Our flight changed once we arrived at the airport, so we were in STL longer than planned, and breakfast would be good. Thankfully we were located next to Grounded in STL. Marcia and the chef were ready for us and Marcia recommended the breakfast burger - great recommendation! The Perfect Cure: burger, Canadian bacon, cage free egg, American cheese My wonderful wife and I then boarded our flight with happy, filled bellies. Thank you Marcia & (Sat. morning) Chef! read more

If you've ever wanted to spend $25 to experience what it feels like to choke on a dry chicken sandwich, this place absolutely delivers.

TLDR: Surprisingly decent burger & tasty curly fries at this casual walk-up burger joint out amidst the A-gates in Terminal 1 that serves Delta and United flights. They cover all the bases for burgers - beef, chicken (grilled or fried) and Impossible "meat" too. Vibe & Seating: Typical airport "out at the gates" kinda vibe with travelers rushing past behind you. There's a nice long counter area with a few chairs and a couple of small tables next to the restaurant where you can sit and eat. Service Speed: (5/5!) Courteous & calm counter service that was actually rather fast for my cooked-to-order burger. Unlike some of the other reviews here, With one party ahead of me, it took just 5 minutes to receive my order of.. My order: "Black 'n Blue Chicken Stack" - (4.1/5) This is a grilled chicken breast served on a toasted brioche bun with just a hint of "blackened" seasoning, lettuce and tomato. - The chicken breast was fully cooked yet still moist to the bite. It isn't a huge burger but not tiny either - just about the right amount. They toasted the bun just right. I also asked for my blue cheese to be served separately, and they nailed it. :) low expectations here, I know... lol. Curly Fries: (5/5) A welcome surprise on my plate was a small portion of seasoned curly fries, which were totally yummy - crisp on the outside, giving way easily to the tender core. It wasn't a huge pile of fries, but again, like the burger a "right" sized amount that isn't going to make you feel like you are overeating. House Salad: According to a fellow patron, the house salad (basically a Cobb) was pretty good. It certainly looked and sounded crunchy fresh! Verdict: (4.2/5) Decent fresh fast food that is yummy and not over salted or over seasoned. This is a good choice to hit again the next time I am traveling through Termjnal 1 at STL/Lambert Airport. read more

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Ok, I was impressed with thus airport restaurant. Service was superb. And I got a really good burger and fries for a reasonable price!

I grabbed a burger and fries before my flight at Grounded in St. Louis. It's basically like a Wendy's with curly fries and tots. The burgers are made to order so I had to wait for a few minutes. They have a small seating area to the right of the register, I got my burger and curly fries in about 10 minutes. Fries were okay. The burger was a triple, and it tasted like a really fresh Wendy's burger. And it's basically the same price as Wendy's these days so this was pretty cheap at $15 an airport. read more

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Closed at 6 pm on a Thursday?!! Yet, someone was there to say they're closed?!!! Don't waste your time. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Person in the back, but they're "closed." - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

The customer service was friendly, the food took a few minutes to prepare because it was fresh. Burger was good, nice and hot. Fries were crispy. I would eat here again. There is a small seating area next to the restaurant so you don't have to eat in a regular seat! read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Classic burger(double) with curly fries - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

For some background information, I work as flight crew so I go to a fair share of airport restaurants. I found myself with a layover in STL so I decided to give this burger place a shot. Overall the food was good, the customer service was weird and lacking. I walked up and there was no one behind the counter for a minute or so, but also no line so I get it. Then a lady came through a door from the kitchen and stood at the cash register. Now I'm gen Z, and I've heard about the gen z stare, but I brushed it off at people misinterpreting. However, this girl said absolutely nothing and stared at me. I stared back and considered just waiting to see who would break first. But then I decided against that and went the route of "maybe I can get her to warm up to me by being nice!" So I said "hello how are you doing today?" She replied "good" and then continued to stare. I gave up and then just started my order. Felt rude but at least I tried. I asked if I could get tater tots instead of fries, and she silently pressed buttons on the register so I assumed that meant yes. I ordered a specialty burger and my tots and a drink and it came up to about $25. Expensive, but not unheard of I suppose. I was silently given my drink and receipt and then waited about 7 minutes and then I was silently handed my food. I sat down and looked at my receipt and saw that instead of substituting total for fries, they just said "no fries" and then charged me for a side of tots. Would've kinda been nice to know they would do that. I went up and inquired about the charge and then she said "we can't substitute" so then I asked "ok so did I pay for fries and then not receive them?" And then she said "no the fries come free with the burger" so then I asked "oh can I get the free fries?" And she said "sure" so I mean now I have an extra container of fries. The burger was yummy and the sides of tots and friend were generous! Just maybe don't expect more customer service from the workers than you would get from a McDonald's self-order kiosk. Well actually, at least those say thank you... read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Receipt - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Writing this as I wait for my burger. 12pm on a Wednesday. Looks like about 5 people besides me waiting for their orders. I walked up to the register to order, and the employee was just standing back by the kitchen. She saw me but didnt make any effort to take my order. I waited for a bit, and then asked if there was some kind of app I needed to use, to put my order in? She looked disgruntled, came up to the register, and said, "What do you want??" in a voice that sounded more like, "Why are you bothering me??" I ordered the triple burger, she checked me out and gave my my receipt. No effort towards any kind of fast and/or friendly experience here. Burger took about 15 minutes to arrive at the counter. It was pretty good, a classic American diner-type burger with lettuce, tomato, American cheese, onion, pickle, and special sauce. Not really smashburgers, just thin patties stacked on top of each other. It came with curly fries, which were fine, nothing out of the ordinary. I'd say the food balanced out the lackluster service and tedious wait time to about 3 stars. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Classic Triple - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Attractive Business Name X Don't know anything before about the business, X Staff didn't share anything about the business Wait Time: Flexible @ late evening Food: Impossible Burger, their way of making it with provolone cheese was very very good! Can barely taste the whip of avocado though. - Flavor - Savory - Fresh Drinks: Energy drinks / coffee available X Only budlights - Expensive Seating: Room for roughly a dozen on the side of Ground STL Location: X At airport, not sure if other terminals can get to it easily or even experience it at the end. Flexible and not crowded between the other two bars nearby. Handicap accessible friendly. from Staff: Friendly Courteous Greeted w/ Smiles Slightly trained or seemed new Etc: Did not ask for any recommendations Family, business, and small groups Membership: X No app was discussed Looking forward to more improvements. Business: Outlets readily available outlet in the general area WiFi: Airport Bathroom: Nearby for men's was not cleaned often enough as it seems. Overall: Would eat there again! read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Ground STL's high quality version of their Impossible Burger - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Horrible service with below average burgers. Just what I would expect from an airport.

They close at 5:30 and that's a damn shame. This was probably the best airport burger I've ever had. The Baja Crunch burger tasted very good with a juicy burger fresh jalapeños and some guac spread. It was almost a knife and fork job. Huge sandwich. The tater tots were perfect. Deep fried to extra crunchy level and not a touch of sogginess. I was seriously impressed. They even have to go beer. The flight attendant in front of me went back to talk to the manager about how good her hotdog was. Seriously, I don't see how there wasn't a line here. I am very sorry I didn't take any pictures. Burger, tots and a 25 oz water was $21. Not bad for an airport. Recommend and I'll be back the next time I'm flying out of stl on delta. read more

Read the reviews before ordering AND SIMPLY DO NOT!!!! worst airport business ever. Contract should be canceled. Took 30 minutes for 2 burgers with 3 people in front. Had to beg for anyone to even get noticed. Meanwhile everyone is joking and ignoring customers. Do yourself a favor and AVOID! read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Rude, unhelpful and uncaring. - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Burger was fine. But boy, it looked nothing like the glorious display of fresh toppings and veggies that was shown on their display board. "Crafted custom hamburgers" seems a bit deceptive. These are just hamburgers. Menu showed a huge pile of avacdo. Actual burger had a thin spread on the bun. I always use Yelp... not sure why I didn't this time. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - a hand holding a hamburger - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

25 minutes to wait for a burger...in an airport. Have to say that the wait was not worth the final product.

Every time I see this place, I think COFFEE... And then I'm disappointed. But, you're waiting for a flight, you have very little time, you're hungry, whad'ya gonna do? I had the Black 'n Blue Chicken Stack. It was okay, but definitely not as tasty as my brain was ready for after reading the description. And of course, it was expensive, so... Eh. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Black 'n Blue Chicken Stack - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Rude people on their phones in a busy airport. When you try to order the cashier give all types of attitude. I took my money elsewhere.

Came here when my flight was delayed in the STL airport. The service wasn't the best, but it was okay over all. I got an egg and cheese. The egg wasn't cooked all the way through, so it wasn't my favorite. I don't know if I'd go back when in the STL airport. read more

Food was alright but the cook with long hair gave me a dirty look at was visibly annoyed that I had the audacity to order. He even muttered something under his breath. I suggest employing someone who isn't rude when asked to do his job. read more

Well as it turns out this was the best choice that we made at St. Louis airport. The people are friendly, the burgers were great, fries were good, the place was clean and it was fast. I'm really happy that we escaped the other two restaurants. When the Budweiser was flat so we didn't even order food and the other one was we could not even get out of the line from the hostess to get seated, it's run very poorly. If I have to return to this Airport I WOULD return. read more

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As a frequent traveler out of STL we are in need of serious upgrades to our morning food options. On a flt delay 11/16/22 @8:30am I stood at the counter for 10 minutes and no one was there to take an order. I looked to the right and saw grounded staff (wearing tShirts with the name of the restaurant) just talking in the sitting area and looking over occasionally at me. Who ever manages this place take note. read more

Overpriced food served by the rudest nastiest people in the STL airport. The cashier on concourse A on December 22, 2024 at 10:15 am was one the nastiest people I have encountered in a long. she just you two customer. read more

After a 20 minute wait (they did say all food was cooked to order) I received my Classic Burger, which was the driest, least flavorful hamburger I have ever eaten. read more

Your spot on fellow yelpers! It is a firm, 2 Star establishment. The shredded chicken was dry. The chicken was warm and the salad was cold. That was nice. The order of curly fries tasted very good but the quantity was lacking. They didn't even fill up the container all the way. Typical airport food expensive price for a little quantity and quality. But with not much to choose from it will work. Suggest you look for a place to eat before you come to the airport. I stopped by all the restaurants in this terminal, and it looked expensive and I did not see anyone eating anything appealing. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - House chicken salad? - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Hot dog. Bread was ok. Hot dog was good . Had onions and relish in it. Add whatever you want else in there . Hate that it cost about 6$ but what you gonna do ? read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Hot dog - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Everything was burned and took too long. We didn't bother to return the food because we had to board our plane

Worst service ever. They lied to me and told me they were closed when they were open. They're clearly just annoyed anyone would want to order and waste their time. read more

Not a bad burger! Really really good in fact. Might take a minute to cook it for you and some of the employees appear to care about you more than others do, but that's normal for airport food locations (we're looking at you, HMS Host). Been here a couple of times and will definitely eat here again. read more

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Waited for 20 minutes for the privilege of ordering. Waited another 30 to get my food. And this is what I got. Received the order which was missing chili on the chili cheese fries. When asked she just said we are out. Was not going to tell me or refund me the difference. The workers do not care about the quality of the food or making money. They turned away so many customers and took far too long to just do a burger and sad fries. Would avoid at all cost. read more

Menu isn't the best, portions are extremely small, slow customer service. Don't recommend to friend and family.

Sierra hooked me up with great customer service. While all the chumps stood in a 6 miles line at Starfux, I took my fat ass down to Grounded and got a coffee and breakfast sammich in less than 5 minutes. Coffee was standard, but most importantly has caffeine that I desperately needed. The sandwich was greasy as hell, but good. Bacon, egg and cheese--the staple. It hit the spot, and I thank Sierra for the recommendation. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Sierra workin it - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE OF URGENCY!!! I waited 10 minutes to order (wth nobody in line) and 25 minutes to get my food. Because there are no "quicker" options in this airport I didn't have a choice. Updated: when I finally got to my gate and sat down the burger was undercooked. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Broke it in half after the first bite was pink. Yep definitely undercooked.... - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

There's no one else I can blame but myself for choosing to come to Grounded at the St. Louis airport. All of my intuitions were telling me not to go and literally go anywhere else in the terminal like Starbucks or the vending machine, but nooooo I HAD to try something different. I wasn't in too big a rush THANK GOD because the service here is slowwww, but like, comically slow. I was actually kind of entertained. I got the veggie burger, it took 15 minutes (?) it was underwhelming and sad and now you know and now I know. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - The saddest veggie burger there ever was. - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Kind of worried about the reviews before coming, but my friends and I wanted burgers and shakes. I ordered a classic, and the friends got two orders of fries. The reason why I did 4 stars was because like I mentioned we wanted shakes, but when asked if there shakes were good, we were met with hesitation. Soooo we passed on the shakes. I really think employees should try and hype up their food a little. We waited probably less than 5minutes for our food so that was unexpected based on the reviews. Great burger and fries! They're curly fries and seasoned! read more

My dreadful burger streak continues, this time in St. Louis. Grounded has got a lot of nerve in trying to market themselves as a gourmet, independently owned chain. For 7 bucks you are not getting what you paid for. In fact, this burger was probably worse than McDonalds, and I've had better at BK. The meat was so bland, dry, and the patty was incredibly thin. The baja crunch was far from being crunchy. I asked for extra avocado but it seems like they did the reverse as there was barely any. The tortilla chips in it were soggy and everything was thrown together on top of a few pieces of lettuce. Don't fall into the trap of the branding or name - it is no where close to being gourmet or worth the $7 price tag. At best, a burger like this should only be found on a dollar menu. The only thing I can agree with is that they serve "handcrafted" burgers, because a burger this bad can only have been handcrafted on purpose. Avoid at all cost. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Baja Burger: overcooked, dry meat sandwiched by a shitty bun - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri

Was really hoping I would like this place. It kinda reminded me of BurgerFi, the decor was hip and there was a variety of burgers. Though I was sadly disappointed. My wife and I ordered the mushroom burger along with an order of fried green beans. The mushrooms and onions on the burger were fine, but the patty tasted like it was something that I would buy frozen from a grocery store. The fried green beans needed some salt, there wasn't really any taste to them. Just tasted like batter basically with a small hint of green beans. (Oh well at least I got some vegetables in on that meal :P) The place looks cool, but I wouldn't recommend it. read more

Oh no that's ok...I only have a plane to catch. Go ahead and spend 23 minutes making one burger and one chicken sandwich. Also, look like you don't care in order to enhance the experience. Appealing storefront but TERRIBLE idea for people who have flights to catch. read more

Dropping to 4 stars - didn't look like the same chef today (white lady cooking) and bun was over toasted and was hard but burger was still tasty. Also this is the second time no ice cream available to make a shake. Their shakes are out of this world and I am disappointed to find for a second time that they are not available. read more

Food portions were extremely small, I paid 6 dollars for a lackluster hot dog I should have gotten for a couple dollars. The hot dog came with relish but the person packaged it terribly and all the relish fell out of the hot dog. Service was also terrible, cashier spoke too softly and got mad when I couldn't hear her, and after she took my order she just left. Fast forward 5 minutes when my food was finally ready, the cook just left it on the counter without giving it to me. And probably wouldn't not have if I did not ask for my food. Absolutely the worst $10 I've spent on food read more

Best part about Grounded- the food. I didn't have high hopes after my interaction with the staff, but it was actually pretty decent food. Not anything to write home about, but miles from bad. The staff on the other hand- WOW! It seemed to be staffed with people on work furlough from the local jail. The cashier gave us major attitude, and kept giving us dirty looks. I almost asked for a refund before receiving my food, because she was literally that rude. I'm not a sensitive person either, I've got thick skin. The cook had a bandage on her arm which grossed me out a little, because it was just gauze with tape over it. She was super confused the whole time I was waiting for my food. My brother and I ordered the same burger with different sides. You would think that would be simple, but the cook was just sure that the cashier had mistakenly put in the same order twice and kept asking, "Should I make two burgers or just one." I guess good help is hard to find in St. Louis. Bottom line is, I don't want to eat somewhere that has staff like this. I don't trust them with my food, and I would never eat here again. They have a great concept, if they would just fire these horrible employees and hire some quality people, this place would hit it out of the park. Whoever owns Grounded needs to wake up, before it's too late. read more

Grounded in St. Louis - Burgers Near Me - Saint Louis, Missouri