Wayback Burgers — Restaurant in Winnipeg

After having detailed my initial chance encounter with Wayback Burgers on the Kirkbridge location, I'm happy to report that they have heeded the advice I left in my review of it and opened this one (and have since gotten a Portage location opened up too). Now you can save yourself the BLUE transfers. It's clear that there was a bit of pent-up demand in the general area as there was a strong crowd of both diners as well as others waiting to head out the door. In the opening days it definitely appeared that there were some growing pains as it's obvious judging from some of the other reviews shortly after it opened that not every experience was going as well as it could have been. But hey, that's part of the point of a reviews section like this one, and it seems a year on that those pains have been ironed out.

Just like with the Kirkbridge location, be prepared to wait - that is one of the house rules after all. But if you're on a tight schedule, they do have online and over-the-phone ordering, plus they also support pickups through SkipTheDishes, Uber Eats, and DoorDash. They definitely have no trouble having orders ready at or even a short bit before a scheduled time. Speaking of those three sites, while yes there is a markup on items going through them, it's actually very modest to the point that it may end up being only a buck or two extra in total even if you get a few things, which is very respectable given other chains' eagerness to hike pricing and implement bloated delivery markups. By comparison, in the time that I've been eating from Wayback, they've only bumped pricing exactly once.

One observation I will make about the fries, they seem to be pretty light on salting them here. They're fine as it is, but you may want to consider grabbing a salt packet or two as I find it helps make them taste a bit...

Edit: Dropped by for an early dinner and ordered double bacon cheeseburger with fries and a philly cheesesteak with onion rings. The cheeseburger is still good but the cheesesteak does not seem to improve, I dont why I even bothered ordering it again, stick with the burgers instead.

Had dinner here on a Friday and there was a long line which was a sign that the food here is good right? Surely all these people wont que in line for 30 mins or more for an average burger….. surely not….. but unfortunately the long que and wait is not worth it.

The burger is ok, it was not bad but not good as well, it was kinda bland, unseasoned. the cheesesteak had so little beef on it and the cheese was not even melted, the worst thing is the fries that came with my classic combo were soggy! I think only the onion rings were good but the serving size was too small. Also tried the Oreo Mud Pie milkshake and it was good but too expensive for what you get.

For my money I would rather spend it at Five guys, Nuburger or Whitestar.

Edit: Aug 5,2022 - Had lunch here with a group, 8 of us in total. Wanted to check out if things have improved now that they had time to settle in and Wayback Burgers Regent did not disappoint, we all had double bacon cheeseburger with fries and drinks and not only was the meal superb it was also served super fast for such a big order. Definitely a huge improvement and if they can consistently provide this quality of food and superb service I will now recommend this joint as a must try...

I was at the office next door not at Wayback Burger, I will never eat at that location again. Previously I ordered their veggie burger, and told the girl at the order counter I cannot have beef because of a protein/enzyme in the meat for health reasons. As I was watching the cook placed my burger on top of a raw burger he had on the grill and proceeded to rub my vegetarian burger in the meat flipping it over to rub both sides on it, and the same in the grease from the cooking burgers...a girl made out I was being difficult when I complained and that I should have mentioned my health issue to the other girl when I ordered. I had told the girl I had a health issue right when I ordered so this pissed me off so much. I made them cook a different vegetarian burger away from the meat grill as I had already prepaid... be it health or values the disrespect of deliberately contaminating a burger like that has made up my mind I will not be going back to eat there! I was visiting the office next door this week and did go into Wayback burger. Won't be surprised if someone else gets a reaction to beef contamination in the future because of the wanton contempt by the cook to think he has a right to roll a meatless order in raw meat that was not yet cooked and while cooking. They had the nerve to say others ordering meatless don't mind their veggie burgers being in contact with the meat...I have not been back since...