Amazing food! A Philly cheesesteak taste on a Texas plate! Mouth watering, tender, and tasty! Every bite was delicious! Came here three times in one week (Monday for lunch, Wednesday for dinner, and Friday for lunch, before my flight back to VA) April (Aka Mrs. Fred) and Chivonne her daughter were amazing hosts! Very friendly and made sure my food was on point every time. Thank you Mrs. Fred and Chivonne, I will be back for more. read more

Fred's Downtown Philly - Chivonne, the amazing host, and myself. - New American Near Me - Plano, Texas

We just relocated to Dallas and stumbled upon this gem! The steak sandwiches are delicious and the customer service was superb! Small spot, but very COVID conscious! I appreciated the great food, service, and safe conditions! We will definitely be returning!!! read more

Good New England style cheese steak subs. Melted cheese mixed in with the meat like it should, and a soft New England style sub/hoagie.

Excellent authentic phillys. You can find Fred from time to time at the Carrollton location and he is a blast to chat with. The wife and I usually get the regular phillys the #2 or #4 though we plan on branching out to try all of the sandwiches over time. read more

Fred's is the best cheeseteak in town! Be prepared for a greasy, messy cheesesteak that leaves you in a food coma. Been going here for years and never left a review but it's my all time favorite, a must have if you live in DFW. read more

Review made simple - Cleanliness - 10/10 Atmosphere - 10/10 (gotta appreciate a sign that tells you to get off your phone when in line cuz that's just rude) Price - You get what you pay for. Prices are completely reasonable for the food you get. Quality - 9/10 - Ordered #2 (regular philly) with side of fries. The philly was spot on with a pleasant beefy flavor and cheesiness guaranteeing I'll be back whenever I'm in the mood for a good philly. The fries were seasoned well and almost crunchy (if you're a fan of softer fries this may not appeal). Service - 10/10 - I'm pretty easy to please here. Any place that greets a customer with a smile and some friendly banter just makes you feel like they appreciate your business. read more

Solid cheesesteaks! Fresh bread and tasty meat with very good house sauce. The place was busy on a rainy Saturday afternoon. I read reviews of the rude order person, but there was a new lady working GE register who couldn't be nicer. Service was a bit slow and they got a little confused on the orders but I will come back to try more cheesesteaks because the selection was crazy good. read more

I highly recommend Fred's for ANY Cheesesteak! You just can't go wrong. Cheap and great portions. It's especially better the next day if you only eat half a large. Make sure to put it in an air-fryer for that nice crisp bite! I always add Cheese wiz to my orders because that's how it's done in Phil! Cajun fries are great. Customer service is awesome. Straight shooters and gets to the point. Sometimes it's just nice to get your food and go without making chit chat. read more

Food is always good! Place is very clean. Definitely coming back. #15 order isy fav Thanks Hans!

Place is closed but still taking online orders and charging your card after which you will have to get Yelp to refund. Went to Big Tony's after going to Fred's to find a closed store. read more

The worst Philly i have EVER had!! No flavor at all, bread was soggy, not cheesy, terrible. I feel like my toddler could've made a better Philly. 0 stars read more

Despite their website saying all locations are open, when we got to the Plano one on 15th street, the door was locked & a sign said they are closed due to staffing shortages read more

Delicious and apparently authentic philly cheesesteaks! If you haven't tried it, you should. It makes for an inexpensive lunch too. read more

Fred's Downtown Philly - New American Near Me - Plano, Texas

The best and the realest in Tx And best taste the real philly cheesesteak I know I'm from Philadelphia born and raised read more

My rating is more for the service. I was second in line with an empty store. Then five more people came in after I ordered. I only ordered two sandwiches. How the three people behind me got all their food before me and the first guy...I don't know. I'm literally still here waiting and it's been 45 minutes. The only reason I gave two stars is because I heard it was good but this service might just be what keeps me from coming back. read more

Fred's the only place in Texas to get a real philly cheesesteak and philly hoagie I been waiting for years for the real philly cheesesteak I'm from philly born and raised and I know a real philly cheesesteak read more

Wow I stopped going here awhile ago. High price but not s lot of meat. Thought I would give it another try. I bought the 10" inch extra meat. If this is extra what do the put in a regular. I gave it two since it tasted good. 11.50. read more

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Now that's what I remember. Tender, delicious and flavorful. Please make sure you ask for whiz. Fries are crap but then again your not in there for the fries. Ordered a 6" with extra meat because I saw a regular one and it looked scrawny. Will I be back......yes. next time will not order the fries.. read more

Fred's Downtown Philly - New American Near Me - Plano, Texas

One of the great things about having a pregnant wife is when her food cravings match up with yours. That's what brought us to Fred's, and what has brought us back again. Not that i'd need an excuse to grab a cheesesteak at Fred's- they're just that good. Oh, and getting the half sandwich? Rookie move. Order the 10 incher - and the fries as well. read more

Absolutely no customer service! They close at 8 p and my husband arrived at 7:30 and was treaty like an interruption of their closing. He felt very uncomfortable and was surprised by all the negative signs in the store. The order was completely wrong. Nothing like philly... no cheese or onion. It tasted like they fed us the scraps leftover from the day! NASTY!!! The worst is having to pull a hair from my mouth and yes I fought off throwing up! read more

I heard good things about this place so I wanted to give it a try. Unfortunately, I drove all the way there and they were closed on a Saturday at 5pm even though the door signed clearly showed hours as Monday-Thursday 11am-8pm. Maybe there was an emergency or an extra slow day causing them to close early. Can't say I wasn't disappointed. Hopefully, one day I get the FDP experience and give an actual review of the good and customer device. read more

Waited 35 minutes for a veggie steak so the owner could serve the "Travel Channel" set up in half the restaurant. No room for any actual customers to sit and enjoy themselves. I'm leaning on a trash can right now and I'm actually getting eaten alive by mosquitos. Glad you got your advertisement; I'm sure this review won't matter after the episodes airs. Haven't eaten the steak yet, don't have time. But I'm not coming back. It was blatantly obvious he cared about feeding them before his paying customers on lunch rush. Just finished my sandwich. It was mediocre at best and left a horrible after taste. read more

Excellent Cheese Steak!! I had the extra meat cheesesteak. It was sooooooooooo delicious!! They were very generous with the seasoned meat that over flowed out the toasted bread. My order was ready in 5 minutes tops. I will definitely be back!! read more

Wow. I have never had a Cheesesteak from Philadelphia, but I can only imagine this place being as good as any spot in philly. I'm accustomed to Chicago style Italian beef, but if this is how a Philly cheesesteak tastes, I would take Philly over an Italian beef any day of the week. I recommend getting double Meat with hot peppers. read more

These are all franchise locations as far as I'm aware, but I've seen Fred at a few of them. The recipe is his and he is a Philly local - IE, it's great. Can't go wrong with any of the food here, but we stick to cheese steaks with either crab fries or onion straws with a ton of house sauce. If you're adventurous, try the spicy house sauce! read more

Worst service every. My daughter went to pick up food and they made her cry because she went to the wrong store. Asking to change the order to a closer store. She asked how long it would be for them to prepare the order. "We don't have to give you a time when it will be ready". Seriously? These people are so f******** rude. Don't go here go to get their crap a** sandwiches that weren't even made correctly. Waste of time and money and they make a teenager cry. Good job you non essential business workers that need to be at home anyway. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE read more

First time here and I'll say first impressions are important! Both employees were hanging out at a table it was covered with snacks, trash, and jackets. It look like they were living there. Very junky!!! I have to agree with the other reviews that the female at the front counter was very rude. She wasn't that bad to me but I could hear her interacting with other customers. Fred might want to seriously look into changing the "face" of his restaurant. read more

Fred's Downtown Philly - Employees hang out table. - New American Near Me - Plano, Texas

First time visit, I thought it was as very good. The Philly Straws (battery/fried onion and jalapeño strips) were good. I ordered #15 and was not disappointed. Thanks, guys! read more

I'm giving this place 1 stars because the lady who takes the order is just unfriendly as ever. Doesn't greet you or anything. I know this is just a quick service establishment but it doesn't mean you should be unfriendly to customers. As for the food, it wasn't that bad but I have to say I've had better. I recommend the owner to have the lady be trained in some customer service or at least try and act like shes friendly to the customers. read more

First time here and I must the food is great. A lot of food. I only ate half of my 10 inch and couldn't finish the fries. They only offer two options for the wings, but they are well worth it. We ordered a numbers 2, 25, and dry wings to go. Also, there house sauce is good. read more

Food was great. However... The woman behind the counter was beyond rude. Could have bought more but she was totally uninterested and wouldn't even make eye contact. Tried to be as friendly as could be, but not even an acknowledgement. Oh well, won't be back. read more

Almost never have an issue here. Love the staff. Food is delicious. We bring the whole family. Small little spot but it is maintained. I think we'll have to go for lunch now. Mmmm. #2 read more

I love Philly cheesesteaks, but they are hard to find until now. This place is amazing. I met the owner, Fred, and he told me what to order and gave me some of their sauce and I'm now hooked. I will be bad more times than I should, but it's worth every calorie! I had the Philly cheesesteak with mushrooms and white cheese. So good!! read more

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I put out a call here on Yelp for a good cheesesteak and Fred's was the overwhelming response. That was an hour ago....now here's the review. First impressions on walking in was that this place looked like a neighborhood Pittsburgh dive (Never been to Philly...sorry). Tight, vinyl seats and total Philly team affiliation. Since I had the kiddos with me, and the boy child is not down with the cheesesteak, something had to be found for him. He picked a turkey hogie, only to be told that they didn't have hogies and they didn't have burgers. This only left a chicken cheesesteak. So I ordered that for him and a cheesesteak with onions and peppers for me as well as some chips....only to be told that they were out of chips. OK...so basically half of the menu was out of stock or just not available. The wait was pretty short, so we grabbed the bag and headed home. I could smell them the entire way there. Once we got home, we opened them right away, and my only thought upon gazing at the innerds of my sandwich was "For a cheesesteak, they certainly forgot the cheese." All that was there was chopped steak, onions and peppers on a roll. Then I looked at my son's sandwich. Also no cheese to be found. Dry as bone on both counts. I was home, so I added some cheese out of the fridge and dug in. Once the extra cheese was there, this was a damn good sandwich. The boy also gave high marks to his. So, for now, I can only give Fred's 3 stars because half of the menu wasn't available, and because I want to try it again and order extra cheese next time. Hope springs eternal. read more

I've only been to Philadelphia once, so I certainly don't claim to be a cheesesteak connoisseur of any kind, but the Mushroom Cheesesteak I had at Fred's was about a mile better than any of the ones that I had during my week stay in Philly. It's definitely a hole in the wall place with crummy floors and kind of dingy table cloth; and the hated Philadelphia Eagle gear on the wall notwithstanding, Fred's Downtown Philly is the real deal. First off, the sizes they state are inaccurate -- but in a good way. Their 6" sandwich is actually more like an 8", and their 10" is actually more like a 12", so yea boyyyyyy. But wait, it gets better. They also put a TON of cheesesteak in between those buns. I went to three or four places while I was in Philly, and I don't know what kind of crap they're trying to pull up there, but the sandwiches are basically just bread with a little bit of onion. Lemme tell you this, Fred don't skimp on the meat. What makes the already longer-than-stated sandwich overflowing with meat, cheese, and mushrooms even better is that the sandwich tastes freaking amazing. Just when you thought it couldn't get any better. read more

Today's food adventure led us to Fred's. The sandwich wasn't bad but also not stellar. The fries were overcooked. The "sad salad" was indeed pitiful and the chicken was too chewy (overcooked). The one weird thing - they were yelling out numbers from the kitchen but we weren't given a number when we checked out so it was a guessing game if it was our food or not. We will probably not make this stop again. When I eat - I want my calories to count! Today - it was just "food" and nothing more. read more

I'm from philly. These are real. real good. almost makes me want to get a daily news and smoke some terrible cigars good. I wanted to come back dressed like ben franklin good. Bring a change of pants. read more

I had a late lunch here today. My friend and I had planned to check out Sushi of Plano for a late lunch ($1 happy hour), but they have changed their hours of operation and were not open. We changed gears and went to Fred's a few shops down in the same strip mall. I've never had a cheesesteak, so I didn't know what to expect. We both got the 6 inch cheesesteak with mushrooms and onions. I had jalapenos added to mine, and added an order of hockey pucks (fried jalapeno slices). As soon as I took a bite of my sandwich I wish I'd ordered the 10 inch size. It was OUTSTANDING! The owner told me he'd add cayenne next time to spice it up a notch. Yeah! The hockey pucks were little bites of spicy goodness. I will get these again! The owner was really terrific about offering suggestions. He also noticed my accent and we had a nice chat about Louisiana universities. I will be back, and soon. I can't wait for Sugar Bear to try this place! He will love it! The only reason I'm knocking this down a star is because of the restaurant's appearance and level of cleanliness. It is a very casual place, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, the splashes of sauce on the wall that needed a good wiping down were kind of gross. I also wish they had bigger cups and non-styrofoam cups, as well as a better selection of fountain drinks...this girl is NOT a Pepsi fan at all. read more

The best philly cheese steak in Dallas. As soon as you take that first bite its nothing but chewy ooie cheesey meaty goodness. Cheese wiz!!! The bread is awesome. Portion of steak is just right and amount of onions is perfect. Freds is the only place I will eat a philly unless I am in Philadelphia. Screw philly connection and screw texadelphia freds is where its at. I live in dallas and drive to plano just for Fred's. read more

Fred's Downtown Philly - Regular philly with cheese wiz - New American Near Me - Plano, Texas

The reason this review is only getting three stars is because of the time it took for my #8 Mushroom Cheesesteak to hit the table. Jenn and Vicki and I decided to eat here for lunch yesterday. Since Jenn's commute to this lunch location was a good 10+ minutes further, she called and placed her order over the phone, thinking that way, hers would be ready about the same time ours was. I arrived, scouted out a table, because the place didn't really have enough seats for the business they do. Vicki arrived and held the table while I ordered, and then vice versa. Jenn arrived and paid for her meal. Then we sat, and waited. Then they called #19, Jenn's. She went ahead and ate, because of course we wanted it to be hot. She finished her entire meal. We waited. We waited. I was #28, Vicki was #30. It was over 30 minutes (from the time on our receipts) to the time our numbers were called before Vicki and I were able to eat. It was at least 10 minutes after Jenn had finished eating. Granted, my mushroom cheesesteak was good (although lacking in the cheese department), but I was starving by the time I got to eat. Next time we eat here, we are all calling in our orders, even when I only work 3 miles from here. read more