One of the Top 5 Best Hamburgers I have ever eaten is located in this suburb of Illinois.

his following location is very unique. It is a Middle Eastern eatery that serves one of the best hamburgers I’ve ever had in my life.

Hamburger with Gyro meatPhoto bycfk

The name of this restaurant is Falafel Hut in Hoffman Estates.

I had heard from a friend who said that there is this Middle Eastern eatery in Hoffman Estates that is making some noise on social media about their hamburgers being so good. I knew that I had to try this place out. I found some time to go on it on a Wednesday afternoon around noon.

The restaurant is located in a small strip mall. The other restaurants are all Middle Eastern eateries in the strip mall. Parking was not a problem. There was ample parking everywhere.

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I walked into Falafel Hut, and I was taken aback. I thought I was in the wrong location. This place inside aesthetically looks horrendous. There is a large black tarp that separates the kitchen from the front area where you order. There's a small bell near the cash register that says ring for service.

I thought the place was possibly under construction. I also thought I perhaps entered from the wrong side and felt like I was in the back room. It’s strange to look at it hands-down.

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I rang the bell and this extremely friendly young lady asked how can she help me. I said I would like to try one of the hamburgers. The main menu that is on the wall has no mention of hamburgers. She then pulls out a small plastic sign that shows what you can order on a hamburger.

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From what my friend told me the way to go is get order a double cheeseburger with spicy gyro meat. You can then add chipotle sauce and take it from there. I ordered the way my friend suggested. The young lady asked me if I would like to make it a combo, which came with a drink and an extremely small fry. I said sure the total came to around $20.

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The young lady then said hold on let me see how long this is going to take. She disappeared behind the black curtain. I could hear her speaking with somebody and a voice came from the black curtain that said about 15 to 20 minutes.

I had no problem with that. There was one small table with a couple of chairs off to the side. I sat and waited.

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I sat and watched as a couple more people came in asking again for the hamburger. This was obviously turning into a popular item that they were not prepared for whatsoever.

They told the people again that it would be 15 to 20 minutes. I could not see inside the kitchen, but from the voices I heard through the black curtain, it seemed that there were maybe three workers total, the girl at the front who took the order, another woman who appeared to be the owner, and a grill cook.

I then hear my name, Frank. A woman pops out from the curtain who I assume is the owner she told me she ran out of ground meat and that she needed to grind some more up. This will take another 15 to 20 minutes for her to grind the meat up. I told her it was fine, no problem. I sat and listened as phone calls started to come in, placing phone orders to get food and hamburgers. This sounded like they 100% could not handle how busy it was getting with their small staff.

My 20-minute wait on top of my 20-minute wait turned into another 15-minute wait by the end of it. I finally heard my name called. It was almost an hour if not more, and my hamburger was finally ready.

creamy chipotle sauce in the burger was deliciousPhoto bycfk

I told the girl at the front counter before I ordered that I was going to review this location. I told her that when I do a review of a location, it gets exponentially busy people from everywhere. Come to try out what I suggest and it quadruples the business for a location, I asked her if that going to be a problem would you be able to handle it? The girl smiled and said we should be fine.

I opened up my hamburger in my car to take a look at it. It was gorgeous. I took a bite, and it was absolutely delicious. The flavors were out of this world. The Gyro meat mixed with their ground meat was a perfect savory mix. The Gyro meat was tender. The creamy chipotle sauce did not overpower. It was a perfect companion to the salty meat.

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I will tell you this was an out-of-this-world hamburger, but I also will tell you I don’t think this was the order that I put in. The hamburger was not spicy whatsoever. I remember asking for the spicy Gyro meat. I also understood that it came with jalapeños and onions. I don’t think I got that, I also ordered a double cheeseburger and I only received a single The phrase that came with it or child size I can’t even call them small.

So you may be asking why the hell would I want to go to this place? It sounds like an absolute nightmare. I will tell you because this is honestly one of the most unique and tasty hamburgers you’ll ever try.

Now there will be definitely some obstacles give yourself some. time if you are curious to try this place out. They are very very slow. They are slow because they’re lazy. They’re slow because they are overwhelmed with this newfound business.

I also need to definitely say they need to do something with the aesthetic look of this place. It looks like a haunted house absolutely horrible if I had not suggested to try this place out one look at it as soon as you entered the restaurant I would’ve walked right back out.

I really do hope you all check this place out. I know a lot of my readers are pretty traditional and don’t like to step out of their comfort zones but I have never steered any of you wrong. My reviews are always honest. I know what is good and what is bad in regards to what tastes good in the food. So I ask that you trust me and really check this place out you will like it.

With all that being said. I give a rating of 7.5 out of 10 to Falafel Hut. The points that are deducted are strictly for how the place looks and how long you have to wait If those were taken care of this could’ve easily been a 9.5 for the food alone.