The Habit Burger Grill

If you’re second guessing, just park the car get off and enjoy a meal. I had the double char with raw onion and it was great! The strawberry lemonade is awesome ! Overall had a good experience. It’s 9:30 pm on a Wednesday night.

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The restaurant was so nice, clean, the decoration made me feel like I was visiting a restaurant near the beach. The employees were really fast and friendly. They have a drive through and a little patio where you can also eat outside. The parking lot was big. The food was fresh and delicious.

Edward Franco

If you’re second guessing, just park the car get off and enjoy a meal. I had the double char with raw onion and it was great! The strawberry lemonade is awesome ! Overall had a good experience. It’s 9:30 pm on a Wednesday night.

Hortencia G1

The staff was so friendly when we walked in we werent ready to order and they gave us a few minutes to decide food was, flavorful and best yet not greasy loved it!

Love that the burgers are freshly made to order. Try the fried green beans with a side of teriyaki. Yummo!

By far, the best Habit restaurant I’ve been to. I have been to the Turlock and Atwater location and their food as well as their customer service is horrible. The Merced staff are AMAZING. They are patient, kind and fix any mistakes on your order. Ibet is sooooo sweet! She’s always kind and welcoming.

Katie

By far, the best Habit restaurant I’ve been to. I have been to the Turlock and Atwater location and their food as well as their customer service is horrible. The Merced staff are AMAZING. They are patient, kind and fix any mistakes on your order. Ibet is sooooo sweet! She’s always kind and welcoming.

N L

I recently tried to order ahead online for pickup using The Habit app. My order wasn’t able to be completed after multiple attempts at changing the required ETA during checkout so I was forced to wait until I got there to go inside and ask for help placing my order. I showed the girl behind the counter the issue on the app which she also could not figure out how to bypass. The employee, Adrianna, whom I assume was a manager (due to her uniform) explained that perhaps my order wasn’t able to be completed because the lobby had just closed. (I was attempting to order pickup to go inside the restaurant.) This might be true but I’d also began trying to place my order before it was 9:30pm. And she said a few other customers have complained of the same issue too. She further informed me that the lobby closes at 9:30 pm but the drive thru stays open later. Unfortunately I was walking since I am disabled and don’t drive, and could not utilize the drive thru. Since she could see that I had truly been unable to use the app, she sympathized and explained that the lobby was closed but if I’d like, she’d fulfill my order (1 charburger w cheese & a side of deep fried avocado wedges) though I’d have to take it to go. That’s all I wanted in the first place so I was very satisfied w that offer. She was extremely polite and considerate about my butgerless situation, and I appreciate her willingness to meet halfway. That was a very nice thing for her to do even though she really didn’t have to. I can see why she’’s a manager! The burger was hot & tasty and perfectly customized to my preferences. The avocado wedges were amazing. I thought they’d be mushy but they’ weren’t at all and go great w ranch. Next time I’ll put them in my burger. The prices are good, the burgers are great and the customer service is absolutely wonderful. I definitely recommend.

We mobile ordered and order the same thing all the time. On the receipt it even shows what toppings you don’t want on your burger. They completely ignored the order and added everything. So my wife went to the counter with her burger and stated she asked for certain toppings not be put on her burger, the clerk was rude and said do you have your receipt. Like my wife was lying. Of course we had the receipt we just picked up the order and I was eating in the lounge with her. So they remade her burger and added the same toppings again, completely ignoring what it said on the receipt, mind blowing! We love your burger’s but will never go to the Merced location ever again, Or any Habit as far as I’m concerned. Tell your employees to pay attention to making food! And I forgot to mention the ice machine was busted, so no ice for soda. UPDATE: I am changing my review! The issue was taken care of promptly by the company! Now that is amazing customer care!! You won me back as a customer. And if anyone is reading this. They not only take care of their customers, they have incredible hamburgers and amazing onion rings. Thank you!

The Doublechar burger was better than I expected and the fries were done just right.

Food cooked as ordered. Tasty fresh and good quality.

the burgers are good. I wish they were a little faster with the food coming out. but the quality and taste more than make up for that.

The BBQ Bacon Burger and Santa Barbara Salad were both super delicious and the best part is, the Burger and Salad both came out looking Exactly like the advertising pictures.

It was great food. But the app did make me think the chicken ceaser salad was much bigger that it actually is but still great food.

It's a great place and like Habit, I too was "Established" in Santa Barbara in 1969, so that's cool! They grill their buns which causes them to be fairly dry, but not in a good crunchy on the edges, soft in the center grilled way, maybe that location is doing it incorrectly. Some may like that, but I don't. This has been the situation all 4 times I've ever been there so I think that's by design. So if you like your buns that way, it's great. If you don't, 5 Guys is right across the street. So I'm not trashing Habit, I just don't like my buns dry. It's the kind of place I want to love, but I don't.

The food there was delicious, but the reason it’s not five star is because they forgot some stuff in our order, but every thing else there was really good and cooked very well.

Emma arellano

The food there was delicious, but the reason it’s not five star is because they forgot some stuff in our order, but every thing else there was really good and cooked very well.

Christina Hamlin

It was great food. But the app did make me think the chicken ceaser salad was much bigger that it actually is but still great food.

Scott Burningham

It's a great place and like Habit, I too was "Established" in Santa Barbara in 1969, so that's cool! They grill their buns which causes them to be fairly dry, but not in a good crunchy on the edges, soft in the center grilled way, maybe that location is doing it incorrectly. Some may like that, but I don't. This has been the situation all 4 times I've ever been there so I think that's by design. So if you like your buns that way, it's great. If you don't, 5 Guys is right across the street. So I'm not trashing Habit, I just don't like my buns dry. It's the kind of place I want to love, but I don't.

Did the drive through and took it home. I enjoyed the food, especially the tempura green beans. Price if fast food is too much at this time, but if you want somthing quick and easy...

The Habit Burger is a pretty decent spot, definitely a step up from a lot of the other fast food chains out there. Their food always tastes fresh, and I especially love their salads and grilled chicken options — it's nice to have healthier choices that don’t feel like an afterthought. That said, the drive-thru can be pretty slow most of the time, so if you're in a hurry, it might test your patience a bit. But overall, the quality of the food makes up for the wait. Would I go back? Absolutely — just not when I’m in a rush.

Ordered our food, had a seat while we waited for our food. Had my separate order come up first. Then our family lunch page came in although they apologized for the error as they said our order was not ready yet. They ended up bringing our order to us and gave us a milk shake to make amends. Very thoughtful and appreciated. Everything came out hot and fresh.

Michael Clark

Did the drive through and took it home. I enjoyed the food, especially the tempura green beans. Price if fast food is too much at this time, but if you want somthing quick and easy...

Alex Castillo

Ordered our food, had a seat while we waited for our food. Had my separate order come up first. Then our family lunch page came in although they apologized for the error as they said our order was not ready yet. They ended up bringing our order to us and gave us a milk shake to make amends. Very thoughtful and appreciated. Everything came out hot and fresh.

Terika Smith

The Habit Burger is a pretty decent spot, definitely a step up from a lot of the other fast food chains out there. Their food always tastes fresh, and I especially love their salads and grilled chicken options — it's nice to have healthier choices that don’t feel like an afterthought. That said, the drive-thru can be pretty slow most of the time, so if you're in a hurry, it might test your patience a bit. But overall, the quality of the food makes up for the wait. Would I go back? Absolutely — just not when I’m in a rush.

I have ordered here 3 times since they opened (1.5 weeks ago) and the quality has been different every time. 1st was really good! No major complaints. 2nd time the food quality was pretty good but they didn’t include the cheese (extra $) or requested ketchup or standard salad dressing. :( 3rd time was pretty poor quality. Patty was half the size of the bread and burned on the outside, med-rare on the inside. The burger was slapped together and fell apart very quickly. All three times, the sides were cold despite picking them up right on time and I was a little irked to see employees handling fries and other side trays with bare hands and only a napkin.

Very disappointed our chicken avocado salad literally only had chicken on half of the sandwich. When we approach the manager she kept giving us some random excuse and then finally the cook gave us another piece of chicken for a sandwich. The customer service management is not very good at all. I ordered a teriyaki charburger well done and it was still pink in the middle. Very disappointed in this establishment as well as the customer service

It looks like the guest get done eating and get rid of their trash but nobody ever comes by and wipes down and sanitizes the tables. Every empty table was dirty even though there were no items on the tables. I had to grab someone's attention to get the cup that they told me to get at the counter. It looks like they're running a skeleton crew. This is a management problem. I hope it gets better because habit Burger is good normally and this is not the way it should be.

J R

It looks like the guest get done eating and get rid of their trash but nobody ever comes by and wipes down and sanitizes the tables. Every empty table was dirty even though there were no items on the tables. I had to grab someone's attention to get the cup that they told me to get at the counter. It looks like they're running a skeleton crew. This is a management problem. I hope it gets better because habit Burger is good normally and this is not the way it should be.

Was craving burgers last night but don't like driving after dark so we DoorDash'd our dinner. The Santa Barbara burger and the Bacon cheeseburger were very good. A little pricey-almost $40 for 2 burgers and 1 fry but good quality. The order wasn't ready when the driver got there though. This location seems to have problems with speed of service

lisa wiseman

Was craving burgers last night but don't like driving after dark so we DoorDash'd our dinner. The Santa Barbara burger and the Bacon cheeseburger were very good. A little pricey-almost $40 for 2 burgers and 1 fry but good quality. The order wasn't ready when the driver got there though. This location seems to have problems with speed of service

I m DoorDash driver.. 20 minutes waiting after 10:00 pm for order in drive thru line

Ordering in person is fine, but every time we order online, they mess the order up. We ordered 2 vegetarian burgers and we're given cheeseburgers which could not be eaten. If you are going to eat here, do no order online or in the app, and if you do, check before leaving that your order is correct.

If your a person that like personal service and a stupid machine it's best not to come here, when you finally get your order taken you to wait thirty minutes to get served, after you get you food you'll find no catch-up in the dispensary and nobody to help get some. And will we were eating at least 4 couples walk out because of no counter service I felt like we were not important, so I probably won't be back.

I've been to this place numerous times the past two years as it's convenient to me, but as of writing this review, the service has reached an all-time low. It's not uncommon to wait 5-10 minutes in line without it moving at all, and the breaking point for me was waiting in line for 20 minutes without it budging. This is completely unacceptable for me, especially with how the prices are already high here to begin with. I don't know what needs to change: whether it's an issue with understaffing, slow workers, but something needs to happen, because at the current moment it's legitimately faster (and cheaper) for me to drive across town and get In N Out and get back, than to wait in a 6 car line at The Habit.

I was in the drive through for over 30 minutes, there were only a handful of cars in front of me. This was NOT fast food.

The manager was very young and did not fully understand what kind of products this restaurant even sold which is always something scary being that they're in charge. Food was okay I felt like the burgers used to be bigger Food was okay I felt like the burgers used to be bigger for $33 all we got was a Lettuce wrap a Burger fries and a small up charge on the fried green beans. Soda was flat. Burger could have had more seasoning blue cheese could have been melted on to the Patty this is just basic stuff when it comes to making a burger sadly this place is new. Hopefully they get it right next time but I will not be back.

15 min wait plus got lost and by mistake went in the drive through lane which was another 15 mins because the order in front of me in drive through was messed up. Inside restaurant I overheard a diner return his burger finding a bug. He got 2 coupons and burger remade. The entry and exit lanes are convoluted. Burger and and fries are dry and hard. For over $11 I expected better. Not going back until the ‘bugs’ are worked out, pun intended!

6/19/25 Becareful of the toothpicks in the club sandwiches, I had two toothpicks sticking out of both my half cut sandwiches and both of the toothpicks were broke in half, i pulled one half out but the other half was still lodged in the sandwich had I not looked before I bit into the sandwich I could have been impaled. Double-check your toothpicks, it will cause serious harm!

W1sh -L1st

6/19/25 Becareful of the toothpicks in the club sandwiches, I had two toothpicks sticking out of both my half cut sandwiches and both of the toothpicks were broke in half, i pulled one half out but the other half was still lodged in the sandwich had I not looked before I bit into the sandwich I could have been impaled. Double-check your toothpicks, it will cause serious harm!

Mike F

15 min wait plus got lost and by mistake went in the drive through lane which was another 15 mins because the order in front of me in drive through was messed up. Inside restaurant I overheard a diner return his burger finding a bug. He got 2 coupons and burger remade. The entry and exit lanes are convoluted. Burger and and fries are dry and hard. For over $11 I expected better. Not going back until the ‘bugs’ are worked out, pun intended!

Albert J The Untamed Chef

The manager was very young and did not fully understand what kind of products this restaurant even sold which is always something scary being that they're in charge. Food was okay I felt like the burgers used to be bigger Food was okay I felt like the burgers used to be bigger for $33 all we got was a Lettuce wrap a Burger fries and a small up charge on the fried green beans. Soda was flat. Burger could have had more seasoning blue cheese could have been melted on to the Patty this is just basic stuff when it comes to making a burger sadly this place is new. Hopefully they get it right next time but I will not be back.

Everytime I come here it's always the same two people working. One in the kitchen and the other handling drive thru orders, fries, and in-store orders. Food always takes way too long to come out due to being understaffed and orders are messed up. Would happily increase my rating if they had at least one more person working in the store.

Levon Taylor

I was in the drive through for over 30 minutes, there were only a handful of cars in front of me. This was NOT fast food.

Photos and Phood

Everytime I come here it's always the same two people working. One in the kitchen and the other handling drive thru orders, fries, and in-store orders. Food always takes way too long to come out due to being understaffed and orders are messed up. Would happily increase my rating if they had at least one more person working in the store.

Just walked in, stood in line for almost 10 minutes to have the cashier walk away, saying he would be right back. After 5 more minutes I walked out. Yes, they were busy, but that isn't my problem. Staff properly.

They take way too long for a simple hamburger, waiting in the drive thru for 35 min

We have eaten here numerous times driving from Clovis to Sonora to pick up a grandson..Food and service has always been great until today. We waited for quite some time for two people to finally finish their private conversation. When the very impolite girl cane to the register there was absolutely no greeting, hello, would you like to order. Nothing. So I proceeded to say what we wanted the first words out of her mouth were to ask how we wanted the onions. My husband was standing by so asked him how he wanted them cooked and she sighed. So that ended the transaction because my husband said we don't need to give them our business. At that point I said we'll guess we aren't eating here. Not one word out of her mouth just left the register .

Waited in drive thru for 20 minutes only to find out that there was no ranch for the onion rings and no utensils. I also ordered bbq chicken salad and the tomatoes were not diced, they just threw in whole tomatoes. The issue lies with the workers prioritizing conversing with each other instead of focusing on making the customer's order. Note: There was also no receipt given.

Ordered chicken club, sweet potato fries, and a drink cost 20 bucks. Ordered no mayo on my sandwich but it came lathered on it andthe fries were cold. For that price should at least get it correct. I won't be back.

Usually the food here is good (sometimes great) but I made the unfortunate mistake of trying the current special - the spicy chicken sandwich. The ad makes it look very appealing. This was anything but appealing. It was IMMERSED in the hot sauce, along with pickles. To the point where it was soggy and barely edible. Didn't taste all that great either. I don't think it was suppose to be slathered in the sauce, it definitely would have been better if it wasn't. I didn't eat the whole thing and my stomach is not terribly pleased today either. I'm sure I will eat there again but I'll only stick to basic fare in the future. That withstanding, our order was incredibly expensive for two. Almost $40. We did get two shakes but it's still a bit ludicrous. One could go to a restaurant for that.

Ordinarily, I like Habit. Food is OK, however extremely overpriced. This particular Habit had extremely rude employees. Went with my family for lunch after soccer. Ordered kids meals for the Littles while I was waiting for my husband and other daughter. Received my kids meals except the drinks. Waited for several minutes for anyone to acknowledge me. Then when one of the employees finally came over, she had an attitude when I asked for my cups. Clearly seeing I had 2 kids meals on my tray, she asked what size cups, then rolled her eyes when I said that if eas for the kids meals. We then ordered the rest of our food a few minutes later. You can ONLY order at the kiosk in this restaurant and they send you a text when your food is ready. I was standing at the counter for several minutes prior to receiving the text. And waited for about 10 minutes after receiving it. The same employee asked what I was waiting for. I told her I got the text that my food was ready, but it never made it to the counter. She said someone else must have taken it. I told her I had been standing there the whole time and it never came up. She said they would have to "re-make" it, but still gave me fried greenbeans that had been sitting on the counter for the past 15 minutes. Expensive and rude. I'll pass next time.

** Do not visit this location ** Unfortunately, my recent visit to this Habit Burger location was quite disappointing. The soda we received was flat, and when we brought it to the staff’s attention, they were rude about it. Despite getting a second cup, the issue persisted, and the response from the staff, including the manager Anaie, was unhelpful and rude. When we requested a refund, we were surprised by the amount of personal information they required, including our phone number and email. This was the worst experience we got at any Habit Burger location.

Food was cold. Waited 20 minutes in line with nobody in front of me paid for two ranches and didn’t get Any at all Second time at this location will not be returning. You’re better off just going to McDonald’s.

Don't waist your time and money here. I gave this place three tries. -cold food -stale bread -excessive salt -unedible fries -25min drive through wait for being only the second car. -40 min drive through wait for being 3rd car -employee lied to my face. Asked if she added the ranch to my bag, she said yes. Of course it wasn't is there. Vote with your dollars. I don't vote for this place to stay in Merced. It's not worth it.

Went through the drive-through and was the fifth car in line. We moved up once in 15 minutes. I'm now the third car in line and I've been here for 25 minutes. They really need to figure out A more efficient drive-through.

I've been to many habit burgers and have always had good food from their restaurant. I've tried this place on 4 separate occasions and the food quality was OK at best and not worth the money to go all the time. This last time I went there was plastic in my food, I thought it was char when I first picked it out, but it was hard pieces of plastic in the meat as shown in the picture. I've also been through the complaint process, which is very ineffective, they won't even let you speak with a manager to talk about what went wrong with your order. Instead you're channeled through an answering service where your complaint is recorded and management "reaches out to you". I've given management 15 days to respond and nothing. Not only is the food quality poor but service is as well. I'm fine with going to spend my money at 5 guys across the street.

Joshua

I've been to many habit burgers and have always had good food from their restaurant. I've tried this place on 4 separate occasions and the food quality was OK at best and not worth the money to go all the time. This last time I went there was plastic in my food, I thought it was char when I first picked it out, but it was hard pieces of plastic in the meat as shown in the picture. I've also been through the complaint process, which is very ineffective, they won't even let you speak with a manager to talk about what went wrong with your order. Instead you're channeled through an answering service where your complaint is recorded and management "reaches out to you". I've given management 15 days to respond and nothing. Not only is the food quality poor but service is as well. I'm fine with going to spend my money at 5 guys across the street.

So im over the TIP question for the drive thru? Thats super weird since im paying 19.00 bucks for one meal. I spent 70.00 bucks today on a somthing they advertised 19.00 bucks for a family bundle. Then the rude manager lady at night arguing over fries I paid for because she is to lazy to actually look at the screen. Ill take my Buisness to In an Out next time. Food Is better an its LITTERALY half the price. Feel jipped.. an then asked for a tip lmao ...nooopppppeeeee

Stacy C

So im over the TIP question for the drive thru? Thats super weird since im paying 19.00 bucks for one meal. I spent 70.00 bucks today on a somthing they advertised 19.00 bucks for a family bundle. Then the rude manager lady at night arguing over fries I paid for because she is to lazy to actually look at the screen. Ill take my Buisness to In an Out next time. Food Is better an its LITTERALY half the price. Feel jipped.. an then asked for a tip lmao ...nooopppppeeeee