Habit Burger & Grill — Restaurant in Riverside

My pre-COVID19 almost-daily Habit!

Since covid I've continued to avoid crowds, lines, and indoor seating, and this location is always packed. However, being located on campus was a plus for me because they never messed up my vegetarian requests, (as an off-campus location repeatedly has) so I had retained the 5 star rating until now.

May 2025 our local Habit Burger Grill advised they would be discontinuing the Impossible Burger patty by the middle of May, and it appears that applied to its restaurants nationwide. The Impossible was their tastier vegetarian option, as the vegan veggie patty they have retained tastes more like Gardenburger.

My pics uploaded to this location will show I regularly enjoyed their colorful garden salad 🍅, without onions + added avocado 🥑, but it appears this has been replaced with the Garden Ranch salad, replacing the healthy carrots with aged white cheddar 🧀🤔 Retaining the remainder of my prior reviews of items which are now dietary triggers for me:

One of my go-to's was a garden salad with a side of tempura green beans (I try to remember to request No salt), always with ranch. Summer 2019 I tried a twist on my usual, a small side salad and sriracha lime spicy green beans. Good, although I missed my usual 😂 Spring 2019 they had garlic fries which I had to try, although I should have requested no salt on them because of the sauce. Their regular fries are good w/ salt 🍟 A friend from another campus met me here for lunch, she enjoyed the Original Habit back when she was at UC Santa Barbara! She let me in on a secret menu item - grilled cheese! On my next visit I tried it w/ added avo & tomato 🍅 and of course it's perfect w/ a side of fries or tempura green beans. Their vanilla malt is soo delicious, I recommend it for a tasty treat! 🍦 I've tried it twice, but unfortunately the dairy digest I take for my lactose intolerance was not enough to prevent my stomach from getting upset. Their Tropical Tea perfectly satisfies my iced tea addiction, but I always brought Stevia packets in my purse to sweeten it. **

Pre-covid if I got here before 10:30 a.m., their avo toast or sun-dried tomato pesto burrito were both tasty vegetarian options 🍅🌯😋 I am unsure if they are still offered as I never saw them...

Long story short: a homeless guy ahead of me in the line ordered his own food respectfully and fully paid his order. The manager didn't let him stay in and asked him to take away. It felt like living in 60s with discrimination issues! Then, I ordered my food and when I got the food in the tray, the paper looked used. I brought it up to the manager and he responded this is only wet and was not willing to even change it! Next time you're going to get some food at this place, make sure your clothing looks good and don't be surprised with...

Ordered my food and waited around 42 whole minutes! After that i went up there and asked if they had my order ready, and it turns out that my order was there the entire time. The pager never rang, and the employee there said that someone didn’t connect it right or the order didnt have the correct something honestly I couldn’t hear him. My milkshake was hot and my burger was cold so that was nice and because I had class soon after that I didn’t have enough time to get a refund. I know yall...