Burger Lounge — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Burger Lounge is a small chain, somewhat new in Los Angeles. This one is located in Marina Del Rey. Parking is free in the underground lot or on the street. It is on a corner of a block long strip mall and is cute.

The place outside is lovely. You can at times dine outdoors, but there is plenty of seating inside in comfortable booths or at their counter. It is super cute inside and really clean.

The service is great. This is why they have 4 stars from me, they really deserved 3, but I think they just need to pay more attention to what they are cooking. The staff is very nice and helpful. You order your food at the counter and they bring it to you when it is ready. It comes looking nice and organized.

Where they fail is in their burger department. They are dry, too well done, and just sort of bland. Now, they have great ingredients I know they could cook up a great burger. The French fries were just so boring. The onion rings were quite good and they have wonderful milk shacks. They also have cool craft sodas on tap and I think they have beer. Their pan fried cod sandwich is good, but needs a little something, it is just bland. I know they can work on this because they have all the stuff you would want.

Their pricing is very high for what you get. I would not mind if the food was so great, again I think it could be. It just needs a touch of something to make it super yummy.

You will love the service and that is something that is already...

Would go again / Food = Above average / Cashier = Above average / Cleanliness = Above average / Price = Average

I ordered the lounge burger with large fries and a strawberry milkshake = ~$23. This was a tough review because of one fact...burgers go with fries. Now, the burger was delicious! You can taste how the grass fed tenderizes and provides a clean taste in the patty. The caramelized, charred crust on the surface of the patty oozes flavor. It can be slightly less cooked but maybe this is at request.

However, the reason I gave -1 to a 3 stars is because of the fries. For a place that has very good burgers, the fries are flavorless. Not even a matter of adding more salt but the fries almost taste like it was frozen and all the natural potato taste is gone. Is it a matter of using better quality of potatoes? Idk...but the fries should be avoided if this is normal. It was my first time visiting. I would definitely go back for the burger but a oid the fries unless it changes. Milkshake was good, maybe above average but nothing special.

I walked but parking seems plenty in the plaza's garage. Might be validated. They have outdoor seating and seems to be enough for a volume...

This new place in Marina Del Rey is great. We decided to stop in on a Saturday afternoon after walking around the neighborhood...

I ordered the "Classic" burger and added bacon. Burgers are served a la carte so I ordered a large fry which was enough to split between two people. I also ordered a root beer.

Burger: Grass-fed patty, cooked well w/ a little pink in the middle. It was decent sized patty, meat was pretty tasty, you could tell it was fresh. A step above any standard burger patty. The bacon was thick & flavorful which is nice and the cheese was a nice addition.

Fries: The fries were amazing. They remind me of the Smash Fries @ SmashBurger.

Root Beer: Not the regular root beer you're used to. It tasted way better!

Overall: This place is a solid 4/5 stars. I didn't give it a 5 because because I do feel it's a little pricey, but given the area I guess that's to be expected. The service was also great, employees checked on us at our table and also brought us free refills. I will be back to check out the other burgers....