1. Chili cheese dog: A-FUCKING-PLUS
2. $3.99 for the whole meal including fries
3. Fast - took less than 5 minutes
4. Open until 1am
5. One of the only restaurants I know that's smart enough to put a shaker of seasoning salt on the table
This place just annihilates anything similar we have back home for semi-fast-foody burger joints. It's not even fair. Definitely coming back here next time I'm in the area.
I love steak n shake. It is better than the other fastfood places and cheaper as well. Just what we wanted the other night when we decided to grab a quick bite after shopping. It was busy I agree but the service was horrible. Our server took our order right away and then told us it would be a long time since she had to clean tables as well as take orders. Fare enough warning but I doubt she ever put our order in. People who came after us had their meals within 15mins. I then look over to the other tables our server was waiting on and they had nothing as well. You would have thought management would have pitched in and helped out but they ignored the situation and people were angry . As to why they did nothing is beyond me but after 30 mins and not even water on the table we left. If only we had seen our server we would have reminded her that we were there to eat and not watch other's eat, but she forgot us and we never saw her again nor did we see  a manager. It was chaotic.  They just don't seem to care anymore.  Never go on weekends . NEVER.
Review Source:I'm definitely no gourmand, but I love Steak 'n Shake. Kids eat free on weekends, plus the weekly coupons. I leave with a doggie bag and spend $6 for both of us. That is hard to beat, and I seriously like their burgers. The breakfast menu is great too. I've tried the breakfast biscuits and tacos, cinnabuns, pancakes. but the burgers are my favorite. Fries are good enough, and it's a filling meal. My stomach can't really handle milkshakes, but I've tried them and they're good.
Fast food without the disgusting feeling (new slogan?)!
As a family, we really do love Steak 'n Shake!
The food is good and they have an interesting spin on things. Â We particularly like their Frisco Burger Melt, with Russian dressing (er, Frisco Sauce) for $5.49 and their Five Way Chili, which has to be a steal at $4.99! Â How do they make a profit at these prices?
Okay, I understand you don't just come to Steak 'n Shake for the food. Â Yes, we've been known to feast on their Malts and Shakes as well. Â But, given our move to the southwest, whenever we're in town it makes it all the more special to come here and eat. Â Don't forget their 2-4 Half priced Special!
How much of this can we sneak on the plane? Â Taxi!
Enjoy!
Yep, it's fast food and it's a burger joint for the most part, but every once in a while I like to shake up my healthier taste buds and treat myself to a double-bacon cheeseburger with fries and a Dr. Pepper. About once a month, on one of my many shopping excursions to Glenview, I just can't pass by this place without going through the drive-thru. Â
Oh so good bad! And, if you're wondering what's different about this place over other equally 'healthy' options, this just about sums it up - a cornucopia of juicy meaty madness mixed with hearty shakes and toasted buns (what were you thinking?). The bacon could be a little bit better, because it seems microwave made, but some of us are just happy to get bacon wherever it comes from...still talking burgers here.
Fries are a bit bland, but add salt and they hold up to their other fine competitors.
Family-friendly and kids eat free on the weekends, there's nothing wrong with a little Steak and Shake right when you need it.
Wonderful food. I love their fries!
We recently went in for breakfast, and their breakfast menu is delightful! I had a mushroom skillet and it was a dollar off when you use their coupons (which we were told NEVER expire). Their OJ is very cheap!!! You pay almost $4 for the size you get at other restaurants. The waitstaff is very cordial and when we went, my roomie just got under the wire for all you can eat pancakes. They extended it for him for a few plates more. Very, very accommodating!
Everyone who worked there was very sociable, too. Friendly. I like that. The Manager came by to ask how we were doing and even refilled my coffee. Nice touch.
It is in a rather large shopping center east of Waukegan road on Willow. It is an out building.
This review is based solely on the drive through.
Steak and Shake is superior to other national drive through chains. Â We come here occasionally for food. The shoestring potatoes and the burgers are good, but the shakes are excellent. They are a little slower than other chains, but that is because everything is made to order.
Did you know they have a happy hour? Yep. Half priced shakes from 2-4. I pulled in at 4:03 and the employee asked a manager to override my order for happy hour pricing (without my knowledge) By the time I reached the window, I got my total, and told them they made a mistake. Â The smiling cashier told me he didn't want to get my hopes up at the speaker, but he did get the adjustment for me before I pulled around. Sweet! Considering I had a car full of shake ordering munchkins, that was a mighty nice savings, and completely unexpected.
I now think of this S & S and get that warm fuzzy feeling. Well done guys.
This place is gross. Â Everything is sticky and it is just dirty in the restaurant. Â The food is really cheap and it really tastes it - their fries are just bogus - so thin they don't taste like potatoes. Â The shake was so disappointing, part lumpy, part milky - it was not what I expected from a restaurant with "shake" in the name. Â When it was time to pay, I had to wait while the lazy manager talked to her friends at a booth. Â She saw me - just ignored me. Finally I had to call one of the cooks to get me help and she was not pleased that I tore her away from her conversation. Â Bad experience.
Review Source:Hi
Today (May 01, 2011), we had a power outage in the shopping complex and the Stake 'N Shake Store 528 was the entire one in the lot having power and hence operational. There was a huge, huge amount of people who were in the restaurant and lined up at the drive-thru.
Despite the rush, I was very courteously greeted by Gregory (? manager of store) and he took my order for carry-out. He even gave me good advice even though there was a big rush. He made me comfortable.
Through-out the wait period, I saw Gregory rush through orders, working very hard and at the same time, managing his staff in order to minimize people's wait time. I gave a quick glance and everyone was working like crazy with the occasional "phew" kinda phrase! It was a complete team work and staff was totally cooperating with Gregory with handling the unusual load.
My wait time for carry-out was 25 minutes, which was late as per the restaurant standards but I was pretty okay with it. Still Gregory apologized and refunded my money, gave me free coupons for shakes, and gave me my order too!
This place has exceeded my expectations. Today, I came to know there was a good restaurant despite McDonalds or BK, etc. I think I will forever be a customer of Stake 'N Shake.
I went to Steak and Shake today, and it was packed! Â The staff was frantically clearing tables and almost falling over each other to keep pace.
I ordered the Steak and Shake Meal which consisted of a Double Steakburger, 2 sides, and a milkshake. Â The burger was ok - it is a fast food burger in a place trying to be slightly higher than McDonalds. Â I have never understood the fries - they are just too skinny. Â The salad was nothing to write home about either.
What I love about this place are the shakes! Â They have a good flavor and you get a ton of it for your money.
Steak and Shake always has coupons. Â I would not go here in a hurry, however. Â If it is busy, you will be here for at least a half hour.
My family loves its shakes and I actually liked its cheese dog (a hot dog smothered by real cheddar cheese). Â I haven't tried any other of its hot dogs, however. Â The burgers are great for my five-year-old but I prefer more meat. Â The salads are okay if one's hungry but a nearby competitor that focuses on salads clearly wins in that race. Â Every salad we've had from here has always contained at least some lettuce that was wilted and was ultimately disappointing but, to me, familiar (I've had wilted salads in much larger portions from restaurants that can't seem to escape their '70s-style roots).
I still give it three stars. Â It has decent-tasting food that's obviously bad for you due to fat and cholesterol content, but it's much better than fast-food joints. Â Only once from several family visits did I receive mediocre service there (every other time was very good if not great). Â My five year old likes it and the cardboard cars he gets from it. Â It's cleaner than most other places. Â It's also very inexpensive assuming you bring with you this chain's numerous coupons.
My husband and I had the worst service here a few weeks ago. Â Food is always good, but service is horrible. Â It took them forever to seat us (although there were several open tables), forever to wait on us (although several tables that came in after us were waited on first), and then we watched our food sit up in the little window getting cold for quite awhile while all the tables who came in after us enjoyed their dinners. Â We were in there 2 hours and wish we'd gone ANYWHERE else.
Review Source:I worked here for 10 months, so get ready for the truth.
The burgers are excellent. So much better than McDonalds, BK, and Wendy's. I would say it's on par with the Culver's butterburger, which is saying a lot.
The shakes are amazing. Here's how one is made...one scoop of ice cream, several "squirts" from the liquid syrup containers (chocolate, strawberry, etc.), and 20-30 seconds in a blender. You're basically drinking ice cream. My favorite special request shake is Strawberry Cookies 'n Cream.
Everything else is CRAP. Believe me, I've seen everything made. Coleslaw, for example, requires an employee to mix one huge bag of cabbage with one huge sack of mayonnaise. It's disgusting. The fries are the cheapest variety, unsalted and quick to go cold. Culvers and McDonalds have much better fries. Onion rings are also very bland.
One more thing, don't mess with the employees. I have seen firsthand what happens to rude customers. Your food will get that extra special touch as it's rolled around on the ground and repeatedly fingered by a dude named Jose.
Say yes to the Frisco Melt, Cheddar cheese fries, and Beef Vegetable soup. Â I love the varieties of milk shakes here! Â Half price happy hour is such a great value.
Say no to the hotdogs! Had the slaw dog and didn't even get through half of it. Â It was just bad. Â No other way to describe it
One of the few places in the northern suburbs open past 9pm, this was where my friends & I would go after poker nights - running in a bit after midnight, close to their closing time at 1am, to grab a meal before part 2 of the poker night.
That would be reason enough for the staff to treat us poorly - I've worked in restaurants, so I know how much the kitchen staff hates those people who walk in RIGHT before closing - yet I've never had a bad experience. The people here are friendly and the quality of the food is still good at that time.
I will say that I do prefer their melts and sandwiches over the burgers, but I do like their cheese fries, even though they use thin shoestring fries. Best of all are the shakes, which are delicious and thick.
Also, they now have a "happy hour", where from 2-4pm, all their drinks are half-off, to which I was informed by the drive-thru guy, when he urged me to "upgrade [my] drink because it was half-off so it'd be cheaper than a regular size anyway". Thanks drive-thru guy!
Steak 'n Shake is one of the few restaurants that has the designation of being "First meal off the plane" when I'm in Chicago.
One one hand, it's totally family based. Â My mom loved Steak n' Shake, and she passed it on to me. Â It's in my blood.
On the other hand, they do fast food well. Â Good attention to details. Â Griddling has been getting more and more press lately as the "correct" way to prepare a burger, yet Steak 'n Shake has been doing it for decades. Â The skinny, crunchy fries are yum. Â I always get extra long-cut pickles, and the shakes & freezes are always thick and delicious.
Now I need to stop salivating...
Several weeks ago, I received some calamitous news, namely that the Steak and Shake near my office sells half-priced milkshakes from 2-4pm. Â Now, I've never eaten at Steak and Shake because a glance at their menu makes my skin crawl (like most fast food). Â But I sure do love milkshakes (that's right, I'll suck down milkshakes like Linda Lovelace but I draw the line at deep-fried triple burgers and bacon-cheddar onion rings...call me a hypocrite if you want). Â So that's the problem: Â I love milkshakes and I love deals, but I also love appearing attractive to the opposite sex and not dying young. Â But since I have no willpower, I knew that it was only a matter of time, and apparently today was the day.
I will say that $1.65 for a 20-ounce milkshake is pretty much the best value on the planet. Â And it wasn't bad. Â I ordered a chocolate malt, my usual, and would have appreciated being offered the choice of no whipped cream. Â That garbage does not belong on a milkshake. Â Anyway, this thing was pretty solid, not the best and not the worst. Â Good consistency, near-perfect sweetness, perhaps a bit imbalanced in favor of too much malt and not enough chocolate. Â Let's call it a B.
I've never been to Steak N Shake before so my good friend took me here. Â
We totally pigged out and ordered a buncha food.
I really loved the Jr. Strawberry Banana frozen yogurt shake and the fries. Â They were light and crispy! Â I liked their take on their Chili 5 Way.
This is definitely not a place though for people who are trying to lose weight or watch their triglyceride levels.
As much as we wanted to eat everything, we simply couldn't, it was too much.
Memories are funny things, you remember only the best about things from your college days and Steak 'N Shake was one of them. So, when this location opened, we could not wait to use our coupons for the burger that was imprinted in our memories as an old favorite. Â Greasy, yes, tasty, yes, with a side of thin french fries and the most fabulous milkshakes in the state! Â We loved it, although we knew better than to think of making it a regular place to dine. It lived up to our memories.
Recently, we ventured back and found the hamburgers are now shrunken images of their former selves. Â The buns are of such low quality that they fall apart as soon as you attempt to pick them up, and the ketchup bottles are not cleaned of cap drippings between diners. Â
The waiters were kind and attentive, but the only remnant of our earlier visit were the great milkshakes. Â They have several salads on the menu, and if I ever go back they would get the nod.
I was desperate for food and the lines everywhere were longer than my limited time budget. Â So, I broke down and pulled into the drive-thru of Steak N' Shake. Â In an attempt to chose a healthier alternative, I got the grilled chicken and brought it back to my office.
OMG, it was awful. Â Right off the bat, it smelt like fish. Â Upon tasting it, I nearly gaged. Â It tasted rotten. Â I couldn't choke down even a single piece. Â Out of time and unable to eat the chicken, I tried to eat the bun to save myself until I could afford more time to grab something else. Â It was saturated with grease. Â The chicken was not greasy so I have no idea where it came from but I certainly was not going to eat it. Â Urgh! Â
Now, I know what you are thinking -- that was only ONE experience. Â So when a coworker was heading to the drive-thru for lunch another occasion, I asked her to get me some fries. Â When she returned, I quickly grabbed three fries and put them in my mouth. Â What can go wrong with fries, right? Â Uh no! Â They were so incredibly salty that I was choking. Â She tried some as well and had the same reaction.
When you have to go into work on a Sunday, and it's questionable as to whether you're legal to drive yet from the night previous, $11 worth of quality greasy deliciousness to go and a quick flirt with the high schoolers running the joint is just the pick-me-up I need.
Two words: Frisco Melt
Also, their new fruit n frozen yogurt shakes are delicious, although you'll be picking raspberry seeds out of your teeth for hours.
Ate here alone one weekend afternoon.
My waitress gave her full attention, though the place had a medium amount of traffic.
My meal arrived within minutes of ordering, the wait staff was attentive. Â Taste and display of my meal and shake were fantastic.
I was surprised I received good service, usually a person sitting alone would be forgotten especially on weekends when tables are filled with patrons.
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