All in all it was a very pleasant surprise, and easily the best old school burger joint in Toronto that I’ve visited.Īs for the fries, they were solid, albeit a bit undersalted and unmemorable. The fresh sesame seed bun complimented the burger quite well, and the standard toppings were good. With the current ubiquity of griddle-cooked burgers, it’s nice to know that a great grilled burger is an option, even if it is a bit out of the way.
However, the grilling here imparted only a mild flavour which complemented - but did not overpower - the beef. It’s grilled, a cooking method which sometimes has the tendency to overwhelm the beef with the smokiness of the grill. The well done burger was fantastically juicy, which is a rarity in Toronto, and which I definitely appreciated. The meat had a very clean flavour it wasn’t the beefiest tasting burger that I’ve had, but there were no off flavours either, so it was obviously not low-quality beef. I’m not sure if I was lucky enough to get a batch where they forgot to mix the other stuff in, or if they’re just no longer making meatloaf burgers, but if there was anything beyond salt and pepper in my patty, I couldn’t taste it. My memory, from my many-years-ago visit, was that the burger was meatloaf style. Toppings are laid out behind the glass I went with pickles, tomato and mayo. I got the homemade burger as a combo with fries and a drink, and it came out to just over eleven bucks, so it’s neither particularly cheap or overly expensive.Īfter a wait of several minutes (I think my wait was a bit longer than average because of the man with the enormous take-out order) my burger was ready. The menu features a hamburger and a “homemade all star burger.” When asked what the difference was, I was told that the regular burger is just a plain old frozen burger, and the homemade burger features a six ounce patty that’s made in-house. I came around lunchtime and there was a fairly sizable line-up to order, including a guy placing a takeout order for at least a couple of dozen people. There’s no mistaking Golden Star for anything but an old-school burger place it’s clean and not run-down at all, but it has the general layout and decor of an establishment that was built years before many of its customers were born. However, after its tenth-place finish on Toronto Life’s list of the top 25 burgers in the city (and its status as one of only four dedicated burger joints to make the list), my interest was piqued. I was in no rush to go back, even to review it for this blog. Before writing this review I had been to Golden Star once, several years ago, and my hazy recollection of the burger was that it was fine, but nothing special.
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