Quaker Steak and Lube

amaaaaazing. i miss them sooo much

Looks like ithe location is permanently closed

The first place my friend and I went when we got to Pittsburgh was Quaker Steak and Lube. I have very little spice tolerance, so the mild wings are perfect. We also got barbeque which were a little sweeter than I remembered, but still good! The loaded fries are also really great! A little overpriced, but a nice treat.

This location is a disgrace… do yourself a favor and go to a different one around the city.

Yuk yuk. Cold wings. From outside you can look in the windows and see wings already fried just sitting in a bin waiting for suckers to buy them. They don’t even toss them in sauce… Just s poor ass job of drizzling. Stay away. Oh and the music playing wY too loud sucks beyond belief.

Not very impressed with the famous quaker state and lube. Wonderful enviroment though. My waitress was very rude and not knowledgable. However, the food was better than average, so i give it a3 out of 5

Normally I don’t mind Quaker Steak and Lube at other locations. It is definitely not my favorite place to go but I can tolerate it.
However, the Quaker Steak and Lube Express in Oakland is absolutely horrible. I ordered my food online for pick up. I arrived at about 5 mins after my pick up time. My food was not ready yet so I had to wait another 5 mins. As I was trying to pay, the employees all seemed to not know what they were doing and must have been new. They were completely confused when I tried to pay with my Panther Funds and took another 5 mins to figure out how to work the machine.
Finally when I got home to eat my wings (I ordered 10 wings with Cajun sauce) the wings were nasty. All of the sauce was sitting on the bottom with almost no sauce actually on the wings. I had to dip the wings in the sauce to actually taste anything. The Cajun sauce was supposed to be one of the most spicy sauces on the menu. The sauce was not spicy in any way at all. It actually barely had any taste even after drenching the wings in the pool of sauce at the bottom.
The workers forgot to put the celery in my bag so that was also a big let down.
The only good thing was that there actually was a decent amount of meat on the wings and they give you Twizzlers. Other than that it was terrible.

Not a wings expert, so I thought they tasted great. I got overwhelmed with so many sauce options. Ambience very unappealing, though. It didn’t look clean, attendants were not very helpful. I’ll do take out next time.

Wings are great and has lots of different flavors available. I really don’t understand why people are giving this place 2 or even 1 stars. It’s definitely not a sub-​par restaurant. Even if you are a picky eater, the wings are quite good though a bit pricey. Maybe it’s the flavor you chose as I did not try the 30+ flavors that they have.

I decided to give them another try and the food was much better this time. I ordered the wings extra crispy and they turned out perfect. The magna fries are also just a great little side to kill that diet you’ve been working on, but definitely worth it.

This place is alright … has your typical college student fare including wings, fries, sandwiches, steak sandwiches, and whatnot. Nothing that particularly stands out to me on the menu, but if you’re looking for spicy, one should go for the Triple Atomic Wing Challenge, where you eat 6 of their most spicy wings to get your name plastered on the wall and a free T-​shirt. Whether it’s worth it or not is quite subjective indeed. There are places nearby that are better for this kind of food though.

I don’t get the appeal.
Maybe I’m just cranky because I wasn’t hot on going here in the first place, but it was 10:00pm, fiancé got off work late, and we both hadn’t eaten today. I was feeling hangry (not a typo) so we stopped here because it seemed to be one of the only places that was open that wasn’t mcdonalds, at least in the two blocks we walked.
They really only seemed to have wings. Fine, whatever. I ordered a salad with the grilled chicken on it but the grill was apparently closed. Ok. So I switched it to the salad with the breaded chicken. FI got boneless «wings.» It was $ 20 for that and two drinks.
We sat down on some plastic seats and were eventually called up after waiting way too long for boneless wings and a salad. We were served on an old lunch tray in styrofoam containers. I’m not one to judge a book by it’s cover, but things weren’t looking promising.
The salad was boring. Iceberg lettuce, shredded cheddar cheese, a slice of onion, and a little tomato. My FI’s wings didn’t even have sauce. I guess they just breaded it into the wing, which is a huge buffalo wing faux pas as far as I’m concerned.
At least my hunger headache was gone?

It’s $ 5 lunch week in Oakland and my colleagues and I all admitted we’ve never had lunch at Quaker Steak and Lube. And now we’ll likely never have lunch here again.
They did have some nice selections for a $ 5 lunch. I chose the boneless wings that came with fries and cole slaw. You got to pick from a number of wing sauce (ranging from spicy to sweet to mild).
I waited about 10 minutes for my lunch as did two of my lunching coworkers. However, the fourth of our group waited nearly a half hour for her burger and fries. Now come on — a half hour wait is pretty severe.
Myself and one of the others at my table both agreed that the coating on the chicken was pretty thick. The fries were ok — not great, but definitely not bad.
Now we’re all tired after our ‘poor choice lunch’.

Not a table service location, so you order from counter and you pick it up at a window. The food was hot and fresh. Wings great with hot fresh fries.
Street parking only. Spots metered. It was dead but Pitt is out for summer. I would go back. Not cars or hot rods indoors like the other. More of a quick stop but same food as the other locations.

I think I’m over QSL. That about sums it up. This location is a disgrace to the chain.
My most recent experience, which was just one hour ago, left me at a loss for words. Working in Oakland and having a limited amount of places that deliver, QSL is usually a decent enough place to order from. Or at least I thought that, not so much anymore. After reading their menu I decided I would try something new that I haven’t had before. I opted for the Chicken and Mac N Cheese. With this you get to choose the lube sauce you want. I opted for the Golden Garlic sauce and thought that would be mighty tasted when cut up and mixed with the cheese. Well, it may have, but they messed up the order. What I got was their Mild sauce, or at least I’m guessing that. On the receipt it says ‘Buffalo Chicken.’ As for the ‘generous portion,’ maybe if you are a child. I am an adult, and a generous portion or your pre-​prepared Mac N Cheese should not be less of that that you get in a microwavable one from Kraft. The garlic bread that comes with it might as well have been called wet cardboard. Toast implies that it’ll have a crispy crunch to it, not that you could probably throw it and it’ll stick to the wall.
As for your receipts, do NOT insult me by highlighting the bottom about how much tip you want. I tip, and I tip well, but do not insult me by telling me that you are more expecting than suggesting what I give you extra.
I do not like giving out one star reviews, but with being insulted this much by this location, there is deserving in it.

This is the first and only quaker I’ve been to and it happens to be an express location. I wonder if the others are sit-​down restaurants… I always thought this one was and thus never bothered to come because I always want a quick meal in Oakland.
Quick meal, it is, definitely. Order at the counter, sit down, and pick up food when they call your name.
The wing sauces are varied and interesting. I’m a huge fan of the Arizona Ranch, but their hot sauces are a bit lacking in flavor (but certainly enough in the spice department for me). Their beer cheese sauce thing is… omg I can drink that stuff — and so I love the magna fries.
The wings are decently sized — better than Bdubs but smaller than Wings Over but still not as plump and juicy as they could be. And I’m a fan of the boneless nuggets here even though I usually find boneless dry.
I just don’t like the inconsistency of the place. Depending on who’s filling orders/​what kind of hurry they’re in, orders are get incorrectly or crappily filled more often than I’d like — don’t jip me on my beer/​cheese and wing sauces dammit! Great place to eat on days when the kitchen isn’t staffed with people who hate their jobs.

I know it is lunch time and I know it is in Oakland, but they only had one person in the kitchen. One person! Our food took 45 minutes to come for a chicken wrap. Not very impressive at all. The upside, the staff was apologetic and very friendly. I would go back to try it maybe not during the lunch rush, or if they had more people cooking in the back. 45 minutes is too long to wait!

I always choose the boneless wings with Lousiana Tequila sauce (or something like that) and I am always satisfied (with the wings!)
buttttttttttt– sometimes you do end up with not-​so-​hot fries that seem like they’ve been sitting there for awhile. if they can make sure customers paying almost $ 10/​meal can have hot food, this may end up a 4star review. come on guys, you’re busy enough to keep the fries hot & fresh! =\

Good if you have a wing craving although the wings could be meatier. Extensive sauce choices but limited menu otherwise. Long waits between ordering and tray pick-​up at the name calling window.
Overall, the wings should be better for a wing-​focused joint.

I haven’t tried anything at Quaker Steak besides the wings, so the review is narrow minded in scope.
The wings that I’ve had here are as good as any other wings that I have had, but the appeal of the restaurant is obviously the hot wings. The spiciest wings that I have had so far have been the Supercharged wings. They brought me to tears. I intend on trying the spiciest wings that Quaker Steak offers in the future. In additon to hot wings, I also like to get an order of a few more tasteful wings to counter the spicy ones. The BBQ and the garlic based wing sauces are also good.