When you go to New York, you have pizza. In Maryland, you get crab cakes. In Boston, a lobster roll. In the Cincinnati area, you get yourself a bowl of Cincinnati-style chili. And no, it doesn't matter if it's 90 degrees outside. It's chili. Skyline is the biggest purveyor of Cincinnati-style chili, which is rather different than the chili you might find in Texas. Of course, no beans. And this stuff has more cinnamon and nutmeg than you might expect. It's a totally different flavor. I stopped in for my chili and had it as a "two-way" with only chili and cheese. A huge pile of shredded cheddar and no beans or pasta or even a coney. Just chili. It was quite good and exactly what I remembered from the last time I was here. The girl who served me was happy for the business and attentive. The restaurant was reasonably clean with two tables needing to be cleared but no trash on the floor or in the parking area. The open kitchen looked clean. Good stuff and I enjoyed. [Review 18028 overall - 172 in Ohio - 1549 of 2022.] read more

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It's been about 30 years since my first Skyline visit. My stepdad is from Cincy, so when I was in Cleveland, he said I must try it. Can't recall which way I had it, but chill over pasta for me does not work. In town and figured we hit this place to see what I am missing. The answer: Not this place. My coworker is a local and somewhat guided me through the options. Decided to get two weiners and the chili fries. The mound of cheap shredded cheddar does not improve the taste, but sure looks good. The wieners seemed to be overcooked or just "aged" from sitting in the holding bin. The fries were actually good and if I find myself with a taste for Skyline, it's the only thing I am ordering. My personal taste is for a much richer, chunkier TX style chili. This watered down semi flavorless concoction must be a local thing. read more

Skyline Chili - 2 Coneys and Chili Cheese Fries - Fast Food Near Me - West Chester, Ohio

This place sucks. we came for world famous chili but it just didn't hit the spot. not one person enjoyed their food, i don't know why this place is famous. read more

Coneys are decent but the chilitos are exceptionally small. I have to boycott because of this. read more

Skyline Chili - Very small Chilito - Fast Food Near Me - West Chester, Ohio

If you LOVE love cheese and you want some delicious chili, say no more! If ever you've gone to Taco Bell you'll know just how stingy some restaurants can be with their use of cheese. Not at this place. When you come here you'll feel like you just robbed the Fort Knox of cheese supplies! They give you so much cheese it's put in a separate bag! #winning More importantly the name of this place can't get any better! Skyline! As in my Skyline GTR! Perfect!! two thumbs up for just the name! As for the chili! It has a kick to it and was very tasty! I wish you guys had one here in Marietta, Georgia...ahem ahem. So we don't have to drive so far to ya! I have a new found favorite for some chili and cheese now! I'm not sure how the chili cheese hot dogs sliders are but I bet their good! We ordered some but didn't get it cause didn't check our bag until we left and by that time we had gone too far to go back. read more

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When in Rome, right? We're road trippers and part of our adventures always include local flavors. Last time through OH we ate at another chili chain, so this trip it was Skyline. Delicious! It came out fast and our server was super friendly and interactive. I could easily have devoured ten of the Coneys. The food wasn't super hot, though, so I'm rating four stars. read more

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Large 3-way is now over $11 dollars? I shouldn't be wearing it on my jeans. And my container is not even full. If i'm paying $11 dollars for something please take the time to make sure the lid is on at least! Second... Maybe give me the amount I paid for and fill the "LARGE" container to its capacity. Thank You! I wish people actually took pride in their work. read more

Skyline Chili - A half filled "large" 3-way - Fast Food Near Me - West Chester, Ohio

I have eaten at this Skyline Chili many times over the last 10 years. Not only is this my first check in, but it is the first time I have had any appearance of issues. I say that because my only issue was having to look around and find the waitstaff to fill my water drink even though I was sitting at the bar and everyone one was walking past and my take away cup was empty and I had the lid off to indicate it was empty. I enjoy eating the "Soup Sandwich" Chili Cheese sandwich with mustard and onion. I really enjoy my food here. I will be back and will not let the one time and a lack of fast refills bother me. I would still only give them 4 stars, because even though I enjoy eating here I only come 1 time a month or so as it isn't my favorite place, but the food is good. read more

Always a big fan of Cincinnati chili. Like gold star but you can't beat Skyline either. Had the basics bowl of chili and chili cheese fries. The portions are good and the service was great. I know it's a short review but not much more you can say. If you want a quick chili fix Skyline is a good place to stop. read more

Skyline Chili - Fast Food Near Me - West Chester, Ohio

As far as Skyline's go, this one is great. Typically clean, food is consistent, service has never been a problem and you're in and out in no time at all. There's really not much to say about this location. It's good. It's as good as a Skyline gets. I've been going for years and I visit at least once a month, if not more. The servers are usually younger girls that do not have attitude and they get their job done. Almost like they are on autopilot, it's that consistent. The food - It's Skyline. I like the Chili Burrito Deluxe. I don't even look at the menu. Sometimes it can be busy but we've never had to wait for a seat. Would I go back? Yes. I visit quite frequently. read more

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So word on the street is that people from Cincinnati LOVE Skyline. Also, apparently it's a right of Osage to eat skyline when you visit Cincinnati. I'd like to put a fork in that tradition. The service was lovely. Like, five stars, and that still doesn't make up for this watery awful crap they call chili. Five stars also to the wonderful people I enjoyed lunch with. My company was a solid win. But negative nine stars for the chili. That, my friends, is basic math. If you HAVE to eat here. Get a potato with cheese and sour cream. Or, like, a salad. (On a side note, the funnel cake fries are kinda of yummy. I'm tempted to add another star for these, but I won't. ) PS. You're welcome for the lack of crappy photos. read more

This is one of our favorite Skyline Chili locations in the greater Cincinnati area. However, Saturday 3/4/23 evening dinner was a little disappointing. My 4 way seemed watered down. This is something we hate at Skyline, but never experienced at this location until now. I hope that this was just a one time thing because we love this location. We will be back... read more

You know about Skyline, so I won't discuss the food. It's the same as all the others, but it's better. The food just tastes better. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I enjoy it more than other locations. It's worth it to drive here versus the others in the area. The food is better, the service is awesome, and it's very clean. Just remind me next time that while I will eat the entire LARGE 4-way, I should order the medium. read more

Was really impressed with the set-up and cleanliness of this Skyline location. Had never been in it before but had driven by it a bunch. You can't really tell from the outside how nice and spacious it is inside..but it is! We arrived pretty close to close on a Saturday night and it was refreshing that the staff didn't seem to mind (we got there at like 9:15 when they close at 10..not like we got there at 9:45..we're not complete a-holes). The food here was up to par with most other locations. I ordered my go-to of two cheese coney's and an order of cheese fries using the "hot cheese". Everything was as good as it always is. Now that I know how nice this location is I might have to stop by more often. While I wouldn't go so far as to say Skyline is a five star restaurant, but between the really pleasant staff, the excellent set-up for the place, and the quality of the food, I would say this location deserves it. I would go so far as to say it's the nicest Skyline that I've been to in Cincinnati. read more

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As was said in another review, this location is very clean for a skyline. The service was prompt even though it had been the Wednesday before thanksgiving the last time we went. We were a group of 11 or 12 and actually funny story - our first waiter quit after taking our drink order! LOL! Understandable. I got what I usually get - a medium four-way (with onions). The cheese is always a pile on top but just trust me and take it the way they give it. Sometimes I do get a smaller size and a coney but it just depends on how hungry I am/if a chili dog is sounding great that day. However, you can't go wrong at skyline so enjoy. read more

Skyline Chili - The OG! Four way my peeps - Fast Food Near Me - West Chester, Ohio

My favorite skyline store, corporate owned and the food has always been fresh tasting. Good service too. I travel a bit further for this location over the one near me. read more

Clean restaurant . Friendly staff. Good location . Our first visit . Waitress gave us samples . Very nice . Entire family thought food was ok . We didn't care for the cinnamon spice in the chili. read more

Absolutely worst drive through experience. I hope you have 45 minutes available, because that's how long it takes to get any food. One car, four cars... doesn't make a difference. Go to Tylersville instead. read more

Fast and good- never a bad meal served! Kind of on expensive side but the price of everything everywhere has gone ip! It's called inflation, baby, get used to it! Would definitely recommend! The food I mean! read more

This skyline was completely filthy. It had a rotten smell that had a tinge of vomit and bubblegum. We asked the waitress to clean off the scummy table and she never returned and we won't either. The board of health should be called on this location. read more

AMAZING SERVICE!! the manager Drew was fantastic and gave us our food on the house because of a long wait, that wasn't even that long! super yummy, extravagant preparation skills from these folks!! read more

Ordered 3 chili cheese sandwiches & a chicken ranch wrap. No cheese on the chili/CHEESE sandwich & no ranch on the wrap. Spoke with skyline "manager" Drew & he said he made the chili cheese sandwich. Very concerned about this location. read more

Skyline Chili - Chili cheese sandwich? - Fast Food Near Me - West Chester, Ohio

After so many visits to the uber-efficient Clifton Skyline (http://www.yelp.com/biz/skyline-chili-restaurants-cincinnati-22#hrid:kojvD7OBU1HSRgGVlXzxZg), the wait here was excruciating. And by excruciating, I mean it took about as long to get our food as a regular restaurant. That said, it's still Skyline. I also had my one and only Skyline salad at this location. Their Greek is pretty solid. read more

The Cincinnati Dayton location is THE WORST Skyline I have ever been to. The location was filthy. There were two tables in use pretty much all the other tables were dirty. The floor was dirty. The bathrooms were horrible. The service was marginal. One girl was bagging cheese with her bare hands. There is an indescribable smell. Now for the food. There is a sprinkle of cheese on the three way and dogs. The chili was almost 100% liquid like they just scoop from the top. Now for the best part of all, walking past several time was a guy with a trainer shirt on. If this is what they are training look for it to get worse. My recommendation is to find a different location. There are a couple more in the vicinity. read more

When should just get some dinner after work and it was 915 says it close online at 10 o'clock this is kind of ridiculous nobody's open past 10 anymore and people are lazy as shit so not coming there anymore ! read more

Don't understand the big deal about this place AND how they seem to be at every intersection. Kudos to everyone who loves it but I thought it tasted like cheap canned chili over bland noodles and camouflaged with mounds of shredded cheese. read more

Skyline Chili - Fast Food Near Me - West Chester, Ohio

It's my favorite Skyline in the northern Cincinnati area. I'm a chilito guy (add beans and onions) and they do it right. It's pleasant and clean, the employees are quick, and they provide proper quantities of chili and cheese. I recommend this location. read more

Skyline Chili - Fast Food Near Me - West Chester, Ohio

This is the Cincinnati institution that I think of when I remember my time in Cinci. I love a 4 way with onions (LOVED that they started coming out with a Small version--Skyline does not "to go" very well), and I can get one of those with 2 or 3 cheese coneys with everything. I love it. With a root beer? This is the best way to spend $10 in this whole town. I was in town for a wedding and I ate at a Skyline 2x a day for the whole weekend. I love it. If I get it in the drive through, I sit in the parking lot and eat it to preserve the goodness. The mustard is what really does it, I think. I refuse to eat a "coney" anywhere else...I know that Skyline is be my standard and I will be disappointed. read more

So good. Thank you for the great food and service. I come like 8 times a week. Yelp is making me write a ton for this to be a review so I'm gonna keep writing meaningless stuff read more

Feelin' good and hungry? It's Skyline Time! I never crave Skyline until I can't have it...like when I'm boarding a plane from Cincinnati to California, for example. It's kinda a pain. As many reviewers have already noted; Skyline is not traditional chili. It's much more of a meat "sauce" than a chili as the topping is so thin. For a product that combines ground beef, cinnamon, and chili powder, it's pretty remarkable...I don't care who you are or where you're from. Get it in a three-way, on top of spaghetti and covered with cheese. Make sure you dump your three-way from the little plate to the larger plate, it's the way real Skyliners do it. Also, top it off with crumbled oyster crackers and you won't look like a tourist. I love Skyline's chili but I do understand that there are those who don't...this doesn't mean that you can't eat at Skyline! Try the Greek Salad, which includes feta cheese, spinach, onions, and peppers with Skyline's homemade greek dressing. It's delicious! During Lent, I go to Skyline and order the Black Beans and Rice. The Black Beans are prepared like a soup and they are super spicy, you need all the sour cream they give you to cool it off. I usually ask for a side of cheese too, it makes for a Southwestern treat. Diners who aren't fans of the chili can also order plain hot dogs or plain spaghetti with cheese on top...these dishes seem to be favored by little kids who have yet to grow into their Chili stage (it is an acquired taste). The drive-through at this particular location is always quick and the servers are always friendly. It's always spectacularly clean, too! read more

Service fast. That's all I got. There is barely any meat in the chili. Flavor mediocre. I am missing the old days when you could actually SEE the meat. Tried looking at the chain's nutrition info and the amount of meat is not disclosed. Won't be back. Sad. read more

I have tried Skyline Chili twice now and it's really not that good. The first time was underwhelming and the second time was, well, umm underwhelming. This location is clean and friendly I must say. The food is just ordinary, very bland no matter what you get. Not going to give it a third chance. read more

I love to eat here and the food is always hot and properly prepared and ready for us in a timely manner and the staff is always friendly and the management is always on top of the game when you require anything and do so in a friendly manner. read more

Just a southern girl experiencing skyline chili for the first time. Love this place. Try everything once and buy some at the store to take home. read more

Standard skyline; if you love skyline then this location is perfect. I have eaten here many times and my food has always been perfect!

Skyline's (pronounced ska LEEN ees), you either love it or hate it. I agree they are slow here. It's the neighborhood. The kids here don't know how to hurry unless they are on the sports field! ;-) Average for Skyline, portion size is inconsistent. I got a deluxe BB Burrito recently to go and I received twice the food I got dining in the week previous. Whoa! Go to Clifton near Ludlow for the real deal. read more

First, waiter was extremely friendly and got us crackers and drinks right away. And it took mere minutes to get our food. And right there is the only positives of this review. I've eaten at many, many Skylines and i know when the food is good and when it's not. I got a classic chicken wrap and my son got a chillito. My wrap was huge, too big to fit in my mouth, unfortunately it was packed full of lettuce with very little else. I took out quite a bit and the lettuce covered my plate! As soon as my son picked up his chillito, which was smaller than most, the chili began leaking out the side. He got crafty and shoved crackers in to stop the leak. Our waiter seemed to be the only one, and we had to wait some time for a refill. When I went to pay, I had no less than three people walk past the cash register and do nothing. Come to find out the "cashier" was standing off to the side and when she finally got off the phone she told me, I'll be with you in a minute. Once I payed she had a hard time even saying thank you. Lol. Saw a lot of young workers, maybe they need a grown up around to keep things working right. Unfortunate because this is close to family entertainment places and I'm sure they get quite a bit of business. First and last for me. read more

I was outnumbered by my friends when voting for where to eat. Still not really impressed with the food here. read more

Skyline Chili - They like skyline. I don't - Fast Food Near Me - West Chester, Ohio

I feel like I have to review Skyline at least once. I've always liked Skyline, but have never been over-the-moon enthusiastic about it. It's something different and it's a staple in the Cincinnati area. The chili is thin and sweet, served over spaghetti noodles and topped with copious amounts of cheese. Since going vegetarian, I've still been able to eat at Skyline because they offer pretty decent vegetarian options. They have vegetarian 3-ways, which have black beans instead of chili. It's like a bean chili, so it's a decent replacement. However, they recently changed the menu to have only black beans AND rice, so now I usually just get a bowl of black beans and rice since it seems crazy to get black beans and rice and then put rice over pasta (right?). I also get their greek salad, which is alright considering the produce isn't the greatest. It's a fine place, but it's not one of my favorites. read more

Skyline chili has the best Cheese Coney's ever! They have a lot of good things in the coney's, especially when they add extra cheese on it. Try it because it is really good. read more