Cook-Out

If you want shakes that taste good & don’t break the bank, COOK OUT delivers. The specific shake I got was the vanilla one (my favorite). It was a vanilla shake w/​o equal; the taste itself was far beyond my expectations. But that’s just the beginning; the staff are great at their jobs & the restaurant is clean too. Here’s hoping I return to C-​O (& here’s hoping it comes to AL) so I can enter shake heaven again.
PS: They have those dyson hand dryers in the restrooms! Neat!

First let me say, THIS PLACE IS THE BIGGEST JOKE IN ATLANTA! The so-​called ½ Pound Burger is pure FALSE ADVERTISING! There is no way that it’s even a ¼ Pound before cooking. The ½ Pound Burger doesn’t even equal to a McDonald’s $ 1.00 Burger. Take yourself to DQ and order a ½ Pound Burger and compare the 2. You’ll be Shocked at the difference. My first time visiting this Rip-​Off place was my last time! This location had terrible service and just everything sucked about it. I don’t know what all the hype is about, I guess just Stupid People continue to go here that doesn’t realize that they’re getting Ripped-​Off on items such as they’re ½ Pound Burger.

Fast and friendly service! Great food on the cheap! What else can I say about this place except that you NEED to ditch those fast food chains and come to Cook-​Out! You won’t regret it!
The food is plain and simple… no exotic ingredients or pretentious presentation, but it’s doggone delicious! You’ve gotta try the Cookout Tray and splurge on getting the shake with your meal (it’s $ 1, people!).

If you have to eat fast food (for whatever reason, I don’t care if it’s convenience or drunk munchies), it might as well be Cookout. 4 stars because the value for money is pretty unbeatable, it tastes good & I’ve always gotten my order fast from nice staff.
I’ve tried the following items on their menu:
–chicken tenders– best when piping hot
–corndog — good, solid corndog, which is kind of what you want
–hush puppies-​YES! Their hush puppies are my favorite
–onion rings– pretty good, hush puppies are better though
–sweet tea– strong & sweet, perfectly southern
I did have an experience when going inside where my order was taken wrongly, but as soon as I brought it to the staff’s attention they fixed it & we ended up getting a free milkshake. Definitely worth a try if you’re curious about the hype.

These people couldn’t get it right even if they tried to!
How are two burgers CONSTANTLY messed up? I’ll never understand. I work in customer service… a restaurant down the road to be exact so I just don’t get it.
READ IT BACK is all that you have to do.

They are pissing me off… I am currently in the drive through line and no one is answering. Keep in mind they don’t close for another hour. Soooooo I’m pulling up to the window I’ll order there.

I cannot imagine how someone could rate this place below 5 stars! I will admit, I worked at Cook Out, but this is completely unbiased. Usually if I work at a place I love, I end up hating it but after seeing how the food is prepared, I love it even more.
Their menu is HUGE and I LIKE THAT. I hear a lot of complaints about bigger menus but I beg Cook Out to not bow to those silly and whiny people. More choices is a GOOD thing and if you can’t handle that, go somewhere else!
I moved to California in 2008 and there are sadly no Cook Outs here. but every time I visit NC I go to TWO places. Cook Out first, Bojangles second. I wish that someone would franchise one in CA, preferably San Diego!
As for the food– the burgers are epic, hot dogs are great, BBQ is my favorite, and they have chicken choices as well. I love their cajun chicken sandwich! And the only way to eat these is with a tray! I get mine with a BBQ sandwich, double side cheese fries (topped with Texas Pete), and a HUGE sweet tea!
Then the shake menu– GAH! AMAZING! They use actual slices of Philadelphia Cheesecake in the shakes! And they will pretty much make any shake you request if they have the ingredients, just ask!
And, guess what, they have CHEERWINE! At least they did when I worked there! The lines are long sometimes bc they are epic, but the crew is always super fast and the food is worth it! Enjoy!

It was packed inside and at the drive thru but i seemed to get served faster at the drive thru, I got a chicken quesadilla and hush puppies with chili on the side and a vanilla shake, it was subpar food, hush puppies were great, Shake was super thick like a rock, quesadilla had like 2 baby shrivels of chicken and looked like it was sitting out and microwaved to order, I guess that’s what 4 bucks gets you, won’t order that again, I’ll visit again and stick to the typical cookout food like burgers and hot dogs and whatnot.

Everytime, I come to Atlanta I gain 10 pounds by eating at Cookout everyday. The food here is good for a fast food place. They give you so much food for the price. The Hamburgers are my favorite. It can get very crowded during the evening. Do not wait in the drive thru. Just go inside and save your gas!

Wow!!! $ 4.99 combo with burger 2 sides and a drink???
Delicious hamburger.
Very clean place to eat
Clean restrooms and very polite people.

Yum, yum and yum. It’s not healthy but it’s GOOD. I’d give it five stars if they did perhaps expand the menu to have a little bit more healthier to offset the not so healthy.
But don’t get me wrong, the food is beyond mist burger spits because it’s just that good. Greasy goodness that makes you want to work out just so you can eat here.
Good fast food.

Yup!
Burger — delicious
A side of hush puppies? — yes!
A side of fries also? — F yes!
And a cheer wine float to wash it down??? — well, duh.
This place is what fast food burgers needs to be. Screw McDonalds, this place is the jam. Delicious food, quick service, a must eat.
Why can’t there be a cook out as often as there are Burger Kings and Macdos’

I was actually really surprised how much I enjoyed this place. Friends from bands on tour have been raving about this southern fast food chain for years and I didn’t think it’d live up to the hype.
Honestly if there was a Cook Out in the northeast I probably never would have had Burger or Taco Bell as a kid. Their chicken quesadilla is almost identical to Taco Bell and their double cheeseburger blew Burger King’s soggy whopper away. I’ll admit, as a kid I loved the whopper but Cook Out makes an actual charcoal flame grilled burger I could taste.
The pricing is relevant to fast food chains, probably a bit cheaper than most. The tray combo is an amazing deal. Choice of a main item, 2 sides or double up first item, and a huge drink for around $ 5. I got the double cheeseburger, chicken quesadilla, and hush puppies with a huge sweet tea. The hush puppies were my favorite side.
This place definitely lived up to the hype.

If you’re looking for the best burger and fast food you’ve ever had, move along. This is not the place to get that. If you’re looking for seriously inexpensive eats to fill you up for a while, give Cook Out a try. Oh, and THE SHAKES. If you’re able to stop here when they aren’t crazy busy, do yourself a favour and get one of the fruit flavoured shakes. Be careful about the chocolate based shakes though. Those taste like they are made with a lot of sickly sweet Hersey’s syrup. Talk about sugar burn of the mouth!
It’s been about 15 months since the first time my beau and I tried Cook Out. Rather than going out in this heat, and waiting in a line ourselves, we ordered Cook Out for lunch delivery through Postmates today. Because the food is so dang inexpensive, and we hadn’t tried anything from here for so long, (since around the time this one opened) we ordered a lot of different things to try. Based on this meal, I am upping my previous one star rating to three.
I’ll go ahead and list all of the inexpensive eats we got, with how we would rate each item separately:
Spicy Chicken Sandwich– 4 stars
My beau ordered this, but I ate about half of it before he could. It was crispy, juicy, and despite there being a very tiny amount of toppings, it was very tasty. We would both order this sandwich again.
Corn Dog– 4 stars
These taste exactly like Foster Farms pre-​frozen corn dogs, which I like. Really good, slightly sweet corn tasting, even batter, juicy dog. What’s not to like?
Small Burger, Cook Out Style– 2 stars
Cook Out Style means with chili and slaw. This burger also came with a tiny bit of mustard, and onions (which I asked there to be non of, but Cook Out put onions on it anyway.) I got the small one to try, since my previous experience with one of their burgers was really bad. Unlike the first burger I had from here, this one was not burnt, but cooked perfectly. The one thing is, it was still very underwhelming. There was so little ‘slaw on it, that I couldn’t even taste it. The chili was just okay. Nothing spicy, or particularly good. What can one expect for a burger that costs under $ 2 though, right?
5 piece Chicken Nuggets– 2 stars
These we grocery store freezer quality, at best. Not fried enough to be crispy, even bordering on «sponge-​y» in texture. Not very pleasant, or tasty.
Fries with chili, and cheese– 3 stars
Definitely not worth the extra cost of the toppings. The «cheese» was a cheese sauce. You know the kind you may have had on really cheap nachos? The kind that doesn’t exactly look nor taste like actual cheese? That’s the stuff they use on these. The chili isn’t much better. Not spicy, not very tasty at all. The fries are okay. Not sure I’d even order fries from here anymore. I wish they had tots!
Fries (plain) — 2 stars
Their plain fries have no where to hide the fact that they don’t really taste like potato, nor really anything else for that matter.
Shakes– 4 stars
He got Peach, I got Blueberry Cheesecake. Both of our shakes were thick, and very flavourful, and not the least bit overly sweet! Their fruity shakes are so much better than their chocolate based shakes, it’s not even funny.
If we’re ever in the mood for lots of really inexpensive fast food, we’ll likely order some items from here again.

Complicated Order. I wanted to order 2 cook-​out trays to go.
First tray: one ¼ burger with cheese «no condiments» and no onion. She looked confused. «Ok, a burger with pickles, tomato, lettuce and cheese». The cashier then proceeded the tell me what I should say to order. «You mean a burger without…» Not completely sure what is entirely included on burger, I restated my wants for a burger WITH… But she went the «you want a burger without» route. We have this with/​without burger exchange a third time, at which point I am now confused about what I would be getting. She sighed with impatience and asked about the two sides. I choose French fries and chicken nuggets. But, she goes back to the burger, I guess to repeat for clarity, I don’t know — I am confused at this point. Once confirmed, she asked about the two sides again. I had to speak slowly: French fries and chicken nuggets. And please, a vanilla shake. All she said was $ 7.01.
At which point, I dropped the hurdle of placing an order for the second tray and made my way to McDonald’s.
If you think the drive-​thru driving/​ordering is confusing, try going inside.
Third time is not a charm.

For $ 6 you’ll be hard pressed to find a place that will get you as full. Unfortunately it’ll also potentially knock a month off your life span. What to do…

Unfathomably cheap. With tax, it’s $ 6 for a «tray» and a shake. What’s a tray you ask? It’s amazing, for one, and includes your choice of two sides and an entrée off of a sixteen-​item menu. They’re very lose with what they classify as a «side.» While they list your classic side options like fries and onion rings here, they also somehow think that chicken nuggets and corn dogs are sides as well… I’m not complaining, more fried food options for me!
I ordered the chicken strips as my entrée (different from the chicken nuggets) with sides of fries and a corn dog. Save for maybe popeyes, I thought they were as good as any other fast food chicken that I’ve had. I couldn’t complain about the fries and corndog, either.
In addition to the incredible value, their endless list of milkshakes is what makes this place what it is. From peanut butter bannana, to mint oreo, to your basic chocolate and vanilla classics, they have just about every flavor that you would want in a milkshake. Here, I made a mistake by going with the Reese’s Cups shake. While the thickness was perfect, it’s hard to do a shake with just reeses cups. Unless you dump a ton of them into the shake, reeses cups don’t distribute very well across a milkshake. There were solid portions of the shake where I was mostly just tasting the vanilla ice cream.
The Oreo shake that I got a few quick tastes of, however, was one of the best I’ve ever had. Consider it a lesson learned for next time, which hopefully isn’t too far off (Cookout corporate… open a location in D.C.!)

Can I say, this is so gross. McDonald’s…which I never eat… is better than Cookout!
It is flavorless, bland, tasteless… what other ways can I say it has absolutely no flavor?
And there are no healthy options. No salads. No vegetables. The only «vegetable» they serve is coleslaw, which is just chopped, unseasoned goop that only consists of cabbage… Not even sure that’s real haha
The parking lot is a beast. The indoor seating is limited. No kids menu. And not a very helpful staff.
Only good things I can say about this place is that it was clean and extremely cheap.
Look forward to waiting in a long line in the middle of the afternoon for tasteless mush, ladies and gents :)

Here’s the thing about Cook-​Out. The food isn’t orgasmic. You’re not waiting in a drive-​thru line that wraps all the way around the building for the best burger you’ll ever eat. No. You’re waiting for an ASS-​TON of food for a tiny price.
Don’t get me wrong, the shakes are deliciously thick (although I am not a fan of their chocolate syrup, which is sad) and their burgers have that yummy grilled taste. But let’s be real, no one would be waiting in line if the Cook-​Out Tray combo meal totaled $ 10 instead of like, $ 5.
Pro: There is an absurd amount of milkshake options. As I said earlier, the chocolate-​based ones had sort of been a disappointment. The Cheerwine float, however, is legit.
Con: Many of the sides are straight out of your high school cafeteria. The chicken nuggets, corndogs, and slaw take me right back to 1999 and the grassy area outside Senior Hall, as my friends and I talked and ate and sang along when someone blared out K-​Ci and JoJo’s «All My Life» through a contraband stereo.
Pro/​Con: The line moves pretty quickly. But a line is a line and if you’re starving, it will seem like forever.
Damn. Now I want some Cook-​Out.

Cheap (yeah) Tasty (Not for me) 2^nd time here and I gotta say the stars are for the MILKSHAKES, HUSHPUPPIES and CHEERWINE!!! (I REPEAT. My opinion) First time I went I tasted a explosion of salt! Second visit I notice the same salt explosion that had my tastebuds feeling sick!
The first visit I was hoping it was just what I had ordered… (nope, it’s the salt!) This time instead of the milkshake I had the cheerwine. (I like) I also enjoy the Banana milkshake from my first visit.
Drive thru and inside are both crowded. Lots of people enjoy it I guess? (to each their own) Don’t let my review stop you, but if you have any blood pressure issues or hate salty food… STAY AWAY