Hot Chip Burger - Rochester

Fabulous brunch at ZZest yesterday...on the Patio of course.

I don't consider myself a foodie at all, but let me tell you about the foodgasm I just had! The service is wonderful! They are very knowledgable about the food! Super friendly, and just great all around!! They have great recommendations for the beer I like, and were very considerate when they found out about my food allergies!! The food, seriously brought me back to Italy with the Pizza I ate, and the beer made me think of my home state of Oregon!!! And if I were you I would get the Chocolate Sorbet! The flavor layers are amazing!!! This is worth the drive from the Twin Cities to come here!

I had heard good things and I love burger joints. Hot Chip did not disappoint! A little more then I’d like to spend for lunch but worth the extra few dollars. Creative and hip atmosphere paired with very friendly and courteous staff. So with those two things paired with excellent food you have a winner!! Keep up the good work Hot Chip Burger Bar. I’ll definitely be back! Yummy!

I was initially really excited when I found this restaurant on Happy Cow and realised it was so close to where we were staying as it 's typically hard for me to find quality options for my dietary needs, a trek, or both. Overall I wasn 't a fan. $14 for the burger, not including the additional $3.25 side of fries that came with like 10 fries total. My burger was supposed to come with 2 beef patties so when I subbed the veggie patty I assumed I would have 2 veggie patties, but only had one. Overall the burger was incredibly soggy. I was really excited about the mushroom aspect of this burger and ended up very disappointed. I think the veggie patty and porcini mushroom aioli are why this burger was as soggy as it was. The patty literally was falling apart and the aioli was thin and watery. I couldn 't even finish the burger and ended up throwing most of it away after a couple of bites. My boyfriend ordered cheese curds as a starter and those were easily the best part of the meal (and the two pickle slices that came with each burger). I 'm also not sure if this restaurant was supposed to have service or not, but there really was none. The menu is via QR, you get your own drinks, clean up your tray, food and drinks, and don 't even see a server when you pay. We only saw our server when our food was dropped off. No one checked on us to see how the food was once we received it or if we needed anything else. All in all, not impressed. I 'm not sure if we just came in on a bad day or what, because it looks like other people had a better experience. But I don 't think I would recommend Hot Chip Burger Bar.

The food at Hot Chip was delicious! We tried the daily lunch special for $10.99 and it was fantastic. My son enjoyed the kids cheeseburger as well. Thank you, Hot Chip!