Shake N' Go

Here's a small business alternative to Red Robin. Shake N' Go has a pretty impressive selection to choose from on their menu including 24 different burgers, 16 wraps, an assortment of milk shakes and smoothies, and a number of other entrees. If you're savy, you'll call ahead for take-out and just show up, grab your food, and head back to enjoy it at your desk or favorite lunch-time hang out.

Prices are fairly reasonable, but I was definitely thrown off by having ordered off an older menu and arriving to find out that prices have gone up. Still, you're going to pay less the RR and get a decent quantity of food. No bottom-less fries here though. Burger prices include a side of fries, while a wrap will require you to throw down an extra $1.50 for the deep fried good stuff.

For an Auburn hole-in-the-wall, the quality was decent. We might have been a couple minutes late for pick-up, but the food was luke-warm. Perhaps more disappointing is that the burger I got was tough and required some serious chomping to get through. That doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the meaty flavors of the Monster Burger, which came with bacon, turkey, and pastrami in addition to the 1/3 LB patty. I would have appreciated a little more house sauce inside as well to round out the overall taste.

The interior is probably the worst part of the experience. With beautiful wall color and an amazing ceiling with chandeliers and icicle lights, to have the walls covered with a creepy amount of artsy pictures of kids and puppies and kittens, I couldn't help but think of Angela from NBC's The Office. How one chooses to decorate their own home is not something I'm about to critique, but this theme does not match the business what-so-ever. If you own this place, please, please, please change the decorum.

Bottom line: This is a fast, slightly less expensive and slightly less tasty alternative to Red Robin, which makes it worth going back to when the overwhelming desire to nosh on a burger hits around lunch.

Distance: 8 of 10
Time: 8 of 10
Food: 6 of 10
Service: 8 of 10

Total: 30 of 40

Shake N' Go
4017 A St. SE, Suite 107
Auburn, WA 98002
(253) 333-6677
M-St: 10am - 9pm


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