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White Castle

3 star rating
based on 53 reviews

Categories: Burgers, Fast Food  [Edit]

Neighborhoods: Manhattan/Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan/Theater District, Manhattan/Fashion District
525 8th Ave
(between 36th St & 37th St)
New York, NY 10018
(212) 869-6427
  • Price Range: $
  • Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
  • Parking: Street
  • Attire: Casual
  • Good for Groups: Yes
  • Good for Kids: Yes
  • Takes Reservations: No
  • Delivers: No
  • Take-out: Yes
  • Waiter Service: No
  • Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
  • Outdoor Seating: No
  • Good for: Late Night
  • Alcohol: None

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Jenny M.

Union City, CA

1 star rating
03/30/2008

if i could give this place negative 100 stars, i would. NEVER HAVE I EVER HAD TO WAIT 20 MINUTES FOR SOME FAST FOOD!!!!!!! i was really appalled. yeah its cheap, but its gross!!!! i had 3 cheeseburgers and onion rings...and just felt really disgusting afterward. not only disgusted...but still hungry. mcdonalds tastes much better than white castle. i'm from california...and seeing harold and kumar hyped up this place so much. i actually looked forward to eating here and trying it out. but man....waiting for 20 minutes definitely killed part of my appetite. dont go here...walk a couple more steps and eat at grays papaya!

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Chi N.

New York, NY

2 star rating
05/01/2008

lol i had to come here... i saw the sign and in my suit coming straight from work i knew i just had to go in and do it once!

walked with my head held high past the families that lived off this stuff... went up to the counter and ordered...

ONE whitecastle burger with cheese please!  and out it came to me... i walked out the door with it proud... and quickly chomped at it... within the timespan of crossing the street, i finished it... it tasted exactly as i expected... coming straight out the freezer section of a supermarket like when i had them as kids... normal regular roll as a bun... small little piece of meat... soggy mush!

i guess if i need a quick bite for 60 cents its not bad! =)

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anne marie p.

Irvine, CA

4 star rating
04/22/2008

My first visit while vacationing, my fabulous cousin brought me here for breakfast.  Yes, I wanted to make this my first stop as soon as I got off the red eye.

For about $11, we got 2-#1 combos consisting of 4 burgers, crinkle fries and a drink.  We mixed it up and got half with cheese and did one as onion rings.  While the taste did remind me of the frozen section of Target, these were noticeably tastier.

I took a swig of their sweet tea and found it too strong for my buds.  The little boxes for their burgers is nifty for keeping product intact (I am amused easily enough).  I was intrigued by the messages inscribed in them, "By removing a space 'sack of ten'  becomes 'sack often'.  Kind of makes you think".  Perhaps they are the anti-I-N-O?  No John 3:16 here.

There is a great deal of security inside the joint, but you would never know unless there was a vagrant.  We were fortunate enough to have one in our presence.  In the middle of our meal, a man walks in and plops himself on a chair in the corner closest to us and does nothing.  Just loitering by his lonesome.  Minutes later, a BOOMING voice instructs him to leave the store.  I totally thought I was either hearing things, or that something was going down outside.  I look around to notice an overhead camera acting like TPTB, which was fine by me.  Again, the Wizard commanded the man to leave.  He did eventually.  It made me feel good.

The one disappointment was that they forgot to remove the pickles as we had requested.  Mind you we were the only party there at 8:30am on a Saturday.

I liked the fact it was reasonably accessible from the subway, and it was the closest one to Times Square (where we were staying).  I would visit there again.

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Helen N.

New York, NY

2 star rating
04/09/2008

this was the last stop on my maniacal eating frenzy after seeing David Hasselhoff at the America's got Talent taping.
white castle isn't supposed to be good, but i had much higher hopes to it being the 'bad good'
...'- things that can be 'bad good' are like cheese out of a jar, taco bell, twinkys, donuts in the evening, ...

anyway we ordered a regular white castle, a cheeseburger, chicken RINGS, and fries. total was $5.38
CHICKEN RINGS. this is beyond exciting. they weren't the most tasty chicken creation, but still entertaining. fries were cafeteria style.
burgers were gross, but what can you expect... but what made our trip were the people.
one guy was in the bathroom for 10 minutes and aparently stunk it up so bad they had to lock it, so all the men were mad. and another guy was sorting a huge gym bag of porn at a table next to us. i
i feel like a chubby bunny right now, but thats why i bought a tennis racket....

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Jenn S.

West Los Angeles, CA

4 star rating
03/13/2008

Since I live on the West Coast I can only eat the frozen kind and it's just not as good as the real thing. The bread is more fluffy.

Best late night snack ever! And only 74 cents for a cheeseburger!

And I wasn't drunk when I ate them. I was completely sober and still I enjoyed them.

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Kymberli C.

Clayton, CA

2 star rating
03/06/2008

My friend totally hyped it up because he went to Minnesota and ate there, so I figured when i was in NY, I would give it a try too... it wasn't all that much better than the microwave version.... and we had to walk through the ghetto to get to it!

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Jeff P.

San Francisco, CA

1 star rating
01/22/2008

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NEVUH AGAIN!!!!

When this place opened 5 or 6 years ago I worked nearby.  One day, my co-worker & lunch buddy, Sherrina, came to me and said "Jeffy, I need you to do me a favor.  They opened a White Castle over on 8th Avenue and we gotta go there for lunch one day.  OK? "  OK, Crazy, I'll go with you to get your Belly Bombers.

So, we go.  Going to White Castle you don't expect a classy dining experience but you don't expect what we got either.  

It turned out a Church's Chicken shared space the White Castle so I decided I'd get some biscuits while Sherri ate her burgers.  

There was one table free.  A one sided booth.  Sherri and I sat next to each other and faced . . . . the bathroom.  CLASSY with a big, fat capital C.  New Yorkers covet park views & river views.  We get the White Castle shitcan!  

A very popular shitcan!!!!!!!!! . . . .  .

. . . . . Begin parade of people.

A crazy man approached and upon noticing I had a box of six biscuits began berating me.  "You ain't gonna be able to eat all six of those biscuits!!!!  Give me one!!!!"  So, to the White Castle Parade to the Shitcan we add the crazy man trying to Biscuit Block me.  (BTW, I smuggled 4 out, wrapped in napkins in my jacket pockets.  Shhh).

As Sherri continued to not eat fast enough a man entered the shitcan.  Moments later, I hear him screaming "Hey!!  I need toilet paper in here.  Someone get me some fuckin' toilet paper!!"  

At this point I turned to Sherrina . . . . . . . . .

"I have two words for you!  NEVUH AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
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Jennifer Y.

New York, NY

4 star rating
02/17/2008

Okay so it's pretty gross in here.  Everything from the floors to the florescent lighting make me want to turn right around.  Too bad I love white castle burgers so much!  I've bought the frozen kind but it's just not the same. And the chicken rings are to die for!  I would give it 5 stars but the decor just doesn't hold up.

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Hungry O.

San Francisco, CA

1 star rating
01/25/2008

Since I heard all the rave about White Castle in the east coast, I was excited to try it during my trip to NYC.  I was so disappointed. This location was in the ghetto, the meat in the cheeseburger was gray...not very appetizing. It was so bland!!!! Good thing I only ordered one.
However, despite my unsatisfying burger, I still have hope...maybe this one sucked because it was in the ghetto...maybe the other locations are better and prepared right......maybe.   On my next trip to NYC, I still want to try it again.
I wonder if the frozen ones taste better.

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Josh K.

San Francisco, CA

2 star rating
01/31/2008

I just don't get people who are obsessed with White Castle burgers, and I definitely don't think there needed to be a movie centered around White Castle burgers.  Don't get me wrong, I thought the movie, Harold & Kumar Go to White Caste, was a funny movie and wrongfully robbed of an Oscar or two, but "go to White Castle", it's just not realistic.  Harold & Kumar go to Sonic, that would be realistic.  Who doesn't love Sonic's corn dogs, tater tots, Fritos wraps, and shakes.

Even worse than the White Castle supporters and a movie around White Caste is the fact that you can buy White Castle burgers in the frozen food aisle at your local supermarket.  I don't understand people that want to eat White Castle burgers but cook them too?  It just seems a little crazy.

So why did I go to White Castle? I was on my way to Patsy's Pizzeria on 23rd St. and needed a snack to hold me over for the ten minute walk.  When I first entered this White Castle, right on cue, there was a guy leaving the White Castle and raving about the burgers like they were the fillet mignon of fast food burgers.  I must admit; I was curious.   The last time I had White Castle was in Cincinnati over ten years ago. and I couldn't remember the taste.  At this White Castle in New York City, the burger was priced right at about fifty cents but the burger itself was small, flat, and tasteless.  There was nothing I really liked about the burger.

So why not one star?  I usually reserve one star reviews for places I would never visit again and I'm sure I'll be at a White Castle again. I'm just too intrigued by the bulk pricing of the hamburgers.  The place seems perfect for an informal eating contest.  I'm just too curious to see how many of those hamburgers I could eat in one sitting.

On that note, look for the movie, "Josh K was a Champion at White Castle," on youtube.com in the summer of 2009.

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Robert C. Y.

New York, NY

3 star rating
02/01/2008

I still luv luv luv White Castle burgers.  I gave three stars for the food.  I took two off because this dive is near the Port Authority Terminal and is a drug addict, bum and hooker hangout.  

The one across from the Empire State building was much safer (I probably would have given that one four stars because there was no criminal and odiferous distactions).  

I get the stuff and run like hell and take them home.  Anyone who tries to eat here with 10 loud mouthed  drug addicts, a couple of god awful smelling bums and some two bit hookers deserves their indigestion.  I wish the heck they'd open one in a better place (but not to close to me please, I'll blimp up in a week).  

I noted NOT good for kids only because this one is such a shithouse and so dangerous. And I voted for takeout because that should be your only decision when it comes to this sewer.

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Joe RICE L.

Irvine, CA

4 star rating
12/16/2007

ok, yeah we got in n out on the west coast, but to be on the east and live on these white castle burgers, man were the delicous.  Even though these arent the greatest, and for 77 cents for a cheesburger, i think it will just have to do.  I still dont know what meat they use, but hey there is a mystery about this place and that is why i had to try their burgers, again and again

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J. L.

Fremont, CA

1 star rating
10/22/2007

We were actually "excited" to finally have a real White Castle burger (none of that frozen crap from Costco). Although, I'm not sure if this is the real deal as they also serve Church's Chicken. Oh well, ordered a double cheeseburger so to save room for later, I think it was $.95. The place itself is dingy and gross. Burger comes out in a little white box, bun is slighty soggy from being in the box, cheese and oil oozing out from the grilled onions. So I tried it, not impressed. The meat also had a small firm (I'm hoping it was cartilage) piece that I'm always scared of getting while eating mystery meat.

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Mark D.

Washington, DC

3 star rating
10/08/2007

Harold and Kumar aside, White Castle really is a great way to end the night (and guarantee a not-so-fresh-feeling in the morning).  Cheap and greasy, open late night, and the bathrooms are clean!

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christian a.

New York, NY

2 star rating
09/13/2007

THIS SHIT IS LIKE COOKED CRACK....you know its freaking bad for you but you eat em anyways! I've installed seatbelt harnesses on all of my toilets to keep me from blasting off cause i stay going back. Not much to say, its fast and its food (i think)

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Jessica F.

New York, NY

2 star rating
07/17/2007

White Castle exists for one reason.  To convey the suggestion of ketchup, onion, grease and pickle to your mouth easily.  Yes, you'll burp.  You might even throw up if you're so drunk you're beyond the greasy food sponge stage--and these buns are some kind of spongy.  My brother in law had never had one until a few years ago, after hearing stories in our family about trips to the White Castle in Bayside Queens after orthodontist visits.  When he finally tried one, it was from this location, and he puked.  

Folks--this isn't food.  It's an illusion.  And an allusion.  To anything edible.  They now serve chicken in a round shape, like an onion ring.  Oh--and did you know you can get surf and turf at White Castle?  You can.  It's a fried fish patty on a burger patty.  It comes with cheese.  Woozy yet?

Don't say I didn't warn you.

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Robert L.

Brooklyn, NY

5 star rating
07/05/2007

White Castle is the be all and end all of guilty pleasures.

You name me another restaurant where you can order 100 burgers without the frywench's jaw hitting the floor and probably shattering. Go ahead...  I dare you.

Ok, so I lived in Philly for the past three years, and there are no White Castles in the state of Pennsylvania, nor are there any in South Jersey. So on more than one occasion (four occasions actually) my friends and I would hop in the car (never any earlier than midnite) pop in a smooth jams mix tape, roll down the windows, and head to New Brunswick to hit up the WC.

Now understand, that New Brunswick is a hell of a lot closer to NYC than it is to Philadelphia. Usually we mark the spot where you start picking up Q104.3 as the 'no turning back' spot.

After having driven for such a long time, it wouldnt make sense to just get out, order, and get back in the car, so most of the time we would order a Crave Crate of 100 burgers (50 cheese/ 50 plain). By the time our blisspatties have all been steamed, stacked and sacked, the tension and the hunger have risen to such a height, that the first slyder devoured is almost orgasmic... as cathartic an experience as getting out that sneeze that's been stuck in your face for a whole day.

I have to say, nothing is more satisfying than driving home for an hour and a half with a bigass crate fulla burgers on your lap steaming up your glasses. Also, there's no better feeling than surprising the rest of your friends (who were nice enough to buy you a nights worth of Sparks) with an armada of meat snacks.

So yeah... I fucking love em... and so should you... and if you dont... you should probably just combust... now.

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Marck n.

Emeryville, CA

1 star rating
07/08/2007

I don't know what Harold and Kumar were smoking (well I do), but White Castle is nasty.   Small oily, greasy, flimsy card patties.  It got me sick. Give me a Jack in the Box burger any day.

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Alex S.

New York, NY

2 star rating
05/12/2007

Lets ask ourselves a question:  What do you get when you put crap and a microwave together?  Simple, fast food.  What do you get when you add put idiots behind a counter handling fast food?  With as many idiots in the US, its a franchise.  Finally, what happens when traditional burgers are too big and sliders are your niche with the burger loving community?  Ah yes, White Castle.

What is absolutely frightening about this location can be stemmed from the pigsty that is their kitchen and the rest of the place.  With sauce stains all over the condiments station, napkins stuck to seats (hmm), and a very sticky counter surface where even antibacterial Windex would have trouble penetrating.

A big source of the problem is the service, or lack thereof.  Most of the folks I've encountered that work there have the laziest attitude I've seen of any fast food joint.  One worker allowed me to order a ton of stuff even when I prefaced I had no cash, yet they don't accept credit cards.  I should have never come back when I went for an ATM run.

I love burgers, but these things were just little sandwiches with a handful of onions in it.  Add the grease factor and you've got yourself quite a yummy combination just perfect for the cancerous growth that is soon to be discovered.  I am going to have to pass on this place as my experience there has been practically identical ... the last 4 times.

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bO w.

Bayside, NY

1 star rating
04/13/2007

Sorry, Castle...
I just don't like you,
no matter how stoned I am.

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Jerald M.

Berkeley, CA

3 star rating
10/15/2007

My friends and I came here after Gray's Papaya...when we were drunk.  Even though it was really late at night, it was still pretty busy. Either service was slow, or I was really impatient at the time.  The fries were just ok (crinkle cut) but the sliders fulfilled my dreams after watching the White Castle movie.  They're more filling than they look. I ordered about 6 and was full at 4.  I'd come back for more.

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Catherine H.

Yorba Linda, CA

2 star rating
07/22/2007

I went simply to *have an opinion* about this infamous slider joint from the silly-ass [yet funny] movie that made it big.

As a Californian addicted to In-n-Out, I didn't expect a whole lot.  And the burgers met my [low] expectations.

If you want little square burgers with carpet meat slabs (also square), artificial-looking bacon and cheese, and cute little boxes for you to stack after you've conquered your own personal white castle.... then come one, come all -- to the drunk man's (or woman's) slider joint.

Two good things:
1. You can buy in bulk
2.  You can tell people you tried it and shake with disgust when they ask "Ooh, how was it?!"

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Nancy H.

Los Angeles, CA

2 star rating
01/26/2008

the movie made this place more than what it needed to be.
the little burgers are a bit soggy.
the fries taste like freezer fries.
i think i can get the same effect out of the freezer white castle burgers.
no need to go to the actual place!

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Amanda B.

New York, NY

3 star rating
11/16/2007

i wasn't too hungry but have been wanting to try this place forever.
so i decided to go.
and as i approached the place, i felt my heartbeat racing, and my stomach tumbling. i now had the appetite for junk food and was ready for them little burgers.
first off, very cute.
had the single jalapeo and bacon with small fries.
tasted quite nice, very soft buns i must admit.
but the place and lighting and people were so sketchy.
a weird bum came in and threw something at the one of the cashiers, which i thought was very very alerting.
he seemed to be known and nobody chased him out, even though i really thought somebody should have.

anyway, i got my food and split as fast as thunder.

very junk though, the grease and all. but well, tastes nice.
and for once in a while i guess it;s quite enjoyable.

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Fanny C.

Fremont, CA

2 star rating
07/31/2007

If you like white castle burgers, just go here for the burgers, but I suggest you scarf them down real fast 'cause it's not exactly the greatest place to be enjoying the burgers slowly. Maybe it was just the time I visited this place (11pm), but there were a lot of homeless people walking in and out of this location asking for donations. The service was not exactly speedy for a fast food joint. I had to wait at the counter watching the workers chit chat with each other near the burger flipping station for a good couple minutes before they decided to glance over, chit chat for another couple of minutes, then mozy on over towards the cash register.

Besides the service and location, the burgers were not bad. They're not your In-N-Out burgers, but White Castle isn't known for fresh, quality burgers. They're known for their size. So true to its name, the you could finish each burger in less than 5 bites. I would say the jalapeno cheeseburger would be the best one. I would like to go back to White Castle, but definitely at a better location.

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RoDERICK a.

Jersey City, NJ

3 star rating
05/02/2007

Now if i were lazy I would just copy and paste the reviews of the White Castles I did for Jersey City and Union City and North Bergen. But today, since I don't feel like working, I'll just type another one.

The only White Castles i knew were in new jersey. So a few of us were walking around after a typical Knick loss, and lo and behold WHITE CASTLE!!!!! of course we had to bum rush the place because, you know, its White Castle. And the fact that its a combination White Castle/Church's Fried Chicken only made us want it more.

Points off for cleanliness of the place, because there was none. The service staff wasnt too great, like they didnt wanna be there.

So there ya go, another White Castle review from me. Harold and Kumar ain't got nothin' on me.

PS the key to not getting an upset stomach after eating White Castle: order the burgers WITHOUT onions. You will feel a world of difference, and so will your stomach.

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Billy A.

New York, NY

3 star rating
08/22/2007

My first White Castle visit was last Wednesday at 3 a.m., when after a few gin & tonics I was focused exclusively on filling my stomach with cheap greasy crap on the way home. Mission accomplished, but even in my stumbling condition I was aware that I would never enter this establishment under any other circumstances. Eww.

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Marlo E.

Santa Clara, CA

2 star rating
07/17/2007

Don't believe the movie or the hype. White castle is simply OK. It's worth trying once and that's about it. Bunch of mini burgers for you to try and gulp. Big deal.

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Ray Y.

New York, NY

1 star rating
08/28/2007

I don't get why people come here.

If it's late and you're craving something cheap and good, Gray's Papaya is a few blocks away.  If you're craving a quick, fast-food burger, even McD's is better.  Their "burgers" taste like microwaved, wet cardboard.  Even when you consider the fact that you're usually drunk when you go, and everything tastes good at that point, White Castle is horrible.  Avoid at all costs, other than to go that one time to say you've been there.

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Rocky P.

NY

2 star rating
03/05/2007

I would rather buy the frozen White Castles in the dirtiest, smelliest C-Town in the city than eat at this White Castle. Or, I should say, eat again at this White Castle.

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Irene F.

Morganville, NJ

2 star rating
03/05/2007

I constantly shudder when I walk by here. We used to have white castle burger eating competitions in high school, and I'm just not over it yet. Never will be. Although there is something oddly fascinating about their little guys, I'd rather go to a proper pub and have some proper sliders! Or Pop Burger...mmmm...

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Tracy C.

San Diego, CA

4 star rating
01/27/2007

I think what makes a White Castle burger really good is the soft bread bun and the grilled onions.  What they call a hamburger patty only gives it a little flavor. Haha.  This location was the place I first tried them.  The area was pretty ghetto and so was the inside (it was not as clean as the one in Harold & Kumar), but once I tried the burgers I understood why Harold and Kumar wanted it so bad!

Too bad we don't have White Castle in California =( .  I buy the refridgerated ones at Costco though!  Just as good!

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Jackie L.

New York, NY

1 star rating
05/12/2007

With this place I'm just asking for it. WHAT you may ask?...diarrhea, food poisoning, diabetes, and the putrid odor of beef, onions, and grease that clings to you like water to a sponge.

How shameful, degrading, and scummy of me to be eating 89 cent squares of edible garbage in a place that looks like an overnight holding cell.  I had to be that cheap, that hungry, that desperate..and now im running out of napkins and purell trying to cleanse myself of it all.

Dont let this be you...go to Mcdonalds...

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Austin V.

New York, NY

2 star rating
05/08/2007

I got the chance to see Roger Waters at MSG and after that rawkus party, we headed to a few bars in the area (to be reviewed separately).   We settle on WC after giving up trying to find a McD's or other fast food spots at 3 am.  I hadn't been here and my first impression was "This place is disgusting!" - my inner voice was off and the mop guy didn't really flinch when I blurted that obvious gem out; he just went back to making onions or something.

Within an 2 hours of taking down 6 or more sliders and side of fries, I felt nauseous and sick.   It's been years since I've thrown up from alcohol so I knew the source...I'm sorry to the commuters on the downtown C/E tracks at Penn Station but they got to see, as I did that WC looks the same coming up as it does going down...

I was sick the next day and couldn't eat, but at least I didn't get to understand why they call them sliders as Paul A. puts it...

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Yong S.

Torrance, CA

2 star rating
03/05/2007

After hearing so much about White Castle, I decided to make a quick stop here before seeing a play.  This location is pretty ghetto, but no matter as I was here for the burgers.  I was a man on a mission similar to my fellow Korean in "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle."   Unfortunately, my journey did not end in burger bliss.

The burgers are small and can be eaten in a couple of bites.  Having a stack of burgers in front of me made me feel like a giant, which is quite the opposite of my true physical frame.  I sucked down my first burger and was wondering why I couldn't taste the beef.  I definitely tasted ketchup and pickles.  I concentrated on my second burger.  I tasted the beef this time, but it was subtle.  I switched to my jalapeno cheeseburger.  The jalapeno cheese stood out, but the cracker thin beef patty seemed like an additive rather than the centerpiece.

After polishing off my pile of "slyders", my curiosity was satisfied though I was sorely disappointed.  I would hardly compare the quality of the burger to my favorite burger chain: In-N-Out.  But I could see myself developing a craving for White Castle if it was 2 a.m. and I did some MAJOR drinking.

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Wes T.

Palo Alto, CA

3 star rating
04/17/2007

the girl had never been to White Castle, so after mentioning steamed burgers that cost under a dollar, I was obliged to provide.

The 18 pack of burgers with fries + a sixer of Bud = one night of belly bloated goodness. We were on vacation, we pigged out in the hotel room, we watched crap TV with burgers and beer.

This particular establishment was OK, as fas as White Castle's go, but it wasn't anything special. Points for convenience near Times Square (and our hotel). But honestly, what were you expecting? It's a g*ddamn White Castle on 8th Avenue.

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marlon l.

Glendale, CA

1 star rating
07/21/2007

Im from Los Angeles and you always here about this big fuss that is the white castle burger.  So during my trip to NY, I decide I want to see what the fuss is all about.  I have to say that I was very dissapointed.  I know its fast food and all, but even McD's tastes better than that crap.  Im glad they make their burgers all small because I didnt feel as bad throwing it awasy since it was half eaten already.  Anyways, IN/OUT is still one of the best fast food burger joints.  You East Coasters should have some when you are out in the West Coast.

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david r.

New York, NY

5 star rating
03/14/2007

Went here for Valentine Day 2007, amazing.  BYOB, Crave Case and good night!  How wonderful life can be sometimes

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Ninja C.

Union City, CA

3 star rating
04/24/2007

So I walked into White Castle and walked up to the disgruntled employee and, like the straight up G that I am, ordered a sack of 10 sliders, 2 orders of fries, 1 of onion rings and a drink.  

As novel as those little burgers are, they're just OK.  I think if I ate them either high or drunk, they'd be a lot better.  

But yeah...I paid the price later on.

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Joe G.

Brooklyn, NY

5 star rating
09/12/2006

I LOVE WCBs (White Castle Burgers) I think they're freaking amazing...and so does my friend Justin. I introduced him to the joy...and eventual pain that they can bring. He wrote this poem for the WCB...

Oh, castle with walls of white,
Your magic brings my mouth delight.

The product of your food perfection
Gives me a taste bud erection.

I wont think about the impending shit
That cant be avoided when the burgers hit.

But they feel so good going in and going down
That theres not a better deal in town.

Divide my money by point 51
That's how many I'll take on this run

And someone tell Harold and Kumar,
That I'd travel just as far

For a bite of that two and a half inch square
The meat melts in my mouth as do my cares

Give me a sack, give me a case, or give me a crate
Get me to White Castle so my tongue can masterbate.

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