Beef Villa west, the Elgin west side location that was once a small dingy spot many years ago, is now a bright, clean spot with ample seating. Beef Villa has been a part of my life since I was a little kid. Beef Villa has great food. The Chicago beef sandwiches are always delicious with tender beef, flavorful au jus, and crispy bread. The Chicago hot dog has always been a favorite of mine. The flavor and the snap of the hot dog cannot be beat. The Star of the show for me has always been the pizza puff. Order it extra crispy and you will get a delicious deep fried pocket of pizza sauce, meat and absolute deliciousness. Beef Villa is always clean, and the staff is always eager to get your orders out fast and hot. read more

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Tried Beef Villa in Elgin for the first time. It was terrible. Don't waste your time. Dry, bland, and awful service. Go to Portillo's or Nanas. Or Jonnies if you can make it to Arlington Heights. read more

We usually go there once a week & have always enjoyed the food. Not tonight. Got a sloppy Joe & while it was yummy as usual, to say the serving tonight was stingy would be an understatement! Especially since I can't eat the bun as they aren't gluten free ,,my problem not theirs. Also b got onion rings that were incinerated! Inedible. And they usually are my favorites. Just a bad night I guess. We all have those! read more

Came here for a quick bite and I quickly regretted it. The food was garbage. As a person who really enjoys food, it is VERY RARE that I don't finish what I ordered. Took 2 bites of my bland Italian beef, 1 fry and my kid couldn't eat more than a bite and a half of his cheese burger. At least the coke was cold and the workers were friendly. Oh and there peppers were a bit suspicious read more

Beef Villa - Gardinera - Hot Dogs Near Me - Elgin, Illinois

I grew up in Elgin and went to Beef Villa often after High School. Every time I come back to visit family, I go back for the nostalgia of it and the food is still great! Finally back and went tonight (30 minutes before it was closing) and ordered food for 5 of us. Our food was so fresh, hot, and made exactly as we ordered it! Thank you Beef Villa for always being there to bring happy past memories and creating new ones with my kids! read more

Store on Larkin. Bought fish fry dinner and received two way overcooked pieces of perch: one the size of two bites. Almost broke my tooth it was so hard. Super small fry. If you can't do fish right, don't offer it. Had to go to Jewel grocery nearby to get something else for dinner. Total waste of money. Sad part, even a ten year old could see that wasn't fit to serve. FAIL read more

Beef Villa - Overcooked and frugal fish - Hot Dogs Near Me - Elgin, Illinois

Food was very good but on their website they said Bacon Potatoe & Broccoli Cheese was their soup today so I ordered a bowl, even though the cost was pretty steep. What came instead was more like a cup of Florentine soup. I had noted I wanted the broccoli cheese soup so was surprised by what came instead. I really liked the soup though so I guess it's ok but again, I would not consider the amount I got as a bowl worth, especially not for the price of $5.30! Everything else was perfect! read more

The prices have increased. When you order cheese fries they have the audacity to put hot cheese on old fries. I was not there to see the order . My husband picked up the order and when got back . You can clearly taste the old fries and new cheese. I don't want to drive back there. Then they put sport peppers on a beef. When they clearly have the other peppers and they are free. They don't give you the free peppers they give you hot dog peppers and charge you. read more

Beef Villa - Old fries - Hot Dogs Near Me - Elgin, Illinois

Great service! I asked for a water and there was no issue. The gentleman at the window was like, I got you! I also like the food, especially knowing this is a local, family owned restaurant. It's typical fast food, but I especially love the pizza puffs! read more

10/10 Good service great food good prices I give it a ten out of ten I recommend the double w cheese fries read more

Been living in elgin for 30 years and larkin Avenue beef villa has been a consistent staple of the elgin area. Food always hot and fresh and staff friendly. However on the snowy evening of march11th I placed my order through the drive thru...hot dog everything/no relish... (was sure to include the fact that I wanted celery salt and hot peppers because there has been miscommunication on previous visits) a large cheese fry and mushrooms well done. After arriving home I came to find the large cheese fry was absent cheese all together, and the fries were soggy...as were the mushrooms and the hot dog was absent celery salt, pickle and peppers. I drove back to the store in the snow and told the young man about the mistake. He was combative and gave me the same wrong order back ...I brought it to his attention, receipt as proof...that the large cheese fries had no cheese on them and the hot dog was still incorrectly prepared. You would think 3rd time is the charm....right....wrong. the 30 minute old french fries I returned were then 0put into a new container with cheese and given back to me. I would hope this isnt customary practice when your customers go out of their way to correct a wrong order. Talk about adding insul to injury..no compensation or compassion and a meal that was mostly discarded ... Waste of time , effort, and 24 dollars (meanwhile my daughters chicken nuggets and fries were cold upon return home after such a lengthy ordeal) . Will be reaching out to management about their p.m. staffing shortcomings. read more

First time here at Beef Villa. I enjoyed the food but I didn't appreciate the rudeness experienced by the person taking our order. I came about 7:15pm and the dining room was empty and it wasn't busy. Dining room was clean. Food was good. Fresh. I enjoyed the food and would return again read more

With the wide range of restaurants that are available in Chicagoland, I do not have to go back. 1 star for treating a clean, but clearly homeless woman (with more bags than we had in our car while travelling) kindly, and 1 star for crisp, seemingly efficient and kind service, and one star for shorting us (not giving us) a sandwich we paid for, that leaves us with a two star review. the beef that we did get was lack luster, the fries were ok, the gravy sandwich was not gravy but dripping sandwich. The sausage overdone. The free peppers were nice. The gyro was thought well of. The running hotdog as a logo for a beef sandwich place is perhaps a giveaway. I cannot imagine going back. We enjoyed the missing sandwich the best! ps. their phone tree, I suspect i will not get refunded for the sandwich we did not get, but I consider it money well spent to not get. read more

The Staff is very sweet and FriendlyI love there Italian _Beef Sandwiches and Pepper SandwichesI would recommend this place

This place is just awful, bunch of employees just hanging around and goofing off while cooking my food, one would literally throw my food at the counter as it was done and $20 for a hotdogs, fries, coke, and onion rings will NOT be returning here. Could get 2x as much almost anywhere else. read more

Italian beef as good as Portillo's.plus don't have to wait 20 minutes drive-thr.not too many coupons for Italian beef

Tried this for the 1st time. Sadly it wasn't that great. The flavor of the beef is great but the beef is inconsistent in the way it's sliced. Some very thin/shaved (which I love) but some sliced very thick and rubbery. I hate getting that snap back when biting into a beef sandwich cuz beef too thick! Would try again cuz of flavor but I'd suggest paying closer attention to how beef gets sliced before serving. read more

Beef Villa - Italian beef - Hot Dogs Near Me - Elgin, Illinois

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Hit or miss. The fries were always delicious though :P but if you ruin a fry, then you shouldn't be cooking. Anywho, the Italian beef was good one time, the following time, not good. The pizza puff was perfect first time, second time, it was burnt. I wish they would stay consistent. read more

This is the second time I've come to this restaurant and not got what I've ordered and paid for. I went six months ago and they screwed up my order then, thought I'd give a second try. Foolish me. I clearly ordered mozzarella sticks and got onion rings. If you look at the receipt no we're does it list onion rings! This is the last time I will go to this location. I'll stick to the South Elgin location, they've never screwed up my order. read more

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Got an Italian beef and they forgot the hot giardiniera. Probably the most important part of the beef. Fiancé got a hot dog that i tasted, it was more than likely not a vienna beef or even an imitation. Anything i asked for i did not get in the bag. Only thing that stopped this from being a one star review was the sides. Horrible first impression and will more than likely be my last. Next time ill just make the drive across town for Portillo's. read more

I don't know what was more disappointing: the drive through menu not listing prices for any menu item or getting to the window and paying $17.32 for 4 hot dogs and fries. read more

Beef Villa - Friendly drive through worker - Hot Dogs Near Me - Elgin, Illinois

I had every intention to place an order this evening however that would of only worked if the workers who watched me pull into the well lit drive- thru acknowledged my existence. I'm dumbfounded by how many businesses refuse my money. Luckily this is Chicagoland and there are hotdog joints all over. Bad customer service is one thing but no customer service is next level. read more

Great everything here. People are fantastic and care. Food is always great and fast. I've also had them cater a party and every attendee loved the food. read more

This place just simply doesn't serve good quality food. The prices are right, the service is quick but that doesn't mean anything if the food is poor quality. I've ordered from here a few times and each time it's just another disappointment because I lose out on money. Example: Ordered a hot dog w/ fries and an Italian beef. The fries was extremely salty! I ended up feeding it to my dog and she quickly ran for her water bowl...I felt bad giving them to her. The hot dog was poorly made, I'm pretty sure it wasn't beef. I think it was suppose to be a chicago style hot dog but all it had was relish, onions, and mustard...that's it, it triggered me because there's a whole entire statement on their drive thru sign listing say that their hot dogs are dressed with the works, sports peppers, celery salt, tomatoes..etc. Kind of deceptive in my opinion. The Italian beef was okay, they put sports peppers and a piece of cheese on it and had zero flavor. This place has a lot of potential but I think this is the last time I'd eat here because potential doesn't bring in nor keep customers. read more

Stoped in today for a beef none of the employee were wearing facce masks and one not even wearing gloves. I will not ever go back

Been a long time customer. NEVER AGAIN!!!!!! They advertise a special on line and refuse to honor it in the store. Not only that but they actually GOUGED the prices because of a "virus". Like I've said before the old manager knew what to do to keep customers coming back. I will never go back to those crooks. read more

I gave it two stars because i was greeted nicely. The burger had absolutely no flavor. It had great potential but just didn't do it for me.

Decided to try something new and get lunch here. Inside is very nice. Easy parking lot to get through. Food was really good. All the fried food was on point. Highly recommend if your looking for a nice low budget lunch. read more

I can't get enough of this place! They handle more people in that little place than Carter has liver pills!. Quaity NEVER fails. The food is the best. Now I drive from North Carolina and make this my first stop. read more

Everyone, I have decided to start writing reviews on Yelp because, while I use the site frequently to read others reviews, I have found some times that the reviews are not reflective of my experience. My own imposed rules for any review: 1. Must visit at least three times. Two of which must be distinctly different formats; i.e. one weekday night and one weekend night. 2. Must order something unique each visit. 3. If they have any "signature" items on the menu, you must order a "signature" item at least once. 4. Ratings are based on a 10 point scale with 5 being average, which does not mean bad. What a score of 5 means is that the category meets expectations for that establishments format. Thanks. Beef Villa Location/Layout - 6/10: While there are 3 locations now; East Side, West Side, and South Elgin. Growing up and presently I favor the West Side location. Located directly across the street from Larkin High School on Larkin Avenue, the restaurant is easy to locate with the locally famous smiling dog road sign. Parking is ample and they offer quick drive through service. The dining area is your typical fast food joint using a glaring red, orange, and yellow color scheme with everything being either lacquer or hard plastic. There have been times where I wished they had wiped the tables and/or swept but the eating area is usually pretty tidy. Menu - 6.5/10: Beef Villa specializes in your usual Chicago "beef stand" fare. The difference is they differentiate themselves by offering broasted chicken in addition to the standard dog, beef, polish, gyro options. They also try specialty sandwiches and salads at times along with certain seasonal items. Service - 7/10: the service is usually friendly and accommodating. The thing that sets them apart is the speed in which the orders are processed and the language used to communicate the orders from the counter to the kitchen. Even though orders are never written down there is rarely an error with the orders, which in a fast food environment is impressive. Food - 7/10: While the beefs are above average and generous when compared to other beef joints throughout the 'burbs, they never get the beef wet enough for my liking and charge for a side of juice. The dogs are Red Hot Chicago, which I prefer, and have all the toppings you have come to expect on a Chicago dog. The only complaint with the dogs is that there are times when the buns are either hard or over steamed. The sides are average although they have combinations that are unique such as "more cheese". The exception to the run of the mill sides that you get everywhere is the cheese fries. Served in movie theatre sized popcorn cups and absolutely loaded with liquid gold, they are served with forks which quickly become a necessity to truly enjoy this cheesy achievement. Another menu item that is unique to Beef Villa, which differentiates them from other dog and beef stands, is their broasted chicken. The Beef Villa broasted chicken has been a staple with our family/friends for parties and gatherings for years. Even more impressive is they offer a three piece meal for a bargain price on Tuesday nights. Prices vary, some items are reasonable, others in line with market, while others are very high but they do offer nightly specials. Drinks - 4/10: They offer the standard fountain drinks and machine shakes but little other options. Overall Experience - 7/10: This is the dog joint that I grew up on and will always be my basis for comparison of any future beefs and dogs. They offer solid items across the board and always try to experiment with seasonal items. I just wish that they would begin offering value meals and not have all items be ala carte. read more

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I've had better beefs and fries elsewhere, but this place was pretty good. We were there on a Thursday night, and the dining room was pretty empty and really quiet. The beef wasn't bad, I just didn't care for the kind of peppers they used, and the fries were very ordinary. read more

We are regulars here but lately things have been going downhill and fast. We have been rushed, treated inconsiderately, and food seems to be going downhill. I enjoy their chopped salad but lately the chicken seems burnt and almost inedible tasting, I order without bacon and sometimes it's on there and when it is it's always rubbery and flaccid. No one enjoys flaccid bacon :) I keep telling my husband we aren't going back but we would but I think this time is for real. Some of the deals used to be great before the price hikes ( I hope their website finally reflects that ) but it's just not worth it anymore. I hope it gets better beef villa. I liked you better than portillos. Oh ya and each time we go we are told their rewards program is offline, convenient when we are up for our free stuff. read more

Went there last week for lunch and got two Italian beef sandwiches. Both my wife and I spent our time pulling large, thick chunks of gristle out of our mouths, it was completely gross! We also got soup and it was a bowl of watery goo with no chicken and no dumplings in it. It was the most disgusting meal I've had in a long time and I'm wondering if they've changed ownership. Go the extra couple miles to Portillos, I've never pulled chunks of gristle out of my mouth from their food EVER! read more

Beef Villa - Imagine pulling this out of your mouth, not fit for a dog! - Hot Dogs Near Me - Elgin, Illinois

Best hot dogs in town. And in the area. Good menu variety, moderate pricing and friendly atmosphere.

I stop here all the time. The food is good, I have tried several different items. I'm not a huge Italian beef fan, but theirs is excellent, one of the few places I will order it from. Staff is friendly as well, and they always have something for my dog in the drive thru . My kids absolutely love this place. read more

Super good Tuesday night broasted chicken! Always a great go to for better than fast food but quick service!

This place was pretty nice. It's located right down the road from McDonald's and it's able to hold it's own. The interior is nice and has a diner feel to it with low hanging lights and red, leather seats. The food was very delicious and well-priced. I ordered the Chicago dog all the way and fries. Nothing seemed out of place and it was a good experience. The staff was great too! read more

Beef Villa - Beef Villa! - Hot Dogs Near Me - Elgin, Illinois

This place has good food. Tuesday chicken special is great, so are fish and shrimp specials on Friday. Hot dogs and beef sandwiches make a decent meal too. Their chopped salad has everything in it and is the best salad in town. Their "Come back cup" deal is a true bargain. The staff is friendly, helpful and work hard. read more

I moved to Elgin in 1976, and started eating their beefs right away. Now it is 2019, and I am still enjoying their beef sandwiches with (free) giardiniera! Always tasty and delivered quickly, their beefs are absolutely competitive with the more well known restaurants. I remain a happy customer after 43 years of experience! read more

I ordered gyros. While waiting, I noticed that they took the meat out of the refrigerator instead of the spit and shared that had I known that they weren't going to serve it off the spit, I would have ordered something else. The cashier said that it DID come from the spit; they cooked it some time ago and then refrigerated it. I shared that in my house, we call that "leftovers;" I didn't order leftovers. She said that if I didn't like it, she would give me a refund. I said that I didn't even want to try it. She served it on my tray then disappeared. I never even opened the sandwich to "try" it. I left it and never got my refund. If you want leftovers, just stay home. TERRIBLE BUSINESS. read more