The Great Austin Burger Hunt

B.B. Rovers
12161 Jollyville Road
Austin, TX
(512)335-9504

B.B. Rovers is an Irish pub with a fairly nice atmosphere and a large selections of beers, so many that the beers have their own menu. Now, I'm not a drinker, so I don't really care about that, but while eating there with friends the other night, I decided to try their Burger and review it for the Great Austin Burger Hunt.

I decided on the rather plain Cheeseburger, which is offered with a choice of cheeses, Longhorn Cheddar, Swiss, Pepperjack, Provolone or Blue Cheese. I decided to try the Longhorn Cheddar this time, despite being a big fan of Swiss on burgers. When I ordered they gave me another choice, white, wheat or rye? Being intrigued by the rye, I ordered that. I was not given a choice on how I wanted my burger cooked. Now, many places don't give you that option, but it is much more common among sit down restaurants. I was a little surprised by the lack of choice, but not that much.

I took a little bit of time to arrive, and then the waitress tried to give me the wrong burger, but eventually I got my burger with chips on the side. I was pleasantly surprised to find my burger on a pair of slabs of nicely toasted marble rye. Unfortunately, the bread was the best part of the burger. The bread was perfectly toasted so that it had a slightly crunch to it, and the bread was very tasty.

The burger was a rather dry, a little overdone, and just not very tasty. It wasn't bad, just not very good. It came with a single leaf of leaf lettuce, which wilted before I finished the first half of my burger. I removed the lettuce from the second half. There also wasn't much evidence of condiments on the burger and I really wonder if the cheese was Longhorn and not American. It didn't add much to the taste.

In fact, the burger was nearly a patty melt, which is a burger with swiss cheese on rye bread and then the sandwich is grilled. I love patty melts. It would have been better as a patty melt.

The side order was a small pile of out-of-the-bag chips, absolutely nothing special.

It wasn't awful, but I think I will be avoiding the burgers at B.B. Rovers.