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| - I usually wait to do reviews. Post some pictures and then wait. Let it sink in. Let the good feelings wax and wane and see how I feel about it. Sometimes go back and do it all over again so I can get it right.
I'm really struggling with this one. Since the opening of Kopol, there has been a barrage of 5-star ratings. Most from people who have never wrote a review and some with so few reviews, it was suspicious to say the least - as of tonight there was 17 other reviews that were not being displayed, a lot of 5 stars again.
Then a few reviews by Elites showed up and it looked promising. I've been to trying to go here more than a few times and they were closed or no one was in the place and I started to doubt the reviews and the potential freshness of the place.
Well tonight was the night we were going to go for it. It was open and my bud was hungry...I was a little busy eating all day already but...why not.
The restaurant had a party going so it was busier than I've seen it. That's a good sign. The place itself is minimalist in decor. The mid-east spices were in the air but the place was NA modern. The whole restaurant was black and white and none of the wall hangings screamed burger joint or mid-east.
We both ordered the single 6oz cheeseburger, fries, and drink combo. The burger comes dressed with lettuce, tomato, pickles, Kopal Sauce. Kind of a pink beet like runny mayo.
I was flipping through the pictures (lots from the business and new reviewers) and noticed one of the burgers had jalapeño and mint on it. My bud likes heat so he went and ask for it. The guy just said we don't serve any peppers. Wot!?!Da?!?Fudge?!? really?!? I just saw a picture!!!
Food came and it was huge. I looked at it with a good portion of fries - dusted with green dried spice that made it look moldy...sort of, and 4 tiny dips. More copal sauce, I think something that tasted like tamarind, another one I can't place and ketchup.
At first sight, it looked great - we do eat with our eyes. I started to take the burger apart. The cheese looked like a processed single, the beef look kind of greyish - maybe from all the added spices, and there was a chuck of lettuce that made the burger an inch higher. Lots of pickles and slices of tomato. Had to take out the lettuce so I could handle it.
The burger is messy. The sauce dripped out all over the place. First bite and you can taste the mid-east spices on the patty and the beef kind of broke away too easy and was a bit...chalky. You know if you over marinate meat, it loses its form and gets mushy - well I think the patties have been spiced and sitting too long.
A real no-no is that the drink was only Pepsi. I needed a hypo-caloric drink - fancy way of saying diet pop - and he didn't even have a diet pepsi or a bottle of water to substitute it. I had to have a pepsi. Really? Yes...his beverage cooler had only cans of pepsi and one ginger ale. Again, not a good sign - had to eat the food sans cola.
All in all, I think the reviews were really hyped up. My friend, who is mid-eastern, was even less impressed. Sometimes the hype can work against you and I have no idea where all these mysterious 5 star ratings were coming from.
I do not like to dislike places, but between all the phantom reviews, my high expectations going in, and contrasting with my personal experience here makes this a 2.5 star. Basically take it or leave it. Food was ok-ish, service was good, place was really clean but this is not a comeback place for me.
Cheers.
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