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| - What a disappointment. Curbside Cafe was one of three vendors (two food and one coffee truck) at the recent Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival. My wife and I love food trucks, the food looked and smelled great, so we went up to order. Here's what happened:
The Service. There was a man (presumably the owner or manager) taking orders beside the truck, then passing them inside to the cook. He was all attitude, and it wasn't a good one. I started to ask about the hot dogs and he mumbled some sort of snarky answer that I literally couldn't understand. It put me off enough that I went from wondering if I could get a dog to not caring to hear what his problem was. I heard other customers ask about hot dogs as well while I waited for my order, and eventually heard him state clearly that he "wasn't allowed to serve hotdogs." It wasn't clear why. I'm not a restaurant or food truck owner/operator, but it seems that if you're not serving a significant portion of your menu, you might want to put up a sign so that customers don't keep asking you for things you're not serving. So burgers it would be. After we ordered, we sat nearby and I had the chance to watch him interact with other customers. Totally horrible attitude with absolutely everyone, coming across as if the folks interested in buying something from his truck were an inconvenience at best, and frankly, he seemed annoyed that anyone wanted to order anything.
The Food. As mentioned, my wife and I had burgers (The Baja and the Bacon Chedder), and my son had chicken tenders...something I didn't see on the menu. Maybe it was because they weren't allowed to serve hot dogs, but I don't really know. My son loves tenders though, so this was a great substitute for him. Both burgers were tasty but the tenders were very overcooked. My son didn't even eat half of them. I tired them but didn't like them at all either. The meals came with fries, but it looked like the cook made one order then attempted to split them between our burgers and tenders: about enough fries that I'd consider them something more akin to what should have been a free sample. This was probably a good thing since they were below average. Other than being hot, they were almost flavorless.
The Price. The food, even the burgers, were way overpriced for what we got. Again, the burgers were tasty: frankly better than average. The chicken was horrible and as mentioned, the fries were sample-sized. I get the impression the proprietor had either jacked the prices up, assuming he had a captive audience, or we just happened to hit his worst business day ever. The most we should have paid for what we got was half of what we were charged.
The only reason Curbside gets a two-star review from me is the burgers were truly tasty. Otherwise this would be a one-star review. Sadly, it was a bad enough experience I probably won't give Curbside another visit.
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