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Cook Out

2.6 (38 reviews)
InexpensiveFast Food, Burgers, Hot Dogs
Closed • 10:30 am - 3:00 AM (Next day)

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Very loud
Good for kids
Good for groups

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The bacon wrap side is really loaded with good bacon!
Jonathan A.

On the way back from a graduation ceremony at Avarette University, we stopped for gas and while discussing where to eat, we saw the Cookout next door. Checked Yelp and saw good comments about the food and decided to get our meal there. Glad we fid! Contrary to some reviews, we had no trouble with the orders getting mixed up. That might have been because we went in instead going through the drive through window. Staff was friendly and helpful. We got what we ordered. We each got a Cookout tray special. $4.99 with a sandwich or burger plus two sides and a drink. I got a spicy chicken sandwich with cole slaw and a bacon wrap. Food was quite tasty and the bacon wrap was loaded with good bacon. We'd love to come back to this restaurant often but it's 355 miles away from us. If we are in southern Virginia or the Carolinas, we'll look for the Cookout chain. Would love for a franchise outlet to open in the Baltimore area some day :-)

Grilled Chicken Sandwich: Cookout of Danville VA
Michael P.

This Cookout is one of the newer ones that has an indoor dining area & a single drive-thru. It's located right next door to the Sheetz gas station on Riverside Dr. On my visits the food has been as good as any other Cookout I've been to. They have great chargrilled burgers & grilled chicken sandwiches, pretty good hot dogs & decent BBQ & BBQ sandwiches, the milkshakes ofcourse are outstanding. The drive-thru here seemed a bit slow on my visits, I think they were training new people. My last visit all I ordered was a grilled chicken sandwich with lettuce, tomato & pickles & the lady on the speaker repeated my order back to me incorrectly, after I repeated my order to her 3 times & she repeated it back to me incorrectly all 3 times I finally just gave up & said "yes, that's correct" after her 3rd attempt to get it right, i could hear the 2 people in front of me placing their orders and they had the same confusion with the lady repeating different stuff than what they were ordering, it was actually kinda comical. When I got to the window they were teaching her how to run the register so I'll give them a pass this time. To my disbelief, my chicken sandwich was fixed the way I ordered it, but not how the order taker repeated it to me, go figure.

No sauce in my quesadilla

This is the worst cookout I've been too , my fries had too much seasoning and my quesadillas had no sauce . They all have terrible attitudes.

My no pickle.....pickles
Josh W.

This is the worst Cookout I've ever been to and one of the worst restaurants. I've been there religiously because the food taste good and its cheap, but 99% of the times I've been there, they have messed up my order. I ask every time I go for no pickle on my burger and they repeat it back to me. They even put no pickle on the receipt, but low and behold, there are always pickles on the burger. I just expect there to be pickles even though I ask for none. The confusion between grilled onions and regular onions is also an issue. Be careful if you dont want pickle, you will most likely get it.

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Asked for 2 corn dog trays and when I got home and looked at the food they gave us to jr trays with no corn dogs

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Twenty minutes to get a burger fries and drink. Workers just standing Aaron's looking off into space doing nothing.

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Always friendly faces & prompt orders - so affordable. This is a Cook Out with an eat-in option. There is ample seating

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Super fast! The food was great!! Also, Abby and Nikki, in the drive thru, were so friendly! I would definitely recommend!

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Burger was burn,small, and not as good as they used to be, Fries tasted like left over, Milk shake was not mixed up good

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