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| - Just starting out on vacation and not knowing our way around AZ, I turned to Yelp for a decent lunch spot for 5 hungry (borderline hangry) people. One doesn't eat health-food, or even vegetables really; One is nearly a vegetarian. Three of us would've eaten our own fists at this point.
Enter Blu Burger Grill. This spot seemed perfect, as they offered sandwiches, salads and the most enticing thing - build your own burger, where a 'burger' includes Beef, Kobe Beef, Bison, Turkey, Salmon Filet, Veggie Burger or a Grilled Portabella Mushroom. Sigh. Of. Relief.
This location is set up at a mall and seemed relatively new-ish. The decor (as mentioned in previous reviews) is hideous. But, we were seated right away and all seemed to find something we liked on the menu.
I went with the Build-Your-Own Bison Burger ($14) and was a little underwhelmed. They offer a lot of topping options, but the really good stuff is all $1 extra per topping. I got some veggies, cheese and added guacamole for $1 anyway and asked for the herb mayo on the side (sauce was a freebie). I thought my burger was okay but the bun was way too big for the amount of meat. Super bready and kind of hard - I ended up leaving behind over half of the bun. They didn't put much guac on and forgot the herb mayo, which I was pretty much over at that point. I opted for zucchini fries as my side and enjoyed them, though I thought they were a little stingy on the portion.
Everyone seemed pretty satisfied while eating (like I said, we were all starving) and I have to say the sandwich that looked the best was a Chicken Sandwich on what looked like sourdough.
The service was kind of slow, it was pretty packed and I think only 1 or 2 servers were working. Luckily we got our order in before the rush. Overall, I'm glad we went - everyone found something they liked and no one had to compromise.
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