This rating is for desserts. I've been here for a swirl malt and a cookie and cream shake. This place isn't cheap. A dessert drink will cost about $8 if you dare to get their delicious whipped cream. But it is easily shareable. This place is nearly always busy, but it still has that recently opened glow, so we will see how that continues. Parking is easy, outdoor seating is plentiful, and staff are super friendly and helpful. read more

So Happy Shake Shack finally opened in Carlsbad! We love the food and will be repeat customers for sure!! read more

Shake Shack - Burgers Near Me - Carlsbad, California

Stopped by with the fam especially after trying to convince a family member to eat a burger with us She is not a big fan of burgers in general. Well, we placed our order almost 100 bucks and we all sat down ready to devour the food especially after it took about an hour of convincing this person to eat with us here. Our order is ready we bring it back to the table and we start eating and than all of sudden there's a weird quiet amongst the table and across from me I notice the person we finally convinced with a disgust on her face, I said what's wrong and all she did was spit the food out in a napkin and showed me her burger.......it was red and she made sure when we ordered it that she typed in "well done" for her burger during our ordering process, out of all the things that could have gone wrong this happens to the one person that we convinced that none of this would happen... even the wrapper read "Well" And that is why I put one star ....shake shack you only had one job to do and that was to get it right, at the end of the day we don't know who is ordering but we hope at least for the amount we pay is to get that one simple thing done and especially if you place a sticker on the wrapper confirming it's right . Disappointed today ‍ read more

Shake Shack - Sticker confirming its "Suppose" to be " well done"! - Burgers Near Me - Carlsbad, California

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First time going in here since we live down the street . We got 2 shakes , a avocado bacon cheeseburger, and an avocado bacon double cheeseburger for $34.00 . Totally NOT worth it . My burger was put together horrible and not even on the bun and the bun itself was super small . With my husbands burger you couldn't even tell there were TWO patties on there . I added pickles, tomatoes and lettuce to mine and then there was flavor . I will take The Habit or In and Out any day . Shakes were good I'll give them that . We won't be back .Bacon Cheeseburger read more

Shake Shack - Avocado bacon cheeseburger - Burgers Near Me - Carlsbad, California

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This place is worse than fast food, and the price is ridiculous. Small portion of fries that were mainly still frozen. I asked for lettuce on the burger. The 'one' piece of lettuce was so small and wilted that it was laughable. Go elsewhere! read more

Pure yumboliciousness Haven't had a burger this good in a looong time! Great service too! read more

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High quality food! Fresh and well seasoned. The chicken sandwich is the best ever! Burgers are tasty and I love the freshness of the bun. The service is quick and friendly. This is such a welcome addition to this area... Look out Chick-Fil-A you have competition and... they are open on Sunday! read more

I typically really like Shake Shack, but the service at this particular location was very disappointing. We arrived an hour before they closed, but the staff had already stacked all the chairs on the tables so no one could sit inside; the staff was also playing their own music extremely loudly over the store music so no one even chose to stay inside...everyone I saw come in sat at the few tables available outside. One of the employees left a large trash bin in the middle of the walkway to the bathroom and completely ignored any customer that tried to walk by, so they had to maneuver between the trash bin and the employee...unfortunately the staff here seem very unaware, unprofessional and not willing to help. I would recommend going elsewhere. 2 star rating since I still like the food at Shake Shack in general. read more

I had the most difficult time picking up my food! My order was ready on time and beautifully packed. But ultimately I was accused of theft and a fake ID before being allowed to take my food! As I grabbed the order with my name on it I was stopped because "they were having problems with stealing." I was asked to produce a door dash order pickup page (this was my personal online order and I don't have DoorDash). When I didn't have my dasher app I produced my CA DL which matched the receipt on the bag. I was then told "is this even you!" Frustrated, I asked them to call the number on the receipt (my number). Ultimately i procured the original payment method (my CC) and CA DL and asked for a refund. The manager ultimately intervened and offered a refund and the free food but feeling embarrassed, profiled and falsely accused I declined and proceeded to place a replacement order on ubereats from the Del Mar location. Update: I asked My white friends if they have ever experienced what I did and they all said they have never experienced anything remotely similar to what I experienced. Being a Person of color, and being demanded 1) proof of purchase 2) ID 3) phone number verification and 4) original payment method when my white friends weren't, I feel is racial discrimination. They did offer 15 dollars for this rather egregious and racially motivated transgression. read more

My food was in the counter for 30 minutes and no one sent the text msg I'm supposed to get as a notification, that my food is ready. Asked to have my food done again, came with excuses. Then I asked for my money back and the manager took his sweet time to come over, not a single apology about the situation. The manager is a useless leader. He is the example for those employees. read more

Food is ok. But THE STAFF suuuuucks every time. I can't even with this place. It literally embodies everything that is wrong with the world all in one place. I regret interacting with this place every time I have to come here. (My kids like the food so we keep giving it a try.) I think "It has to get better, right?" And ... nope. Never does. I know it sounds dramatic but seriously, can anyone display caring any LESS about their job? Do you Shake Shack owners care at all that your customers are important members of your business too? Your staff doesn't seem to get it. Plus the store is disorganized and every person who works there has an attitude problem or is distracted with day dreaming, gossiping? You guys work in the SERVICE industry. Let's take a moment to ponder that one. The word is literally in the description of your occupation. Do better. read more

The burgers are very, very tasty. Pleasant people working inside is the ordering. Plenty of outdoor dining. Awesome brownie shake! I highly suggest shake shack. read more

This is how many fries nearly $6 will buy you at Shake Shack Carlsbad. 20? 25? Mediocre at best. read more

Shake Shack - This is how many fries nearly $6 will buy you. Maybe 20? 25?? Mediocre at best - Burgers Near Me - Carlsbad, California

Over $20 for a burger,fries and a shake is ridiculous. Had a Shackburger with 2 patties was a greasy smashed burger.Could hardly see the tomatoes,maybe no onions and kinda wet lettuce. The small shake was ok but the whole thing wasn't worth over $20. read more

Dorian is awesome--hard worker and pays attention to customers. The rest of the gen z crew could improve on acknowledgement of other humans and ability to smile at others. The food is great, best fast food chicken nuggets by far! read more

The burgers are really good but every time we come here, the fries are cold and stale. When it first opened it wasn't like that, but now it seems they just leave the fries out. read more

Trash hot dogs. Ordered with condiments. Came with none. Dogs were obviously cooked a year ago and cold. Disgusting. Threw it out. 0 star. Why sell hot dogs if this is the trash you serve? read more

Burgers are good but the staff service wasn't. The bathroom had no soap and I informed one of the staff members and they told their coworker. My assistant over heard one of the workers say "I don't have time for that." My residents and I continued waiting and I asked again from a male worker after he served other customers and said they will get some right away. Residents and I continued to wait but nothing. After 30 mins and for one of my senior residents to go up to the counter to ask for soap (again) they finally did it. I guess singing to Bruno Mars and laughing with their fellow coworkers is much more important than helping their customers. We will not be returning to this Shake Shack location due to the poor service and especially for them not caring about hand hygiene. I hope their staff washes their hands thoroughly while serving these delicious burgers. read more

Very friendly staff and great service. Wish the hot ones would stay on the menu though.

This place is always a mess in the dining area. Tables are always dirty and floors. Literally sat on a dirty table and the person dropping off the food didn't bother to clean the table. read more

I think a trip to Wendy's would have been a better choice. I feel really bad about paying almost 65.00 for 3 people.

First time ever at a Shake Shack. We ordered a Smoke Stack bacon burger, Korean chicken sandwich, regular Shake Shack burger and fries, with strawberry lemonade drink and waters. We sat outside where the empty tables were not clean. My wife asked a passing staffer to clean the table, but she never returned and I cleaned it myself. It was a slow time and probably 8 staff members were on hand but no one was charged with keeping tables clean. Effective restaurant management would assign staffers to monitor outdoor tables, routinely check with customers to ensure needs were met, refill water, etc. but this was not happening here (I worked in fine dining for a long time). The food: the Smoke Stack burger was covered in vinegary pepper relish which overwhelmed the sandwich. The Korean chicken was crispy but glazed with gochujang which was also vinegary - I had hoped there was a sweet base like found in Korean barbecue, which I feel would be a better choice for this sandwich. Again, the vinegar flavor overwhelmed. The strawberry lemonade was good, but was only about 12 oz. and priced over $4.00 so a larger quantity was warranted. The fries were good and fresh. Generally the prices are too high for fast food. We have now tried Shake Shack, but were underwhelmed and will not likely return. EDIT: Shake Shack reached out to us with incentive to go back. We did so and there were definite improvements made. Staff was very attentive to outdoor diners this time and service was much improved. Food was the same as last time and of course the relatively high prices remain. Still, I appreciate that management seems to be listening and responding to customer input and that is a very good sign. read more

Horrible service and so slow. Burgers ended up not being filling and for the price they... they should. It took forever for our order to be completed, took for ever to add 2 drinks to the order because the employees ignored us and then proceeded to be rude and bothered by our presence. read more

I'm really surprised that I didn't like shake shack because I heard so many good things about them. The burger was average. I am disappointed. read more

Ordered a hot dog with all the fixings, cheese sauce, bacon, and crispy onions. The hot dog came with no cheese sauce and no bacon which I paid extra for. The employees were talking a lot in the back which may have contributed to this scam. read more

Gave it another shot today had ordered a plain cheeseburger and a chocolate shake. I was given a disgusting undercooked burger with peppers and barbecue sauce all over it. It was a mess and it was a vanilla shake not chocolate. I'm not going back. read more

New to Shake Shack! Nice location with plenty of parking. Great staff! Food was ok...burgers were quite small for the $. Portions may be more suitable for kids. read more

Usually love Shake Shack but my burger this time was extremely salty. May tell the crew to be careful with the salt shaker.

Employees were super nice and welcoming for our first shake shack experience, even saying bye to us by name as we left which was super heartwarming:) We tried the truffle burger which was great, and the shack burger. Unfortunately we got some very unusual hard items inside one of the shack burger. It seems to be chicken bone which is very strange and sadly wasn't able to finish my otherwise very tasty burger read more

Shake Shack - Burgers Near Me - Carlsbad, California

love the food and the outddor area for kids to play! enjoyed a glass of their wine while sitting outside. Fave shake shack location!

Very mediocre food! I was waiting outside for them to call my name and they never did. Then I went inside and my food was sitting on the counter & was cold! Not very good customer service. A burger , fries & shake $17.53. Don't tell me you'll call my name & then drop the ball! Not cool!! read more

We've eaten at several other Shake Shack locations and love the food, so I can only assume the food at this location is pretty much the same. Unfortunately, we placed an online order to go that was taken by someone else before it could get picked up. While I understand this is an all-too- common occurrence, what matters to me more in this business context is how management handles this kind of problem and treats the customer in the process. In this case, the location manager did not properly address the issue and canceled the order. No, we were not ultimately charged for the stolen order, but despite the time we spent trying to do business with this establishment, we came away with nothing except such a low opinion of this location's management that I'm now taking even more of my time to pen this review. read more

Place is tucked in the cutest shopping center of El Camino Real. Food was fantastic. They had a great amount of seating and all the tables were clean. I will say no one was around to help order off the computers when you first walk in and it caused some confusion and I had to walk up to the front when they missed a side I ordered but food was hot, delicious, and great seating! read more

Exceptional food, freshly prepared to order! Very clean facility and the staff was very polite, pleasant, and focused on customer service. I witnessed the manager talking to an employee of a nearby business, asking how many employees they had so that Shake Shack could send them hamburgers next week! This indicated to me that the manager understands his customers and community. He is willing to go that extra step to build repeat customers...good business sense for the right reasons! We are repeat customers and we will continue to highly recommend this restaurant! read more

Food is ok but service is annoying. The kiosks they want us to use are slow so the process takes too long. They never have more than one cashier available while several employees stand around in the back. And getting a drink refill is ridiculous. Employees standing around act like they don't see you. read more

Really, the only problem I had was the cost. 2 burgers, 2 fries and one small milkshake was $31 including tax. The food was good - certainly much better than In-n-Out. The service was very good considering it was opening week. But that's a lot of money for burgers. read more

My husband LOVES Shake Shack so was waiting, waiting, waiting for our La Costa location to open. Despite the crowds and Covid, we risked it all to grab our first meal here on their opening week. We were able to order online, which we love, although I've not quite mastered their app yet... We ordered a single cheeseburger, a flat hot dog, fries, a shake and an iced tea. Everything was yummy! The burger is good, a little stingy on the lettuce for my taste, but the meat itself is spectacular. The fries are THE BOMB!! Crinkly, crunchy, soft in the middle, just enough salt and fat and yum! My hot dog was delicious!!! Flat grilled to add that tasty and colorful caramelization...and with the topping from my fridge, perfect! Ohhh that shake! My my, I just had a taste as it was my hubby's but so creamy and rich! And last but not least my iced tea with lemon was absolutely perfection...and I should know, I've been drinking iced tea over 50 years! So why 4 stars? Well, I didn't like the sauce on the hamburger much, nor the cheese honestly. And I prefer the in n out level of lettucetry... 5 leaves is about right! Give them a try! read more

Great place to hang out! I thought the burgers were yummy. I really liked the cheese fries. Quiet neighborhood area in Encinitas! Again, pretty good food and it saves me from driving to UTC. read more

I had the absolute worst experience that I've had at any fast food place at this shake shack. First they make you order from a kiosk and tell you to put in your phone number and they will call you when your food is ready so I do this and wait for 30 minutes for my food and then they tell me it's been ready and waiting for me at the counter when I never received a text saying my food was ready. The employees as well as the manager was extremely unprofessional I felt like I was at a high school snack bar and all of the kids were just hanging out laughing and not working. read more

Love coming to this location. It has a nice size outdoor patio. Its nice because you can even bring your dog! The food tastes so good and honestly this is the ONLY "fast food" I eat. I order the basic single cheeseburger and the original crinkle fries. The Chicken Nuggets are also so tasty! They have a big variety of dipping sauces. There are shakes, chicken nuggets, chicken sandwhiches, burgers, cheeseburgers, sodas, crinkle cut fries, lots of options!! The pricing is good and the customer service is Excellent. Everytime we are there someone comes up to us to make sure everything is good. The ordering is very easy. You can order with the people at the counter or on the ipad. They also have an app that you can order on for pick up. read more