Wahlburgers — Restaurant in Paradise

First time at a Wahlburgers, usually have a rule that I don't do any chains on vacations but I thought I could make an exception for this one as it's a place that I've never been and has a big name. There's a few in Ohio, but, I've not made it to any so decided on here for an early morning lunch.

Nice atmosphere, decent menu to choose from, service was nice. Our waitress was friendly and efficient.

We got two of the "our" burgers, the difference being mine was the double decker. The burgers were good, but wildly greasy, to the point in which I had to use multiple napkin to sit on the bottom of the tray to soak it up, and, the bottom bun was incredibly soggy. Fries, were good, but wasn't any different then any other fry. Food was very mediocre, not horrendous by no means, but on the lower end of mediocre. There simply was no 'WOW' factor, for the most part, it wasn't much different then a five guys or fast food joint.

One of the ladies going around taking photos of customer's, telling them to pose for 'free photos', then coming back seconds later, and spreading them out on the table (as I'm trying to eat) in an attempt to get us to buy them, at fairly high prices. We say, no, then she proceeds to take frames off and offer another price. We, said no thanks? I came into a restaurant to get out of the heat, have a meal, and escape all of the Vegas scams and money grabbers, NOT to be bothered during my dinner by one...

All in all, very mediocre experience, if not more close to fast food then a decent restaurant, in which we also were pressured to buy something we never asked for, nor wanted in the first place. It's not horrendous, but not spectacular, and I would say when in Vegas on the strip, there's literally hundreds of options that would likely serve better food and a better experience.

I would recommend Wahlburgers in more low key areas where the hype is still real, but, it doesn't stand up to The options of the Las...

Wahlburgers...what can i say ? It has been a small dream of mine ..ok a BIG dream of mine to eat there and so when we arrived in Vegas on Monday April 22nd 2019 I knew the following day for lunch it was going to be Wahlburgers. It was going to be even more special because my Grandaughter had given me a gift card for my birthday ( April 22nd ) so that ' she could pay for Nana's lunch '. My husband and I both ordered Paul's favorite burger , Hubby had fries ..I had the onion rings . He also ordered ice water and I ordered a strawberry Margarita. We sat outside at the bar as the day was gorgeous and there was an awesome breeze ...everything was feeling great , for a fantastic lunch...hm not so much. The bartender took our order and then seemed more interested in chatting with 2 women further along the bar (than making sure our food was ready and making our drinks . Ok so , this other couple sits next to us after we had placed our order , gives their order to the other person working the bar and lo and behold gets their food before us . When we finally get our food the burgers were cold !! Hubby said to me " well at least you got to eat at Wahlburgers "!!! The Margarita arrives and was so strong i could barely tell it was strawberry ...thankGod it was pinkish red color or i wouldn't have known....I can't drink it , so cold lunch and no drink...the only thing going for this place is the onion rings - they are totally amazeballs !!!! Anyway we did complain and the bartender took off the price for the margarita, which was appreciated. All in all it's a nice place ...the energy is good ...you can feel that the family have put their hearts into their business...i just think the staff might need some more training or at least some...

My flight was cancelled so I was left in Vegas for another day. Wahlburgers has been on my bucket list for some time and they've been in a few cities I've traveled in, but I've never actually managed to get stopped in to try it. This was my first experience.

You need reservations to dine-in with the whole Covid-19 thing going on, and it appeared all of the staff kept their masks on appropriately. I ended up sitting at the bar, and truth be told though some screws were coming loose out of the big rounded silver metal bars (I didn't snap a pic) as they were loose when I grabbed them. The bartender, Chrisheta, was great and friendly. She even let me have some leftover mango margarita to try after making a drink. She was the best part of the trip, and if I was going to return it was because of her.

I ordered 'The Our Burger' with it's proprietary blend of fresh Angus brisket, short rib, and chuck 1/3 lb burger. It didn't take long to come out and the place wasn't busy. It was a wee little thing and at first thought I might've been given a kids burger by mistake, but alas she wasn't gonna get any bigger folks. She was a show-er with everything she had. The burger taste wasn't spectacular, but it also wasn't terrible. The wahl sauce was good but honestly was sparce to hardly taste it so I'm glad I asked the chipotle mayo. It was a good burger, but I didn't take a bite and go "wow, WHATABURGER!?" For nearly $13 after taxes WITHOUT fries or a drink included in that price I took a bite and went "oh, WALLburger." I left hungry, no doubt, but also felt like Marky Mark just slammed me into a wall and took my...