Big Arch Review
This burger has been getting a lot of press recently and quite a few followers have been asking for my thoughts on this new burger. When I first saw this burger pop up, I like I assume many of you thought, oh wow they just recreated a big mac but then I dove in. This burger has a new sauce, different onions, more beef, they didn’t just recreate the big mac they reimagined it. The CEO going on a zoom call and taking a rabbit sized nibble then looking like he was on a hostage video did not inspire confidence in me that I would like this burger, but alas here we are trying it.
The Sandwich:
Two juicy quarter-pound* 100% beef patties, layered with three slices of melty white cheddar cheese. It’s then topped with both crispy and slivered onions, zesty pickles and crisp lettuce, and BIG ARCH Sauce. Served on a toasted sesame and poppy seed bun.
Lets start by saying McDonald’s has a unique flavor, an unmistakable profile when it hits the tongue. This isn’t a good or a bad thing but merely something that you have to call out when talking about this place. This burger is no different, the sauce combines well with the other ingredients in a way that it doesn’t jump out. The bun was nice and didn’t fall apart. The sandwich is big, that is something to note as well, the crispy onions stuck out a little, meaning some bites I tasted them and others it was all raw onion coming through. The pickles were subtle but when they hit, they hit. The patties and fancy white cheese were alright but nothing too different.
A reader sent me a message saying “All this talk about how big the new Big Arch burger is at McDonald’s…. Like Burger King hasn’t been slinging triple whoppers since the 1800’s”. How wrong of a statement this is, the Big Arch is a gut buster, nearly took me out for the day, if I were a weaker man it might have. But nothing this sandwich did is close to what Burger King has done to my body with me staring up at ceiling at 3AM running through decisions I have made in my life, stomach turning. What’s crazy is that people would add more of the horrendous beef to a Burger King burger.
To get back to the point of this review, the Big Arch was a fine burger, nothing overly impressive about it from a flavor profile. The Marketing behind it seems to be pushing it, but when you get done with all of that, what will be going through your head is how you could have done with a little less burger.
4.6/10
The box made for the Big Arch is quite creative
Burger in the Box
Burger on a plate, look at those raw onions
Another angle showing off the big patties
Different angle showing off a little of the crispy onion
Closer view, this burger was almost ten dollars which is too much for McDonald’s
Cant quite see but the BIG ARCH sauce is on the burger with mustard, pickle and sweet tomato flavors.
A good angle of the burger that shows a little bit of the White Cheddar cheese