We hadn't been to Bob's since my son was a toddler, but we were in the area this afternoon and decided to stop in. The restaurant itself needs to be remodeled, it has a dirty look to it. However , the music playing really brought me back to my childhood in the 70's. Our waitress Letty was so welcoming and cheerful. She checked on us regularly to make sure we had everything we needed. She's a true gem! I ordered the blue cheese burger combo that comes with a generous side salad, and shoestring fries. The burger was thick, juicy, and cooked perfectly. The bun was fresh and delicious! My son had the bbq burger combo and he really enjoyed it. We both drank the cherry Pepsi. Great food and service! read more

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Wow! This Bob's Big Boy location is terrible. It is nothing like the Toluca Lake Bob's. The Big Boy Combo was gross. The burger was tasteless, the salad was wilted , the blue cheese dressing was nasty and the French fries were not seasoned and definitely not like the fries at Toluca Lake. Not going to talk about the appetizer slop that burned hubby's mouth. Oh and the Cherry Pepsi was not made w/cherry syrup. It was poured out of a can-yuck! Don't come here for nostalgic food and thinking it will be like you remember. Never again. read more

I enjoyed the food although the cashier didn't seem too jazzed to be there. It seems as though (like many reviews have said) they lack the pizazz that the Burbank location has. The front of the register area was extremely unorganized and messy looking which was weird considering the brand. Some pictures attached read more

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I thought that Bob's Big Boy restaurants all closed...I was so happy to see that this location is still open and exactly how I remembered it when I was younger. From the Big Boy statue out front to the many timeless pieces of decor and memorabilia inside; I was brought back to a simpler time in America. The pictures say it all. You should come down, if not to eat, just to see the old menus, coin banks and comics that many of us grew up to... I opted for the Super Big Boy Combo...A staple when I was a kid. My wife got the French Toast and eggs. It was all good...nothing spectacular, but it's the ambiance of the restaurant that compliments the meal. Restrooms: 8/10 Ambiance: 10/10 Service: 10/10 Cleanliness: 8/10 Food: 9/10 Value: 8.5/10 Will I Return? Yes! read more

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Just for nostalgia I was passing by Bob's Big boy in Northridge on Corbin Street. I parked my car and I see the sign straight on the window / door something like "restrooms for customers only" and "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" I reluctantly walked in kind of empty and was greeted politely, I looked at the menu, if I'm going to pay those high prices I'm not going to be treated rudely getting into the door with those warning signs. If you want my business you need to treat all your customers with respect, there are a lot of options for us to dine at outstanding restaurants at these prices. My friends and family don't need warnings like this. read more

I had the weirdest experience at this place. I have always heard about Bob's Big Boy so I decided to go in and try it out. Upon walking in to the empty restaurant, there's a sign that says, "Please wait to be seated" in front of a podium. There was no one there. After about a minute or so of waiting, no one has come to seat me. I noticed an open menu taped to my right, with a cashier station; which was also unattended. I decided to take a look at the open menu. Shortly after, a waitress came and took my order. I was confused as to why she didn't just seat me first, but was fine because it's a burger joint. I just thought maybe they take your orders first then seat you. I proceeded to order and after paying, the waitress just left. I asked her, "Do I just seat myself?" In which she responded, "Did you want to eat here?" I told her I did. She looked very confused and that's whey I realized that station was for to-go orders only. I told her I still want to eat there, even though I've already paid. She still didn't want to seat me. That's when I told her, I'll just find myself a seat. She said, "Okay" and weirdly walked away. When the food came out, it came in a bag, tied up to go. However, my drink never came. I asked the waitress if my drink was still coming up and she gave me another weird look again. That's when I reached into my pocket to get the receipt and she responded, "What drink did you order?" This weird experience might have been fine had the food actually been good. I don't really understand what the craze is about this place. The food is mediocre at best. You can go to any fast food place and get the same quality of food, if not better. The fries were stale. It felt like old fries that had been microwaved. Once it cooled down a little, it was super spongy. The only thing good about the BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger that I ordered is the bacon. There was no other flavor, even the BBQ didn't have any memorable tastes. It just tasted like any generic BBQ sauce you can get from the grocery store. I did like that it came with a salad, which was actually not bad. I don't know if it's just this location or all Bob's Big Boy are like this. If they are then I wouldn't recommend it. This place has horrible service and overpriced mediocre food. read more

The server was very attentive even though it was very busy. It was awesome to experience this place with my family. We enjoyed our food and had the added bonus of a car show in the parking lot. read more

Walked in - no one acknowledged us - after waiting we finally asked someone "do we seat ourselves?"- this bobs big boy is not very clean - floors sticky - tables and booths are old and don't feel clean - If they had better customer service and were customer friendly and played some upbeat music - they could have a thriving business in this area read more

On a road trip and was in Northridge, CA. Me and my traveling companions all wanted to stop here. We were all familiar with a Bob's Big Boy. As a teenager, my hometown briefly had a BBB. BBB offers no frills diner fare, the kind that preceded 1970s fast food joints. First of all, there was the signature statue of the iconic namesake, Bob's Big Boy, right next to the front door. Awesome photo opportunity. The statue is super cute. Timeless and classic. Onto the food... I ordered the Famous Pappy's Fried Chicken plate. $17.99. It's my favorite thing on the menu. 4 pieces of fried chicken breaded in Pappy's secret seasonings. Mmmm, darn good fried chicken. The batter is not thick. It's thin with an almost air dried crunch. The chicken was moist. The plate comes with a side garden salad, potato option, and vegetable option. I chose fries and corn niblets. The fries were shoestring, they came out crisp n hot. The corn was awful though. It had a metallic taste. The salad was delicious, fresh tasting. I had their famous blue cheese dressing. You may have seen the dressing sold at your local grocer in the refrigerated dressing section. It has a mild taste. Famous Bob's Big Boy burger plate. $12.49. Before McDonalds had the Big Mac, BBB had this burger. Double decked two patties with a slice of cheese, lettuce, mayo, and Bob's special red relish se bed with fries... Fresh never frozen patties..By the way, you can purchase jars of that at the front counter. They put it fresh into nondescript glass jars. Famous Chili Spaghetti. $12.49. Chili topped on top of spaghetti noodles with chopped onions and shredded cheese. The plate comes with a garden side salad and garlic toast. Our server, Juan. was fabulous. The hostesses/cashiers were fantastic as well. Attentive and helpful. The inside was not much to look at and seemed worn and dated. We sat at a booth towards the back of the dining room. The woman's restroom was outdated and in sad condition. Serviceable but sad. read more

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Food: - super combo: 8/10, solid burger, lightly salted fries - devil's food cake: 10/10, perfect amount of fudge, ice cream and hot fudge Service: - friendly staff - fast service Ambiance: - lots of parking outside read more

This was the absolute worst service of a non busy restaurant. We got sat at 5:59pm; we were left with one menu because the gentleman at the front said he didn't have anymore but would bring another once he got more (we never got an additional menu) mind you it was myself, husband and our 1 year old. By 6:15pm, no one had acknowledged us; finally at 6:26pm someone from the back took our order did not give a name did not clarify or go over the order just said "okay" and walked to the next table. Someone came in for their shift came by our table and asked us for our order; which really set me off because that was 6:40pm! 6:48pm our food and drinks finally arrived. The food was cold and really not worth the LONG WAIT! On top of that they gave us a broken high chair which my daughter nearly fell out of it and got stuck. read more

Bob's Big Boy - Broken straps; tied together - Diners Near Me - Northridge, California

I have been coming to this diner since I was five years old and let me tell you they have the best spaghetti and hamburgers ever! My favorite is their chili spaghetti and this is a tradition I let down to my kids and teach them to come here . Please go check it out and keep them busy so they don't close because they're absolutely absolutely amazing. read more

I can't imagine why folks choose to visit McDonalds, paying $18 for a burger, fries and a drink. My wife and I visited Bob's Big Boy 3 days ago and had a delicious specialty burger, a huge amount of fries and a decisions chilled dinner salad for $16 each. The fries were much better than McDonald's and the real beef patty was huge and cooked to perfection. Great ambience and the music was 60s to 80s, and not too loud. Service was perfect. We highly recommend this over "Fast Food Junk." read more

Bob's Big Boy - Pastrami Burger and the delicious Bob's Sauce. - Diners Near Me - Northridge, California

Everything can improve (the seats,lighting,cleanliness, the food is a big one) the bobs in Burbank is nothing like this I'm shocked the workers just congregate in the back seats talking laughing taking turns doing whatever it is they do read more

Bob's Big Boy - Diners Near Me - Northridge, California

The worse service ever ordered a spaghetti that was cold discussting horrible service manager was very rude owner did not wanna give her face she was hiding when we asked too please warm up the food they said no they couldn't never will we come again the worst customer service . read more

This is a fake. Not associated with the original Bob's we love. It seems someone just bought the name. The place is filthy inside- the booths are all torn the. The Bobs Big Boy combo is awful. The fries cannot be eaten. Just little burnt up crisps. The burger is bad. The Bob's i grew uo must be mad as hell !! Stay asway. read more

There was a roach on the floor and employees talking bad about the establishment making customers uncomfortable

5 of us went to eat here and we spent a lot of money with meals and desserts. When our order came one meal was missing. The waiter said that he forgot to put it in. We had to share our food with the birthday child while waiting for the missing order. This was to celebrate a birthday but this child didn't even get their meal until everyone else was finished. I tried talking to the manager asking for a refund for the $8 kids meal but she was adamant that we had finally gotten the missing meal and would not give a refund. We just boxed it up since everyone had shared our food with her and she didn't want it anymore. Customer service is horrible. We just wanted a refund for the missing kids meal but the manager wouldn't give it to us. I called the corporate number several times and left messages but never received a call back. We will never go back so they actually lost a lot more than the price of a kids meal. read more

This is an interesting restaurant. The food is Excellent for the most part, but the ambiance is not very nice. When we were there, there was some trash on the floor. The table we were seated at has crumbs on the table. The drinks were served in paper cups because there were no plastic cups left. The ketchup on the table was a brand of ketchup I've not heard of, it was the worst ketchup I've had. Also it was Very warm in the Restaruant. But the food did taste great! The Big Boy burger was amazing as always. Would love to see the ambiance improved a bit. read more

This is the definition of mid food. I wish I didn't eat here, my day was significantly better before I ate here because I wish I didn't spend as much as I did on something so mediocre. read more

First off, let me say if I could give this place ZERO stars, I would. I have been coming to this location for years and it has gone DOWN HILL! I order a Big Boy Combo Online for pick-up in 30 min (@ 7:15pm). I arrived right at 7:15 and was advised my order would be ready in 5 min. After 30 min, I started asking were my order was and I wanted to speak with a manager. I was advised THERE IS NO MANAGER and that my order would be ready in another 5 min and it wasn't there fault they received "so many" online orders. The staff at this location need additional training on meeting customers expectations. Why should I come back?!? read more

The servers were nice, pretty quick. The place is filthy though. Dirty dishes, Dirty table, walls, floors. I ordered the pastrami sandwich 3/10. My brother ordered the chili fries, he said those were a 7.5/10. My other brother got the classic burger and gave it a 7.5/10. Fries were undercooked. read more

Pro: What we ordered came out quick and it was decent. Customer service from our server was pleasant. Con: location was outdated and unkempt Sad gift shop was disheveled and dusty Plenty of workers but no one was cleaning the many tables that were dirty Bathroom, yuck. No excuses for this. It wasn't even busy. Bobs Big Boy is nostalgic for so many of us. He deserves better. Should have went to the Burbank location. read more

Bob's Big Boy - Original double decker - Diners Near Me - Northridge, California

As usual, the food is great as it always has been. It also has a great feeling...very nostalgic! The location in Toluca Lake is the classic, but both locations have a classic car night. You MAY catch Jay Leno at the Toluca Lake location! read more

Visited on a Saturday during holiday season. Our waitress was caring and very attentive to our needs. Super service! Big Boy's burger just as I remembered it. read more

Had a nice meal here, then got an alert from my credit card that I'd left an unusually large tip. I'd intended to leave a little more than 20%, but the server charged my card for double the tip amount I'd actually written on the receipt. I track my spending and wrote the expense down as soon as I signed the receipt. I also kept my copy. So, I know I didn't just add incorrectly. Tried calling to get it corrected, but it took so many phone calls to try to reach the owner, it just isn't worth my time for a few bucks, so I'm just leaving a review, not eating here again, and moving on. read more

Delicious Bobs Big Boy Combo. It seems like the burger meat, fries & Salad were a larger serving @ this Northridge location as compared to the Burbank location. Also not as crowded as- we got seated right away. Although the ambiance is not a great as the Burbank 50's motif. read more

I love this place the food is great and the prices are great , the service is always great I always enjoy the breakfast. Thumbs up. read more

My bf and I have been planning to eat here for a while now. He's been to another location before and I haven't had it at all so we finally made the decision to have it for dinner last night. We pulled up and there is some weird sewage in the parking lot that really made it smell outside as soon as you got out of the car. We walked in and there were maybe like 2 customers dining in but boy was it gross inside!! My friend warned me to not dine in because it's grimy and very outdated and she wasn't wrong! The booths look like they have never been changed as if they were still the original. The worst part was this is in the middle of summer. It is extremely hot out and you walk into what felt like the same exact temperature outside but stuffier because there's no air flow. We didn't plan on dining in anyway. The lady worker came over to hand us menus but we told her we'd be ordering to go. She walks over to the counter to take our order and was very helpful with telling us the milkshake flavors since we wanted to grab one to share. We both ordered the all American burger combo with fries and an Oreo milk shake to share. Medium rare! She took our order no problem and we walked out immediately to grab fresh air. It was super gross inside and I felt really bad for the workers. It was to the point where I was getting a headache almost immediately from standing in there for a few minutes! We stood outside for about 15 minutes till she came out and handed us our order. We didn't even have to go back in because she probably knew how awful it was in there. Maybe the AC was broken?? I hope they fix that soon! We got home to enjoy our absolutely delicious burgers and fries. It's been a minute since I had a gigantic burger but also a very flavorful patty. I was a little bummed when my bf said there were no sauces on the burger at all and it was just as is. But I decided to try a bite without any condiments and to my surprise, (I usually like all my food super saucy) this burger did not need any additions. There was so much flavor in every single bite. Super, super delicious and the meat was cooked just the way we liked! Their Oreo milkshake is also really good. Not super sweet at all! A lot of places are too sweet and it hurts to drink tbh but this place really does it good. Also, the lady gave us extra sauce that we didn't even ask for! Not sure if that's something they normally do but we got an extra thing of ranch and thousand island which were perfect for our fries to dip in! Looking forward to coming back already. IG: @ammysalamii read more

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When you dine in at this restaurant, you can see dust on the windowsills directly next to where you're eating. The bathroom was disgusting as well. The food quality has definitely declined since this location opened. The service was fine (I guess), but considering there were only 3 tables seated in the entire restaurant I expected the server to be slightly more attentive. Overall, I will not be returning. read more

I know it's a small chain, but I think it's a good one. Nice traditional American Dinner with good quality and nice portions. Relaxing and quality service, no issues with what you might get today, good burger, biscuits and gravy, a nice club and maybe a cold beer. We work hard, a Sunday out should be like this, just good all around. Thank you. read more

First off, I'm from where Big Boy originated. I am aware this is not directly from the OG place, so I wasn't expecting it to be like back home. But when you walk-in you can noticeably see this is an old establishment. Felt like I was stuck in a time loop during the 80s - 90s. Would compare it to a VFW hall especially with the older music that plays. Secondly, our food overall was mediocre. We ordered the mozzarella sticks, which were not cooked enough. Cheese was a big ol' block in the middle. I had the Philly Tri-tip with fries. One half of my sandwich was just utterly soggy and I could not eat the bread, buuuut I also had a hard time eating the beef and cheese because it was once again, not cooked enough. Kinda felt like I was eating rubber. My buddy got a classic bacon cheeseburger that he describes as just being an alright burger. Nothing special, and he felt there was way too much bun to burger ratio. We also had to return one of our waters as it had something on the bottom of it. No clue what it was, but we didn't want to find out. Their only saving grace of the meal is that the fries were amazing. They cooked them very well and it filled us up nicely since they gave us a lot. This is the reason I'm giving 2 stars. This was rather disappointing though knowing we spent $54 between the two of us for less than stellar meals. Our service was nice, our waitress was very attentive towards us and very fast with getting things out to us. Overall, I'd go if it's the only thing close, but there's no point to go out of your way to come here. read more

Bob's Big Boy - Diners Near Me - Northridge, California

Haven't been to a Bob's in a long time. I used to go to the ones in Glendale and Burbank when I was a kid, which were great. Was looking for a quick bite while in town and went here. I was disappointed at first entering. It looks run down. Seats are torn. The food was Denny's quality, if not worse. Won't be back to this location. read more

This place is disgustingly filthy. Tables are sticky, menus are sticky. Looks like it hasn't been properly cleaned in 29 years.

Should be a 4 or 5 but I'm rating a 3 because I found the paper sheet on my burger. I just took it out but I think they should be doing more quality check before the food goes out. That was a big let down however the actual taste of the food was great. Their milkshakes are delicious and you really get the bang for your buck. Place could also use a bit of cleaning but if we're talking food alone, I would rate it a 4-5 for classic American diner food. read more

Bob's Big Boy - Front of the restaurant - Diners Near Me - Northridge, California

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The service at this location is great. We love the food and can you believe they serve both Coca Cola and Pepsi, this is very rare ( most establishments only offer one or the other). Definitely love that this location is never crowded. Must try their flavored Pepsi options next time we go. read more

Bob's Big Boy - Bob's Big Boy - Diners Near Me - Northridge, California

Wow what an establishment. Paid 50 bucks for 3 combos and they don't even include a drink. Never coming here again

Walked in today for lunch and restaurant smelled like raw sewage. Looked at menu. 21.00 for the fried chicken, 20.00 for burger combo. Didn't stay because smell was so overwhelming read more

Bob's big boy an iconic restaurant that has been around for years Today went to the Bobs Big Boy in Northridge when I walked up to the entrance door and the glass door was disgusting had dirty greasy fingerprints all over it and looked like it had been cleaned for days I didn't even want to open the door and touch it then walked in and noticed a few tables were empty but looked dirty when we were seated my bench seat was torn and had a big hole in it Our server was nice friendly i think she was overworked our food was fairly good I probably won't be going back read more

I grew up going to Bob's Big Boy and fondly remembered their chili spaghetti. Finally got a chance to do a takeout order and had to get the chili spaghetti for old times sake. It was as good as I remembered and comes with a thick slice of cheese toast and optional chopped onions on top. We also tried the country fried steak and it's excellent, with thick gravy, eggs, potatoes (we chose hash browns) and a side of bread (the biscuit was dry and hard but the toast was palatable). Our kids love the pancakes here. We usually get the short stack with sausage. One thing I wouldn't recommend is their fresh strawberry pie. It may have been an off day but it just didn't taste fresh and the crust was not up to par. We definitely want to go back during lunch or dinner to try the burgers. Plenty of parking in the lot near Target, Kohls, etc. read more