Terrible service, food taste like plastic. Cheap enough but terrible quality may not even feed such garbage to my dog if I had one.. Don't come here.
Stephanie V.
The restroom was really clean, i can appreciate a clean restroom.the burger was basic but i did just get a classic single burger, not much to it. My husband got the Mexican burger, usually it comes with ham but instead it came with nopal, nopal isn't usually on a Mexican burger. even so, simple burger and fries.they were out of a lot of thing when we went, onion rings and ice cream being my two disappointments.
Eric M.
I was hoping for a bit more from Char-pit, but it was just okay. When I went, they were out of a lot of items on the menu such as fries, ice cream, onion rings, bacon, and ribs. These are staple items for any hamburger joint and to not have them was indeed a bummer. Though they have a good selection of various hamburgers, they weren't anything special. They were pretty small and basic.
Tourist18865
Stopped here as it came up on several searches of places to eat in the area. A dive atmosphere- but I’d be ok with that if the food was awesome- sadly it was not. Ordered at the counter- and the register prompts you to leave a tip, which I did, before we got to the rest of the ordeal. Ordered the French burger, fries, salad and would have ordered a beer- as there is beer signage all over- but they don’t carry it any longer. The burger was a round burger cut in half and put on an oblong bun (weird). Fries were only luke warm and the salad was served in a paper boat. I asked for a fork and was told they didn’t have any- all they had were spoons. Wish Inwould have know that before I ordered. I had to go back to the counter again to get the salad dressing that they forgot. The whole back of the menus and more restaurant signage talks about ice cream and malts/shakes but the big hand written sign on the door said no ice cream. Really, don’t waste your time.
Glen N.
They overcharged us and got our order wrong and argued when we tried to get the difference... and it's not cheap...nor is it fast... and nothing was incredibly tasty. We came for the char and got the pits.However, I would try it again because charbroiled burgers and fat fries. The menu is big and the outside picnic area is a nice place to eat.
altobell
Where should I begin. The place is a dive and our tiny hamburgers were on French bread. We ordered a wedge salad, first it was not a wedge salad, it was shredded lettuce and stuff on top and we had to go back and ask for the dressing. Then, we asked for forks to eat our salad, and she said, oh we are out of forks! What ! how is this possible! They gave us ice cream spoons to eat our salad. They have tons of ice cream ? on the menu and big sign on the door says no ice cream. No liquor either. Needless to say, we went somewhere else to get our husbands food that we were taking back to them. Char pit is a pit !!!! Sorry
Charles S.
I absolutely love this burger. A friend of mine took me there a few years back for the first time. And it's just become tradition to stop at char pit and get a burger before I go back to Reno when I go up to lake Tahoe for anything. Last week I took a break from camping at falling leaf, just to drive around the lake to Kings Beach for this burger. And I have since got my little brother hooked on it. The service is fast and helpful. It feels like a really good tight-knit place where the employees all get along.There are places for you to sit inside if you like, but I love sitting in there outside areas. There's very limited parking. But there's always spaces on the street. Other than that, hands down one of my favorite burger spots.
Michelle S.
Ok growing up in town , I loved eating here with my friends , we would walk here for a quick bite , the Swiss and bacon burger with avocado is delicious and their French fries are super crispy , when their icecream machine works their shakes are the best , my favorite is the banana Oreo , the service is good but sometimes they take a while because it's always busy which is reasonable , the ambiance gives burger shack , it's a mom and pop must , they allow dogs to sit in the patio , it's a self serve restaurant so you order in the front and then they call you to pick up your food and you seat and clean up after yourself.
Melissa I.
My family and I came here after a lake day for some burgers and fries. I ordered the Char Burger and hubz ordered the Mexican Burger, and the kids got plain burgers (one with cheese/one without). We must've come at a good time (4pm) because it wasn't that busy and we got our food within 10mins. Well they didn't put cheese on one of my kids burgers, luckily she was a good sport and ate it without but how hard is it to mess up a regular cheeseburger? Also they charge for ranch cups and forgot to give us them, had to show our receipt to get them (whatever) We sat on the outside seating on the side of the building, because it was a bit stuffy inside, i mean you're literally eating next to the kitchen so understandable. Outdoor seating was decent but they had a microphone speaker so they could yell out your order and they left it on lol. Now for the food itself, my Char Burger came with BBQ but it was definitely not enough- i had to squirt some mustard/ketchup to make it saucier. I thought with the name of the restaurant that they had a special sauce but nope. Also I ordered large fries but I didn't know that meant a basket as opposed to my husband, who ordered small fries and they just put it next to his burger (i would've been ok with that lol) My husband's burger (Mexican burger) lacked sauce as well. The fries were nothing special, just some store-bought shoe string fries. For my family of 4 - it was around $66, which to me was overpriced for this experience and food. Try a different place!
Robbie R.
Usually this place is jam packed in the summer especially on a holiday weekend. I stopped in right when they opened so I avoided the worst of the crowds. Get here early! Burger fries and drinks were all we got, just a normal burger lunch before headed for our long drive back home. The prices are Tahoe prices so no surprise here. The burgers tasted good and juicy and the fries were just fries. Service was fine as they weren't in a big jammed rush mode that early.Good stop before ending the weekend, I'll come here again, but early!
Decent grill... would be even better if the food didn't take 45 minutes. Couple of hard working grill chefs, but even after 1pm, these folks are still in the weeds and people are waiting and frustrated. Also makes the table situation harder so you're less likely to find a spot.Overall, the place smells great, looks period and is an overall fun vibe. Food is decent - ribs over sauced but tender, burgers decent. Huge variety on the menu.
D G.
This cute lil burger shack is absolutely yummy. The restaurants on the lakeside had long wait times. We opted for this quick stop on the way out. Cold fountain Pepsi and hot French fries were the perfect combo! Great chicken tenders and ranch! Ambiance is minimal, it's a cozy lil place on the way in or out of north lake to stop by for a tasty snack and drink!
Douglas M.
I think I'm sticking to the burgers. I orded the LA Hot Sausage (2 stars). It was not hot, a very faint spiciness, nothing near hot. The French roll was nothing special, standard grocery store "French" roll. The roll was grilled, so it was a little toasty, by still average. They added mayo, lettuce and tomato, no issue seemed fresh. I tried to add mustard from the table mustard container but nothing would come out. The bottle was full but the nozzle was blocked with dry mustard, not good. 2 stars Onion rings are still good, and I assume the burgers so I'll still come back when on town Until next time..
Evan L.
Amazing burgers + charming, rustic atmosphere. A must-visit if you're in King's Beach.
Phil T.
Just a big helping of nope! I've tried this place before it it was like 3 stars, but last time I went in it was really bad. We ordered some chicken burgers, which was very hard to do because the you g woman at the register told us we couldn't just have a chicken burger. The menu is really confusing and all over the restaurant. When we did get our food it was over salted (like a lot). The meal was hardly edible. Thank goodness for the amazing atmosphere adjacent to this place! But the memory of a bad experience lingers with me forever.
Terrible service, food taste like plastic. Cheap enough but terrible quality may not even feed such garbage to my dog if I had one.. Don't come here.
The restroom was really clean, i can appreciate a clean restroom.the burger was basic but i did just get a classic single burger, not much to it. My husband got the Mexican burger, usually it comes with ham but instead it came with nopal, nopal isn't usually on a Mexican burger. even so, simple burger and fries.they were out of a lot of thing when we went, onion rings and ice cream being my two disappointments.
I was hoping for a bit more from Char-pit, but it was just okay. When I went, they were out of a lot of items on the menu such as fries, ice cream, onion rings, bacon, and ribs. These are staple items for any hamburger joint and to not have them was indeed a bummer. Though they have a good selection of various hamburgers, they weren't anything special. They were pretty small and basic.
Stopped here as it came up on several searches of places to eat in the area. A dive atmosphere- but I’d be ok with that if the food was awesome- sadly it was not. Ordered at the counter- and the register prompts you to leave a tip, which I did, before we got to the rest of the ordeal. Ordered the French burger, fries, salad and would have ordered a beer- as there is beer signage all over- but they don’t carry it any longer. The burger was a round burger cut in half and put on an oblong bun (weird). Fries were only luke warm and the salad was served in a paper boat. I asked for a fork and was told they didn’t have any- all they had were spoons. Wish Inwould have know that before I ordered. I had to go back to the counter again to get the salad dressing that they forgot. The whole back of the menus and more restaurant signage talks about ice cream and malts/shakes but the big hand written sign on the door said no ice cream. Really, don’t waste your time.
They overcharged us and got our order wrong and argued when we tried to get the difference... and it's not cheap...nor is it fast... and nothing was incredibly tasty. We came for the char and got the pits.However, I would try it again because charbroiled burgers and fat fries. The menu is big and the outside picnic area is a nice place to eat.
Where should I begin. The place is a dive and our tiny hamburgers were on French bread. We ordered a wedge salad, first it was not a wedge salad, it was shredded lettuce and stuff on top and we had to go back and ask for the dressing. Then, we asked for forks to eat our salad, and she said, oh we are out of forks! What ! how is this possible! They gave us ice cream spoons to eat our salad. They have tons of ice cream ? on the menu and big sign on the door says no ice cream. No liquor either. Needless to say, we went somewhere else to get our husbands food that we were taking back to them. Char pit is a pit !!!! Sorry
I absolutely love this burger. A friend of mine took me there a few years back for the first time. And it's just become tradition to stop at char pit and get a burger before I go back to Reno when I go up to lake Tahoe for anything. Last week I took a break from camping at falling leaf, just to drive around the lake to Kings Beach for this burger. And I have since got my little brother hooked on it. The service is fast and helpful. It feels like a really good tight-knit place where the employees all get along.There are places for you to sit inside if you like, but I love sitting in there outside areas. There's very limited parking. But there's always spaces on the street. Other than that, hands down one of my favorite burger spots.
Ok growing up in town , I loved eating here with my friends , we would walk here for a quick bite , the Swiss and bacon burger with avocado is delicious and their French fries are super crispy , when their icecream machine works their shakes are the best , my favorite is the banana Oreo , the service is good but sometimes they take a while because it's always busy which is reasonable , the ambiance gives burger shack , it's a mom and pop must , they allow dogs to sit in the patio , it's a self serve restaurant so you order in the front and then they call you to pick up your food and you seat and clean up after yourself.
My family and I came here after a lake day for some burgers and fries. I ordered the Char Burger and hubz ordered the Mexican Burger, and the kids got plain burgers (one with cheese/one without). We must've come at a good time (4pm) because it wasn't that busy and we got our food within 10mins. Well they didn't put cheese on one of my kids burgers, luckily she was a good sport and ate it without but how hard is it to mess up a regular cheeseburger? Also they charge for ranch cups and forgot to give us them, had to show our receipt to get them (whatever) We sat on the outside seating on the side of the building, because it was a bit stuffy inside, i mean you're literally eating next to the kitchen so understandable. Outdoor seating was decent but they had a microphone speaker so they could yell out your order and they left it on lol. Now for the food itself, my Char Burger came with BBQ but it was definitely not enough- i had to squirt some mustard/ketchup to make it saucier. I thought with the name of the restaurant that they had a special sauce but nope. Also I ordered large fries but I didn't know that meant a basket as opposed to my husband, who ordered small fries and they just put it next to his burger (i would've been ok with that lol) My husband's burger (Mexican burger) lacked sauce as well. The fries were nothing special, just some store-bought shoe string fries. For my family of 4 - it was around $66, which to me was overpriced for this experience and food. Try a different place!
Usually this place is jam packed in the summer especially on a holiday weekend. I stopped in right when they opened so I avoided the worst of the crowds. Get here early! Burger fries and drinks were all we got, just a normal burger lunch before headed for our long drive back home. The prices are Tahoe prices so no surprise here. The burgers tasted good and juicy and the fries were just fries. Service was fine as they weren't in a big jammed rush mode that early.Good stop before ending the weekend, I'll come here again, but early!
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Decent grill... would be even better if the food didn't take 45 minutes. Couple of hard working grill chefs, but even after 1pm, these folks are still in the weeds and people are waiting and frustrated. Also makes the table situation harder so you're less likely to find a spot.Overall, the place smells great, looks period and is an overall fun vibe. Food is decent - ribs over sauced but tender, burgers decent. Huge variety on the menu.
This cute lil burger shack is absolutely yummy. The restaurants on the lakeside had long wait times. We opted for this quick stop on the way out. Cold fountain Pepsi and hot French fries were the perfect combo! Great chicken tenders and ranch! Ambiance is minimal, it's a cozy lil place on the way in or out of north lake to stop by for a tasty snack and drink!
I think I'm sticking to the burgers. I orded the LA Hot Sausage (2 stars). It was not hot, a very faint spiciness, nothing near hot. The French roll was nothing special, standard grocery store "French" roll. The roll was grilled, so it was a little toasty, by still average. They added mayo, lettuce and tomato, no issue seemed fresh. I tried to add mustard from the table mustard container but nothing would come out. The bottle was full but the nozzle was blocked with dry mustard, not good. 2 stars Onion rings are still good, and I assume the burgers so I'll still come back when on town Until next time..
Amazing burgers + charming, rustic atmosphere. A must-visit if you're in King's Beach.
Just a big helping of nope! I've tried this place before it it was like 3 stars, but last time I went in it was really bad. We ordered some chicken burgers, which was very hard to do because the you g woman at the register told us we couldn't just have a chicken burger. The menu is really confusing and all over the restaurant. When we did get our food it was over salted (like a lot). The meal was hardly edible. Thank goodness for the amazing atmosphere adjacent to this place! But the memory of a bad experience lingers with me forever.