From the sublime to the ridiculous

@GreatMartin (23676)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
October 19, 2018 5:56pm CST
From the sublime to the ridiculous--from lunch yesterday at the Bistro Mezzaluna (see review posted yesterday) to lunch today at the new Shake Shack that opened this week. I had a cheeseburger ($5.59), small French fries ($2.99) and on a suggestion a chocolate shake ($5.29) so plus tax came to $14.70 Having heard about Shake Shack for years and about people standing in line for hours to get one of their burgers I was looking forward to this opening and I wish I could say something more than the hamburger bun was good. There was nothing wrong with the burger except it wasn't worth $5.59. I prefer a sharp cheddar cheese on my burgers but that wasn't offered. The fries were really tasteless and the shake certainly nothing special. The fast food restaurant, divided into an ordering section and some steps away the pick up section. The restaurant seating area is an l-shape room with televisions available no matter where you sit. In no way is it a 'shake'. The bottom line is if I am going to spend $15 for lunch I would rather go to a full service restaurant with a good size burger and my choice of cheese.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17714)
• South Africa
20 Oct 18
I agree but sometimes one doesnt have the time to go for a lunch. Fast foods are on the rapid increase in price because of the demand
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
No the prices are up because food prices, oil and everything else is going up!
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josefina
@josie_ (9763)
• Philippines
19 Oct 18
Looking at the burger photo you posted didn't excite my taste buds.
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
I ate it and it didn't excite mine!! LOL
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134477)
• Roseburg, Oregon
20 Oct 18
$15 for a hamburger meal is a lot of money. We get the 4 for $4 meal at Wendy's and buy one extra drink and split the meal.
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
Not here---most lunch meals with tax, tip runs about $15-20 especially full service restaurants.
Pat Z Anthony
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
19 Oct 18
Where we live, there are several buffet type places that would provide lunch for two of us for that price. Not big eaters, so the buffet part doesn't impress us. However, we enjoy having the options: A bite of this, a bit of that.
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
I love buffets--we have a new one here called Nabu's--American Asian fusion--really excellent.
Greg
@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
20 Oct 18
I like Shake Shack...Of course, after reading this, I'm going to have to reevaluate.
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
I won't be going back--it is all yours!
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Greg
@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
22 Oct 18
@GreatMartin This is awesome! I've always wanted to own Shake Shack! Of course, after this review, it'll probably go out of business...But what's one more business failure? In fact, it might even be good. Look at what failure did for Trump. It made him President!
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Greg
@xander6464 (40884)
• Wapello, Iowa
22 Oct 18
@GreatMartin That's what we always thought...but now we're learning that it may not have been true.
RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 18
No such place around here and sorry to hear it did not meet up with your expectations. I am curious to try a burger from the local I Hop when I get the chance to go over there.
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
I have had a few IHOP burgers--not bad except you can only get them well done--UGH!
RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Oct 18
@GreatMartin thanks for telling me that is what I don't like guess I'll check with the waffle House
Xavier Bage
@franxav (13603)
• India
19 Oct 18
If you go to a full service restaurant, $15 is reasonable, I believe. In our context, it's a huge charge.
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
That's about average here for fast-casual or full service restaurants here.
PLETHOS
@Plethos (13560)
• United States
19 Oct 18
sometimes in order to find a value to a meal that you are pleased with, you have to buy a few tasteless meals. on a side note, this is about the same price for a in-n-out meal. mmmmmmmmm
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
Sorry restaurant food is too expensive to suffer a tasteless meal!
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116013)
• United States
19 Oct 18
$5.59 for a cheeseburger seems reasonable to be. So does the fries price. I would have skipped the shake though just bc they aren’t my thing. Still, for $15 you’d get this same meal with a soda at a restaurant and not a milkshake. Plus you’d have to tip.
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
Sorry but the burger wasn't worth the price--and that $15 included tax but no tipping.
Courage7
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
19 Oct 18
Yes it makes sense if you can to get a good meal for $15 or a bit more than to have tasteless, valueless food. Still I wouldnt mind a chocolate shake right now..No a malt.
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GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23676)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Oct 18
I prefer malts but shake or malt this wasn't good! :O)
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