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| - Brought my mother here for Mother's Day after we did a Fremont Street Experience walking tour (I gave her a list of places she could choose from but we were both curious about this place). I had heard of this place for years but neither of us had ever been here before.
When we arrived, we were brought into a changing room where the nursing attendant assisted us with putting hospital gowns on over our clothes. Then our nurse waitress brought us to our table. All of the wait staff is dressed like nurses- the girls are in revealing nurse uniforms. The decor is very busy- lots of pictures all over the walls, and there are TV screens lining the tops of the walls. They have altered a bunch of movie posters to fit their theme, which is unhealthy living and eat-to-die eating. Some of the posters were clever. However, be aware- the theme is very sexual (which kind of fits in with Fremont's more adult atmosphere), and there were several pictures that I was actually a little embarrassed I was responsible for my mother seeing.
We ordered a chocolate butterfat shake to share- it arrived with an actual slice of butter floating in it. We also got a thing of fries to share- not sure what they fried them in, lard seems right. Then, my mom didn't want chili and I'm allergic to onions, so we each got a single hamburger. I added the optional bacon (comes in increments of 5- I got the minimum). I can't even imagine how people can eat the octuple burger with 40 pieces of bacon without being sick the rest of the day.
So, all of the food tasted pretty good at first. My mom said several times that she thinks it might have been the best shake she's ever had, but by the time we had finished 3/4 of it, neither of us wanted any more- you could taste the fat. The fries were really good, but again by the time we had finished about half of them, they weren't tasting so good anymore. I really, really wish I had forgone the chili (she had already forgone the onion) and we had shared a hamburger- first because I had an upset stomach most of the night and it was pretty obvious that it was the chili, second because each hamburger was approximately 2,000 calories according to the guy, and third because although the first few bites were really good (hamburger bun was really good bread), we had both lost interest for the last 1/4 of our burgers- taste doesn't justify the calorie count.
The only reason we finished the $30 food (1 fries, 1 shake, 2 single patty hamburgers- none of which tasted good enough to want to finish and a $2 bottle of water because they don't allow you to bring in your own beverages and don't let you have tap water) was the threat of being paddled by the nurses at the end if we didn't eat it all. There was no way I was going to let my mother be paddled- we witnessed several people being hit, always men, and some of them had tears in their eyes when it was over. One gruff-looking guy actually jumped and pulled away. They were all trying to be good sports, but none of them looked happy afterwards.
Their CASH-ONLY policy was an unpleasant surprise- I was lucky I hadn't emptied my purse recently but I barely had enough to cover the bill on me (I'm a card girl).
I was also not pleased by their water policy- we had been on a walking tour so we both had water bottles with us- they forced us to put the water bottles away and not drink from them. Then they charged us $2 for a small bottle of water because they won't give you tap water.
I've wanted to try this place out for years, and now I can cross it off my list. It was an interesting experience, but I won't be going back.
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