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The farm burger was amazing! They put sunny side up egg and duck bacon in it, along with the juicy, flavorful beef patty. The one thing that set them apart from other burger places was the crispy, perfectly toasted bun. I don't get why burger joints don't bother toasting the buns. You know how big of a difference it makes and it really doesn't take much time! If I had my own grill, I would for sure toast every bun before the burger is served. I really like the runny egg in the burger. This is such a great idea and how come no other burger joints follow suit? A lot of times we run into dry, oversalted burgers. The runny egg solves the problem, unless you have a serious fear of salmonella.
The reason I didn't give it a 5 stars is because one of our burgers was a bit lackluster - the pork burger. It was presented as a special item on the menu, apart from all the other burgers listed on the other page. So we thought, it must be an asskicking burger! Nope. I still like my regular beef burger more. I guess the pork that they used was not fat enough to give a good meaty flavor.
Another reason is the lack of crispiness of the sweet potato fries. For some reason, it seems hard to achieve the same level of crispiness of regular french fries in sweet potato fries. I don't know why. I have never made my own fries before. But I did have crispy sweet potato fries in a southern food restaurant before so I know it's possible even though it's rare. Paying that steep of a price, I'd expect GR would deliver some crispy sweet potato fries. Nope. They did not. Yes, the sauce and the confectioners' sugar were amazing addition to the fries, but if your fries are not crispy, they have failed halfway already.
The service was friendly and the decor was really nice and interesting! I like how they open up the kitchen for show. The design of the menu is very creative too. We also took a picture with the screaming Gordon Ramsay as the backdrop.
This is a very good burger place. I loved my farm burger. But when I am in Vegas again, I'd probably wanna try other burger places. If you haven't been, you should definitely check it out! I would say it still has lived up to its hype.
Also, there wasn't a long wait either. You can give them your number and they'll text you when the table is ready. I think we waited for 20 minutes during prime lunch time. Not bad. It wasn't as crazy as Bacchanal buffet at least...
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