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| - It was A-OK. Not super duper awesome, but still not bad. I had never heard of Carl's Jr before so I thought I would check it out.
My first visit was for breakfast. Yes, they have their growing pains. I got in there at 7am and ordered my breakfast combo and they said it would be 15 minutes. 15 minutes turned into 35 minutes. I felt bad for the cashier, she was so sweet but definitely looked nervous and uncomfortable. But kudos to her for being so exceptionally sweet, she tried to make us happy even though breakfast was taking so long. What had happened is that the night staff forgot to make the biscuits. Ah, the problems of a new store opening, you have to give these new businesses a bit of a break, it's very difficult opening a new store with new staff, and especially a chain where not everybody knows what the choices are. Customers are usually indecisive and asking a lot of questions so the time at the register is triple the time of a known fast food chain. Anyways, back to breakfast, they gave me a free order of tater tots to compensate, which was delicious. I was in such a rush after such a long wait, I accidentally took the other person's sandwich and ran out the door to get to work. I had to go back and when I did they gave me the correct sandwich. It was actually very good! Sausage AND bacon, but I couldn't really taste the bacon because there were only a few thin slices, but it still tasted pretty good. The coffee was horrible. I hope they learn from McDonalds and invest a little more into their coffee and get a good strong Colombian coffee that is delicious, you guys are closer than McDonalds for some businesses and cheaper than Starbucks. Get your coffee right and we will buy it from you instead of the competition. I'll give their coffee another chance in a few months after they adjust a bit.
The one thing that was disturbing was watching the large tv while waiting for my order. The only thing that was playing was Carls Jr commercials. Ho-lee what a bunch of chauvinistic commercials! All with scantily clad women, men that appear like losers staring at the women...very horrible commercials. Totally unimaginative and meant to please and relate to the dumbest males ever.
I figured I should try their burgers before I write my review so I tried the Guacamole Bacon Thickburger. The burger was 1/3 lb of meat, and it was actually quite juicy. It tasted pretty good, but the bun was larger than the burger so the first few bites were just bread and onions, not awesome. It was a bit of a mess eating it but it was a LARGE burger and also had fries and a drink. It was over $11 so would I buy it again? Probably not, I can buy a better meal for that price at the restaurants in the area. Luckily, the TV had CP24 this time, much better.
Would I go back, well, yes but I would not buy a thickburger unless I hadn't eaten for a few days. I wouldn't mind trying their regular burger. But I wouldn't come here on a regular basis.
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