My first time eating from here so might be a one time thing, but this place seems average at best. I got beef brisket dinner with fries, baked beans, and macaroni & cheese. I love the fries and beans and the actual BBQ sauce. The beans had a sweetness but nice tang to it and the sauce was sweet and smoky. The actual brisket seems bland and a bit tough. The macaroni is flavorless and the noodles overcooked. I wouldn't recommend it but would let someone make their own decision. My taste isn't the same as many people's. read more

Nick's Barbecue - Beef brisket, fries, mac & cheese, and baked beans - Barbeque Near Me - Burbank, Illinois

Just got back from Nick's barbecue in Burbank ordered the bbq brisket sandwich ask the girl behind the counter if it came on a French bread or kaiser roll she had to go back and ask the cooks I was told kaiser roll I got it for 13 99 and it was a hamburger bun this place sucks never go back again I don't know what they did but it's not the same quality of food and called back and complained and she's going to tell me that a hamburger bun is the same thing as a kaiser roll how stupid can people be you know what I give them zero Stars so you tell me people is this a kaiser roll no it's a hamburger bun for $13.99 something with tax it's ridiculous read more

Nick's Barbecue - Barbeque Near Me - Burbank, Illinois

Placed order over the phone for pickup.I asked the lady if the barbecue beef brisket came on a French roll or a Kaiser roll, she told me it comes on a kaiser roll. Got home and this 13$ sandwich is on a hamburger bun. I called her back and she told me that a hamburger bun and a kaiser roll is the same thing , I told her she's crazy. Her cooks even said a Kaiser roll in a hamburger buns.The same thing no wonder this place is only rated.Two stars , . I tasted the sandwich, which is supposed to be barbecue.Brisket, and it's so dry.They lost my family as a customer.I'll never go back to Nick's barbecue.If you want good barbecue , go gamatos in Worth. The quality of the food at this location has gone downhill.DONT WASTE UR MONEY AT NICKS ANYMORE. read more

People didn't know how to take the order over the phone. They were stupid. The food was lukewarm when it got here. And the worst part of all there was a HAIR IN MY SOUP!!!!!! read more

Nick's Barbecue - Hair on chicken - Barbeque Near Me - Burbank, Illinois

I ordered via DoorDash while on a work trip and staying near Midway. I wanted something relatively fresh, so I tried the Greek Chicken Wrap and treated myself to the curly fries. Nick's offered great value and quality. I ate a couple of meals from this order. Great takeout spot. read more

Nick's Barbecue - Greek Chicken Wrap and curly fries - Barbeque Near Me - Burbank, Illinois

overpriced and quality has declined significantly. too dumb to get orders right. Needs a few more words to be able to post so stop reading this and go listen to some jawbreaker. read more

Fast band friendly service. The prices are great and so is the food. The have indoor and outdoor seating. read more

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Delicious gyros! The beef and lamb were fully cooked and slightly crispy! Yum! Fast and friendly! Can't wait to try the rib tips dinner! The restaurant seemed clean and organized ! read more

Love this place, the menu has so many great options! The food is always on point! The employees are super friendly! Great vibes all around! read more

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We are thoroughly disgusted with this restaurant. We ordered at 7:30 pm and was told our order would be delivered by Door Dash within 20 minutes. At 8:06 we received a text that our order was out for delivery. At 8:15 I called and said our order was never rec'd. They told us they would resend. Again, never received. They had the correct address at the restaurant. I cannot remember the exact time, but they cancelled our order (because they were out of gyros) and no one ever called to let us know. I called at 8:30 pm and it was then they told us our order had been cancelled and they were out of gyros. So at 8:30 I am scrambling to get dinner for my family. Never again. read more

I've been going to this place for more than 30 years never disappointment great ribs what more can I say?

New record today. Waited in the drive thru for 20 minutes for a burger and a burrito. I guess it takes a while to make that yummy food. Not

Tacos quesadillas are the best here at Nick's Barbecue!!! Good customer service as well

Im from Memphis. This place is trash. How is a pulled pork sandwich dry? Slaw was okay but too much mayonnaise.

No rating the food is ok but the young guy that works days is very rude he never says Thank you or anything

Nick's Barbecue is a small fast food eatery offering barbecue items, hot dogs, burgers and other foods. There is a big boy like mascot on the top of the building which makes it fairly noticeable from a distance. In stopping into Nick's I decided to go for a hot dog which came with fries. The hot dog I received was a skinless dog on a regular non-poppy seed bun. It came with a somewhat thick pickle slice and a cucumber slice. Cucumber slices are fairly uncommon in Chicago style hot dogs (I've seen about a dozen places do it in over 120 reviews of hot dogs so far), and this is the only place I've seen with a long cucumber slice. However, there's no tomato, celery salt or hot peppers on this dog. The application of mustard and onion were fine, but there was quite a bit too much relish. The sausage itself was skinless and well heated but nothing amazing. The fries included were long crisp fries. The fries weren't particularly salty, or greasy and didn't have a particularly tasty potato paste on the inside. I'd rate these about average. The only other things I have to note about Nick's Barbecue are that they have a decent amount of seating inside, they have an unusual soda fountain with various RC products (despite having Coca-Cola memorabilia throughout the inside), Nehi and even Green River. Overall I'd say this is an average establishment to obtain a Chicago style hot dog and give it three stars. read more

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Not bad for a BBQ in the McD fast food style. It worked as a quick lunch as we traveled to the Arctic Arena to watch our grandson compete and we needed a place to eat with enough selection to please three generations between games. read more

I ended up ordering from this establishment through DoorDash and that was the biggest mistake of my life. The BBQ Rib Tip Dinner was absolutely disgusting. The ribs were of poor quality and overcooked leaving a real chewy and rubbery like texture. They were honestly so bad I decided to feed them to my dog, he seemed to like them if that means anything lol. The macaroni tasted like plastic; I almost threw up the first bite. The baked beans were straight from a can. The only good things were the french fries and BBQ sauce. I honestly feel bad because I have never left a review this bad however please consider spending your money elsewhere. read more

The food was cold and it took them 2 hours to deliver my food and the driver still wanted a tip are you for real fries were dry drinks were sweet ketchup was soggy never again will I ordered from here horrible service need to learn how to cook read more

The ribs tips are hard to eat and the Mac and cheese is dry and not tasteful to put in your mouth, the only good thing there was a baked potato with extra sour cream ! read more

Nick's Barbecue - The ribs tips dinner and baked potato - Barbeque Near Me - Burbank, Illinois

We used to get Nicks quit often. Lately the food has not been the same. Last night I ordered my son the chicken tender meal for $10.00 and this is what we received. Dried up old chicken and no fries. Never will we eat there again. Iam being told that new owners took over the place, if so they better learn how to cook or this place won't last. read more

Nick's Barbecue - fried chicken in foil - Barbeque Near Me - Burbank, Illinois

Always backed up, I sat waiting for 30 minutes in the drive thru. Nobody wanted to take my order and ignore the fact a car is waiting with a line behind me. read more

I think that Nick's Fat Boy has disregarded every warning ever listed from the Surgeon General about Cholesterol. I have yet to try any of the BBQ because I have a strong addiction to their Gyro plate. You can see the grease dripping...which doesn't stop me. The pita bread is great and always warm to my likings. It's great food, casual dining and decent on the wallet. No, it's not a first day caliber joint, but worth going if you want a killer gyro. Killer would be heart attack or stroke and ever so delicious. Great lunch specials. Thanks, Nick, for adding to the nations health problem with unhealthy food...it's worth it. I give 'em 5 tasty grease drips out of 5. read more

Done with this place. I have given them three tries to get my meal correct and they can't seem to do it. This is the south side - we expect to have our food prepared correctly - and we expect you to deliver on your promise. There seems to be a trend these days which features these joints resting on their reputations. The gyro plate features "extra meat and extra sauce." It simply doesn't come that way. There was sch a scant mount of meat - I had to pull back the onion slices to see the meat. The (still frozen) sauce - they don't give you enough in the first place - so they give you almost enough and call that "extra" and charge extra. The kicker is the fries. There is nothing ambiguous about "well done" when ordering fries. I actually told the cashier they needed them to be dangerously hard and crispy. You can imagine my surprise when they were half-raw. Overpriced under-quality. Done with Nick's - in the "nick" of time. read more

I wish you could give NEGATIVE stars. This place has the worst service ever. The manager Steve is just plain ignorant. Ordered $20 worth of food in the drive through. They make you pull up and pay, and then pull up further to wait. After 25 minutes of nothing, I backed up and beeped. Manager Steve was rude, had no clue why the food wasn't ready, they forgot that I was there and that they asked me to pull up. Then he came back about 5 minutes later with the food and I asked him what the problem was and why I had to wait 25 minutes (for grilled cheese, soup, pizza puffs, patty-melt). He had no clue, so I said I would sit there why he found out. He was not happy about that. In the end, got home with cold food and a missing grilled cheese. This place sucks and the service is horrible. Please go somewhere else!!! read more

This has to be the worst bbq that I have ever had. The Burger King $1 Rib sandwich is better bbq in my opinion. I got the half slab, 1/4 chicken meal for $13.95. The ribs were dry and lacked any flavor. It was almost the same story with the chicken, but it was more moist. I drowned the food in some barbecue sauce that I had at home in order to salvage it. The coleslaw tasted good, however, it did not make up for the main course. Also, they only gave me two sides in my meal when it clearly states that you get three. My guess is that they simply didn't care since it was Christmas Eve and had leftover meat or that employees stuck working were angry and purposely did a poor job. read more

Was working in the area 7/14/14, Nicks was close, let's give it a try... Order BBQ beef, fries and a drink. The bbq sauce is a dark brown color with an odd taste I couldn't put my finger on, flat, bland tasting , not BBQy tangy flavor. The beef tasted old and over-cooked, just some beef dipped in bbq sauce and slapped on a bun. ICK! Fries typical cheep frozen fries. And now the drink, the first few sips were ok but then I started getting and odd taste from it, wasn't sure if it was the drink, sandwich or fries. Dumped out... I'm not in that area often but if I am I won't try them again. If that is the BBq sauce they use it isn't very good. Next read more

Two relatives raved about how good these ribs were so I took a long drive. Any future recommendations from them will be met with serious skepticism. As any rib lover knows, rib meat should NEVER fall off the bone, but that's what these do. The moment I was given a plastic fork and knife I knew something was wrong. These are what I would get if I cooked ribs in the oven for 90 minutes and put them under the broiler for a few to caramelize the sauce. The result isn't bad, but if I wanted that I'd do it at home rather than shell out $20 at a restaurant for what I thought would be real BBQ. I was very hungry and they weren't bad so I ate the whole slab, but with each bite I lamented the time and money they cost me. I was here once before late at night, and the boneless rib sandwich is quite good. The fries are also better than average. When you choose to have the word RIBS on your sign in massive type, you need to deliver the goods. Nick's fails terribly. They need to either learn to make the real thing or change their sign and market themselves as one more burger and dog joint. If you want great ribs and you're on the south side, go to The Patio, as I wish I had. read more

I have had some damned good ribs & this place is pretty good. They also have tons of specials. I often see cops here so again, I know it's a pretty good bang for my buck. read more

So this place is right down the street from my job, and not only have I ordered a simple sandwich (breaded steak on garlic bread with only lettuce and mayo) they have managed to mess that up twice in 4 days. Only this time when they messed up they gave me a certificate for $3.00... I'm sorry but that doesn't even cover the delivery charges on these 2 terrible experiences I have had. Both time they replaced the food, but the lettin is soggy and brown that's disgusting. No wonder the breaded steak is on special for the month of February, before the lettuce completely rots I guess. My co workers have also ordered there including the salads and when we tell them about the lettuce being old and discolored and also soggy they don't seem to care they responded with "ok I'll let them know", which in my eyes says "yeah no one cares". I will not order from here again and I will make sure no one from my company will order there either. So moral of my review is, if you want to be disappointed with rotten lettuce and to have your order wrong as well then by all mean order from NICKS BBQ ON 79TH. read more

Nick's Barbecue - Disgusting soggy discolored lettuce from the steak sandwich. - Barbeque Near Me - Burbank, Illinois

Actually, I'm kind of surprised by all the overly negative reviews. Now don't get me wrong. Nick's is not the best place I've eaten at, but its certainly not as bad as it seems many are trying to make it out to be. They have their good and bad just like most other burger, hotdog, rib joints. Yes, the fries are not good. The frozen fries they use have an odd texture I've never been fond of them. The bbq sauce is their own brand, which is pretty much on par with the average sweet dark malasses sauces (everyone's type of sauce tastes are different) you find at the grocery store. I usually stick to what I like. Ribs, chicken, fish sandwich, shrimp. Anyway, as for today. I ordered a fish sandwich and fries (which is the Friday special) and a ribeye steak sandwich. The fish sandwich was hot and crispy on a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato and a tartar sauce that works with their sandwich. The ribeye steak sandwich is a piece of grilled ribeye with grilled onions, lettuce and tomato on a toasted bun. The food I had today was good, and I have no complaints. Its not the best place but if your selective. You can come out with a decent meal. This meal cost $15.93 (food and drinks) which is not bad to feed two people. I give a solid 3 stars. read more

Nick's Barbecue - Ribeye steak sandwich - Barbeque Near Me - Burbank, Illinois

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My husband and I had dinner here on a Thursday at 5pm. I ordered rib tips w a baked potato. My husband ordered a full slab of ribs w fries. I honestly have never had rib tips that bad in my life! They were so hard and dry , flavorless to the core my main concern was that they had a HORRIFIC smell to them, like they were borderline spoiling a huge RED FLAG for me I do not like confrontation so I didn't complain but seriously this place should not be serving ribs or any type of food. My husband said his ribs were extremely salty they didn't smell nothing like what my rib tips did. I hope this Helps. The Patio is only a few blocks south of nicks. But on 79th east of nicks is CHUCKS sooooo worth it for BBQ . read more

After the whole cracker, and poor service incident I waited a while before I came back to Nicks. I have to admit the cracker problem has been solved. The last few times I came here they were whole crackers when I ordered my soup. Today I came in at 11 o'clock. I ordered chicken noodle soup. It was served to me luke warm and the waitress asked if it was hot enough. She said that if I wanted the cook put it in the microwave a little longer. Really? So I paid almost 3 dollars including tax for a small soup that was microwaved. A microwave should have no place in a real kitchen. Beware they microwave their food. Absolutely unacceptable and disgusting. read more

Worst beef sandwich ever. How can a restaurant in Chicago screw up a beef sandwich? I asked for natural sauce it was dry there was no sauce no flavor no nothing. Never again. read more

I am speaking for 5 households been going to this place since they opened back when they would make shakes in the microwave to melt the ice cream well they are back to the way they started I order a shrimp and rib dinner ask for 2 extra bbq sauce never got the sauce paid for it the shrimp was taken out of refrigerator and microwaved the same goes for the ribs my the cocktail sauce was like rubber I mean I could bounce it my neighbor got a chicken dinner that was not cooked and has gotten food poison friends from other side of burbank have refuse to order from here. I called when I received my food to speek with a manager the girl said ok she never put me on hold I could hear her talking to the manager who said tell him I'm not here get his number and I call him back that never hapened. My opinion is that Martin the manager is not a good manager Nick the owner has just given up and doesn't care about customers that have been there with him for 30 years at least twice a week read more

Stopped in for a corned beef sandwich and fries fries special 5.95 wasn't expecting much from a bbq joint . The light rye came toasted which was a nice touch , the corned beef was delicious it was homemade thin sliced had mustard on it . I can't say enough about the corned beef being homemade and fresh sliced it threw the sandwich into a category it didn't belong in from a bbq place . I mean tender good corned beef . Decent amount for 595 with a huge order of thicker cut fries . If you are craving something other than a hotdog or bbq try the corned beef you will be delighted . Next time I'm going to ask for double meat . Few dollars more will be worth it in my mind . read more

Went here for lunch with a coworker - I got the ribtik (like a McRib) sandwich - the bread was toasty and the meat was pretty good. I know it's processed and I probably should have gotten the ribs, but oh well. I was still pretty happy with my choice. Also, I got a small tossed salad. OK, nothing out of ordinary. My coworker got the 5 fried chicken meal and comes with 3 small sides. Pretty good deal considering it was a ton of food. Also, he ate is ALL, but the chicken pieces were relatively small. read more

I have tried quite a few things on their menu, considering that we would make about 100 orders from them every day from work. To bad they were late one day with all those orders and we almost couldnt eat lunch so they have been put on time out for a while. I probably would stay away from some of the pasta dishes, they arent that great, but man their BBQ pulled pork is some of the best I have ever had. As for the rest of their food it is all pretty good, and I will say that their portions are all very plentiful. Edit: The one we ordered from probably wasnt Burbank, I didnt make the orders but it was whichever one that delivers to Lemont. read more

I was a bit disappointed. I went there thinking about a nice Brisket sandwich but let them talk me into the special which was a Ribeye sandwich. Pros: the seasoning and flavor was really good. Cons: it wasn't cooked to order and the steak was really thin, fatty and full of gristle. Also there was an inch and a half of lettuce. So like I said the flavor was great but the sandwich did not keep up. I found myself sitting at the table wishing I had tried the Brisket after all or maybe The Best Shawarma place across the street. read more

For the betterment of this establishment I feel compelled to share my experience with Nick's. I live very close by to the restaurant and I've been going here for years. I've always had good food and good times however after the restaurant got new management everything went bad. I ordered a philly cheese steak and ended up finding a live BEETLE in between the bread and the cheese. It's flat out dirty and disgusting. A waste of money! read more