I will never go back. The hamburger was just sloshed with sauce and the lettuce looks partially old and one slice of tomato that does not even cover the meat. I ordered some of their dipping sauce and they gave me 1/2 of container of dipping sauce. This burger is crappy for $16.84 practically $17.00 for this crappy meal. There is no quality in their food. In and Out is far better quality and far less in price. See pictures they speak for themselves. read more

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Maaaaannnnnn..... what happened to the PRICING at Fosters Freeze?!?!? I bought: regular hamburger, small fries, a hot dog and small ice cream--- $30! The ice cream was $9! It was a twister and they charged me $1.50 extra to make it with chocolate ice cream. I mean--- it's machine ice cream! The burger was good. The fries and hot dog were nothing much... I know prices have gone up but this was out of pocket. We felt price gouged enough that we won't be back. Too bad because it was always a favorite. read more

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Just want to send acknowledgment to Goster Freeze Salinas #166 We came in at 8:55pm with with 11 people and ordered 30 items and David was so nice and got everything right. We didn't have to repeat anything.out of our party of 11 6 were kids running around being wild and the store was so patient and professional. Thank you David and Foster Freeze in Salina's. We came for the Monterey aquarium but the bright spot of the trip was the service and quality of time we had at foster freeze. Thank you all. Great energy in the store. You can tell everyone likes their jobs and coworkers. Store was spotless read more

Fosters Freeze - Ordered a ton of stuff and wrecked their store inside and they were so polite and professional. - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

This is sooooo trashhhhhhhh, tell me why the chili cheese fries taste like it was cooked in old oil and like its been warmed up in a microwave! And it's just a side too. I got a twister and doesn't look nothing like the picture shown! Got two small twister and costed 14 bucks couldve of bought a whole bucket of ice cream literally! read more

Fosters used to be my favorite local fast food joint. Short story: I wanted a treat. I hadn't had a dipped cone in over 10 years, so I stopped to get one. The cone on the menu without dip was like 4.50. I was astonished, but it was a treat so I was ok with it. The literal gasp I had when the cashier said my total was $6.50+! For a SMALL dipped cone. I drove away thinking ok, well, it'll be delicious and it's a treat, so I'll unclutch my pearls and park to enjoy my investment. No... the chocolate was SUPER waxy and the ice cream wasn't even as good as McDonald's. I was seriously disappointed. Foster's has always been pricy but good. They've jumped the shark now into OVERPRICED and not even good. I'll not visit again and I'm sad about it. read more

Fosters Freeze - Looks good but tasted terrible and cost me $6.50!! - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

We had a vanilla cone, banana milkshake and a sriracha popcorn chicken. Total was $25. Things tasted OK. Service was fine for a counter style restaurant. Little water cups were 28 cents. I thought that was kind of weird. read more

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Honestly, just your basic cheeseburger and fries, but it tastes sooo good. Really good for a fast food burger. The dipping sauce is definitely a winner, it tastes good on everything. I was pleasantly surprised with this place. read more

Fosters Freeze - Crinkle Cut Fries - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

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Today Jan 11, 2023 3:14 pm Fries are stale. First time receiving crinkled fries. Not good at all. There was no lettuce in our hamburgers. The Pattie's were very small. The speaker used when ordering does not sound clear. Ordered regular sizes but was charged for large and medium. Not impressed. Wait time was longer than expected. read more

Fosters Freeze - No lettuce. Stale fries. Pricey for tiny burgers. Charged for cups. Lol - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

Small Chocolate Banana Malt in a Coffee cup for 9$! This is outrageous for my receipt being bigger than my actual drink, charged extra for the chocolate and the banana ... so pretty much the flavor of my milkshake is an extra 2$ each. The bathroom is not clean and outdated.. the customer service is never ever even remotely fair for any establishment let alone a place I pay 9$ for a SMALL milkshake. Do better Foster Freeze... but we know you won't cause you never get back to your complaints or care about your customers. Edit : yes post is a year old, I wrote the review and forgot to post it. When I went to write a review on Ike's it went back to my fosters post and brought me back to how pissed I was haha anyways ....never went back, I go to sonic now. Owner is full of excuses . read more

Fosters Freeze - Shake Chocolate - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

Moved out of state and really really miss their half/half cones. Did not realize it would be hard to find half/half cones anywhere! Anyways, was back for a visit and had to stop...3x that week! Worth it. I'll definitely be back when visiting family. Half/half cones no matter the weather or season!! read more

Fosters Freeze - Half/half cone - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

I remember this was the childhood place to go but prices are crazy now days ! $4 for a fried burrito and $5.50 for a medium vanilla pepsi is crazy!!!!!! Also every other price is so high here like might as well go to a restaurant for these prices and the fries really need seasoning! Not sure what happen to fosters but I don't see them lasting too much longer! read more

Hamburgers dry, French fries were way over cooked, like hard, and staff not happy when they have to take a min to unlock bathroom door with combo like it's a big secret. Need toilet liners as well. Enough said! Although on a good note, root beer freeze was good. read more

Niece wanted ice cream for our sleepover. We went to fosters since its close to my house. We got a parfait and a basic ice cream. Total came out to roughly $25 for 2 ice creams! My niece and I looked at each other in disbelief and loudly said at the same time, " $25!?" And unfortunately for me I was using card so there's a fee for that too. So ridiculous. Rather go to a sit down restaurant and get a better dessert for a fraction of the price here. read more

This place looks so old and dirty inside lol.. Chocolate smoothie was good 8/10 Burger 3/10 The bread seemed old and cold. read more

Fosters Freeze - First timer - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

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I have hesitated posting a review of our recent visit because Foster's been an icon since I moved here in the 70's. This was my husbands favorite restaurant since his days attending Salinas High, but I just heard another location was coming to North Salinas and then I read the other reviews and could not stay silent! We took our grandkids here because they loved their milkshakes. We decided to go in to grab a meal also. $64 later for 3 kids & 2 adults, I couldn't believe how much the food has shrunk. And my burger was obviously a child's patty on an adult bun. The driest thinnest patty I have EVER had! Sadly, we went to McDonald's a couple of days later and ordered a McDouble for $1.48 less and it was triple the thickness of this burger and JUICY! How is a burger patty SO dry? Maybe pre-cooked. Sadly this iconic restaurant has gone down hill in the food department! Ice cream is still great! Overpriced, but great! I hope they fix the problems before they open another restaurant! read more

Fosters Freeze - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

Very disappointing $8 small milkshake. Its child size. SAD was a family favorite. Better value at Baskin Robbins. read more

Fosters Freeze - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

the food was great. got the garden burger, hotdog and a half cookie dough half oreo twister. the staff is the best, person that took my order was amazing at their job. last time i came was 1ST GRADE. overall great feeling atmosphere of the place. read more

Fosters Freeze - me and my twister, hotdog, and garden burger - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

After Dave retired and sold the S Main location the food quality has declined. Last night the 4th was my 3rd attempt to see if maybe just maybe it has gotten better. NOPE its actually the worst its ever been. The fries looked funky and hella crispy as if they had some sitting there and refried them. The Old Fashioned looked like it had been heated in a Panini press. Hella flat and toasted a bit. My Chocolate Malt shake was ok but at the bottom of my cup was all the malt. NEVER EVER AGAIN. TOO PRICEY FOR CRAP FOOD. So sad to have once been legendary to a sh** hole. read more

Tried to give this location another chance. We ordered a garden burger and got a farm burger which isn't the same thing. We asked for a sauce while we got rung up so they can charge us for it and they didn't charge. Now when I ask for it, she gives attitude and says we gotta pay for it, I'm not trying to charge my card for .35 cents and I don't carry cash. To top it off, the farm burger is like 4 dollars more than the garden burger and I didn't get that refund, they simply threw away the burger and made another. The girl that originally rang me up was actually nice, but the other girl was the one who was acting like she hates her job. I also ordered a medium deluxe burger meal but got a small. Receipt charged for a medium. I'll never go back to this location read more

Basic but slowest fast food joint on the planet. Their main items they're decent at are of course the shakes and some burgers. Hot Dog buns are hard and should be wrapped up before being placed in a warmer read more

Omg I haven't been to Foster Freeze in forever. This brought back memories. My go to is always the fried burrito. Crunchy and yummy and not good for you lol I came to this spot about a month ago. The drive thru was kind of confusing because the regular drive thru entrance was re-routed (I guess due to Covid or idk why because it doesn't make any sense whatsoever why they did that) So now you enter the drive thru by going on to the parking lot in the opposite direction of traffic and you literally drive around the drive thru to get to it It was confusing and I am still confused by it obviously lol. read more

I grew up in Salinas ( I am 54) and going to FF. So when I had to come back to visit family, I really wanted to go back. Well, first the young lady that helped us, looked like she would rather be anywhere but there. The decor looked so aged and unkept. Next, the Ice Tea was disgusting, it almost looked thick coming out of the machine. After that, ALL tables were dirty. We used napkins and water to wipe ours down. Then we got our meal - apparently they went to a different distributor...the buns were sweet ! Like much more sweet than a Hawaiian roll. I couldn't even eat my burger, ended up removing bun and finished it that way. Husband ordered Big Boss, which was sub bar and his fries were stale. We got a fried burrito - disgusting. Finally, when we went to dump our trash the trash was so full we couldn't get our bag in there. Just to clarify, it was NOT busy. read more

Too expensive and overpriced $7.78 for a SMALL SHAKE $1.19 for peanut butter add in?! read more

Fosters Freeze - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

An already expensive place just continues to raise their prices. A twister made with half & half ice cream now gets an extra up charge. The sizes of things have gotten smaller. The burger patty on a classic is paper thin! The drive thru still takes forever.. At least they now have some friendlier staff. read more

September 9th, 2023, AGAIN!!... my grandchild wanted to go to Foster Freeze, so we did.. It was more than obvious that the burger wasn't near being fresh... It appears it was in a warmer or something for a while. Don't mind paying for anything if it's worth what is advertised.. It's not worth the cost.. NEVER AGAIN!!! read more

Milkshakes are extremely overpriced. I ordered two flavored milkshake (chocolate/peanut butter), which was $12.50 for a small. I asked the lady why it was so much and she was very rude and dismissive and I did not want to come back after this. However, I did come back to order a Banana milkshake - the small size got SMALLER, its literally like size of a thimble and it was not a banana flavored milshake, it was a vanilla milkshake with brown frozen banana chunks mixed in, absolutely disgusting. read more

Very slow service. Restaurant was empty. 1 car in the drive through. Took 15 minutes to get 3 breakfast burritos- 1 without cheese, 2 with. They gave me 2 without cheese. Thanks to the new $20 an hour fast food minimum wage they've cut back their staff so no one was working the counter. They had 1 guy cooking and 1 guy at the drive through window. My food sat on the counter for 5 minutes before a 3rd employee showed up. read more

Service was good. The place is clean and nice enough to sit and eat at. However, our hamburger's were terrible. The meat is cold, dry, and flavorless, the cheese wasn't even melted on the meat. The bun is also is terrible. Basically a cold flavorless sandwich. The best thing was the fries. Won't be returning. Salinas, we need a Smash Burger! read more

I'm not going to totally slam the entire crew, because I truly believe that 99% of them care and are genuinely great at there jobs. Soooo, here is what happened. It's was Monday night the 2nd, around 9:30 or so. My Daughter and I craved ice cream and deep fried burritos. So we jumped into our SUV and brought our dog Koko, who gets super excited when we say "FOSTER". He knows that he is going to get his pup treat. Now, I must say that we have never been denied a pup treat. That evening in question, there was a young man being trained how to make an ice cream cone by 2 other young ladies. Que it came time to take our burritos and ice cream, we asked if he could have a pup treat. A pup treat usually consist of a small cup with some whipped cream. The young man asked me, what's that. I explained and he said one moment please and closed the window. He asked a young Latin gal, maybe the manager or the supervisor and she made a face and nodded her head no. The young trainee came to the window and apologized, and said sorry not tonight. Then closed the window. I was not even given the chance to offer to pay for the pup treat. That was embarrassing. We live in the Creekbridge area and have other choices for soft served ice cream or yogurt. But we love Fosters. I hope upper management read this and at least offer customer to pay for it if it's to much for the Store. Thank you. read more

I took an old friend to Fosters. She had a medium vanilla shake. I had hot fudge and banana medium shake. When I got to the window, I handed the man a 20 dollar bill. He handed back 4 dollars. I told him he made a mistake. He said, that is the correct price. I said there must' be a mistake . He said no. It is 8 dollars for a shake. That is the most expensive shake I ever drank. I could have had a burger. Two shakes for 16 dollars. Unbelievable...I'm not that crazy! read more

i use to love the Fosters Freeze in Santa Cruz growing up. I went to Lowe's tonight and drove through Fosters Freeze in Salinas. I ordered a small hamburger and fry's, it was over $10. it was horrible. very small slice of an old tomato and the lettuce looks rotten!! I will be contacting corporate. I will never go to this location again. read more

Fosters Freeze - Rotten lettuce hamburger - Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Near Me - Salinas, California

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I only go here for the Dessert. Love the Chocolate & Vanilla Swirl Cone. Can't wait for the new one to open closer to my apartment so I can go there more often. Pepsi Products only for Drinks if you prefer Coke Products (like I do). read more

We came in to try their chocolate soft serve cone. They need more chocolate . My husband had a banana shake and said it was good. It had chunks of banana in it. We had to wait a while to get our ice cream. There was a longer wait for food for people that were already here. There were only 4 other people there. One guy got the wrong shake and when he came back in the building the lady behind the counter new it and quickly handed him the correct shake. The service was slow and confused. Most of the tables were sticky. They do have good air conditioning here. I like the drive thru option. read more

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Went down Saturday night place was nearly empty, nobody inside, we sat down on the corner table with a peeling wallpaper dirty table, although it took quite a long time to get our food, the hamburgers were cold, The fries were stale. They use bagged shredded lettuce, tasted stale, Pickles were soggy and tasteless, the hamburger patty had the consistency of bologna, We reminisced about how are used to go to Foster's in the old days sad to see it has come to this. Save your taste buds and go somewhere else read more

Drive thru here, The taste is great. Just make sure you get you hamburger patty in you burger. My old fashion was missing the patty. Went back and they said oops. The taste was as expected. I was just annoyed I had to go inside to get what I ordered read more

I believe my husband and I just had one of the worst fast food meal in a really long time. We are Salinas born & raised, me 59 & husband 61 years & we grew up on FF but we are done. We dont go often anymore but the last few times have been bad & tonight was downright horrible. The fries & onion rings were so under cooked they were almost inedible, I didn't finish. The boss burger was barely ok but the cheeseburger tasted like it had been sitting in a warmer for days and the frostys were gritty & full of hard bitter waxy chocolate. Went into the trash. If I'm going to spend $45 on a meal it will never be at Foster Freeze again. read more

Always use the drive thru we we go, and always an issue with the order when we get home! Ordered a number 7 the Chili Cheese Burger combo, get home the burger is missing the beef patty seriously those cooks/workers are idiots! read more

I'm so bummed I can never go back there! First, the drive thru guy walked up to the register that I went up to and said can I help you, so I started ordering. He put his finger up, smirked and started talking to the person in the drive thru. Clearly something he thinks is funny. The main reason I can never go back is the guy making the food (wears ear gauges), was not only cooking without gloves on, he was touching the food and wiping his fingers on his pants!! When he was done making burgers, he'd throw it onto the counter. Final nail on the coffin: have you been inside? Peeling wallpaper, dirty walls and being very rundown in general makes it hard to believe this place is ever thoroughly cleaned. I remember when this place was great, so sad. read more

The novelty of this place is what makes it fun. I like the old time feel to the restaurant and there are a ton of ice cream options to choose from. The fry choices are also awesome. With that being said the price is just as expensive as a sit down full service restaurant. The burger/meal quality for the price is also a little disappointing. The meal was just ok. A nice place to go every once in a while, but when I go here and pay and arm and a leg it reminds me of why I don't go here too often. A benefit that does make me feel better about the price is supporting a local business. read more

Nope, nope, nope. Filthy bathroom. Restroom had gnats. Dining area full of mosquitoes and gnats. Food was old, hard, inedible. Burger tasted like it was left in a warming bin and served to us. Food went straight into the trash. Soft serve was great, though. read more