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| - After a heavy workout, I decided to take a friends advice & give this place a shot for the first time for my post-workout protein fix.... I usually don't "experiment" with my food after a workout because i'm usually EXTREMELY hungry at that point & I obviously want things to be right with my food during this critical "post-workout" time window... Needless to say, I knew I was taking a big risk here... As someone who needs to keep their carbs low, I generally eat my burgers &/or chicken sandwiches WRAPPED in lettuce (with no bun) & I never get fries, so the size/quality of the burger/sandwich patty is kind of a big deal or else i'm walking out hungry... The point when ordering it this way is that the lettuce takes the place of the bun, & common sense means that you wrap the lettuce further (in either paper or thin aluminum) in order to keep the sandwich from making a mess & falling apart in the person's hands... Because this should be common sense, I rarely explain all of this in full detail when ordering burgers &/or chicken sandwiches with lettuce & no bun (I expect that they would know)... For good measure, I called in advance to make sure I could order it this way & was told that I could.
I get there, place my order & take my seat to wait for my food. It comes out, & wow what an unpleasant surprise.... First off, they slapped the chicken patty over a thin slice of lettuce with tomato/onion & there was another piece of lettuce on the side but nothing to wrap around it so that I could actually make it into a wrapped sandwich (without making a complete mess & having it fall apart)... I literally had to wrap it up in a napkin just to keep it together, which is not something I enjoyed as the napkin was like toilet paper & it basically dissolved into the lettuce as I was eating it (as a result of the moisture from the patty/tomatoes/onions/etc)... Furthermore, what REALLY ruined my first-time dining experience was the fact that the chicken patty was so thin/flat I probably could have slid it through the crack under the front door & still had room left to fit my finger in-between the patty & the bottom of the door... Maybe I should have done more research in advance (in regards to how this place came up with it's ingenious name), but I was not aware that this place completely smashes the meat in their burgers/sandwiches to a point where it is almost paper thin... This is one reason why I don't like "In-n-out" Burger, because they do this with their burgers & if you get it on a bun YOU CANT EVEN TASTE THE MEAT (all you taste is BREAD)... I absolutely hate that, & to my dismay Smashburger seems to follow this same process: Needless to say that with that paper-thin patty & no bun/fries (both of which are carb-heavy), I walked out of the place just as hungry as I was when I walked in.
The chicken patty was probably a good 1.5-2 ounces (if that) once they got done destroying it & what a shame as it actually tasted quite good... But to pay close to TWELVE DOLLARS for a thin little chicken patty+medium drink & STILL walk out hungry? That's unacceptable & bad business... The place is a complete ripoff as far as i'm concerned & while I may give the milkshakes a shot someday, I definitely won't be ordering any more chicken sandwiches or burgers there. Yeah it tastes good, but if you're walking out of there just as hungry as you were when you came in, that's a problem. I'll spend my money elsewhere or just make it myself (plenty of copycat recipes online) & i'll actually feel like I ate a meal because I won't squash it to death... For those reading this, if you want an AWESOME burger that will absolutely fill you (even if you get it wrapped in lettuce like me), give "The Stand" a shot on Indian School Rd. AWESOME, reasonably priced & you'll definitely be full (& no I don't work for them, I just eat there often as I live in the area). MORAL OF THE STORY: When in doubt, STICK WITH WHAT YOU KNOW!!!!
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