Harvey’s Restaurant

This is where you should go if you don’t like beef! I don’t know what’s in their burgers but it doesn’t taste like beef at all. And for a fast food joint the service is awfully slow!

I’m not usually one to review chain restaurants, but I’ll make an exception for Harvey’s. Through incessant coupon mail outs in 2015, Harvey’s lured me in to the store by appealing to my parsimonious side. The main attraction here is the burger topping station, where you can ask for extra this, none of that, etc. For the price of a regular burger at other fast food joints, you get a flame-​broiled patty that you can top with one or more of 8 sauces like chipotle or caesar, your standard toppings like lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, plus fun stuff like corn & beans, cucumber, tzatziki, and banana peppers. I don’t get cheese or bacon because there is no point with a giant mound of all this other tasty stuff drowning it out. I also like that you can sub onion rings for fries at extra cost in combos*, and an upgrade from a pop to a shake is only 99 cents. Harvey’s is what I imagine Subway and Wendy’s love child would be, and I like it.
*Pro tip: stick a few of your rings in the burger for extra deliciousness.

Super friendly staff. They make your hamburger a beautiful thing!
Fast and friendly. Bathroom was tidy.

Sometimes a girl just wants a burger ‘n fries. I know what you’re thinking: «EXCUSE ME! AREN“T YOU A VEGETARIAN???» And yes I am, so lucky for me, I live in the 21^st Century where they will just as happily fry up a soy burger, as they will a quarter pounder :)
I had had a REALLY bad experience at a Harveys 10 years ago and hadn’t been back since. But I know for a fact that they custom-​make burgers, so I wanted to give them another shot.
This particular location couldn’t be more convenient (located outside Brentwood Mall), and the staff was more than gracious. They listened to exactly what I wanted and served a MEAN (veggie)burger.
Oh my god, it was DELISH. Like to the point where it’s been 6 days and it’s still all I can think about.
I was lucky enough to time things right so when I went, it wasn’t busy at all. I paid around ~$ 7 for a burger and fries and like I said, I was satisfied to the core.

My aunt just recently gave me a coupon book for Xmas with complimentary coupons and two for one specials. I took advantage of it today and decided to eat at Harvey’s.
Now I don’t usually eat at fast food joints but I thought what the heck, I should at least try it out.
The place was very clean and the staff had the line up well orchestrated. There is an option of Argus beef but I went with a basic original burger. What I liked the most about Harvey’s is that you have the option of what you want to put on your burger, tomatoes, lettuce, relish, mustard, mayo, chilli or pickles. Everything is well prepared and all ingredients are very fresh.
The burger for a fast food burger was actually pretty good. It was large and I think and with the condiments made for a great lunch.
Staff at this location is very friendly and extremely organised. It was a nice change for me and prices are typically under 5 dollars.

I love Harvey’s; it’s an original Canadian Hamburger joint…
Harvey has his haters, though. My girlfriend refuses to patronize the establishment because they put too many toppings on her burger that all blend together and drip in one contained fluid of pickle, lettuce and mayonaise juice that will stain the pants…
Although she doesn’t get it; the burgers are good.
The only problem I have with this particular location is the one day I caught a kitchen girl trying to dump already cooked (and presumably old) onion rings into my fresh order. She was hiding in the back and I saw her pull out a few suspicious looking rings from a plastic tub and add them to the rings that we’re going down in the deep fryer. Why? I don’t know. It was weird and I didn’t eat them. I also let Harvey himself know, wherever he is. I didn’t hear anything back though, so I assume he must be protecting this girl. So I try to go elsewhere to order a burger.
But now that I think about it, it kind of pisses me off that they didn’t even send me an email back apologizing for trying to recycle old onion rings on me…
I’m taking a star or two off for that now and I suggest they get this store in shape.
But their burgers are good at any other location…