I'll admit, Steak 'n Shake isn't what it use to be, but they still offer a good burger & fries at an affordable price. I haven't been inside this restaurant in years, but I have frequented the drive-thru. My orders are usually fairly simple. I either get a single or double cheeseburger with fries and a diet soda. The diet soda balances out the skinny fries. My smash burgers are always prepared well and the fries have never disappointed me. The fries are always freshly hot with a crispy outside and just enough salt for seasoning flavor. My dogs even like the skinny fries. They sit next to me while I'm eating and I feed them single fries as I enjoy my burger. The staff over the intercom are easy to understand and once at the window, they are friendly and professional. I don't do fast food casual often, but I'd choose SnS over the clown or king. read more

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I ordered a Frisco melt and cheese fried thru there drive thru. It was disgusting. The Frisco was soggy and greasy, the fries were cold, the cheese sauce was barely warm. Never again. read more

If I could rate a ZERO I would. Disgusting beef tallow fries. NASTY!!! Their food has taken a huge nose dive. Will never go back!!!!

Stopped in today because I love their food. Was slightly taken aback by the fact they no longer have servers. Customers now order at kiosks where register/counter seating used to be. Grab fountain beverages yourself, they call order number and you pick it up at counter. Table service no more here, sadly. They are using paper straws these days. I found it hard to draw the shake through the paper straw. Ended up pulling straw out of cup and getting shake that way. Food was good as always. Love their skinny fries. And the chocolate shake was great! The single bacon cheeseburger was as good as always. When done eating you throw away your trash on a bin and set the basket on top. Again, sadly, I miss the plates and servers. read more

Steak ’n Shake - Order kiosks - Fast Food Near Me - Alton, Illinois

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This review is for the Alton Steak & Shake. Positives; they still make the best Frisco, and the S&S Frisco sauce is the best. Fries and the cheese sauce are always good. I always order online and pick it up at the drive through. Tonight and the last time I ordered from there, there has been missing items. Tonight, my wife had a Frisco and I had the single butter burger with grilled onions and fries. There were no grilled onions (kinda makes the burger). Ordered an extra cheese cup for my fries, didn't get it. The other issue was the wait. I waited a full half hour before finally getting my food. A couple cars in front of me left the line. No customers were inside when I went past. Staff were...confused for lack of a better description, and there were a lot of them. Lack of management with the night shift? This was around 9:20PM to 9:50PM. read more

Wonderful location, typically quiet and not too busy. Staff are incredibly attending and care about your experience. Fully operational self service stations for those who prefer. Clean and tidy atmosphere. read more

This location is great. We order through the app at least twice per month, and it is always 100% correct. The food is usually cooked to perfection, with a special shout out to the fries. And lastly, the staff is extremely engaged in providing great customer service. Thank you for always being a place we can count on to get a great meal. read more

Burgers burnt and an honest to God bite was taken out of one of the burgers. The "cook" was absolutely filthy and covered in grease and something orange colored. Done with them. read more

What a disappointment. It's been probably 7 years. We pass by this location daily and always say we need to stop for lunch some day. Today was someday. No servers and had to order food from an electronic kiosk. Were given a barcode to self serve our drink. No refills. They had the nerve to ask for a tip for waiting on our selves. Don't know all Steak and Shakes are like this these days but it will be longer than 7 years for me to return to another Steak and Shake. Remember when Steak and Shake had Car Hops? read more

I am absolutely done with this place. Used to love steak 'n Shake. The burgers are of a low quality and taste like they're steamed instead of fried anymore. I don't know if it's because I was there at 11 PM so they put the burgers in a steamer but they're not good. The doubles and triples are much smaller than they used to be I don't know if it's just this location or not but I'm done with the Alton steak 'n Shake. read more

Steak ’n Shake - Double cheeseburger with everything on it! - Fast Food Near Me - Alton, Illinois

Ordered a double cheeseburger with lettuce and pickles and a garlic double cheeseburger and onions and an order of fries. I repeated my order 3 times and they still screwed it up. The double cheeseburger had NO cheese NO lettuce and NO pickles. My garlic cheeseburger had NO onions. The fries were maybe an inch long. ,nothing like the picture, in a wadded up mess. If I could give them a ZERO I would. read more

What has happened to Steak & Shake? Are we still blaming COVID? This is Absolutely ridiculous! A shoestring staff...Waiting... more waiting... I can't wait for a Freddie's to open up in Alton!! read more

I just need to vent about my recent visit to Steak N Shake. We just ate our complete meal without any refills on drinks and I decided to ask for a drink to go because they didn't give us any during the meal. I asked for mine without ice because I didn't want the soda to be watered down because I was not going to drink it until the next day. When I got home I noticed the drink was only filled ¾ of the way. Are you serious, now Steak N Shake? Are you telling me that you are too cheap to fill my soda up? Give me strength!! How much cash are you losing by not filling my cup up? Actually you are losing money because I won't be back for a while because you have shown me that you are cheap and you don't really care about your customers. You aren't hurting me you are hurting yourself by being cheap and selfish. Filling my cup all the way would not hurt you bottom line. I am posting this on my blog at www.revsammartin.com this has become a regular thing every time I go and they never try to correct it. read more

I went through steak and shake drive-through today. Wanted just a sandwich and they told me no. They said it only came as a combo. Apparently they haven't seen "Supersize Me". I'm not paying for food I don't want So I went somewhere else. This was so frustrating I would have given only 2 stars but the staff is always very nice. Especially the morning crew. read more

This has been the best and fastest steak and shake around. I've dined in plenty of times as well as drive through. They make sure everything is going well and is the best standard possible. Food is always hot read more

Forgot 3 of my fries and every time I order a shake its always melted by the time I get it unless I dine in.

Food was good, service good. On Saturday, April 20th @ 1:PM I sat at the counter and watched the cook (definitely not a 'chef') handle food with his bare hands while all others were wearing sanitary gloves. When I asked my server at the counter if the cook was supposed to wear gloves, she stated yes; I pointed to the cook and the server sternly told him to put gloves on. With vengeful glare at my server he put gloves on. He kept gloves on all the time I was eating -- did NOT change them after touching himself (hair, clothing, etc.) and or cooking equipment. While observing him before he was instructed to put on gloves, he had to have 'man handled' at least 50 burgers, many buns and various pieces of cooking equipment with NO GLOVES. This person is NOT an asset to your corporation or the restaurant and had little to no RESPECT for Steak n Shake rules, in-store authority or general health of the customers at this store. Will have to be my last choice next time I'm in Alton area. read more

This was a interesting experience today. The food was perfectly fine and service at my table was a Ok. Steak n Shake seems to be pretty consistent around the St. Louis area. The side show of the two employees at this particular location fighting out loud over table placement was very entertaining for some. The older crowd seemed a little put off by it. I will still come back. Kids love the burgers and fries. read more

Service was good. Menu changes not good. Smaller selection. Smaller servings. Has lost value for the price.

The service is always bad, they can't even elect simple requests like no lettuce on the burger. If you order your chili I hope you like it like warm or room temperature because that's the only way they serve it we sent one bowl back three times to get it even close to hot. One one trip there we asked for no lettuce on the burger the milkshake to be in a to go cup and to heat the chilie up twice. None of things were done. And she never asked how it was or if we needed anything. read more

Had to yell hello for 5 minutes to order, after 1st time was told to give her a minute, then after 3min yelled hello and she took order. Paid for it, was told to pull out front and she'd bring my order to me, she brought me an order, which wasn't mine and grabbed bag, then I saw car behind me pull out, I backed up to see if anyone else was in drive thru and none were so I called inside was told they were working on it, finally brought it to me, got home and burgers were wrong and fries were so crunchy they sucked! Called and was grudgingly asked what I wanted, I said nothing just won't come back! read more

This Steak n Shake is a true Alton establishment. I have a lot of fond memories from coming here late at night and being served by the dead-eyed middle aged blonde waitress who seems not to be working there anymore. I think she probably hated us, but then again, she hated everyone. A lot of people like Steak n Shake fries, but I have to say I never did. They are too small, and it's awkward to eat them after you put ketchup or cheese on them unless you use a fork, which is less enjoyable. But everything else here is great. I never leave Steak n Shake without having a shake, usually one of the side by side shakes. Some of the seasonal shakes are good. The frisco melt and varieties of the chili mac tend to be my go-to entrees, as I look for more complex flavors than the standard steakburgers can provide (although those are usually good, too). I'm not gonna say that I always get great service here. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't, and sometimes the food is better than others. But if it's after midnight and you're looking for a place in Alton that's open and you're liable to find someone you know to chat with, or else some good weirdos to look at, Steak n Shake is your place. There's really never a bad reason to go here. I've been with friends, with family, on dates, after a party, after the downtown bars. I've even gone by myself to sip coffee and read a copy of Hamlet. My tradition is to always get a gumball on the way out. read more

Nothin beats a good "steakburger," fries and a huge ass milkshake after a night of hootin and hollerin like good ole boys in the Midwest. Still cracks me up when you walk in they ask "Smoking or Non?" Like some invisible wall between the sections somehow manages to keep the entire place from smelling like smoke. Yeah.... read more

Hello I didn't know that Steak and Shake has a happy hour. You cant get much happier than with a strawberry shake and it be half price. I went through the drive thru. The lady quickly took my order, but did not give me a total. She told me $1.63, and I asked her to repeat...Her response "Its happy hour." Okay. I paid and grabbed my drink, however, she did not wipe off the cup and now I have sticky strawberry on my hand. Great strawberry shake.... read more

Usually I have no complaints, and even rave about the food and service. Sadly, tonight's visit was the exception to my visits. To start with, I ordered coffee, which is normally hot and fresh. I told the waiter I wanted creamer with my coffee. He brought the coffee, minus the coffee. When he returned, he had 1 creamer. Usually I drink multiple cups. However, this pot tasted old and weak. After finishing it, I asked for a refill, expecting the usual standards. It was just answer weak, and the waiter asked if I wanted more creamer. Of course, he returned with a single creamer. My wife ordered a cookies and cream milkshake. She said it tasted more like chocolate milk, with oreo cookies semi misled in. The burgers were fresh, as I expect, but they were sloppy and not to my expectations. If this was my first visit to this restaurant, I would be hard pressed to desire a return trip. But, I will chalk it up to a bad night, and give the crew another chance. read more

This place use to be good, but now it's awful! My friend and I order a cup.of chili and me a melt, chicken salad...chili came I. A Timely manner but the rest took 30-40 minutes! The server I had to track down to get a refill on my soda, not too mention no silverware was brought until we ssjef for it...won't be back read more

Waiting in curbside at the moment and the phone isn't working, i went to talk to a lady while she was bringing other food to other cars that got here after us and she got sassy with me. We're still waiting and she isn't even trying to help us out. Worst worker i've ever met. read more

OMG! What has happened to this company? My burger was dry tonight! Not tasty at all. I've grown up in this area and remember how good the food was back in the day. Not anymore! Might as well go to McDonalds. Blah! read more

Place always has terrible service. Check is brought out immediately as you receive your food and you are not checked on again. Most recent visit we were seated and waited 10 minutes without being talked to. People that arrived after us were having there orders taken though? read more

I'm typically a drive thru person, and they always forget something about my order. I've never been so pissed at a restaurant before. It seems that every time I use the drive through something is either missing or something is completely messed up. Tonight my fries were inedible. Both my fries and burger were burnt.... After working a ten hour shift, I had hoped better from my local Steak 'n Shake. read more

This is a beautiful Midwestern delicacy. The steakburgers are delicious, and having an opportunity to get something besides just french fries as a side is refreshing. My favorite is the baked beans. Anything with them makes it a win. It's usually pretty quick, although when I've eaten here twice, we sat down inside and hadn't tried the drive thru. Worth a stop in if you have a try. read more

Steak N Shake in Alton was always a late night favorite in high school. There was always this one mean waitress who was always there and seemed to hate every customer, but she had charm. I never liked Steak N Shake fries to be honest, but the frisco melt with a standard chocolate shake (no cherry) is an unbeatable combination. I think it's the fake-ish flavor of the shake that had me always coming back. read more

Nasty! This place has such greasy burgers! The only great thing about Steak n Shake are their shakes...they are amazing. The food is not quality , but it's a typical fast food place...although I think McDonalds is better. Overall they deserve the 2 stars I have given them. read more

Good, friendly service, and good food. Much better than the Wood River Steak n Shake. Will probably be my new go-to.

I used to love Steak and Shake but anymore their food is so greasy you can barely eat it. Also they dont know what heat is in there. Its freezing whether you go in the winter or the summer. read more

The last few visits to this Steak n Shake have been very good. The service is improved and the restrooms which were typically a mess are much cleaner. All of the $3.99 meals I've tried are a good value. The iPhone app is great too. read more

5 stars because the server let my rowdy group see her dog. We come to steak 'n shake very frequently and while we expect slow service (because it's steak 'n shake, duh) it's always a fun time and the waiter is friendly + funny. read more

Great 50's feel. My favorite meal is; double cheeseburger, fries and a cup of their chili. The place is always clean. Large selection for a fast food restaurant read more

Sorry, this place dropped the ball yesterday. The place wasn't crowded or exceptionally busy. I ordered the all you can eat pancakes & coffee. The food was brought out promptly and it was hot and tasted great. The problem..the server never came back to see if I wanted more pancakes OR even to refill my coffee. It will be a while before I go back. read more

I gave 5 stars because the wait staff is well trained, the cooks are quick and accurate and the management takes the time to handle anything that comes up. It's a burger joint! Their steakburgers are the best around - not on a steam table for sure! And you can get a salad or chili in place of fries (all of which are very good). There are always coupons and if you don't have one the $4.99 menu is very filling either through the drive-thru or inside. If you have a problem and you don't tell the manager it is your fault if you are unhappy because they are the best! I wish all the restaurants in the Alton/Godfrey area had their employees trained here! Service would definitely have a new name in town if they did! My only tip to management would be your hash browns should be brown - not white but that is a personal preference and when I tell my waitress - I get them brown! read more