The burgers taste like they're not seasoned, not even the "super" burgers said to have more seasoning. Both the burgers and the fries taste like something I can buy frozen at a supermarket. This place USED to be delicious. Drink prices are still great though. Great interior. read more

I absolutely love this place. It is a comic book and video gamed themed restaurant / hang out created by nerds, for nerds. This is not some joint where a hipster transplant with a little money and the desire to open a restaurant decided to create a place that ironically glorifies a youth that had some involvement with video games and comics. This place is earnestly nerdy and, by god, what a place to hang out. The atmosphere couldn't be any more fun. It is a love letter to the history of video games, sci fi, and comics. There are plenty of old school games to play for free or for a quarter, there's always something playing on their two giant flatscreens (last week it was star wars, today it was Family Guy). The walls are plastered with comic book covers and antiquated video games from systems like the original Atari. Throughout the room there are little light box exhibitions showcasing short videos or vintage video games and toys. They have cheap ass drink specials and open bar nights, as well as events where you can geek out with your friends for mass video game playing, d&d tournaments, and more. It is such a great atmosphere where people who never out grew gaming, comics, sci fi and fantasy can fly their flags without modesty or fear of judgement. Their food is great too; always cooked to order, always fresh, and always prepared EXACTLY how you want it. I have never had a mistake on an order, and my orders can be quite confusing. Although the burgers are a bit oily, the meat has a spicy edge to it and the ingredients taste fresh. One slight downfall to the place is that the menu is extremely confusing. It's like trying to read the label of a Dr. Bronner's liquid soap bottle. It takes a few minutes to figure out how to navigate as all of the menu sub categories are broken down in video game language. Action burgers, power ups, etc... it is hard to navigate so it helps to go in knowing exactly what you want on your burger. I love the staff too. They are very kind and very personable. They are passionate about everything the restaurant showcases and will debate (or agree) about anything from comics to movies. The place is fun, sincere, and lacking in any hipster irony. A wonderful place to go and just let your nerdiness flourish, if only until you have to go back out into the cold, shallow world of superficial, sissy girl poem that is Williamsburg. read more

How the mighty have fallen. One time, this place was great to have a burger, hang out and play some games. Now, the place is depressing. Although the look of the place may have improved a slight bit, the quality and customer service has lower tremendously. Let's start with the "improvised renovation", bigger doesn't necessarily mean better. I'm glad they increase the size of the place. However, they have replaced the chairs with some cheap plastic ones that hurt your butt and your back. The wooden ones he had were better. They also added an extra table so when is full is harder to sit in then before. The new machines are nice but they tend to freeze a lot and can't figure out how to work them. BTW, what the heck is Planet Xenos? the name of the bar? Where is that from? Second, the food. It has gone up. They increase the price of everything $1 to $2 more. Now, you would think the quality will be better but no, somehow they managed to make it worst. The wings they make barely got any sauce. They come so dry and hard, they sometimes hurt my palate. If you ask for more sauce, they want you to pay $2 more for a small packet of their "action" sauce. I ordered another time mozzarella sticks, they were frozen on the inside. The burger buns are soggy, they taste like they were frozen, the meat itself used to have seasoning now it doesn't. When you get a liquor shot, you pay $5 to be serve in small plastic cups. I feel you getting a demo in Whole Foods. And at last and what hurts me the most, the customer service. What a shame. The owner has become less and less friendly since the first time I met him. When I tell him his new game is frozen, he told me "yup, that will happen." And looked at me at like it was my fault. He kept doing what he was doing and didn't came to fix it till like 30 minutes later. Another time, the same machine froze again, I ask for someone to help us and no one could do anything except the owner that decided to leave; and for as much as I asked he seemed like he had no intention to help us out. When I let the cook know about the frozen mozzarella sticks, she gave me an evil eye like she was ready to kill me. I find out the cook was the owner's wife. SMH. When I get my food, its just given to me and never get asked if I needed anything else. They tend to forget my drinks when they bring my food so I had to remind them and I don't get most friendly of responses. I'm not asking for my backside to be kissed, just to act like you care a customer is here. Whatever happened to that nice girl with the cute blue eyes? She was the true definition of great customer service. Was always friendly, would ask how my day was, and make sure I got all the condiments, utensils, and anything else I needed. When the place opened back up she was gone. If I were them, I would bring her back. That could bring some clientele back. I wish they would take these comments in consideration. But with the attitudes the owner and his wife tend to have, I really doubt it. read more

Five Stars. Let's get that part out of the way nice and early. This place is a one of a kind establishment. There is no way to accurately describe what's going on in here. I've written this Yelp review at least five different times in my head, but none of them did this place justice. You simply have to come here yourself and make your own judgement. But whatever you do, keep your eyes open and your wits about you. I've seen people walk into this place at night and never come back out. Be warned. Five stars. read more

Ordered here in the past. Was good but just got delivery. Burger was essentially cold by the time it got here.

I do like this place Kitschy, divey, delicious It's loud as fuck though* *Harry Potter on the TVs blasted so high- good place to take someone you don't want to talk to read more

Grrr! It pains me to give this place 3 stars. It really does. I've been here several times and their burgers are so very delicious and unique. I was beyond excited to find they put menus under the doors of the apartments in my building. I never thought they delivered to my part of the neighborhood. When we did place an order, I was sadly disappointed. 1. Delivery person didn't have change (?????). Luckily, I've got a nice supply of quarters, but who wants to dig through their spare change stash to pay a delivery person? 2. Got an order of the soggiest, oil-soaked French fries I've ever seen. 3. Ordered mushrooms on burger. Got no mushrooms on burger. 4. No ketchup in bag. No forks. 5. I'll still go to this place! Probably won't place a delivery order anytime soon :/ read more

'Action Burger' makes the most scrumptious, perfect, "I'll wrestle you for the last one" Tater Tots ever! Perfectly crunchy on the outside, moist and potato-ey on the inside! And then there's the burgers - seasoned nicely and full of flavor and more zest then plain old chopped meat with salt and pepper. Then theres MY fav, the Philly Cheese steak which is made very well for the meat to cheese to bread ratio. And the rolls you guys use, oh man! These are not kaiser rolls, or potato rolls, or hoagies, I don't know what they are, but their taste and size are very delicious and unique. Also excellent sweet potato fries. This is a win, for a small neighborhood, "mom & pop" small biz. Native NYers opened it, and they're serving up some very good NYC eats. It's burgers and fries that you can adapt to exactly your liking per the long listing of mostly-free add-ons. You can get your tasty healthy on, or your not so healthy but tasty on; something for everyone. Bacon is to your discretion. When I visit I order from the 'villain' side of the menu because if you're going to go red meat then go all out! Sure there are 'hero' chicken and veggie options, but their beef is the way I like to go when eating here. Staff is very kind, the clientele are often "comic book types" and that is nice as these are polite people, and the food is tasty and quite plentiful. Nothing to be negative about here. The meat is not overly fatty, the tater tots are just the best, and everything else I've ever ordered has been good and fresh. read more

Ordered delivery from here. I waited an hour 15 before calling back to question where my food was. The woman who took my order said the delivery guy was out. Another 30 minutes later I called back to ask what was taking so long. She says she'll find out, calls me back, says the delivery guy has been waiting here for 10 minutes. I ask, "Why didn't he call me? I gave you my number." She says, "Yeah... Sorry about that." No explanation. I might not have bothered with a review if it was just a long wait and gross soggy food I was getting, but I found hair. In my fries. 2 long, black hairs. I bet this is the kind of establishment that drops food on the ground and serves it right up to customers. Dedication to quality seems extremely low on their priority list. read more

To the owner here: I have to say, I've never been here before, but it will be my pleasure to visit you guys. I am here because I saw that idiot "Incog N." wrote an irresponsible and bad review. He also randomly messaged me today and threatened to assault me for posting a review from over a year ago for a different restaurant. I had to block him. Anyway, I very much look forward to eating here. PS. I flagged that idiot's review. He must have some personal vendettas that he's too much of a coward to face in real life, so he acts like a tough guy on yelp. What a loser. 5 stars for you Action Burger! Can't wait to have a burger at your fine establishment! read more

This place used to be pretty solid. I ordered from there pretty frequently for years then over the past year or two things have really gone downhill. Chicken is often over cooked and the whole order almost always arrives cold. Worse, if you order from seamless or grub hub or delivery.com the delivery time always states 30 to 45 minutes and inevitably the delivery often times ends up taking an hour and a half or longer. This is probably the 5th order I've placed in the last year that was over 30 minutes late. I'm literally sitting here waiting on an order that is currently 45 minutes late. Don't believe me? Check the reviews on ANY of those sites. I'm not the only one howling over them intentionally lying about the delivery estimate to grab your hard earned money while you sit there hungry and angry waiting on them to drop by with dinner. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Tonight's order is my last. read more

Leave your expectations outside. They have a Nutella Burger that is to die for. It's also a great place to bring the kids because they have game consoles at each table to play different video games. read more

Waited 40+ minutes for a dry burger. When i asked how much longer for my food to be ready after waiting 36 minutes the response was 10-15 more minutes from the miserable girl that took my order. I'm upset that i didn't go to Kellogg's dinner the burger there would have had flavor and i would have not wasted 40+ minutes of my life. My advice to management give up on the burgers bud, just devote your time to the Nintendo games. Updated review. Waited 40+ minutes at the restaurant for a dry burger bud. Born and raised in Brooklyn. I should have ordered medium rare? I read a few reviews below and there are others that are saying the same about your dry burgers bud. While i waited your delivery boy was there hanging out, so it didn't seem all that busy to me. Stop making excuses and focus on giving better food to your customers. Try out other burger spots like emoji burger, shake shack, bareburger, or even that dinner down the block from you guys on graham and ask them for some pointers and recipes. read more

This place really had potential, but ended up having some major flaws. The chicken sandwich I had was pretty bland (the Queen Valasca), the credit card machine was broken, and the fries were just okay. The decor was great, but they kept rying to push this one random comic with posters everywhere. Probably not worth going out of your way, but worth the experience otherwise. read more

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Last night a burger saved my life from hunger. That mac and cheese burger was amazing and the cheese fries took me to that happy place in burger heaven. read more

Action Burger - Burgers Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

This review is for my burger that was delivered. I ordered a rare burger - it was well done. The amount of cheese was very scarce. Came with one thin barely there slice of tomato and one tiny piece of lettuce. I had to add my own tomato and lettuce but I'm mostly bummed that it was over cooked and dry. Guess I'm still on he hunt for a good burger delivery spot. I guess this place is better in person. read more

Action Burger is currently my favorite eatery. I was first lured in during hurricane Sandy, wandering around my neighborhood, and noticed a burger joint catering to comic book fans. There are stacks of comics to read at all the tables, and two large flatscreens playing superhero shows or movies. 3 arcade games are in the corner by the window, and at least one of them is free to play. I'm a lax vegetarian, I eat poultry once or twice a month, for various reasons. First couple times I went to Action Burger I got the veggie burger and it's OK; seems to be made in-house, fresh ingredients, freshly cooked, I dug the toppings, and liked that they have a sweet-potato french fry option. Then I got the turkey burger. "The Marco." It is quite possibly the best thing I've ever put in my mouth. They season the ground meat with their own blend of spices, top it with turkey bacon and whatever toppings you ask for. I strongly recommend the spicy guac. The staff has always been pleasant, as well as just flat out cool to talk to. The cook gave me the evolution/history of Lobo last time I was there. The prices are fairly low, especially considering the generous portions served. While I can't weigh in on the beef burgers because I haven't tried them, I can't say enough about how awesome the turkey burger is, and how much I enjoy my experience every time I go to this place. read more

Every time I'm in Brooklyn, I always make it a point to stop by Action Burger. It's been my go-to spot for Brooklyn-area burgers for at least three years now. I hate to say this, but, for the past few visits, it hasn't been the same. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's definitely something about the whole experience that just hasn't held up to the quality and standard that I once knew. It's not the meat. It's not the cheese. It's definitely not the buns. The buns are obviously the same. I'm quite certain of that. But still, there's just something off about it. It might be the service. I'm not sure. It's just different now. read more

This review is regarding my visit in mid April. My girlfriend took me here. Where has this place been my entire life?! Free arcade games and classic home consoles! We spent most of our time on the two arcade machines in the front. I was so thrilled that both machines have just about all the Street Fighter II versions possible. What made it more special was that they had World Heroes on one of them, a rare find since it wasn't as popular back then! Between the two machines, they had every possible classic game. The joysticks and buttons all work perfectly. Now for the food I had. The burger was great! The wings were fantastic! The chocolate mint milkshake was amazing! I await my next return to this palace. This place is certainly one of a kind. read more

This place is great! It has everything an adult gamer would want. Free arcade gaming as long as you're a customer, booze, great food and they put on whatever game is going on. Also $20 open bar for the duration of the game. read more

Action Burger - Free arcade games! - Burgers Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Awesome Place with Awesome Theme Food and Theme Drinks, along with Video game to play, comic books to read and videos to see, also games to play (card and board). Its always an Awesome value when you can't finish the food and you get to take it home, for later Yummy eats. It's a wonderful place for a first date and for family and friends. read more

So, a big comic nerd opened up this burger joint probably as a way to get his hilariously titled futuristic/space/alien graphic novel into more hands. Seriously, you need to read the flyer he has in the restaurant, on which is the summary of the premise of this book, which is overlong and in the form of hilarious, roundabout, ill-grammar laden questions. (It is actually quite hilarious. I'm not being disingenuous here.) However, Amazon shows some decent reviews of the book (http://www.amazon.com/Bialien-Trilogy-Bialiensapien-Human-Evolved/dp/0578044544/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280396780&sr=8-1) There's all manner of memorabilia and miscellaneous posters, pics and postcards hanging about the place featuring history's comic book heroes, villains, legends, etc. There's also a big HD flatscreen hanging over the cashier counter, where the owner/writer will no doubt be checking out his latest ripped-from-the-internet and burned-to-bluray b-movie. In the end, Action Burger is semi-tasty but totes nerdy, and therefore ironically trendy and charming as long as that's still somewhat in vogue. At Action Burger, if you don't like your food, you'll definitely have some giggles. read more

Food is so good omg I can taste it now went there about a year ago and it came to mind bc I'm nearby hanging out in the city my 3 kids are picky eaters and even they enjoyed I mean a year later if my son is saying we have to go back there this has made ripleys believe it or not in my book ugh the customer service was amazing love this place read more

This place just rocked my socks off!!! The food and service was on point!!!! I enjoyed watching the customers rock on to some guitar hero as I ate my dinner. I got to meet the owner of the place... talk about kindred spirit. His ideas and origin of this place was something out of a comic book... literally! I enjoyed the arcade games which was free to play... AWESOME!!! I'll be back! read more

Action Burger - Burgers Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

I went here with high expectations and wasn't entirely unsatisfied. The decor is quite cool and the stacks of comics and trading Cards on tables was awesome while we waited. The burgers themselves were pretty tasty, but a bit pricey. It was a quiet place and I was hoping for little more interaction from the staff. I may come by again when in the area purely for the cool layout. read more

Action Burger - Street Fighter table. - Burgers Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Walls papered in comic strips and posters, free play of arcade games and board games, and a monstrous menu. There is a lot to love about this place. The bacon dog is heavier on the mozzarella cheese and onions than it is on the bacon, but it's still an amazingly tasty combination. The onion rings and mac & cheese nuggets are fantastic. The basic wings aren't that great, get the BBQ or honey hennessy ones. The portions are pretty crazy. This is not the place you come to eat healthy (even though they do have some great healthy options for your companions who are not up for the fun). I want to try everything, but sadly my cholesterol needs to recover a bit first. Maybe I'm a wimp. read more

When I tell you I was absolutely blown away by this place. The burger was great, the environment was super friendly and welcome and I found out the person working the hardest in there was the owner! Friendliest guy ever! Never been more satisfied with a video game/ food establishment ever! read more

I some how StumbleUpon this venue! 2AM in the morning craving for a quick bite. Not only did I get a satisfying late night snack. I had the pleasure of playing some of my favorite childhood games free of charge! Super fun environment. Fully stocked bar with incredible bartenders! Shout out to Cat for her amazing recommended drink specials... 5 stars alone is definitely underrating this venue for sure! read more

Got a delivery and Dont know what happened chesse burger classic was nasty and fries was t cold and soda was hot didnt get no condiments wont recommend and wont every get my business again read more

Such an interesting place. The ambience isn't necessarily warm or comfortable but it's different. Ad different can be good. The burgers were tasty and quick. I don't think I would go back, but if someone had their heart set on eating there, I would go. read more

The food was average it's a cool hang out spot for a groups of friends. But do not just attend for the food you will not be satisfied. There is multiple game systems available and also table reservations available. You can play everything but regular, yup, I said regular cards can you believe they did not have not one deck. Thank god the corner store near by had cards so we were able to play spades. Overall the night was one to remember those who drank said the drinks were good except for the Long Island. Also the burger and food has absolutely salt. Forgot to add we had reservations for two tables. Still no cards. read more

Huge portions reasonable prices. Cashier lady is the bomb.com. Free arcade games and they have the original street fighter. Def a neighborhood gem and def worth going back to. I got the pretzel frenzy or something like thT and sweet potato tots. It's no umami burger, but definitely a good burger n worth it. read more

This spot is fun as hell!! Great decor, free arcade games while u wait & great burgers & tots. I was always skeptical about this place because I wasn't into the name of the joint, specifically the action part lol, I'm glad I looked past that. They have a bunch of choices on ways to have your burger, You name it & they do it. The fries & tots were good as well. I couldn't see getting this delivered because by that time it'll taste like crap but it's def worth going there, sitting down & eating. If you're into a big ole burger go check it out, you won't be disappointed!! read more

Action Burger - Bacon burger on deck! - Burgers Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Cute little diner on the corner of the street. I got the onion rings and chicken tenders. The onion rings were pretty good, nicely battered and crisp. The chicken tenders were not good at all, very overlooked and small. I would come back and try the other items to give it another shot. The higher rating is mostly for the vibe. It's definitely small, but has a few arcade and board games. It seems like a great place to hang out with friends. I appreciate the nerdiness of the place, it makes it more comfortable and chill, less pretentious. Also open very late, which is nice for those late night drunken munchies. read more

Really great menu for burgers they also have vegetarian options. The menu is large many options. I had the Queen Valasca its breaded chicken cutlets, grilled chicken,spicy guacamole,pepper jack cheese, spicy guacamole,action burger special sauce which is chipotle bacon and pickled jalapeños on a slightly toasted Portuguese roll. It was really good. On the large side for me. They have great lunch specials and on Mondays its happy hour specials all day my BF got a beer Ana we got two free shoots of our choice for free. The atmosphere is really fun comic books at every table,sci-fi movie on the TV. I would come back. read more

Action Burger - Old school games. - Burgers Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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I've never felt so compelled to write a Yelp review before in my life. I honestly am not sure where to start, so let's just go with the food. This is not a great burger place. I came in for a basic bacon cheeseburger. The meat was over cooked and completely grey and the slice of American cheese lay depressingly unmelted on top. The bun was way too large for a burger if that size. I had plain fries on the side which were fine, although strangely completely unsalted. Their ice machine was broken so I drank my coke from a can. This bounteous feast ran me $13. Suffice it to say, if you want a burger in his area there are plenty of better options within walking distance. If Action Burger was an action film it'd be a later years Steven Seagal direct-to-video joint where he's fat and the action scenes just kinda make you feel sad. That said, the most fascinating aspect of this place is the inside. It looks like a comic book store from 1998 made a series of bad decisions and threw up in there. Random comic book covers are pasted all over the walls, old and curiously semi-packaged Star Wars action figures are prominently displayed in back-lit plastic cases embedded in the walls. For some reason a Smurfs movie was playing on the big screen TV, only adding to the mystique. The real gift however is that essentially half the interior of this place serves as a giant advertisement for BIO-SAPIENS, a self-published book series represented by 3D images that make the 90s kids show ReBoot looking cutting edge by comparison. I highly recommend searching Amazon for the cover art. From what I could gather during the time it took me to eat my mediocre burger, some kid named Jaden is abducted by aliens, given superpowers and sports car even Homer Simpson wouldn't design, and has races in space or something. Also there are alien zombies on a plane in book four, or something. Lastly, the ebook inexplicably has a credit on the cover for "Music Direction." The mind can only wonder. The place is absolutely covered in this stuff and it is amazing. Lastly the staff seemed fairly miserable while I was there. Some brave woman was there for an interview and had to be turned away after the woman at the counter called some dude who sounded like he had just woken up. They later gathered around the phone to complain about some stuff to their superior and sounded pretty exhausted. My heart goes out to them. I'd only recommend coming here if you want to eat inside of a giant ad for what I can only presume is a self-published Amazon ebook representation of the inner workings of Jaden Smith's mind. read more

This is the second time I've come to this spot. The burger and shake were great, the service was great, and the concept is great. This feels like a warm communal place. I'll be back again. read more

Action Burger - SciFi, Comic themed burger spot. - Burgers Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Tied for my #1 favorite spot of all time. I've had burgers from one end of this country to the other, and no other place has warmed/clogged my heart quite like Action Burger. Got recommended it by a friend and when she described it as a 'blue-collar burger place where you can play video games' I had my reservations that it'd be some slick heavily-curated hipster haven. But then I get there, and it's actually all those things! Mom-and-pop owned hole-in-the-wall that serves *the best* American-style fat food, all with heart and creativity, and a bunch of free video games!! It's like coming over to a friend's house who has almost every console ever made and then also a food truck's worth of soul food ready to order. I cannot recommend this place enough. read more

The Mac and cheese burger was sooooo good. Still thinking about it a day later. The Burger was a lot bigger and expected and max and cheese was fried. Can't wait to try the drinks during happy hour! read more

This place is great for several reasons: a) the staff is super helpful and excited about their new restaurant and put a lot of care into making sure you are 100 percent satisfied! b) the burgers are great! its not a dumont style fancy town burger, but more like if you went to you best friends bbq and had an awesome burger there. c) they have great video games in the restaurant...street fighter anyone? So there are three solid reasons why you should at least give them a chance :) read more