Airport food can be sketchy AF. That's why burgers, fries, and chicken tenders are my go-to fast food for late night airport bites. You really can't go terribly wrong with those options, right? Well, kind of. The food wasn't terrible here, but the service was all over the place. Since this was one of the only open options in our terminal, the line was crazy. By the time it was my turn to order, I snagged the last remaining chicken tenders. Score, right? Yes... until the food was ready and placed in someone else's bag. That's when the server noticed and casually runs after the person, goes into their takeout bags, and retrieves the last sacred chicken tenders for me, then hands them to me right then and there. Such a strange interaction. I was kind of dumbfounded. Do I eat these? Did someone else rub their gross little fingers all over my chicken before it got to me? I had to ask the server - "Are you 100% sure the box was unopened? I don't want contaminated food." He reassured me, and I ate the chicken fingers. And I'm still here. Winning. Sort of. Weird service. Definitely not a place that would get an 'A' rating on the cleanliness factor. I probably would have just avoided this Carl's had I known how unorganized it was and stuck to a bag of chips or something. read more

Many items on the menu were not available or out of stock -- no chocolate for the ice cream shake, no Diet Coke. The pricing is airport pricing, so, inflated, but also, the burger was good and pretty big. Underwhelming for a $30 meal but tasted good. Service took a while. Plenty of seats in the dining area but no outlets. read more

First- and last-time. Waited for almost 20 minutes for a Chicken Sandwich combo. When going to pick up the order found out there was no soda nor ice for customers, just a hot bottle of water. No sign nor any other notification was provided to customers that found out at pick up there were many other items not available. Employee attitude made the already bad experience even worst. 1/7/26 12:05pm Invoice:000769 read more

Our food was good but very expensive for burgers. The sitting area was very small, actually tiny and the drinks were very sweet. read more

Carl's Jr - Waiting area - Fast Food Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

Closed at 6:30pm on a Friday. Employees laughing at the back. Dominos and El Meson were open but this two places are always close dearly in the evening. When you are able get them open the food and the service is bad. read more

My tiny little place located within the airport with premium prices but at least you know what you're getting so that's pretty cool. Service was very quick and the burger was cooked well. Perfect for when you want to grab something to eat on the plane! read more

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1 star seems too generous for possibly the worst fast food or food experience ever. It is bad enough that it is a last resort when your flight is delayed. It should've been a sign that the cashier tried to wave us off because of the extreme price. 40 dollars for two burgers, two fries, an order of cheese fries, and 2 drinks. The cheese fries were the saddest cheese fries ever. Cheese fries should be a lake of cheese. Not this. It was like someone sprinkled cheese shreds on it and microwaved for only 5 seconds. (See photo) The burgers - even taking into account it is fast food - were inedible and caused by kid to run to the bathroom. They tasted bad, were soggy, completely wrong in terms of requested toppings, and oozing. All in all - avoid at all costs. Carl's Jr. should be permanently shut down. read more

Carl's Jr - Fast Food Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

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They get 2 stars for the edibility of the food. I didn't die, but it sure felt like it when I was eating that "monster" biscuit. FOOD: Is that what that was? Food? It was the worst. That biscuit represented every reason why I don't eat fast food. Fast food is overrated. Take out is where it's at. EXPERIENCE: It was an airport restaurant so it was just whatever. Hi, bye, order talk and here's your order. People only eat here because they have to. It's either that or pizza for breakfast and I have to have egg in my first meal of the day. TIPS: Go with the pizza instead. It's not worth dying for that egg. read more

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I had the worst burger that I've ever had in my entire life at this Carl's location at the San Juan airport. I ordered their so called "thick" burger and paid $10.99 just for the burger--no drink or fries. When I got the burger, I thought they made a mistake. The slice of "meat" in the burger was no thicker than any regular patty you'd find at any other fast food burger place. I returned to the counter and they assured me that I got the "thick" patty. I asked the guy to show me what their regular patty looked like because I couldn't believe that anything could be thinner than what we got without being see through. He claimed that they ran out of the regular patties and refused to show me. In addition to the meat being too thin, it was also dry and salty as hell. I could not eat more than two bites. It tasted like cardboard. It was horrendous. Their fries were decent so it wasn't all bad. Hubby ordered a burger with fries. He claims his sandwich was ok. He has lower standards of edibility. He ate the rest of my burger and I'm writing this review on an empty stomach. Sigh. Buyer beware. read more

Carl's Jr - This is their "thick" burger for $10.99. Total rip off. Not thick at all. Didn't even taste like real meat. - Fast Food Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

Save your self the trouble, my first Carl's Jr. was my worst experience. The burger dry, tasteless, and warm not hot just warm. Cheese barley melted BBQ sauce gross, thank god I didn't do a thick burger and only did the double BBQ bacon cheese burger. My friend did the thick guacamole burger and throw up a few times before we boarded the plane. Honestly only reason they are getting two stars is the hand scooped Oreo milkshake, only milkshake I could find in the airport and the best sweet treat if you are near gates 4-9 terminal A read more

Carl's Jr - Thick guacamole bacon burger - Fast Food Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

I can't say much about this place other than I was shocked to see a Carl's Jr. in San Juan. I had heard of the degrading commercials they air in the land of California. As far as fast food goes, it's got a decent taste but it is considerably more expensive than other fast food restaurants. They just opened up in the past few months so it seemed like they were trying to figure things out. Get a combo if you want fries and a drink. They gave me this ginormous cup because they ran out of the normal sized one. And you wonder why the US has a fast food problem. With respect to the other places you can eat at in the SJU airport...not a bad option. read more

Carl's Jr - Waiting for food at the SJU Carl's Jr. I'm as shocked as you are. - Fast Food Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

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They serve garbage! My chicken sandwich, for $8 bucks had two small chicken tenders as my sandwich. What operation does this! Crap! Side of onion rings tasted like nothing! They should take their R&D guy and "tar and feather" them, what losers. Don't buy into their TV commercials, all bull! read more

The food was not awful. I orden tender with fries. The fries were salty. The tenders were uncooked and the price is way to high

The food here was so so. I ordered the bacon egg and cheese burrito and it was pretty flavorless. There aren't many options in the SJU airport so you pretty much have no choice but to eat here. read more

Carl's Jr - Carls - Fast Food Near Me - Carolina, Puerto Rico

Wholly Cow is this place ever expensive. 12 Dollars for a burger and fries. And get this I think that terribly dry burger had been sitting there a while. I guess that's what you get in an airport. read more

SUMMATION: Their Lettuce Wrap Burger was very good, quick, and convenient. GENERAL: All Carl's Jr. and Hardee"s Restaurants are pretty much the same and are well known. Therefore, I will not review this place in much detail. NAME: Carl's Jr. [1] CHAIN: CKE Restaurants, Inc. (Carl Karcher Enterprises) LOGO: Happy Star [2] MY RATING: Very Good TITLE: "A Marvelous Innovation" [Yelp, my review #101, 13 February 2015 (TripAdvisor, submitted 10 September 2014, but not listed)] INDIA TRIP REVIEW NUMBER: 1 WEB PAGE: www.carlsjr.com OWNERS: CKE Restaurants LOCALITY: Terminal A, Departure Level, Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU), Carolina, Puerto Rico 00979 DIFFICULTY LOCATING: easy DIRECTIONS: Only available to airline passengers in Puerto Rico. [3] OCCASION: We were trying to find something in the airport without too much sugar, starch, and calories. We were traveling to a mystical land where we would have no salad or beef. AMBIANCE: Sheer, simple food stand. DRINKS: No Sprite Zero or diet 7up WATER: bottled CUISINE: American Fast Fat MENU FORMAT: on wall over counter MENU ITEMS: Burgers, chicken ENTRÉE: We had their "Low Carb Six Dollar Burger Lettuce Wrap" [4] with 2 whole leaves of iceberg lettuce; 2 slices each of American cheese, red onion, and tomato; slices dill pickle; and mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard. Very Good, but somewhat drippy at the end (as their slogan promises). This was also listed as a "Thick Burger," but the meat did not seem very thick. CONDIMENTS: ketchup packets CLEANESS: Excellent PROBLEMS: The Lettuce Wrap is in a paper half wrap (sleeve). The paper becomes soggy and small pieces break off. If you do not remove all of the pieces, they become stuck in your teeth. HEALTH: The lettuce Wrap is the only semi-healthy item on their menu at SJU. AWARDS: These Six Dollar Burgers won the Silver Skillet Award for product innovation (2002, Restaurant Business Magazine). REVIEWS: rated Less Than Average, 2.2/5, 4 reviews (Tripadvisor); Good, 3.5 out of 5, 1 review (Foursquare, in another review) HISTORY: These Six Dollar Burgers were introduced in July 2001. The Low Carb Burger in this series was first served 30 December 2013. We had never been to this restaurant or seen a Lettuce Wrap Burger. The airport facility opened November 2013. This Chain began as a hotdog stand opened by Carl N. and Margaret Karcher in Anahiem, California, in 1941. In 1945, they opened "Carl's Drive-in Barbeque." In 1946, they added hamburgers. In 1954, they began creating a series of smaller restaurants called "Carl's" and in 1956 changed the names to "Carl's Jr." "Hardee's" is a sibling restaurant chain of Carl's Jr. obtained in 1997. Together they are the 10th largest fast food chain in the USA. The company went public in 1981, its Board fired Carl as CEO in 1993, although he remained with his company. FOOTNOTES: [1] More than 3400 restaurants (1418 Carl's Jr. & 1981 Hardee's) [numbers do not jive] in 42 USA states and Puerto Rico, but also in 30 other countries. Carl's Jr. was mostly in the western and southwestern USA and Hardee's in the east and southeast USA. [2] A bright yellow, five-pointed star. Also used by Hardees now. [3] 8-10 more are scheduled to open in Puerto Rico [4] They call some of their offerings "Six Dollar Burgers" because that is what you would pay for it in a regular restaurant. It has 560 calories. read more