This is the second time going here in a year. The food and service has not changed and both are excellent. You get almost too much food for the price. Definitely recommend the fried pickles and mushroom Swiss burger. read more

Placed my two go order at 750 and just left at 840....order was simple , two burgers and an order of fries n rings...absolutely too long of a wait and it wasn't very busy. Gloves should be worn at all times while cooking. Please do better. Never again. read more

Went for their lunch specials. We got their cheeseburger baskets. Nothing really stood out- the burgers were good- fries were even better. I asked for mine to be extra crispy. Beware -They charge for ranch. I also tried the fried mushrooms. They were good too/ but I've had better. You come in and order at the counter and find a seat. They call your number out when food is ready to get picked up at the counter. read more

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Saw the reviews. Decided to try lunch specials to get a feel of the place. No table service. You go in and order at the counter. You seat yourself. Get your own drink and refill. Fine by me. Got the lunch burgers and fries with soda. Burgers were made fresh and fries were hot and crispy. Everything was fine but nothing special - nothing stood out but nothing went wrong too. (Except my wife requested onions on a couple burgers and they forgot them- but she went to the counter and they gave her some) we also tried to fried mushrooms- they were fine. But nothing memorable and we try to try the mushrooms at all restaurants we find it on the menu. read more

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Visited on a Sunday evening and left super disappointed. Our family of 5 ordered two daily specials and three kid meals around 7pm and didn't get our food until 7:36pm. The restaurant wasn't overly busy (more than half the tables weren't being taken but every single free one was covered with trash and sticky). We had to ask to have a table cleaned off so our kids could sit. Even after waiting for so long, and asking twice, the kids meals were super lackluster. The chicken was tiny and the burger bun was burnt. To top it all off, the fries weren't cooked through. Probably wouldn't head here for a nice family meal again. read more

Babe's Old Fashioned Food - Burnt kids meal - Burgers Near Me - Helotes, Texas

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Well don't put two small things burnt pieces of chicken and sell it as a spicy chicken sandwich. And don't gaslight your customers when they show what it looks like. read more

Babe's Old Fashioned Food - My spicy chicken sandwich looked like. Even asked the waitress and showed her, but she was insistent that that's how it comes. - Burgers Near Me - Helotes, Texas

The first thing I noticed about Babe's Burger was how catering and attentive the employees were. They really made sure our sandwiches came out exactly the way we wanted with the right modifications. My partner took me here for a date, and we ordered the fried pickles and two #5 classic old-fashioned burgers. Let me just say those were the BEST fried pickles I've ever had! The burgers were juicy with just the right amount of flavor, and the whole vibe of the place gave me that cozy, old-fashioned feel as soon as I walked in. Such a great experience, can't wait to come back! read more

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Overall the food is pretty good but they are very understaffed. The employees are nice and helpful but too short handed. Also, I have never seen a manager for owner any time I've been there. Today I went in with my family for lunch and they had a bad leak from one of the AC vents on the ceiling. They had a wet floor sign in the middle of a puddle of water. Several customers slipped but fortunately no one fell. I helped and elderly man walk past the puddle at one point. After about 20 mins an employee place a bucket near the leak but it was still hitting the floor. They never made an attempt to mop or dry the puddle simply placed a bucket and continued to walk past it. The restrooms wreak of sewage and these are 10 feet away from where the food is being made. I understand that things happen but these are things that need to be addressed since it involves customer safety. read more

Burger was great! Service was ok. Tables were dirty, there were food baskets on almost every table. read more

Babe's Old Fashioned Food - Bacon cheeseburger, tots and a beer. - Burgers Near Me - Helotes, Texas

Stop in to grab some food, which is always pretty good but it's 60° outside. These people had their fans on several customers approached the counter asked to two young ladies behind the counter if they could kill the fans and their response was sorry we can't the owners won't let us touch them. How dumb is that smell? I guess I have to wait till spring break. I get back here. read more

The burgers will definitely fill you up, if you can finish it. Well portion of fries and unlimited drinks. Burger tastes just like any other burger and the fries had a little seasoning. Besides getting your food to your table, everything is pretty much self serve. Plenty of space to accommodate large parties of lots of friends. read more

Babe's Old Fashioned Food - Two Quarter pound burgers with fires and soda - Burgers Near Me - Helotes, Texas

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We ordered two cheeseburgers, a small tot and some adult beverages. The burger came out burnt along and 1/4 into the edges of the patty and the top bun was burnt to the point that it had to be pulled off. There was packed house as a party of 20 came in right behind us so, I dissected what was salvageable to eat. Before leaving, I took up the center cut out meat patty and the charred bun to the manager (who was doing the cooking) and just explained that we didn't want anything except for them to think before they serve food like this again! All I asked was would you serve this to your family? She quickly said no- took it from me and said we'll try harder. Try? How about we will do better! With quality beyond poor, I have to say we can't wait until TWIN BROS opens up! Shame on Babes for having zero pride in their quality! read more

Babe's Old Fashioned Food - Cheeseburger burnt edges and bun! - Burgers Near Me - Helotes, Texas

Babe's Old Fashioned in Helotes satisfied my craving with its delicious food and cookies n cream shake. The BLT with mushroom and tots were so good. It wasn't too loud during lunch so I was able to get work done as well. Thanks Babe's! read more

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We were told we would have to pay $.50 more for an extra dipping sauce for our fried jalapeño rings when we ran short. We paid $27 for one hamburger, an order of onion rings, an order of jalapeño rings and two drinks. I think they could've afforded to give us one more small portion of ranch dipping sauce. This is the last time we will eat here. It's just not that great to put up with that kind of lousy service. It's too bad people don't appreciate their customers. This place is definitely off the list. read more

The pizza here is so bad I had to dip it in catchup just to make it edible. And if you want ranch to dip your pizza or your fries in, it's gonna cost you. read more

At the Bandera location and it's pretty sad. You've only got two guys in the kitchen. The dining room is packed lots of to go orders and it's taking forever. Where is the ownership? They should be in here helping at times like this. I'm sure pay has something to do with it. Pay your people more your through put what improve and you'd make more money. I have watched multiple people come in the door see the crazy and walk out. read more

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My family tried this place for the first time and it will be the last time. Food wasn't too bad but the service was terrible!! It also took the girl almost a half hour to make a simple shake. And it was way too thick and full of clumps. I feel like she purposely did it because she acted very bothered that we ordered it. read more

Food isn't the problem-everything else is!! Our seats and table were sticky, the floors were a slip and slide-very dangerous for the seniors coming here. read more

I have to put this above fast food classification, but compared to other fast casual places it offers a limited menu with lots of customization options. I can imagine that a young family would be served well here on a family night out. I like the fries, burgers are better than most, and come "to order". read more

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Always have a good experience here. Good burgers and service. Atmosphere is cool a little outdated but it's not bad. read more

Food is great. Everyone in this place is freezing. People have their hoodies on. They're going to their cars. They're grabbing sweatshirts. They're grabbing anything they can to stay warm. Staff says they can't do anything about it. Like I said food is great, but boy, did it get cold fast read more

Locally owned business been going here for years. My favorite is the mushroom Swiss burger !!! Favorite App is friend mushrooms & pickles. Not too long ago I tried their Buffalo wings (breaded) and they are yummy ... They only have that 1 flavor but really good and not too bready! It's our favorite place for burgers read more

Rude managers and employees. They prepare food with their bare hands, wipe their hands on their jeans, go back to preparing food. Waited over an hour and ended up not getting our food. read more

Babe's Old Fashioned Food - This was the "manager" - Burgers Near Me - Helotes, Texas

It's a burger... my husband and I both agree that the burgers are a little on the salty side and not all that flavorful. Got a big basket of fries, but they were super shiny with oil so we had to blot them before eating. Burger size is good and they have other options but that's all we tried. Free drink refills. Super friendly cashier helped us with our first order - didn't catch his name but he has a great voice suitable for radio - he is a great asset for welcoming and helping guests. Overall, if we do come back it won't be for a burger. read more

Babe's Old Fashioned Food - Guacamole burger had plenty of guac. Buttered buns are a nice touch. - Burgers Near Me - Helotes, Texas

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Burgers were great, the sesame seed buns were very soft. The atmosphere was good. Will come here again.

Food was good, service was fast and the overall ambiance of the place was definitely aligned with what you would think of! It was like a diner/sports bar without the bar. If that makes sense? Drinks are self serve, for 2 adults and 1children we spent about $50. I got the crispy salad, my husband got the bacon cheeseburger, side order of onion rings because they don't come with the burger and my kids split an adult tender meal with fries. We also got 2 soft drinks. The overall place, including restrooms is dated but clean-ish. There's a couple games the kids could play while waiting for food. I mean it wouldn't be my #1 spot but definitely wouldn't be my first pick to go back again. read more

I wish that I had read the reviews before purchasing this "so-called" food. It was not at all good, as a matter of fact, it was fed to the dogs! Seriously! We ordered take-out and it's difficult to understand how someone could put that stuff into a bag and hand it to a customer. The chicken strips were burned, stale and limp. The onion rings were mush. I will not be going back. read more

Decoded to try this babes out instead of going to the one on Huebner. I think they were short staffed, but the two cooks did a great job getting orders out pretty fast. We got a little bit of everything, wanted to try their pizzas, but unfortunately, they were out. Everything was very tasty and will def be back. read more

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The neons signs that read Salad Burgers Pizza from Bandera road drew us in. 4 stars bc 2 adults and 2 kids ate for $23. Wings were great. I ordered the Babes salad and enjoyed the sautéed veggies in it. Kids had nuggets, a burger, and both came with fries. LOVED that those were a $10 value for FREE. Hubbae (and I) liked the kids burger. I'd get my own when I come back. We took food home and the kids ate the rest for lunch. I liked seeing all the families with their kids eating so no worries about my kiddies acting up. Very kid friendly with a few arcade games in the back. We sat outside bc it was 7/7:30 pm and kinda cool out. They were clean wooden picnic benches. Silverware a little suspect so I washed them in the bathroom before using, but overall nice place to take the kids when you don't feel like cooking. read more

Babe's Old Fashioned Food - Babe salad, wings, and 2 FREE kids meals for $23. The have lunch for tomorrow - Burgers Near Me - Helotes, Texas

Been coming here for more than a decade. I've always had ok service and great burger and fries. Love the thin onion rings.

My chicken fried chicken was smaller than a chicken strip and the manager didn't care. $12 chicken strip Never going back read more

Babe's Old Fashioned Food - Miniature chicken fried steak. Not cool, not cool at all. - Burgers Near Me - Helotes, Texas

Well, you can't go wrong coming here for an old-fashioned hamburger it doesn't get any better than this especially when you have one of the best managers in San Antonio running this joint. Her name is Annabel. What a fantastic experience don't be shy come on down and grab your burger. read more

I will forever associate Babe's Old-Fashioned Food with feelings of desperation and hypoglycemia brought on by hunger. While I was in grad school, Babe's was my go-to joint for a greasy, belt-busting chili cheeseburger. Nothing hit the spot better after a three-hour lecture on descriptive, correlational, quasi-experimental, and experimental research designs. A few weeks ago, Babe's came to the rescue again; I had worked late that evening and needed a rib-sticking meal chock full of carbohydrates, cheese, grease, and dead animal protein. I walked out with a distended belly full of noxious gas, but I felt satisfied. The burgers are nowhere near the best in San Antonio, but they sure do scratch an itch late at night. The online menu promises the following: "Our restaurant serves always fresh, never frozen American - style dishes. We prepare your meal from the finest ingredients sourced from all around the world." Let me put on my "They Live" sunglasses and reveal to you the hidden reality in that statement: "Our restaurant serves frozen, preformed products, several of them containing preservatives such as monocalcium phosphates. We heat and assemble your meal from low-cost items sourced from a Sysco food truck. OBEY. MARRY AND REPRODUCE. NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT." Perhaps I took a few liberties with that translation, but I'm not far off; the burger patties are undoubtedly frozen and the buns come from a factory. I know, for I am an illuminated food snob...and because I often see the Sysco truck delivering its goods. Okay, so the burgers aren't made from fresh, locally raised Akaushi beef, but are they any good? Surprisingly, yes! My double bacon cheeseburger included two juicy, well-seasoned, hard-seared 1/4-pound patties. The beef -- frozen though it was -- tasted just as good, if not better, than the pretentious Kobe/foie gras burger patty I'd sampled only a few days earlier. The bacon was crisp, the veggies were fresh, and the bun held its own against the juices. I've had better hard-seared burgers at Bobby J.'s and Chris Madrid's, but make no mistake: Babe's puts out a damn fine -- albeit greasy (it wouldn't be "old-fashioned" without the grease) -- double bacon cheeseburger. A side of fried pickled jalapeno rings hit the spot, too, with a shatteringly crisp batter and plenty of heat from the veins and seeds. The combination of heat from the peppers, vinegar from the brine, and crunch from the batter had me reaching for more. Pro tip: toss a few rings on top of your burger for extra flavor and texture. Alas, Babe's stumbled with a side of factory-made ranch dressing. Ranch dressing should strike a balance between tanginess and sweetness. It should be creamy and herbaceous with just a hint of vinegar to cut the richness from the eggs and cream. One taste of Babe's ranch gave it away as factory produced; it was slimy (indicative of artificial emulsifiers) and overwhelmingly savory (a sign of chemical flavoring agents such as MSG, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate). The jalapenos are great on their own, so just skip the dressing. In my sardonic introduction, I implied that Babe's is good only for a late-night fix, but that's unfair; it's just good, period. The burgers at Bobby J.'s down the street are better, but Babe's is a worthy alternative. Four stars might seem overly generous, but I rate a place on its own merits, not how it compares to a much more expensive experience. You might think a 3.5-star rating would be more appropriate, but to quote Dieter from "Sprockets," "Sadly, there are no integers on this scale, so your gangly adolescent attempt to be clever has proved futile." Babe's deserves the four-star Mysterious Ryan M. seal of approval. read more

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Great fries and onion rings. Home style food at a good price. We got a pizza for the kids, turkey sandwich, and a cheeseburger. Big portions! Games and beer available. read more

So I came to this restaurant on my Lunch break. All I got was a bacon burger and a drink with fries. My total was only 14.82 and some changes and was charged almost 20 dollars for my food. The manager there wasn't willing to give me my money back because he said I should have looked at the charge before I swiped my card. This place definitely isn't that good to pay for a 20 dollar burger. Point of the story, my bank said that the original charge was only 14.82, and that they added a tip on my ticket for 5 dollars. Basically they stole my money and forged a tip on my receipt. Will not be going there again and I did file a dispute to have the charge removed anyways. But yeah be careful about checking how much they charge you because if they are writing tips on receipts, it's probably not the first time this has happened to someone without them even knowing or checking. read more

Foods good but the place is very dirty. I actually called the manager to let her know and she would became very offended and at the same time didn't seem like she cared. I've been eating here for years and it's too bad. The food is good, but the floor is like a movie theater, sticky, and gross and the tables are are the same. read more

Used to be enjoyable. How it is hot like the air conditioning doesn't work and it smells like sewage! Couldn't even stay!

If I could I would leave NO STARS! I ordered a cheeseburger and verified with the fork they use CHEDDAR cheese. I also posted an extra Large fry, all 'to go'. When I got to the house I was reminded why BABES IS AWFUL and I don't normally go there. But I thought I'd give them a chance. The fries were soo NASTY and GREASY! The burger had AMERICAN cheese and looked sad. The chicken tenders were soggy and soft with the breading falling off. I PAID $35! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! read more

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My name is jack and I'm 11 years old.I don't understand why this place has only 3.0 stars.Im autistic which means I'm incredibly picky with food.I love your hot wing and my dad loves burgers from here and my mom loves the burgers too. The service is very good and our order is never messed up.I give this place a 10/10. The Ambiance is also good. read more

The day I didn't order a burger from Babes is the day I regretted my visit. I decided I wanted chicken strips at the last minute and was so disappointed at my decision. They were battered not breaded and the grease tasted very old and fishy (reminded me of Long Johns Silver). I ordered onion rings but they brought out fries which were sad, soggy and greasy and also tasted like they were fried in the same grease. Then they brought out my onion rings and they tasted very fresh, like they were cooked in new oil along with my fried jalapeños. My BF told me I should have ordered the spicy chicken strips because they are breaded, not sure why the difference but now I know. Oh well, you live and you learn, I'll be back because Babes has good food, but experience this time was not a good one. read more

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