This place is country diner to a T! Have been coming here since I was a kid and got to visit recently while on a hunting trip. Though I only got ice cream, the place was packed so you just know the food is good. Plus, it's stood the test of time. It's not right in Mt. Airy but on the outskirts and has been open for years so you know the food quality is there. The dipped ice cream was amazing. Smooth and creamy ice cream with a good layer of chocolate on the outside. Staff are so friendly here as well. Stop by here and enjoy some good ole diner food and make sure to finish it off with ice cream read more

Speedy Chef - Burgers Near Me - Mount Airy, North Carolina

Lunch time at Speedy Chef is best just before noon because it gets busy. Been here before plenty of times, and this time I decided to try a chicken sandwich instead of a burger. Spicy. It came with tomato, lettuce, mayo. Yum. Their fries are decent too, and they have a little shaker of season salt to spritz them with. Good lunch! read more

Speedy Chef - Spicy chicken sandwich and seasoned fries - Burgers Near Me - Mount Airy, North Carolina

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Stopped in again this evening and paid for a hot fudge sundae and again, was short changed ice cream because this time I was told they don't have the right lids to provide all the ice cream they should. Then reduce the price. It's that simple. Stop being greedy and treat your customers as you should and stop trying to nickel and dime them. Do better. read more

Speedy Chef - Barely filled ice cream (to go) - Burgers Near Me - Mount Airy, North Carolina

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Your typical diner style restaurant. The food is always good and served quickly.the service is always friendly.

I have loved this restaurant for 50 plus years. Today the chuckwagon was not the same. Not to my liking. Seemed to be a cubed steak. I will not be ordering this again. I prefer hotdogs from Odell's. Ground steak from dairy center. Now I need to find a new chuck wagon place. Service is always spot on! Diner is always clean and the same. read more

Best burger in Mount Airy love the chef's burger little high but it's worth it and they are just five minutes away.

Stopped in for lunch. We got the chef burger, cheeseburger, fries, and onion rings. Staff were friendly and it was very clean. Food came out hot and fresh. We are glad we stopped in! This was our first time visiting. Portions were plenty! Our total bill was under $19 which was reasonable. read more

Speedy Chef - Cheeseburger, Chef Burger, fries & onion rings. - Burgers Near Me - Mount Airy, North Carolina

Good food and service, Nice staff best hotdogs in mount airy nc recommend it to anyone who wants a good southern style burger or hotdog

For one, the food here is horrible. I have thrown up eating here before it's that horrible. For two, the service was very rude. I went during lunch time, and sadly got that horrible woman to take my order. I think they called her Kim. Not only was she beyond rude, but when I went to sit down and eat my food I overheard her making fun of my shirt. Mind you all it said was Black Lives Matter. I got the feeling that I was not welcomed based on the color of my skin. If you're a person of color, do not step a foot inside that building; the moment you do I guarantee, you will feel and get the exact same if not worse treatment as I did. I'd give zero stars if I could. read more

The staff is always very friendly, the food comes out fast , hot & delicious. My favorite is the Super Speedy Chef burger and their awesome onion rings . read more

Chuck wagon plate special with rolls, slaw and fries (okay). Hot dog (okay) Overall.....just okay. read more

Speedy Chef - Vanilla ice cream dipped in cherry - Burgers Near Me - Mount Airy, North Carolina

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Decided to check out this small burger spot while in the Mt Airy area. Customers were coming in and out the door the whole time I was there so it's definitely a popular place for the locals! I ordered the first thing that's listed on their menu and it's the Superchef burger! It's nothing special, but it gets the job done! The chicken sandwich isn't as flavorful as I was hoping. Tastes like frozen chicken patties, but it's still a decent sandwich! The fries were super crispy, just wished I had some seasoning salt to add on them. The sweet tea was perfect! The staff was very friendly to the first timer and quick to get the orders out! read more

Speedy Chef - Superchef Burger - Burgers Near Me - Mount Airy, North Carolina

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A childhood favorite. Dipped comes always a plus. Food is great and service is awesome read more

Speedy Chef - Butterscotch Dipped Vanilla Cone - Burgers Near Me - Mount Airy, North Carolina

The chocolate shake and hotdogs are a combo made in heaven and the slaw is so good. The service was really fast the decor is cool it has some old times stuff. read more

Outstanding food and service!!! Had my first ground steak sandwich and it was very good! Will eat here again

The outside and, frankly the inside as well of this place leaves much to be desired. I'm sure they have their reasons for not wanting to update their restaurant. I really don't come to places like this for the decor. A spur of the moment drive to Mount Airy brought me here. I was hungry so as usual, I turn to Yelp to help. This place, got some decent reviews from fellow Yelpers so I trusted their judgement. My husband and I shared a variety of menu items. The Ground Steak sandwich, the Super Chef Burger, a hot dog, fries, and Hot Fudge Cake. I'll just rank them in order of most to least tasty: 1. Hot Fudge Cake- worth every calorie and I'd stop for that again for sure. Tons of hot fudge poured over moist chocolate cake and vanilla soft serve. Yum! 2. Hot dog- although I'm not a fan of the pink hot dogs, flavor wise theirs was pretty good. We ordered it all-the-way but chili was hard to find. 3. Super Chef Burger- basic burger. It could use a bit more seasoning and condiments. 4. Ground Steak Sandwich- I was looking forward to this the most. I was quite disappointed. It lacked flavor and there was no texture. Basically mushy steamed ground beef on a bun with slaw and mayo. We added ketchup and that made a huge improvement. I'd still pass on it if I came here again. I don't know what I was expecting but if they seasoned the beef more, this unique sandwich could be a great signature item on their menu. The fries were ok. They were hot but served completely unseasoned which means by the time I get them, it's too late and no salt will stick. People, just give them a sprinkle of salt right out of the fryer please! The service here is fast and friendly. I gave them an extra star just because of that alone. We had never been here and the cashier was kind and patient with us. The restaurant was clean even if it was outdated and really that is what is important. read more

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Ive tried this restaurant 2x's an I thought it was gonna taste like Elkin Speedy Chef but boy was I fooled I just wished they took care of their customers like Elkin Speedy Chef my food tonight was cold hamburger was raw I'm DONE with this establishment I will travel 30 miles to Elkin Speedy Chef to get excellent food great experience an 75 stars go out to Elkin Speedy Chef so to the owner of Mt.Airy Speedy Chef please address you're young rude employees an do better on you're quality of food that's served to the public read more

Stopped to eat on way home this evening. Got the super chef burger and fries. Burger was good as always. However, the fries were old and tough. They should make sure their fries are always fresh, even if they have to throw out the old ones. Just ask for fresh fries! read more

There cooks are really slow it was not speedy at all (speedy chef) there was rat shit on my burger and hot sauce in the ketchup this is disappointing read more

Nice family owned spot in good ole Mt Airy :) stick to the burger and you will not be disappointed Superchef burger read more

Speedy Chef - Superchef burger and fries :) satisfied - Burgers Near Me - Mount Airy, North Carolina

Good food and staff that cares about what your getting , ice cream and milk shake station is a little slow

I just wanted to say that I've went by this place many of times without stopping and I don't know why considering I grew up around a place like this back in Man, W.V. ( Man, Dairy Bar) and loved it. well, I finally stopped in a few weeks back and bought a dipped cone and now I get one everytime I go to Mount Airy. Today I went and bought a double cheese burger, fries and drink and it was very good. out of 5 stars, I give it a 10. people has always been nice and super fast. the burger was awesome and the little place brings back good memories as do the food of Dairy Bar when I was little. I'll tell you this, This place will be my go to place from now on when I want good fast food or ice cream....forget Mcdonalds, Burger King or any other place. Speedy Chef is awesome, just superb! I love it here! read more

The food was delicious. I had a double cheeseburger and onion rings. The service was friendly. The building could use a little sprucing up.

This was our final stop as we headed out of town on Business 52, and this was the best experience of all, except that my phone camera messed up, and I ended up with no clear pictures. We stayed the course - Double Cheeseburger, Hot Dog all-the-way, and a Ground Beef Sandwich with sliced tomato and some extra slaw. Also threw in some FFs here. The hot dog was good, not great, the Double Cheeseburger was excellent, and the Ground Beef Sandwich was even better - should have gotten 2 like my Yelp fiend, Sam J. The FFs were not ones I'd order again, and probably not the hot dog, but the Cheeseburger and that awesome Ground Beef, I'd order in a heart beat. And in respect to Sam J, it wasn't going home for me, but somehow it felt a little like it. read more

We stopped by Speedy Chef for lunch while passin' through town. It was awesome, it reminds me of a place that was near my home when I was a kid and was a childhood favorite of mine, but doesn't exist anymore. I almost felt like I was sittin back in the early 80's here at Speedy Chef. You can just tell it's one of those local favorites that's been around forever...especially by the crowd that was rollin' in during the lunch rush while we were there. My lunch was awesome, that SuperChef Burger is a biggun, 2 patties with cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles and mayo, definitely needed a few napkins for this one, so good. While I was standing in line to order I saw someone pick up their order at the counter with hot dogs on it and they looked so good I got one too. My hot dog was great, mustard, slaw, chili and onions, and they use the reddish hot dogs...my favorite. Our crinkle cut fries were fried perfect, but they had no salt whatsoever on them, but a little salt in the ketchup remedied that...that's the only negative about the whole deal, the salt-free fries. Aside from the burgers, hot dogs and other sandwiches they have a variety of ice cream options on the menu. Milkshakes, sundaes and cones a plenty. That hot fudge cake sundae is great AND it's really big enough for 2 people. Next time I'm by here I'll have to try one of those ground steak sandwiches and the chocolate dipped ice cream cone. read more

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A community treasure! I know families (my husband's being one of them) that have 2 generations get their highschool jobs here. With chain fast food resteraunt popping up everywhere it was great to visit an original. While we were there for dinner the place was full of locals. Speedy Chef has all of the normal "Fast Food" items but the locals say the burgers are a must try! read more

I have been coming to the Speedy Chef since I was a small kid. Usually on the weekends during a trip to Grandma's. This place brings back so many memories for me. I think the only thing that has changed are the swivel chairs. Now they have stationary chairs. (Anyone who has been coming here since the 80's will remember these) Anyway.....On to the food. Most everything here is served quick, hot and super fresh but I usually get the same thing. The Groundsteak Sandwich with FF. They toast the buns without butter and they are always so soft and warm. After your meal you MUST try the Hot Fudge Cake! Please do not leave without trying this! I am so surprised no one else has mentioned this in their reviews of this place. read more

Great service and great food!! One of our regular hang outs! Wait time is not bad at all and portions are plentiful!!

Love there burgers and shakes. Nothing fancy but overall great little whole in the wall kind of place.

Doesn't look like much but kind of gave me a diner feeling. Now let's get to the real question "food", honestly speaking the burger was "ok" it kind of reminded me of BurgerKing and the chicken sandwich reminded me of McDonald's. One thing, I do want mention is the staff was really nice and helpful that made my trip worthwhile. read more

I love this place the best food friendly ppl great tea I go alot to eat here everyone says hi as you walk in the food is cooked as ordered its great read more

First, let me just say, the catfish was the best I have ever had. My son has never had catfish and he tried it and loved it. That's what happens when food is done right. The hush puppies, while not the typical ball shape (they were cylindrical in shape) were very good and moist inside. My son had the chicken sandwich and the chicken piece was huge and fried nicely with the chicken staying juicy. I saw burgers and hot dogs with chili being served that looked equally as scrumptious. One of the reasons they received a 4 star and not a 5 star is our food seemed to take longer than what should be expected. I saw others being served well before we received our food. I think the owner must have overheard me because he did check on us once we received the food. His hospitality was bar none stellar and very much appreciated. He even offered a slice of their homemade pie. The other reason for the 4 star rating is it is a cash only joint. Yes, they have an ATM but there is the $2.50 charge for the service and then some banks charge another fee on top of that. For a place this popular and clearly well reviewed by many, allowing for charged purchases would be a wash with any fees paid for the service. Plus, it is a convenience to the customer that in this day and age can no longer be overlooked. Just my opinion... Overall though, this was an incredible find on our way back home. read more

I have lived in Mt Airy all my life, this place is a hometown favorite, the food is always prepared fresh, price is reasonable, and very friendly staff, The Owner, is a wonderful man, very nice and accommodating. highly recommend dining here. read more

I go here every time I'm in town for the ground steak sandwich. A cheap local favorite you'd be crazy to skip!

Went today after lunch for the hot fudge cake. $2.49 and the portion was huge. I asked for walnuts in syrup on top and the girl obliged at no extra cost. Very tasty. read more

Ground Steak sandwich is excellent .Fries basic crinkle cut but are a great,no frills accompaniment to the no frills sandwich. Sweet tea is classic NC style. Great place to get a cheap, fast lunch. read more

Doesn't look like much. Doesn't cost much. But the ground steak sandwich is a tasty little treat.

Without a doubt the best cheeseburger EVER! I have been eating at the Speedy Chef for so many years and it just never gets old. The staff us always friendly and smiling! read more

Best hotdogs and ground steak sandwiches in Mount Airy! I also like their vanilla ice cream cone dipped in chocolate!

Speedy Chef always has amazing food and well portioned. Not to mention it's very reasonably priced!!! LOVE the ice cream and the root-beer floats! read more