Large fries? I wonder if employees get paid more for not giving out large.
by jeanm__
31 Comments
homestarjr1
Any time I ever try to whatasize my meal the large fries look sad. Not usually this sad, but still sad. I feel like I’m paying extra for a bigger container, and that’s it.
badmartialarts
The airport Whataburger is wildly inconsistent. Sometimes I eat there and I’m happy I stopped, other times I wish I had just gone ahead to the airport, through a TSA cavity search, to get some Sysco reheated brisket from the airport vendors.
AustinSpartan
Hot take, Whataburger is not that good. Pick another place to eat.
wiseapple
I had that happen and I took it up to the counter. Talked to the manager, “Sir, I ordered a large fry and this is what I got”. He apologized, went and got a fresh order of large fries and a cookie.
BrownWallyBoot
Local man visits bad fast food restaurant and doesn’t like it. More at 10.
dodgerblue1212
Whatawaste
josegjrd
It’s owned by private equity now
ciscotree
I was excited when it opened but I stopped going after that location would impossibly long. I hate to say MLK location is better???? But WB is going the way of the buffalo.
hey_isnt_that_rob
Sure. Blame the employees. You fit in with 2025.
lockthesnailaway
Fast food at the airport isn’t good? Say it ain’t so
Ok_Development_495
I was a night manager at a fast food restaurant in a former life. We were supposed to weigh the fries. Not fill the containers! We refused to do that. Night customers got full portions. We didn’t care about any trouble resulting from those customers coming in during daytime hours and getting the weighed portions and complaining. French fry yield was calculated every day and to cover our nighttime generosity, I would take lots of bags at the end of the night and toss them in my trunk. The night crew received accolades over our miserly french fry delivery! The numbers were ridiculous. I finally decided to quit and in the last two weeks replaced all the stolen bags. I wasn’t there when the poop flew, but it appeared that someone was stealing bags of fries! Imagine that?
hunnyflash
The Whataburger near me doesn’t even have the good pellet ice. It’s like I’m in hell.
jettweet
Another victim of private equity.
Misterfrooby
Easily the most inconsistent fast food restaurant. Feels like it’s either great, or hot garbage, highly dependant upon location, and lately it leans towards the latter.
JadedTikal
I used to be a Whataburgian, recently converted to PTerrian
Broyota
As others have mentioned, Whataburger’s quality swings wildly dependent on the location. I can’t think of a single good one I’ve been to in Austin. Slow service, over salted, over cooked, etc. However I’ve been to a few in small towns way away from the city, and been impressed by the level of giving a shit they actually have.
OceanGateTitan
Airport whataburger is the worst location I’ve ever been to by far. I ate there consistently while working near the airport since there’s not many options and they consistently took forever and the quality was just bad.
On more than one occasion I would place curbside pick up orders, pull into a spot and check in, wait 15+ minutes before walking inside to ask where my food is only to find out they haven’t even started it.
Also have had to back out of the drive through line to let people out who were going to miss their flight the food was taking so long. I’m talking 45+ minutes in the drive though. Corporate should be up this whataburger locations ass. Piss poor management.
Famous_Street3994
I stoped buying large because they did this shit. They fill the mediums well.
BuscarLivesMatter
I’ve always wondered about that Whataburger while waiting to pickup my loved ones in the cell phone lot. Glad someone else went so I don’t have to go now.
nimoyspock9x
They been sold out for years
BassDry9940
Here’s my burger from yesterday at one in Cedar Park. This is how they put it together….
Work at the airport since there’s nothing really good around I frequent this whata and whoever is on the fry station has to be the saltiest person ever 😂
WritttenWriter
Go ask for more fries, but also this looks like a large size in a whatasize container, they could have just ran out of the large container.
Upper-Fan-6173
Best Whataburger is on Slaughter and Brodie near the Randall’s. Little chef in the back always cooking burgers to perfection and the fries and onion rings come out piping hot and delicious.
chriscucumber
There’s this thing where you check your bag before you leave
EatMoreSleepMore
This sub is worse Yelp.com and that’s really saying something.
Ain’t nothing Texas about whataburger. A husk of shell being zombiefied by a private equity. Support local texas burger shops P. Terry’s, Buddy’s, and Buddha Burger come to mine as easy, delicious alternatives.
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Any time I ever try to whatasize my meal the large fries look sad. Not usually this sad, but still sad. I feel like I’m paying extra for a bigger container, and that’s it.
The airport Whataburger is wildly inconsistent. Sometimes I eat there and I’m happy I stopped, other times I wish I had just gone ahead to the airport, through a TSA cavity search, to get some Sysco reheated brisket from the airport vendors.
Hot take, Whataburger is not that good. Pick another place to eat.
I had that happen and I took it up to the counter. Talked to the manager, “Sir, I ordered a large fry and this is what I got”. He apologized, went and got a fresh order of large fries and a cookie.
Local man visits bad fast food restaurant and doesn’t like it. More at 10.
Whatawaste
It’s owned by private equity now
I was excited when it opened but I stopped going after that location would impossibly long. I hate to say MLK location is better???? But WB is going the way of the buffalo.
Sure. Blame the employees. You fit in with 2025.
Fast food at the airport isn’t good? Say it ain’t so
I was a night manager at a fast food restaurant in a former life. We were supposed to weigh the fries. Not fill the containers! We refused to do that. Night customers got full portions. We didn’t care about any trouble resulting from those customers coming in during daytime hours and getting the weighed portions and complaining. French fry yield was calculated every day and to cover our nighttime generosity, I would take lots of bags at the end of the night and toss them in my trunk. The night crew received accolades over our miserly french fry delivery! The numbers were ridiculous. I finally decided to quit and in the last two weeks replaced all the stolen bags. I wasn’t there when the poop flew, but it appeared that someone was stealing bags of fries! Imagine that?
The Whataburger near me doesn’t even have the good pellet ice. It’s like I’m in hell.
Another victim of private equity.
Easily the most inconsistent fast food restaurant. Feels like it’s either great, or hot garbage, highly dependant upon location, and lately it leans towards the latter.
I used to be a Whataburgian, recently converted to PTerrian
As others have mentioned, Whataburger’s quality swings wildly dependent on the location. I can’t think of a single good one I’ve been to in Austin. Slow service, over salted, over cooked, etc. However I’ve been to a few in small towns way away from the city, and been impressed by the level of giving a shit they actually have.
Airport whataburger is the worst location I’ve ever been to by far. I ate there consistently while working near the airport since there’s not many options and they consistently took forever and the quality was just bad.
On more than one occasion I would place curbside pick up orders, pull into a spot and check in, wait 15+ minutes before walking inside to ask where my food is only to find out they haven’t even started it.
Also have had to back out of the drive through line to let people out who were going to miss their flight the food was taking so long. I’m talking 45+ minutes in the drive though. Corporate should be up this whataburger locations ass. Piss poor management.
I stoped buying large because they did this shit. They fill the mediums well.
I’ve always wondered about that Whataburger while waiting to pickup my loved ones in the cell phone lot. Glad someone else went so I don’t have to go now.
They been sold out for years
Here’s my burger from yesterday at one in Cedar Park. This is how they put it together….
https://preview.redd.it/7nsjr3sxs2xf1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f9056797a81de34bb2f4f27d2868b7b9fa4001d
Work at the airport since there’s nothing really good around I frequent this whata and whoever is on the fry station has to be the saltiest person ever 😂
Go ask for more fries, but also this looks like a large size in a whatasize container, they could have just ran out of the large container.
Best Whataburger is on Slaughter and Brodie near the Randall’s. Little chef in the back always cooking burgers to perfection and the fries and onion rings come out piping hot and delicious.
There’s this thing where you check your bag before you leave
This sub is worse Yelp.com and that’s really saying something.
Fortunately, there is a P. Terry’s nearby.
[Pterrys is better](https://disoccupied.com/brand/Whataburger/text/)
Eat P. Terry’s, Whataburger is trash.
Ain’t nothing Texas about whataburger. A husk of shell being zombiefied by a private equity. Support local texas burger shops P. Terry’s, Buddy’s, and Buddha Burger come to mine as easy, delicious alternatives.
the one on north lamar is always on point