Jeff Allen

Came about 30 minutes after they opened, heard it can get busy quickly here. Service was friendly and fast. Food was amazing, the chili cheese fries were so good, and a really big portion. Sandwich was out of this world, i love pastrami, and this place has good pastrami for sure. Definitely recommend this place if you have never been before.

+1

Terry isn't Terry

The wet fries were wonderful. The gravy was nice and they give you quite a lot for the price of roughly $7. As for the pastrami, loaded with meat. Extremely good tasting. There is a decent amount of seats and the kitchen is open so you can see them cooking fresh meat right in front of you. Would recommend. 5 stars

Joshua Gonzalez

Always ordered the chili fries here and today came in to try the turkey and ham with added cheddar cheese on sourdough. It was so fresh tasting and soft that I loved it! The only thing I'd advise is if and when adding cheddar cheese, just know it's shredded cheese, not slices. They do hook it up with a lot of cheese, though. Too bad we don't have these in Colorado it's one of those good distinguishing tastes. Definitely give them a try, especially the pastrami. Only negative here is no inside seating. That's not a big deal for me, but no restrooms is. All good, tho!

+5

Connie

A long time favorite and still holds the bar high for pastrami sandwiches. Still the spot after 25 years of coming here. Tasty pastrami and great chili cheese fries. They have lots of other items hut this is always my go-to here. Great fot sharing (or not), but the food sizes are still very big. When I used to come as a teenager I could eat a whole pastrami sandwich and chili cheese fries all by myself, now I have to share the fries with my 3 kids to put a dent in them. Will keep coming back. If you've never been, give it a try, you won't be disappointed. For those that haven't been in a very long time. They now have a larger parking area in the back as well as a seating area in the back with bench style tables.

Inday Michelle Rim

Insanely good! The portions are gigantic and the sandwiches stick to your ribs. The pastrami is shaved, not those thick diner cuts. Its a perfect dip but also great on a cheeseburger. I would order extra pickles with everything and beware of the large fry, it’s quite large.

+1

Steve Yatomi

The Original Hat good chili burger fair prices quick service.

Fang-Yu Lin

It's really not our thing. The flavor is clean, bread with salty pastrami, pickles and mustard. It's possible the Roasted with gravy or au jus would be better for us. However we don't have chance to try this time when we felt full with only one pastrami dip sandwich.

Ian Chou

Retro corner shop serving sandwiches, burgers, and other hot food. ---------- Wet Fries with Gravy Grade: A- I don't know what kind of stock they use for the gravy but the flavor is phenomenal. A little on the salty side but not too bad when you spread it out over the fries. The portion size is also massive ---------- Pastrami Dip Grade: C- The smokiness of the pastrami is good but it is really salty. I don't know if it's the pastrami itself or the au jus but the salt overpowers the rest of the flavor.

Amber A.

This was first time I went there, the food was delightful and filling. The chili fries are listed as a side but it's far from it. The service was subpar but I didn't expect good service anyways they got the job done no hiccup. The hotdogs come with relish 🤮 def ask to remove, if it's not in your taste. Chili dogs have onions, tomatoes and pickles added and were surprisingly delicious. The grilled cheese was loved by the children on sourdough bread and grilled perfectly 🤤. Although it didn't appear as so the turkey burger was better than expected. Took a star away simply due to the actual customer service. Food cools down fast, Definitely eat there at the provided tables!

Used to live in Alhambra for 50+ years and would eat there quite often. I was there today (2/6/26) and decided to get some food, so the Hat it is. Was truly disappointed by the service and atmosphere. Apparently the gentleman taking the orders doesn’t like change as part of the payment completely ignored what I said. Atmosphere people drinking beer and playing some type of vulgar music while I was eating! Food was disappointing as well. They used to load up the chili cheese fries but here you don’t get enough to even cover the fries. Wow how disappointing to fall so far from the Hat that used to be! BTW I’ve eaten at other Hat locations and they have provided excellent service and food don’t know what happened to Alhambra the original restaurant!

Ordered the chili cheese pastrami fries ($19.99 w/tax). They were ok. The portion is definitely big, very shareable.

Maria Dudley

Was in the area and wanted to try before going back to LA. Thought they’d have a bathroom to wash hands and pee but they didn’t have a bathroom for customers. Food was good but they didn’t have big bags for to go orders. A bit disappointed. Bring a bag when planning a big to go purchase.

+3

Richard Hermosillo

They serve you alot thats for sure for chili and pastrami. There is not much flavor going on besides the chili being very hot. I wouldnt care to come back its not like this place has the best chili or pastrami both dont have much flavor i tried a pastrami burger at a different location tbh same thing. Its cheap food for your money thats about it

Julian B

NOT the best pastrami, by far. the pastrami was dry, lacked flavor. tastes more like bland ham. it tasted good AFTER you add mustard, ketchup, pickles, etc. but alone. no. the chili cheese fries bomb but without the pastrami. the burger delicious, without the pastrami though. i recommend getting both without pastrami, therefore the 3 stars.

My co-worker and I went there for lunch on a Wednesday in enough time to beat the lunch rush. We ordered a large onion ring, hamburger, pastrami, and 2 sodas to eat-in, as well as, a steak sandwich and 2 pastramis to go. Needless to say, we were disappointed in the food (maybe a bad day in the middle of the week). The burger my co-worker had she said was dry, overcooked and not much flavor, my pastrami was not loaded with meat, as they do at the Rancho Cucamonga location, and the bread was tougher than usual. The onion rings were good, but they do not offer self-service on the hot chili peppers or the soda. I was unpleasantly surprised at this visit at this location, and don't think we'll patronize it again on our lunch-break coming from downtown L.A. I tried to contact the corporate office to leave my commentary, but the website does not offer the option to do so. If management reads this post, please do better for your customers or you will no longer have any.