I come to Cook Out for the fresh made to order burger which was made to my way, tasty not too expensive for only burger. I don't come here often enough so I'm not sure if the milkshakes are intended to be eaten with a spoon only. When it says shake on menu I expect it can be sipped but my shake was so thick I could never get anything from the straw. To be fair the person did hand me a spoon and straw but as I was driving the spoon wasn't safe. I think the straws should be larger to adjust for the thicker shakes, or the menu should be reworded to say ice cream so as not to confuse customers. read more

The cashier was polite. But that is where the positivity ended. This was the WORST meal I've had in years. The burger was poor quality and I could tell it was microwaved. It was definitely not fresh off the grill. The Cajun fries and onion rings were also a disappointment. I threw away the majority of this meal. The restaurant was also very loud with music blaring. read more

Cook Out - The Hamburger, Cajun fries & onion rings all tasted terrible. I threw most of this meal away. - Burgers Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Poor management. Order took 20 minutes. Machines were out of ice. Watched a manager tell one of the workers not to add ice to them. Unless someone improves this place it will shut down. read more

Cook Out - Milkshakes too frozen to drink . - Burgers Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Ordered Doordash. The restaurant is 7 mins away, and the Dasher waited for over an hour. Actually, it was 2 Dashers, because one gave up after 20 mins. When the food finally arrived, it was not impressive. Ordered 2 cheeseburgers with no ketchup or mustard, and one with bacon. None of that was correct. Burgers were good, despite that. The XL fries were laughable. They came in a big drink cup that was about 2/3 full of a solid chunk of fries. Wings were decent, but at $18 for 10, not worth it. Not sure what the cost is without the DD upcharge. Onion fries were a tiny order, but tasted good. None of the sauces ordered were included. This was the first time we ever had Checkers, and probably the last time. At least from this location. Fast food, it was not. read more

Wouldn't let us inside even though we could literally see people eating inside through the glass. It's because my friend was too Amish??? Idk but the service was really bad and I need to pee read more

Cook Out - Amish friend - Burgers Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Super long line and they never really get our order 100% correct. Food always is great!

I was at this cookout for 30 minutes on my lunch break. I went to the drive-through line pay for my food. It was told to pull up and that's where I sat and waited. I had to go inside to get my food. I'm very disappointed with my service. read more

I would completely avoid this place. Burger looks like it's from a middle school lunch cafeteria, service is miserable (the girl at the drive through asked why I talk slow) when they actually acknowledge your presence, not to mention I had to repeat my order at least 4-5 times. Also their "double order of fries" is roughly a handful. read more

Cook Out - Sauce cup for reference. - Burgers Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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I've gone to this location a few times and it's always been good, but today I went and it's clear this shift of crew members have given up. It was a steady line of drive-thru customers coming into the building after receiving their order because something was missing or wrong. There was a gentleman in front of us who left because no one acknowledged him and he'd been there 5-10 minutes waiting to place his order. We placed our order and it came out quickly (2-3 minutes). Now I see why and the reason isn't good. I'll post a pic of the receipt and my burger with the burnt bacon. read more

Cook Out - Nasty burger - Burgers Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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Inexpensive. Delicious. Plentiful. That about sums up Cookout. It's a must stop on our trips to NC and never disappoints. Don't sleep on the cheese curds or the hush puppies. Soooooo good!!!! Can't wait for our next trip!!! read more

This Cook Out location on Bush River Road in Columbia is a great place to go for quality and quick food at a good value. I have been happy with all of the orders that I have made from here. The staff here is very friendly and efficient at getting everything together. read more

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Not a fan of the food. Service is good and prices are ok, but food is not good. Milkshakes however, are great.

Waited over a hour with 3 cars in front of me. This isn't the first time. Please hire another team member for the night shift or a manager to get things moving. You know it's going to be busiest at night so do something? Losing business. read more

Wish I could give it zero. Took forever for someone to take my order. Finally took it and then was 10 hours to make a milkshake. Completely disorganized and slow and filthy. 0/10 stars don't go here read more

I went at 11:01am on 8/30 and the doors were locked. An employee opened them, closed them, and kept walking out to her car. So much for service. read more

*EDIT* DO NOT COME HERE! THEY WILL STEAL YOUR CREDIT CARD INFO...I'll elaborate...When I paid for the food on the review below I used a brand new card. It was actually my first and only purchase with it. 2 days later I get a fraud alert from my bank that someone tried using my card info at an Apple store. The card was still in my wallet....Beware! 1st and last time at this location. Worst service ever! Went through the drive through but could barely understand the lady through the speaker box that kept cutting out. Ordered a cheddar style meal and a steak style meal. Asked for Cajun fries. Asked for a double burger on both and she said it was too late wtf!? Too late when I hadn't even completed my order. Got our meal and there was no napkins no sauce and the fries were regular. Lol went to the door to try to get sauce but the inside was closed. The pretty worker w/ the eyelashes came out and hooked us up with sauce. read more

Every damn thing I went to cook out and y'all's employees are the rudest god damn people on earth ! Next food is very fucking trashy and not made right . I ordered 2 cheesecake and they gave me one already been dug into and next sweet tea half full of the cup and it was hot . Like what the fuck read more

Food was fast and order correct. Quick and courteous. Parking area was clean and now im just writing to get the correct number of characters to post. read more

The buns were very dry & old and the burger way smaller than the bun, they need shake straws not the little skinny ones, the fries were tasteless and mushy. read more

This is not my favorite Cook Out. I am a huge Cook Out fan. You get a lot of great food for next to nothing price wise. This one has been steadily rolling down hill for the past couple of months. It's always been hit or miss, but I never left regretting my decision until recently. The quesadillas didn't even have melted cheese, and the chicken tender in my chicken wrap was mostly breading. The fries were also obviously old. By all means, go to Cook Out, just maybe not this one unless it's your only option. Side Note; the milkshakes are still the bomb. The food is the problem. read more

Cook Out - a hamburger and fries on a tray - Burgers Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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As a college student, midnight cookouts runs can be the difference between life and death. But... the workers are almost always rude and anytime I get the right food I am (pleasantly) surprised. Now, that's not to say that I won't come to this cookout at least once a week.. but if you're not being forced to choose between this and inedible cafeteria food......... you get the idea read more

This is probably the nicest Cook Out I've ever been to. The inside was spotless and more modern-looking than any others I've seen. The decor was like all the others, with local college team pennants and signs everywhere (Mostly Game Cocks stuff). The food was nice and tasty! I got a Cook Out Tray with a Grilled Chicken Sandwich, 2 Chicken Quesadillas, and a side order of Fries ($1.19). I got a "Huge Tea" for the drink since I was traveling. The regular drink and the huge tea cost the same ($1.99) and I always put soda in the tea cup anyways. My meal + my fiance's was under $14 which is a great price when traveling! read more

Cook Out - people sitting at tables in a restaurant - Burgers Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

This is the worst cookout I've ever been to. The employees were extremely rude and aggressive. They didn't give us part of our order and we tried going up to the door to tell them and they rudely gestured to us to get back in the drive through line. We went through the line and began to tell them that they forgot to give us part of our order wrong and was cut off in the middle of the sentence. They blamed it on us driving off but they told us they gave us everything the first time, which is the only reason we left. It took us over 30 minutes to get through the drive through just to get the other part of the order. Once they finally gave me the order they gave me fries instead of the cheese bites I ordered, so then we had to sit and wait even longer to get my cheese bites. I've been to several Cook Outs before and this was by far the worst one I've ever been to. read more

Rude ! Ordered our $37 order. Told them no mayo on my sandwich multiple times .... guess what, chock full of mayo. Had to stop a car go back in and ask for the correct sandwich. Not a single word of apology just blank stare and an annoyed sneer. The food is the food. This is a review of poor service read more

Excellent hot dogs. Especially the cheese whiz and crispy bacon. Great value as well. I received an entire meal for under $8 read more

Cook Out - Hot dog with bacon and cheese - Burgers Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

We are usually very big fans of cookout, as it is very inexpensive with decent food. This Cook Out location however, is really bad! We ordered enough food for 6 people and almost all of our orders were wrong- either missing things, not double order of stuff, and really just awful looking food! My daughter had to send her chicken sandwich back entirely because it had globs of stuff on the chicken that we could not recognize. The staff also did not keep stuff stocked and we had to go ask numerous times for ketchup and drink lids. The only upside to our dining experience was at least they play Christian music! read more

Nasty manager won't give her first so I can put her on this review. Got two chili hotdogs with chili and onions with no mustard. And of course they mess that up gave two hot dogs with mustard and no chili or onions. Ask the guy in the window what I order and said it's all in there but of course he doesn't care try to avoid this place as much possible read more

This location will never get your order right. It happens every single time and I'm writing a review because today was interesting, to say the least. I ordered my food. When I got to the window before handing my card I had to ask "can you tell me my order?". My order was repeated. Cool. I get home and it's wrong. Wrong again! I go back... and (what appears to be) the manager/lead has an attitude! Big time. They ask for my extra chicken wrap; to exchange for my cheese fries. (WHY ARE YALL ASKING FOR FOOD TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM MY CAR BACK INTO YOUR RESTAURANT??!!!) (especially during COVID). So, the mean manager lady comes back and practically throws my fries in a bag. SEASONED FRIES... no cheese. Like... C'MONNNNNNNNNNNN. Like, why am I begging for the correct order?? Please fix this location! read more

My family and I were staying at a hotel a mile down the street. We had ordered pizza at 12am but was told we wouldn't get our pizzas till 2am! We were starving after a long day on the road and needed food fast. No where else was open and so we drove up to this location around 1 am. The service was fast and Tisha at the window was very polite and so helpful with our crazy order! Next time im in town i wouldnt hesitate to go to this location. read more

Currently in the line of this cookout, line #2 and the staff refused to even serve the second line. Car after car I'm watching people give their orders in line #1 with friendly customer service and a reasonable pase but like #2 they never even bothered to say the line might be closed, even when there are atleast 6 cars behind me in this line. Cars in line #1 even started laughing at my reactions to not being served and then the employee at line #1's window even looked at me and didn't even bother saying something or even helping the situation. DO NOT GO TO THIS COOKOUT! Everyone that works here should be out of work and should be treated this way every time they go out to eat. read more

I wish you could give negative stars because they are really slipping. I got no receipt and I order a double burger with mayo, lettuce, tomato, and bacon. As you can see there is non of the above except lettuce. Friend's order is messed up too. I tried to call back but no answer to the phone. If you go here and I suggest you don't, check your food before you leave. read more

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Awful service waited in drive through 10 minutes then went inside 10 minutes at the counter with the staff ignoring me and seeming irritated when I asked if I could place an order. read more

We arrived hungry during a hurricane and Cook Out didn't disappoint. We approached the drive thru and received a warm greeting. Our food was delivered quickly and was fantastic. read more

This is probably the worst Cookout I have ever visited in terms of quality of food. Now this isn't my first time visiting this particular Cookout and I can understand there may be some off days when it comes to fast food. However, I can say over the past few visits, maybe 3, to this location I have been very disappointed. Usually it's just things like their French fries tasting a little old or not quite as good as the downtown location; however, today I'm more angry by what I received. In the picture this is the Cajun chicken tray. Usually it has a full chicken breast on it;however, you can see I have a chicken strip. Even when you order the chicken strip sandwich you get three...here, I have one. Needless to say, that's ridiculous. If it weren't for the pleasant attitudes the workers always have there, I wouldn't have even given this location two stars. I don't foresee me going back to this location anytime soon unless it's past 11 and everything else is closed. read more

Cook Out - Cajun style chicken sandwich - Burgers Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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It's the beacon I look forward to after a night out! This location is great, sometimes you have to triple check an order but having worked in fast food it is ok, late night tends to mess with people's heads. With that said McDonald's can take a look at cook out for their milkshake machine because I have only been told that the machine was down once in my six months living on this side of town read more

This place is honestly the worst Cookout I have ever been to. They've given us the wrong food on mulitple ocassions. Our tickets will be 100% correct with the complete wrong food in the bag. Incredibly disappointing, and theres not way to complain. We attempted to call them and just got sent to corporate or something like that. I dont think we will ever go back. read more

I just moved here from Up North and had never heard of Cook Out so I thought I'd give it a try. I got 5 dollar combo. I picked a nice big Bacon Cheeseburger, onion rings, hush puppies and for a dollar more got a delicious Chocolate shake. I was pleased for sure. I will definitely be back. read more

Go there all the time, swift service. My go to spot when I want something quick and good.

The food was good, the shakes were amazing! We stopped in while passing through Columbia. The shakes brought us back through on the way home. read more

I've been to this location many times and I don't think the food is as good as nearby Cookouts. The staff seem like they must hate their job as well. I gave 2 stars because the milkshakes have always been great here. read more