For openers, I'm not generally a Carl's Jr. fan; while it has a nostalgic pang for me (about the only fast food we did with the parents growing up), their pricing the past few years seems on the high side.
But here, no matter. Â After running across to Ronald's place for the kid (she's not a happy star sort of child), the atmosphere was calm, relaxed, and the cashiers weren't a brood of bumbling twits (see related review).
We ordered and filled up the beverages at a well-stocked variety of sodas (12+ options), and opted to sit outside; fairly quiet. Â As they do, the order was brought out to us, the missus asked for ranch to go with lunch, and that was also brought back out to us. Â And done pleasantly to boot.
Overall a clean restaurant, staff were pleasant and helpful, and while I was admittedly not in a rush in any event to to drive the final 225 miles home, I'd have equally been fine lounging a bit more if this place was in my home town.
Never thought a fast food joint would please me enough to want to write a review but this place did. Â I was on a bus from LA to the Bay Area and we stop there for food, the casher Edgar, was so polite and courteous, you would have never thought there was like 50 ppl in line, there were like 2 other buses pulled up right behind ours. He was calm, cool, and very collected. I was impressed enough with him, but then Caleb handed me my tray at the table with the same level of amazing service. As I was leaving he opened the door for me and wished me a good day, I don't get this type of service at a regular restaurant, sure wasn't expecting this a fast food joint. Food was great, but their exceptional service was what left a lasting impression.
Review Source:I am starting this review by saying that if you look at my history I dont write bad reviews very often because I can usually find an upside to any place I go, however, I would give this place 0 stars if possible.
We stopped here on our way home after traveling for the holiday weekend. Â When we walked in there was very few ppl in the dining room but the line was very long so they were pretty busy. Â The line moved fairly quickly and we started ordering our food. Â After I finished ordering I mentiond that the price looked awfully high for what had been ordered so far but they read it back and it was right so far. Â Well by the time we got done ordering it totaled about $40 for 4 ppl. Â That was definaltey not right. Â So when they guy taking our order read it back he had doubled almost everything because he didnt know the menu. Â We were getting the 2 wrapper combo but he was charging us for two 1 wrap combo. Â He kept telling us that they didnt have that on the menu and we had to point it out to him. Â The manager came over to cancel the order so he could re-start but didnt stay to help him. Â We finally get our food and it is missing one of the orders so we let them know and even then it comes out wrong. Â We left and I will not be stopping that this location again.
I don't usually eat fast food... ever. However, I made an exception since I was in the middle of a ridiculously long road trip and none of the other options located within this quaint yet terrifying freeway-side community looked appealing.
I got the chicken sandwich, and felt SUPER full for hours.
If you like fast food, go for it.
there's AC, a drive through aaaaaaaand the usualy crap stugff at fast food eateries.
It only gets one star because no one should be eating this crap at any time.
Great tasting breakfast burrito and you gotta love the tater tots. My burrito was fresh and the orange juice hit the spot. My wife had the Sunrise Croissant and the boys ate French toast dips. Everyone was happy as we traveled back home from Northern Cali.
The restrooms are clean and the service isn't bad. Make a pit stop if you need some Carl's Jr. while driving between northern and southern Cali.
I really expect this random place on the side of the 5 to be absolute shit but it was alright. The food was pleasant, the help was okay, and the joint was fairly clean and nice looking. It feels weird to give a fast food place a better rating for being good but you kinda know what you're getting into when you go there and I've seen far worst in LA, OC, and San Bernardino counties.
Review Source:After sidestepping a snowstorm that could have stranded us near the summit, we slinked down the slick Grapevine slope, sighed with solace at sere asphalt and stretched the fuel supply upstate to a Shell station where I-5 meets Hwy 58.
Following a fill-up (are you getting tired of this yet?), we stopped at this Carl's Jr., tardy for the morning menu. Â So here was an opportunity to try this burger chain's much-ballyhooed new offering, hand-breaded fried chicken tenders.
The product looks appealing enough when served; generously sized and pleasingly golden brown, but upon touching my first tender, a one-inch-long clump of batter fell right off, exposing steamy, snow-white breast meat.
Recovered from the shock, the first bite revealed a texture and flavor of boiled chicken instead of fried. Â All five pieces in the order seemed coated by either just enough or gobs of breading, orange-colored at its doughy base.
The Super Star we also ordered was as good as you'd expect this chain's burgers to be. Â Moral of the story: Â When you go to Carl's Jr., you can't beat the flame-broiled meat.
While on the road to LA, many of my friends said Carl's Jr is their favorite burger place and a few of them got something from there because we still had a few hours to go.
On our way back to SF, we stopped at a this here Carl's Jr. and because I didn't get dinner (damn waitress that forgot it completely), I got my VERY FIRST CARL'S JR. ITEM OF ANY SORT. Um..., I had my first taste of In N Out and Wendy's 2 years ago and it wasn't exactly by choice. Don't judge me because I was born and raised here but haven't eaten at these fast food places until some age after 18.
Low Carb burger please. no mayo or cheese. This is my very first low carb burger as well. What is this? I didn't order charcoal! It's suppose to be like that, they all said. They don't have any that isn't burnt? All $6 burgers are charboiled. My friends were a bit mesmerized by how I was peeling off the carcinogenic edge and eating a burger without a bun. I guess for them, it's like watching a baby take their first steps and hope that they don't fall. They watched me fall - HARD.
The area outside the restaurant smelled of cow, but that won't affect my rating of this place in any way.
My mother is a fan of Carl's Jr (it doesn't run in the family). Â So as we exited I-5 for a late lunch, she intentionally ignored my request to eat at the neighboring McDonald's and was already halfway into her spiel about how she and her friend order senior coffees and share a famous star. Â OK~ I get it mom, we'll eat Carl's Jr.
The burger was freshly made, but nothing extraordinary.  Their fries, however, were piping hot and crispy.  I eagerly looked out the window to search for cows (as stated by Robert Z - <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/carls-jr-restaurant-buttonwillow#hrid:Yt9Gy54pnsOIEKYKtdnVLQ">http://www.yelp.com/biz/…</a>) but to my disappointment I didn't find any.  I guess I ate the last one :oP
We were somewhere around Bakersfield, on the edge of the universe, when the six dollar burger began to take hold... I remember saying something like: I feel a bit lightheaded. Maybe you should drive..." I found this place between a $29 dollar a night motel 6 and a place named Lita's pupuseria. Â And right on queue while I type this from my car I start to see the bats. Â And "women of leisure" begin to congregate around my car. This explains the motel 6, so what's a pupuseria?
Around late afternoon, I'm pulling a Forrest Gump (I gotta go pee) and decided to stop at the first place I passed by that didn't look like I would have been robbed/raped/shot/carjacked by a meth addict, Carl's Jr. (Note to self: This is where all the rednecks have gone...) Â I will give them this though, this is the best burger I have had in a long time. Â I mean this thing was so fresh I seriously contemplated pressing on the thing with my hand just to see if it would Mooo.
The only way this would have been fresher was if I had dropped my $8 on the counter, walked outside to the pasture to pick the cow, cut off the part I wanted and rode the rest of it back into the restaurant before grilling that baby up myself. Â I guess when the cow's are right outside your restaurant you are as close to the source you are going to get. Â I almost contemplated sleeping at the Motel 6 as that was a good Angus high I was riding, then I came to my senses. Â Bravo Carl, bravo.
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