Fatburger
Al Bustan Center, Takhassusi St.
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Nowadays, there are hundreds of burger franchises around the world and the competition is tight. It’s all about the taste and branding. Owners have to figure out a way to make their product unique from the rest of the herd, and Fatburger tries to do just that.
Fatburger boasts of being voted as the best burger in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and other parts of the US. It also raves about how “fat” their burgers are since you can stack up to three patties of burgers in one sandwich! Choose from the Single, Double and Triple patty meals, plus add-ons of either chilli, bacon, cheese and eggs. You can try putting all of those together but I doubt that it should still be called a “fatburger” (it should be called an “obese burger” if that were the case).
Fatburger claims to use 100% lean, ground beef on their patties, and I believe them. But to be honest, it needs a tad bit more salt (or flavor). I ordered the single-patty burger since I am a beginner in all of this, and I was honestly underwhelmed. The hype around the name “Fatburger” may have gotten the best of me, and what me and my tastebuds discovered was a close-to-bland tasting burger meal with a whooping price of 23SR a piece. Tell me there is a missing ingredient that’s probably not allowed in KSA just so I can justify why this burger isn’t so special? I could hardly believe that this was voted as the “Best Burger in LA” because I can easily name one or two more brands that can definitely trump theirs on flavor alone.
Being the new kid on the block of the Kingdom Mall’s Food Court (they opened only last April 28), I also tried a lot of their other items. I felt that they were able to redeem themselves to me in the form of their homemade Onion Rings, which were unique in taste and quality compared to other fast food chains. There’s also the Chilli Cheese Fat/Skinny Fries, which is a hefty snack, though the chilli on top is more Arabic-spiced than Mexican-spiced. For value for your money, you can also try their Crispy Chicken Sandwich, the Chilli Cheesedog and their Ice Cream Milkshakes. Other than that, their burgers weren’t too impressive.
Fatburger,
You should reconsider pricing your “not fat at all burgers!” why the high prices for such tiny ones?
what a bloody fat disappointment! I was craving for burgers that night. And so i thought the burger is fat at Fatburger.
Not in a million years. Not only the burger is expensive, it was so small i thought i was eating a cheeseburger at McDo. To make things worse, i complained to the staff of how mini the burger was. As if they were properly trained, he answered rather politely but like from a text, “its only a name sir!”
FatBuger really service good burgers that are tasty but in my opinion i wasn’t so happy in it the burger’s are really small compared to the price that your paying. I think adding bacon is 6SR cheese maybe 3SR there isn’t a lot of choice in the menu there is a single-patty burger or double ,triple,or four-patties burger (which cost like 78SR by the way) and I don’t think its a big burger its really small. Service is good, waiters were amazing and the welcome you like you are at home. That being said, the location is really bad especially if you have a family as its full of bad teenagers. In general its a really good but i prefer Fuddruckers which is close to it .
The first thing that comes to my mind from the name of this American burger chain is fattening burgers for fat people. I am guessing the name was chosen to describe very large and perhaps juicy burgers and a quick Google search confirmed this.
Unfortunately the Fatburger restaurant in Riyadh, Saudi-Arabia was not able to deliver this promise and was a far cry from its original concept created in the U.S.A back in 1952.
Another interesting history fact I found on Fatburgers website was how the original creator loved music. So much so that there was Jukeboxes in all of the restaurants and to this day it remains an important part of the atmosphere. There was no trace of such joyful atmosphere in the Saudi version of Fatburger.
Fatburger looks like a typical American burger joint, the décor here has nothing out of the ordinary to it and the place can get crowded on weekends.
Even if the place is not crowded with people, the tables are bunched up so close together and the seating is so uncomfortable (definitely not suitable for FAT people) that the feeling of being crammed just becomes overwhelming. Service is cordial but slow.
The idea of Fatburger is juicy, big burgers made from 100% fresh, pure lean beef. The customer chooses from a very simple menu consisting of burgers in different sizes ranging from small to XXXL. Additionally there’s a choice of chicken burgers, a turkey burger or vegetable patties which all come in only one size.
Ironically perhaps, the burgers are actually quite small. Even the largest option is nothing especially huge as one might expect. I ordered a medium sized chicken burger which I finished with about three bites, and I have a small mouth. You would need to have at least three of those to feel like you had more than a snack.
After choosing the type and size of burger, the customer can then add on cheese, bacon, chili or egg. Needless to say that costs more. The price of the burger itself is already overpriced; add the extras and fries and drink, a hamburger meal suddenly costs as much as fancy dinner at a 5 star restaurant.
The burgers were a big FAT disappointment. Not only the size (too small) and the price (too fat) but the taste and the appearance as well. Where was all that fresh lettuce from the menu’s picture? The chicken burger in fact had no taste to it whatsoever. It was like eating rubber. The beef burgers were better but they too were drenched in grease. So greasy that the buns had become soggy. The restaurant had obviously not understood that juicy does not equal greasy.
I wondered if the original creator would have a heart attack (no pun intended) if she saw the state of the burgers being served under the award winning Fatburger name.
We also tried the chicken wings and the chili fries, another disappointment. The fries were good but again very greasy. It was if everything that was brought to the table had taken a grease bath. I started to feel nauseous of all the grease and ordered a milk shake for dessert. That was the only thing I actually enjoyed in this restaurant.