The Burger Joint - Arcata

The burger was very tasty. the sweet potato frits were not as excellent as I expected, based on the reviews that are a scandal, because I would kill for a good sweet potato frit, but they were decent. the restaurant was very busy, so if I wasn't just unhappy with my timing, they expect a waiting time. it was also quite expensive, but not astronomic, and I was still happy with the meal.

Delicious burger and sweet potatoe fries. My meal was excellent although they always seem a little understaffed and my friends onion rings were burned.

I had a “build your own” burger(habanero cheese, Jalapeños peppers, onions and pickles), loaded cheese fries and for desert the special Orange creamsicle shake. My boys had different burgers too. All were cooked just right, juicy and tasty. The beef is advertised as grass fed. My son had the corn dog and mentioned it was tasty too. The only point to be slightly negative are the exhaust over the grill was not expelling the smoke from the grill fast enough. The restaurant smelled too strongly of cooked burgers, so did my clothes when I got home. I admit that for three people and $100, it was a tad expensive for burgers.

This was a great place to stop and get a high quality burger, usually has fast service and good service but since the pandemic it seems to have gone down hill, took close to an hour for 2 burgers when the place was almost empty. One was overcooked, cold, and lacking in mushrooms compared to previous visits, the other was ok but didn't have much sauce. Sweet potato fries were well seasoned and cooked perfectly. But overall recent visits haven't been great.

The atmosphere was fine, the staff was nice but the food was so bland I felt like I should go home and test myself for Covid. It wasn’t bad, it just didn’t really taste like anything. For that price (burger and beer) I could have gone to McDonald’s about five times and at least gotten food that had flavor. I’m not saying McDonald’s is good. Im saying if you’re gonna charge me $16 for a burger, I should think ‘that’s a damn good burger’ and not ‘huh, I think I ate food.’