We went to Calibur for a burger today after a series of failures earlier today. The first restaurant we went to had changed their hours from their website’s posted hours. The second restaurant, just down the street made us wait in line for 10 minutes to order and then informed me that they were out of the only thing I’d wanted to eat from their menu. So, we took off to Calibur.
I ordered their house veggie burger with mushrooms, sautéed onions, lettuce, tomato, Swiss cheese, and their special sauce. I also ordered their veggie oil fried French fries which comes with their strange house-ketchup that tastes and looks more like marinara than the condiment we love to dip fried food into. At least the fries themselves were crispy. I would have gone back and asked for a different sauce, but the establishment seems like they would have been petty and charged for a side sauce despite a single burger and fries coming out to $15 before tip at a fast-food counter-ordering restaurant. They actually have several signs harassing customers to pay $1 for refills on soda. It seems like it would be less hostile and petty to just say no refills and avoid expecting people to have cash to throw into the refill-jar.
After a brief wait the very friendly runner brought my burger and fries to our table. While it looked quite lovely upon arrival, their odd grain and rice based patty with random mushroom chunks and garbanzo beans can’t hold itself together. The patty is rather flavorless and the texture leaves much to be desired. It is very disappointing to get such an afterthought of a burger at an establishment that otherwise seems to pride itself on quality ingredients.
2/5 🥑 🥑