Culver's of Crystal Lake

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  Friendly staff and have rarely ever had to wait to be served.  Love their burgers - actually tastes like real meat!!!  And the shakes/custards are fabulous - like that they have a different specialty flavor everyday!   The chocolate raspberry is delicious!

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  Posted on 05.06.13 Kathy K.

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  Quality fast food!  You have to wait longer than you would at the golden arches or burger king, but they hand make everything and nothing is frozen.
  
  The chicken tenders with the honey mustard sauce are fricken amazing!  I also recommend the prime rib sandwich and any of their shakes.  They have a different custard flavor of the day and have a new sandwich and soup special that rotates.  You can check all these on their website before visiting.  The cheese curds are tasty, if that is your thing...it's not mine.  The fish fry is pretty tasty, too.  Obviously, the butter burger is what they're known for, but I rarely order one.  You can pretty much go up and down the menu and you won't be disappointed.

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  Posted on 03.12.13 Jason G.

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  Hands down my favorite fast food chain.
  
  Love a lot of things on the menu, in particular, the buffalo chicken strips. YUM!
  
  It's decently priced for those who are looking for a group outing lunch.
  
  Custard is fantastic!

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  Posted on 02.19.13 Lauren W.

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  We rarely if ever eat at fast food places but my fiancée simply loves their custard, and I've become a fan of it too.  It is not uncommon for us to dine somewhere else in the area and then after a quick glance at their Culver's app on our phones decide to swing by the drive-through to share a single scoop of their 'flavor of the day'.  In fact I'm pretty sure our wedding will have Culvers custard to go with our cake :)
  
  If forced to actually eat an entire meal here I've often had one of the various salads which are much better than the McDonald's salad crap I've seen.  The avocado can be on the mushy side but the rest of the veggies seem to be pretty fresh and overall it's not bad.  The chicken is a bit on the buttery side, as expected, but still better quality than other fast food place's chicken.  We usually share an order of the cheese curds as tossing health aside you just have to live sometimes and get some deep-fried cheese.  Once I tried the butter burger and didn't care much for it, but I eat so few hamburgers that when I do have one then this is not the place I'd want to use up my self-imposed allocation on.
  
  So for an all-up dining experience I'd have to say this is closer to 3 stars, probably 4 when comparing only to other fast food chains, but if we are only taking about custard and cheese curds then it's a solid 5, so I'm splitting the difference at 4 stars.

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  Posted on 12.26.11 Jeff S.

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  Good fast food. When your tired of the other burger chains, this is where you go.  Above average food and great table service. The burgers aren't served in a box or wrapper, but on a tray brought to you by a server.  The freshness can be noticed right away.  
  
  They have a couple of new items on the menu, which are prime rib sandwiches and they look great.
  
  For this visit, we just stopped for ice cream, which I should say is frozen custard.  Vastly superior to ice cream in my opinion.  Smooth, rich and creamy, it goes down great but the taste lingers on your tongue longer than regular ice cream.  The turtle sundaes are out of this world. They consist of pecans and caramel sauce and their custard.  I had the hot fudge sundae and the wife had the turtle.
  
  Nice, clean location worth coming back too.

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  Posted on 03.28.10 Doug M.

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  First and only Culver's I've ever been to in the chain. Seen 'em around, driven by most of them. Just stopped in this one to see what it was all about. Well, it's fast food.
  
  The fish entrees are pretty good. Costs a bit more than regular fast food but the quality is a bit better too. I like that they have caffeine free diet pepsi (as my wife likes to call it, the "why bother soda") out where I can get my own unlimited refills.
  
  They take your order, give you a number, and then walk the food over to your table like Carl's Jr. does. Whoo! This location has a few patio tables outside too.

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  Posted on 05.11.07 Franklin D.

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