Nizel A.
Yelp
I just so happened to be in the area & a Philly Steak was calling my name. The interior is your typical bullet proof storefront with the exception of them graciously having a bench along with folding chairs that you can grab at your leisure. Prices are what you expect for the venue...cheap. The large Philly steak rang up over $14 which took me back a bit since it better be monstrous for that price. The cashier told me it would be 10 minutes so I just pulled up a chair.
While I was waiting a Doordash person came in expecting an order & as usual with these places they don't start making your order until they see you walk through the door which is extremely odd for an online order that is prepaid. So here we are waiting...waiting...& waiting. Fifteen minutes later my order is done. Tony's is the standard two man job as well with someone working the register & another cooking. The chef ended up asking me what I wanted on my fries. I had to repeat my words several times as it seems like he was hard of hearing. He ended up giving me a dirty look which was not appreciated. When he handed me the food the same sequence of events happened again as I asked him if the food came with a soda to which he didn't understand me, called over the cashier then once again gave me a dirty look. The cashier then just told me "no, drinks are separate." Why the chef couldn't just say that I don't know.
The food looks delicious, but looks can be deceiving. The fries are your standard cut frozen fries. They drenched them in mild sauce, but the sauce is pretty terrible so what could have been average fries turned to meh. The fries also weren't fried long enough so they were mushy (which is just plain bad because the wait was long & they literally had only 2 customers while I was there.)
The Philly Steak is packed with tons of low quality beef & vegetables. The thinly sliced beef lacks that distinct Philly seasoning. They definitely know what goes into a good Philly, but the quality of the ingredients as well as unseasoned beef hold it back tremendously. For a place with "Philly Steak" in it's namesake this is embarassing.
Overall there is nothing to see here. Run of the mill average "hood" food with average prices aside from some items. They really seem to be pushing their "Cajun Ranch" sauce which honestly doesn't sound nor look that great. They lose an extra star because of the chef's dirty looks (you never know who you're looking down upon my friend.)
2 out of 5 stars