Slater’s 50/50

The last few times I've been here had to have been well over 10 years ago so I don't recall how my previous tastings were so basically this is like a new experience. Located in Liberty Station there's plenty of lot parking. The space is big with indoor and outdoor seatings. The guy host who seated us had long hair and looked like he was high and just rolled out of bed without showering. I docked a star for the table being dirty with crumbs and utensils were also dirty. I had to ask for the table to either be wiped down or move so we ended up moving instead. Otherwise the service was good. It did take awhile for someone to even come by to take our order but after that everything was fine and the food came out quickly.I was so surprised because usually I don't expect much from American foods. It's either bland or too salty there's really no in between. To my surprise every single dish ordered was delicious. I hardly say that about American foods. We ordered the original 50/50 with onion rings, 50/50 alarm with fries, pork belly grilled cheese with sweet potato fries, and the ballpark tater tots.The burgers were juicy and the spicy alarm burger has that heat you're looking for! We thought it was going to be mild heat but boy after that burger and taking bites of the grilled habanero and jalapeno it's gonna have you crying! Mind you, I'm Lao and my spice tolerance is really high so if I cried, don't do it if you can't handle it. But I loved it! The runny eggs inside the burgers were cooked perfectly. I was shocked my son's pork belly grilled cheese actually paired so good. Usually chili is pretty salty to me but this one was just perfect! The red onions and chili paired so well with the perfectly crisped tots! The onion rings were crisply delicious. The regular fries and sweet potato fries were not my thing.

I knew I had eaten at Slater's 50/50 prior to our most recent visit this past Wednesday, but I didn't realize it had been 12 years since I first tried Slater's. We had a planned dinner with our son to meet his girlfriend for the first time and had planned to meet up at Hodad's in Ocean Beach, but there was a Farmer's Market going on and we had a tough time finding parking. We called our son immediately and revised our plans to eat dinner at Slater's instead. I had rated Slater's 3 stars twelve years ago and rated our most recent experience 3 stars again. We were bummed that we didn't get to eat at my favorite burger spot, but we were blessed to spend quality time and meet our son's beautiful, intelligent, and respectful girlfriend.Slater's is located within Liberty Station in the Point Loma area. It is located next to Sea Hive and shares the same complex as Cocina 35. La Galleria and Barracks 15 is across the street and just down the road is the Liberty Station Public Market where there are a plethora of eateries. There is an abundant amount of parking spots all over Liberty Station. As we walked to Slater's main entrance, you'll notice the large bronze burger statue. There is plenty of indoor and outdoor seating that consist of table, booth, and bar seating. Inside has a black and gray color scheme, there are an armada of televisions, and I liked the neon signage particularly the "Bacon. Burgers. Beer. Booze." sign. Our waitress was friendly and accommodating, but we ordered an appetizer of fried pickles and it did not come out with our other appetizer. Not sure if our waitress forgot to put our order in or if the kitchen had forgotten to cook it.To say I was bummed about not eating my #1 burger of all time at Hodad's is an understatement, but we changed our plans to Slater's 50/50 because of the lack of parking in Ocean Beach and the large amount of parking at Liberty Station. We chose a burger restaurant primarily for our son as he was craving a burger. We ordered for our son and his girlfriend since they were coming after my son was done with his Final. We ordered the following: Bacon Mac N Cheese Balls, Frickles, the Original 50/50 Burger for me, Hi-Brow Burger for my wife, Smash Burger Combo for my son, and the Best Damn Cheeseburger for my son's girlfriend. The bacon n Mac cheese balls are house-made bacon mac and cheese balls breaded with panko and served with Tapatio Ranch. That was probably the best tasting item out of everything we ordered. The frickles are hand breaded & fried made "Pickles" and they come with a honey mustard dipping sauce. I'm a fried pickles connoisseur, but this version was just okay for me. I didn't try any of the other burgers, so I'll review my Original 50/50, which is what I ordered 12 years ago. The Original 50/50 is their signature 50/50 beef and bacon patty with pepper jack cheese, avocado mash, sunny-side up egg, and chipotle mayo on a brioche bun. I liked how the sunny-side up egg made the burger creamy, but I felt the taste of the burger was average and I thought the size of the burger was small for its price tag.The best part about eating at Slater's 50/50 was being able to break bread and finally getting to meet our son's girlfriend without having the stress of finding parking. Slater's 50/50 was an okay dining experience 12 years ago and nothing has changed 12 years later.

Pete (Bar) was awesome today!He quickly greeted us and took our drink order,and followed up with us to see if we had any questions about the menu.The food came out in a timely manner and was delicious. Strongly recommend the mac and cheese balls as an appetizer!

Hamburgers were really tasty we really enjoyed the cheese balls. Location looked clean. Our waitress was really nice. The only thing was the kitchen never brought out the onion rings we ordered. Over a chill place

My friends and I decided to grab brunch here as our wait for Cocina 35 was over an hour. It's located at Liberty station so there is plenty of parking. We didn't have any wait and were seated right away. There is plenty of seating inside. There honestly weren't many people inside at all. Server was friendly, but seemed to be one of the only people working there. The brunch menu is pretty simple and straightforward. Food review:Chilaquiles (2/5): Super dry and lacked flavor. The only good thing about it was the egg. Definitely don't order here if Cocina 35 is around the corner. French toast: (3/5) Decent flavor, nothing memorable. Good portion. Side of bacon with the French toast was burnt and super hard. Breakfast sandwich: (4/5) The hash brown definitely saved this sandwich. The salsa was also pretty good that came in the side. Bacon almost broke my tooth is was so damn overcooked and burnt. All in all, I definitely will never get brunch here again. Also, my friend ordered a drink that took forever to arrive and in general wasn't impressive. The waiter was also the bartender and greeter for everyone else. Maybe they need more staff?? Anyway, It was worth a shot.

To say we had some sort of customer service would be an exaggeration, this has to be by far one of the worst underwhelming experiences. As we waited to be seated for nearly 30 minutes to a practically empty location the music became unbearable as it was so loud I couldn't hear the person standing next to me. We finally get seated on a table that had food stains and crumbs everywhere (that we cleaned up ourself because our waiter didn't come up). Our waiter was more concerned going behind the bar and drinking. He took our order after 20-30 min, that was the last we saw of him. Our food was basic, lacking flavor and the portions were on the smaller side. We weren't done eating but we decided to try and flag someone down to get our check. Of course our waiter was still by the bar without a care in the world. A lady finally passed by and asked if we needed help and brought us our check (she was Hispanic with black hair, the only person offering customer service here). The price you pay for what you get is ridiculous. We won't be coming back there's better service and food around.

We had a good experience at Slaters haven't been since before Covid. I'm a sucker for Mac n cheese so I got the Mac Daddy burger. Which the server recommended. I was not disappointed But the highlight of the evening was definitely the dessert. I had the Strawberry cheesecake milkshake it had a whole slice of cheesecake I was in heaven. The ambiance was nice little vibe.definitely going back again.

After reading the reviews, we were expecting an amazing lunch. There was one server on the floor, but it wasn't crowded. The service was extremely slow. We needed to ask the server to refill the water glasses as she never came over to ask if we needed anything. I had a chicken sandwich which looked fascinating from the description. I chose to upgraded to the onion rings. the sandwich was good, but not outstanding. It was very messy to eat. Make sure to get lots of napkins! The onion rings had a thick batter on it and they were very tasty. We had to ask for everything including ketchup and ranch dressing. My friend had a hamburger with sweet potato fries. They were good too. They certainly have a variety from which to choose. I wish the service had been better and that the lunch had been served faster.

I was looking for a restaurant to eat dinner. I looked on yelp and found this restaurant. When I entered the restaurant I was greeted by staff. Staff were very helpful and polite. I ordered the bison and bacon burger with the sweet potato fries. I also ordered the bivouc blue lavender drink. The bison burger was delicious and very juicy. The bacon and the bacon jam were the perfect combination for the burger. The bivouc blue lavender drink was great . The ambiance is customer friendly.

Pete from Slaters 50/50 SD was happy to take our reservation for 25 firefighters and their families for a total of 75 people. When we arrived we were given the patio for our group and it was perfect! The 25 or so kids got to run around and have fun while all the grown ups socialized and drank while waiting for food. I wanna give a huge shout out to Maria who took care of us the entire evening. She was in charge and on top of everything! She did such an awesome job!All the other employees that worked that night were food runners/servers Jonah, JoJo and Ashley. They were maneuvering around children and people quite well and did an incredible job! Hays the bartender ... killed it! We never stopped ordering cocktails and beers from him and he was so friendly, nice, fast etc. Great job!! The crew in the back of the restaurant including the many cooks it took to fix our made to order food were Pablo, SAS, Luis, Ulysses and Jenna. They were incredible too!! The food was so good! We had a ittle bit of everthing on the menu and everyone LOVED it all!!Thank you Slaters 50/50!! We can't wait to have our next team dinner there when we come back to San Diego!