Zinburger
923 Haddonfield Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Right
near our usual sushi spot, a brand new burger and wine bar opened up. I headed
over with a couple of guys from work one day for lunch because we wanted to
check it out. When we walked into Zinburger, I immediately noticed how modern
it looked. I also noticed how packed it was, even for the lunch rush. Luckily,
we were seated right away even though it was packed. The place was really new,
so our waitress was training someone, which usually I have no problem with, but
this trainer was one of the worst I have ever seen. She disappeared for about
10 minutes after we were seated without taking any kind of order. When she came
back, we finally did get to order, but I was already ticked off. We only get an
hour for lunch, so waiting 10 minutes after we are seated takes 10 minutes we
don’t have out of our lunch. It was still Lent when we went, so I didn’t order
cheese on my burger, but I ordered the el Diablo and we all decided to split an
order of fries.
The
El Diablo came topped with jalapenos, no cheese for me, but usually topped with
pepper jack, caramelized onions and chipotle mayo. By the time we got our food,
which should not have taken so long, we only had about 15 minutes left until we
had to be back in the office. When they brought out our food, we ordered shakes
to go because we knew it would be a long time before we saw them again. We were
all ravenous by this point, so we dug in immediately. The flavor of the burger
was really nice. It was cooked to the right temperature, and the flavor in the
toppings was amazing. The jalapenos were firey as expected, and the caramelized
onion brought a nice element of sweetness to the burger. The chipotle mayo
wasn’t very prominent, but it did add a bit of creaminess to the burger. My
only issue with the burger really was the bun. It was too soft to hold up to
the juiciness of the burger and its condiments. It started out ok, but it got
soggier and soggier as the meal went on.
The
fries were a little different, but were very tasty in their own right. They were thin cut like frites, and extremely
crispy. If anything they might have even been a little bit too crunchy. They
were very thin, so I think cooking them just a touch less would have been
perfect.
We
took our shakes to go because of the time constraints. Mine turned out to be
delicious. It was a standard cookies and cream shake, but it was done very
well. It wasn’t too thick, so I could get it up the straw, and the cookies were
broken down enough so that they didn’t get stuck in the straw either. The shake
was probably the best part.
Zinburger
gets two pints from me. The service was pretty terrible, but I would like to go
back and see it now that they have had some time to work out the kinks. The
burger was good, with the exception of the bun, the fries were good and the
shake was really good. The price however was horrific for lunch. This isn’t
Philadelphia; you can’t get away with charging 10 plus dollars for a burger,
then charging 5 bucks for fries, and 6 bucks for a shake. They need to figure
out a way to make their lunches more affordable. It is definitely worth a visit
for the food alone, but I think dinner might be a better choice than lunch.
Cheers!
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