Shake Shack Gaien Icho Namiki

Great burgers I’ll give you that, they even taste like America and some of their better joints. But the wait and the price, is too much for small burgers and a taste of home. The lines can really go out the door, and the wait can almost take an hour. Now imagine after waiting for an hour just to order, and getting your order and now waiting for a table to open just to sit and enjoy it, your food will get cold. I have to say, it’s not even worth it. With all that time and money I could’ve went else where for burgers and have gotten bigger better burgers in less time. That being said, if you’re a fan of this place go for it, but don’t blame me when it takes forever just to get your food. Tip don’t come hungry or you will be angry by the time this affair is over. I get it new things are exciting and trending so you should check it out, but it’s all hype. Save your time and eat somewhere else if you are starving!!! If not get a good mobile game or talking friends and be prepared to wait. You have been warned. Enjoy

Shake Shack in Tokyo! I couldn’t believe it when I heard it so I had to go check it out. When I got there, I couldn’t believe the line. I went there around 2pm and I had to wait about 75 minutes to get in. I chatted with other people and they reported up to two hours wait time during peak hours. There’s even a guy who’s sole purpose is to direct you to the back of the line. From what I understand, they opened for business a bit earlier than expected so I’m sure the initial hype is drawing the crowds.
It’s located very near Meiji Jingu Stadium, home of my beloved Yakult Swallows! I can see this becoming a very popular hangout spot and eatery before and after baseball games.
If my fellow Las Vegas Unilocalers are reading this, it tastes pretty much the same as our locations. And pricing is also about the same (the only significant difference is that you don’t tip in Japan).
All this being said, I personally won’t be waiting this long for this location ever again. I can have the same thing back home for a much shorter wait. But I’m still glad I tried it once. It always fascinates me to see differences across countries with the same franchise.

I found out that Shake Shack was opening in Tokyo very soon (2016) a few months ago.
And as someone who’s lived in NYC before, I decided to check the Shake Shack website to see if it would be open early as a «soft launch».
To my surprise, it was indeed open already and happening to be in Tokyo at the time I decided to give this a try.
My expectations was that the lineup is of epic proportions (so allow some time for this). The wait time is about 1 hour (during the week) to get to the ordering place. And probably another 30 mins to find a seat (hopefully you don’t have a large group needing to be seated). But you still have to wait for the food to be prepared.
The quality of the food is on par with what the NYC outlets serve, so understandably the lineup would be long.
Pricing is on the USD equivalent to what you would pay in the states (so mid-​range. This is a premium fast food place which serves alcohol. Shake Shack has its own beer brew too)
I’m sure there would be other branches open soon.
If you’re time stretched and have tried this before, I’d wait till there’s more branches or when the hype dies down. Otherwise, make time.

The line is long. Waiting time is around 1 & a half to 2 hours. We ordered Shack Burger and the SmokeShack. The burger’s good. But a bit pricey. The fries are crinkly, as expected. Lol The caramel shake was awesome! The blueberry crumble shake, which was the shake of the week just tasted like cinnamon. Will try the other flavors next time.

Very good «Double Shack Burger», «Regular Cheese Fries» and «Small Chocolate Shake». Requested it medium-​rare, received a well-​done burger. Given their high prices, they should cook to order (and they claim to be willing to do so on the menu). They should do great business in Japan (until In-​N-​Out opens here).