Checkers Drive-In

Approval Rate: 71%

71%Approval ratio

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    lucas48

    Fri Dec 18 2009

    While I expect the food to be mediocre, the service cavalier and the delivered temperature tepid at any fast food joint (not really a restaurant, is it?) my experience at Checkers recently has my blood boiling. After ordering Champs (3) with no pickles I was asked to "pull over so we can cook the meat fresh for you". An interesting concept...fresh, hot meat. After waiting patiently for more than 12 minutes, I was presumptuous enough to approach the window and inquire about the product I had purchased and had yet to receive. I was summarily directed to the front window to talk to the Manager. The Manager dismissed me with a wave of his hand and slammed the window in my face...not, however, before one of the national merit finalists working fries shouted at me "you expect that cooked, doncha!" Since that window had been closed and locked I approached my original point of complaint and had that window slammed on me as the charming social security supplementing worker shouted "I'm a ... Read more

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    doughty1917

    Sat Mar 14 2009

    Ate there once.....NEVER AGAIN!!!

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    wheresthebeef

    Wed Dec 10 2008

    Sebastian, Fl Repeat offender. When did napkins become a special request in a drive-thru? First they crushed the sandwiches sideways into the bag...that was after someone who must be going blind attempted to put the sandwich together. (Note to that guy...lettuce goes ON the bun, not under it.) The food was somewhat consistent, cold chicken, cold beef, cold bacon and luke warm fries. Yippie...Checkers is great!

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    charlie_lorz

    Sun Nov 09 2008

    We used to have a Checker's Drive In here in Columbia, TN I miss now it is a "Fat Moe's" they aren't as good though

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    rblalock84

    Sat Aug 09 2008

    Since I moved from FLorida to Texas there is not any checkers here and I miss it so much ! I miss their spicy chicken sandwiches , Champ's with cheese and chilli cheese fries ! I miss it more then ever now that I am pregnant.

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    mtastic

    Sun Aug 03 2008

    Although the fries may be one of man's best creations, and the spicy chicken sandwich is decent, the burgers are mediocre.

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    zuchinibut

    Thu Jan 10 2008

    Checkers isn't bad. There are a few that are fairly nearby, but I haven't visited one in a couple of years. Its not a place that I would go out of my way for, but I wouldn't mind driving through to pick up a burger and a shake. Better quality than a McDonalds or Burger King, but not by much.

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    dothanbama

    Sun Oct 21 2007

    For cheaper burgers (Hardee;s while dirty still have the best expensive ones) Checkers is the best tasting burgers by a mile.  The fries are also to die for.. WHEN THEY ARE HOT!  IF you get one with good service, then lucky you!  But the taste makes up for any pitfalls.

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    twitchin_monkey

    Mon Aug 27 2007

    i've never really been displeased with checkers... until last night.  i bought a burger and fries (fries were good, as always) but i don't think they even bothered to turn on the heat lamp when my burger had been sitting on the counter for an hour or so.  i actually had to microwave it when i got home, it was so cold. the meat wasn't good, and the bun was stale. it'll be a while before i go back.

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    oscargamblesfr_o

    Tue Feb 20 2007

    This is the same thing as Rally's, right? Not bad actually, I mean, I could do without all of the faux- 50's, hokey, Ralph Malph, rollerskatin' presentation- but the food actually isn't bad by fast food standards ...

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    kissmeback

    Thu Jun 01 2006

    when i can make it out we usually ends up at this fast food.

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    badbearduke

    Tue May 16 2006

    I really like this place! Checker's is highly underated. I have yet in the 10 years I've eaten at Checker's received a cold meal, or received a wrong order! Way to go guys!

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    dukesucks

    Sun Mar 26 2006

    It makes McDonalds look silly.

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    ih8rateitall

    Sun Mar 19 2006

    These burgers are too small!

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    gaminister

    Thu Mar 02 2006

    Great food and fantastic prices ! Both drive-thru lines at our local Checkers are always busy. Their fries beat any other fast food fries. And you can't beat their dollar menu.

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    kamylienne

    Sat Feb 04 2006

    It's unfair to rate this place based on one bad experience, I know, but I'm completely put off of this place. The one time (at one Baltimore, MD location) I went with my best friend and my husband, the food was alright enough, but I couldn't help but to distinctly smell and taste bleach in my Coke. I thought I was imagining things, but my friend took a swig and came to the same conclusion. My husband and friends's drinks tasted fine. I know they gotta clean their drink dispensers (do fast food locations typically clean their dispensers with bleach, though? And, in any case, they oughta rinse things pretty thoroughly). I'll give this place another shot someday, since I know that mistakes can be made. But, I don't think I'll pluck up the nerve anytime soon.

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    excelsior30

    Mon Dec 19 2005

    Food- good; service, at par. I had enjoyed their menu item today at Rally's and it it fill me up well- they have great chili fries. They are cheap. This Tampa-based company suited me well, but they would do better with their service as I did ask about something twice and they ignored me.

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    evie510514

    Wed Nov 17 2004

    I can't speak for all Rally's but the one in LaPlace, LA is really bad. The buns are always stale and the burgers are cold. This has happened twice now and it won't happen again.

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    india_ink21

    Tue Nov 25 2003

    The food is good. The service is terrible. 1 out of 2 times we wait 25 minutes after we place our order & they're not even busy! Also occasionally the order is wrong. The person will read it back, but not put it in the bag correctly.

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    bugahane

    Sat Jun 28 2003

    I have knocked so many fast-food places but I love Checkers!!!! It is inexpensive, the burgers and fries are excellent. The service at the one I go to is very good also, the workers deserve to make more money than they are getting. They have a very limited menu, a way I'm sure to keep prices below most other fast-food places.

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    chunk_monjious

    Sun Dec 15 2002

    THIS PLACE IS PRETTY GOOD IT MAY REPLACE BOTH MACAND BK

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    erictko

    Sun Dec 08 2002

    I guess there fries remind people of Rally's....they are the same company.

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    damifino

    Sat Jul 06 2002

    The good: the price is right, and the burgers et al taste pretty good. The bad: the salt content is very high in practically every menu item. That can get old after awhile.

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    classictvfan47

    Wed Nov 28 2001

    Great fries! Their fries really remind one of Rally's, another fast food chain that is pretty good. Their chicken sandwiches, while of course not beating Chick-Fil-A, are alright. Their service is in between, sometimes slow and sometimes fast.

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    potch1214

    Mon Nov 26 2001

    Checkers makes the best fast-food burgers out there! They are great, with ketchup, mustard and a lot of pepper! Tasty! And their fries are to die for! Checkers is really great!

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    lily_p

    Mon Sep 03 2001

    I like Checkers much better than McDonalds or Burger King. I generally get a chicken sandwich and their seasoned curly fries. I'm not big on fast food burgers.

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    afterglow70

    Wed Jun 20 2001

    Good burgers. Better then Mikie d's anyway.

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    npen747om

    Wed Nov 03 1999

    Checkers has better food than all the other Burger Joints, and lower prices The service usually sucks, though.