Red Robin: A review.
Well tonight was like every other night in one respect...after work, I was hungry. So I packed up the family, and we headed to Red Robin. Not exactly high end dining, but I had a coupon.
I ordered the Royal Red Robin Burger. According to the menu: "This is the aristocrat of all burgers because we crown it with a fresh AAA jumbo fried egg. In addition, three strips of hickory-smoked bacon, American cheese, crispy lettuce, tomato & mayo." After reading that description I thought to myself, "Hey...I didn't have a decent breakfast today, here's my chance to make up for it without missing out on supper!"
I also had steak fries and an iced tea...both bottomless.
The burger was mediocre. Not bad. Just mediocre. The toppings were acceptable; the eggs cooked the right amount, the bacon - not too crispy, not too chewy, fresh lettuce, juicy tomato, a healthy amount of cheese. The meat infortunately was nothing special. I was glad for the egg, cheese and bacon, they brought some flavour to the sandwich. Of course, I ate the whole thing.
I don't want to get too sidetracked by the middle of the road burger, what you really want to know is "How were the fries?" They were excellent. Excellent as a vehicle for the secret ingredient, that is. No, not the ketchup. The Honey Mustard sauce. You have to ask for the Honey Mustard sauce. They don't put it on the table, but it's an absolute requirement for the meal. Apparently it comes from a saucy place in Washington and isn't available to the Canadian public. When I finished off the first basket of fries, there was still some honey mustard left, so of course I asked for more fries...I wasn't hungry, but they were free. And was I glad that I asked! By the time you get to the end of the meal, you rarely notice that the fries had been gradually cooling off the whole time, but when you get the fresh steak fry refill, you'll be glad you kept eating!
Of course, you're probably wondering where I got the coupon, 'cause you don't want to pay full price for an average burger just to get to the 2nd plate of fries and the dipping sauce...check out the Red Robin eClub, they'll send you coupons by email. Buy one burger get one free for your B-Day.
The dessert menu looked pretty fine, but I didn't have a coupon for that...
I ordered the Royal Red Robin Burger. According to the menu: "This is the aristocrat of all burgers because we crown it with a fresh AAA jumbo fried egg. In addition, three strips of hickory-smoked bacon, American cheese, crispy lettuce, tomato & mayo." After reading that description I thought to myself, "Hey...I didn't have a decent breakfast today, here's my chance to make up for it without missing out on supper!"
I also had steak fries and an iced tea...both bottomless.
The burger was mediocre. Not bad. Just mediocre. The toppings were acceptable; the eggs cooked the right amount, the bacon - not too crispy, not too chewy, fresh lettuce, juicy tomato, a healthy amount of cheese. The meat infortunately was nothing special. I was glad for the egg, cheese and bacon, they brought some flavour to the sandwich. Of course, I ate the whole thing.
I don't want to get too sidetracked by the middle of the road burger, what you really want to know is "How were the fries?" They were excellent. Excellent as a vehicle for the secret ingredient, that is. No, not the ketchup. The Honey Mustard sauce. You have to ask for the Honey Mustard sauce. They don't put it on the table, but it's an absolute requirement for the meal. Apparently it comes from a saucy place in Washington and isn't available to the Canadian public. When I finished off the first basket of fries, there was still some honey mustard left, so of course I asked for more fries...I wasn't hungry, but they were free. And was I glad that I asked! By the time you get to the end of the meal, you rarely notice that the fries had been gradually cooling off the whole time, but when you get the fresh steak fry refill, you'll be glad you kept eating!
Of course, you're probably wondering where I got the coupon, 'cause you don't want to pay full price for an average burger just to get to the 2nd plate of fries and the dipping sauce...check out the Red Robin eClub, they'll send you coupons by email. Buy one burger get one free for your B-Day.
The dessert menu looked pretty fine, but I didn't have a coupon for that...
posted by Anonymous at 2/18/2005 09:09:00 PM
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