Quaker Steak & Lube

Been here a few times. The food is decent. The atmosphere is well, cozy with a lot if people packed in. The last time I was here the TVs were too loud along with all the customers packed in. Just because a local team is playing doesn’t mean the TVs need to be turned up and everyone in the restaurant loud. We came here to eat and not watch sport. Our order was also messed up.

Have to say meh. Margarita was all mix — no substance. Had reservations for new years Eve and service was meh even though it wasn’t crowded. Not impressed.

It is a fun place with a lot of auto and motorcycle memorabilia. The menu is very taste and the food is fun! The service is fantastic!!! You can go and see sports in the bar or bring your family in as well!

If you are looking for some wings then this may be the place for you. I wasn’t and neither were my toddler children. Their Kraft mac n cheese and my chicken mac n cheese were both sub par despite the recommendation of our server. We waited 15 minutes for the bill after we finished eating.

Not impressed with the quality of the wings, and I’m comparing these guys to BW3. More work to find the meat than the meal was worth. Good beer selection

Not too bad! The hubby likes the all-​u-​can-​eat wings Tuesday’s the most! And if your luck you get a server that puts your orders in right away so it’s like a wings free for all! Ordered the strawberry lemonade for the first time and it’s suuuper sweet. I like the variety of sauces they have, especially the Thai cracker and Arizona ranch. Not a big fan of the «dusted» wings, crisp but seem to always be dry Magna fries appetizer was small for the price they ask. Will be back for more tho!

So this is my very first time here. And I went back and forth between being happy and wanting to walk out.
So the service was awful. We made sure to order refills or fresh drinks all at once. Our server always forgot at least 1 drink. They are busy, I get it, but she never really checked back with us. It was like we were on a conveyor belt where she just took our order and left. Then someone else delivered our food and that was it.
So the food. The wings were great! Wow. I am not a wings person and their sauce just won me over! I was really impressed with the price and quality. I also had the chicken quesadilla. I am never expected to be wowed but it was a little underwhelming. It was not hot. I had the cheese sticks. Very generous portion and pretty darn tasty. I will be back, but I hope the service improves.

What a fun restaurant — unique décor and good food. Wings are crispy and all the sauces that I’ve tried, I’ve liked. They sell them to go as well which is great so you can make wings at home with their flavorful sauces.

My husband and I are new to the area and are in search of great places to eat. Unfortunately, Quaker Steak & Lube is not one of them. The customer service was abysmal. We walk in and ask to be seated outside, as it was a beautiful day. We were told its first come/​first serve and walk ourselves out there. We found many empty tables, but had to search for one that didn’t have crumbs on it. They were bussed, but just not very well. We sat there for about 10 minutes… no one has even acknowledged us. There was a waitress who has been by the table next to us several time, but never said anything to us. Then the bartender comes over to us and brings us menus and takes our drink order. About ten minutes later he asks if we wanted to order food. There were bugs (fruit fly size) flying around… and after my husband pulled several out of his beer… he looked down and had 4 more in there. We decide we’d rather sit inside. My husband walks over to the bar tender and requests a table inside. The bar tender turns to someone who looks like she may be a manager and she directs us to talk to the hostess to be seated inside. The person who was bringing our food out hears this and offers to find a table for us. We are seated and our food is delivered. They were nice enough to split the burger and onion rings for us, but the burger was just above room temperature. It was still yummy, just would have liked it to be warm and hot off the grill. Maybe I expected too much. The onion rings were very good… the wings were decent. If it weren’t for the terrible service, we would have definitely given it another shot. Every single employee in that restaurant looked very unhappy. No smiles at all. Nobody was friendly. It was kinda depressing. There are just too many other choices in the Madison area to treat customers like this.

For wings, this place is okay. We ate here last Saturday, ordered a bucket of boneless wings to share and a few sides: the fries and then chips with beer cheese dip. The wings were good, and I liked the beer cheese dip. We probably could have skipped the chips and just had it with the fries.
Service was okay, not great. I’m turned off by messy places, especially when there are crumbs on a booth seat or food on the carpeted floor in the dining area. The location is kind of a haul from the east side, but we were looking for something casual and not interested in the other wing chain on this particular night.
Next time, I think I’d prefer to just order in advance and pick up at the to-​go window. No real need to sit in the restaurant when we knew what we were ordering and it’s more of to-​go food anyhow.

Fun fun fun place to eat. Lots of interesting there décor. The appetizer plate is a great way to try the different items from the appetizer menu. I remember the onion rings were really good. I had the ribs and they were tender and delicious.

My office decided to order carry out to celebrate a co-​workers bday. This was my first experience with Quaker Steak and it was decent. There was an issue with timing and our lunch didn’t turn up ready for nearly 45 minutes after it was promised. No reason really was given. Kinda odd.
I had the wedge salad. The lettuce was nice crunchy iceberg. Not super green but I think that’s iceberg lettuce for ya. You can choose grilled or fried chicken and I opted for the grilled. It had nice flavor and was real chicken. The bacon was not the greatest quality and lacked flavor. The bleu cheese on the other hand had great flavor and came in size big chunks :) the star was the avocado lime dressing. It had a bit of a kick to it and was delish! Sign me up for more of that. I can’t say I’d ever seek out a visit to this place on my own but not too shabby for takeout lunch. Others in the office had the wings in various flavors and formats. Most of them were very pleased.

Thunderbird steak ok, not very charcoal flavored or really juicy like Outback Steakhouse. Service was excellent. The burgers are better than steak we think. Wings are usually good here too. Hot wings yay

I just tried the drive thru yesterday. I was told my order would be ready by 7. Arrived and was told my order was almost ready. 25 minutes later a random dude comes out and pushes my bag of food at me and says the kitchen screwed up.
A manager should have handled this and comped part of my large order.
Very poor service.
Sad for a local place we USED to frequent.

Was in Wisconsin so I figured I would check it out. Ordered a 5 piece wing at the take out window. Waited for 25 minutes before I asked for a manager and asked to credit me. So I guess I’ll never know. Oh well no big loss!

Great variety of choices. Known for their wings. I think their wings are better then BWWs. They are larger and have more sauce on them They are sold by weight instead of quantity.

I’m just not a fan of this place. If you go in a big group, it can be pretty fun, but for just two people it kinda blows. The food is pretty much as average as it can get. The only real appeal to coming here is the super hot wings. After you’ve had them all once or twice, there’s just no real point in coming. If you insist on coming, come during some special. Expect it to be very loud and busy. The wait staff is a hit or miss.
The mixed drinks are pretty good, so I’ll give them that.

I gave the Cobb salad with breaded tenders (special ordered) a try. The salad greens were delicious. They rectified their freshness issue. I now have a new place to go for lunch salads!!!

The staff was nice but the food was average.
My wife ordered the lube burger which had a pretty nice sauce and was a good size along with a side of boneless Fiery BBQ wings which were not spicy at all (it’s in the ‘yellow’ so she was expecting at least a tiny hint) and too heavily breaded.
For some strange reason I had an overwhelming need to dip something in ranch (no this is not a common occurrence), specifically chicken tenders. Lo and behold when I opened up the menu they were advertising what appeared to be a revamped chicken tender.
So away I sent the waiter with that order and a side of medium sauced buffalo wings. When the tenders came I was shocked by the teeny weeny tiny portion. It looked like a kid’s meal portion so I was quite happy to have the extra wings. The quantity not withstanding, they had good flavor, were very moist as was advertised, and went well with both the Boom Boom sauce and ranch. My dunking desire was mostly satisfied.
The wings were just alright. No complaints with the meat just the medium sauce once again had NO kick whatsoever. In fact, it was pretty flavorless. If I go back I will be sure to do as Emeril Lagasse advises and ‘Kick it up a notch!’.

I’ve been to QSL many times since the last review; the past few visits warrant an updated review.
Most recently hosted a work-​sponsored party, and things were FANTASTIC.
+ Very easy to reserve, plan, and arrange the event — from the General Manager to the managers to the employees — everyone was very helpful and extremely professional. Huge shout outs go to Sam, Caprice, and Ariana; they were so great to us. I can’t recall the general manager’s name, but he was invaluable as I was planning the event.
+ Garage area was perfect for our group — private, cozy, comfortable
+ Excellent selection of taps, with great happy hour prices
+ The «catered» menu was superb — tasty wings and other finger foods, all presented very nicely
+ Bartenders (Caprice & Ariana) were fast, friendly, and accommodating
+ They allowed us to set music style/​volume to whatever we wanted
+ Clean-​up and packing-​up of the extra food was efficient and very helpful
I’m definitely a fan. If you’re looking for a place to host an event — birthday party, showers, work celebrations, etc… I wouldn’t hesitate to call and arrange something!