High-end burgers are to be savored at Burger Mania Shirokane, which launched in 2008 opposite Kitasato Hospital to service the sandwich requirements of the area’s well-turned-out inhabitants. Burger Mania was selected as one of the best restaurants of 2009 and 2010 on Tabelog—a reputation that inevitably led to the opening of a second branch in Hiroo in 2011. The interior of the restaurants will make you feel as if you just ducked into a café in the Lower East Side of New York City. Just substitute the Big Apple with a big burger. All menus are written in English and the enthusiastic and easygoing staff possess fine bilingual skills. There is a specials menu at both Hiroo and Shirokane including a monthly burger that you’ll come back for time and time again. Some burgers are branch-specific, such as Shirokane’s Quattro Cheese Burger (\1,250) with, you guessed it, four types of cheese, and Hiroo’s mean BBQ Cheese Burger (\1,200). However, there are mainstays at both branches, such as the Platinum Burger (\1,500), made of 100 percent wagyu beef, or the Mango Burger (Shirokane branch only; \1,100) for that tropical island feeling. All burgers come with French fries and salad, and toppings can be piled on to suit your taste. Sandwiches are also available with tasty fillings such as corned beef and BLT.