OMG so the bad reviews for this place make me so sad! My husband and I tried this Cook Out location because it was on our way somewhere and a friend previously recommended us to try it. It's a super small building with just a double drive through and walk up window like Checkers/Rally's, but it's a much smaller property and it was very very busy (on both sides!) when we visited. If you have never visited before, I definitely recommend looking up the menu beforehand, because it's a lot to take in when you drive up the first time with the pressure of a long line behind you. We pulled up knowing exactly what we wanted and we sort of treated it like a NY deli.. order your sh*t, pay, and get out lol. The service was exactly how I expected it would be, short and to the point, and that was fine with me. The food definitely lives up to its name, it tastes 100% like an outdoor cookout. I got a double burger with ketchup mayo and onions and I was extremely impressed by the flavor of the meat. Patties were thin but sooo flavorful. Like right off a charcoal grill. My hubby got the cheese and bacon hotdogs which were smothered in the cheese sauce and also tasted like right off the grill. Obviously best way to order your food is on a "tray" where it's the entree of your choice plus TWO sides! And sides include crazy stuff like a quesadilla, chicken nuggets, hush puppies, and a corn dog. The food is cheap and an okay portion! My hungry a$$ maybe could've eaten two trays if I wanted to.. but that's maybe because at the time I loved the food so much. 100% worth trying at least once!!! Thankfully my experience was great and we loved every bit of it! read more

Not sure why all the negative reviews as we just stopped there and our food was great. The burgers were perfect The french fries were crisp and so hot that we had to wait to eat them and my husband's shake was amazing! Quick, efficient professional service too! So glad we ignored the bad reviews & stopped by. read more

First of all, I love cookout. Lincolnton, Boone, Denver, Forrest city, Fayetteville locations are always great. Now to Shelby, NC.... This place just keeps sliding downhill. This is unfortunately the closest cookout to me.... Shelby cookout is dirty. If they don't care enough to clean the drive through area or the windows, how do you think the inside looks? The service is horrible. Prepare to order 4 times before the third person on the headset gets your order. Order accuracy here is a coin flip, 50% of the time you get what you ordered. Food quality is the same coin flip, 50% it's cold or just plain messy. I'm really hoping this kings mountain location can draw from a far off labor pool so it can actually be good. After today's experience, I'm done with the Shelby location. I'll wait for kings mountain, or for the bulldozer to come reboot Shelby. read more

I went to cookout a week ago.my order wasn't right .so i called corporate office. They sent four coupons to me. I was told i can only use one at a time.so i called corpoate again and they told me to go back up there This time they gave me two plain burgers and my wife's wasn't right again .and mine was bitten and two separate patties on it. HARDLY ANY CHEESE.also i heard dude say spit in his shit. read more

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Man how yall gon play in my face like dat tho ordered a chicken quesadilla doubles fries and another tender tray double fries , first tray didn't only had the the chicken quesadilla and no fries ?? Like how bad are you at your job that you forget to add fries on a damn tray? Second tray had damn near no fries I promise cookout doesnt pay enough to short people on they food I've worked there myself and did nothing but bless folks trays im dead ass boutta apply and make sure people actually get their food ‍ pathetic read more

Our first time Eating here. Have to say it is very very busy location. Being the first time here we had no clue what to get, and it looked like you can order either side of the building. There is no sit down Inside just to go ordering. The girl at the window was not to friendly. They do get through the line faster than I thought they would. We had a hamburger just to try. It was pretty good and had a good flavor. Looking through the reviews I see some other locations are better set up. This is right off the hwy and very confusing when you pull in. I would like to go sometime again to give it another chance. Rating would be higher if the help was friendlier and more helpful when asked a question. read more

Food makes you sick and definitely isn't tasty enough to rave about. The service is mediocre, and dealing with a bunch of kids who can't cook or boil water is redundant. The ambiance is sicking cause it seems to be unclean and safe to partake in read more

i ask for a bacon burger all they gave me was a bacon and cheese and no patty and burnt shush puppy, they gave half of a shush puppy and what the hell is this burnt fry's and everything, still cold. there a hole on the bottom of the tray. there was a ant in my tray. I'm never coming back to cook out. read more

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The food got ready fast, but my burger was wrong as heck. Also, the food wrecked me. Never again.

Whoever the girl at the window was today making the drinks is rude! Would not let me finish my order! Had a attitude the whole time! Then going to argue with me about my honey mustard I bought six chicken nuggets for my kids ! EACH chicken nugget gets 1 cup of sauce! Iv worked in fast food! I currently work in a convince store where I'm lead cook! She was very rude and not professional at all! Then she did not put cheese on my order as I specifically said add cheese ! I asked for no mayo but add everything else! She tried to cut me off multiple times! I'm sorry but if you don't enjoy your job choose a different career it's not my fault you choose to work at cook out! This is sad! read more

Cook Out - I ordered with cheese the girl keep cutting me off when I was trying to order my food. She didn't put cheese and I said Everything!! - Fast Food Near Me - Shelby, North Carolina

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Let's start off by saying this place is terrible!!!!! They never get an order right, they definitely do NOT know how to cook onion rings properly, they never get a whole order correct and they are flat out rude! All these workers seem to care about is standing at the dumpster smoking weed. They are always disrespectful, yelling and cursing like they have absolutely no home training and get mad and smack their teeth when THEY mess up an order and someone corrects it. If you eat here, make sure you check your stuff before you leave because i will almost bet money that everything isn't in the bag or they have messed something up. I WOULD GIVE -1 IF IT WAS POSSIBLE!!!!! read more

Fast affordable food you honestly can't ask for more. I've never had my order wrong but I only order for myself not 4+ people. Love the Cheerwine floats and all their milkshakes. I enjoy their burgers and grilled chicken sandwich's, extra season on the Cajun fries are amazing. read more

Ordered two cook out trays and both chicken wraps was poorly wrapped barley had anything in it and really you had to find the smallest piece to put on them. The employees are extremely rude and no one knows how to answer a darn phone. read more

Cook Out - Chicken wrap - Fast Food Near Me - Shelby, North Carolina

Horrible service, after two times of going to window to get my correct food, it still wasn't correct. The Cajun chicken that I always get was absolutely horrible today here! Maybe the manager should keep check on his employees. We will not be back to this location again! read more

Cook Out - This was their plain Cajun chicken! It had so much Cajun it was nasty! - Fast Food Near Me - Shelby, North Carolina

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Went here as my first cookout experience. My wife kept bragging about it telling me the milkshakes were amazing so we got them for the whole family. After trying to order for about 5 minutes they finally read the list of milkshakes back and were correct. Got back home distributed said milkshakes and they gave us two wrong ones and mine was never made. Needless to say very disappointing and the staff was not the best as I was ordering. I would try a different one just to hopefully get a better experience next time. read more

The food is good, but the service wasn't super inviting. They seemed to want to rush us, and they forgot the sauce that we requested. Cajun fries were delicious! read more

Place screws over people way to much. A shooting happened inside a cookout in Charlotte and yet the store is still open. From sources they said that this isn't the first time something like this has happened at cookout. Sources also says that the shooter had his gun with him everyday in the store. I get Charlotte is one of leading places of violence but we're putting danger in the building where others work. Cookout says that in their policy book there are no guns allowed on premises but you don't have a sign on any of your buildings stating that at all. From one of the workers of cookout tells it that if you're not a yes man and you tell them no they're quick to fire you or dispose of you. Cookout is a rotten place to eat and shouldn't even be operating all. I remember talking to a manager at a cookout one day and I asked why do you seem upset every time you go into cookout. Their response was that they're over worked and under paid. As a manager you suppose to get your raise after you become a full manager. They then stated that cookout never gave them the raise they promised to deliver and there are new people who just got hired on making more than they are and they mostly works 70hrs every 5 days of the week with no breaks whatsoever. I recently went back to see if things have gotten better or worse for them and they came outside to talk to me and told me that cookout actually demoted them back an employee. Cookout don't demote they promote only is what they said and they didn't understand why when they came and talked to Cookout about their pay they get put back as an employee. They also stated that goes back to the yes man thing if you're not one then they'll cut you off. Luckily they still have their job and can still pay bills. I asked them how long they've been with cookout and the answer was shocking to me and yet cookout showed retaliation towards them for asking about pay raises. They are liable to sue the company because cookout showed retaliation towards someone about something they were promised and yet no deliver. Cookout is the worst place on earth and should've never came to life. read more

It's a Cook Out. Nothing spectacular. This one is a goto stop for me in Shelby when headed to or from Asheville. There is literally NO parking and the drive thru can prove challenging to get in and out of just based on how it's positioned on the street. Like most Cook Out locations, it has two drive thru windows, but the run facing one another and you can only access the one the aligns with the side of the street you enter on, as you cannot circle the building. The walkup window is actually a door with a window in it. It doesn't look like a typical walkup window, but go ahead, it is. Service and food are about as expected from Cook Out, and fast food in general. I like to get my shake and get out. read more

First time stopping. Ordered 4 small hamburgers and large tea. Was told it was $15. We questioned that and thought we had it right. Pulled up to the window and after waiting 10 min at drive up window, the lady gave us a glare and threw our bag to us. We looked inside and there was 1 half wrapped hamburger. We told her we ordered 4. She rudely replied that no, you ordered one. Glared at us until we just said forget it and drove off. Will NOT go there again!!! read more

Our lid to our milkshakes were broken, and the milkshakes were everywhere would not recommend . They also have terrible service every time we go there they are rude read more

Things were rough from the first impression. The gentleman taking the order was extremely short, demanding and generally unfriendly. Ok, I can get past that, you are very operationally focused. Then we get our oder (4 trays total) and there is no ketchup. I shouldn't have to ask for that. If I wasn't being rushed through the line I may have added that in. We knew exactly what we wanted but it was still very rushed. The mains were good, the sides lacked flavor. The fries were stale. The shakes were wonderful as always. Won't be back. read more

I absolutely love cookout, but it's really annoying how my order is wrong 75% of the time. Maybe if cookout would use some of the huge profit they're making on some new drive thru speakers and microphones then this wouldn't be the case. The food is always great... when I get what I actually order read more

Gone downhill with the employees that they have now, don't listen to what you tell them, charge you for sauces that I've NEVER been charged for and WONT EVEN GET THEM. The people are rude, and not professional. I couldn't even have add on a HOTDOG at the window. Piece of shit place, piece of shit employees. read more

So I go through the drive up... order a plate with burger.... ketchup pickle onion... wrong...he put mustard pickle onion... I'm allergic to mustard... thanks No fork to slaw No straw for drink He was to worried about talks no with Co workers than getting order correct.... so what do I do with slaw and fork and burger I can't eat.... terrible.... will never go back to this one and suggest everyone avoid it as well read more

the people that work here (esp the girl that took our order) are SOooo bitchy

Terrible I love cookout but this was one of the worse experiences. Zero on customer service. Can't get orders right. Still waiting as I type this review........ read more

If you're looking to have your blood pressure rise and be so furious you can't even eat your food, this is the perfect place to go. If you would like someone to talk to you respectfully & get customer service, I advise you to not go to the Shelby NC location. The most unprofessional cashier I have ever met! Can I make this review a -10? Asking for a friend. read more

Cook Out is a North Carolina institution you shouldn't miss if you have the opportunity to visit one. It's the In-N-Out type joint with a cult following of the Carolinas. How many places can you get quesadillas and chicken nuggets and corn dogs as side items?!?! Cook Out offers just that, as well as Cheerwine soda, dozens of shake flavors that you can inter-mix and multiple styles on sandwiches. There's no inside seating at this location. The drive-through lines kind of make a traffic mess at times. And the people who work here always seem to be weird and quirky. But the food is always good. The shakes are thick like Dairy Queen says its shakes are (but theirs never seem to be at the nearby location). And the prices can't really be beaten. Do not miss Cook Out if you've never had it. If you have and love it, this location might let you down a bit. It's not quite as good as some others in the region--like the Lincolnton, NC and Gaffney, SC stores. read more

Okay - one word - Milkshakes.... This is primarily why I go to Cook Out. I have admittedly not tried the burgers. The barbeque sandwiches are okay. My favorite is a Cook Out tray with a BBQ chicken sandwich (charbroiled with a pickle on top), side of onion rings, side of cole slaw (pretty good slaw). Instead of a soda you can substitue any flavor milkshake for an extra dollar. Okay, so back to milkshakes. Chocolate banana (with fresh banana) = awesome, Egg Nog in December ( would like to fill a kiddie pool and drink the whole thing), Peach (seasonal) , Mocha = keep'em coming - was accidentally given one with Heath Bar blended up=yummy mishap. Yes, they are about $3 a pop, but very addictive, and in my opinion worth the do re mi. read more

This is a drive through or carry out restaurant only. It has a fairly extensive menu, low prices, and is super fast. That being said, the food is really good, as well. I mean really good. Compared to most other places that offer quick dining or fast food, Cook-Out's food tastes like the Chez Paul. Their burgers are always hot, very juicy, and flavorful. Their chicken sandwiches (at least the grilled ones- especially Cajun style) are also amazing. Great quesadillas, great milkshakes (egg nog is good but so is the watermelon shake) , fantastic Cheerwine floats too. When I need to get something takeout and feel in the mood to splurge on burgers and shakes, I go to Cookout. I've never had bad food from them. BTW, order a Cajun wrap, a huge burger with cheese, and a beef quesadilla- you'll be full but it will change your life. Dang, now I'm craving Cookout...... read more

The Good: It's Cookout. It's the best fast food chain in existence. The Bad: It's in Shelby. It, like everything else there, is a shining glorious example of Shelby's mediocrity. The Ugly: The only thing I really have against this Cookout is they've gotten my order wrong quite a bit. The food is great, (it's Cookout, after all) it's just a coin flip on whether you're getting what you've ordered. 0/10. Would not get disappointed again. read more

Where else can you pay $6.07 for a burger, fries, a milkshake and quesadillas? That is pretty amazing when you stop to ponder. I added a star for value. The food itself is decent, but not 4 star worthy. Burger is pretty average. Fries have a little extra pep in their step with the Cajun seasoning. The banana peanut butter shake was a showstopper, however. It was creamy, but had the perfect chunks of banana and peanuts. Mmmmm! I'd go back just for a shake. read more

This place has the best milkshakes but the drive thru window must have a low tone for the cashier because it tookme5× to get right order read more

Cook Out - Great food slow service - Fast Food Near Me - Shelby, North Carolina

Who said the only good barbecue is slow cooked? This place was fast, hot, and terrific! A good diverse menu for all ages. My 4 star rating was for 2 reasons: #1. If you order one of their delicious (5 star) shakes, bring a wide straw with you. #2. You won't get 1x, 2x, or 3x reward points from this facility. You gotta leave the Amex in the wallet. -Geradú read more

Every time I drive by this place is packed. You would think it's a 10 but it's not - probably a 3 or 4 and that's only because the food is decent. The service sucks always! The workers confuse your order by talking to dang fast - I think they think if they talk fast it will speed up the process but it literally just causes confusion, like they aren't listening. Horrible. I will gladly travel to Gaffney, SC before I eat at this Shelby location ever again. Every single experience has been bad here. Shame. read more

Last night my sister and myself were in line for at least 30 minutes minutes we ordered two of the EXACT SAME tray and a Jr Tray. Well we pull into a parking spot to check the food and they forget one of the trays that we paid for and then in the Jr Tray they gave us the wrong side. I get out and go to the window (keep in mind their are NO HOURS posted on the window) they keep looking at me and looking at me but not helping me with my messed up order. I finally get a car in the line towards 74 to tell the guy that my order is messed up and I have been standing at this window for 10 minutes now so he finally comes to the window and asks what's wrong and told him, he said okay he will get it fixed. The girl who took our order and gave us the food came to the window and RUDELY said "this window is closed" and I told her that our order was wrong and that he was fixing it she then slammed the window shut and started running her mouth about me and rolling her eyes to her co workers. So if you are a manager reading this I advise you to get a better staff! Thank you! read more

Love their milkshakes, decided to try other food, wrong. Nothing right, so if you wanna take a chance go ahead, but be prepared not to get what you ordered. Service is nonexistent, they can't get simple orders right. Will keep getting their milkshakes, but for other food I will go to McDonalds first and I hate McDonalds. read more

Will say the service is great. Super friendly. However, they never have Cook Out sauce and 4 out of 5 Times your order will be wrong, or they will forget something. read more

Love the food and fast food service. Last time I went it was a little sluggish but still worth it. Got to have me my peanut butter fudge shake. read more

This location is dead to me. The last 3 times I been here the service has been lousy. Why would tonight be any different? I ordered 3 trays. The only reason I gave 2 stars is because the order was correct. The double burger was smushed so bad the bun was in pieces. The 2 severely burnt patties and 1 piece of lettuce didn't make it any more appetizing. As much as I hate to say it usually the bigger chains have better consistency and better service. Home of the bopper is right there and you'd think cookout would want to keep their customers from going there but....... Adios read more