Peter B

I have never eaten beef or dogs in Chicago but if they're anything like this the city will be fine. You walk in the door and get immediately smacked with a wave of heat, smell, and music - great food, great vibes and a grouchy proprietor - perfect.

Ian Ellison

I have seen this restaurant on IG and put it on my list and today was the day. This atmosphere is pretty cool, it’s decked out with a a lot of Chicago memorabilia. They love home and I dig it. I’ve never had a Chicago style dog before and I gotta say it wasn’t good, it was great! The natural flavors of the dogs they use with the relish, peppers, pickle spears, tomato, onions with the mustard drizzle and that soft, warm poppi seed bun make it’s a whole experience. Textures and flavors really worked well together with a lil zip from the peppers kept me thinking about it. I went in there for the Chicago dog, loved it and had to try the chili cheese dog. The chili cheese dog was dope! It was flavorful and filling. The raw onions on top were a nice add. If you dine in they’ll throw you some tater tots which was pretty cool. That staff is very friendly and I appreciate that. While I was there I was able to get a taste of their Italian beef. I don’t think I have the culinary background to describe the flavor without messing it up. I will say it was delicious! the way the jus got soaked into the bread, the flavor of the tender Italian beef had me licking the cup it was in -_- I wanted more and I will be back for it! In my honest opinion this place is worth a drive for. I wasn’t disappointed. They have weiner Wednesday where you can get $2 off their dogs which is cool. I can’t like $9 for a dog is just a sign of the times, but at least they try to help their consumers out. All in all I will be back! This was a great experience and I am very grateful for the interaction I had with the staff. If you’re in the area stop on in

+8

Javier Kohen

Enjoyable thick reuben hot dog, sandwich, and tasty pan pizza. The food tasted fresh, though it took a while to be ready. I almost never get sausages, but I'd get Bobbi's again.

gerwout van hoefs

Fast food, fine service. Had their Chicago hot dog, which was absolutely great, plenty of veggie topping, bun meat all good. Their signature Italian sandwich was very so so on the other hand. Good quality meat. Too wet, so the bun didn't hold and you're basically eating a sandwich with a fork. Missing some veg on the sandwich. Good selection of beers, chill vibe, too loud music.

Madeline Boutelle

Usually this place is solid but I went on Sunday and there was a literal SCREW in my Italian beef sandwich 😂 I wish I was kidding. I bit down on something hard and thought it was a bone but no… a screw! We took it up to the counter and the guy working was nice, he offered me another one but I was already full and didn’t want to bite into more screws lol…. the manager (or owner?) seemed unfazed, he just took the sandwich and walked away without saying anything. These things happen, but it’s all about how the restaurant (or person in charge) handles situations like these and the owner clearly didn’t care which put a bad taste in my mouth…. Anyways just glad I didn’t chip a tooth

phil scnapp

You know it's just all right. As Chicago dogs go, I've had a lot better. That said, here in New York they're hard to come by so it's a a comfort just to have one at all. There's something going on with the Vienna Beef dogs and they taste a little extra gamey. One thing I feel I have to mention is it's quite expensive for counter food at a place that's trying hard to look like a facsimile of a Chicago blue collar joint. The individual size deep dishes were tasty but took a really long time.

Tanner Agle

Solid Chicago dog. Great vibe, nice folks, extensive menu. I wish the dogs came with more fries, I got like literally three (what you see in the pic is what I got) and one was inedibly hard. The Italian left a little something to be desired, but I’m excited to come back and try the other sandwiches. Biggest surprise here was how incredible the homemade olive tapenade is, full of pickled peppers and other goodies. I took some to-go to put on everything I own, it’s so delicious.

+2

Michael L

I wanted to like this place and give it a high score, as I fell in love with Chicago roast beef and hot dogs at Portillo's during a trip to Chicago not too long ago. As a veteran of the service industry, I believe in and will give this spot another chance someday, but I cannot argue first impressions, and well, my first visit to Bobbi's was a nightmare. First the good news- I wanted to see how a Chicago inspired spot would do a chopped cheese, so that's what I ordered to go, along with a potato salad. While well seasoned, my chopped cheese was more like a "less sliced cheesesteak" than a chopped cheese, tasty but very messy and not chopped at all. My potato salad was good though underseasoned- a few dashes of salt at home fixed everything but in the case of potato salad, shouldn't it be well seasoned already? Now for the not so good news. On this warm Sunday, I arrive just after 12:30pm (I think they open at noon as there were many in the dining room when I arrived) and here are my obversations: -the restaurant was VERY hot inside. It wasn't until I had been there almost 30 minutes waiting on my to-go order (more on that later) that someone finally opened the door for ventilation. -The person who was running the show, a young man behind the counter, was quite loud and vocal, not necessarily a good thing in a restaurant that is small in size with an open kitchen where sound travels. While waiting for my food, multiple times I heard excuses about how the vegan dogs will take time because "no one defrosted any the night before", "the steamer wasn't hot", etc. After I and the person in front of me had placed out orders, this same voice loudly said "great, 2 more orders." -Many of us in the dining room were clearly waiting quite some time; one person asked for his dine in order to go as he couldn't wait any longer. When the voice behind the counter finally got to my ticket, he was loudly reading the instructions for my sandwich, clearly he had never made it before, and this is something that did not give me any confidence in my sandwich. - The owner walked in after I had been there waiting for some time, made one singular loud broadcast to quickly apologize and that he was stuck in traffic on the other side of Brooklyn. Shortly afterwards I got my bag of food and promptly left. Total time waiting for a sandwich and potato salad: 49 minutes. I have so many questions about this day but honestly, based on my tme spent vs the product I received, I'm not sure asking would be worth my time with so many other food and sandwich options on the same street, the neighborhood, the borough etc.

Patrick No

Ordered 1 thing off the menu, the Meatball Sandwich. $16, +$6 with some fries and a soda of your choice. The meatballs were not the best, definitely tasted previously frozen and/or microwaved. The sauce needed some umpth to it… overall quite sad. The bread was good though. 1/2 of the fries were limply cooked, and you probably got like 10. For literally $23 this was the equivalent of a shitty meatball sub in your suburban hometown Italian American joint that you would have Little League Baseball season ending parties at… at least they got the interior accurate to that. But here, a premium price tag is added for a non premium meal. Will not be coming back.

B T

don’t look at the picture yet. i want you to imagine how much fries you’re getting for $7. picture it very vividly, even 2025 nyc price goggles is fine. are you ready? open the picture this puts an italian beef, fries, and a soda can at $31. they also forgot cheese on mine and didn’t include utensils nice guys at the counter though