The Royale Brothers

Burgers are amazing. Super filling. We had the crispy chicken and royale with cheese. Prices are reasonable considering their one of Melbourne’s best burger joints, certainly live up to their name! Though staff help with alternations they don’t seem very friendly or happy

Best Burgers in Melbourne. Service is always great. Best to phone your order in on busy nights to avoid the wait.

Delicious burgers, great service & a cool little setup! We grabbed ours & headed to the beach! Awesome menu too!

Freshest fresh burgers. Great service, pricey but absolutely worth it. If ordering takeaway on weekend suggest ringing to order as there is always a queue. Service is lovely too.

Great friendly staff. Lovely and fresh burgers and amazing loved it. 5 kids and with all their changes I had no complaints at all. We will be back

It’s a darn good burger…
Finally got around to giving this one a go. maybe my expectations were set high… have been looking fwd to Royales for awhile now. Planets got aligned today and reserved some space in the tum tum from lunch in Brighton…
Royales is behind the Pantry and works well for the clientele that it attracts! Onto the burger… without taking it apart my first bite was as if it was the most beautiful thing in the world! I devoured it. it was only until I was half way through that I remembered to take note of what was inside… nothing pretentious. just a whole hearty «proper» burger with lettuce. I noticed my grip as well. substantial yet not fist size like fatbob’s!
«Milk» bun was nice. Not too heavy and complemented the fillings well. the patty although not as good as Laurie Dee’s or Chew’s, was significant and meaty enough for a thumbs up. like other reputable burgers the patty has granular bits of meat with some burnt bits.
All in all … awesome. WIR? most definitely! Is it the best? hmm this I will leave to ur own judgement. We all have our favourites … happy Unilocaling y’all!

I’ve been back half a dozen times and tried all the burgers: fish, vegan, pulled pork. They’re all excellent. It’s become my favorite burger joint in Melbourne.

I was a little surprised to see the lukewarm to bad review on this place since every time I go by Royale Brothers it is packed. I stopped in and ordered a spicy royale which has, in additional to cheese, regular veggies, and a royale sauce an additional jalapeño sauce. The burger was very good. Cooked well with a delightfully fluffy bun that never got soggy. It wasn’t that spicy, but I did like the little bit of kick the spicy sauce gave.
Their fries are also surprisingly good. In my experience, there are two kinds of fries or chips served in Melbourne/​Victoria/​Australia. One is what we in the US of A would call «steak fries.» Basically thick cut potatoes that are, typically, under-​cooked and soggy. They require huge amounts of Ketchup/​mayo/​HP Sauce to be edible and, really, why not just eat a baked potato? Many pubs, unfortunately, have these kinds of chips/​fries.
On the other side are Belgian style fries or classic french fries that are thinly cut and, at their best, double fried (in duck fat preferably) to cook the inside and then crisp the outside without over or under doing either part. Royale brothers had an intermediate fry/​chip that was both on the large end (but not huge) and very crispy and well cooked. They were also seasoned well with a choice of a variety of dipping sauces.
There is no indoor seating so you are eating outside or taking it home. For my purposes that is usually fine as Royale Brothers is located at an attractive end of Church street and it is nice to sit outside when it is not raining.
Verdict: nothing to complain about and I will be returning. The only reason I didn’t give it 4 stars is that the burger, while the best I have had here, did not blow me away. I will be going back and sampling some of their other options in the future, though and that may increase my score.

Yet another hyped up venue from the pages of broadsheet. and one of those top
ten burgers in Melbourne tallies. More fittingly it is densely packed with hordes of locals who call it home. Aside from the burger menu itself, $ 5 trucker caps with the Royale brothers logo are available and is a $ 5 basic beer of the month. Cheap beer but unexciting. Still there’s a small but good range of beers, both local and imported.
Almost no room inside apart from the order here pay here section. There’s a photo wall with the joker eating challenge. This involves something called a triple burger for $ 26 which seems a little OTT, even for me. Outdoor seating for maybe about 18 people on the immediate benches, but then there’s a beer and burgers area which is bigger maybe holding about 30. Most burgers are on the $ 12 mark and there’s around six types to choose from. There’s also a smaller selection for kids, smaller burgers, and a non alcoholic range. Chips are $ 3.50 are good but you have to ASK
if you want the seasoning.