Cheese Steak
Pinole
About Cheese Steak
En Cheese Steak, te damos la bienvenida a un rincón sin pretensiones donde el sabor es el rey. Directamente desde Filadelfia, preparamos auténticos *cheesesteaks* y *hoagies* con la receta tradicional. Ven a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria genuina, rápida y deliciosa que te transportará al co...
En Cheese Steak, te damos la bienvenida a un rincón sin pretensiones donde el sabor es el rey. Directamente desde Filadelfia, preparamos auténticos *cheesesteaks* y *hoagies* con la receta tradicional. Ven a disfrutar de una experiencia culinaria genuina, rápida y deliciosa que te transportará al corazón de Pensilvania.
What Customers Say About Cheese Steak
Cheese Steak Shop in Pinole is known for its cheesesteaks, especially the King of Philly. Customers rave about the friendly staff and quick service. Some negative reviews mention inconsistent quality, smaller portions, and occasional order errors.
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Tip: The restaurant gets busy after 5 PM during the week. Some recommend the King of Philly and sweet potato fries.
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Cheese Steak Pinole Reviews
Omg the cheese steaks here are the best ever. They are very cheesy. I get the King with Shrooms, the way they wrap it the sandwich was till Luke warm when I got to Marysville, CA
Parking spots are hard to find where this place is located but it doesn't hurt walking a little to go to this restaurant. Last time I went there service was not good, don't get me started in the 1 in Berkeley that 1 is nasty, hmm mm not for me or my lady. Pinole cheesesteak was better than expected. We walked in and order the cashier guy was friendly also recommended the king Philly which me and my fiancee got big sandwich! I ate it all she had half lol. Also they have fried potato chips they were fresh and warm real good. Yes they also have fries. And cheese fries. I have not been to lots of locations but this is my favorite i recommend it..
The sandwiches here are legit! I've been to several shops in my life. I fee up on the SF location on Divisadero and for a few years worked near San Mateo so I know that shop pretty well too. Comparing this shop to both of those is like night and day. The staff here is super nice and helpful and the Latin girl making the sandwiches knows what she's doing. Great sandwiches and friendly staff. The night I came there was 3 latin girls working and they all had smiles on their faces. I highly recommend this location.
As always, the sandwiches are so yummy. Have them as you like, we love them at this house, for lunch and for a dinner. The side dishes are great too. I love the onion rings, so good, nice and sweet., the sweet potato fries are great as well.
King of Philly is the Bomb Diggity
For the only other person who left a one sentence review let me break it down to you. If you don't want it greasy and you don't want it bland then go to Panera across the way and get yourself a salad. This Cheese Steak Shop compared to other Cheese Steak Shops I have tried is the best. To also be fair I only have tried three (this location being one of them). This is one of the best between all of them and those other locations were stingy with the filling. This Cheese Steak Shop doesn't leave a piece of bread naked. Every bite is a bite full of meat, cheese, sweet peppers, and bread. I get my money's worth every single time and the people are very welcoming. I have tried their sides and some of their sandwiches and it hits the comfort spot. I have been to this location several times and there is nothing really bad to say other than the wait during a busy night. If a place is busy then it means something, it means they're doing something right. Here in Pinole, this Cheese Steak Shop is doing something right to have those busy nights and for people like me ,who needs a fill on meat and cheese, coming back for more.
The food has always been great here but the service has improved a lot! All women cooking & serving & they did such a good job with everything.very impressed! Going back asap!
First time here. Great little spot. Sandwich was so delicious. They had so many options for cheese steak sandwiches. I have never found a place before with so many options. Recommend this place for food. Plus it is way less busy than other places nearby.
Always hot and always delicious. I've been coming to this place with pops since I was a kid. If you are in the mood for a true cheesesteak this is your spot. I highly recommend the King cheese steak, as it is big enough to feed two people and a good value when you consider a meal for two people even if you add fries and a drink.
Delicious cheesesteak sandwiches. The curly fries are crisp and hot. The cashier was helpful with recommendations. Their busy time is usually after 5 pm during the week.
The ladies are AWESOME 👌. The king of Philly. OMG SUPER DELICIOUS!!! This place blew away all cheese steak shops. Hands down. All bay area cheese steaks new sheriff in town. Try it yourself castro valley, Oakland, SF, Walnut Creek. Can't touch this. Soft bread fresh the steak marinated steak fries super yum. Pinole has the best cheese steak! Remember fresh bread marinated steak. King of Philly was on hit. Don't forget tip your makers.
Delicious cheesesteak sandwiches. The curly fries are crisp and hot. The cashier was helpful with recommendations. Their busy time is usually after 5 pm during the week.
The ladies are AWESOME 👌. The king of Philly. OMG SUPER DELICIOUS!!! This place blew away all cheese steak shops. Hands down. All bay area cheese steaks new sheriff in town. Try it yourself castro valley, Oakland, SF, Walnut Creek. Can't touch this. Soft bread fresh the steak marinated steak fries super yum. Pinole has the best cheese steak! Remember fresh bread marinated steak. King of Philly was on hit. Don't forget tip your makers.
It's the closest to a real "Philly cheesesteak" you can find in the West Coast. Which isn't saying much, but speaks volumes to those who know. It reminds me of the sandwich I had with my dad as a kid in West Chester Pennsylvania.
Great customer service!! Fast and friendly!! Good food too
Pretty good sandwiches. Curly fries are okay. I recently tried the steak fries to change it up but I had to spit it out because it tasted like mold. I would still rate 5/5 because that’s the only issue I ever had over the few years I’ve been coming here.
I like the food here. It doesn't take long to get your order. It's a better fast food place than others. I love the sweet potato fries. It's a good place to run into when shopping on the area. A quick bite to eat and your on your way. The girl working at counter was nice and had a good attitude.
Juan and Adrian….Great CUSTOMER SERVICE!! My favorite location in Pinole Ca. If I could give them 10 stars I would… wait, it’s 2025 We can do anything! 😊 10 STARS ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I was missing the days walking down the streets of Philadelphia & popping into a Philly Cheesesteak Shop. I used to love watching the chef grill the food. I am a meat eater & love the smell of sizzling beef, peppers & cheese. I came here to try the King Philly & was not disappointed. I was barely able to finish this scrupulous sandwich. To make the perfect lunch I indulged in an order of sweet potato fries, which where fantastic. I am still drooling. The folks behind the counter were nice & the price was right. What else can I say except I will have to moderate my new addiction. 🥰
Whenever I'm in the area this is my first pick to get some food . It's hard to find a good cheese steak , but they make it perfect every time. Can't beat the cheese steak shops sandwiches. And the ladies behind the counter are always sweet and welcoming. Oh and I almost forgot to mention they have the best onion rings around.
Great cheese steak sandwich.Best in the Bay Area.Friendly staff and quick service.It is habit forming so control your self.
The staff keep an extraordinary clean sandwich shop, are friendly and the cheese steaks here taste better than the other locations of the same restaurant. Probably made with extra commitment to customer satisfaction. I'm picky, do not like condiments and so on. This place is great!
I just doordashed a large size motown philly cheesesteak. This was perfect. I did american cheese, sweet peppers, onions, mushrooms, and mayo... omg it was so good. Got onion rings with ranch too. I'm coming back with my big back. My sandwich was flavorful and juicy but not soggy. This location is top tier!!!
King of Philly is the Bomb Diggity
Great customer service!! Fast and friendly!! Good food too
I just doordashed a large size motown philly cheesesteak. This was perfect. I did american cheese, sweet peppers, onions, mushrooms, and mayo... omg it was so good. Got onion rings with ranch too. I'm coming back with my big back. My sandwich was flavorful and juicy but not soggy. This location is top tier!!!
Juan and Adrian….Great CUSTOMER SERVICE!! My favorite location in Pinole Ca. If I could give them 10 stars I would… wait, it’s 2025 We can do anything! 😊 10 STARS ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Great cheese steak sandwich.Best in the Bay Area.Friendly staff and quick service.It is habit forming so control your self.
Pretty good sandwiches. Curly fries are okay. I recently tried the steak fries to change it up but I had to spit it out because it tasted like mold. I would still rate 5/5 because that’s the only issue I ever had over the few years I’ve been coming here.
It's the closest to a real "Philly cheesesteak" you can find in the West Coast. Which isn't saying much, but speaks volumes to those who know. It reminds me of the sandwich I had with my dad as a kid in West Chester Pennsylvania.
I like the food here. It doesn't take long to get your order. It's a better fast food place than others. I love the sweet potato fries. It's a good place to run into when shopping on the area. A quick bite to eat and your on your way. The girl working at counter was nice and had a good attitude.
I was missing the days walking down the streets of Philadelphia & popping into a Philly Cheesesteak Shop. I used to love watching the chef grill the food. I am a meat eater & love the smell of sizzling beef, peppers & cheese. I came here to try the King Philly & was not disappointed. I was barely able to finish this scrupulous sandwich. To make the perfect lunch I indulged in an order of sweet potato fries, which where fantastic. I am still drooling. The folks behind the counter were nice & the price was right. What else can I say except I will have to moderate my new addiction. 🥰
Whenever I'm in the area this is my first pick to get some food . It's hard to find a good cheese steak , but they make it perfect every time. Can't beat the cheese steak shops sandwiches. And the ladies behind the counter are always sweet and welcoming. Oh and I almost forgot to mention they have the best onion rings around.
Ordered a salad and it was really good. Too many odd ball greens, but had lots of other things that made up for it. Staff were very friendly and busy.
Food is still really good (and messy). My wait today (Monday 1pm) was less than 10 mins, good for lunchtime. I like the advancement of a screen menu but could do without the "trendy" nicknames for the sandwiches, it makes looking for my regular order confusing. And the on line rewards program thing is just a joke. Signed up an no where does it say how to claim the rewards for the meal just purchased go back to the card and stamps.
Unique delicious taste! I almost stopped going though bc service had become really really slow once they started filling door dash orders. I waited close to an hour for 1 sandwich, but it seems like they got it together now...I'm still a customer!
This location has wonderful staff…clean location…Food was fresh and tasty. I ordered a traditional Philly cheesesteak and my sister had a hoagie…..Highly recommend
After NOT coming to this location for a couple years after they changed the bread I returned. I wasn't disappointed. I got the King of Philly Cheese Steak and added Chicken well done. It was so delicious. I really enjoyed my sandwich and can't wait to return. Thanks Cheese Steak Shop.
This location has wonderful staff…clean location…Food was fresh and tasty. I ordered a traditional Philly cheesesteak and my sister had a hoagie…..Highly recommend
After NOT coming to this location for a couple years after they changed the bread I returned. I wasn't disappointed. I got the King of Philly Cheese Steak and added Chicken well done. It was so delicious. I really enjoyed my sandwich and can't wait to return. Thanks Cheese Steak Shop.
I have definitely had a better cheese steak sandwich before. Very skimpy on the meat on your sandwich. Poor customer service. Got our order wrong. Will not be going back to this cheseteak shop.
My first visit. I lived in Wilmington DE just south of Philly for 3 years and visit often. I know subs and steaks. The cheese steak here was bland and tasted steamed not griddled. Maybe meat was too lean or too little oil was used, not rich enough for my taste. I like my steak, mushrooms and onions all to be slightly browned and caramelized, none of that was happening in my sandwich. I'm willing to wait 10 minutes for it to be cooked correctly.
They have changed a little bit. The new look on the inside is nice but they have changed the size of the sandwiches. The large size "King" gives you extra meat but the size of the roll doesn't accommodate the meat as well as the previous large Roll and makes it difficult to eat.
I went in the pinole store was disappointed that they didn't have the stamp card, wacky wednesday , fried vegetables, 7 and 15in philly's sandwich any more. I didn't want a 10 in because that was to much so i order a 5 and they shouldn't even have that on the menu they should have just on the kids menu cause that who is for. I will not be going back there. The only thing that would make me come back is the excellent customer service I give them a 10 and that's why they have three statrs. I feel if it ain't broken don't fix it that's why the Original owners was in business for 35 years. Made their customers happy.
It's ok. Portions are generous, ladies at counter are nice. Wish the cook seasoned the steak. You do get salt n pepper packets to do it yourself but it's just not the same.
coming from N.J I really wanted to try something close to home but was dissatisfied. We waited 34 minutes for our cheesesteak sandwich (time frame for lunch from 1-230) if you are in a lunch brake this is not a fast food place. 2nd, the price was not as advertised for the convo and a single sandwich is 11.59$ which would not be as bad if it didn't take so long as was so small and unfulfilling. Everyone waiting looked mad so it's better to call and take out I suppose. Will not return.
Cheesesteaks are really good. The problem here it's just downright filthy. The last few times i've been here the dining room has been disgusting. No clean tables, garbage overflowing. Makes me wonder how clean the food storage and prep areas are.
This place is managed very poorly. Lots of orders up and no meat on the grill. The girl on the grill looks like she has no clue on how to be efficient. Looks like no experience and no help. Every customer is mad about the wait. How can food go out if the person cooking doesn’t know what they are doing. Where is management? Why doesn’t anyone care about the customers time? I will never come back here. Small portions and way too long of a wait. Very bad hiring and training of staff. People are leaving. There is no line, just 20 people waiting for food
I was on hold for 20 minutes !! Do they not realize that almost somebody’s entire lunch break? Do not order from this location the employees don’t even care to be on time to work and that’s why I was on hold for 20 minutes because there was just the cashier and one cook. It’s sad that this is the only location, the owner of the SUISUN, CA Insurance by his customers time is valued & offer a much better customer experience, clean easily accessible location AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE ON TIME TO WORK !!
Absolutely abysmal. A 45 minute wait for a simple classic cheesesteak, there was a(very intoxicated) man yelling inside about how China controls GMOs which the staff did nothing about. That 45 minutes wasn’t even the full wait time—that’s just when I left, with at least two people still to go before my order came up. Food was tasteless on account of the fact that it never showed up. Avoid at all costs, it’s cheaper to buy ingredients at Target and go home to make it yourself—it’ll take the same amount of time.
Me and my kids were starving we wanted to get cheesesteak. online it says the store is open until 10 p.m. we showed up at 8:45 p.m. they turned us away a little tiny sign at the corner of the in the front of the store says close at 9 p.m. how hard is it to change your website so that we don't waste our time going out to a store that supposedly closes at 9 p.m. now but if you walk in at 8:45 you get turned away by a bunch of rude ladies
This Philly cheese steak use to be real good, but after tonight, I will have to try the Berkeley store on University and see if their is still the same, because the Pinole store just doesn't have the flavor anymore, it's bland, the meat has no seasoning, tastes like someone who doesn't know to season the food, it was much better when Brothers ( Black Men ) were cooking. They have lost my dollars !
Poor customer service. One of the female employee took my wrong order through the phone and when i got there she gave me nuggets instead. When i requested saying i never ordered a nuggets instead i ordered a sandwich. She started shouting back at me like crazy instead accepting her fault. What a disgusting customer service.
In the past orders were great, with good prepares. My visit this Friday was not so good. Steak was rubbery. Meat for multiple sandwiches are cooked together resulting in steamed meat. Will not go back to this shop.
I been coming here literally for 16 years I’m a 2 to 3 time a week customer and I always get extra meat and cheese it called the king if I ask for extra meat and cheese and I’m paying extra money for it I expect it to be that way and its always a problem this place is to high for yall to be doing that I will not be returning til it’s new staff working this is unacceptable not to mention I got sick one time and still came back and gave it another try so now I have to drive miles from my house to find a better location
Worst experience ever! No fountain drinks-although they advertise it- they just have you pick from a few bottles options. Bathroom out of order, place is gross-everything dirty...tables, napkin holders, chairs-nothing wiped down. Gnats all over. Says a lot about what the kitchen looks like, if the lobby/restaurant is gross.
Ordered through doordash. The order arrived stone cold. The extra cheese sauce i ordered was congealed. There was an issue with doordash but they should have remade it after it has sat for so long that the tray was soggy on the bottom. The shop is under 10 min away so i know the dasher came straight to me so there should be no reason for the sandwich to be this cold other than they let it sit. They knew they had messed up and gave me also an order of fries but the fries were even colder so this was just laziness and a disrespect to the customer.
Horrible customer service!! I called to place an order over the phone and was immediately placed on hold! After being left on hold for over 10 minutes I drove to the store while still on hold. Walked I to the store and there was none in line. I waked up to the counter and was met with and EXTREMELY rude employee by the name of Luna. I asked her if she forgot about the person on hold and she she tried to explain it away and asked what I wanted like my time ment nothing!! Horrible customer service and working attitude!!
Used to love this place BUT now the meat is just fat and nerves and chewy bits Gross drowned it in BBQ still had to throw out my king size crapola sandwich. Afraid to go back and get a similar one.
Order my wife and I sandwiches and what we recieved was awful, i got the KING of philly except what i got had barely ANY MEAT, my wife had no onions like requested and no cheese either, this is the second times we have recieved food from here like this, wont ever happen again
Used to love this place BUT now the meat is just fat and nerves and chewy bits Gross drowned it in BBQ still had to throw out my king size crapola sandwich. Afraid to go back and get a similar one.
Order my wife and I sandwiches and what we recieved was awful, i got the KING of philly except what i got had barely ANY MEAT, my wife had no onions like requested and no cheese either, this is the second times we have recieved food from here like this, wont ever happen again
gave me wrong order, they had to remake and took 30 minutes. so much for fast food
Ordered by phone at 8:15PM & was told to hurry up before they close at 9PM which was fine , got there paid & when I got home realized that I was only given half a sandwich when I was charged for a regular Philly cheesesteak . Very dissatisfied & very disappointing will not be a returning customer
I ordered the King of Philly combo for $26 with curly fries, and I have to say I was pretty disappointed. The sandwich is way smaller than it used to be—definitely not what you’d expect for something called “The King.” On top of that, the peppers came on the side instead of in the sandwich, which threw off the whole flavor and experience. For the price, I expected something more filling and put together. Not worth it this time.
It was a great place until they tried to deny me my online order because of the scrambled cc number that thier site does for security. I had to fight for my paid for order. Never again.
Ordered by phone at 8:15PM & was told to hurry up before they close at 9PM which was fine , got there paid & when I got home realized that I was only given half a sandwich when I was charged for a regular Philly cheesesteak . Very dissatisfied & very disappointing will not be a returning customer
gave me wrong order, they had to remake and took 30 minutes. so much for fast food
It was a great place until they tried to deny me my online order because of the scrambled cc number that thier site does for security. I had to fight for my paid for order. Never again.
I ordered the King of Philly combo for $26 with curly fries, and I have to say I was pretty disappointed. The sandwich is way smaller than it used to be—definitely not what you’d expect for something called “The King.” On top of that, the peppers came on the side instead of in the sandwich, which threw off the whole flavor and experience. For the price, I expected something more filling and put together. Not worth it this time.
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