I have been to Carl's Jr. a few times but this will be my first official review of the restaurant.
A colleague of mine told me that there was a new fast food joint from the United States that just opened in Calgary and my first thought was the famous In-N-Out but boy was I wrong when I found out it was Carl's Jr. - another powerhouse fast food restaurant from SoCal (slang for South California). Now I've been to Carl's Jr. in the States but rest assure my experience here cannot compete to my experience in the States, yes they great you with a "welcome to Carl's Jr. may I take your order?" followed by an employee delivering your food to your table but in the States they take it up a notch. I won't go into detail because I'm not reviewing an American experience but a Canadian experience.
Did you know.....that the building Carl's Jr. is in was an old Arby's location? Besides Carl's is Starbucks then a few steps away is Earls followed by SAIT across the street and Sushi BBQ Inn just going north on 16th Ave. I think the location is perfect since there's not a local burger joint competitor within a 5 block radius.
The menu consist of a variety of burgers to choose from, salads, sides, beverages and dessert. I had ordered a double teriyaki beef burger with a medium size choose your own fountain drink and medium size "naturally cut" fries. I'll be honest for a combo that's $12.75 after tax I would think it would be money's worth but to me it looks like a basic combo that I can get from any competitor, what I find odd is that I had two slices of pineapple in my burger...since when do you have pineapple with teriyaki or let alone in a burger? The sauce was decent, the fries on the other hand looked store bought as if you can just go to Walmart and buy a package of McCain's straight cut fries - nothing special to it. The presentation made up for it though. If you want money's worth in just a burger alone from Carl's Jr. then I recommend any burger with "1/2 lb" labelled on it if not there's always another burger joint just driving distance away. Maybe the next time I swing by and write another review it will be better.