Upside Craft Kosher - Brooklyn

Ordered 2 burgers/fries 2 salads w/fries on 12PM. Paid $110. Only burgers arrived around 2PM. Had to re-order again. It is 3PM right now and food still is not ready. This place is a scam literally

I've ordered from this restaurant twice, and it has failed to impress me both times. The food was alright, but I don't believe it's worth the price, with how expensive it is, so I doubt I'll be trying the restaurant a third time. Here's a breakdown of everything I've ordered from here, some items are no longer available on their menu, which seems to change around a lot. Most recent order: Ice Cold House Tea (Passion Fruit): 3.5/5, it was not cold when it arrived at my house, more like room temperature. It's served in a plastic bottle, to my surprise, and it was fine, although I didn't taste much of the fruit flavor. The notes were very subtle, and it was similar to a slightly fruity tea. It wasn't too sweet, which I liked. Glazed Nuggets (Fire Popper Sauce): 3.5/5, not spicy at all. Very average in terms of flavor and texture. I prefer Korean Fried Chicken over this, for sure. Signature Chicken Sandwich (Super Spicy): 1/5, one of the weirdest sandwiches I've ever tasted in my life. It was both sickeningly sweet, akin to cereal cornflakes, and bitterly spicy-ish, at the same time. My tongue was very confused. Mind you, it only tasted sweet on some parts of the sandwich, and spicy on the other parts, like a dotted chocolate chip cookie, or a field of landmines. You never know what the next bite will taste like until you start chewing it. I'm a big fan of spicy food, so their Super Spicy wasn't spicy to me in the sense I was dying from the heat, but it was enough of a small tingle on my taste buds to let me know that it was indeed having an effect, and fulfilling its promise that it would be spicy. I've had too many disappointing experiences where food claimed to be spicy, and then felt absolutely nothing while eating it. Crispy Nuggets: 2/5, it was very hard and the chicken didn't seem like good quality chicken. The experience was like gnawing through hard bits of leather. Dry and flavorless. Beef Empanadas: 3.5/5, juicy and moist, but lacking in depth of flavor. Very few empanadas for the amount of money paid. They're also rather small, with not much filling inside. Homemade Pastrami Sandwich: 2.5/5, the pastrami was bland and flavorless. The coleslaw was similarly bland. Just a bland sandwich overall. Previously ordered: Savory Fries Platter: 4.5/5, my favorite item from them, it's not on the menu anymore. Lots of meat, guacamole, sauce, and fries. It's a full meal in itself. Famous Corn Soup: 3/5, very sweet, which I never experienced in a corn soup before. Is corn soup supposed to be so sweet? It had some bacon and guacamole to offset it, but not enough. Very weird combination of flavors. Facon Burger: 2.5/5, very disappointed in this burger. For a restaurant to be a burger specialty joint, I expected to have my socks knocked off by this. Just like its name, the burger is upside down, with the toppings on the bottom of the meat patty, instead of above it, like you'd normally expect burgers to be constructed. It was very odd, since the toppings were drowned out by the mediocre meat squashing it down. Perhaps I was supposed to turn the burger to eat it? The toppings also fell out everywhere while I was eating, so that didn't help my enjoyment of it. The meat was not juicy enough, bland, and very thick. I didn't enjoy it. It was a substandard burger. The only good part was the facon jam, and there was not much of it. Fire Poppers: 3.5/5, I believe this is the same menu item as the Glazed Chicken Nuggets, but with smaller pieces of chicken. Taste is the same, since the same sauce was used. Many of the items are unflavorful and disappointing. Every item costs over $15 or so, with some entrees costing over $20. It's just very expensive for the quality of the food, which isn't up to par. If it actually tasted good, I might be willing to pay what they're asking, but from my experience, I would say that's a no.

I've ordered from this restaurant twice, and it has failed to impress me both times. The food was alright, but I don't believe it's worth the price, with how expensive it is, so I doubt I'll be trying the restaurant a third time. Here's a breakdown of everything I've ordered from here, some items are no longer available on their menu, which seems to change around a lot. Most recent order: Ice Cold House Tea (Passion Fruit): 3.5/5, it was not cold when it arrived at my house, more like room temperature. It's served in a plastic bottle, to my surprise, and it was fine, although I didn't taste much of the fruit flavor. The notes were very subtle, and it was similar to a slightly fruity tea. It wasn't too sweet, which I liked. Glazed Nuggets (Fire Popper Sauce): 3.5/5, not spicy at all. Very average in terms of flavor and texture. I prefer Korean Fried Chicken over this, for sure. Signature Chicken Sandwich (Super Spicy): 1/5, one of the weirdest sandwiches I've ever tasted in my life. It was both sickeningly sweet, akin to cereal cornflakes, and bitterly spicy-ish, at the same time. My tongue was very confused. Mind you, it only tasted sweet on some parts of the sandwich, and spicy on the other parts, like a dotted chocolate chip cookie, or a field of landmines. You never know what the next bite will taste like until you start chewing it. I'm a big fan of spicy food, so their Super Spicy wasn't spicy to me in the sense I was dying from the heat, but it was enough of a small tingle on my taste buds to let me know that it was indeed having an effect, and fulfilling its promise that it would be spicy. I've had too many disappointing experiences where food claimed to be spicy, and then felt absolutely nothing while eating it. Crispy Nuggets: 2/5, it was very hard and the chicken didn't seem like good quality chicken. The experience was like gnawing through hard bits of leather. Dry and flavorless. Beef Empanadas: 3.5/5, juicy and moist, but lacking in depth of flavor. Very few empanadas for the amount of money paid. They're also rather small, with not much filling inside. Homemade Pastrami Sandwich: 2.5/5, the pastrami was bland and flavorless. The coleslaw was similarly bland. Just a bland sandwich overall. Previously ordered: Savory Fries Platter: 4.5/5, my favorite item from them, it's not on the menu anymore. Lots of meat, guacamole, sauce, and fries. It's a full meal in itself. Famous Corn Soup: 3/5, very sweet, which I never experienced in a corn soup before. Is corn soup supposed to be so sweet? It had some bacon and guacamole to offset it, but not enough. Very weird combination of flavors. Facon Burger: 2.5/5, very disappointed in this burger. For a restaurant to be a burger specialty joint, I expected to have my socks knocked off by this. Just like its name, the burger is upside down, with the toppings on the bottom of the meat patty, instead of above it, like you'd normally expect burgers to be constructed. It was very odd, since the toppings were drowned out by the mediocre meat squashing it down. Perhaps I was supposed to turn the burger to eat it? The toppings also fell out everywhere while I was eating, so that didn't help my enjoyment of it. The meat was not juicy enough, bland, and very thick. I didn't enjoy it. It was a substandard burger. The only good part was the facon jam, and there was not much of it. Fire Poppers: 3.5/5, I believe this is the same menu item as the Glazed Chicken Nuggets, but with smaller pieces of chicken. Taste is the same, since the same sauce was used. Many of the items are unflavorful and disappointing. Every item costs over $15 or so, with some entrees costing over $20. It's just very expensive for the quality of the food, which isn't up to par. If it actually tasted good, I might be willing to pay what they're asking, but from my experience, I would say that's a no.

Oh my God, Upside Now! was simply epic. Nice, welcoming and reasonably priced. You can tell these guys use high quality ingredients. Crew is incredibly polite and can help you with everything. Definitely a place to try out.

The food seems great but the wait time was crazy long so I did not wait.