B Spot

We came here on a Sunday afternoon and were seated right away. Our waiter was very attentive and helpful in recommending burgers and milkshakes.
I tried a little bit of the Apple and Bacon milkshake. I was ok. However, I ordered the chocolate banana marshmallow milkshake. It was amazing! I would highly recommend it. The size of the milkshake is large enough for two servings. We were offered to-​go cups for the extras. I like that they have a pickle bar. As a pickle lover this was a great feature and unique to any restaurant I had been before. The French fries were also good. They weren’t greasy and were very flavorful.
This is a place worth checking out!

Honestly I went here because the name: Michael Symon. It’s basically a build your own burger bar. The meat was disappointing. Small parties that were formed too tightly. This made the meat tough and chewy. The pickle bar was five star. As were the sauces they offer. Rosemary fries didn’t impress either. The concept is good and resonates well with me, the execution of the meals was a let down though.

Michael Symon place. Burgers are over priced and j am kind of whatever on this place.

Damn good burgers. What more can I say. Chef Symon Kills it.
Be warned — milkshakes are for 2. Yet they are so good you can go through the bucket.

Came into Cleveland and the first thing we did was visit Michael Simons B Spot! Cleveland is getting know as quite the foodie spot thanks to locals such as Simon.
We arrived for lunch time but were quickly seated at the table with no problem. Our waiter greeted us, he was very friendly and helpful in answering any questions. They have a lot of local brews on tab to get your started!
I ordered the fat Doug, which Simon has won an award for. It has coleslaw, pastrami, Swiss cheese and of course Cleveland’s famous stadium mustard. You can also order how you’d like the burger done and the menu states how ‘pink’ your selection will be. The bun to the burger was also really fresh not your typical sesame seed bun you find in most burger joints. The fries are out of this world! Very thinly sliced with a Rosemary dust to it, they were delish! The order is quite large, so be sure to share with your table.
I think one thing that makes this place stand out that any other regular burger joint is they have a pickle bar! You heard right, a pickle bar! Take your burger up and pile on all the pickles you want, with a large selection of different pickles. Way to represent Cleveland, keep rockin’ on Simon!

We came here about two weeks ago. It was around lunch time and we were greeted and sat promptly. Our server came over right after we were seated and took our drink order. Came back and asked if we needed a minute. We did. Came back, (very quickly), we still needed that minute. I believe came back twice more and then we were ready. Our orders came out just as we had ordered and the burgers were very good. However the fries (skinny seasoned) fries were terrible. From experience as a GM for a restaurant the knowledge of knowing the smaller skinny fries are more cost effective. they are comparable to the French fries served at a Steak & Shake… double the price.
The service: As attentive as our waitress was, she just kept coming back over and over without giving us enough time to sit and actually enjoy the meal. I’d understand this if it was a dinner rush, and though it was during lunch hours, the restaurant wasn’t overloaded with full tables.
I can’t say I won’t be back since I frequent Crocker park often, however this may not be my first choice next time as it was this past time.
–Britany

We travel in once a year from the Memphis area and must stop here for a burger. The food is awesome, if you like to try new stuff always go for the special! Service is always great and upbeat. The atmosphere and interior design is extremely creative to those who are interested in design! A great beer and music selection always top off the experience. We wish there was a B spot closer to home!

Whenever I visit my besties in Westlake, I ask them to please take me to the B Spot. Their burgers are juicy and tasty! The service was great too.

Meh. Overpriced, overcrowded, over-​hipster. The food IS good, but not worth what you pay for it. And the worst thing about this particular location: They hold tables for people with their Call Ahead Seating, so you can show up and half the restaurant’s empty, but you’ll still have to wait 30 minutes for a table. To me, if you’re going to turn away a paying customer who’s standing there in lieu of someone who might show up, you’re doing fine and don’t need my business.

Great location and great burgers. I have only been there once and I was courageous enough to try the atomic burger and it was totally worth it. It’s not very spicy if you get the habanero sauce on the side. Habanero sauce was VERY hot but I loved it.
They have a condiment bar and kimchi was my favorite. What an interesting selection of condiments! Everyone else in my group loved what they ordered. We also got a side of rosemary fries and that was kind of disappointing. Service was very good.

Although the meat and sides are generally good, I have found that in the several times I have been at B Spot, they always overdo the toppings on the burger. For example, last time I had the Atomic and although it smelled great and the taste could have been fantastic, the cooks inundated the burger with onions, jalapeños, and ghost chili to the extent that it was overwhelming and was more enjoyable to scrape them off the patty.
Had this been fixed, the burger would have been great. Unfortunately, I have very little hope for this as B Spot has a peculiarly stubborn policy of not letting a customer take things off of the burger. The only option would be to «build your own burger», however I do not believe that ghost chili is an option for that, effectively nullifying any real chance of perfecting the Atomic burger.

I just started working across the street from Crocker Park and decided to give B Spot another try. I had to dock two stars. I was hoping it was just my first visit but the food is just sooo underwhelming and disappointing.
I got the New Jack City this time. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t necessarily bad, it just wasn’t great and when I’m paying $ 12 for a burger, I want it to blow me away. The meat lacks any flavor at all. It’s not a great burger and it’s not a huge quantity, so what’s with the price?
Every time I go to B Spot, I always leave with the unsatisfactory feeling of «why did I spend $ 12 on THAT?»
I don’t get the hype.

Two words… BACON MILKSHAKE!!! lol sounds like it would be gross but it was amazing!
Perfect comfort food when you just don’t care about calorie intake lol! Haven’t had anything on the menu I don’t like.

Awesome burger, craft beer and pickles. …gotta love pickles. Chose their spicy burger with habanero aioli I think… awesome! Also the pickle bar is an excellent add on! Craft beers galore to choose from. Next time 8m up that way gotta go back

A really enjoyable burger. I’ve been at the bar quite a few times, and every time it’s equally excellent. Bartender keeps a close eye to make sure you’re served quickly, which is all that can be asked.
The burgers thus far have been excellent, and I’ve had each one of them. The meats are always cooked to perfection (my preference is medium-​rare), and the combination of flavors is savory. Pickle bar just tops it off, with everything from the sweet flavors to kimchi and spicy. Always a good way to unwind.

I think our expectations going in were kind of high knowing this is a Michael Symon restaurant even though it specializes in burgers. We were in no way disappointed in the visit. The food was perfect. The pickle bar is a great touch and one we had never seen before. The fries were the best I have ever had. The prices are reasonable and actually a great value.
The B Spot has great atmosphere, great menu, and service was flawless. Definitely somewhere we would return to as soon as we can. Please open one in my hometown!!!

B Spot, I’m underwhelmed.
For a «burger joint» I get a better burger at my corner dive bar and it is a heck of a lot cheaper. Das mann says I’m paying for «overhead» (that’s restaurant speak) and quite frankly, I don’t give a flying fig for «overhead». I want good food for the $ I spend and I don’t feel like I get it at B Spot.
B spot is a-​la-​cart dining. You order a burger, you get a burger. You order fries, you get fries. Upon my last dining experience I ordered the «Lola Burger» which has fried egg and some other goodies on top. It was mediocre at best. Note: Pet Peeve is when I’m asked how I’d like my meat prepared and it isn’t cooked appropriately. It isn’t rocket science kids, you throw a meat thermometer in the meat and check the temp, should come out perfectly every time. And for all the hype Michael Symon gets, I’m shocked that his kitchen’s would send out a well-​done burger when a medium one was requested.
The fries are «shoe-​string» and if you request w/​out rosemary they taste like nothing.
B Spot does offer a nice beer selection which does save this review a touch.
Honestly, if you want a decent burger, head over to the Oriole on Wed (Half-​price burger night) and get a hand-​made patty on a bun, a cheap draft & you’ll walk out full and spending $ 10.
Sorry kids, but this is not the place to B!

I had never been to a Michael Symon restaurant and was excited to try his burger joint. I had looked at the menu’s for some of his other places and knew they were on the pricey side. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the B Spot is actually very reasonable.
The choices of burgers make it hard to choose, I ended up with a burger topped with pulled pork that was awesome. The onion rings were cooked to perfection, the pickle bar a great treat, had to go back twice. Watch out for the hot burger, don’t remember the name but you will know it when you see it. I love hot but this one sounded like a bit of overkill, jalapeños, ghost chili, Trinidad scorpion, and habanero sauce. We had one in our party try it and did he sweat. Also a great bourbon selection.
Staff here is very attentive, only negative is parking. There is a lot of garages in the area, but if you do not know where you are going, just park to look for the place, it can take a bit. Especially if a thunderstorm pops up while your looking.

Burgers, brats and Lola fries, oh my!
A homemade pickle bar!
Bad a$$ shakes!
I’m in love.
Just order a fat Doug burger, Lola fries and a vanilla bean apple pie bacon shake. Don’t worry about your cholesterol. Sometimes you just need to treat yo’self!

I strongly dislike waiting any longer than 4 minutes to be greeted by whoever our server may be. Even more so when the number of visible working employees greatly outnumbers the patrons at 345 PM on a very slow Thursday.
We came expecting the happy hour of half-​off burgers, $ 1 fries, and good deals on drinks from long ago… but was sorely disappointed to discover that it no longer is offered. While the $ 1 fries are still offered, paying $ 10 for 6 sliders seemed a bit ridiculous… among other things.
The more time that slowly crept by after being seated, as well as my disappointing discovery of a newer/​shittier happy hour, and the looming dread of paying ALOT more than I was anticipating with a party of 3, we were just about to walk out.
Oh wait, there’s our server, fine, I guess we will stay and hope it’s at least worth it. Server seemed nice I guess, table ordered 2 build your owns, 3 fries, a porky burger and PBR for me — of which I received BOTH the can and an empty glass. I’m fine with just a can, server could have asked a preference at least.
The wait time was fine in terms of receiving our order. But not short enough to distract me from noticing a number of fruit flies buzzing around our table and in our faces. One of them actually found its way down into my dumb glass of PBR, needless to say I was done drinking after finding it. What the fuck?!
Burgers were cooked decently. Mine came without the BBQ sauce it was supposed to come with — so the tableside coffee BBQ had to do. Fries were great, but all of our burgers just made the bottom bun a soggy, unappealing mess.
Should have just walked out and gone somewhere else. $ 50 really didn’t sit well with me with this experience. Would only consider coming back for a better, price-​appealing happy hour that includes actual burgers instead of shitty sliders. But I doubt that will be happening.