Restaurant review: Burger Girl in Dallas

by Katie & Emily Garrett of The Dish On Dallas

The Burger Girl is to Burgers what Hooters is to Wings.

Photo by Katie & Emily Garrett

Burger at Burger Girl in Dallas

I think the concept of Burger Girl can best be relayed in the following high school SAT test prep analogy: The Burger Girl is to Burgers what Hooters is to Wings.

But I don't think they hit the mark (because, admittedly, the wings are decent at Hooters).

This location on McKinney was formerly La Cubanita, home of the most delicious mojito in Dallas. Very sad they're no longer with us.

Burger Girl loaded fries

The day that we dined at Burger Girl, we picked a patio seat, which was pleasant. I can definitely see the draw there. The people watching is good. The breeze was decent. The food could have been better.

We started with the loaded fries. The fries were limp -- not okay. Our table of four didn't spend much time on these guys.

Next up was the shake. Two in our party ordered the vanilla version and thought it was good. Perhaps even worth a return trip. Cute presentation -- old school soda fountain style!

Burger Girl milkshake

The husband ordered the burger, complete with special sauce. His quote: "When every single place calls Thousand Island the special sauce, it's no longer special." He thought there was nothing unique about the burger -- it was good, but not outstanding.

He gave the cole slaw two thumbs up, though, and appreciated the hearty portion.

I had the tomato soup (which was touted as their amazing house-made tomato soup) with half a grilled cheese sandwich. The soup tasted just like Campbell's blended with some heavy cream. It had some real tomatoes in it, but otherwise, nothing special.

Burger Girl soup

When my order first arrived, it wasn't correct. The waitress had added the wrong sandwich. Since she didn't write anything down, this was a bit of an irritation. The grilled cheese you could definitely make at home and the bread to cheese ratio wasn't a good match up: too much bread.

I won't be doing a re-visit of this place.

Dallas has a ton of really delicious burger joints and Burger Girl needs some work before they make that list.