Mr. Bartley's Gourmet Burgers

Picturesque burger restaurant opposite Harvard Yard, but little more. After two failed attempts (check their opening hours, it closes early), I visited them for an afterwork dinner. Lots of burgers with different twists. I ordered a medium rare IPhone, which has onion and mushrooms. It was good except for the meat, which was a little burnt and closer to well done than to medium-rare. The sweet potato fries were good. No beer (other than root beer). Every surface was greasy. Prices were higher than I expected (over $20 after taxes and tips, without a drink). Staff was slow and did not notice us for over 10 min, but otherwise correct. I really wanted to like it because the place is really cool, with memorabilia everywhere and the feeling of an authentic Harvard-students'-favorite character, but other than that, it had little to offer.

From the service to the food, everything about Mr. Bartley's Burger was enjoyable. First off the burger! No wonder burger is in there name, wow. I got the Drag Race and it was loaded from top to bottom. By accident they served it with fries instead of onion rings, but the waitress noticed this and brought out the rings so I had both. My wife enjoyed the clam chowder and fish and chips. Being from Pennsylvania and having so many wonderful options in Cambridge. We would highly recommend lunch or dinner here.

went in right when it opened for lunch and we enjoyed our food! it was very tasty and flavorful; you can tell they put in the work for the burgers! each burger was around $15 but prices are worth it for the taste! server was also very kind and helpful!! would definitely come back here again if in the area, MUST GO PLACE FOR BURGERS IN BOSTON‼️‼️

Fun atmosphere yet very hectic. The burger was excellent and the onion rings were a disappointment. They had no flavor and were quite soggy. The sweet potato fries were tasty and crisp. The wrap was good but very small portion, not much fish. Also, we were with a group and they said they couldn’t itemize the bill so we just ended up spitting the total…

We got a burger which was really undercooked to the point of being bloody. The picture below is of the second time we asked it to be cooked again and it's still nowhere near cooked fully. It's actually I believe quite bad for hygiene and health so I'd recommend staying away. I thought it was pretty common knowledge that burger should be cooked all the way through to avoid food poisoning. If some people want rare Burger I suppose that's okay but nobody asked us what we wanted.

I’d give this place a 4.2. I was excited to eat on a college campus. I am glad we chose here. The atmosphere was very laidback. I liked the random cheeky signs on the walls. My wait staff was very personable ( we were great customers too. That probably helped). I tried to put on my best Boston accent ( which sucks) to order the Harvard Yard. It’s basically a chicken BLT. I chose the Boston Baked Beans as my side. I added a side of Mac and cheese. The sandwich was good. I didn’t love the beans but that’s not totally on them. I don’t like beans much but felt I should try some Bostonian food. If you like beans you might like them. The Mac and cheese was really good. My friend had onion rings. They were very light, almost like onion strings. They were delicious too. I’d go back, even though they wouldn’t let me sign the wall of notable diners.