BurgerFi restaurant--another try--restaurant review

@GreatMartin (23677)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
June 15, 2019 2:54pm CST
This is the 4th BurgerFi location I have tried so they can't say I'm not giving them a chance but this was the worse experience and I am just throwing up my hands and saying no more!! It seemed like 'fate' was saying that I should give it one more chance. I go to this shopping center every Thursday for the Dollar Tree and Office Depot and we will usually have lunch at the Quarterdeck or NY Deli but I got a coupon for $5 to try their new 'Beyond Burger' and another one for a 'free' fries when ordering a drink and burger. I have been wanting to try the Beyond Burger as I have heard a lot about it so that is what I ordered. I will say it looked like a rare burger which is the way I eat my burgers but that is the only good thing I can say about it! If you put ketchup on it you will get some taste--ketchup. Put onions on it and you will get the taste of onions and nothing else. Normally it is $9.47 (or so I think because trying to find out prices on their web page is a study in itself.) Basically I saved $4.12 with the coupon for the following combination: water, pea protein isolate (whatever that is) canola oil, potato starch, yeast extract, beet juice extract, sodium, etc. No way, no how does it belong in a burger place. I won't get into what that 'free' fries cost Allen except to say it was ridiculous. Okay, I admit I don't like the cold extra thick bun they put their burgers on but this location was one of the loudest I have ever been in starting with a manager that yelling seems to be is his normal tone! And the cook wasn't much quieter. And I still don't understand why a restaurant that 'specializes' in burgers doesn't have sliced onions, only chopped. After 5 trips to 4 different BurgerFi's that's it.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Jun 19
I've never heard of this place before. Nothing like going and getting a good juicy burger. I can't eat mine rare though, it has to be done.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jun 19
Then it is not a 'good JUICY burger!!! LOL)
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
16 Jun 19
@GreatMartin it is to me! I can't eat any kind of meat is red in the middle.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jun 19
@simone10 The beyond 'burger' is red but that's the beet juice!!
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@kareng (54354)
• United States
16 Jun 19
I think you gave them more chances than I would have. We don't have that chain here and it sounds like a good think. Thanks for the honest review.
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@kareng (54354)
• United States
17 Jun 19
@GreatMartin Sounds like they are the ones with the bad taste..haha.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jun 19
I'm in the minority--if you go to yelp most people like it!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Jun 19
@kareng If they even have taste!!!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
16 Jun 19
I have never heard of them but I don't eat veggie burgers so that has absolutely no appeal for me. I did look them up and there is one about 16 miles away.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jun 19
They are a national chain--very overpriced for a restaurant that is not full servive!!
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
16 Jun 19
I would be curious to learn what kind of response you received were you to write a letter to their corporate HQ and describe in detail your experience at each of the stores you've patronized.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jun 19
A very polite reply and a coupon!!!
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@xander6464 (40836)
• Wapello, Iowa
16 Jun 19
I've never heard of this place, either and after this review, I'm kind of happy about it.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Jun 19
@xander6464 Wherever I am!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jun 19
WEll you have to go outside to hear about/see new places!!
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@xander6464 (40836)
• Wapello, Iowa
17 Jun 19
@GreatMartin I do go outside when you tell me that there's a place worth going to.
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
17 Jun 19
Well, that does it for me. I certainly won't be eating there when we return to FL. There are none that I know of in CT, but wouldn't eat there if there were.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
18 Jun 19
We have some very good burger places but that is not one of them!!
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
18 Jun 19
@GreatMartin I get it.
@May2k8 (18049)
• Indonesia
16 Jun 19
Burgers are not filling for me, I am looking for food that can satisfy my stomach. But I have never heard of this...
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@May2k8 (18049)
• Indonesia
17 Jun 19
@GreatMartin I have to check my stomach, I think I can only hold up to 6 ounce!
@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jun 19
Come on--I am big eater--an 8 ounce burger with lettuce, tomato, onion and cheese plus a side of fries, a soda and some soft ice cream for dessert would satisfy besides portions in America will astound you!
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
17 Jun 19
Do they stamp their buns with their logo?
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
17 Jun 19
Yes they do--doesn't help any!!
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
17 Jun 19
@GreatMartin Especially since it's a cold thick bun!
@janethwayne (5193)
• Philippines
16 Jun 19
I like burgers a lot but not the thick bun but just right and must have a sesame seeds on top of it.
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
16 Jun 19
Yeah the thick bun ruins it!
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