Habit Burger is a must-visit when one hungers for a step-up over many other fast food options. Their motto displayed over the cashier's station, "There's no substitute for quality" says it all. Everything is freshly prepared and made-to-order according to the customer's needs and wants. No salt/seasoning? No problem. Add mustard? No problem. Grilled onions? Sure! The burgers are made of 100% fresh ground beef that are chargrilled over an open flame - and one can taste the difference! Many possibilities abound of their char beef patties offerings, as well as sandwiches of tri-tip steak, Ahi tuna filet, and chicken. They offer a plant-based alternative patty (Impossible™) for those who prefer a plant-based diet. This location has front counter service with inside and patio dining, as well as a drive-thru for those on-the-go. The employees we encountered were cordial and helpful. We enjoyed the tempura green beans, onion rings, large salad, Char hotdogs, and a Double Char burger. All were extremely delicious, and the freshness was on point with crisp salad items and spongy buns. Get your Char on at The Habit Burger! read more

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Firstly, I will say their food is very good and the service is pretty decent. Now for the bad part... I'm fed up with their 'if's, and's, and 'but's' regarding their deals and offers. I've gone in there twice now with emails or text messages I've received from them that are 'valid' offers, and somehow they just keep finding excuses to not honor their offers. I'm fed up with these exceptions and exclusions regarding their offers and just won't go in there anymore. It's a shame because I do like their food. Just fed up with these offers they don't want to honor. Good bye, Habit Burger, and good luck. You won't see me in there again. read more

My orders are almost always incorrect, cold, or both. Apparently you cant call the store directly to get it settled, most places offer to remake but the person on the phone said I could only get a refund? And wait how long for it to go through?? read more

Onion rings were way overdone two visits in a row. Staff are always pushing for tips, in the drive through. Asked for ketchup for the fries, didn't get any x2. Used to love this place, not so much anymore. read more

Honestly- love the food. Service - friendly, with a smile Wait time - ridiculous- even when Im the only one in the building, or in line, it take so so long. I never get out (or thru the drive thru) in less than 15 minutes- even when Im the only one there. Its ridiculous. read more

2nd time !! never coming back ! regardless of any response . absolutely horrible habit burger . going to contact corporate . this store needs to close down ! you all are horrible !! wow this place has the worst service ever. I've been in the drive-through for 15 minutes for one burger there's one car in front of me and we are all just sitting here there's nobody in the restaurant. This manager needs to totally be either fired or retrained this is the worst service I've ever seen from a habit burger absolutely unacceptable. I just left 15 minutes for nothing. This is the worst habit burger ever. I will leave reviews on every available social media. You all are absolutely unprofessional. 15 minutes waiting in the drive-through ridiculous. read more

Night time drive through chick hates her job and it shows. If I have to pay for extra sauce then charge me, don't complain about it lol And why did I only get half the order of sweet potato fries?! We all know this is not a full order of sweet potatoe fries! read more

Habit Burger & Grill - My "full order" of sweet potato fries - Burgers Near Me - Atascadero, California

Best hamburger in the North County. Fresh bread, quality meats, nice portions. Clean place friendly service. read more

Habit Burger & Grill - Sweet Potato Fries - Burgers Near Me - Atascadero, California

I am not really a burger gal. Usually order the green beans and the side Caesar. Their new salads look amazing and tasty. Will have to try one in the near future. Defintely a must. read more

Habit Burger & Grill - Tempura Green Beans - Burgers Near Me - Atascadero, California

I ordered a kids grilled cheese with green beans, caeser salad and 2 patties. I pay for 4 ranch. I got my order and not one ranch was in the bag and I had to request to get my ranch because yes I did pay for it. The grilled cheese was maybe put in the grill for about 40sec because it was not toasted at all. Quality of food had gotten bad every time I decide to order. The price is night for the amount of salad that we get. Overprice, not made correctly and missing items. read more

Habit Burger & Grill - Grilled Cheese - Burgers Near Me - Atascadero, California

Every single table was dirty. Had to settle with eating with the last persons leftovers scattered everywhere. Hire enough people to pass a health code evaluation. They have self serve kiosks now the person that's forced to provide a drink acts like I'm bothering him asking for my drink cup. read more

I want to like The Habit, but every time I come here I'm disappointed. I've gone as far as trying something different every time I'm here just see if there's something they are good at? I'm sad to say I haven't been able to find it. The atmosphere is great the air conditioning is top notch it is clean the people are friendly. I would come here just to sit and enjoy the ambience. However it's the opposite of what it should be? People tolerate an environment that's not as pleasant as it can be, but its the food what brings one back. I don't like to see local institutions go out of business, but if this place does not change how it makes it's food, I believe it's in trouble... Pardon the pun but I can't help myself. I will not make The Habit a "Habit" read more

Just order my first Habit burger. Never been here before and have to say, it was HORRIBLE. Bun was stale and soggy as soon as I unwrapped it. Small piece of meat for big bun. It fell apart as soon as I started eating it. Definitely will not be back. read more

Great food and wonderful service. Highly recommend and certainly be returning. Menu has a great selection!

This was my first and likely last time ordering here. I ordered online and did an in-store pickup, took the food home to discover both items were wrong. I ordered a kids hamburger meal with NO cheese. It had cheese. I ordered a Cobb salad with NO bacon. It had bacon. It looked like the salad was pre-made, and they just scooped out the bacon, leaving some behind. Cucumbers were soggy/flimsy too. I called and spoke with a lady from the "processing center". She couldn't refund me immediately, and directed me to fill out an online form. I asked to go back and get the correct order. She couldn't get ahold of the store, so if I were to go back for the correctly made items, I'd have to wait while they prepare the order. Mind you, there were 2 people inside the store, maybe 2 cars in drive-thru, and just 1 order in the pickup kiosk. How can people get it so wrong? read more

Sadly I have to say my 1st review was only true for awhile. Now the last several times I have been disappointed. The fries are usually over cooked and the veggie burger is often burnt at the edges and hard to chew. I always get it to go but when I get home to eat it gets cold fast. read more

Don't order the Santa Barbara Cobb. No blue cheese changed to white cheddar and for some reason covered with some kind of disgusting seasoning ( maybe everything bagel seasoning) brown avocado. Also the salad is about half the size it used to be. read more

Food tastes good. Burgers have gotten smaller and more expensive. Just ordered a bbq bacon burger and got a tiny wad of bacon in the middle of the sandwich. The drive-thru seems to take longer to fill orders than sit-down, but that may be because we all want drive thru's to be super fast. Still prefer Habit to McD's or Burger King or Jack in the box read more

Answering the call. I'm glad I gave the Habit another shot. I've gone 3 times now and each time it's great. The fries are fully cooked and golden brown. The food hot and delicious. Sitting in the restaurant for those 3 times, has made me want to sit in it every time I go. Self service soda machine a huge plus. Condiments, utensils, peppers, etc out for you to easily grab. Modern restaurant with plenty of seating. I honestly would've given a 5/5, but the chicken size still needs a little work. read more

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I am so glad I gave the Habit another chance. The fries were cooked to perfection. Everything had great flavor. It was the Habit, I know, and love. The service was great as always. Everyone is very nice and helpful. The cashier came around and asked if she could take our tray.. The food is delicious and I can't wait to go back. read more

Habit Burger & Grill - Double Char with Cheese, fry, and cookies and Cookies & Cream Shake. - Burgers Near Me - Atascadero, California

I am surprised by the low review score for this restaurant. The service and food were excellent. I had the Santa Barbara Char, which is similar to a patty melt but featuring avocado. It was delicious! My husband and son also enjoyed their burgers; they were juicy and flavorful. I highly recommend this place! read more

I'm not sure what score I should give. We order the same sandwiches every time we go. Every time we go they make his order correctly and mess up on mine. Every time. I emailed their corporate and was given 4 coupons. So this time we ordered meals, which include fries/ drink. I didn't see the fine print that a burger meal is $13. The price for the chicken sandwich meal is not posted and is over $15. WITH THE COUPONS our order was going to over $30! I cancelled my meal, stuck with the sandwich. We used the coupons. The bill wad $27. They made his burger perfectly and messed up the chicken sandwich. I reported this to corporate, thanked them for the coupons, but we're through. They sent 4 more coupons. The Habit has a great menu. Prices are high, and apparently they don't provide adequate training on cooking/building anything other than the burgers. read more

To make matters worse, even after this review and the manager's telling us they never received the order, they processed the pending payment and received the payment which we have now disputed with the credit card company. read more

They don't mention when you order online you can't pick up the order in the drive through. So here I am sitting inside waiting in shorts, hairy dry legs and no makeup, no BRA. And of course the order isn't ready when I go flopping in there with my huge saggy t...ts. Thanks! read more

For fast food - this is my new favorite place. Food is great and seems to have a few more somewhat-healthier choices than many fast food places. read more

I did an online order this evening, Wednesday, April 22. I wanted to be able to pick this up quickly so I ordered ahead because I have kids in the car. I wanted to be able to go through the drive-through and pick up my order like a lot of fast food, restaurants and Starbucks allow you to drive through the drive-through to pick up your mobile order. I had to wait behind a car. I was waiting for their food that they had just ordered after I was told that I cannot pick up my food through the drive-through. I had two small kids in the car. I wanted to avoid having to get them out of their car seats and go into the restaurant so all of this defeated the purpose as I had to wait for somebody else's meal to be cooked while mine sat inside. Tell me why the girl working tonight could not simply pick up the bag and hand me my food through the drive-through window? She told me that they could not do that. I specified on my order what type of soda I wanted so leaving the empty cup there for me to have to fill it myself was also annoying. This policy should be changed because that's absolutely ridiculous and I would hope that a manager would see that is very frustrating. read more

I ordered a grilled chicken teriyaki sandwich. The chicken was burned black on the edges and the rest was dry. I like te grilled onions, but since they chop them up, they keep falling out of the sandwich. Overall, a D+ read more

The product they are putting out!! Very tasteless hamburgers and paying 14.00 for hamburger and fries.

Paid $30 for 2 sandwiches and 2 sides and bought the sauce for $.60 for my fries and they were old, cold and brown ... *sad trumpet noise* read more

Habit Burger & Grill - Fries :/ they've been sitting and were old and cold and they were brown - Burgers Near Me - Atascadero, California

Drive thru closed and inside due to lack of staff. Guess they are only doing doordash is what someone said.

Drew - I got 2 burgers and fries. The burgers were good. Only "complaint" is that they are small burgers and big buns. Was hungover so this hit the spot. Jonah - service wasn't great but overall 3/5 milkshake was a 4/5 milkshake and fries are better than the burger. Grammy - they could have brought the burgers out then the fries, but the burgers waited in the window. Buzzer was hit by mistake. Food was good, service was not timely. Poppa - everyone was doing their best. read more

I was here a month ago and got poor quality food and left a bad review. the manager contacted me and I got some coupons to try it again and I. it was much better equivalent to the quality I received years ago. not sure if this is a one off or the poor quality was. either way the food was great. got two double chars and two onion rings, both were great. still pricey for a fast food restaurant but you know that going in. read more

I ordered a chicken sandwich at the Habit Burger in Atascadero and was sick within hours of eating it. The avocado on the sandwich was mushy and clearly overripe, and the fries were old, overcooked, and completely inedible. The whole meal felt like it had been sitting under a heat lamp for way too long. Super disappointed and definitely won't be back. read more

Man, this place has been packed. People get REALLY hyped up for new restaurants in Atascadero, and while the prospect of yet another burger joint isn't exactly blowing my skirt up, I have to admit that I have been curious about trying this chain. The first time I tried, the drive through line was way out onto El Camino, so, uhhhh... pass. Second time was the charm, though! At 11:50 AM, the lunch rush had not yet struck, although it quickly lined up behind me in the drive through. One thing to know is that despite friendly and efficient staff, this drive through can take some time. With 6-7 cars ahead of me, it took me 15-20 minutes to get through. That could be them still figuring out their flow (being so new), or maybe I had the misfortune of being behind a huge order. In any case, come patient or just order online ahead of time & just run inside. The latter option would be fastest. On to the food: for $13, I had the ahi sandwich as a combo with fries and a drink. Altogether, this was pretty good and was way too much for me to eat alone. The "side" of fries is so oversized that I could easily have shared it with someone. The ahi sandwich might have benefitted from some sturdier slaw rather than shredded lettuce to hold up against the teriyaki sauce, but I liked the flavors. And it's a relatively healthy option (or at least fairly low cal without the fries), so I am going to call it a win. The fries, now that we've moved beyond how many of them there were (not complaining), were decent-- thick cut is not usually my jam, but the salt ratio was right on. Overall, not the fastest, but it's cheap and the food was not bad. Super nice staff. I'll probably be back as they continue to find their flow & improve. read more

Habit Burger & Grill - Ahi sandwich. I'm definitely not mad at it! - Burgers Near Me - Atascadero, California

So... first impressions: The place is definitely popping, the restaurant was packed. So was the parking lot, which made for a long, long line of cars, stretching out onto El Camino, waiting to enter the lot and park, or get to the drive-thru, and drivers already in the lot having difficulty getting out. Given The Habit is an already well-established, popular restaurant, it's bewildering that they didn't opt for a larger location with better ingress/egress, parking, etc., to accommodate the crowds. Interior dining room is rather small, with maybe a dozen or so tables, and because the place was noisy and packed, the space to queue just felt aimless, cramped and claustrophobic. It took a while to get up to the register to place our order, but having done so, we quickly made our escape to the outside seating area. Understandably, a number of other patrons breathed a sigh of relief once they exited the restaurant, too. The courtesy of some sort of shade (which they currently do not have) for the patrons dining outside would have been a welcome relief from the blazing sun. Wait time for our buzzer to go off was exceptionally quick, so we set about to eating our meals. The Santa Barbara Cobb Salad was okay; the Teriyaki Char Burger good, not great; and the fries were good. The service and pricing were excellent. Overall, a good place for teens, families and anyone else, but if you weren't prepared for the hassle of the ingress/egress, drive-thru and parking issues, as well as the (currently) unimpressive food, you may be pretty disappointed. However, this location opened only a few days ago, so hopefully they just need a couple more weeks to improve the quality of their fare, and for the crowds to die down a bit so that their patrons' dining experience will be more positive and pleasant. read more

Habit Burger & Grill - They've been sitting there awhile.... - Burgers Near Me - Atascadero, California

I had a really good experience here! My boyfriend and I just left the gym and wanted to share a double char burger. We got one with everything and asked to get it cut in half. It was so tasty and seasoned very well! Love that charbroiled taste. The wait wasn't too bad for dining in; we dined in because the drive thru was a little long (about 6/7 cars). We came Saturday at 1230 lunch. Probably waited for less than 10 mins. I forgot how good the Habit was, I attended CSUF and there was a Habit across the way, and it was just as I had remembered compared to this location. Will definitely be returning since it's on the way near the gym. It's a little more expensive than innout but it's definitely worth it. So good. Recommend, staff greeted us upon entering and were very kind. read more

Stopped in today for some take out. Love the drive thru!! of course the line was crazy long, but thats expected. Ordered the Santa Barbara Char, green beans combo and a number 11, Golden Chicken Sandwich combo. We got to the window and asked about the fries on the second combo. The cashier was very confused. Someone helped her and they fixed the missing fries. Not a huge deal considering they just opened. Upon arriving home, I noticed that for $3.15/ the green beans were not worth it. All of the other restaurants in the chain give you ample beans. This was barely a handful. I loved my Santa Barbara Char burger though. The mr was unimpressed with the size of the golden chicken in his sandwich. The picture showed a much more robust serving of chicken. This was your standard deep fried chicken patty. He said it was a little dry. The sauce did have some heat and he liked that. He also enjoyed his fries. We would both like to say that we like the straw treatment in the sodas. On the whole, the staff were nice and the food was ok. We understand the learning curve and will continue to re evaluate the service and food as they grow into their own. read more

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Delicious burgers. Friendly staff. Convenient drive-through. The best sweet potato fries in town an ice cream cones.

Good food but very slow. Been in drive-through for 20+ minutes, still in it, on a Saturday night. Update: total time in drive-thru was 30+ mins. Car behind me was seemingly frustrated as well, didn't order, just drove out behind me. Buns were hard/stale, my teriyaki chicken sandwich was missing pineapple after I asked for it after order read-back. Chocolate malt had no malt but mocha instead (yuck!). I hate to give a bad review to a local business, which had pretty decent quality and service pre-Covid. read more

For a chain restaurant, they really do make the burgers from scratch. It is always worth the wait and there isn't anything on the menu that isn't really flavorful. The service is great and I love that some spots have a drive thru. It can get noisy on busy days just like any place can. Make sure you get the onion rings with a side of ranch. read more