Juicy and tasty, but not so big at Fatburger
we got a regular fatburger with cheese and an egg. it was yummy - photo: © dubaimoves.com
We’re lucky here in Dubai to have become a favorite location for new restaurant franchises looking to expand into the region. One such franchise is the local Fatburger that’s opened up on the lower food court at the Dubai Mall giving us yet more choice in an assortment of burger chains (and independents) that have opened up shop recently.
Fatburger was originally founded by Lovie Yancy in Los Angeles, California in 1952. It remained a West coast phenomenon until the late 1990’s when “The Last Great Hamburger Stand” started a North America expansion.
We decided to try out a regular Fatburger meal with fat fries (you can also order skinny fries or onion rings instead). To make it more interesting we added cheese and an egg to the burger. The cashier gave us a number and repeated the order to the kitchen crew who all shouted it back in unison–cute.
The burger was indeed juicy and tasty, but not as big as we thought it would be. The burger patty was cooked well and tasted great. The egg however, seemed to take away too much from the taste of the patty. Nevertheless, it was a yummy taste test, but we’ll be ordering the double (or triple) Fatburger sans egg next time.
Fatburger has a huge following in the US, and by the taste of things, they’re sure to generate a following in Dubai as well. For sure, there’s another contender for the best burger in town show down!
Now, if only we could get In-N-Out burger to open in town…
- 1x Fat Deal with Fatburger – 35 AED
- add cheese – 4 AED
- add egg – 4 AED
- Regular drink – incl
- Fat Fry – incl
- Total – 43 AED
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Fatburger, Lower Level Food Court, Dubai Mall, Dubai
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tags: downtown, restaurant review
WOULD DEFINITELY NOT EAT THERE AGAIN!!! In fairness to their food, it’s not bad at all… But the SERVICE? Oufff! It’s ridiculously bad! Thanks to MARICRIS (the cashier on duty when my hubby & I dined in) for the very very unpleasant experience she gave us. It was our 1st time to try this chain and obviously being a first timer, chances of not being familiar of what to order is usual. When i got my turn to place my order the “rude attitude” of this staff came out. I had ordered a fatburger meal and she started murmuring “fat or skinny?” she’s literally “murmuring” despite of the food court crowd’s noise. Then here comes the annoying part, she asked me “drinks?” (shortcut of what would you like to drink?) I asked her back “what are the options?” instead of answering me, she makes face & scratched her head in front of us in a manner like she is so irritated with my question. I think this body language indicates that she is trying to tell me that I’m stupid of asking her what the options for drinks are. Isn’t it too bad? Even if I still wanted to order more, I just stopped, thinking that it’s such a shame on me to waste her time attending to me. Another thing, for the entire duration of our transaction, she’ didn’t even spare a second to look, smile or even say thank you like any other staff normally does. All this conversation takes place in spite of talking with her in our country language. If she was able to treat us that way despite of being her “kabayan”, what more those fellow from different part or this world? I think the management of this restaurant should prioritize to train or teach their staff first to treat the customers properly before teaching them to shout their customers’ order. She (MARICRIS of FATBURGER DUBAI MALL) really made a very good experience for us that made us decide NOT to eat there again and warn our friends and relatives as well. Transaction date: 01/27/10 / Host: Maricris / Time: 8:38PM / Transaction # 20150.