Fam decided on some late night eats coming from a fun-filled wedding not too far from here. (I guess we burnt off everything we ate during the event!) Hubbers and cuzzo decided on Whataburger since it was convenient. Plus, we all remember really liking it the last time we had it.
Since it was almost 1am, it made sense that we were the only customers on hand. The whole place was clean (given, since there were no other customers), chairs and tables in place. No clutter. Hubbers, Cuzzo and I decided to park and walk in. (At the same time, in a separate car, nephew-in-law and his party of 3 went through the drive thru.)
We were buying grub for a few other people who weren't with us. I much prefer no mustard or pickles on my burgers, but I didn't want to complicate things. I figure I'd pluck the pickles out when I get it and just let the mustard be. How bad could it get...?
Crew member had to ask us to wait because there was no cash box. Once that was settled, we put in 5 orders of Whataburger combo, chicken strips and a chicken sandwich combo.
Took a minute and then some, and then we were on our way back to our hotel.
Cuzzo brought three orders up to his room for his wife and kids and came back down to join Hubbers and I to eat at the dining area.
So, two HUGE snags here.
1) One of the sandwiches was a cheeseburger. (What?! We didn't order this!) So we figured nephew-in-law's drive-thru order was a cheeseburger short! He said he didn't care at this point. It's late, he's hungry, etc...
2) As planned, I plucked out all the pickles off my burger - and it was A LOT, gotta say. (Great for pickle lovers!) But even then, why is my sammich still extra sour?! I thought it was just me, but Cuzzo just happened to mention it. Too much mustard, maybe?! But it was not good. The sour was way too overwhelming that kinda halfway through, I decided to just go protein style and dumped everything but the patty. Good thing we had sides of fries and onion rings to taper down the tang embedded in our taste buds.
Hubbers loved his chicken sandwich and strips, though, so at least there's that.
FOOD: 1.5. Cuzzo and I did not enjoy that at all.
SERVICE: 2. There's no reason for the mishaps. We were the only customers. We gave no indication we were in a rush. They had every opportunity to get it right.
VALUE: 2.
PARKING: Not an issue at at 1am.
OVERALL: 1.75.
I asked nephew-in-law if they were missing a cheeseburger on their order. "Nope."
We were also disappointed to find out later they didn't have the chili burger (we saw ads on our drive south the next morning.)
I mentioned this to someone I know who used to work at a Whataburger. One explanation he had was that crew did not drain off the pickles - they got the pickles out of the jar which unnecessarily drenched the bread with pickle juice. "They're suppose to drain the pickles, not pluck them out of their containers."
There's a good chance I won't find myself anywhere around this 'hood anytime soon, but even if I did, I wouldn't return to this particular spot. It simply was NOT GOOD. read more