Scott H.
Yelp
I had lunch at Chuck House on a Thursday around 11:30. There were only a couple of tables seated, but people steadily trickled in over the next half hour. As many other Yelpers note, this is a no frills place. There's not a frill to be seen for miles. But, it was clean, so that's good.
The telephones at the tables for ordering are a nifty throwback, but I can see a 4 top being crowded if it's full, since the telephone in the middle takes away some table real estate. I ordered and was called for my drink and salad bowl within a minute or so. The salad bar, as you can see in the picture, is very basic. Standard iceberg lettuce, the main dressings, main veggies, etc. They had potato salad and macaroni salad that MAY have been homemade, but they both still tasted very close to store-bought. That being said, it's a fine salad bar, the house dressing was good, and I would order it again. Just don't expect anything beyond typical ingredients.
The meal took about 10 minutes. For $6.44, you get a quarter pound chicken fried steak which covers more than half of the plate, a nice size serving of mashed potatoes, an ocean of grazy covering it all, and a slice of Texas toast cut in half. I added okra, because, you know, okra.
The steak is solid, very nice breading to steak ratio. It was appropriately crunchy, near fork tender, but that's not a deal-breaker for me. The gravy needed a little pepper, but otherwise this was an above-average gravy. Great consistency, no lumps, and about 90% of the way seasoned to a good pepper cream gravy. The potatoes were very basic, which I suppose is fine given that most people will order them with gravy. You aren't really tasting the mashed potatoes anyway. The okra was standard fried okra. The breading wasn't too thick, but it didn't appear to be hand-battered. That being said, you get a very large side order for around $2.50. I didn't finish it, and I love me some fried okra. The Texas toast was store-bought thicker white bread, toasted. I didn't detect any butter. Very basic toast.
I'd say the food at Chuck House warrants 3-3.5 stars. I give the extra bump to 4 because of the value. The CFS meal for $6.44 is really a nice price, I would say the meal would still be worth it at $2 more. I will return.