Bistro West – Carlsbad, CA
Bistro West Burger
For this review the UBR staff, along with guest reviewer Jeff Kremicki, journeyed to Bistro West in Carlsbad based on the recommendation of our Future UBR staff accountant Stacy. Bistro West is an upscale restaurant that offers a Kobe “blend” burger offering. We’re not sure what the “blend” means but based on the price we’re pretty sure it wasn’t “blended” with something worthless like Greg’s wallet after he picked up the bill. Overall the restaurant was by far the finest we have experienced to cram a burger in our… Sorry, to partake in a burger gastronomic experience. To match the fine interior surroundings were pleasant clientele and top shelf service. Our server was on it from the start, delivering insanely delicious fresh baked dinner rolls the moment we sat down. At no point did the high quality service falter and they would have received a perfect UBR five if he wasn’t, well, a dude. We prefer our burgers delivered by a girl and this is our site, so we can give a wiener deduction if we want too. Speaking of wieners, a mention needs to go out that Mike strongly felt that the Bistro also has the finest restrooms we have seen at a place that serves burgers. Oh yeah, the burgers. Yum! A 3.9 UBR scale yum and perfectly cooked to our order specifications. The burger would have easily broke a coveted 4 rating if the burger to bun ratio was a bit better, the meat a bit more favor/seasoning, and of course had they included the often over looked detail of a pickle spear. The only key burger item to note is that they offer two bun types, Focaccia or whole wheat. Focaccia is the way to go. On the fry front, there are many options here too, from standard fry, the steak fry, or the un-traditional metro-sexual sweet potato fry. Most of us opted for the standard, but Greg was the clear winner with the steak fry option which boosted the fry score to 3.6 UBR rating. Bistro West is a place a guy could impress a girl on a burger date if paired with a fine bottle of Cabernet. So our recommendation is, throw your burger eating babe in a cop car and head west, to Bistro West!
Mike's attempt at photography (Bistro West)