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| - Today I had Naina's for the first time, my work ordered it as takeout for a group lunch so unfortunately I can't comment on the restaurant itself. As the actual restaurant, atmosphere, staff, etc is a huge portion of any dining experience I am not giving this review full weighting in that regard, but instead I am focusing on the food from a takeout perspective.
10 of us ordered which is a significant amount for any restaurant to take all at once, so I'm impressed that they took our order and had it processed efficiently without any problem. Everything came as promised and was packaged neatly with an appropriate number of napkins and utensils. They used standard Styrofoam and plastic containers and made sure to separate hot/cold where you'd want them to which is often overlooked (salad not packaged next to burger). The food survived the takeout process from packaging to transport to unpackaging while still warm!
For the meal I ordered the Nainalicious Stuffed Burger, this place is well known for their burgers so the obvious choice was going with one of their signature items. On the side I ordered a salad with side dressing. The salad was nothing special, standard tossed salad; a little bland and the dressing didn't add much to it, still I was happy it was a lighter dressing. The Nainalicious Stuffed Burger looked great minus being on a pretty conventional bun; 1/2lb of burger stuffed with pulled pork, aged cheddar, caramelized onions and granny smith apple. Presentation was good and very appetizing, not a sloppy or greasy burger by any means. The meat and pulled pork were excellent and I'm glad the onions weren't overwhelming but rather a fine accent. I didn't get much from the apple and fear it may have been over run by the beef and pork. So all things considered I was satisfied, it was a good burger almost great, but not a top 5 burger IMO. I'd like to try a different option with the fries next time (stupid diet :( ).
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