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| - I'm really starting to wonder about you, Phoenix. Usually, when I look at Yelp reviews and see that there are 20+ reviews and the place has 4 stars, that's a legitimate measure of how good it is, but since moving here, I've been to several places like this - some with even 50+ reviews - that are simply mediocre. Are your brains so addled by the sun that you've forgotten what food tastes like, or is this just a symptom of the terrible offerings of Phoenix as a city? I'm not sure yet.
Lenny's is one of these cases. I went in here expecting a home run from reading all these reviews, and I splurged and got onion rings and a shake based purely on your recommendations. Sure, it was a well-put-together burger, and the options they have are fairly novel... but it was just okay. The toppings were kind of meh, especially the onions. But most importantly, the burger was extremely salty. I believe I saw them putting some sort of powdered topping on them on the grill, which, fine, but... less please. The saltiness really took the quality of the burger down for me. Otherwise it would have been much more solid. The saltiness alone reduces the chance of me returning.
Service was fast, that's a plus. It's true the location offers you little. It's functional. It's fine. Whatever. But the onion rings were frozen (so are the fries) and the blandest I've ever had in my life, so the guy below who said they were the best he ever had, well, I hope you get to have some better onion rings soon. Considering this fact alone, I feel that Lenny's is a bit overpriced.
The one part of all these Yelp reviews that is 100% unadulterated truth is that Lenny's has outstanding milkshakes. They do taste homemade, and it's fantastic. They have many flavors for you to delight yourself with, and they are sumptuous and indulgent without being too heavy. I will almost certainly go back to Lenny's for a shake if not a burger.
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