Typical low budget food and employees that don't listen and don't care of at least me and my guest this day. Old, dirty interior with decades old tables/booths, warm and stuffy atmosphere. The server was told more than once for zero butter on toast and eggs scrambled easy and please do not brown the eggs and as soon as ANY GOOD server that's running their food should look and see instantly that's not what her table requested but she still served us. This place is 86'ed. read more

Purple Steer Restaurant - Asked for no butter - American Near Me - Whiting, Indiana

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been coming here for 20+ years ... service and food quality have gone to sh%# ... orders by phone get forgotten, once you arrive no one has a clue . read more

Pay cash if you go today was the 3rd time a family's debt card info was stolen and used less then 1 hour after leaving. Local community pages also have strong warnings about this so eat at your own risk but be ready to answer that call from the fraud department read more

It's been a long time since we've had food from this location. Called in a pickup order, and the service was friendly. The Buffalo chicken tenders are just as good as they always have been. Only hope they can keep up the good work and go back to the regular business hours as before. read more

Purple Steer Restaurant - American Near Me - Whiting, Indiana

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I love the chicken tenders the hot ones are so good and I recommend this place for Carry out

I love their food, lately I use door dash.. my only suggestion is adding an option to purchase extra cups of ranch online, I usually purchase an extra 4 when I pick up, but I can't add them when I order through door dash, and my orders are always $80 and up so I would really appreciate that option. read more

I miss being able to dine in, but the food is still delicious I always come here for their daily double meal.

Always friendly when I show up in person, only carry out now, but the food is fresh hot and delicious, this location has been in business for decades. Napkins , salt, pepper, plastic ware etc included. I love Greek owned diners! read more

Since pandemic the restaurant only takes carry out. I can't steer away from their hot fingers and ranch sauce. The two recent times I've ordered here I've had no complaints. Food is as good as it's always been. It's pricey but you do get a lot with fries. I can't even finish all hot fingers. read more

Disappointed. Ive been coming here for over 15 years. Today, I was unable to get a dish I've been getting for 15 years because all of a sudden it's pre-mixed! Ground beef? All ground beef is "pre-mixed" with jalapeños? Gtfoh! Won't be back. Kick rocks! read more

Ordered 4 fingers. They charged me then after I got charged was told they can only make me 3.

The guy who answered the phone was rude and when I showed up continued to be rude to me and argue when I was asking for my food.

So this review isn't so much about the quality of food, or even about the quality of the establishment, but I wager that a fair amount of Yelpers will be familiar with the cozy sentiments and memories I have for this place. I spent hours upon hours every weekend throughout high school packed into corner booths with my friends after a marathon hang out session. The perfect cap to the night was some hot chicken fingers and a chocolate shake. 24-hour Greek Diners are my favorite hang outs, and there are plenty of them with higher quality food and better surroundings, but this one holds a special place in my heart and always will. read more

Purple Steer Restaurant - American Near Me - Whiting, Indiana

Open 24 hours so it is great for the daytime or late at night after a round of drinking (which is usually how I end up here) There's all kinds of food on the menu but honestly there's only 2 things on the menu that I want...crave...every time.... The cream of lemon chicken rice is delicious. I'm a fan. The rice is sometimes a little mushy but I'm not picky when it comes to the rice in that soup as long as it isn't undercooked. Chicken fingers... It's all about the chicken fingers. Delicious!!! I get the regular ones (they have some doused in hot sauce) and the honey mustard dressing. It is about 10.00 for this order but you get a TON if chicken and lots of fries. I'm someone that loves food and I always think I can finish but there's so much there! It's on the Appetizer menu soo it's meant to share but I use it for the main course. Staff is interesting, they are either super friendly, run down and look beat tired or they have snappy attitude. Come here and watch the customers and you will see why. Sometimes they deal with some real turds. read more

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I called to order an chicken skillet and the woman told me that they don't have one. I asked her if they have chicken she said yes. Now we all know that it don't take much to add chicken to a skillet. Instead I was told that they simply won't do it! I couldn't believe it..Put that on the menu read more

Ate here plenty of times. Food is always good, service is decent. No complaints. Hot fingers are bomb!! read more

Food is soooo bland. Absolutely no taste. The lady taking orders just doesn't seem friendly, AT ALL! She was NOT rude, though!!!! Prices are okay, but I'll pass. Too many restaurants like this that are much better, and very flavorful! Not sorry, I will not return. read more

I used to go here all the time for many years they have the best chicken fingers ever but honestly after a couple years since Covid I don't know what's going on that there not starting to care , I don't like that my fries are cold now and I definitely hate that when I order soup every time especially lemon rice soup that I just get base. I never get no noodles no nothing I don't know if they gave me the bottom of the pan but honestly I think that's very unfair that I pay my money and I don't get the worth of it... smh. read more

Don't come here because they are rude and unprofessional. They don't put your full order in bag. They leave out dressing, utensils and don't make order correctly. How you forget utensils?? The curly hair owner yelled at my daughter and hung up on her because he said the exact order she gave him was not picked up a few weeks ago. Ok sorry but I pick up my orders. He yelled come order it in person and pay for it. I called him back and told him sorry but I think your confused! He said you have to come in. With covid I don't want to wait around. Sorry, but you lost out on $80! All because you think it's the same order! Stupid! I will never order from here again! Save your money and go somewhere else! read more

There is a Purple Steer that's a lot closer to me in Hammond, IN but I decided to take a trip to Whiting, IN and bring along my three year old. It's a bit of a drive (25-35 minutes) but I wanted to go somewhere new and since I had a driving companion...why not? The parking is a bit of a joke. I don't see this restaurant EVER being packed because there is hardly anywhere to park. I somehow managed to get a good parking space right by the front doors (totally lucked out). A waitress simply pointed to which booth she wanted us to sit at. As we walked to our seats I was hoping that we were going to the correct one. We sat for about 30 seconds before we were handed waters and a menu (I love that). After another minute a different waitress asked if she could take our order (again, I love that). I ordered a ham & cheese omelette w/hash-browns. They offered three pancakes instead of toast (a perfect size for my 3-year-old) so I went ahead with that, but I also wanted a side order of three strips of bacon. The servings were acceptable (I have had larger servings elsewhere), but that's fine...it did the trick. My child ate half the pancakes (that's expected) and all his chocolate milk. I finished all of mine (as usual) and drank all of my LARGE milk. The waitress was on top of things...awesome job! PERSONAL NOTE - The hand dryer is the Men's Room was very loud and scared the hell out of my kid! Good times! I've read bad reviews on YELP about this place and I have to be honest, they're a little over exaggerated. I'm not a professional "restaurant critic", I really don't know what to look for. I just know what I like and if other (regular) people would like this place. I suppose most of them would. read more

Purple Steer Restaurant - $1.80 for 10oz of milk - $1.45 for 6oz of Chocolate Milk - Say what...? - 1402 Indianapolis Blvd Whiting, IN 46394 - American Near Me - Whiting, Indiana

Sadly, even an exceptional waitress that was so nice and accommodating couldn't resurrect this dated, tired eatery with horribly mediocre food. Not much more I can say but the entire place needs a complete renovation and better food. Disappointing! read more

I don't know why they call it the Purple Steer as nothing in there seems to be purple. The booths and seats are the typical aqua blue that you find in most diners and the waitresses all wear those royal blue polos that make you think that you are at Jewel or Best Buy. Oh well, I'm pretty sure that the drunks who come in after the 2 am bars close don't really care about the color scheme. It is a decent place to stop by after a hot or not so hot day at the riverboat casinoes, much cheaper than the onsite restaurants and just as tasty. We stopped in last Sunday and I had the Tom Turkey dinner because I had a craving for Thanksgiving (ha) and Gregula had the Whitefish which was OK, but I am not a fan of fish so it wouldn't have been my favorite anyway. We both had the bowl of Minestrone soup which was delicious and there is only one size - a tub sized bowl. Good thing we liked it because there was a LOT. Bathrooms are meh, but they do have that awesome X-Celerator hand dryer which makes your hands look like the skin is being blown off ;). read more

1 star or 5 stars? I couldn't decide so I threw down three. The Steer is a majestical beast, yet highly flawed. At first glance it looks like the menu is nothing special. Take a closer look my friend, this menu is hilarious: Jewish Skillet? Does Swiss Cheese make something Jewish? A New Orleans Burger-Croissant? What the hell is that? Sour Cream Crepe? Fran-fucking-Cheesie? Bwhet? The food is bad but the place itself is amazing. Great looking menu, trusty waitstaff and top-notch graffiti that RULES. read more

I had the worst dining experience tonight at this restaurant , I've never had such I bad time at a restaurant before. The guy that was at the register was rude, and very insulting,. When I ordered over the phone he wasn't polite, and when I got there to pick up my order 3 min later after placing it, I was just sitting at the bench waiting when he started talking to me in a very disrespectful manner. He has no manners to talk to people. I work for a restaurant in downtown Chicago I would never talk to somebody like that. I would get fired for doing what he did. He acted like he didn't care about it., I order wings not even 6 minutes later they were ready like he just grab somebody else's order and gave them to me, after me telling him that he was rude I didn't want the wings I was too upset. And I'm writing this review to see if the owner does care about it read more

The servers here for the most part are really nice. Unfortunately the food is horrible. The food is out dated. They really need to change things on the menu. I can help them if they hired me. Prices are reasonable but the food just sucks. Just look at the quality of meat loaf I got. You can't drown food in sauce and think your customer won't notice. read more

Purple Steer Restaurant - Meat that I got. Not great. - American Near Me - Whiting, Indiana

I HATE this place! I've only been here three times and each time have had an awful experience:\ 1st time I was with a group of about 8 other people(mostly African American) and we were hungry. After sitting down for about 10 minutes or so we noticed a police officer came in and spoke to the manager. The cop sat down and stared directly at us the whole time like he was waiting for something to happen. Everyone felt uncomfortable so we left and went to White Castles instead. 2nd time I went here the night before my birthday with my best friend. She ordered a skillet and told them no onions(I think) and what do you know, they put onions in it. I also ordered breakfast(since that's one meal that's hard to mess up) and my pancakes were burnt. Because we've both been waitresses before we didn't bother to send the stuff back. Then my 3rd time(which was about a week ago) I had a horrible time again. First of all our food comes and there's mushrooms on my boyfriends burger when he specificially asked for no mushrooms. Then as we're sitting there eatting I see my boyfriend looking at something next to our booth(at eye level). I look and see it's a bug. I almost jumped out of the booth, no joke. I asked him if it was roach but he said no. I don't know if he was just saying that because he knows how I'd act or what. We ended up leaving shortly after. If we had not had our food when we saw the bug we would've been outta there immediately! My suggestion: if you want good food from a 24 hour spot hit Round the Clock instead...it's a lot cleaner, better portion sizes, and cheaper read more

This place is awesome! They're open 24 hrs and have great food at all times. The owners are always there and make sure the customer service is great, it seems like the employees are treated well which makes your dine in experience relaxing Get the chicken noodle soups and hit chicken fingers! read more

Ah yes...Purple. It used to be the place to grab a late night bite when on your way home. Now we would rather just go home. The prices have increased and they don't offer free refills?! Come on?! And has anyone noticed that the glasses are smaller now? But, the dressings, beef delight and the melting pot are still great. The ranch dressing is out out of this world. They need to package it and sell it oversees. They would make a killing. Tip: ask for a side of ranch with your fries and dip away. Be careful if you have a sensitive stomach. Sometimes the meat in the sandwiches are really greasy. I want to give it 3 stars but I'll give it 4 because of all those late night memories.."sigh".."tear".. read more

You know the vibes. Only come here for the hot chicken fingers. If you know you know.

THEY NEED TO MAKE IT 24HRS ASAP AGAIN!! be craving hot fingers at 1-3am Their ranch has like crack in it or something the way it always got me going back there read more

Ok ok... I live in Northern, IL and from time to time, I will make the hour and a half drive to eat me some hot fingers! This place literally has the best chicken hot fingers in the country. The meat is cooked to perfection. Not dry, very juicy. Right amount of sauce. What you bite into these chicken fingers, your taste buds literally take you to food heaven and back. Their wings are fire too! Complement them with their BBQ sauce and you will not find anything else like this anywhere in America. The chicken is so tender that it almost feels like it's coming straight from the butcher block to the restaurant and into your mouth! At a little under $15 you cannot go wrong with a meal like this. Worth every cent! read more

Interesting little diner right next to the casino. People in my office call this place the Purple Heifer, cuz all the food will literally make you balloon up to crazy large size. Standard diner set up run by two almost twin brothers with as much personality as a dead moth. I got: Steak sandwich - it was ok, good steak, but man, it made me poop. Chicken wings - you get like 12 for $9 which is almost a dollar a wing, not very cost effective, but they are big and there is a secret mango sauce not on the menu that was good. Tater skins - covered with the watery weird molten cheese they put on stadium nachos and bacon bits. Very fat inducing. My server was very nice and sweet and bumps the whole experience up to a 3 star for me. But twin owner dudes, work on the attitudes on the way out the door. And speed it up son. I will be back to eavesdrop on the casino patrons sad diatribes as my lunch break begins and their evening ends. Then they roll 5 deep into their Honda Odyssey. read more

Had a good time at this 24hr Greek Joint! Tiana was a delight even though she tried to hit me with a Styrofoam cup! Lol Just an inside joke about the funny evening we were having! Staff was great food was good...just not great! The Greek Omelette was the best of what we had for the meals, though. Good place for when you can't find anything open during late night! read more

Purple Steer Restaurant - Tv and dessert display - American Near Me - Whiting, Indiana

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This place doesn't even deserve one star they don't care about customer service at all I asked the person on the phone what the options of flavors were for the chicken tenders and this dude is going to say look it up so I said you don't have 2 secs to tell me the options and then we went back and forth for 30 secs and I told him in all this time you arguing you could have told me the options goofy and hung up lol the one on ridge by that golf course in the fake nice neighborhood is way better no cap. read more

Try the Sweet Mango fingers with a side of ranch. You won't even miss the hot buffalo anymore after you try them. read more

Purple Steer Restaurant - Everyone comes here for these for a reason! Hot chicken fingers! - American Near Me - Whiting, Indiana

One of those 3am eatery joints that you always end up at after a night of fun. They have okay food, and not so great service. You can't split the checks, and have only one check per table so be aware of you go in one large group that doesn't all have cash. They have also changed their prices as of this past year and everything is definitely more expensive now, so beware. Tons of stuff was taken off of the menu, and it most definitely isn't the place it used to be when I was younger. read more

It used to be good but now it's DECUSTIN!!! The staff and the owner is filthy and his nails are gross!! I went there for my sons b-day always spending big money there! While waiting for the order I found Cockroaches crawling behind me on the set I was disgusted I ask to speak to the manager and he was very rude and UNPERFECIONL he called the cops and said I was Thearting him I will never spend a$$ with them again!!!!! and he is PREGADIS!!! read more

Purple Steer Restaurant - Dicusting and is dirty ppl need to stop eating there!! - American Near Me - Whiting, Indiana

First time customer and I don't think I'll ever be going back.... I'm a frequent diner visitor and my go to plate is usually the open faced meat loaf sandwich, well the one I got from the purple steer came with not one but two pretty big sides of unexpected plastic wrap, it was disgusting and honestly made me throw away my food.... Pictures will be posted shortly read more

Purple Steer Restaurant - Piece of plastic found in food, plastic knife for size comparison purposes... - American Near Me - Whiting, Indiana

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Food is great. Love that it is open 24 hours and that its a great restaurant to end your fun night out. Hot chicken fingers seem to be everyone's favorite dish. Every time I come we end up ordering like 3 or 4 plates of hot chicken fingers. Personally, the regular chicken fingers are good and I prefer them. The only thing I disliked was the fact that they don't split the check. It's the policy and it is a huge hastle trying to come up with cash among a group of friends to pay. Just make sure to get separate checks. Other than that, it's great. read more

Not a bad place to take a late night snack, etc. But the restroom toilet was awful. Some fecal stains left in the toilet. Was my only complaint. read more