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    Fred's Downtown Philly

    4.2 (216 reviews)

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Current menu as of 1/20/24
    Jasmin S.

    Good tasting food. A bit surprised that the burger was a Philly cheesesteak meat burger not a traditional/burger patty. Paid extra for double patty (double cheeseburger) but burger was only cheesesteak meat. Not advertised correctly, however good friendly service, they cooked it right in front of me. The chef walked around and personally handed me my order. Place was clean and interesting looking. Would visit again but would try something different :)

    Bacon Cheeseburger
    Laura A.

    If you blink you'll miss it. This is a locally owned hole in the wall that deserves a try. Ordered the bacon cheeseburger (dripping so you know it was juicy) and it had a little kick to it. Sweet potato fries were delicious and sweet. Super friendly staff and clean place to eat.

    The Cajun/crab fries
    Jon M.

    This place has been around for a very long time. I've been trying to find a good Philly cheese steak since Billadelphias shut down years ago Here, I tried the Cajun fries and they were fairly evenly seasoned and had a good flavor. The Philly I got does have really good flavor and well seasoned as well. Though need to ask for Whiz next time and maybe add more to it. The bread is good, though a bit soggy. Also, wish the meat wasn't diced up so small... Made it a pain to eat in my car. First time I try something, I try to get more basic options, though They have a whole list of types of burgers that I would also like to try some time. So would I go back here? For sure. Though next time I might want to change up my order a bit to get something that would "wow" me instead of just "it's pretty good"

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    Mike B.

    It was really good. The roll is what makes a great cheesesteak!! If you're in the area it's worth eating at Fred's. I would probably opt for the double meat on my next visit. The fries were crispy and fresh. I just regular instead of Cajun. They brought the sandwich out and asked if I wanted Fred's sauce. So the service was pretty good.

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    Beatrice L.

    The lady making & taking orders (I wish I knew her name) was VERY welcoming! She has great hospitality & personality. Our phillys were great, tasty, & fresh!!! The ambiance was ok!

    Delicious!
    Laura V.

    Been looking for a good local Philly cheesesteak. They do have Philly cheesesteaks but when we got here we saw a lot more options that we wanted to try first so we tried two different cheese-steak burger hybrids as you can see In the pic, but the authentic cheese steak is available. The Philly steak and Cheese sauce is perfect! Handcrafted soda -non-gmo -real sugar-you gotta get the root beer!! This is super good! We will be back!

    Brianna M.

    I tried this spot on a whim and an attempt to support black owned businesses and was knocked out the park! i'm not a huge philly steak fan but this was delicious. ordered mine with sweet potato fries and those were awesome as well. will definitely be back to try more stuff!

    Extra meat Philly
    Liz D.

    Great Philly cheese steaks for a cheap price!! Ordered mine with extra meat it was delicious! 10" sandwich with steak, grilled onions, peppers and cheese. I wish they added more fries with the combo. It was a little bit of fries. I'll definitely return to try other items on the menu. Thank you Freds

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    Fredrick D.

    Fred's Downtown Philly, if you want a better cheesesteak you might as well go to Philadelphia. First of all the service is extremely friendly. Very personable owner of this business. Talk with you like he knows you already. Which makes you feel appreciative for being a customer. Second thing, I ate the food so fast did not even have time to take the pictures that I wanted to take lol.

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    S W.

    Awesome! Very fresh and packed with flavor! Staff is friendly and has a great sense of humor. Already ordered a couple more times and will continue to go and recommend!

    10" #8 with sweet potato fries.

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    Tried it for the first time the other day and I am hooked ! It was so good! Blast from the past decor

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    4 years ago

    Great phillys definitely recommend! Make sure to get the big one to make it a meal for two!

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    I'll tell you, this place is great. Cook/cashier is friendly, food is awesome. Definitely will be back!

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    5 years ago

    Food was good. The sandwich was small for the price. I read past reviews and the cheesestakes looked much lqrger

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    9 years ago

    1st off, I love that they always have Fresh Prince of Bellaire playing.. Simple, inexpensive Philly's, burgers, fries & big wings..

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    12 years ago

    Great sandwich. Was driving in the Bedford area and had a taste for Philly cheesesteak found freds. Awesome

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    Big Daddy Cheesesteaks is located in a spot that has seen a couple of businesses before it, and I…read morewish them a lot of luck. We had decided to try them out because we wanted to try a new spot. Everything was decent enough. Only real complaint was that we ordered fried pickles and they realized they were out after we had paid. They had caught my husband who had just said to swap it for fries; but I think I would have preferred they be aware before charging folks.

    Old gas station converted to a restaurant a while back. Simple with concrete floors, western style…read morewood chairs and tables. Bottle of a signature sauce on every table. We had a traditional cheesesteak sandwich (approx 8" long) and large cheesesteak fries. Prices are typical - sandwich $11 and large fries $9. The sandwich was very good with a fair amount of meat that comes with grilled onions & cheese whiz -- all mixed together. You have a choice of Cheese Whiz, American, or Provolone. To us, the cheese whiz was a bit heavy where it over powered the steak. The fries are skin on and crispy. Fries presented with a good helping of steak and cheese whiz on top (again, a bit heavy but I guess better too much than not enough), no onion. We were a bit surprised it didn't present like a cheesesteak sandwich just placed on fries instead of bread. While we were eating, the staff and manager came out to see how things where. We told him all was really good but we were surprise the way the fries presented and really expected basically same as the sandwich just on top of the fries. The manager and a staff member saw that it was just an error. They made us an order to-go to make up for the error. It was a nice gesture and we really appreciated being heard. So far, none of the prior business have stayed in this location. We are hopeful Big Daddy's will stay and flourish. We will return and suggest others give them a try.

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