Grind Burger

Now this is what a burger is supposed to taste like!
With so many «fancy» dedicated burger joints, it’s unfortunate that many are quite underwhelming in the taste department. The burger should be top priority.
I built my own burger but some of the menu creations looked pretty tasty as well. Most of the burgers average $ 11 and fries will cost you extra. They also have adult milkshakes but mixing alcohol and dairy has never appealed to me.
The atmosphere is dim and moody, lots of space and dedicated areas to eat or just have a beer — a large spacious bar, sofas and regular dining tables and chairs.
There weren’t many patrons on a Sunday afternoon so service was good and the food came out quickly.
I’m not sure why this location is listed as closed on Unilocal,good thing I called to double check.

I should have known when the bar tender served me a Budweiser that was expired four months ago, that they we’re domed. He said they didn’t sell much bottled beer. Probably because no one went there.

5 star food
0 star everything else
I love Grind Burger. I love their food. I love some of the waiters. For some reason they don’t love me.
Hubby and I like to come on Mondays after working out. We also like to randomly come throughout the week. When Shawn is there or a couple servers, it’s wonderful. Other times, everything is made wrong or it takes 40 minutes to get our food in a dead restaurant. Sometimes they close early, which is understandable, but they never put a sign on the door. Today we walked in to find half the lights out and what appeared to be a staff meeting. The husband owner said «guys we’re closed» like he was annoyed we walked in. The door was unlocked and there wasn’t a sign!
If you are able to eat here, try one of the burgers (any of them!), get a milkshake, or the Yummy salad. The bacon appetizer is OK, but a tad overpriced to me.

Came in for a Sunday lunch. The food was sublime. I was just disappointed that i forgot to try the sweet potato fries. The Diable burger was the correct amount of spicy and the Grind burger was perfectly spiced with cheese and onions.

The burgers are amazing. Seriously one of the best burgers I have ever had for a very reasonable price. While the service was pretty bad, the food more than made up for it. The house fries were also really good and extremely addicting.
The décor was really nice. You can choose between a bar setting or a sit down restaurant. I thought the lounge family room area would be a really cool place a bunch of friends to hang out.
The food was just great… go get a burger!

Service was absolutely terrible! Waited for over an hour for our food. I know if was a big party but seriously? Our meal should have been free. My chicken and waffles was cold. We won’t be returning. Way to ruin a birthday celebration!

I was very excited to try this new burger spot that just opened up. When we got there it was pretty busy but we didn’t have to wait long for our table.
Unfortunately, the food didn’t live up to my expectations of the place. It’s not that the food was bad but definitely wasn’t great.
My girlfriend and I both got the triple truffle burger. It was very underwhelming. My burger was over cooked. I asked for Med-​Rare but definitely got something closer to Med-​Well but I wasn’t going to be one to complain about that. The burger itself was on the small side and definitely left me wanting/​expecting more. The flavor isn’t what I was expecting either. With truffle I usually expect a very flavorful and juicy burger. This was neither of the two.
I would try it again to give it the benefit of the doubt but I was not very impressed with my first go around.

From a culinary perspective, a burger is a blank canvas that can be almost anything you can imagine. If you put quality ingredients and creative tastes together in specific proportions the results can be amazing.
Or just overpriced and completely average, as you find at Grindburger.
First, the size of the burger is on the small side. The bun is not big or thick enough and it is too light in texture to support a burger’s foundation. The beef ordered to be medium is in fact cooked medium rare. Bland is the flavor of the beef, no seasoning. Bland pink juices will saturate the bottom bun too. This is the signature dish.
Even though I ordered my burger with the roasted poblano peppers and bacon I still found myself looking in vain for a salt shaker at the bar to liven up my burger.
Now the fries. These are cooked nearly to perfection, then unfortunately are completely dredged in coarse seasonings that could be OK, but just overwhelm. The grit factor had me very conscious of my tooth enamel. A finer grind and much less applied would be great.
Now the good parts. This place is so suave that it’s really out of place and feels more like a hip new downtown joint than something in a converted strip plaza. The beer selection is pretty good and the service is above average. Everything is super clean and mod. The bar is cool with an area that opens to the patio.
For a burger and fries, unfortunately you could do better to go to Applebee’s.

Very tasty WAGYU beef burger
Because they massage the cows and feed them alcohol to aid in digestion
Wow
I’m sure their lives were wonderful before they double ground the meat to be my hamburger
Crazy
I wanted to compare — a tasted and quality test of regular Angus beef burger (which is $ 4 less) and the WAGYU beef burger
Maybe next time — I ordered mine Medium but it was a little redder than I would think medium is — more like medium rare
But is was very good
The truffle aioli wasn’t for me — the waiter said it was expensive mayonnaise– the most expensive mayonnaise you will ever have — not for my liking
The sweet potato fries were good
So $ 17 burger and fries with a glass of water with lemon

I liked it very much! The atmosphere was nice and actually kind of relaxing. What better to have for an appetizer than candied bacon! I had the chicken and waffles sandwich which was a nice deviation for me from a burger. The flavors were nice, but unfortunately, the dry and nearly flavorless waffle detracted from the chicken. I took off the top half of the sandwich and then things were better. The chicken was juicy and had a great flavor. The dressing was lite and I applied some extra syrup from the bacon app. The staff was competent and friendly. I’ll go back and try a burger next time, after all, it is called Grind Burger!

Saw this place featured on TV and thought they have an admirable concept: freshly ground prime quality local beef. I looked for their menu online and while the burger descriptions definitely sounded very yummy, these are some of the most expensive burgers I’ve ever seen… ranging from $ 11 to $ 15 — that’s just the burger. Fries and other sides are extra. I have a deep appreciation for restaurants who serve quality local-​centric ingredients, and these are described as gourmet burgers, so I figured that these contribute to the pricing. So… I ended up going there to try it.
When you walk in, you’re greeted in a very cool lounge setting, more of what you’d see in an upscale bar/​lounge. The bar sits behind the lounge area with TV’s viewable at every angle. The bar opens up to an outdoor patio. Seating for diners are sectioned off to the other side. Very cool décor… they have chandeliers made from wine glasses, and others made from meat grinders. If you walk towards the back of the restaurant, you’ll see the open kitchen and their walk-​in cooler has a window where you can see where they freshly grind the burgers at. Pretty cool! And outside in the patio, they have a small garden where they grow some of their own crops for use at the restaurant.
Onto the food and service. We ordered appetizers, wings and fries. The garlic parm wings were very good; I would recommend them for wing-​lovers. The fries were nothing special… ordered the truffle fries and they were just regular fries with some kind of dip. It was okay. Someone in our party also ordered the grilled ceasar salad. I don’t think they really knew what they were ordering. The salad literally came grilled. So weird because the lettuce was wilted and soft. Not a salad I’d want to eat. Anyway… after our appetizers, our server didn’t come back for the longest time to take our order. When we finished our appetizers, we had to flag her down to take our order. So service was a bit slow, and there weren’t even a ton of people there on this Sunday night. I ordered the Triple Truffle Burger. Their menu describes this as:
«That means Truffles X3. Truffle Salt Seasoned Burger, Petite Pecorino Cheese, Sautéed Mushrooms & Truffle Aioli on a Truffle Butter Bun»
Sounds really yummy, right? I ordered mine medium, so I wanted some pink. Our food comes. Burger comes on a plate with one pickle chip. The burger is not very big… about the same size as you’d find at your everyday fast food joint. When asked, our server says they’re about 8 oz. It seemed like I ordered from the kids menu. I finished my burger in about 12 seconds. Yep! Aba dee, aba dee, that’s all folks! No, but really… I tried to take some time to enjoy the taste, and unfortunately, I just found nothing special about the «taste» of this burger. They claim and advertise that their goal is…
«…to serve the most satisfying burger on earth.»
… but I just found very little satisfaction with the burger. It was small, I don’t feel that it was seasoned well — kinda bland, and I asked for medium and mine was more well-​done. I’ve read other reviews pointing out the incorrect temperature. Perhaps their cooks just need better training. After fries and wings for apps, I figured the burger would top me off. Nope! I was still hungry… so I got a large Kit Kat milkshake. It was a chocolate milkshake with chunks of Kit Kats in it. The chunks were too large to suck into the straw, so I almost had a brain hemorrhage a couple of times trying to suck up those Kit Kat chunks. $ 6 for the milkshake… nothing special. Spend your money on something else.
The owner, Michelle, came around to the tables to greet customers, which was nice. I always like to see that, especially in local establishments.
Overall? I’ve found much more satisfying $ 5 burgers in a hole-​in-​the-​wall joint. Seriously — no joke (see my other reviews). Would I come back? Maybe. But I wouldn’t be dragging my friends back here to satisfy any cravings.

The 4 stars are completely for the food only. The service is weird, but I wouldn’t call it bad… I also wouldn’t give it 4 stars.
We ordered a grilled artichoke as an appetizer and were pleasantly surprised! The flavor was great, with plenty of lemon and the «meat» of the veggie was tender and juicy. We inhaled it and immediately decided that no matter what happened with the burgers, we would be back for that ‘choke. (This may also be due in part to the fact that it’s so incredibly rare to see a whole artichoke on a menu, and no frying involved.)
Meanwhile, we’re enjoying our time at the bar, people watching and chatting. The bartender is keeping her distance… for now. This is all after her super long crazy spiel about the meat and how it’s hand ground and you can watch it happen LIVE and the burgers are the best ever, blah blah blah (it got really repetitive and she was clearly passionate, but I was overwhelmed). We are patiently waiting for our burgers and fries and when they finally come out, we eagerly dug in…
We had the unfortunate sink seats at the bar. So our bartender stood directly in front of us filling the sinks while we began to eat. Poor timing? Conspiracy? Maybe. She literally was forehead to forehead with me while I took my first bites of the burger and held in my first thoughts because I was afraid she’d shank me if I said it was anything short of UTTERLY LIFE CHANGING…
While the burger (Aria burger – the fried pickles were sweet… weird) was good, I wouldn’t say it was the BEST EVER. It was slightly overcooked for my taste, but otherwise delicious and I certainly wouldn’t be hard pressed to come eat here again. Fries weren’t quite memorable for me, but perhaps that’s because all I can recall is the deluge of burger praise the bartender subjected me to for the rest of the experience. As I’m trying to eat, she’s going ON AND ON AND ON AND ON about how much she loves Grind Burger burgers and can’t eat burgers anywhere else and doesn’t trust anyone or any meat or meat temperatures, etc. etc. etc…
I can’t be TOO mad because it’s really nice to see someone so into their job. It’s clear she’s not just a brainwashed drone… or maybe she is and she hides it well? Either way, it was just way too much. I felt like I couldn’t talk to my husband, I couldn’t eat, and I definitely couldn’t relax. Maybe I should have had a beer or two to take the edge off of her crazed love for the place. We’ll be back, but I’ll definitely eye the bar staff before choosing to belly up over sitting at a table.

Slowest service ever! Ketchup? 10 minute wait. Salt and pepper? 10 minute wait. Beverage refill? 10 minute wait. Check? Yep. You guessed it! Food is average. Nothing special.

Slow food service, incorrectly cooked burger, small portions and bad management.
They are going for a premium burger experience but fall way short.
If you are looking for a quality burger, check out flipside (or play in mayfield) for truly gourmet burger experience.

Hey y’all, Eric Nies here. And this is Da Groooiiinnnddd!!! You might remember me from such 90’s cultural benchmarks as trying to deflower Julie the dancer on the first Real World and that workout tape I made. Wait, hold on a second. (heard off camera) Uh, huh. Ok. Yeah, no. Tell Dan Cortese to stop calling. I have a job now. And that job is busting moves here at Grindburger! (Murray enters) «Yeah, can I get an original to go? Thanks.»
Murray takes burger to car to eat with dog. «Damn! This is a f*cking tasty slab of meat! Truffle aioli, manchego cheese, zinfandel onions! Holy hot damn!» (wolfs down burger in minutes and goes into coma). Eric Nies approaches car…“Hey, brother, can I get some of that or maybe just some change?” Murray flings fifty cents at the doo-​ragged imbecile has been. Eric shuffles back to Grindburger to continue pelvic thrusting. *warning: not every Grindburger experience is guaranteed to have a former MTV un-​celeb in attendance.

Decided to give this place another shot now that the patio is open. Significantly better experience this time. The patio is outstanding! I really enjoyed the herb planters and ample seating. Server was attentive and got our order in a timely fashion. Beers were cold, son loved the cookies and cream milkshake. My guys each had burgers, each cooked to requested temps. I ordered the skinny turkey burger (no bun) and a side of steamed cauliflower. Turkey burger was spicy and tasty. The cauliflower was crunchy, but slightly cool. I would definitely patronize again.

We went there on a Saturday around lunch time. It was not too busy and the staff was very attentive. They had great burgers, good beers, good fries, but the MILKSHAKES were the highlight of the meal. Side note — they have the cleanest bathrooms on the east side (of Cleveland)

I’ve gotta get this off my chest before I dive into my review. Places that don’t put their pricing on their online menus (Grind Burger is far from alone here) irritate the shit out of me. Not as bad as places that don’t include pricing on their beer menus, but irritating nonetheless. Sure, I may not always make my dining decisions based upon price, but I do like to be somewhat prepared before I pull the trigger. Moving on.
Grind Burger is all about burgers. Big surprise, right? High-​priced burgers, to be more precise. Expect to pay in the neighborhood of $ 12 for a burger (tack on another $ 4 if you want to splurge on the Wagyu beef option). Something else you should know, all sides are extra, including fries. The burgers come with a plate and a couple of pickles, that’s it. Want apps, they’ll set you back an average of $ 8 a piece.
The atmosphere is somewhere north of hip and south of casual. Comfortable. The space is very open and well-​lit with the bar and high-​top tables taking up most of the real estate. More restaurant-​style seating is available as well. There’s also a large, garage door type window/​door next to the bar that opens out on to the patio. I sure this will be nice once the weather is more accommodating.
Our server was young and eager to please. He knew the menu and the drinks selection and was quick to offer up suggestions for both. Speaking of drinks, several people have mentioned that they are expensive. While I personally wouldn’t spend $ 9 on a cocktail, I found the beer menu pricing to be quite tame — $ 5 – 6 for most draught selections (16oz & 20oz pours available). You can also get a flight of four 3oz pours for $ 10 which is pretty reasonable. There were a few bottled beers that had some whacked out pricing (Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout gluten free for $ 8?) but even those were in line. Beer selection is decent, too, with somewhere around 20 taps.
The menu is, you guessed it, loaded with burger choices, You can select one of their designs or build your own. There’s even a turkey burger if red meat’s not your thing. Overall, I found the burgers to be pretty tasty. I decided to treat myself to the Wagyu beef option and, to be honest, it was lost on me. Sure, it was tasty, but I just didn’t think it was worth the nearly 25% upcharge. My recommendation, if you want to experience Wagyu beef, order a steak. Once you grind it and load it with toppings you might as well be eating Wal-​Mart beef for all your tastebuds will know.
Back to the burgers. Cooking temperatures for both of our burgers were missed slightly on the rare side which I didn’t mind but my wife is a bit more sensitive about. Not a big deal. The meat was seasoned well, the buns were soft but the bottoms both sogged out very quickly. I also found the hot & spicy burger to be lacking in heat, especially after the server told me that the kitchen had just made it spicier. Heat levels are a bit subjective, I suppose.
The fries and onion rings were just about as good as I’ve had in some time. Both were cooked to perfection.
As I mentioned above, the server was pretty good, but I do have to mention the fairly significant oversight on the part of our server. He forgot to enter our appetizer order. We were really looking forward to trying the hot dog sliders, but I suppose it just wasn’t meant to be.
For dessert (did I mention we went a little crazy?) we opted for their warm cookie skillet (their version of the Pazookie). It’s a cast iron skillet, partially baked chocolate chip cookie, and vanilla ice cream. Again, not bad. I thought the cookie could have used another 5 minutes in the oven, but that didn’t stop us from shoving the entire thing down our throats in less than 10 minutes.
Grind Burger is definitely good, there’s no doubt about it. The challenge they face is that so are several other local establishments all of which have chosen to feature pricey burgers. I really like the unique ingredients and menu items, the beer selection and the greasy, good food, but with so many options that are closer to home I think this one won’t be part of our regular rotation. I still wanna try those hot dog sliders, though…

We really enjoyed this place for a number of reasons. There was plenty of parking, and there was a nice environment going on inside. No dumb junk on the walls or crazy music blasting. Everything looked good, so we had a difficult time deciding. Eventually, we decided on drinks-​a Viniq cocktail for me, a beer for the spouse and Red mule for my friend. The cocktail price ($ 9) was a little ridiculous. The bar prices are, in general, a bit high. Everything else was great, though! Our server was speedy, nice, and gave us just the right amount of attention. We skipped apps, and ordered Diablo and Aria burgers.
These burgers have a lot of flavor! Dare I say it-​better than B-​Side! I think the fresh bun from Davis bakery really makes these burgers fantastic. The bacon was crispy, cut thick and was very lean, the cheese is high-​quality and the pickles zesty. The fries are cut fresh and are not overly seasoned, and the onion rings were also very good. There’s a lot of flavor packed into these burgers without it being overwhelming. I could only finish half the Aria burger, so my husband ate the rest after finishing his Diablo. I recommend ordering an appetizer or salad if you have a large appetite. The fires and onion ring portions are large enough for four people. They also had some amazing milkshakes (some you could add spirits to), but we were stuffed!
I really like this burger joint, and I will be back. If you like B-​Spot, chances are you’ll love this place.

1^st let me start that when this place cooks the burger Med to Med-​rare the end result is a very, very good burger.
This burger joint has a pretty cool layout with tables, a large bar, and some couches. Nice place, hard to believe this was once a grocery store when you walk inside.
Our server was attentive and very friendly. When we ordered our burgers we asked for them medium rare. She then proceeded to advise us that their medium rare is, well lets just say she emphasized that they will be very pink (as they should be). So the burgers arrived and they were very well done.
I of course sent mine back as i really do not like to spend 12 $ dollars for a Wendy’s double burger. This leads me to my next topic, 12 $ is what I consider a lot of green to spend for some ground! in addition, I do not really care for places that do not provide the option for a single order of fries was well. In fact that is what I condsider a reason to not patronize an otherwise fine local establishment. I am not 25 anymore and a consuming a basket of fries is not something I find necessary anymore. in fact no amount of appetite enhancing tonics would make me do that.
In short 4 stars for a great tasting burger, from a local business, it was very good, however good burgers are becoming increasingly easy to find with less of a dent in my wallet. 2 burgers, an order of fries, and a beer should not come out to greater than 40 $