Royale

I just tried to order for delivery from this place. The restaurant screwed up my address and then their delivery guy calls me and barely speaks any English and was totally lost. After waiting an hour and a half, I had to cancel my order. It was a big disappointment.

I’ve had the restaurant and delivery versions of the Royalle with cheese. Delivery is not worth it: cold hard fries and solidified grease on the burger.
The restaurant version was decent, though not the best. I would place it below IN-​n-​Out and Shake Shack, but above a grid-​iron burger.

Great food. Good service. Tasha, our server, very nice. Recommended Goose Island tap beer. Thanks. Great atmosphere for just arriving to New York!

This place is great!!! There is wonderful outdoor patio that you can go to year round because they have heaters and the atmosphere is great! The burgers were PHENOM! The ranch dressing here is also probably the best ranch dressing I have ever had and I am a ranch fanatic. However, my one complaint is that they charged us for the ranch and did not let us know before that it would be a dollah charge for each ranch gotten. Other than that, this is a must go to place!

I come here at least once a week. Will you eat here and then go out… No. Will you eat here and be happy… YES.
Royale is reasonably priced with a good burger. I STRONGLY recommend a double with cheese and a side of fries or beer batter onion rings.
PRO TIP: Get the crispy chicken sandwich with extra pickles jalapeños and their HOMEMADE RANCH!
They now have wings… But this item is not yet updated on their menu.
Atmosphere: very laid back; they have a heated large backyard larger than the inside that’s great year round. Two screens inside and two outside so you can always watch a game here.
Service: good, not pushy to get you out and keep an eye out for refills.

Excellent burger
Crispy fries
Lovely backyard
Sweet waitress
Good happy hour
After all that, the walk back to Union Square did not feel like a treck but a delightful walk

Stopped in to get a burger and fries just missed happy hour. The burger was really good came with all the fixings… the fries however were terrible. I would definitely passed on the fries if I come here again. Most were hard, brown and inedible like they had been fried too long and the chef just didn’t care. Any who bartender was slightly friendly but it was more geared towards the men that were there. Maybe most were long time friends or she was trying to score a date. 3 stars are really just for the burger not the service.

Ran in this place while looking for somewhere to eat. walked in and was seated quickly the drink are super good and the Burgers are to die for perfect place for a snack and a perfect drink…

I took A here for the burger and was definitely not expecting this place to be so loud and rowdy. We managed to snag a table in the backyard area, which was thankfully a little bit quieter than inside, where men were screaming «CHUG!CHUG!CHUG!». Despite that, we were extremely happy with how quickly our burger and crispy chicken sandwich came out. I definitely preferred my burger to his fried chicken sandwich and we also split the fries, which were huge but tasty. We were probably the only ones not drinking and managed to polish off everything really quickly, which I regretted afterwards, but it was nice to have a date night again after so long. :)
It’s definitely a very far walk from the train so I don’t think I’d do it again unless I were for some reason nearby.

I’ve been here a couple of times, and had their amazing burgers. But mostly we just come for their piggyback shots because of their bacon. If you’ve never had one, the ingredients may or may not gross you out, but it’s honestly delicious. A shot of whiskey, followed by a shot of pickle juice, and finished with a delicious piece of bacon.

Great friends in the area said this was one of thee best burger places around… so of course I had to visit!
We sat in the back in the outdoor area, which you have to go through by walking through a bar/​pub section and enjoyed onion rings and fries. Friends had the bacon royale while I went for the classic option. the hype didn’t disappoint…
If you’re in the area, definitely visit Royale — and sit out back if the weather’s nice.

Quietly sitting on the corner of Avenue C and East 10^th Street in Alphabet City is the «hidden-​gem» (and we don’t use that word too often because, well, it’s OVER-​USED), Royale. Rebecca and I frequent Alphabet City, the East Village, and the Lower East side on the regular since we live close by. One of the greatest things about «Lower Manhattan» (excluding the suits in FiDi), is the cheap, delicious food.
We stumbled into Royale on a Friday night and found ourselves amidst one of the greatest Happy Hours in NYC. $ 3.00 Beers and $ 3.00 well-​drinks. I’ll be cliché in saying «HARD TO BEAT THAT IN NYC!»
A couple more things to keep in mind:
1) Friendly staff. Passion for their food (most importantly, their burger).
2) A pretty solid beer selection. Anytime I can get an Ithaca Flower Power for $ 3.00, it’s a good day. (and night) (and usually a rough morning).
3) The Bacon Royale Burger is unbelievably good. It’s $ 9.50 and it comes with mouth-​watering beef cooked anyway you’d like, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles, and cheese.
Basically, what I’m saying is: go there with $ 20 and you will devour an unforgettable burger, drink two casual, yet powerful beers, and leave a healthy tip in the process. (Well-​deserved by the staff)

Royale. Nice bar. Great outdoor area. Good cocktails. Very solid spot that I look forward to returning to.
HOWEVER. all this burger talk??? What, yall have never had Shake Shack? The burger was so incredibly average. Exactly what you’d expect from, well, a bar burger.
Don’t be like me and come just for the food, you’ll leave disappointed.
Definitely DO come by to enjoy their back patio area.

Ordered two bacon royales plus a side of fries over the phone and went to pick it up.
The place was a bar, very dark and intimidating. I’m glad I ordered take out because I wouldn’t be able to see what I was eating.
The guy who gave me my order insisted that I ordered royales without bacon after I realized they didn’t put bacon in my «bacon royales». It was very rude to argue with your customer. I don’t want to argue, just put bacon in my burger. Of course, he did in the end but still added «but you ordered it without bacon is what i’m telling you.»
Burgers were good portions with all the right toppings but the patty was not seasoned at all. I thought it was a mistake the first time but I ordered it again via grub hub some other time, and the same unseasoned patties.
They also don’t have much options for side orders. They have plain fries which happened to be always crispy so that’s a plus.
Food can be better and customer service sucks.

i visited this bar/​restaurant on saturday at around 9pm which was the first extremely nice day of spring. we sat outside and started off with the rum punches that were $ 10 though we wished they were an actual pitcher size the mason jar is still sharable (if you aren’t looking to drink much) the kitchen is pretty small so there was a bit of a wait to even get our order into the kitchen so i would recommend to try going on a weekday or earlier in the day if you are looking for a place to eat quickly as we waited about 40min for a chicken sandwich and a burger.
the food was cooked well but could have been hotter in my opinion since it was literally just cooked.

Popped in here for a Burger and it was good. I found it on Unilocal while visiting NYC and moseyed on over there in the snow. When I walked inside it looked like a regular old bar. I definitely had to look around to make sure I was in the right place.
The menu is simple and the food is good. I got a Bacon Royale with Cheese and i ordered onion rings but was given fries. The fries were fries.

I’m a big fan of Royale. It’s a pretty no-​frills bar/​restaurant, but nicer than most dives in the city. The location itself is a little bit out of the way, so beware of sketchy people outside when it’s late. I like how it’s rarely ever crowded, and I can get a really good burger and a huge basket of fries for about $ 12.50. The waitstaff is very casual, yet attentive, and are usually very efficient with drinks and food.
Anyways, the burger is fairly standard, but very tasty, and the ratio of meat to bread is perfect. I usually get the Royale with Cheese or if I’m feelin’ frisky, the Bacon Royale. Really hits the spot with that cheesy, meaty goodness. The tomatoes, onions, pickles and lettuce seem a bit overkill, but if you remove some of the onions and tear the lettuce down, the texture is pretty good. The side of hand-​cut fries comes in a pretty big basket, definitely worth the $ 4.50 or so they charge. Onion rings are decent too, albeit on the greasier side. Also, the ring is pretty much 95% fried dough and 5% onion, but then again, who eats onion rings for the onions anyways? Anyways, if you’re feeling hungover, the onion rings actually will really hit the spot.
Beer selection is decent, and they always try to have a good rotating seasonal on tap, just to mix it up. I’m not a huge fan of Pork Slap, but you can get cans of ‘em for cheap if you make your way out here for happy hour. If you sit at the bar, there are a couple TVs for watching games, and the bartenders are always very attentive. During the summer, they do have a patio, so you can enjoy some food and beer outside.
Come here for a relatively low-​key burger and fries.

4 stars for the burger and rings, –1star for not having their website/​oyster special in order the other night, +1 star for the outdoor area… so here we are again.
Comfortable neighborhood burger joint that’s got a great deck out back, nice bar inside, and while not overly expensive, it’s still $ 15 for a burger and fries/​rings and $ 6 beers like anywhere else in the city (though $ 10 bourbon drinks seem reasonable).

Great service, 3-​dollar beers (during happy hour), juicy burgers!
My friend and I each ordered a Bacon Royale and decided to split an order of the onion rings. The burger was fantastically tasty and I really enjoyed the batter on the onion rings. Food itself probably would have warranted 4 stars to 4.5 stars, but service is what really took it over!
Thursday night staff was extremely friendly, chill, and helpful. Thursday nights, guys! Thursday nights!

While it’s generally not my first choice on the list of what to eat, there is still something to be said about a good burger now and then. Royale surely hit the spot. Just. So.
It’s a bit out of the way for us, off the side street in Alphabet City, but still based on senior Unilocalers’ reviews, off we went. It’s a pub with a very local, no frills, neighborly spot and casual but friendly staff who come by often enough but not too often to make sure you are not in short supply of anything. Great burgers and very tasty drinks. I would say give it a shot!