Ernie's Burgers — Restaurant in Alhambra

The food is standard burger/ Mexican fare. The price for each item in 2025 is under $10 with certain exceptions in regards to meals and dinner plates. There is a small parking lot that is associated with Ernie's burgers and is free. The food is good for the price but if you expect good food I would recommend other locations.

I had the patty melt, tuna melt and chili fries with cheese:

The Patty Melt ($8 approx.) is decent but has the issue of using a bad cheese for patty melts and poor order. The cheese adhered to the bread as opposed to the patties which leads to hard bread and less flavorful patties. The choice of cheese was American cheese which doesn't work well for Patty Melts, had they chosen a Cheddar or Swiss cheese the overall melt would have been better. Aside from those issues the bread was toasted nicely and there was a small amount of onions (partly caramelized)

The Tuna Melt($7-8) was good for it's price, similar to the patty melt the bread was toasted nicely, the cheese was American Cheese and would have been better if they had chosen another type of cheese. The Tuna mix was a bit of a mess but decent. The pros were that it was light on mayo, resulting in a dryer tuna mix for those who prefer such things. The cons were the inconsistencies in flavor namely the random bites of acidity. If the acidity was more uniform and spread out so each bite had a nice little acidic bite it would be fine. However, as it was, there were random dry but good parts not overpowered by the cheese and random spots where all you could taste was what I assumed was vinegar.

Lastly the chili fries with cheese, this was a decent option but nothing standout, if you want chili cheese fries i'd advise you to seek other restaurants. The issues I had were the fries were crispy to and extent but served with chili that lack impact. As a sloppy mess to finish after your meal after the fries have soaked in chili it's fine. However, when eaten as it was served the fries were a bit too crispy and didn't absorb any of the chili's flavor even if it didn't have much to begin with.

All in all, if you want a quick cheap bite to eat, Ernie's burgers works great for a quick and cheap bite, but if you want flavor seek other establishments. Whilst Ernie's is not bad it certainly doesn't hold up to the other nearby establishments in...

A week ago, I ate some pretty good food at Ernie's Burger. It was so good I wanted to get it again, but I showed up a few minutes after 8 pm, some of the staff said they were open, but one guy ran into the store and advised me they were closed in not a welcome way, kind of Rude!! But I decided I would still give it another try because the food was great the time that did get it. So as I was ordering, I noticed the same guy was there, I believe he drives a Porsche and parks it up front, it appears that he was Also the cook of the day. The food was not the same at all!! The quesadillas were super greasy and had other stuff besides the meat, the beans were definitely old and gritty, really nasty... I had issues later in the evening if you know what I mean. I would suggest if you see the Porsche ( bald guy), dont eat there. There must be another cook that had the day off or something, because the food was different for sure. You cant treat your customers bad and serve them nasty food, you lose customers like that. If I see this guy again, if I give them another chance I'm running out... just an FYI, for those of you that don't want to spend your day close to the...

All the food has been good, except Menudo.

Don't buy Menudo!!!! It's got a smell and the taste goes along with the smell.

While the staff has been friendly. What I was surprised about, was the fact that I took 1 spoon of the Menudo and returned it, cause it tasted bad. I then order a stake sandwich and was charged full price. Any other place I've been to, would of removed the Menudo from the bill.

The only words exchanged, were between the register girl and the cook. He asked, what happen? when he saw the full bowl returned. She replied, he didn't like it and that was the end of that.

If I had eaten half of it or even a quarter, I would understand. But 1 spoon and no refund, really? Bad business practice.

I did not say a word, to see if perhaps they would consider what just happened. But no, I walked out and no one...