I have eaten at one in Dallas and one in Round Rock. It is a great burger place! Never heard of it until 2 years ago actually. I'm glad to see them coming to Waco.

Waco already has at least half a dozen burger joints that are better.

Its the new $12 with thick patty, and dense bun type joint.

A burger is meant to be of the 2 thin patties, 2 slices of cheese variety.

Give me a Dubl-R, Kitok, Cupps, Christi's, Dave's, as well as others burger over Doddy's, any day.

Waco it an underrated burger destination.

I tend to agree with DubDub - Hopdoddy is just ok after eating at least 3-4x in Austin and Houston. In the new wave of national, higher end burger chains I think Shake Shack is a MUCH better burger.

I like the Hop Doddy's concept, I like their menu, but the straight up cheeseburger is just ok. Not great, not bad. Fries are indeed really good as is the Chipotle Ketchup. The Ahi Tuna burger is really good. I live in Dallas and there are at least 20 better burger options. Additionally, I'm getting really irritated by the "new normal" $15 burger. A quality burger should be no more than $9 IMO

I agree about the pricing of burgers these days. Twisted Root has a really good burger. There are several other chains, not fast food, that I think are good. Walk On's and BJ's have a good burger as well.

For a good little fast food type burger, Hat Creek that just opened out by Woodway is good. It probably isnt fair to call it fast food. They sell alcohol etc there but is set up for ordering like a fast food place--but so is Hop Doddy's and Twisted Root for that matter. But the atmosphere at Hat Creek is more fast food like. It started as a food truck in Austin and went Brick and Mortar there and now expanded into Waco.

PartyBear said:

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I agree about the pricing of burgers these days. Twisted Root has a really good burger. There are several other chains, not fast food, that I think are good. Walk On's and BJ's have a good burger as well.

For a good little fast food type burger, Hat Creek that just opened out by Woodway is good. It probably isnt fair to call it fast food. They sell alcohol etc there but is set up for ordering like a fast food place--but so is Hop Doddy's and Twisted Root for that matter. But the atmosphere at Hat Creek is more fast food like. It started as a food truck in Austin and went Brick and Mortar there and now expanded into Waco.

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This post makes me sad for our future. As does the one above it by JR.

J.R. said:

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I like the Hop Doddy's concept, I like their menu, but the straight up cheeseburger is just ok. Not great, not bad. Fries are indeed really good as is the Chipotle Ketchup. The Ahi Tuna burger is really good. I live in Dallas and there are at least 20 better burger options. Additionally, I'm getting really irritated by the "new normal" $15 burger. A quality burger should be no more than $9 IMO

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Agreed. What are your local favorites for $10 or less? Mine are Off-site Kitchen and Mesero.

Lund Vernquist said:

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J.R. said:

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I like the Hop Doddy's concept, I like their menu, but the straight up cheeseburger is just ok. Not great, not bad. Fries are indeed really good as is the Chipotle Ketchup. The Ahi Tuna burger is really good. I live in Dallas and there are at least 20 better burger options. Additionally, I'm getting really irritated by the "new normal" $15 burger. A quality burger should be no more than $9 IMO

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Agreed. What are your local favorites for $10 or less? Mine are Off-site Kitchen and Mesero.

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Off Site Kitchen wins best bang for the buck, period! Maple and Motor for best old school burger.(tots are amazing). Like Angry Dog too. I like Katy Trail Ice House Burger, too. If you like Mesero, which I do, try Hudson House ($5 at happy hour with $5 martini's and $1 east coast oysters)

I agree with off-site kitchen. Its no Rose's or Club Schmitz, but it is very good. My current favorite in town as well.

Their chicken sandwich is also great.



I like masero, been there many times, but never tried the burger, will have to do that next time.


Another random place for a very good burger is Taco Diner.

DubDub said:

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I agree with off-site kitchen. Its no Rose's or Club Schmitz, but it is very good. My current favorite in town as well.

Their chicken sandwich is also great.



I like masero, been there many times, but never tried the burger, will have to do that next time.


Another random place for a very good burger is Taco Diner.

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agreed on Taco diner

Yeah, Taco Diner is from the same family tree as Mesero (Mico Rodriguez). The burger is very similar and also excellent.

I tried the cheeseburger at Zoli's the other day. It breaches the $10 mark ($15) but it was outstanding.

Lund Vernquist said:

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Yeah, Taco Diner is from the same family tree as Mesero (Mico Rodriguez). The burger is very similar and also excellent.

I tried the cheeseburger at Zoli's the other day. It breaches the $10 mark ($15) but it was outstanding.

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wow. Didn't know they had a burger. Hard for me to get past the pizza...yum. will try.

Had heard Hop Doddy was coming to Legends Crossing but haven't seen any construction over there that might be them. Are they still coming?

I ate at one in Houston (Rice Village) and enjoyed the burger. I prefer the thick pattie/dense bun style cooked rare, the fries were great and the selection of craft beers was pretty dang good.

DoublR is pretty good, Kitok's is only on the map because of the Asian fries, Captain Billy's is ok too. I cant get really excited about going to those places because I'm not really sure how they pass the health inspection. Not really a fan of dives. Plus no beer.

Oh good. If there's one thing Waco needs it's another burger place.