Al Mercato

Good atmosphere and friendly staff. The burgers could be more flavoursome but overall fairly good. We had the standard burger, some Chianti, fries and a brownie

We have been out of country for 10 days
Just wanted a good old fashioned BURGER
Recommended to us by the concierge we went across town to find this cool, great vibe, burger joint.
Piled high with all the fixings, matched with fries it was wonderful
Wish you could have joined us
A real neighborhood kind of place filled with happy locals!
Highly recommend

Excellent burger, amazing garlic fries. A little bit expensive but it worth it. So big and delicious that you make a mess when you eat it (good to eat it among friends but not at all in a date).

Best burger I’ve ever had. This place has an amazing quality! It’s always full and you have to expect to wait and eat in a narrow table but if you give it a go you will not be disappointed!

fantastic, to try absolutely
i test pastrami and chili plus habanero, absolutely real taste and typycal food.
the bread is softness and enougt grilled
the pastrami is real amaerica pastrami
the chili is absolutely to try
yes it’s tru the place i very small, the price are not to much cheap and maybe too expensive, but the food enjoied ca satisfy the price payed

Don’t blink as you may miss the entrance. We walked into the fancier side in attempt to get to the burger side and the woman/​waitress snobbishly said we are full for the night (as we weren’t dressed to sit on the fancy side — even though tables on the fancy side clearly available). The 10 € burger was ok– the meat smelled and tasted as if it had a vinegarish scent. The onions on the burger are pickled and the pickles are sweet. The fries weren’t crispy at all even though we ordered them extra crispy. The fries were about 4 €.

Tiny burger bar (¾ tables for 2 and bar seating for ¾), no reservations policy. When you get there they’ll tell you more or less the time you’ll have to wait — cause you’ll have to wait! — just remember to add ¹⁵⁄₂₀ minutes more to the time they tell you. Our waiting time last Saturday for a party of 6 (our fault to be that many, I know) was an hour, luckily the weather was nice and we were able to get some chips to nibble while waiting.
We were sat in 2 tiny tables put together so we were super tight — I can’t stress this enough, don’t come in more than 4, actually don’t come in more than 2! The place should be a temple of street food from different parts of the world with what allegedly is Milan’s best burger (too high expectations!) so we ordered the burgers and 2 jalapeño poppers.
First of all (and this is why I took half a star off), the jalapeño poppers were neither jalapeños, nor poppers, they were red peppers with almost no cheese, and some bread crums, even Burger King’s chilli cheese bites are better than these!
The burgers: it’s nice that you can add ingredients to your burger (which costs 10 euro without any extra ingredients). I added cheddar cheese, avocado and jalapeño mayo (hopefully these were real jalapeños) for a total of 14 euros for my burger, which is now acceptable in Milanese standards — still 14 euros for a burger, ouch! Anyhow, the burger was huge, so tall that you had to squeeze it and take 2 bites to taste all ingredients (and careful with spilling). It was very good actually, but not my personal favorite.
Staff is nice and they have a good bar selection. We had water, beers, 2 cocktails, 1 dessert and digestifs and our total went up to 30 euros per person… but the burgers were «just» 14 euros! — that’s the other half star off!

Horrible service. Small spot. Burgers suck. They burnt and overcook the buns. It’s really more of a knife and fork kinda dish rather than a burger — it completely falls apart. 202 is still my fav burger place in Milan.

This place is split into a restaurant (with also a «italo-​american» 49 €, 5 courses, dinner tasting menu) and a burger bar, i tried the latter and it was simply awesome, not cheap (10 € base burger, 1 to 5 toppings, 3.5 € fries) but meat was really good, perfect fries and the place if very nice too. I will try the restaurant for sure.