Carl’s Jr.

One of the worst fastfoods I’ve ever been. It smells urine in the restaurant, it’s filthy. Restrooms are disgusting. One star just because it’s open 24 hours.

This location does take pride and care in trying to keep up on all levels. It is no one’s fault that this is a mecca for homeless peoples. They are open 24 hours, which is necessary in a land of scarce fast food joints, and they are firm and bold to do so. Items are a bit pricier than a normal Carl’s Jr., but it’s in Union Square. I visit often enough to tell you the place does not smell like urine, and the bathrooms are clean. Security just doesn’t stand around. They regulate.

Came here after 2am on New Year’s Eve. Most restaurants are closed at that hour, so the venue earns a great deal of good will just due to being in service.
They were busy, but we quickly managed to get a table.
I ordered their six dollar burger and fries. It came out to eleven dollars. Pricer than I expected for fast food. The burger was good, no aftertaste. The fries were good too.
I would return. I liked it more than the Civic Center Carl’s Jr. Tamer clientele.
Edit: Checked my receipt. The Six Dollar Burger was $ 7.29 before tax, and the Small Fries were $ 2.70 pre tax. $ 7.29 for a «Six Dollar Burger» is false advertising…

Inept. The restaurant was not busy at approx 9pm on a Tuesday yet they couldn’t get my order number right. Waited until they called the food description rather than the number. Unacceptably poor serive. Would give less than 1 if I could.

I agree with all the one star reviewers on Unilocal about this place. The two reasons I give this place 2 stars is
1. It is open 24 hours
2. It accepts ebt
If any other burger place (In n Out, Jack in the Box) had both these criteria met, I would never step in this overpriced cespool ever again.
Also, granted it isnt worthy of a full star the food I have so far gotten from here is not half bad, just dont eat here if at all possible.

Had the mile high bacon. Beef was grey, fries were tasteless, soda was basically just water. Probably won’t go back there anytime soon.

It’s not the establishment’s fault the clientele smell of urine and BO. But they always get my dang order wrong!
If you go here #1 hold your nose #2 check your order before leaving.

Raised prices — lowered food quality. The restaurant upgraded its dining area by adding new furniture. Not enough. Food needs to be fresher. I couldn’t finish my $ 6 dollar burger and $ 4 malt because the meat was stale.

I recommend the low carb/​Paleo Burger with sweet potato fries. Delicious! Thank you for this offer! So happy!

1am… I walk into this joint and it’s empty. Just the cashier, cook, and security. Clean place, but i didn’t see their bathroom.
«Check it out, can I get some Criss Cut Fries, Chili Cheese Fries, and 5 Chicken Tenders?»
«…Oh and a medium drink!» (I mixed Cherry Coke, Diet Coke, and Dr. Pepper)
–Criss Cut Fries were on point.
–My drink was bomb, of course.
–4 of the 5 tenders looked/​tasted like real chicken. The last one coulda been ground dolphin fin or something.
–The chili cheese fries were DISGUSTING!
Soggy regular fries with way too much cheese and the chili looked like something out of an expired Baby Gerber jar.

This carls junior rules

If you care about your security, DO NOT go there neither in the afternoon nor in the evening shifts, for the guards working there can not even take care of difficult customers.. You can’t even trust the security guards working there. It looks to me they just don’t care about customer’s security. I have noticed how the guards working there in the afternoon or evening shifts ARE NOT TRAINED to control dangerous situations.
I have noticed two of the security wardens in the afternoon shift, arguing with those customers without caring about the integrity of the other customers. ?They just don’t know one of those angry customers might have a gun and start fighting everybody inside. «YOU don’t argue, nor touch a person.» says one of the rules trained wardens should know! The customers give attitude. The wardens give them more attitude in response!!! HOw come?
Also, I have seen another warden. A tall skinny one letting all his fellows, not customers at all, just do anything they want inside the store, making it a park where «his» fellows” get into the store to rap, sing, dance, and fight. some others, specially his fellows are allowed to enter the dirty bathroom to have sexual intercourse, do drugs, sell stolen property, Trafficking, and even fighting. Is Carl’s Jr. in the United Nations Plaza a safe place to enter??? Definitively, it is not! BE AWARE OF YOUR SAFETY and do not enter Car’s Jr. in the afternoon, evening and late shifts.

The chicken fingers are really fresh.

What a trash ass fast food joint.
I blame this because of it’s location. It’s right in Union Square and a lot of homeless people solicit right in front the entry/​exit way to the BART. On top of that there’s an actual security guard. It’s really sketchy and that’s just in the day time.
However, my shitty experience was because my order got fucked up. I ordered a combo meal with a side of Bacon fries, paid for that, and only received one order of fries which I didn’t discover until I was across the Bay. The only reason this didn’t receive 1 star is because the bacon fries were delicious.

Homeless quotient much higher lately. And they seem angrier towards the staff. The permanent security guard does not seem to ever act on any situation. That there even is a permanent security guard is odd enough. But ultimately the call of Carl’s food draws me back occasionally.

This Carl’s Jr. will never hold out on you when it comes to cardboard drink trays. Between the two of us, we had four hands, one bag o’ food, three drinks and two drink trays. Put it all together and you’re left one free hand to do with whatever the hell you want. Never underestimate the power of a hand.
The tomato on my burger was nothing to complain about either. I think I mentioned the tomato three times to my man with the free hand once we started devouring food back in our hotel room.

It’s bad enough that the Six Dollar Burger is over $ 6 for the original, but it’s even worse when it isn’t the right patty.
I rarely eat burgers but when I do I get the six dollar burger because it’s the only one who’s meat doesn’t make me throw up. It didn’t look like the right patty & 1 bite I knew it wasn’t.
I tried to show them their mistake & they refused, insisting it was angus beef. This is not angus beef! But since I’m starving & waited 10 minutes for this burger I’m going to eat it, but most likely I will be throwing it up in half an hour.
Those of you that do eat the 6 dollar burgers, tell me, DOES THIS LOOK LIKE ONE TO YOU?!?
Gross.

Came here to get my burger fix.
Parking is horrendous here as it’s right next to Market Street.
The location is pretty beaten up. The staff were busy gossiping away in Cantonese while efficiently cranking out burgers.
The seating area here is somewhat large, and there were plenty of seats.
Lastly, the Big Carl I had hit the spot and felt good. So greasy and beautiful. Especially that sauce they use.

Expensive fast food/kid’s meal: Two pcs. of chicken tenders, criss cut fries, OJ =$ 6.07
(+) Tastes Fresh.
(+) Open 24 hrs.
(-) Pricey.
(-) Unfriendly service.

One star instead of zero because they’re open super, super late. 24 hours, in fact.
Otherwise, the place is super gross and beat-​up, like the neighborhood itself, and there’s a motley cast of characters that roll through here, especially during late nights.
On one recent 3am visit, for example: an über-​skinny hipster reading Dostoyevsky. A crowd of obnoxious goths/​youngsters, one of whom was so drunk and stoned that he sent a chair flying through the restaurant when leaned his exceptionally hefty mass against it in a particularly half-​assed way. Quite a few foreign tourists up late and conversing away (gosh, I sure hope this isn’t their impression of haute cuisine in San Francisco). And, of course, a variety of neighborhood transients.
Simply put, combine the gut-​busting, lard-​laden junk this chain offers, a beat-​up shop in a dire neighborhood, and a SKARY clientele, and you have a recipe for SERIOUS SHENANIGANS.