Joe's Steaks + Soda Shop Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Really fast, pleasant and helpful service."
• "The young lady that took our order was unbelievable sweet and kept us updated on how much longer our order was going to take!"
• "The women working their on Sunday afternoon were absolutely fantastic."
• "Service is relatively quick considering how slammed they can get at night."
• "The service was good, with a very friendly and attentive server."
• "Despite the crowd, the staff did a great job of handling people, getting orders out and serving us."
• "Servers are always kind and and the food is made quick."

Cons:

• "Employee mannerisms was poor. Never ask a paying customer if they want their food just because they didn’t hear their name being called."
• "It's usually very busy so sometimes the staff cannot take your order right away."
• "More concerned with being rude to people that don't see the sign on the door saying to pick food up at the window."
• "We ordered milkshakes that they kept forgetting about that took over 20 mins just for the shakes."
• "Sat at a booth for 10 minutes without even a greeting."
• "They blatantly laughed and pointed us while trying to get their attention outside and never mentioned that they were closed until we had to yell for them to respond."
• "Waited almost a hour at the window for my order."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The meat was moister and they didn't skimp on the whiz."
• "Excellent, excellent, excellent! Food was incredible."
• "Hands down, best cheesesteaks in Philly. The sandwiches are huge, delicious, juicy not greasy, and just outstanding."
• "The cheesesteak was so delicious, the meat flavorful and melting in your mouth."
• "The milkshakes heavenly."
• "Their bread is the bomb and have the BEST cheese steak in town."
• "The food was hot, tasty and not especially greasy."

Cons:

• "Every sandwich was such a sloppy mess, there were more meat and cheese and mushrooms and onions on the outside of the roll then inside them."
• "The steak in the cheesesteak is more like roast beef."
• "The cheese steak was okay nothing to brag about."
• "Food was fine. Coffee was burnt."
• "The cheesesteak was a good size, but very under filled."
• "The meat isn't seasoned and tasteless."
• "The roll was so damn tough and the meat was beyond tough."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Parking around that area was a bit tricky but for a Saturday evening its to be expected."
• "Joe’s has different shake specials throughout the month."
• "It's got a nice diner feel to it and it can get pretty crowded."
• "The restaurant is an old style diner with a counter and some tables."
• "The dining area is very vintage and charming."
• "We loved the open kitchen, very clean vintage street diner decor."
• "The retro atmosphere is perfect."

Cons:

• "It's a very small restaurant, so plan on ordering to go."
• "Not very convenient to park, it was ridiculously packed, drunk people in line making it difficult to go through."
• "The only real issue with the place is the seating (especially on the weekends)."
• "Just be aware if you go on friday/Saturday nights, you will be shoulder to shoulder with the intoxicated fishtown crowd."
• "The atmosphere was noisy, making it difficult to hear the person across the talk."
• "Music is good, can be just a touch too loud, so then we have to talk loudly to each other."
• "The place is very nice - dinner style - in a neighborhood that looks hip."

Value

Pros:

• "Awesome place. I eat here all the time because I work right by here. While all their stuff is great, I usually get their large veggie steak for $5.50 (extra mushrooms)!"
• "They have special sodas too which was one of my favorite parts."
• "Great authentic Philly cheesesteaks. My family eats gluten and dairy free."
• "They have a great pickle and pepper bar as well."
• "The strawberry soda was tasty, but I was perplexed by the increased cost of drinks for to go orders."
• "Prices are good."
• "The food was relatively cheap."

Cons:

• "We ordered 2 large cheesesteaks, 1 large cheese fries, and 1 soda that came out to $40."
• "Sandwiches were so huge and fries so much literally could of feed like 4 ppl."
• "My bill with tip came to $23.00 which is not cheap at all for one person."
• "OVERPRICED Almost $15 for a so so chessesteak with no fries or pickles..."
• "$14.50 expensive pizza steak."
• "The portion for the price is very small."
• "Not the mention you don't even get a 2 liter with an over 100.00 purchase."