Carl's Jr - Eagle River

I haven't been here in a long time, but an early morning shift brought me here for breakfast. Overall a pretty decent location. It's clean and the employees are friendly. I had the Breakfast burger with some French Toast Dips, they were pretty good for fast food breakfast. However, there was a long wait to get the food, which was a little odd given how few people there were. Hence the four stars. Breakfast was good, I'd feel confident about coming back for lunch.

This place has a lot to improve on. First off all the food is always made sloppy, lacking and nothing, literally nothing like advertised. They're always screwing up orders when you ask for a double and get charged for a double, they give you a single. Never fails. When you ask for it to be made without something, like tomatoes, they make it with it anyways. They literally can never get orders right. Always mixing them up. It's kind of frustrating... if it was like every once a while, it wouldn't be a big deal but it's all the time. There's been times that I've driven all the way home until I find out their mistake and there's literally no way I'm gonna drive all the way back and wait in their long lines. And yes, their lines are horrendous. I've waited AFTER paying for over 20 minutes before. They even sent me to go park and then brought the food to me. The fries are almost always cold and taste stale. The environment is always dirty. The condiments, napkins, ketchup, lids, straws, etc. always empty or low. This has been going on for at least a year now. Always an issue And. Please tell me why the last year there's always a baby behind the counters?? Like 6-8 months ago (give or take) I saw a lady with a baby to her chest working in front or the deep fryers. I have imagined all of the dangers with a baby around the deep fryers and coughing, sneezing or spitting up into stuff. It kind of seems unsanitary when I asked about it, they said that it was the owners grandchild or something? Like...Why? What place does a newborn to infant have in the kitchen of Carl's Jr.? I was also told from a classmate who worked there right after high school at the owners are so rude. One day I actually ended up meeting the owner and she definitely rubbed me wrong right away. She was very snippy and disrespectful even though I was her paying customer. I really like this place when it first opened up but not anymore. Sorry, Carl's Jr..

The food was decent but the restaurant was extremely dirty. Almost every table was dirty and the booths have a small channel in the back that collect stuff, they looked like they have not been cleaned in a long time. The number they give you so they could bring your food to you was filthy. There were employees that were just standing around talking that could have easily taken care of the entire dining room in about 10-15 mins but this is the culture we breed today.

Something has changed at the Eagle River Carl's Jr. My last review gave them 1 star for consistently incorrect orders, snails pace service, and mediocre food The last few months have seen a complete turnaround There is a consistent group of people who are getting orders right, cranking the food out a bit quicker, and generally making it much more pleasant and much less chancy to eat there Maybe they took my prior review to heart

Y'know, it's weird. I LOVED fast food for the first 20 years of my life. Then a LOATHED fast food for the next 20 years of my life. Now, I guess I've gone full circle? I'm starting to be cheap and value my time more. I also have been getting up ever earlier to go into the mountains and climb. I've been eating a lot of fast food (from the drive thru) because of this...and I kinda like it! I now thinking hating on fast food is just a cloaked way to hate on low-income people. Anyway, I got a breakfast burrito and a breakfast grilled cheese. They came out extremely fast (less than a minute) and set me back $5. In this economy, what's not to love about that?