Because we are in need of a decent burger in Chiang Mai. Now.

Check out the cause, here: https://www.facebook.com/BringCarlsJnrToChiangMai

Screen shot provided below, so the Facebook-phobic won't feel left out.

Carl's Jnr and ubiquitous US fast food franchise phobic here. Let's start a movement to ban dumb hamburger and pizza threads in CM.

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Just go to Dukes for your hamburger fix and forget about Carl's Jr, lol.

Just go to Dukes for your hamburger fix and forget about Carl's Jr, lol.

There was another thread on food hygiene in Chiang Mai. Go to Dukes and be as worry free about it as the country you come from. Yes Dukes has great burgers. So doe's Burger King.

The thing I liked about Carl's Jr in the states was they had one that was defiantly low carb and delicious. It used lettuce instead of bread to make the sandwich. That was 8 years ago.

There are several places around town who have a cheaper hamburger that are very good just not all the fancy fixings. Try the one at Geckos or Burger Queen on the Suthep road inside the moat just before the road turns to go around the big Wat at the end of the Sunday walking street.

http://www.fiveguys.com/ would put them to shame.

Is it any better than McDonald's and Burger King? If not, why bother?

I'm afraid that the beef available here is not good enough to make one stand out over another. Burger King uses much better beef in the USA than in Thailand - in SEA, they use the same mediocre stuff as Mickey Ds. I'm afraid that Carl's Junior will do the same.

Edited June 23, 201313 yr by Ulysses G.

Too bad most Thai love American fast food

Carl's Jnr and ubiquitous US fast food franchise phobic here. Let's start a movement to ban dumb hamburger and pizza threads in CM.

re

Because we are in need of a decent burger in Chiang Mai. Now.

you have it !

loco fat elvis offer a huge burger that looks like that

but i couldnt eat something that big so i usually

have the 175 baht 50 50 bacon beef burger and fries

which is always cooked perfectly : )

dave2

I miss woody's chilly cheese burger =/

I think that was about the best burger I have ever eaten, and obviously miles above anything I have had in chiang mai.

I am no expert on Ozzie burgers, but Woody's Ozzie burger tasted good to me and the fried egg and pickled beet root covered up the taste of the lousy Thai beef.

Went to the one in BKK about 2 months ago; nothing special. Better than Burger King or Mcd's but not as good as Dukes in Chiang Mai.

Ate there once in Bangkok, wanted to see what all the hoopla was about, nothing special, in fact disappointed

Give me a white castle slider any day!

Really, another burger joint?

re

Because we are in need of a decent burger in Chiang Mai. Now.

you have it !

loco fat elvis offer a huge burger that looks like that

but i couldnt eat something that big so i usually

have the 175 baht 50 50 bacon beef burger and fries

which is always cooked perfectly : )

dave2

I've never heard of this place would you mind giving an address and one of your famous street views.

http://www.fiveguys.com/ would put them to shame.

Yep! And WhatABurger ( http://www.whataburger.com/ ) would blow both of them out of the water...

And before the Californians jump in, YES, WhatABurger is far superior to that In-n-Out crap... In fact, I think Carls Jr is way better than In-N-Out as well!

-Patrick

http://www.fiveguys.com/ would put them to shame.

Yep! And WhatABurger ( http://www.whataburger.com/ ) would blow both of them out of the water...

That is the most annoyingly laid out website I have seen in quite a while. Burger looks good tho.

I've never heard of this place would you mind giving an address and one of your famous street views.

Fat Elvis is right next door to the Loco Elvis Mexican restaurant and is directly across the moat from the original Mike's Burgers. It used to be called the Duke's Express.

Edited June 23, 201313 yr by Ulysses G.

@ market trader

re .. I've never heard of this place

ill repeat what that old reprobate U G said

( who i know )with pictures

looking towards the amora hotel from thaphae gate

walk down the inner moat for two minits and loco fat elvis is on the corner of ratwithi road

on the left : )

enjoy .... dave2

Too bad most Thai love American fast food

Carl's Jnr and ubiquitous US fast food franchise phobic here. Let's start a movement to ban dumb hamburger and pizza threads in CM.

Where? In Isaan!

Just like McDonald's or burger king Thai company will reduce the portion and quality of burgers

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It seems strange to me that some of you want to keep the charm of the city center, but want your hamburger shops all over the place.

IMO fast food outlets along with the foreign owned pizza,Mexican and hamburger shops take away from what this city is all about.

Yes I understand progress, but a Mall on every corner and giant hamburger signs all over is going to ruin the old charm of the city.

There should be a zoning law about how many fast food joints and 7 elevens per block! (Although I know this will never happen until it's too late.)

I vote for no more hamburger joints.

Edited June 23, 201313 yr by highonthai

It seems strange to me that some of you want to keep the charm of the city center, but want your hamburger shops all over the place.

IMO fast food outlets along with the foreign owned pizza,Mexican and hamburger shops take away from what this city is all about.

Yes I understand progress, but a Mall on every corner and giant hamburger signs all over is going to ruin the old charm of the city.

There should be a zoning law about how many fast food joints and 7 elevens per block! (Although I know this will never happen until it's too late.)

I vote for no more hamburger joints.

Well I am a fan of Burger King.

But I have to agree with you. The old city dosen't need them. I was really disappointed when they put the Burger King in there.

As for 7/11 well a little late on that. It is almost to the point where you can measure the distance betweeen point A and point B in 7/11s.

coffee houses also.

Carl JR is nothing special.. usual junk thai beef and overpriced same as Burger King, no thanks I'll stick to the delicious McDonalds Big Mac and I can only pray for them to add the Quarter Pounder to their menu as Double Cheesburger isn't a real match

Edited June 23, 201313 yr by yoslim

Bring Carl's Jr. to Chiang Mai, show your support.

I read in the Pattaya forum some time ago that he has departed from his previous location in Central Festival in Pattaya. Maybe he's on his way to Chiangmai

hmm, can i have long john silvers or taco bells instead?

It seems strange to me that some of you want to keep the charm of the city center, but want your hamburger shops all over the place.

IMO fast food outlets along with the foreign owned pizza,Mexican and hamburger shops take away from what this city is all about.

Yes I understand progress, but a Mall on every corner and giant hamburger signs all over is going to ruin the old charm of the city.

There should be a zoning law about how many fast food joints and 7 elevens per block! (Although I know this will never happen until it's too late.)

I vote for no more hamburger joints

Yes, does make you wonder. No doubt the same voices calling for this will be protesting at the Chinese food joints that will probably be proliferating before long...

Actually just took a look at the pic the OP put up, it's not bad, it's far worse than that, looks like flowing effluent. If Op had less posts under the belt I would have suspected a troll.

Edited June 23, 201313 yr by roamer

It seems strange to me that some of you want to keep the charm of the city center, but want your hamburger shops all over the place.

IMO fast food outlets along with the foreign owned pizza,Mexican and hamburger shops take away from what this city is all about.

Yes I understand progress, but a Mall on every corner and giant hamburger signs all over is going to ruin the old charm of the city.

There should be a zoning law about how many fast food joints and 7 elevens per block! (Although I know this will never happen until it's too late.)

I submit that a big part of the charm of Thailand is the freedom people have to start some business quickly and offer anything they think there is demand for. That results in travel agents, massage shops, shops selling silly hilltribe hats, coffee shops and uncountable things more. Including burger shops. It's true that I usually have more sympathy for local efforts more than international chains (my personal preference that doesn't mak logical sense; why would I object to a single Carl's Jr but be okay with D-Milk franchises all over the place.. no reason.) As long as the signage and billboarding is kept somewhat sane, or when it's located in a shopping mall / community mall then why not. It adds to the diversity of the town. And yes, you bet there will be loads more Chinese aimed restaurants. I ALSO look forward to that!

If it makes you happy though then I could wish for an existing -more useless- franchise being replaced. Say, lose a KFC, Chester's Grill or MK Suki or whatever. MK Suki! That horrible un-Thai and faux North-East Asian abomination!

Or, more realistically, lose the 'Delicious' restaurant at DK Books. It's useless, also not Thai food at all, in a good central location but with an abundance of parking, and usually empty. It wouldn't distract from the old city charm more than Mad Dog does directly across the road, or the Japanese place right next door.

Edited June 24, 201313 yr by WinnieTheKhwai

Carl JR is nothing special.. usual junk thai beef and overpriced same as Burger King, no thanks I'll stick to the delicious McDonalds Big Mac and I can only pray for them to add the Quarter Pounder to their menu as Double Cheesburger isn't a real match

I agree with you on the quarter pounder. It almost reaches Burger King Standards.