Culver’s Restaurant

I give five stars for a fast food restaurant, based only on my experience going through the drive-​through. Because your burger is prepared fresh for you upon your order of it, the drive-​through is not fast. Therefore you place your order, and then park in a designated drive-​through parking spot so they can walk your food out to your car.
The hamburger patties are high-​quality and more flavorful than any of the other standard burger establishments in town; better than McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, and Carl’s. (My next best hamburger patty is found at Wendy’s). Therefore that makes the price at this restaurant a little bit more. I just bought their seasonal pub pepper grinder burger — so delicious.
The fries are the thick-​cut whole potato variety with the crinkle cut edge nicely salted. Rounded out with a medium drink and you spent nine dollars.

Culver’s customer service in Spanish Fork, Utah is great! The food doesn’t taste like fast food, simply Yummy American yummy meals!

Two essential bits of information a reader should know prior to reading this review:
1. I am not a beef-​eater/​burger fan. Most beef, in particular fast food beef, does not tend to like me, and therefore I tend not to like it back. I usually opt for anything other than a burger.
2. I ate the Culver’s while sick, with few taste buds operational. More on this later.
Due to certain extraordinary circumstances, this day I was craving a burger. And my sick and tired (and lazy) ass didn’t want to venture too far from my bed, nor leave the comfort of my car to get it. Culver’s seemed to fit the bill. I’ve been interested for a while to see if there is anything noteworthy about their food, or truth to their advertising — beef: fresh, never frozen, custard: always fresh-​frozen.
I pulled up to Culver’s drive-​through board located alongside one of the few relatively easy places to get in and out of in this area of Spanish Fork. It’s become a spaghetti bowl of confusion that seems to be getting worse as development in the area expands. Culver’s got a good spot.
After working out my order with the nice voice on the other end of the speaker, I pull up to the window, pay, and she reaches out and hangs a tent-​number on my car door handle. «Now, don’t you go pullin’ away quite yet,» she says with a wink. «Oh, don’t you worry — I don’t have my food yet, you see,» I reply inside my head. What the H E double toothpicks??? Why do I need a number if I’m just sitting here at the pick-​up window? I’m so confused. But whatever.
Here’s what I’m looking forward to eating as I sit here wondering what the hell is up: a single Butter-​Burger with cheese, fries (the thick-​cut crinkle variety), fry sauce (that I’m handed separately even prior to paying), and a chocolate banana concrete shake.
The shake comes out first, pretty quickly. The voice behind it said that I should pull forward to a waiting spot for the remainder of my order. As I complied, the rest of my order showed up through my window. I waited exactly zero minutes. I drove home quick as a bunny, looking forward to diving in and seeing what flavor, if any, my lame taste buds could detect of this bounty.
The shake, of course, needed to be sampled on the commute. «Thick» is the first descriptor. Man, this thing had some body. The one-​handed spoon dip while driving wasn’t possible. More purposeful tactics had to be employed. Well worth the extra effort — they’re not kidding when they say «chocolate.» It’s flavored with Hershey’s chocolate syrup, which I happen to like. It’s a good mix for the chocolate lover, like myself, and had just the right amount of chunky banana bits in it.
My initial hesitation to dive right in comes from #1 above. The burger patty itself was not small, nor thin. It was substantial, and appeared to be fresh grilled. The flavor was actually very good, coming through nicely since I could taste it. I ordered it with everything, and it was all there. Nothing appeared to have gone through chemo, and the taste reflected the same freshness and flavor. I wasn’t unimpressed. I was enjoying it!
I even enjoyed the fries, which was unexpected, as I’m typically not a crinkle-​fry fan. These were thicker-​cut than most crinkle fries, however, and had nice potato flavor. The fry sauce was pretty standard, and came in a little peel-​open cup. I think it’s either Sysco’s or Nicholas’ fry sauce. But they gave me two, without me asking. So, points.
All in all, it fit my burger bill to a T when I needed it most. I’ll certainly return when I get another craving for beef that won’t bite me back.