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    Frisch's Big Boy

    3.2 (53 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Two big boy platters
    Scott H.

    It's been 30 years since my wife and I had a Big Boy. We know the nostalgia factor could be high, so we tempered our expectations. We were pleasantly surprised. First of all, thank you to our server. I'm going to guess her name was Bobbie. (That's the name on our receipt) She made it a point to check on us several times throughout our meal. We kinda made it hard for her since we were sitting off in a corner of the restaurant where no one was sitting. She was super pleasant, very nice and efficient. Thanks for that, Bobbie! ( We were the couple in biking gear from out of town.) We ordered a couple of Big Boy platters. Why get fancy on our first trip back? The slaw was good, but not great. Way too watery. The fries were good, but not great. The burgers were pretty tasty. Our strawberry shake was nice, as it wasn't loaded up with a sugary taste like some other places. Overall, we really enjoyed our visit and the food. We knew not to expect something spectacular, just a good burger meal and they delivered. If or when we come back to Richmond, we'll stop by again. Might have to check out the breakfast bar!

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    Missi R.

    Updating my review after ten years. I stopped here when I was traveling through the area, craving a fish sandwich. The restaurant was very clean, as was the salad bar. Everything on the salad bar was fresh and there WS a nice variety of ingredients. All employees were very friendly. They welcomed customers as they entered and chatted with regulars that they knew by name. My food was great, served hot and fresh. Breakfast buffet is available on weekends. An excellent experience.

    1"full" order of French Toast... yeah, 1.5 slices... deep fried(?)
    Todd S.

    Avoid this place at all costs! The attached picture is a FULL ORDER of French Toast. That's a dollup of butter in the middle there. When the waitress realized my state of utter horror she picked it up while I grabbed my phone to snap a pic. She ran away saying, "No! You gonna say something bad!" You're damn right I am! The manager came out and agreed the meal looked pathetic but could only offer to make it again. Just one question... where in the F is the other half of slice? So F'ing cheap they wont even put 2 slices of bread on the plate. Never... NeVer...EVER EAT HERE. I paid for my coffee and left.

    Their new thing rolling out butcher burgers craft to make it look more fancier and run with the other folks
    Kevin D.

    #40/2022 Well really three and a half Stars but I'm giving the up in favor cuz they were really trying when I came in definitely staffing comes into play. So I had to go to Walgreens and I only have the tractor so I was Bob tailing around waiting on my load to get ready and I saw there was a big boy right next door and I said you know it's been years and years since I went into a big boy but let's go in and have something to eat cuz you know I'm a pig and I'll eat anytime and I said all right fine let's eat. I first walked in I noticed it just had a very big dinner rush lot of the tables were dirty not quite cleaned off and my hands were dirty so I went to the can to go wash them it was nice and clean in there. I asked the gal to wait to get see that she's like it's just you I said yeah just me always and she said just grab a menu and have a seat I said cool. Plus they have some new specials now some gourmet burgers trying to stay hip with everybody else after all these years. This is a Frisch's Big boy Back in the day you had a whole bunch of franchises under the big boy name out in California you had the famous Bob's Big boy near my house in Chicago and up in Wisconsin was Marcs. In Michigan up until 2000 when they went bankrupt I believe it was Elias Brothers now most of them all run under simply the Frisch's name. So the menu I noticed had a lot of stuff they have a breakfast bar still which was surprising after covid they brought it back along with the salad bar cool breakfast bar hours and they have a breakfast menu. Perusing the menu some more they had some nice dinner options but I thought it's big boy got to get an original Big boy why not. So that was the choice the original Big boy double patties lettuce tomato and some of their famous big boy sauce on the side I didn't want to pile of it with cheese. Big boys sauce is a kinda tartar sauce but not like a fish tartar sauce it's their own homemade thing they've had for like ages. I also get the two sides so I got french fries and then I had cottage cheese she's like well we're a little busy but if you want to go up to the salad bar and grab some cottage cheese that's cool I snuck a few peaches LOL it's one of my favorite snacks sometimes cottage cheese and peaches with black pepper Yummers. The food came out fairly quick I had a Coke Zero and it had a good taste to it it wasn't nothing to jump for joy about anymore though after all these years cuz you got places like Red Robin Chili's and a lot of other places that have really Kick ass burgers however nonetheless it was good it was like I remembered with the sauce once it hit I'm like oh yeah I remember when I used to run the hell out of Michigan going up there around Livonia and heading down to that big boy a lot. Same when I ran a lot of stuff in Imlay City Michigan out of Vlassic pickles now owned by The Pinnacle foods corporation waiting on a load to get ready for California and going down to Big boy there too. I would come back here if I'm down by the Petro and I really didn't want the iron skillet I would like to have some of their dinners they look pretty good along with the salad bar and I wouldn't mind trying the breakfast buffet. For one thing to keep in mind on the weekends especially Sunday the church crowd they pack the house for the breakfast buffet just like a shoney's it's value and they go to town and they jam the place. All in although it was good and they did clean up the tables as I was sitting down they made didn't leave them just sitting there looking nasty or anything like that although I could see they were a little short on help one person got the struggled and walked out it's like well you just have to wait sometimes other than that it was a good dining experience I enjoyed it after not stopping into a big boy for years

    Cheesecake
    Martha H.

    I decided to order out Frisch's today, since I had points on the app to redeem. I ordered a Bad Boy, Onion Rings, and Coke Zero. A Bad Boy is like a Big Boy, but with pepper jack cheese and red sauce. That was delicious. I redeemed my points for a piece of Cheesecake, so I got that for free. That was a sweet way to end the meal.

    Chocolate fudge!

    Trevor is the best server I have ever met! He goes above and beyond to assure that every customer leaves beyond happy! The recommendations were fantastic and we left so satisfied ! The management should promote Trevor because he is simply the best person I've ever met in over 40 years !! Simply amazing experience from start to finish! Cheese steak and fudge bake we're mind blowing ! Break bar was off the charts

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    This is our to go to place when we go through Richmond-the BigBoy is amazing every time we go-highly recommend this place

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    Had delivery. Food was great and arrived on time!! Very polite delivery people each time I have ordered.

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    Safe, friendly service. Good and hot food. Couldn't get a better deal anywhere else. Hot fudge cakes are amazing

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    Delicious fresh food friendly cleanliness great prices and variety menu prices home made taste nice friendly environment

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    Service was good, good very nasty! We had the fish sandwiches, way over cooked and bitter. The onion rings cooked perfectly but bitter.

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