Trying Shake Shack in Moscow

2016-06-02 · Updated: 2026-08-11 · Original (Korean)

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People eating at outdoor tables of a Shake Shack restaurant located on the first floor of a red building. — Shake Shack on Arbat Street

The shashlik (meat skewers) we had for lunch was finally starting to digest, so we looked around for a place to eat dinner. We had both been struggling for three days, and since my older brother probably had a harder time and more stress than me constantly navigating throughout the trip, I let him choose dinner tonight.

His answer was Shake Shack.

A New York burger in Moscow!!

And so began the unique experience of tasting the most capitalist burger in the most socialist ~~well, not anymore, of course~~ place.

Cheese fries, two hamburgers, and two drinks on a silver tray.

A meat patty, cheese, tomato, and lettuce visible in a hamburger wrapped in paper.

Crinkle-cut fries generously topped with yellow cheese sauce and pierced with a wooden fork.

A hamburger with a meat patty, cheese, tomato, and lettuce wrapped in paper.

But... I don't know if it's really so amazing that people go crazy over it. You can definitely tell it has a healthy taste. But I wonder if it's really worth the price. Honestly, why do I feel like the Burger King I had this morning tasted better?

Expenses (per person / might be for two)

Breakfast 100 RUB
Early check-in 250 RUB
~~Morning burger bought by my brother~~
Lunch shashlik 700 RUB
Water 70 RUB
Pushkin Museum admission 180 RUB, photos 100 RUB : 280 RUB
Hard Rock pin 2,000 RUB
Starbucks tumbler 1,750 RUB
Shake Shack 990 RUB

Total expenses: 6,140 RUB

Total trip expenses: 525,936 KRW + 18,491 RUB + $53.16