While in the area. Stopped at a Tams that ai have not been to in decades for my at least monthly ( at times even weekly) pancakes and coffee crave. Service was courteous and professional. Plenty of people ordering to-go dine-in (like myself) and delivery. Nice buzz of people indicating strong ties with their offerings to the community and the community apparently showing love right back. My pancakes were Tam's for sure. Reminded me of those morning noon night and early morning Tam runs of the early & mid '80's. But ai had to tap in being literally right there and able to. Tasty. Signature. And no disappointments. Knowing what to expect and getting exactly that is fair exchange and no robbery. Gratitude and give thanks Tams 23 for this a.m.'s coffee and pancake crave quencher. And gratitude to the staff for polite courteous and professional service. read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - Three stack Pancake's & Coffee. - New American Near Me - Compton, California

There is a younger guy who takes orders. I swear he is postive vibes and helpful personified. Love that this location has grits they ate my go to breakfast side. I know they are a "burger, " spot but its the breakfast for me, and their old school style onion rings are also fire. The burger is also good, but I mainly go fir breakfast and onion rings lol read more

Ordered a bacon breakfast burrito and what I got is mainly potatoes. Barely any bacon at all. Waste of my money read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - A potato burrito. With no rarely any bacon, if it is it seems old. Not fresh at all. I went at 830am - New American Near Me - Compton, California

Would absolutely NEVER RECOMMEND!! I told the cashier (it's a woman) not once but TWICE, DO NOT ADD BACON to my chicken club sandwich. I start consuming my sandwich and find bacon. Very unprofessional these people clearly don't respect the customers. read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - New American Near Me - Compton, California

The service here is great all the cashiers are always nice, patient and quick , they forgot to bag my burrito but when I came back they offered me a free large drink for the inconvenience. Overall this place is great the only thing I would complain about is the small drive thru. read more

By having a hairnet while making food / and cleaner food. I will not be coming here ever again read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - Found a hair on my both plates I ordered, will not be going back here - New American Near Me - Compton, California

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This might just be a case of ordering the wrong things. Went in with two teens and wife, one kid just wanted onion rings and the other wanted tenders dinner. Wife and i shared the fried chicken dinner and she got a plain hamburger. The tenders are fine, fried well so they were juicy inside. No real complaints just definitely nothing noteworthy. The fried chicken was very meh. It had a crispy l thin batter that lacked a lot of flavor beyond a vague hint of oregano or something else not typically characteristic of fried chicken to me. The way it was fried didn't really render skin underneath, leaving an almost boiled texture to it without much flavor. Their hot sauce really did a lot of heavy lifting to finish it. The fries were surprisingly good, seasoned well while looking naked as hell. The onion rings were also well prepared; that same thin batter did way better here than on the bone-in chicken. Even it was plain, the burger made me really wish to go back and reorder completely compared to both of the chicken dishes. Fast service! read more

Paid $14 for this, I have not ate 1 fry. I waited 30 minutes or more placing the order and waiting for the order. And when I asked about there combos she rudely answered../ Had a very nasty after taste. Never again. read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - Chili Cheese Fries - New American Near Me - Compton, California

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Do not try the Wet burrito definitely canned sauce it was beyond salty! Took 2 bites and couldn't finish it! read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - New American Near Me - Compton, California

I love this Tams. I always get the ham and eggs breakfast with bacon and sausage. The food is delicious here. We came to have breakfast with the family for my Son's birthday. The Staff surprised us with a special Birthday pancake plate. We are very grateful for the staff's act of kindness and for making us feel special (specially our son). They have recently renovated the dinning area. It's looking great. read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - Special Birthday Pancake Plate with sausage - New American Near Me - Compton, California

Was in Compton for work and decided to stop in with my coworker. I got the cheeseburger combo. It was decent, tasted just like any of the mom and pop burger stands. Good charbroiled flavor on the very thin burger patty, could have put a little less lettuce in the burger. Their fries were actually pretty good and they give you quite a bit. I like these type of thick cut fries and they add a bit of seasoning on them. Decent place, lots of stuff on the menu to try. read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - a hand holding a sandwich - New American Near Me - Compton, California

This place has been the go too since I can remember. My parents went here so I can say about 30 years they've been creating worth eating food. Service has never disappointed. Drive through is not as bad even in busy times. read more

Used to come here for years but it has gone down. New younger cookers, miss the older Mexican guys they were the OGS who knew how to make a bomb cheeseburger. read more

Food here is disgusting now since they changed managers we order the chicken dinner the chicken was old and hard the pepper we also old so disappointed I'll never get anything from here including the bad food the service sucks too read more

This Tams burger place is the best I have tasted, almost every weekend I'm at this place and will continue to come.

Service sucks, I order my food thru Uber eat . People don't order from Tam's Burgers. Customer service sucks and they don't care to check the order. We order 2 burritos and we placed notes to add extra salsa on the side and they forgot. They also didn't put honey for the pancakes. When we call to complain they didn't care. Doesn't make sense to order and pay for the extra things and got getting the stuff. Super bad service. :( read more

It's a hit or miss. I asked for medium on my steak n got this. Literally ignored wtf I wanted n did whatever.

I love to eat here, i always come here when i have nothing in mind to eat at home. The food here is always hot & ready to grub! I love the chicken salad here , also the chili cheese fries so good ! Never disappointed . Tasty flavors, definitely recommend to anyone who's just wanna get some food real quick. Nice costumer service. Never have to wait too long when i order inside. I used to order drive through but that takes a while but other than that. Everything here is good . Im a loyal costumer, so definitely gonna keep coming back here ! read more

My first impression of the place honestly was to turnaround and go else where but because of time constraints we had no choice at this point. It was the facility appearance that made us think about leaving. The floor really dirty and the seats were falling apart. Surprisingly the food was good and came in good portions. We ordered the French toast plate and the pancake plate. Hate to give it only three stars but the presentation of the restaurant needs some serious help. read more

They decreased the size of items for the same price. I ordered a regular chili cheese fries and got a container that was less than half the size of the previous times I have ordered them. Previous regular sizes were worth the money, at the size they are now might as well just get a side of fries. I wish I would've known beforehand of the changes. I'm mostly annoyed of how much I paid for what I received. read more

I ordered a tuna melt and fries. The fries were seasoned to perfection. The tuna melt was the best I've had in awhile. Great little gem.

i went to tams burgers no 23 today at 3:30 pm or so found a pubichair in my childs plain cheeseburger not many words except disgusted!

We are from out of town and wanted somewhere to have breakfast and saw this place. This place is amazing! Had their pan cakes breakfast and the pastrami omelette and we loved it. read more

I ordered a pastrami combo well done because I like it a bit crunchy and I've got to say this pastrami was really good, it has a lot of pastrami I had to take some out. The fries were really good too. The place looks like it needs remodeling but their food is good ! read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - Pastrami Combo - New American Near Me - Compton, California

if you love chili cheese fries!! go here!! ITS SO GOOD! customer service is GREAT and the food is delicious

The food was mediocre at best. Service was okay. The staff seemed to be bothered . The cleanliness of the location was horrible .Homeless people hanging around and the restroom was filthy and covered from floor to ceiling with graffiti ....AND the sink was broken. I've been to other locations and they were head and shoulders better than this one...granted it's in a horrible neighborhood...but why perpetuate the stereotype by letting a normally great restaurant into a rundown establishment. read more

Thoroughly unimpressed. I ordered a cheeseburger combo. The best thing I had was the drink (coke). The burger was plain, lacked flavor (just noticed they don't put onions), whereas other Tams restaurants do. The fries tasted semi-raw, which I detest. Compared to other Tams restaurants I've been to this one is the bottom of the totem pole. read more

I'm supprise this place is still open it's so fucking horrible. I've been in compton for years when I first moved here it was good food now it's straight garbage. read more

3/8/23 Been coming to this restaurant for over 20 years. The food is always great, but the only thing that's not so great is maintenance. The booths are falling apart everything is very outdated & needs to be remodeled. On top of that, I've seen three rats while eating inside the restaurant. Delicious food overall but I feel like this restaurant needs to be on top of their maintenance! read more

Oh man, Tam's is one of my all-time favorite burger spots! We will spontaneously leave OC just to go here on the weekend sometimes. Although we have been to a few other Tam's locations I choose to endorse this Compton one. Why? They have never been crowded during the times we visit (weekend mornings and afternoons). Maybe because it's nestled in a somewhat industrialized area, not sure. The staff is truly accommodating and never stingy with providing extra ranch or napkins (which are always pluses in my book). What do we typically order here? A large or small chili cheese fries with pastrami. It has never disappointed. Huge portions, small or large and just oozing with melted cheddar cheese, hot chili and thick enough slices of pastrami. The hubby and I usually share. Think we've also had their omelettes (which were okay) and steak and pastrami sandwiches are good. The Norwalk Tam's is geographically the closest to us, unfortunately, they seem relentlessly packed whenever we go there. And finding parking can take awhile. This Compton Tam's Burgers has a ton of parking:) Wish we had a Tam's Burgers in Orange County, I love this place! read more

Tam's Burgers No 23 - Large Pastrami Chili Cheese Fries, soOoOoO bomb! - New American Near Me - Compton, California

I used to come to this place as a kid and now I'm seeing more trash on the floor and the booths are falling apart, I read somewhere that if you go somewhere to eat and their restroom is horrible don't eat there . The restroom looks unsanitary, this place is not what it used to be . Id take pictures but I'll give this place a chance to see if they care about its business quality . read more

I ordered a bacon Breakfast burrito and fries. The burrito was big I ate half and was full. It said it had salsa inside but I didn't really taste or see it which was a bummer but the taste of everything else made up for it. The fries were well seasoned. They have a drive through and didn't take long since only one car was in front of us. I will definitely go back especially to try the chili cheese fries. Not really that clean looking but a lot of these types of joints are like that, you're mainly there for the food and not the looks. read more

The Service at this location is so slow. I spent my whole break waiting for my food, I couldn't even eat.

If I can give 0. Stars I definitely would BUT unfortunately I have to do atleast one. They're customer service is TERRIBLE. I didn't want to yelp the first 2 times I had bad experiences but the third one did it. I pulled up to the drive thru and they said give me a second. 20 mins later all cars ahead of me left and I'm still there. When I get to the window, not once do they apologize and act like they didn't even know I was there. Mind u, I never got helped I had to drive up to the window. DONT GO TO THIS TAMS. Try a different one with better personnel. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! read more

Good food is fire. Bring a fire extinguishers ok . I love they're fries. Every thing in the menu.

Terrible service, Couldn't even get the order right from the start. Definitely my last time coming here!!!

This place is the best. Every time I go in here, they serve me a massive amount of food for hella cheap! I've never had any problems other than one time I ordered stuffed jalapeños and they accidentally put an extra one in my order always respectful. So reading these other comments makes me wonder how rude were y'all towards the folks that work here. You get what you give. Stop being dicks. read more

This restuarant is alwasy there when your hungry and will get you satisfied I suggest the chili cheese fries which is hands down the best thing there it is packed with a lot of chilli and cheese.The burgers can be improved the patty is a tad bit dry and the lettuce is sometimes too hard I know lettuce is supposed to be hard but not like im chewing beef jerky.The chicken platter is amazing and I will guarantee you that it will get you full it comes with delicouse grilled chicken ontop of a salad and it also comes with a peice of bread, which is delicouse on it own overall this restuarant is amazing I recommend it to any one and its been one of my favorite child hood spots I will always come to. read more

This place doesn't even deserve stars to begin with. It's was only 3 cars ahead of me but the lady ignore me and had me waiting at the speaker box for more than 15mins. I got fed up and drove up to the window because there was another car behind me...so I get there and I hear her taking orders from the car behind me. I yelled at her to get her attention and asked her why has she been ignoring for the last 15mins or if she was so busy why couldn't she just say that. Unapologetically while crossing her arms she says cause she was busy. Then demanding whether I'm going to order or not, adding insult to injury. Honestly, I told the lady to fuck off and drove off to Louis's which I got better treatment. I don't see how this lady even has a job with lousy people skills. No empathy whatsoever. After what happened tonight and reading some of the reviews, will never be coming to this location. read more

I ordered a pastrami sandwich yesterday . That was the worst pastrami sandwich I ever tasted . First of all it smelled bad. And when I took a bite it did not taste good. I couldn't even eat it I just threw it away I couldn't take it back because I just bought it on my way to work. read more