This is Burger King store #9653 located near the intersection of NC highways 54 and 751, next door to BP, in Southwest Durham. You can enter this Burger King from either 54 or Hope Valley Road (where it's addressed).
Our visit to this Burger King was disappointing compared to our last visit to a Burger King which was the 1122 Northside Drive NW location in Atlanta: https://www.yelp.com/biz/burger-king-atlanta-3. The nice and polite lady at the drive-thru here unfortunately messed up a couple things: (1) I ordered a Steakhouse King meal and she rang me up for just the sandwich. Luckily, my wife caught this on the order confirmation screen before we drove to the payment/pickup window and we corrected the cashier. Not a big deal. (2) We got two combo meals and, while we were given our drinks, we never got straws. It wasn't until we got home and started unpacking our meals that we realized she'd forgotten to give us straws. My wife saw a container of straws at the window, but I guess the cashier forgot. Again, not a big deal. I will say the cashier was multitasking (as most drive-thru employees do) and these appeared to be honest mistakes.
I ordered the Steakhouse King because it looked awesome in the picture on the drive-thru menu. I'd never heard of it until we pulled up and I saw it featured prominently on the menu. It comes in single or double patty (same flame-grilled beef patty as the Whopper) with American cheese, bacon, crispy onion, steak sauce (A.1. or similar), and mayo. The burger I received looked nothing like the picture. While not terrible, overall, the burger was just "meh," sad, and not what either of us expected. Some bites on the outer edges of the burger were only bread and meat. The inner bites, where the cheese, steak sauce, and mayo were were the best parts.
The Whopper fared better and tasted more like what we're used to from BK. We got ours with cheese. The Whopper doesn't come with cheese by default so you'll have to ask for it. I think the Whopper is a decent classic American fast food burger. When it comes to nationwide fast food chain burgers, I like McDonald's Big Mac the best as well as Five Guys. That said, the Whopper is tasty and I particularly like the fresh lettuce and tomato as well as the mayo. The fries we got at this location weren't as crispy nor as seasoned (salted) as the fries we got at our last two visits to a BK (separate locations in Atlanta). I'm not sure if it's just the batch we got here or what, but the fries were relatively limp and bland. Therefore, not all BKs are created equal.
The pricing for our meal broke down as follows:
* Whopper meal, small - $6.79
* Add cheese - $0.60
* Steakhouse King meal, small - $8.49
* Tax - $1.19
* Total - $17.07
At the time of our visit, the parking lot was like a warzone - old and torn up, literally, with many potholes and several sections coned off. I think (hope) the lot was being repaired or redone. Hopefully, it's all fixed up by the time you read this.
Aside from the two hiccups above, service was fine. Our order was ready in a reasonable amount of time and I liked our cashier's demeanor.
I'm giving this Burger King two stars instead of one because the food wasn't horrible and we'd be willing to give this location another chance. read more