Very good food, fast service. Though of course it's in a casino so there might be a long line. Please be patient with the employeesthey are doing the best they can. Though always call out an employee who doesn't wash their hands. For instance; we were in line and another customer was saying hey excuse me tell him to wash his hands. He ( the cook ) was touching his hat and fixing his hair and was going to touch the food he was cooking. The manager quickly stopped him before he procceeded to the cooked food and then apologizd and went to wash his hands. So just keep an eye out.
Loren B.
First experience at smashburger. Burger was OK, nothing really special. What WAS special was the price! $22 for a fast food burger and tots!!!!! I get it's 2024, but that's just ridiculous. Plenty of other local casino's where you don't get raped for food while you're there giving them $. Sit down gourmet burger and tots at valley view is $16-18. Hard pass on ever returning, thanks. Ps, thanks for the 1" thick stack of napkins with my 1 burger and tots.
brenda c.
Food is fresh and good always. Garlic fries and tots are especially great choice to order.
Harold S.
This place is located inside the Harrahs Southern California Resort. I thought the restaurants at the resort were outrageously overpriced, so this establishment offers one of the few affordable alternatives for a meal if you are staying at the resort. I ordered the turkey burger, which went for $10.93. I thought it was just ok. It was certainly nothing special. It was definitely not worth the price, but a lot more affordable than the full service restaurants there.
kiran rambhatla
Inside Casino. Had fries. Really good. Fast
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Liz C.
Fantastic Swiss and mushroom burger! Great service. Be sure to bring ID with you to purchase with any payment card. Storefront in the casino. Shared (clean) dining area with Earl of Sandwich. Mushroom Swiss
John L.
We come to Harrahs often and go to Smashburger for their Burgers & Shakes and every time we go the Shake machine is down ! We brought this up to Jorge and he told us to come on a slower day that their refrigeration system is down. Pretty pathetic suggestion and management must be a real gem to let this happen so often. I'm done with this place! They apparently don't give a damn about their customers.
Anthont T.
First of all a lettuce wrap burger is not a burger with a bunch of pieces of lettuce. That was the most horrible protein wrapped burger I have ever tried. Smash burger you're not even close to In N Out they put you to shame. Service was okay order came out pretty fast. I literally couldn't find my patty with all the loose lettuce you gave me. We sat in a group of other people like a food court. So please get it together you're to big of a company to give a bunch of lettuce that you can't even grab the burger to enjoy it. Horrible experience
Kizzy Lucas
Tast great
Carmen Herrera
It was welll well Done and very dry. Fries were ok. Never go again.
We got to Smash burger pretty late around 1930 (7:30pm) They close at 2200 (8pm), pretty early in my opinion but we got there just in time to order. Not much on the menu, it's not like other Smash Burger joints. Limited items here but you can add Avocado, mushrooms etc on your order for a fee. It's a bit pricey for the add ons. We ended up getting an order of smash fries, rosemary smash fries and three double classic burger (two with cheese and one without cheese). They were all freshly made, it was huge portion! I only ate half of mines. The fries were so crispy and flavorful. The staff working in the kitchen was very friendly, happy and made jokes while I was waiting for my food. Happy crew I love to see. They gave me so much condiments for my to go order. That's the service I like! I had ordered one time before at this location and it's always been fast and delicious. Can't go wrong with a classic burger and crispy fries.
Shawn
Burgers are cold and not smashed. Patties are undercooked and served like slop. They don't even have the decency to drain the fries and come out soggy and drenched in oil. Hire a competent person to cook or just shut it down. What a disaster of a place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Ted K.
Eat often at casino outlets. The mushroom burger is especially recommended. The taste of truffle oil is quite good.
Kathryn K.
This is a bit of a weird review. This is for the Smashburger inside Harrah's in Funner (Valley Center). The food itself was fine. It's crazy overpriced (2 burgers, one shared order of tots, and 2 bottled soft drinks - the only option) was $40) for "fast" food that was very slow.Now, partially this is my fault. I'd never been out to this casino before and didn't know what to expect. It's a giant casino in the middle of basically nothing. Super weird driving up to it in the dark. You go down this twisty two lane road and all of a sudden there's a giant casino tower with all the neon all by itself. There's a 4 story parking garage as well as a huge ground level parking lot. I found out what I was in for when I had to circle multiple levels to find a parking space! Yes, this place was PACKED - admittedly it was the Saturday of Superbowl weekend, but I didn't anticipate the crowds.We were there to see a show at the theatre (Penn and Teller) - the theatre was a nice venue, I'd see another show there. However, show started at 8 and it's a drive to get there, so we figured we'd have dinner at the casino. Mistake. There are several restaurants there from very casual to Hell's Kitchen and they were absolutely packed.It was a 40 minute line just to get these burgers and getting a table to eat them at was a challenge with other people waiting for tables standing over you like hunting cats ready to pounce the second you take your last bite! There was only one cashier working for this very long line, which is why it was so slow. The food came out pretty quickly once you ordered but... wow, what a wait for fast food.The burger was fine, in fact, pretty decent for fast food. The smashtots were really good, would definitely order those again. I wanted a milkshake but they're $10 each (without alcohol) so I passed. Alcoholic versions for $12 each. The pricing just seemed excessive, but you're paying for the convenience since you're out in the middle of nowhere basically.
Giovanni costa
Haha, fries are ok. Over price for mediocre food at best.
Very good food, fast service. Though of course it's in a casino so there might be a long line. Please be patient with the employeesthey are doing the best they can. Though always call out an employee who doesn't wash their hands. For instance; we were in line and another customer was saying hey excuse me tell him to wash his hands. He ( the cook ) was touching his hat and fixing his hair and was going to touch the food he was cooking. The manager quickly stopped him before he procceeded to the cooked food and then apologizd and went to wash his hands. So just keep an eye out.
First experience at smashburger. Burger was OK, nothing really special. What WAS special was the price! $22 for a fast food burger and tots!!!!! I get it's 2024, but that's just ridiculous. Plenty of other local casino's where you don't get raped for food while you're there giving them $. Sit down gourmet burger and tots at valley view is $16-18. Hard pass on ever returning, thanks. Ps, thanks for the 1" thick stack of napkins with my 1 burger and tots.
Food is fresh and good always. Garlic fries and tots are especially great choice to order.
This place is located inside the Harrahs Southern California Resort. I thought the restaurants at the resort were outrageously overpriced, so this establishment offers one of the few affordable alternatives for a meal if you are staying at the resort. I ordered the turkey burger, which went for $10.93. I thought it was just ok. It was certainly nothing special. It was definitely not worth the price, but a lot more affordable than the full service restaurants there.
Inside Casino. Had fries. Really good. Fast
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic Swiss and mushroom burger! Great service. Be sure to bring ID with you to purchase with any payment card. Storefront in the casino. Shared (clean) dining area with Earl of Sandwich. Mushroom Swiss
We come to Harrahs often and go to Smashburger for their Burgers & Shakes and every time we go the Shake machine is down ! We brought this up to Jorge and he told us to come on a slower day that their refrigeration system is down. Pretty pathetic suggestion and management must be a real gem to let this happen so often. I'm done with this place! They apparently don't give a damn about their customers.
First of all a lettuce wrap burger is not a burger with a bunch of pieces of lettuce. That was the most horrible protein wrapped burger I have ever tried. Smash burger you're not even close to In N Out they put you to shame. Service was okay order came out pretty fast. I literally couldn't find my patty with all the loose lettuce you gave me. We sat in a group of other people like a food court. So please get it together you're to big of a company to give a bunch of lettuce that you can't even grab the burger to enjoy it. Horrible experience
Tast great
It was welll well Done and very dry. Fries were ok. Never go again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
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We got to Smash burger pretty late around 1930 (7:30pm) They close at 2200 (8pm), pretty early in my opinion but we got there just in time to order. Not much on the menu, it's not like other Smash Burger joints. Limited items here but you can add Avocado, mushrooms etc on your order for a fee. It's a bit pricey for the add ons. We ended up getting an order of smash fries, rosemary smash fries and three double classic burger (two with cheese and one without cheese). They were all freshly made, it was huge portion! I only ate half of mines. The fries were so crispy and flavorful. The staff working in the kitchen was very friendly, happy and made jokes while I was waiting for my food. Happy crew I love to see. They gave me so much condiments for my to go order. That's the service I like! I had ordered one time before at this location and it's always been fast and delicious. Can't go wrong with a classic burger and crispy fries.
Burgers are cold and not smashed. Patties are undercooked and served like slop. They don't even have the decency to drain the fries and come out soggy and drenched in oil. Hire a competent person to cook or just shut it down. What a disaster of a place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Eat often at casino outlets. The mushroom burger is especially recommended. The taste of truffle oil is quite good.
This is a bit of a weird review. This is for the Smashburger inside Harrah's in Funner (Valley Center). The food itself was fine. It's crazy overpriced (2 burgers, one shared order of tots, and 2 bottled soft drinks - the only option) was $40) for "fast" food that was very slow.Now, partially this is my fault. I'd never been out to this casino before and didn't know what to expect. It's a giant casino in the middle of basically nothing. Super weird driving up to it in the dark. You go down this twisty two lane road and all of a sudden there's a giant casino tower with all the neon all by itself. There's a 4 story parking garage as well as a huge ground level parking lot. I found out what I was in for when I had to circle multiple levels to find a parking space! Yes, this place was PACKED - admittedly it was the Saturday of Superbowl weekend, but I didn't anticipate the crowds.We were there to see a show at the theatre (Penn and Teller) - the theatre was a nice venue, I'd see another show there. However, show started at 8 and it's a drive to get there, so we figured we'd have dinner at the casino. Mistake. There are several restaurants there from very casual to Hell's Kitchen and they were absolutely packed.It was a 40 minute line just to get these burgers and getting a table to eat them at was a challenge with other people waiting for tables standing over you like hunting cats ready to pounce the second you take your last bite! There was only one cashier working for this very long line, which is why it was so slow. The food came out pretty quickly once you ordered but... wow, what a wait for fast food.The burger was fine, in fact, pretty decent for fast food. The smashtots were really good, would definitely order those again. I wanted a milkshake but they're $10 each (without alcohol) so I passed. Alcoholic versions for $12 each. The pricing just seemed excessive, but you're paying for the convenience since you're out in the middle of nowhere basically.
Haha, fries are ok. Over price for mediocre food at best.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2