Torero Beef in Essen

Mass instead of class - never 5 stars in my life. Brought: chilli cheese fries and double smashburger. Short version: chilli cheese fries were more like normal fries with a bit of cheese in between and chilli powder and a lot of salt. So really sobering. And I like salt too, but it had nothing to do with chilli cheese. The Smashburger was smashed to death. So with one of the worst smash burger patties I've ever had. The meat was still quite thick and the minced meat was completely dry, so the taste could have been minced meat from a discount store. It was just way too long with the thick one. So either you can smash burger and offer that or you can delete it, but something in between with "well-cooked" mince - please no! The rest was OK. So rolls etc, but really nothing special. The burger was sauce-wise with ketchup. So it was really sobering, but you knew beforehand what you were getting yourself into with the sauce. For the price it's actually quite outrageous. (€16.90 for 200g and €7 for the chilli cheese fries). But since apart from the patty itself, a lot was done right (toppings and buns), it's just 3 stars. Even with the best intentions, it's far from 4 stars where I would say "hey get it or go again". After thinking about it, only 2 stars. So price performance is totally bad here in combination with the taste, sorry. You can get a better experience somewhere else.

Still one of the best burger joints I know. I had the “Fig Goat Burger” with a 200g patty. The waiting time is sometimes quite long, but it's worth the wait. The fries used to be better, crispier, but I wasn't here for the fries, so the 5 stars are okay for me!

WOW, that's all I can think of. The food is not cheap, but it is first class. The best thing I've eaten so far. I always like to order. Since I had the food delivered I can't say anything about the ambience, but otherwise I have nothing to complain about.

Food, service, atmosphere. Everything great.

So the food surprised me, I had a double cheeseburger, it was really delicious and the portion was really generous. You have to look for space in the eating zone