Mike's Grande Burger — Restaurant in Oroville

Absolutely the worst service. Terrible quality meat and cheese. Spices in meat and chili are not balanced. Very watery taco meat, chili and salsa. Took 10 minutes to order and 45 min to an hour to receive 4 tacos. Many other customers were complaining about their wait as well. Had indigestion right away and diarrhea for two days after eating this food. They had 4 male cooks in the kitchen and three female drink and chip/salsa servers and cashier. Unbelievable that they are that unorganized. The place was not even packed and still had very poor service. It's certainly not worth the long wait. The tacos were ridiculously wrong. Slimy lettuce and the cheep runny cheese was melted in the meat like a jack in the box taco. In fact I think those tacos would be better. The meat is poor quality and runny and the taco slips and slides and falls apart when eaten. The salsa is so runny that you will need to drain it if you want to use any on your taco, and then it will just add to the mess. Just buy a can of dog food because the taco meat and chili are like opening up a can of dog food. Oh, and they close the drive thru for tacos. When asked why two unmanned vehicles were blocking the drive-thru they said "we only take call in orders ." Some customers came up to order and got chips and salsa and drink immediately and went to sit down. It appeared the cashier knew who they were and treated them with priority. Those same people were called up for their orders before others waiting for tacos. It was obvious. A black couple came up to order and whatever the cashier told them, I could see they did not like it. They turned around and spoke with one another like they were trying to decide something, and seemed very unhappy and then walked away without ordering. They told me "good luck man" on way out. Save yourself time, frustration and embarrassment at this hole in the wall, wanna-be bar and burger joint. Don't give them the...

I love that the person behind the counter recognizes me each time I come in to pickup my online/phone order! It's really helpful to me because sometimes there is a long line of folks waiting to just order and since I've already done so, plus my order is usually ready by that time, she just says "Hi Kimber, come on up..." so I can skip waiting in the line unnecessarily. I'm def on the introverted shy side (meaning, I usually wouldn't feel comfy just strolling in & walking ahead of everyone in line lol) so just the fact that she does this little extra touch means A LOT to someone like myself.

I had heard about this place being great so by chance decided to try for myself. What occurred after that first order was a necessary almost weekly visit to get my absolute favorite burger in the world (patty melt w/swiss, add mushrooms & onion rings on the side). I am serious, I am addicted! 😩 lol But I can't imagine a better thing to be addicted to. Every time, I am satisfied and WAY stuffed because the burger is gigantic and tasty. Just writing this review now has me craving Grande Burger, and it's only 8am. lol

Low-key Cons (but not deal breakers!): I admit, the food is a TINY bit on the heavy side and by heavy, I mean a tad on the greasy side. But c'mon, it's a burger with a ton o'cheese, grilled onions & mushrooms plus onion rings, what do you expect? lol I will happily accept that con-- it's THAT good. Oh and just one other TINY thing-- I absolutely hate American cheese and 3 times they accidentally put it instead of swiss. One time I was already home & was heartbroken lol but every other time they happily remade my order and now since I'm a low-key frequent flyer, the gal that works the counter knows me by name & order and makes sure she checks for me before I get the order. So no worries there anymore!

In short-- I LOVE THIS...

Driving down from Quincy, we decided to take a detour over to Mike’s Burgers because we wanted to patronize a local restaurant over a chain and it looked like a great place to hang out and have a burger on our long trek home. But when we arrived, we discovered they were closed. We had specifically Google searched restaurants that were open. It appears that management forgot to update their holiday hours on Google My Business. Big bummer. All was not lost, however, as that left us taking side streets and another highway into Yuba City—the plum capital of the world. There we found an In-and-out (good ole trusty gal she is) and only paid $22 for two burgers, two fries, two soft drinks and a shake. Such a bargain! We also discovered a feral chicken being followed around by her 7 baby chicks. Spring has sprung!! In the same parking lot, we spotted a rooster (maybe the baby’s daddy) and his girlfriend. On our way out of town we saw dozens and dozens of chickens, roosters, and baby chicks living their best lives. It turns out that Yuba City is one of two Californian towns that boasts a sustained feral chicken population. And according to locals, the chickens are pretty smart and wait for the lights to change before crossing the road. So if you find yourself headed southbound and try to stop into Mike’s but they’re closed, take a trip over to Yuba City to see the second largest feral chicken population in California.

(Lastly I’m giving 4/5 stars because I’m sure they’re great, but seven hours later, I’m still irked that they neglected to update their holiday business hours. Yet it gave us an opportunity to explore to an area we’d perhaps never have ventured to otherwise, in a Robert Frostian...