Max’s Burger Bar

The cross between hip bar and family restaurant doesn’t really work. I took the family there for a relaxing Sunday afternoon lunch. The food was ok but the music with explicit language was not. The kids didn’t get to finish their colouring in!
This place would be great for a few drinks and a meal with adult friends, leave the kids with Grandma.

During doing some research in order to find the worlds best burger I came across a place with a name that was too good to be true! One named after me! Hope’s were instantly raised…
I will start by saying, and I guess this will form the majority of my review, but this place was really hard to judge. For those who have been to Burger Lounge in Eltham, it had a similar feel right from checking it out on the website, and all the way to ordering my burger. And, yes, they are in a similar area, (and I know this doesn’t apply to everyone) but I really enjoyed driving AWAY from the city to find a good burger in a much quieter part of town — it really gives an adventure type of feel. It was reasonable cost wise, and my request to double up on the beef (as I was slightly surprised there wasn’t a double patty burger) for $ 2 made me happy. The $ 2 side of chips would’ve been worth $ 8 too at Grill’d, which was another tick.
The burger itself whilst still being enjoyable was missing something small — maybe a special sauce or something of the like! Turkish buns were used too, and I haven’t had too many amazing burgers with them unfortunately. So ideally I’d love to give it 3.5 stars, as the experience itself is rather enjoyable (I can’t stress this enough), however the burger itself was good without being amazing.

Only newly open but good potential. The area needs something like this. Service is a little chaotic but I hope it’ll settle down. Burgers could do being a little more moist also.