Been going to the original Tommy's for years started at Beverly and Rampart. Found this one in Riverside very clean how far staff and still very good. read more

Why does the service here so slow? I've been to so many Tommy's over the years and this one is the slowest. Painfully slow. I have to practice unusual amount of patience. And when I watch them through the sliding window it's clear the nice young people working there need training and supervision. Good kids but come on, we're paying customers stuck in a drive though. And the chili dog wasn't good either unfortunately. I think our Tommy's days are finally over. read more

Best chiliburger in town. Always great. Order at least a double a single is almost no meat. Chili tamale is also good. I had the hot dog and didn't care for the dog, but that was a personal choice. read more

Long story short... went through drive through and Jolie (made sure I looked at that name tag), she got my order mixed up and added an extra burger, when I got to the window I tried to explain that she added an extra burger and I repeated my order and she had an attitude and repeated my order AS IF she was right, when I tried to explain she had a huge attitude, seemed bothered and even rolled her eyes. It got even more confusing and I almost canceled the order and drove off pissed. I explain one last time and she told me to hold on, walked away then came back and we ordered all over again as she then said "you want me to repeat it again?"... only because I really wanted this food, I held it together. But her and her attitude need to go. Please get it together. This is my second negative experience. read more

Original Tommy's - Do I need to say anything ?. - Hot Dogs Near Me - Riverside, California

Chilli cheese fries were a regular couldn't go wrong with it! Also had a chili burger and wasn't bad second time having a chili burger and it was good. Very clean very fast very nice beautiful place to dine in. read more

I probably won't eat here again. I've never had Tommys before, but it's close to my house so I gave it a shot. I ordered a #1 double cheeseburger meal and a plain cheeseburger for my son. It was $8.20 for the combo which is reasonable in my opinion. The cheeseburger was $3-something which was a bit much. The fries were sub par and the first thought I had was "freezer burn" so I guess they're not freshly cut. Yuck. I asked for ranch and the cashier said they don't have ranch. 2 Itty bitty patties, a sliver tomato, 5 pickles and a splat of chili that looked like baby diareah and soggied the bun. I ate a few bites and gave it to my dog. My son hated his burger and I took a bite of it since I was still starving after feeding my dog my dinner. The bread was sooooo stale I choked and their cheese was super processed, like the oil and water orange colored squares. read more

Original Tommy's - Did a baby crap on my plate or is this seriously what they're serving? At least my dog liked it. - Hot Dogs Near Me - Riverside, California

This isn't my first time at Tommies or the only one I've been to .I came here during the Tommy Trio promotion . One tamale with yellow cheese placed on top , chili dog ,and cheeseburger for around $7. Went in the drive thru and was told they ran out of chili and there would be a 20 minute wait for it. How do they run out of chili at Tommies? Isn't that kind of their thing?I wanted the chili with my order so actually pulled to the front and waited . Came back to the drive thru and got chili with my order . I also added an order of fries. 3 of us shared the meal .Each person got a protein and we split fries and chili. The person that ate the burger ended up getting sick that night into the next day. read more

Very good customer service. Our young lady that helped us was very patient as we had a very large order. Her name is Olivia, a real gem!! Really appreciate. Pictures to follow. read more

I prefer another location (Van Nuys), but this is the last stop before heading home and not having ANY Tommy's at all. This is not the chile I love, but the chili I grew up on. I was not disappointed. The store was clean. The bathroom was clean. The employees were friendly. Food was good as well. Just a quick jump off the freeway to this location. My next trip will definitely be this location before heading to home from now on. read more

I've been enjoying Tommy's since the early 90's--been to the original at Beverly & Rampart, Burbank, Canoga Park, Eagle Rock, Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Long Beach and Chino. I think the best one is this Riverside location, it's certainly the cleanist (absolutely spotless). I found the staff cheerful and eager to please. Their dining room is always wiped shiny new, well stocked, cool and comfortable. The menu is simple, organized, and relatively inexpensive. They want your lunch dollars, and they've earned it! The food is really quite good--It looks good, smells good, and eats good. Brenda the manager is delightful, and a chiliburger making champion! Really, her burgers look like the ones in the pictures, perfect and pretty. When's the last time you ordered a burger that actually looked like the advertisement? Never! Well Brenda's do. Obviously made with care, concern, and determination to make YOUR meal something special. Lightly toasted bun wraped around perfect pickles, red tomato, and thick cheesey chili sauce seductively oozing out the side. This is my dream burger brought into reality by the fine crew at this Mission Grove Tommy's. Good Job, y'all deserve my extra special 'DreamBurger' award! read more

Original Tommy's - Just look at her, isn't she beautiful! Tommy's Chiliburger in all her glory! - Hot Dogs Near Me - Riverside, California

This location hammered out a delicious chili burger and chili cheese fries. I think it tasted better and the prep has been improved. Chili had that nice creamy taste and everything was cooked to perfection. read more

I love Tommy's, but I am glad, it is not where I live. I have been to most of the Tommy's out there. This one is very clean and everyone is very nice. I usually get a chili cheeseburger with everything and a chili cheese hot dog with everything. I always get peperoncinis. Wife gets the chili cheese fries. Only thing on the menu is burgers, fries, hot dogs, and tamales. If you don't know, you just don't know. read more

Original Tommy's - Yummy - Hot Dogs Near Me - Riverside, California

1/13/14. Service: 4 stars. Very nice service in greeting and taking your order. Food: 4-4.5 stars. So tasty. Chili burger was good size. Chili fries was yummy. Hot food with pickles and/or little peppers on side if you want them. Atmosphere: 4 stars. Clean in restaurant and really bright. Price: Ok. No discounts so other places might have better deals on chili dog/burger/fries, etc. read more

I hadn't been to Tommy's in a while and today was Tommy's day. The service was excellent everybody here at this place is super nice. I really enjoyed service. They even have soft serve ice cream now! it tastes really good. read more

Never bad service at this location! Alicia is very kind and offers exceptional service. Thank you for your appreciation of your customers.

The best chili on planet earth. Upgrade patty to quarter pounder. It's even better I promise

Me and my husband went there And the staff is really nice but we had to wait like 20min for our order to be taken and another 30/40 min to just get half of our food. the food here is horrible we both got food poisoning on top of that read more

Drive thru, wearing mask and ordered $20+ of the most delicious burgers and fries day before my cleanse starts. See you in 4 weeks.

Worst Tommy's ever!!!! This is the last time we eat here. 3 strikes your out. I know it's bad enough you have to wait 10-15 minutes to get your food. But you better take the extra time to check everything they give you. Every time I've come here I have thoughts of joe Pesci "They Fu€k you in the drive through" new idiots working the window screwing up the order. Better check your soda, it's either pure syrup or straight carbonation!!! Oohhh and eat that greasy ass burger before you leave the drive through. because bye the time you get home. You will be opening a bag full of soggy ass grease chilly ball similar to a baby diaper blowout. Good luck!!! read more

Good clean and bright dining area. Has a drive through. Service is good. And the chili burgers are Excellent.

Tommy never disappoints. Stopped at the Riverside location this afternoon for lunch. It had been a minute since I'd had a Tommy as there are none close to my location. Always recommended for any of you non locals looking for the best chilie burger in metro L.A. read more

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I ordered a Chili-to-go Hot Dog. The chili was good but the outside part of the meat was inedible. The first bite I tried chewing and I felt I had a piece of plastic in my mouth. The whole outside part of the weiner was hard to eat. The meat patty is almost paper thin on the burger but my sister liked the cheeseburger. Not sure if I will return soon unless I am in a mood for chili fries. Fries were good. Place was clean. read more

Almost 15 minutes in the drive thru was a joke. Wrong change, shorted $1 but I caught it. Trash was over flowed. Food was not that hot. Pretty rough trip this time. May not come back next time. read more

YUM, YUM, YUM! It's been YEARS since I had an Original Tommy's Burger! When I lived in Whittier I loved going, so I was super excited to find this in Riverside. Just as delicious as always! We got Chili Cheese Burgers, and for $3.35 each I tell you what, they are a good size. Well worth the drive from my house which is about 15 minutes. I no longer need to wait years for a delicious, not overly greasy, seasoned or salty chili cheese burger. read more

On Sunday, October 18, 2020 at about 6:46 pm (time per receipt) my family and I purchased food at the Tommy's #33. I want to express to upper management that the service via drive-thru window was excellent. The employee that took my order, later identified by her name tag as "Shayla" was very pleasant and professional. She was clear when she spoke over the intercom and in person. I am pleased how she read back my order and my order was correct when I received it. Shayla is an asset to your company and should she ever be promoted to a position of management I am sure co-workers would follow in her professionalism and re-peat customers will grow bringing more business/profit to the establishment. Thank you Shayla for your professionalism, you make Tommy's look good. The food was right on target. The chili hit the spot and the fries and burgers were delicious. read more

First and last time I'll ever eat here. Overall, food was garbage. I don't know who took my order but the lady wasn't paying attention. Had to repeat myself multiple times. The burger was cold yet the cheese was melted off? I opened the chili cheese fries and said what the f*ck. Clearly presentation doesn't exist. Overpriced for my first time, luckily it'll be my last. read more

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Just love it, use to go original Tommy's hamburger in rampart with my dad, great times...

"World Famous"?... uhhhh...ok. The service was friendly and nice. However the burgers are ok. For the exception of the chunks of onions (which I liked) the chili is basically what you can get at wienerschitnezel. Nothing special but it does have a niche in fast food. read more

Not the best Tommy's. I had a bad craving and this was the closest to our house. Service was very slow granted it was close to closing time. But really what Tommy's closes at 10? First he forgot our fries so good thing we were eating in the parking lot. The burger was super dry. The only reason for 2 stars and not 1 was it fixed my chili craving read more

If you're in the mood to have a Chill Cheeseburger you deserve the Best Chili Cheeseburger availalyanywhere Head to Tommy's Tommy's makes the Best Chili Cheeseburgers you can buy The only place you can get a Chili Cheeseburger this good is go to one of the other Original Tommy's l read more

Food was amazing, visited yesterday afternoon and the store was very clean! Staff was friendly, would eat here again!

So I decided to come to this restaurant during my lunch break, I was currently working at the time. I have never tried Tommy's before, because it never peaked my interest until today. The line wasn't too long so I figured I could get my food quickly. Let me begin with the fact that it took me 20 minutes to get my food. I didn't think it would take someone that long to deal with three cars. After my journey through the drive-thru line, I finally pulled up to the window. I had found the answer to the question as to why the line was moving so slowly. The woman on the grill was making one burger at a time. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be done, but it seems very inefficient. Finally, tackling the subject on how the food tasted. I appreciate the mass amounts of chili, but the chili tasted like lotion, butter, and hot dogs mixed together. It wasn't terrible, it was decent, it just felt really nasty going down. I don't blame the cooks for the flavor of the food, I blame the recipe itself. To put everything in a nutshell, service was extremely slow, and the chili felt like I was eating lotion. In the end I was still hungry though. I apologize for the long review, I just wanted to go into detail read more

Horrible. Cold chili on a chili dog? Zero condiments? Waste of money and time, just go to portillos or even mcdonalds lol.

This is a Big Los Angeles staple. If you love chili cheese burgers this is a must if your in the LA area.

Messy food but so worth it! This is my husbands favorite place because when loves the chili cheese fries.

I'm very disappointed as a former lead employee who worked for Tommy's and very loyal customer .. I asked for my onions to be grilled in the the chili oil and I was told that the manager Alicia doesn't do that , that "were not allowed" honestly this was my last straw !! This place has gone downhill since 2018 don't bother coming here you will just get a rude manager who won't even fill the needs of a paying customer..! Every time I come to Tommy's there's always a mistake or that can't do something because they are purely lazy! There is only one gentleman lead who always gives me the best service here ! read more

I just stopped by Tommy's in Riverside good service and the food amazing definitely going back .

I decided to try this place since it was nearby and I'm not a fan. The chili reminds me of Taco Bell squeeze meat, and the burger wasn't all that amazing. It was like they slapped baby poo on a McDonald's burger patty. It, along with the fries were so soaked with grease that I'm glad I have rubber floor mats. read more

Flashback... all the way back to the late '80's and early '90's: I could, and often did, eat just about anything. Fast food was on the menu, and quite often. Of course, I was more active and fit back then than I am now, so I could afford the extra calories and carbs. My favorite was Tommy's and I did Tommy's at least once a week. It was easy since there was one within walking distance from my house in Westminster. Since then I've become much more fussy about the foods I eat, and not just because of my diet, but because I really don't see fast food the way I used to. Also, I've come to the conclusion that most fast food joints buy their "beef patties" from the same supplier, and none of them taste, or even look like the burgers I cook at home. Flash-forward... all the way forward to about 6 months ago: I was on my way home from a long day at work and was forced to take an alternate route due to a traffic incident. My alternate route that day took me past Tommy's located off of Mission Grove and Alessandro in Riverside. I hadn't been to a Tommy's in probably 15 years or more, and as I drove past, I began reminiscing about my past relationship with Tommy's. I was tired and didn't really feel like cooking when I got home, so somewhat hesitatingly, I pulled into the drive thru and ordered my old staple; double cheese burger - hold the tomatoes and pickles - and an order of chili cheese fries. Honestly, I was hoping that it wouldn't taste as good as it did when Tommy's was a staple in my diet, but much to my dismay - okay, maybe I was somewhat pleased - it was exactly as I remembered it; I loved it! "Good Lord", thought I, "I'm hooked again!" Yes, it seems Tommy's uses the same supplier of "beef patties" as all other fast food joints, but none of the others have that chili! Mmmm... that Chili! Well, with age comes constraint. I do visit Tommy's on a regular basis again, but not nearly as much as I did in the early '90's; once every month or two is enough to sate my cravings now. I really like this location. I've never really liked doing the drive thru anywhere because I have a very difficult time understanding what is being said through the intercom; most people taking orders talk too fast - I think they say the same thing to every customer too many times, so eventually they don't enunciate each word and run them all together. Don't have that problem here when I use the drive thru. Occasionally, I use the dining room, which is always sparkling clean. The wait can seem a bit long at times, but they don't start cooking your order until you actually order it. This isn't McDonalds. Clear and discernible order takers, friendly attitude, clean facilities, hot food served fresh... albeit somewhat slow. And they always get my order right. Tommy's gets a 4-star rating; probably the highest rating I'll ever give to any fast food joint... "Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive." - George Bernard Shaw read more

I rolled in on a Sunday evening with a hankering to try a chili burger. First thing thought was "gee, its pretty empty for 5:45. Then again it is summer..." After a wait, I got my mitts on the object of my quest: a chili cheeseburger. The chili is made without beans and is very mild in spice level. It tasted/felt very starchy in my mouth, almost like a thick gravy. Its pretty oily stuff, and i couldn't really pick out any distinct seasoning notes. I felt like it could use some contracting flavor like onions, cheddar, etc. I saw hot peppers at the counter, maybe that's what I'm missing. The chili cheese fries had sliced American cheese with a generous serving of the chili on top. After the burger, I was hitting overload, so I waved off after a few bites. The addition of the fries and ketchup to the mix helped, but I was still on the fence. Oh, one other odd thing -- the stuff coming from the napkin dispenser were those rough Z-fold things that I would consider bathroom paper towels. Pretty tough on the face for wiping duties. Odd, considering how often you'd need to wipe your mug with a messy burger like this! The long and the short of it: I suspect the chili here is polarizing - you either love it or you hate it .....I was really hoping to find a future guilty pleasure, but now I think I'm leaning towards "meh" .... Sorry Tommy! I wanted to love you, but it just wasn't in the cards!! read more