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| - This location recently opened near us so we decided to check it out.
Atmosphere:
The bathrooms are clean. Hey, don't laugh. This is important. :-)
The music is quite loud. It was difficult to carry on a conversation even when sitting right next to someone else. I believe our conversation went something like...
"blah blah blah
WHAT?
blah blah
WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?
There were two fireplaces in the bar area. This was a nice addition, especially during the winter. The seats near the fireplaces were hard and saggy. If I had not known that this establishment was new, I would have thought that the furniture was long overdue to be replaced. I even switched my first chair for another thinking that mine was defective!
Shake:
We had a chocolate shake. The chocolate was acceptable, but nothing special. The was no depth of flavor or richness to the chocolate to distinguish it from any ordinary, generic shake. While the shake was not runny, neither was it particularly thick. There were chips of ice in the shake. The whipped cream had that greasy plastic mouth feel to it indicative of whipped cream designed to hold its shape and look nice rather than to taste good.
Onion rings:
The onion rings were crisp and not greasy. Perhaps this is normal or perhaps it was a result of being overdone/burnt/dark brown tinged with black. The onions were thin and completely overpowered by the bland breading.
Drinks:
My water "with no ice" had frozen water floating in it. Our server was very good at keeping our drinks filled though.
Burger:
The burger was extremely well done. To be fair, the menu does warn that the burgers come well cooked. They aren't kidding. They take the definition of well done and stretch it to the farthest limits. The burgers are also so over salted that one bite had me reaching for my water. I tasted the burger without the bun or condiments to verify this.
The half pound burger comes as two (presumably) quarter pound burgers stacked on top of each other. This is a bit odd. Is it really that hard to make one big burger instead of two little ones? This gives the impression that the burgers are not fresh and are formed into little patties ahead of time.
The bun had a slight crunch to it which might have been a result of toasting.. or might not. There was no other evidence of toasting. No slight browning of the edges, no nuttiness of flavor, no evidence of a Maillard reaction at all.
The field greens were fresh and plentiful.
The few scattered bits of mushroom were sliced thinly and diced into small chunks. They added no flavor and no texture to the burger, a sad state of affairs for something that calls itself "Shroomin".
I asked for the garlic aioli "on the side". It came on one side of the burger and not the other. I suppose, that is technically correct from one point of view. I had intended it to be on the side of the plate and not on my burger, however. Fortunately, there was only a little bit of aioli so it wasn't overly noticeable. I tasted the aioli. As far as I can tell, it just tasted like mayo. I cannot speak to the quality of the aioli/mayo since I don't actually like mayo.
Ketchup:
Its Heinz.
One other thing to note: If you build your own burger with exactly the same ingredients as ordering the shroomin burger, you will pay several dollars more. Yes, for exactly the same thing!
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