I've heard of Cook Out before, but never really had a chance to try it out. Being a fast food chain that is big in the South, you don't see that farther north than North Carolina. My sister convinced me to come here after we went up and down the road to find a quick place to eat.
Pulled in as my sister was giving me the rundown on how to order in here. Preparing me for confusion that would definitely happen. I'm glad she did, as we had pulled up there was no one here, but once inside more and more parties started to show up and a line started to form.
I like how it is almost cafeteria style in here. Come up, place your order, they repeat it to back of house on that old school microphone and continue on with the order. It is fast paced for the ordering process, but not completely for the preparing.
I went with the Big Double Burger combo. I appreciate that you get to choose your toppings; lettuce, onion, pickles, mayo, and mustard for me. For my sides, since you get to choose two I went fried all the way; fries and onion rings. For my drink. I thought I would go with a milkshake since they seem to be known for them. Opting for a chocolate chip cheesecake Fancy Milkshake.
Once the food was ordered, we went and picked out a place to sit. Tip here, go for a table with chairs instead of the booths. The booths feel like they are a bit crowded, you can read that as not much room in the least.
Our food started to come up and we started to head to the counter to pick it up. I enjoy that no matter how you order you still get it in a to go container. The food comes out exactly how you placed your order. When I say food, I mean the "tray" as they call it.
But, the drink area, they really went off the rails there. Remember, I ordered a chocolate chip cheesecake Fancy Milkshake. When I got my food, I should have gotten the milkshake. I didn't, I approached the counter to let them know I didn't get it and they told me to give them a minute and they would have it out. Finally ready, but what I got was a strawberry milkshake. Not what I ordered, and when I told them this, they asked me if I was sure. Yes, I ordered it, it's on my receipt. They take it back and "remake" it. It took them some time and another milkshake was up. Notice I said another milkshake, and not my milkshake. What I was given was a chocolate chip milkshake. After waiting for nearly ten minutes for a milkshake, I was tired of asking for a remake. You got half of it right with the chocolate chip part. read more