r/leesummit 20d ago

Whataburger

Is the one on Douglas the slowest or are all of them slow? It took 25 minutes from the time I placed my order to get my food. All I ordered was two kid meals and a burger. Two cars behind me got their orders before me and the one right behind me left without getting their food I think. They always seem so slow, so I am just curious if it’s just that one or all of them.

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u/SaizaKC 20d ago

Can they just close down and we get White Castle back? 😭 😆

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u/pfizzle329 19d ago

Amen! I agree

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u/dirtymoney 6d ago

OH GOD I would K*LL to get WC back. Been 25 years or so since they left KC. Closest one is 100 miles away in Columbia.

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u/SaizaKC 6d ago

Exactly!! You get it! 😂

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u/dirtymoney 6d ago

I used to stop by the one in Grandview at 5am after getting off night shift work and get a bag of bellybombers to take home and eat.

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u/Intelligent-Kale-675 17d ago

Then why have a sliders

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u/Suburbsbuthappy 20d ago

And they NEVER acknowledge how long you just waited for your food. I’ve been there four times since they opened and it’s never been quick, but last weekend was unbelievably slow. Not sure how long they will be around.

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u/BillNyeTheEngineer 20d ago

Yes, the worker acted annoyed that I got out of my car and walked inside to check on my order… I wasn’t even rude about it either.

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u/exhiledqueen 19d ago

I ordered online pickup thinking I order it ahead of time and it’ll be ready when I got there in about 20 minutes. It appeared they did not start the order until I got there. Very confusing practice.

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u/joeboo5150 20d ago

I once pulled up for breakfast, not a single other car in the drive thru. Took 15 minutes to get my biscuit and coffee.

Never again.

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u/UXyes 20d ago

They’re all pretty slow and the burgers are pretty bad even for fast food. Good shakes though.

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u/Own_Experience_8229 20d ago

They all suck just like the cold, salty food they serve.

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u/SquibbleDibble 20d ago

Only person in line... still cold burger. I don't know how they don't. Impressive really.

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u/Rindsay515 20d ago

Before they really expanded, the quality was so great, I loved eating there in Dallas. I liked them better than Shake Shack or any of the other “higher-quality” fast food places but somehow literally everything in the food service world has gone to shit since Covid

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u/HomChkn 19d ago

like most things in life that suck now, private equity. so to.make back thier money they expanded. in doing so changed thier suppliers.

it is still good but like a sonic.

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u/hannbann88 20d ago

It seems to be the worst but they are all terrible. One time I had to wait almost 40 minutes for French fries and a milkshake that I had pre ordered on the app

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u/sgraml 19d ago

I had sliders for the first time last week. It was pretty good and went fast when we were there.

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u/mrBill12 20d ago

Whataburger in our area sucks…. If you want Whataburger wait until you’re in Texas.

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u/itsamermaidslife 20d ago

I had it in Texas and didn't care for it there, either. I was really excited to try it, too.

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u/DaBigHert 19d ago

It’s the Douglas location. I’ve never had an issue with the one on 150 Hwy by Raintree. I also order ahead on the app to help with wait times.

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u/TerriCnFlorida 17d ago

Ours at 47th & Sterling seems to have decent wait times. And when I order ahead, its always ready when they say.

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u/Superultra000 18d ago

It’s always what a wait

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u/Extreme-Armadillo974 18d ago

This location is on the list that may close, the building is also For Sale

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u/ragan09 18d ago

It used to be great in Tulsa, these up here don’t seem like the same place at all.

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u/Intelligent-Kale-675 17d ago edited 17d ago

Came from texas and i was stoked that they had started whataburgers here and built one in OP not that long ago and it was pretty much the same bad experience at first when they first opened up.

Not sure what the reasons are, but I'll take whataburger over in n out, Freddy's or culvers any day.

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u/TerriCnFlorida 17d ago

Ohhh no....not better than Freddy's as far as Im concerned.

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u/Intelligent-Kale-675 16d ago

Freddy's is terrible and what is up with those fries?

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u/lizardsforreal 13d ago

The fries and burgers are the best you can get at a fast food joint. Freddy's is the burger goat. Only competition they have is steak n shake, but those barely exist.

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u/Afraid_Name_8612 16d ago

I can never get my food there in under 30 minutes. I have ordered in the app and it’s still taken forever. They never apologize and after 4 years don’t try to change it so I stopped going six months ago. We didn’t go often and now we avoid it

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u/DannyTangelo 18d ago

Why even eat there? There is better local food.

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u/BillNyeTheEngineer 18d ago

Local food in Lees Summit is not that affordable, and we don’t really have a lot of options sadly.