twisted root burger company

an average burger and thefrieswere ok. nothing to write home about. on the plus side, tried a few local beers that were good. not a fan of pickles but lots of people were enjoying them. ok at best.

heard great things about this place and was eager to try it. went on a sunday for lunch. the place was packed. you order at the counter and i was a little disappointed that you couldn't get a traditional burger with plain old onion on it. only pickled onions were available and at a pricey extra cost. two burgers withfriesand 1 off brand soft soft drink and a milkshake came to about $35. my son liked the milkshake but neither of us were impressed with the burgers. they weren't bad just not good enough to merit the price

i would rate this location a 5, but of all the tr locations i have visited the daytime manager is the stingiest with the ranch dressing on the ranch hand burger.  on the last two occasions that i visited the location in richardson for lunch, the same guy shorted me on the ranch dressing and demanded more money to make it right.  the locations in allen and deep ellum give a consistent generous helping and i told the guy that this location is different than the other ones.  

he gives less than a f### and wants to charge extra for what the other places give standard.  i am tagging him to be the "ranch nazi."  i am going to visit the other locations from now on and take this one off the rotation.

the portion size on thefriesat this location is equivalent to a mcdonald's small fry and the pork skins are the biggest rip off on the menu.  they gave me about 14 pork skins that were maybe 3-4 grams total in weight.  you would have got a bigger portion from a $0.50 vending machine bag.

tour:  the plano-richardson tour joint:  twisted root burger co main fare (burger): jack and i split the 1/2 pound hamburger with american cheese.  it comes with a leaf of lettuce and one thin slice each of onion and tomato.  the patty is uniform throughout its length, and fits nicely into the toasted poppy seed bun, which provides a good meat to bun ratio.  they use an oversize slice of american cheese, which provides plenty of cheese flavor on the 1/2 pound beef patty. the burger is nicely seasoned to bring out the flavor of the meat... without making it too salty.  the beef is cooked well done.  the texture is firm, but not quite chewy; there is some moisture left in the patty, but it could not be called juicy.  i will ask for something less than well-done next time. there are no pickles served with the burger, but you can help yourself to homeade pickles (spicy or regular) at the counter where you pick-up your order. other fare (everything else): the twisted frenchfriesare seasoned curlyfrieswith some skins left on.  because three of us shared a basket of frenchfriesand sweet potato chips, i kept getting hints of cinnamon and sugar on the fries. plus, i didn't get a chance to try them with ketchup.  they were good. sweet potato chips were very good, however with the sugar and cinammon, seem to make an odd pairing with the hamburger.  they are thin and crispy without seeming greasy.  after finishing my 1/2 burger, i find myself coming back to these chips again and again.  maybe a good dessert option? the oreo shake was quite good, and presented in a tall glass made for a milkshake.  the homeade ice cream makes everything it touches taste better....  yum. the root beer float ... what can i say  homeade ice cream and homeade jamaican rum root beer.  this may have been the best root beer float - ever!   atmosphere: this place is too nice to be considered a joint, but still maintains a neigborhood feel... and the quirky vibe of something a bit different than th

big prices for mediocre food. my cheeseburger was no better than what i can get at chili's and cost a lot more. thefriesare average in every way and the onion strings tasted of breading, not onions and were too salty to eat. if it's atmosphere you want, try twisted root. if its a good burger, try five guys.

pricey, but worth the experience. honestly, if it wasn't for the price i would probably eat here 2-3 times a week. a specialty burger, side and a drink will run you about 12$, which is considerably more expensive than other burger places.

but the selection is incredible. aside from the different ways the burgers can be prepared, you get the choice of different types of exotic meats. just when i thought i'd had them all, the last time i went they had kangaroo. personally my favorite so far has been the elk, but there's really no going wrong. thefriesare ok, they remind me alot of arby's curly fries. the real show as far as sides are concerned are the fried pickles and sweet potato chips. really good stuff.

i would definitely try the root beer and the flavor infused root beer. some crazy combinations but most are very good. i think that's the point of the whole experience: taking things that you know and enjoy and putting a twist on them to make it new and exciting. so if you wanna step outside of the angus burger and soft drink of other burger houses, make the trip to twisted root.

beautiful day on the patio today for a meeting of four. great cheesburger &friesbiz meeting of cavemen :). good food, noisy inside, but great outside away from speaker. did i say great burger?

wheres the pink???. i have been here twice, and liked both visits. the only beef, no pun intended, is that my burger was over cooked both times. i ask for my burgers to be medium, but i get them well. other than that the seasonings in the meat is good. thefriesare good. i have yet to try the shakes, but i hear they are great. i will be back, but will not be happy with an over cooked burger.


-----10 nov, 2009-----

needs work. i have eaten at this place twice. both burgers were good, but after telling them to cook my burger medium i still get them well. i want to see some pink!!! other than that the meat has some great flavor, and they have both been juicy burgers. i haven't given up on them yet.

thought it was good. i had the buffalo burger and the onion rings. buffalo (american bison) is leaner than beef. i enjoyed the burger with a slice of swiss cheese and spicy pickle slices and really liked the thin lightly crusted onion rings.

my dining partner had the beef garlic mushroom and swiss burger and the curly fries. she said that she didn't taste the garlic but that the burger was flavorful and that the curlyfrieswere nicely seasoned.

we both agreed that the chipotle ketchup was very good. also, we were glad to see that they toasted the buns. we paid just under $28 for the two burgers, two sides and two beers. maybe not the cheapest burger around but not unreasonable.

overall, we agree that we would go back and we would give it four stars out of a possible five.

just had the worst burgers from here it was tasteless. the sweet potato chips are now nasty. the place is dirty it run by kids that have no clue on the to run the place. the watermelon sweet tea now taste rotten. you tell them there is something wrong they just walk off and don't give a care. there was a guy with a yellow mohawk fill up bottle of ketchup in front where you place you order and not in the back of the place. he took one of the bottles and rub it on his face then walked over and sit down on my table i said ewwww can i have one that you have not rubbed all over your face. he walk off got a different one and slammed it down on the table. i ordered mini corn dog for my little one and now they come with 3 corn dogs give me a break and 5friesasked where is the rest of the food and was told that was it. they used to give kids a lot of food not any more. this place has gone down hill fast.