Was kinda skeptical at first... some of the reviews had me worried what we were walking into Upon entering you will pick upstairs or downstairs... we chose upstairs.... The room is covered in previous customers signatures and coloring pages... it works really well... they encourage you to leave your own mark .. we left our names and a few coloring pages. When we ordered the staff was very friendly giving up some tips... The food I had the he man woman hater burger.... This thing is huge... and delicious... also had fried cheese these were giant as well.. and we loved them... definitely won't go hungry here We will definitely be back read more

Spanky's - He He - man Woman Hater - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

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Great restaurant if you want a quick bite that's close to Tech or want to enjoy a game during football season! read more

Spanky's - Spanky's Building - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

I absolutely love this place! Have been going since college. I come for the cheese sticks but the burgers are good too. Proximity to campus is amazing with it being catty corner from the football training field. Such a nice little dive restaurant. read more

Spanky's - World Famous Fried Cheese - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

Dinner time and I am not familiar with Lubbock at all. I was searching Yelp and most of the restaurants I saw and was interested in were closed Sunday and Mondays. My boss mentioned Spankys and that the Fried Cheese was great. I decided to go with his suggestion. I am very glad I did. There was plenty of parking, easy to find location. I entered and order was taken at the counter. Burgers, chicken sandwiches and all sorts of fried goodies. I like zucchini but went with the cheese on boss man's recommendation. It comes in 3 or 6, but after eating I almost wish it came in 1 or 2 cause they were huge. The breading was light but crispy, lots of cheesy goodness. I only finished 1.5 but that's because I chowed down on my burger first. The burger was juicy, topped with lettuce, tomato mayo, onion and diced green chilis. I couldn't put it down once I started. The fries were crispy, just slightly over done which is awesome. I didn't even get to finish them. I have to say I was defeated, didn't finish what I ordered from sheer fullness. I sent my wife a message immediately after saying if we ever are in Lubbock together I'm bringing her here. The burger was as good if not better than my favs back home, fries on point and the fried cheese was best I've ever had. I don't usually eat cheese sticks because most places they are blah. If you are in the area, this is a must try! read more

Spanky's - Green Chile & Swiss Burger - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

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Haven't been here in awhile and was disappointed. The fried cheese was half the size they used to be, but still tasted good. Just wish I knew they cut them in half nos and we would have ordered more. Draft beer is gone and my go-to monte Cristo is gone. Won't go back unfortunately. read more

Normally I am a huge fan of Spanky's. I have recommended it to countless people but they completely let me down today. I came in for a quick carry-out order of fried cheese. Instead I spent almost a 1/2 an hour standing at the carry-out desk waiting for my food. I watched people place orders, sit at a table, and still get served while I'm standing here at the counter. What in the actual F? read more

Spanky's - Receipt for my cheese... - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

First impression is a typical college town burger joint. Writing on the walls and a coloring page of the mascot Spanky every where. We chose to go upstairs for the view. You order your food at the counter. Good selection of burgers, sandwiches and appetizers and a beer menu. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger and sat in the dining room where they delivered the food. What a burger!! It was big! Also ordered their "famous cheese sticks". Again, we ordered a full order. I would recommend the half order as again, huge. I would say they delivered a great meal. Would come back read more

The food is usually good, greasy, American food. However it is quite loud in this entire restaurant. They also take quite a bit of time to get orders out if they are busy, but if you want a Lubbock delicacy, this is where to find it! I think it's a great place for kids. Ps. Bring a sharpie to sign the wall! read more

Ordered the famous fried cheese!! I have been going here for almost 30 years their fried cheese was so small and was fried in dirty grease! They were nasty!! read more

Great burgers and fast service! You should definitely try the fried cheese, it was so good! Also, If you are a ranch connoisseur, pour theirs in EVERYTHING! Good experience, good for all ages, you can even grab child one! read more

Stopped in for a quick lunch. The fried cheese was amazing. I feel their burgers and fries were slightly above average. I had the Texas Philly. It was unique and different but needed some ranch or something more to give It a boost. read more

Spanky's - Texas Philly and fries - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

Food tasted great! My husband got the burger and said that it was good, but not as hot as he'd expected with the name of the burger. The fried cheese was amazing. I took off a star only because the menu doesn't list the chicken sandwich as having mayo but apparently it does come with it. They did remake the sandwich quickly for me and it tasted good. Make sure you ask about the ingredients before ordering, since their menu isn't accurate! read more

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Always great food. The place is always quick and delicious. The staff is wonderful. The place is a traditional dinner and all you could want for a local spot. read more

Needed more staff. Burger was great! The cheese fries were so gigantic we took some home. Fast service but poor guy upstairs was on his own. Appreciated his service. Burger joint- ambiance matches that. read more

Hangover friendly with delicious staples. A place for friends and summaries of the night's adventures. The mozzarella sticks are to die for.

Let's start off with the good things- Staff were friendly, answered my questions and had patience despite it being my first time The decor was very nice, kind of an older style while still having an environment of a pub. The cheese sticks were a nice appetiser, what they were hyped up to be. Now the bad, the main entree food was mediocre at best. The chicken on the Buffalo chicken sandwich probably covered a 1/3-1/2 of the sandwich, meaning I had bites full of bread and Mayo. The French fries weren't a redeeming grace either, but they weren't bad. Overall, I probably won't come back myself but I can see people who could come here for a nice place to hangout. read more

Slow at taking your order. And you have to order in the right place even though there are 3 different places to order. We waited in line (which was slow because they only have one person taking orders and bussing tables) and then ordered and almost paid when they then told us we needed to order upstairs so we had to wait in line again upstairs. Wildly inconvenient...when they list your table number they could just put a u for upstairs or a d for down. read more

First time here we had their famous fried cheese and we ordered a chicken basket. We got our fried cheese maybe within 5 minutes of being seated. A family of 6 and 2 couples came in about 20 minutes after us, they all ordered and received their food pretty quickly. We are still waiting on our meal and when we questioned the cashier she said 6 more minutes. Well it's been 15 minutes... It's not even a busy day. The manager brought our chicken out and didn't even apologize for the delay. I guess 10 meals is the equivalents of frying 3 pieces of chicken. At that OVER fried chicken. I've worked in the food industry and that's an automatic no brainer, an apology is giving to the customers. The cashier was nice, the manager had no kind of personality, food was not a 4.3 star rating as the reviews say. Would not come here again if I ever came back down to Lubbock to visit. read more

Definitely mid. I don't know why this place is so hyped up. Fried cheese sticks were cold. breading is cardboard flavor. half assed food all around. Processed cheese aka american cheese is better at mcdonald's than this joint. What a joke. I guess college kids really do eat ANY thing. Oh yeah. The sweet tea??? dirty as hell. Clean the brew tanks please. read more

Spanky's - Sad burgers and dirty tables :( - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

There are a bunch of burger restaurants in Lubbock so it's hard to choose one to go to. I like Spanky's because they have a great friendly atmosphere, good food, and the prices are very reasonable. The dish that differentiates Spanky's from other burger restaurants is their fried cheese. They take giant hunks of mozzarella and deep fry them in a light batter. The batter is very thin and crispy and the cheese is extremely gooey and cheesy. I like it with their marinara sauce because the acidity of the sauce nicely balanced the rich cheese. They also have a great monte cristo. A monte cristo is a ham and cheese that has been lightly fried and it's served with raspberry preserves. It's rich and decadent and there is a nice balance of savory and sweet. The food is made better by the prices. The burgers and sandwiches are huge and they are less than $7. The appetizers are also huge. So while you might be thrown off by the funky looking interior or the casual atmosphere, this is someplace that you need to try. read more

So I'm just cruising along down the road and I happened to look over and see a big beautiful sign that says famous fried cheese know anybody who's anybody loves some good fried cheese I'm talking mozzarella. So now my interest is completely paid over this famous fried cheese so me and the wife decide to order it for dinner. We ordered 3 full orders of the fried cheese, Two orders of the chicken baskets one order of onion rings and one order of fried okra total $83. So let's get it out of the way right off the top this was way too expensive this food should've been closer to about $42. All of the comments about the fried cheese being very large they are absolutely correct it is a lot of cheese for what they give you. Almost to the point of choking because there's so much now fried cheese is fried cheese but if you don't have any seasoning it'll still taste like bland fried cheese and this was very bland fried cheese we put salt on it we did it in sauce we use marinara it's just not that we did could give it flavor they were just blah. The chicken was the exact same absolutely no flavor at all for any of the chicken we actually ended up giving it to the dogs because I had no flavor whatsoever The onion rings were onion rings they weren't terrible but they weren't great and the fried okra was just disgusting saving grace would be the french fries their french fries were actually pretty darn good. But I'll have to leave it at that because in my mind Spanky's got spanked by not being able to have any flavor I assumed the mascot is a dog because you'll end up giving most of your food to your dog. read more

GET THE FRIED CHEESE!!! Absolutely amazing!! This OG place is a classic "must have" burger joint! And the burgers are amazing! My husband went to Tech wayyyy back when and now we have 2 kids there and we go to Spanky's every single time we visit! read more

#neveragain #firsttimelasttime Lubbock institution gone long in the tooth with GAF kitchen staff. I get it. No one likes working in this kind of environment anymore, but at the end of the day Lisa West, who's name adorns the place is ultimately responsible. Let me explain... Walked in Friday early evening. Busy but not terrible. Nice young lady at the counter took my order - He Man, comes with fries and I added a soda. Easy enough. 25 mins later another nice young lady brings out a burger but it's not what I ordered. Enter first nice lady... "my manager says I have to ring you up for the correct burger (about a $6 difference). Im really sorry". I get it but it's been 25 mins already... guess I'll wait some more. Second nice young lady brings me a burger says sorry, and leaves. Open it up. It's wrong again. I dont say anything because I'm really not wanting to wait again. Picking the burger up it felt wrong. Id assume I would have had a freshly made burger given the error? Well, I'd be wrong. I'd guess the meat patty's were maybe 80F and as well well well done as Ive ever seen. I ate about one third of my cold, massively overcooked, wrong order, put it in the box they brought and my dogs will have it for dinner instead. When you're a public institution in a university setting there are usually some compelling reasons you've become one. Good food, great service, unique offerings. Maybe 25 years ago Spankys was that but with stained floors. paint chipped off the walls. a menu that includes shakes which apparently they haven't had since 2022 and a parking lot without a single handicap spot... this ain't your mamas burger joint anymore. read more

Spanky's - What I've been told is awesome, lies in a heap of desperation to resemble an American icon. - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

This place has been around a long time. Fried cheese is amazing and you can't go wrong the monte cristo.

Love coming to visit Lubbock and coming to Spanky's. The fried cheese is a must! The cherry on top is the friendly customer service you receive. Def recommend. read more

When you first walk in, you order your food and decide upstairs or down. They then give you a sign with your dog name on it, which was funny. We ordered the cheese sticks as an appetizer. Glad we got the half order because they are huge. They were very good. I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich. It tasted good, but it was more like a chicken slider. The hubby had a burger which he enjoyed. Overall it was good. read more

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Good but pretty greasy but it's worth it to have the cheese sticks. Sooo huge and sooooo good. The rest of the food was fairly good. Would go back again read more

Horrible service and they can't even get a simple order right. You have to send it back at least three times. So I went in to place a Togo order, waited in line, got to the counter and was told that I was in the wrong line that I had to go to the other side of the building to place a Togo order. Frustrating after waiting but ok whatever, I get to the Togo counter and I am told that they don't have a register assigned to it so I need to go back up front and wait in the line Again! to place my order. I explained that I was sent to this counter after already waiting in the line in the front and was told sorry can't help you with that if you want to order you need to go to the front. Now I'm really irritated, I get to the front and attempt to place my order, I ask for Double Meat green chile cheese burger, add bacon & chili, sautéed onions, mushrooms and jalapeños. With no bun (trying to eat on a low carb diet). I asked for them just to put it in a Togo container, like a bowl or something. Took three people to figure that out lol. Fast forward 30 minutes my order finally comes out, not Togo as ordered and would you believe it on a bun, I asked them to take it back and please take the bun off and just put it in a Togo container please. Staff was rude and seemed to be bothered by me even asking for this as if it was a major inconvenience to get my order correct. 10 minutes later my order comes back out, in the container with no bun, but also minus my bacon and cheese. Smh, I send it back again and then wait another 10 minutes only to get it back with the cheese and no bacon. Apparently they never charged me for the bacon an hour ago. When I originally placed my order, smh, so they make me wait in line to pay for the bacon while they take it back to fix. An hour and a half later I get my order, now honestly don't even know if I should eat it because I'm kinda skeptical they did something to it or spit in it. Seeing how they seemed extremely bothered with me even suggesting or asking them to correct their continued mistakes. read more

Wow, this place is great. We came in from out of town for the weekend. Our hotel receptionist said this place wouldn't disappoint. The cheese sticks were HUGE and so amazing. Best cheese sticks I've ever had. This place is great. read more

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I ate a bacon cheeseburger here. I forgot to take a picture of it, but trust me. It was pretty good. read more

Spanky's - Watch out! The men's bathroom may make you dizzy if you stare at it too long! - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

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The burger was average, but we came for the World Famous cheese sticks. They are very large and very yummy! You can order and eat upstairs, or order and eat downstairs- you have to order on the level you are eating as they won't deliver food on a different floor. read more

Usually, I love this local spot! However, when i was eating my food i found a piece of metal wire in it. I am lucky I didn't swallow it. The male worker that was handing out food and taking our order was so rude and had the worst attitude. He handed out the wrong order and was rude to another person in our party when his actual order came out fifteen minutes later. read more

Spanky's - Sandwiches Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

Great burgers and wow the fried cheese. Get the cheese. It's a good bar type place near campus. read more

Just what we expected! Typical college hang out. It's summer time so not as many college students but a lot of post college students. Everyone says the cheese fries are great and everyone is correct. The Philly was real good . The man taking our order successfully helped us out . Thank you. The guy that brought our food - got us an extra plate. Will come back. read more

Went upstairs to dine. Cool little spot we are from out of town. The cashier/ waiter/ bartender Tyler was fantastic this guy always was smiling and provided great customer service. There was another young man helping and was always positive. Food was awesome got to try the cheese sticks they are huge! A must see kind of bar/restaurant. Way to go for great customer service which is hard to find theses days! read more

Best friend cheese! Love the burgers. Not a fancy place at all, but good food & cold beer.

Absolutely love this place. Staple in Lubbock, TX. Always a good experience coming here. Fried cheese and burgers are awesome.

A Lubbock and Tech institution. If better fried cheese exists anywhere in the world, I'd like to know where to get it. Still the best I've ever enjoyed and just the same as it was in college 30 years ago. Light batter that's just thick enough to keep the ooey gooey melted cheese from going everywhere. At least until the first bite, then all bets are off. Burgers are also really good and very filling...especially after a big, tasty basket of fried cheese. The He-Man Woman Hater is the signature burger. Two parties, two cheese, bacon. It's just good. Don't worry about negative reviews. This is classic Tech food. Just go. read more

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Great burger and better mozzarella cheese!!! Cheese sticks just don't get better than this, could have this as a meal!!! Service was great and friendly. Definitely the kind of place to go just to hang out. read more

went to Spanky's for the first time in a while and was majorly disappointe. They used to have the best hamburgers but today it was not good. the bun was dry and hard, the meat seemed like it was just a frozen patty thrown on the grill. No flavor. The mozzarella sticks we ordered for appetizers were still great but they came after the food. The quality of the food has really gone downhill. Sad read more