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| - So right when you walk into No Bull Burgers they have a little sign that says (and I'm paraphrasing): "Our goal is to score five stars on every Yelp! and U****s**** review and if we don't, our goal is to make it better" or something like that. While I really do appreciate them taking up that challenge (it shows moxie!), I'm afraid they for me at least, they're off by a couple.
Now I don't usually venture into the East End but we have some friends there who just welcomed a baby girl and the one condition they set for visiting baby was that we bring food! Hey, who can blame them? They certainly don't have time to cook for us! So lazy me, not wanting to cook, is on the look out for a convenient take out option that accommodates the vegetarian (me) and the gluten & dairy intolerant (my wife). No Bull seemed to fit the bill and the owner was even good enough to reply to my concerns over the vegetarian gravy containing mushrooms (it doesn't) and whether or not there are any weird fillers in their burgers that may not agree with my wife (nope, no fillers). So we're off to a good start before we even walk in the door!
We get there and the place is smaller than I expected. Seating for only about 15-20 people or so but that's no worries considering I'm getting it to go. My wife orders hers with a gluten free bun...which they are out of. Awesome. So she's stuck getting a 'naked' burger on a bed of lettuce, which unless you're on a low-carb diet, is pretty depressing. Oh well, maybe the patty will be out of this world! Well, it wasn't. Flavour-wise it was just okay but the biggest problem she had was that the thing looked quite sickly...very thin and pale in fact, something that was only highlighted by having the thing bunless. Certainly not worth $5.50 for something that didn't look much better than a McDonald's patty. As for her fries they were...oh wait, they charged us for the fries and forgot to give them to us. So she had basically an unhealthy looking burger patty and nothing else. I normally check but we had a large order and were running late to get to our friends' place so I didn't inspect the order this time. Awesome.
As for mine, I went with their quinoa burger made up "No Bull style" (I think). It was much better than a burger made out of quinoa has any right to be but decidedly middle of the pack when judged against other veggie burgers I've had (and I've had plenty). I did enjoy the fixin's (BBQ sauce, sauteed onions, lettuce, tomato, spicy mayo and cheese) but $7.00? No, just no. Not even close. Their poutine, thankfully, was quite good and even a small at $5.50 is pretty substantial and they didn't scrimp on the cheese curds which is nice. Good fries and gravy and if the curd isn't the best, I could forgive that based on the generous amount they heaped on.
So I'm giving them a pass but it's not the five stars that they aspired to and really not close. I started off with pretty high expectation but they really didn't come close to meeting them, sadly. It's a shame because it really does seem as though they're trying hard to do everything right. The service was very friendly, they make checking in on Yelp worth your while (do so before you order!), they (ostensibly) have options for people with all sorts of dietary restrictions and it just seems like a cool place all around. But it was too expensive for what you're getting and the fact that we had to stop at McDonald's for fries later because my wife was still hungry doesn't help their cause.
If I'm ever visiting my few friends in that area I feel like I want to give them another shot but I'm really not there that often and there are plenty of other neat places in the area that I'd be inclined to try before I go back to No Bull Burgers. Certainly not bad by any stretch but really quite a bit of a disappointment.
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