No frills, consistently delicious burger and fries. The atmosphere takes you back in time. I admire the character of worn countertops and grease coated objects. The true nature of this establishment has been wonderfully preserved. Cash only, which only enhances the feeling of time travel. Service is nice and laid back. Watching employees at work in the kitchen your food is prepared in is both entertaining and reassuring.Go! You won’t regret it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger and Fries
Ryan Sedrick
Ordered a cheeseburger with only ketchup and mustard and tomato and they gave me everything on it instead of what I asked for and also someone cut Infront of me in line as I was ordering and they allowed it and took his order and also I waited 35 minutes for my food just to be cold and made incorrectly! Definitely worst first time impression for me personally.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
sebastianmaxwell entertainment
Best burgers around and possibly the best ever. Love this place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chuck Martin
Historical diner. Great burgers.A classic diner!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Triple Cheeseburger
Elora Thiel
When trying to find out if their burger and buns were egg free (we have a toddler with an egg allergy) the staff was very rude about giving a response and seemed completely uninterested in looking at the buns to see if they were. Then they "lost" our ticket and we had to wait forever for our food. (They offered a $10 voucher for the wait only after we told them we should get some kind of discount). Upon getting home to eat our food one of our burgers was made incorrectly and we were missing an entire order of fries. The food was just OK and not worth the trouble or the attitude.Dietary restrictions: No one seemed to want to take the effort to make sure dietary allergies were met and staff was rude when we askedKid-friendliness: No kid's menu
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Russ Byrd
Always Great food and Service.World's Best Hamburgers since 1940's
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries with Cheese, French Fries Med, Double Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Fries, Steak Burger, Chilli Cheeseburgers and Fries, Burger, Hot Dog, Triple Cheeseburger, Double Bacon Cheeseburger, Double Cheeseburger and Onion Rings, Small Order of Fries, Double Cheeseburger and Fries
Kevin
I work in festus. Wanted a great burger from the norm. Holy moly I tried Gordon's Stop Light Drive In for the first time Friday night. This place is amazing burgers spot on. Mouth watering I was like OMG. Then to top off I got chilli cheese fries. I thought I died and went to heaven. This place is LEGIT. When I cravings for burgers from here on out this is where I am going thank you all for an amazing dinner. And amazing enough when I ordered a bacon cheese burger. They put bacon on it. Other places forget it.
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Fries
Derrick Richmann
Excellent greasy spoon burger shop! It's like heading back in time. The sandwiches were on point and the chili was very good. Definitely a spot I'd return to.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries with Cheese, Double Bacon Cheeseburger
Shannon Smith
It was about 7 pm on a Friday, so I chalk our experience up to it being a busy time and our server being "new".Our food got delivered to another couple. I was missing a patty & he was missing a patty. I spoke up & it was immediately made right, by a different server. My husband was too hungry to wait for a new burger.I thought the inside would be adorned with cute retro diner design; it was lacking ANY decor/style.The men's restroom was out of paper towels but the women's restroom was very clean & well stocked.The soda seemed like it had a good mix of carbonation to syrup ratio.All in all I would go back & hope for a better experience.If our order had been correct, I would have given a better rating.Vegetarian options: All beef here.Parking: When you pull in the parking lot is set up weird.... you'll see when you get there. Rest assured, if you pull around back, there are plenty of open spots available & they are facing the correct direction.Kid-friendliness: I saw nothing kid friendly about the diner.Wheelchair accessibility: You could get inside but it doesn't seem to have seating that is w/c accessible.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Double Bacon Cheeseburger, Small Order of Fries
Terry Williams
Best burgers in town clean environment friendly people. The food is fresh and awesome and very fast service. If you like steak and shake you will love this placeParking: Don't look like much small place not alot of parking but it was full and had no problems with parking
Food is excellent, atmosphere is great. Love the quaint setting.Parking: Pull in back.Kid-friendliness: Great for kidsWheelchair accessibility: Yes. To enter, but not to be served from the counters.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
James Elterman
A neighborhood landmark. When you are looking for a no frills burger, fries and onion rings, this is the spot!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Charles Exley
Best burgers and chili. Priced right!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Fries
Debra Bannister
We pulled into the parking lot and 2 employees were around back door talking. Probably had been smoking ect. To my surprise when we went to counter and ordered our food these 2 guys come in and proceeded to make the food. Never washed their hands one guy scratching his ear never put gloves on. One guy reaching into the bin and getting the hamburger out and started cooking them. I then told the woman who took our order that I decided to cancel my order and told her why. Seriously do you not teach basic hygiene or obviously not enforce it? Absolutely disgusting ?. Would give 0 stars if I could.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Linda “LEDO” Lawrence
Loved everything about this cute little diner! Food is delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Fries
No frills, consistently delicious burger and fries. The atmosphere takes you back in time. I admire the character of worn countertops and grease coated objects. The true nature of this establishment has been wonderfully preserved. Cash only, which only enhances the feeling of time travel. Service is nice and laid back. Watching employees at work in the kitchen your food is prepared in is both entertaining and reassuring.Go! You won’t regret it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger and Fries
Ordered a cheeseburger with only ketchup and mustard and tomato and they gave me everything on it instead of what I asked for and also someone cut Infront of me in line as I was ordering and they allowed it and took his order and also I waited 35 minutes for my food just to be cold and made incorrectly! Definitely worst first time impression for me personally.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Best burgers around and possibly the best ever. Love this place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Historical diner. Great burgers.A classic diner!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Triple Cheeseburger
When trying to find out if their burger and buns were egg free (we have a toddler with an egg allergy) the staff was very rude about giving a response and seemed completely uninterested in looking at the buns to see if they were. Then they "lost" our ticket and we had to wait forever for our food. (They offered a $10 voucher for the wait only after we told them we should get some kind of discount). Upon getting home to eat our food one of our burgers was made incorrectly and we were missing an entire order of fries. The food was just OK and not worth the trouble or the attitude.Dietary restrictions: No one seemed to want to take the effort to make sure dietary allergies were met and staff was rude when we askedKid-friendliness: No kid's menu
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Always Great food and Service.World's Best Hamburgers since 1940's
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries with Cheese, French Fries Med, Double Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Fries, Steak Burger, Chilli Cheeseburgers and Fries, Burger, Hot Dog, Triple Cheeseburger, Double Bacon Cheeseburger, Double Cheeseburger and Onion Rings, Small Order of Fries, Double Cheeseburger and Fries
I work in festus. Wanted a great burger from the norm. Holy moly I tried Gordon's Stop Light Drive In for the first time Friday night. This place is amazing burgers spot on. Mouth watering I was like OMG. Then to top off I got chilli cheese fries. I thought I died and went to heaven. This place is LEGIT. When I cravings for burgers from here on out this is where I am going thank you all for an amazing dinner. And amazing enough when I ordered a bacon cheese burger. They put bacon on it. Other places forget it.
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Fries
Excellent greasy spoon burger shop! It's like heading back in time. The sandwiches were on point and the chili was very good. Definitely a spot I'd return to.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger and Fries with Cheese, Double Bacon Cheeseburger
It was about 7 pm on a Friday, so I chalk our experience up to it being a busy time and our server being "new".Our food got delivered to another couple. I was missing a patty & he was missing a patty. I spoke up & it was immediately made right, by a different server. My husband was too hungry to wait for a new burger.I thought the inside would be adorned with cute retro diner design; it was lacking ANY decor/style.The men's restroom was out of paper towels but the women's restroom was very clean & well stocked.The soda seemed like it had a good mix of carbonation to syrup ratio.All in all I would go back & hope for a better experience.If our order had been correct, I would have given a better rating.Vegetarian options: All beef here.Parking: When you pull in the parking lot is set up weird.... you'll see when you get there. Rest assured, if you pull around back, there are plenty of open spots available & they are facing the correct direction.Kid-friendliness: I saw nothing kid friendly about the diner.Wheelchair accessibility: You could get inside but it doesn't seem to have seating that is w/c accessible.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Double Bacon Cheeseburger, Small Order of Fries
Best burgers in town clean environment friendly people. The food is fresh and awesome and very fast service. If you like steak and shake you will love this placeParking: Don't look like much small place not alot of parking but it was full and had no problems with parking
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Food is excellent, atmosphere is great. Love the quaint setting.Parking: Pull in back.Kid-friendliness: Great for kidsWheelchair accessibility: Yes. To enter, but not to be served from the counters.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A neighborhood landmark. When you are looking for a no frills burger, fries and onion rings, this is the spot!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Best burgers and chili. Priced right!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Fries
We pulled into the parking lot and 2 employees were around back door talking. Probably had been smoking ect. To my surprise when we went to counter and ordered our food these 2 guys come in and proceeded to make the food. Never washed their hands one guy scratching his ear never put gloves on. One guy reaching into the bin and getting the hamburger out and started cooking them. I then told the woman who took our order that I decided to cancel my order and told her why. Seriously do you not teach basic hygiene or obviously not enforce it? Absolutely disgusting ?. Would give 0 stars if I could.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Loved everything about this cute little diner! Food is delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger and Chili Cheese Fries