A/NZ, put either filler in the burgers or else they're using a part of the cow that is not intended for human consumption (insert silly vegetarian joke here). It's got a bready feel to the meat, a soft and homogenous beeflike substance. That's it! I'm starting a burger thread...

[Fortigurn]

I took a party of twelve to Forkers last night (ten colleagues, myself, and my wife), and we had a fantastic time. My colleagues were very impressed with the food, and especially impressed that we were all able to stuff ourselves without paying a fortune. This was particularly important since we had a company budget to spend, and we were able to stay inside that budget despite everyone eating everything they wanted. The service was excellent, as on all other occasions I've been to Forkers.

[Fortigurn]

My wife and I had my cousin from Australia over again this week. Of course another trip to Forkers was necessary, given her memory of the artichoke and cheese dip. We had the typically reliable and satisfying Forkers experience, and I had the 'Eggs Benny Burger', a new eggs benedict dish. I chose the chicken patty (impeccably cooked), and was very impressed.

[hetbellz]

I just had lunch there today (ZhongShan branch) ... It was delicious !
Will definitely come back !

[Optimus Prime]

Been there over 10x, and have never been disappointed. Great selection, great burgers, and great service. I was never thirsty for a refill (and I drink a LOT)!

[Shimokitazawa]

Been there over 10x, and have never been disappointed. Great selection, great burgers, and great service. I was never thirsty for a refill (and I drink a LOT)!

Not bad at all. Good veggie burgers and pretty good chicken souvlaki salad

[jonstains]

Went to the Zhongxiao branch today. Food was good, but service was very bad. Betty or Betzy is the rudist waitress ever. Horrible attitude. First and last time I'll ever go there.

[Gifthorse]

I went to Forker's about a month ago. Do they only have those wheat buns with the oats on top that are kind of sweet? I personally don't care for the buns. The burgers seemed average. Kind of over cooked, and dry--I also don't like thick patties. I prefer thin patties stacked. I think I am more of a Burger Stop guy. The souvlaki salad the first time I went was pretty good. But this time it was terrible. Why? Whoever made it obviously didn't shake up the dressing. It was like a bunch of oil dumped on lettuce, no flavor or zest. My gf's salad was the same.

I like the place. It has good atmosphere, but if they offered different buns I would be more into it.

[mischief]

Has Forkers changed ownership recently? I remember my first time at Forkers (at least a year ago) as being a positive experience. I remember looking for a place that served a nice, juicy burger to cure a hangover, and I found Forkers to have the perfect remedy at the time.

I wasn't in the mood for your typical McD's or Burger King burgers, so we headed over to the Forkers that's next to Melange Cafe (sorry, I can't remember the street name). Ordered the "Monster Burger" (blue cheese, bacon, spicy sauce) with the dijon dill potato salad & chili cheese fries, some kind of Canadian fries (gravy & cheese on fries), and the spinach artichoke dip.

First the potato salad came out. It looked like 2 piles of mushed up potato with cayanne pepper on top. It was a little bland, but seeing as it's hard to find a place in Taiwan with great potato salad, it was acceptable.

Then the waitress brought out the Canadian fries. Fries with brown gravy & melted cheese. Not great. The gravy tastes like the powdered gravy from a package. It was tasteless & bland on a few bites, and a little too salty on the next. Kind of like someone poured salt in the gravy to add flavor, but forgot to stir it completely.

The real shock to me was the spinach and artichoke dip. It looked all pretty with the multi-colored chips and such, but when I took a bite of the chip & dip, the dip was borderline warm/cold! I've never had a spinach and artichoke dip that wasn't piping hot & steaming before, so I'm not sure if this was what they were going for, but it wasn't good at all. Tastewise, it had more flavor than the other two dishes, but it was kind of weird because it seemed like it had some sort of powdery substance in it, and I'm guessing it was Parmesan cheese that wasn't full incorporated into the dip.

Finally, the "Monster Burger" came out with the chili cheese fries. Long story short, the chili cheese fries tasted like burnt chili, and had barely any cheese (which was melted below chili, so I couldn't see it at all). The burger itself was OK. Decent seeing as there aren't many choices for a great burger here, but there was so little blue cheese on it (like smaller than a 10NT piece & right smack in the middle of the burger). I know that cheese in Taiwan can be expensive, so that might be a reason.

As far as the food goes, it was disappointing. Out of everything I ordered today, I think I enjoyed the pepsi the most.

On the upside, our waitress was nice and attentive, which for Taiwan, is a rarity.

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