Celebrating the Husband's birthday (two months ago), we were looking for somewhere new that was children-friendly and had a variety of things to order. Bachi Burger was his place of choice. I called ahead to make reservations with our large party so that the table would be set up before we get there. \n\nOnce everyone was seated, and drink orders were in place, we got to break down the menu a bit. Since the Ronin Burger \"Caramelized Onions, Japanese Cole Slaw, Miso Goma, Dressing, Fried Egg, Katsu BBQ, Yuzu Citrus Aioli\" ($8) got a lot of praise, the Husband split that along with the Kalbi Burger \"Ground Beef, Pork, Garlic, Ginger, Chili Paste, Green Onions, House Made Kim Chee, Ko Chu Jang Mayo ($8) with his friend. The Ronin was the favorite of the two he tried, enough that he ordered another to share. The cole slaw gave it a nice contrast and bite. Whereas the added kim chee to the Kalbi made it different. One thing that the Husband thought could be improved was the size of the burger. He felt they were a bit small, and one burger won't cut it for a growing man (even with fries).\n\nI started off with the Organic Edamame Soybean \"Sauteed with Garlic Butter, Truffle Oil\" ($3) because who doesn't love a little truffle oil in their food. It was good, greasy, but definitely yummy! It's cooked in garlic butter, and I'm not used to cooking my edamame in any kind of butter!\n\nYou can't say no to their Truffle Parmesan Fries \"Parmesan Reggiano, Black Truffle Porcini Cream, Sun Dried Tomato Aioli\" ($4). It comes in a nice cone with dipping sauce and it had all the kids grabbing some.\n\nAnother thing they do great is their Sweet Potato Fries \"Crispy Sweet Potato dusted with Sea Salt Yuzu Citrus Aioli\" ($4). They are sweet, but salty and the dipping sauce complements it well.\n\nThe kids loved their Chili Fried Chicken \"Marinated in Ginger, galic, soy sauce.\" ($6) that they ordered a second round.\n\nTo close out, we ordered the Portuguese Donuts \"Vietnamese Cinnamon, Coffee Gelato\" ($5) with a birthday candle in it. (Sometimes restaurants throw in dessert for free when celebrating a birthday, it's not the case here.) They were donut holes with lots of cinnamon sugar on it. The accompanying gelato didn't taste like coffee much.\n\nService - we got the waiter that everyone talks about. He really does try, a bit too hard, and that's where he goes wrong. You can't blame the guy for trying, right? They could ultimately learn to work as a team though since we definitely had to wave down our waiter for things, and when we tried asking other staff for things, they just passed it on to our waiter. \n\nOverall, Bachi Burger definitely had some interesting takes on their version of meat between bread. There were some high points and okay points.\n \n3.5 stars
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