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| - I do not understand why everyone and their mother is opening up trendy burger places. Actually, I think I'm going to open one up on Scottsdale Road and Shea and charge about $15 for a dry and tasteless burger. Oh wait, there already is a place there called Indulge Burger. Anyway, here is my Indulge Burger experience:
The place was pretty crowded on this Tuesday evening at about 6:30. Upon seating they gave us a small plate of their garlic and parmesan chips, gratis. The menu is strait forward and simple and I like that you can just check off what you want like when you order sushi. There were plenty of options to choose from including different burger toppings and sauces which looked interesting. Anyway, to start I split a ceasar salad. It was almost big enough for 2 people, but the salad was not good and I probably shouldn't have ordered it. Now onto the burger....
First off, I was going to indulge and splurge on a $14 Kobe burger, but I guess a lot of other suckers came in that day so they were out of it. So, I decided on the regular beef instead. I ordered the 2/3rd pound version ($10.75) with gyuere cheese (included), grilled onions (included), roasted green chili peppers (included), and sauteed mushrooms ($0.99). I got this all on a bed of lettuce instead of a bun. We also got one order of regular fries and one order of sweet potato fries to share. The other 2 members of my party ordered similar burgers as well as a few different dipping sauces.
I must admit that the burger looked very good when it came out. However, when I actually tasted the thing and the toppings, it was a much different story. The meat was dry and almost tasteless and the onions, chilies and mushrooms all tasted like they had just come out of a can.
The sweet potato fries were ok, but the regular fries were excellent. Also, most of the dipping sauces were tasty, but just don't belong on burgers and fries.
The food arrived very slowly and drink refills took forever. I don't really blame the waiter/waitress because the place was busy and they looked understaffed. However, they were very friendly and helpful.
It was about $50ish dollars for all 3 of us to eat and we all felt raped for spending so much on a few burgers. With places like Delux out there I can see no reason to return to Indulge Burger.
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