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Goody's Fast Food

4.1 (97 reviews)
InexpensiveNew American, Fast Food
Closed • 10:30 am - 9:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Gyros Sandwich
Dan M.

Solid gyros! Fries are tasty! Only ever ordered the gyros sandwich or gyros plate. They load up the gyro nicely with a lot of meat which you want in a gyro sandwich with all the usual fixings; Taziki sauce, tomatoes, and onions. It is delicious. If looking for a solid gyros sandwich or some good fast food check out goody's!

Ordered through Grubhub...and got just too plain hotdogs. I called to find out what happened and I was told that I had to specify "everything on it" even though there was no option to state this. In the menu, Grubhub, it states what's on it. It should have come with onions mustard etc $10 wasted!

Chicken Ka-Bob Plate
Jasmine T.

The BEST Chicken Kabob plates EVER! My absolute favorite!!! You won't regret it! And the service is super great and fast!

Rosa J.

As many of you already knew, Rosa J. likes to hang out with fellow senior citizens and police officers. Well, they seem to know good neighborhood places to grab a bite. Thus this evening, Rosa J. and hubby explored a little bit of Dunning/River Grove neighborhoods and found "Goody's" for some gyros! There weren't many pictures or recent reviews on this place, so I left this "bookmarked" on my Yelp for quite some time. However, after walking through the double-doors, what I saw was a spacious dining room, featuring Chicago sports photographs, articles, and memorabilia on the walls. Ok, perhaps I might have more confidence on the food that would soon be served. I was attempting to locate the value meal menu I saw on their Yelp business page. The young lady cashier pointed me to the right, for my peripheral vision was temporarily blindsided somehow. Hubby and I both went with the Gyros (Gyro plate and Gyro sandwich combo). All value meal combos come with fries and a fountain pop. Hubby's gyro plate also came with a side of Greek salad. Although Yelp put Goody's under the "fast food" category, we waited for approximately ten (10) plus minutes for our food. Was it considering "fast," like a Ji*my J*hn's commercial? Since we weren't under the time constraint, I was checking out the seemingly yummy food that senior citizen social club on my left was consuming and the River Grove police officer's giant muscles, with some fierce tattoos, on my right. Food has finally arrived. First of all, the presentation was pretty fantastic. I'm no expert of gyros, but I enjoyed my gyro sandwich. I thought the yogurt sauce with dills was tasty. In addition, the side fries were crispy. For $20 and some change, we did have an above-average Greek-American style "medium-speed" feast. I will definitely be back if I ever wonder around the Thatcher Woods plaza area (the strip mall next door). Heading to Goody's is accessible via CTA #77 (Belmont) bus. The nearest stop is Belmont/Plainfield. I have to apologize that I failed to capture their business hours for you Yelpers' convenience.

The double dog that I actually DID NOT ORDER.
Amanda B.

I love Goody's, I'm there all the time with my parents or myself. I called in for pick up and ordered what I ALWAYS get, two hot dogs and fries. When I opened the bag it was a hot dog bun with two hotdogs, I didn't order a double dog. So I went inside with my mom and she tossed the bag on the counter, remember that, and one of the older men that's always there as a cashier proceeded to accuse me of ordering the wrong thing. After repeatedly telling him that I get the same thing and didn't order the wrong thing, he tried pointing at my face and repeating I did and it wasn't their mistake. So of course my mom got pissed, and starting getting louder telling him not to talk to me like that and he continues trying to accuse her again of throwing the bag at him. In the end, I honestly didn't even want the food anymore so I said I wanted a refund, so this man said "good, I don't want this shit anymore" so a different man that's usually there when we are stepped in and told the other man to go away and tried offering a remake, but I just wanted a refund and instead got gene and judes. So end of story is I'm never going to Goody's ever again. Thanks a lot for pissing off all of us three of your frequent customers. We couldn't believe the treatment we got and won't be going to Goody's AT ALL anymore. Deeply dissatisfied and disappointed.

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This place nerve disappoints ! Excellent food and customer service some of the best food in River Grove

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Food is good. Freshly prepared. A little time consuming in ordering. Prices a little steep.

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2 years ago

Gyros was not fresh, bread was old, chicken was not cooked well. Waste of money. Soup was ok.

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This place makes very good fast food. I would recommend the gyro plate. Their staff is pretty friendly as well.

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Great sandwiches, soup & service. Always prompt take out orders. My go to lunch spot.

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Love Goodys! I have never had a bad meal from here and I have tried allot of the items on the menu. Their Gyros is the best !

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Great food spot really close to dunning area. Usually never busy and they have some amazing food. Prices are pretty cheap also.

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