I've been to this cafe a few times. The service is great and the menu is affordable. It has a large…read morespacious space, reliable free wifi, and good food. It is quite new and seems a bit confused with which demographic of clienteles they are catering to. It has a great potential to be a hub for creative, hipster crowd. At the moment, it is underrated. Thus, I give them an extra star on top of the 4 stars they deserve.

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This is a very popular spot! I ordered The Holy Moly burger. The burger was delicious and had a ton…read moreof flavor! My only complaint was that there was something hard to chew on top of the burger. I think it was coriander seeds. The fries were very good, and I loved the garlic mayonnaise! Get the "large" beers because they're not very big to begin with. The food was great, the atmosphere was great, and our waiter was greater. I highly recommend this place!

Awesome burger and the sweet potato fries were amazingly good. We were just hanging out in…read moreRotterdam and saw good reviews so we gave it a shot. sweet fries of mine

What a hipster place! But fun. The decor is so simple but interesting because of small details…read more I had a Baked Jamaican burger. Made of tofu prepared with a jerky sauce and red onions. A veggie burger with a lot of taste. Also their drinks are with a twist. They serve drinks of Fritz, a German company. Cool place.

So 4 stars is fair for a European place. If this was in the USA i would give it 2.5…read more Beef in the Netherlands is just different than UsA. The taste is really funny and u cannot make any good food with it. Me and my wife eat more chicken and fish now. We had the Texas and the olive burger, i liked the olive and my wife like the Texas burger. The potatoes are below mediocre. They try hard to sauce the burgers since beef sucks here. I give them that.

Definitely my favorite burger joint in Rotterdam. I've tried…read moreseveral of the burgers on offer ( the burger club, the burger club special, hapsburger and the chicken) and they were all lovely. My new favorite is the burger au poivre, it may be the best burger I've ever had and I live in the USA. Add some fries and a beer, the perfect meal! The owners are delightful. Highly recommended.

Opened only six months ago, The Burger Club is one of the latest additions to Rotterdam's…read morecollection of gourmet burger joints. Last Friday, me and a couple of likeminded burger fans decided to try this relatively young establishment. We arrive at peak hour and the restaurant is in full swing. We take our seats and enjoy the bustle that is so clearly visible through the open kitchen: a well-oiled, three man machine producing fine looking burgers one after another. After placing our orders we enjoy two more rounds of beer; the waiting takes a little longer than we had expected, but then again, Friday evening most places are quite busy, and thus a bit slower. The restaurant's namesake burger "The Burger Club" is, like all other burgers here, served on a rustic wooden kitchen board. Unlike other burger places, this burger isn't served paper wrapped or with a skewer through it - it's neat and can stand upright without support. This place focuses on the meat. You can choose from either local MRIJ beef, Iberico pork or (American) Wagyu beef. Personally I think using Wagyu for a burger is just a waste, so I decide on the local beef. And although I'm not a big fan of cooking burgers on a griddle, chef Luis certainly managed to pull it off: the burger I'm served is medium rare and the patty is nice and thick. My group consists of not the smallest guys, and we realize that we're not completely satisfied and saturated: though the burgers were of great quality, it lacked a little in size. We decide on getting two servings of sliders - 2 x 3 tiny burgers of the three different types of meat - to share among the five of us. The tiny version of the Iberico burger is a nice ending to my dinner, and it's a great way to get to try the other meats as well. Although the initial order took a bit longer to get served than usual, the service was great. Hostess Nanet walks around in comfortable clothes, no stiff suit, and that is also what she's trying to reflect in the service: be comfortable and enjoy. The only downside was the size of the burgers, although I'm sure some people were very comfortable with it. I'll definitely visit again soon.

If you are in Rotterdam and you want a burger, then come here!…read moreHad nachos to start, yum! Then the most juicy, tasty burger I have eaten. Great staff, excellent food, reasonable price.

Burgers are beautiful. If you come here, don't have a salad. Have a burger. Meat is juicy, and the…read moreflavors are just wow. Hudson's special sauce is great. Appetizers are great too, nachos with chili and the chicken wrap are my personal favorites. Their milkshakes are also done brilliantly. Liquor selection is pretty good. Cocktails (and mocktails) are also offered. Service is good, their staff is personable and friendly, very polite and very helpful. Great food, great atmosphere and decor. Lots of seating, but like everywhere in Rotterdam, reservation for dinner is recommended.

Great burgers with unique flavor combinations. I had the "third place burger" with fries. The…read morestaff was friendly and our waiter spoke English.

A quiet Sunday afternoon as I walked into this place with a good friend. It was booming! Busy but…read morewelcoming and the staff found their new customers quickly. As for choice, a wandering through the wine list made me very thirsty and I ended up with a tempranillio .... All of the choice adds to the experience here , we settled on the double cheeseburger and the smoked BBQ with extra cheddar. Both arrived quickly and were delicious, these burgers are big but still one can fit it into a bite. I must say what will keep me coming back is the rest of the menu card I still want to try ...special accolade goes to their french fries ...oh my word they are the best. So go and enjoy a real "happy meal"!.

American Burger chain, originated out of Virginia. Enjoyed my burger and liked being able to…read morecustomize it. Burger patty was light and fresh not densely packed. Cajun seasoning on fries was tasty! Good all beef hotdog also customized with toppings.

Before I start my rant, I just want to point out that you will most likely enjoy this restaurant…read more Many people do...so it seems. Holy Smoke seems pack most of the time. It was packed when I visited. I enjoyed my meal when I visited this cafe today. The service was friendly and speedy which is a big deal especially when you live in NL. LOL The name of the cafe HOLY SMOKE can be quite deceiving in my opinion. I was really hoping it would be a BBQ smoke house. However, they don't smoke any of their meats. They should consider smoking their meat which will put them apart from the rest of the burger joints in Rotterdam. As of now, they are not bad at all. I find them slightly above average. The pork belly my friend ordered was so so. It was not bad but my friend didn't find anything special with it. In the other hand, the poussin another friend ordered was delicious according to him. Overall, HOLY SMOKE tries to capture the spirit of Southern American BBQ smokehouse dinner vibe. In many ways, they succeed. It reminds me a bit of the good old souther smokehouse joint you'd find in the southern states of US but much more hip and chic. It is just the flavor is lacking quite a bit. Please, if you consider opening another burger or bbq joint in Rotterdam, either smoke your meat or do something creative with your meat. :-)

This American franchise recently opened in Rotterdam and brings something we were missing in the…read morecity. In the CS surroundings Ellis is an alternative to the traditional fast food, offering average quality gourmet burgers for an average price. The service is friendly and fast enough and you have a considerable selection of beer which goes always well with a burger. Being it a burger place I would expect much better fries (way bellow average in Netherlands) and a bigger sized Burger (the taste compensates a bit). An option when you have not much time to spend but not close to the best burgers in town.

Bit over-priced considering the style of the place, but nonetheless, I enjoyed my burger…read more A tip: share a portion of fries with someone, as it's far too much food to have one portion alone along with a burger.

The big draw was that it was only steps away from my hotel. I was pleased when I walked in and it…read morehad a real pub/sports bar feel that made me very comfortable as a newcomer. From the start the service was like being in a super busy bar with on me bartender that needed 3? But the fact was their weren't that many customers at the bar. Once the bartender arrived she was pleasant but very short and I had to end up asking for a menu after 2 beers. When I got it she announced all the items they were out of and explained they were REALY busy last week??? It's a Tuesday? I don't know how difficult it is in Rotterdam so I'll let that go. When my food arrived it looks amazing. A great bar presentation. The food was exactly how I ordered it. I was a bit surprised by the up-charge for Catchup ? But no big deal $1USD. Fries, I was lucky to get them apparently they were almost out of the twist ties. Straight out of the package noting new. So the burger...... apparently their speciality. Not so much. While the bread and fixings were very fresh and perfect I've never had a burger that was so dense and tough? I have eaten, and served frozen patties that were so delicious you can imagine they were frozen. If this was a fresh party they are absolutely dong it wrong and rolling them way to tightly and then pressing them too tightly into their form as they were absolutely exactly round and all edges the exact same. I think this is a great bar and the food can EASILY be improved simply by elevating the patty production or sourcing at almost no additional cost. This is just an american point of view so I apologize if folks here love the patty and it's how it's done here then I am absolutely wrong and should say well done. Overall. A good experience and the beer was gold and tasted great.

Huge cocktail list, I've tried a few and they were ok, nothing special. I had a few Long Island…read moreIced Teas there one evening, but every bartender seemed to make it a bit different. Food was also average... The staff are generally pretty cool though.