THE EMPIRE
Hey burger lovers,
Apologies its been a while since a burger review, things are a little mental with the move back to Auckland and what-not but I did manage to squeeze in a brand new burger joint I’d never been to before!
So why here? cause its about 800 meters from my house
Parking was super easy cause its in a mega center right next to a pack’n’save
” it was a cold as fuck and stormy night, Nic and his Dad went in search of quality feeds for not much money” ( cue the spooky music)
But yeah it was rat shit outside so we decided to just jam a burger at this new local joint Burger Wisconsin at Tauranga Crossing, it’s not been open long but apparently has been around for ages. I recall one of these down by the Basin Reserve in Wellington many years ago and I never actually went, and as I’m writing this I remembered I promised my friend Angus we’d go like 4 years ago and I went without him.. I’m a shitty friend Soz Angus x
Anyway all that aside.
I ordered
Grand – BBQ Beef & Bacon – $15.40
Angus beef pattie
free farmed bacon
onion rings
cheddar
Wisconsin BBQ sauce
salad, mayo and relish
With a Choccy Shake ( which was really good, not Wendy’s milkshake good but more than good enough) and a side of chips $4.50 which could easily be shareable
Right now this is an interesting situation..
The burger ingredients were fucking spot on, the flavours were just right. this was in the running for being a 10/10 burger BUT
Whoever made it, just didn’t give a shit at all.. it was cold, sad just zero love in it.. now don’t go telling me its fast food, we waited almost half an hour and its not like they were even that busy at all.
It felt to me like whoever made it was pissed off with their boss and did everything by the book in terms of presentation but let it all go cold, and they were delievered right to our table cold. Now I think of it, its worth mentioning the chips came about 15 mins before the burgers and my shake about 5 mins after the burgers.
People I’ve spoken to have also had similar experiences with this place, I’m gona go ahead and assume its just this place and others around the country might be better, I dont know if its cause its new or they hired crappy staff or what but it was such a let down to get so fucking close to an epic experience to have it ruined like this..
Many people have compared BW to Burgerfuel, which is fair in the Gourmet Burger market, and given the choice I’d go to burgerfuel, the consistency is there and I’ve rarely had a bad experience but given the pricing and themes and that sorta thing, I can see why people would draw a comparison. BW also seem to source high quality ingredients which is awesome, but lack the passion and execution to perform the ultimate burger.
As it stands I’d give this burger a 5/10, keeping in mind it was basically cold, I will go again before too long to a different burger Wisconsin and see if its better somewhere else and add an addendum to this post but for now,
Pick up ya game people, its not cheap and people expect quality when paying that kinda money for a burger!
Until next time burger lovers!
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