Spataro’s Cheesesteaks

The line looks shorter than it is. The line to order and pay is short, but then you wait FOREVER in the other longer line for your order. Then the cheesesteak isn’t even good! Don’t go here.

Please go anywhere else for cheesesteaks! The steak, onions and peppers were incredibly bland and they really skimped out on filling the roll (not that I would’ve wanted to eat more of it anyway). I even asked for more cheese to somehow save the taste but it only made it worse. The cheese seemed to have the right consistency but also had no taste as if it was somehow watered down. I had my first cheesesteak in philly here and it nearly ruined my entire food experience with dissapointment.

The customer service at this place is horrible… I placed my order, waited in line for 30 minutes and when I got to the pickup window my order was not ready and I was told to go to the back of the line because they lost my order ticket and didn’t believe that I had actually placed an order… this place is not worth the horrible treatment that you get from the employees

Terrible customer service. Ordered my food with a group of 5 people. Only three items were served when I asked for my food, they refused to believe that I ordered my food with the others. They argued with me and told me to get back in line to order my food. Even the manager refused to believe me. Finally the man in line behind me vouched for me and they «found» my ticket on the counter that the cashier never put up on the order line. They were extremely rude and disrespectful. Only the cashier apologized. Terrible.

They go way to quick here. They got my order incorrect twice. The manager was quick to correct the order but one of the people was trying to argue with me that it was right. They need to teach the people that are writing the order to pay more attention or maybe come with a computerized system, that may help them.

This was my first cheesesteak on my 2^nd visit to Philly. I had a whiz and mushrooms. It was disappointing.

The cheesesteak meat tasted so bad my whole family threw them out and went right over to Dinic’s. Do not eat here!

There’s no reason to go to this place when Reading Terminal Market is full of so many wonderful places to eat. This is also not a place to experience the wonderfulness of a real Philly cheesesteak. Sure this place might be geographically located in Philly but the cheesesteaks here taste like the ones I can get back home in NC (and this is NOT a compliment. Cheesesteaks anywhere in the south suck).
The steak here was dried out and overcooked. It was incredibly greasy as well. They also completely ignored me when I asked them to put hot sauce on my sandwich. When I reminded them of this, they tossed me a packet of Chalula sauce even though there was a big bottle of buffalo sauce clearly in my view. Nothing against Chalula but it’s not the right sauce for a Philly cheesesteak and I’m also not sure why they wouldn’t put the bottled buffalo sauce on my steak for me since that’s what I asked them to do. I guess lifting that bottle was too much of an effort for him? Since the guy seemed so annoyed, I didn’t ask him again to put the buffalo sauce on even though I would’ve preferred that to Chalula but I did ask if he could at least give me some more sauce since the packets are so small. He sighed and gave me exactly one more. How generous. The fries were actually really good and that’s the only reason I’m giving two stars instead of one.
Skip this place and visit one of the other stands in the market. You will have plenty to choose from!

This being my first jaunt with Philly cheesesteaks, this was not the best, from other smells I was gathering as the day went on. The meat could have been somewhat juicier. I got mine with sautéed onions, shrooms, green pepper and the cheese wiz. Couldn’t pull out the veggie flavors. The wiz was good, but not very prominent either. The line for this stall in the market was rather long but moved at a good pace. U get up to the guy, he takes your order on the ol order pads. It’s filled in line on the clip in front of the cook line. They make yours, call your name, and then we headed off to search for a table. Would I come here again? I’d like to try other places for their take on seasoning. If friends came here/​wanted to try it, I’d make the trek… Just maybe.

AMAZING! These cheese steaks are by far one of my favorites. Very fresh and tasty Even my brother who rarely eats cheese steaks loved them. One thing to take in mind is the line is about 10 – 15 wait on a Sunday. And they are PRICEY cheesesteaks. But other then that I’m very pleased.

My Philly cheesesteak was amazing. But the fries are lacking. I wouldn’t waste my money getting them just the sand which. Not the best Philly I’ve ever had but overall it’s worth trying.

This is my first one star review ever. How can I express my disgust with this place. Frozen Freakin’ steak’ums. Am I 12 years old again or what? Is this supposed to be good? It’s an effortless attempt to capitalize on a tourist population that does not know better than to avoid this place.
I can’t imagine why a place would serve hot food onto a cold bun and expect it to taste good. Please people, warm up your bread, even if only in a microwave for ten seconds.
My god, just go somewhere else to avoid the disappointment this place is sure to serve. Doesn’t matter where, just turn away and save yourself the GI distress.

CHEESESTEAK $ 10 (³⁄₃ NOMs)
You don’t go to Philly and not get a cheesesteak. We were very excited hungry nomsters to visit the home of Cheesesteak. There are several places you can try good cheesesteak from and we went for the one with shortest line. We went some a nice and simple order with mushrooms and peppers. It had a nice consistent flavor throughout with nice amount of cheese and sauce. While it tasted pretty good, not overly too greasy with some good flavors. It just didn’t have that impressive flavor we were expecting. When you eat cheesesteak in Philly there is an expectation to be wowed. Defiantly enjoyed that it wasn’t too heavy and didn’t make us fall into food coma. Bread was nice and light with lots of cheese and sauce for that extra gooey messiness without going all over our hands. For the most we were able to stay clean.

Fast paced environment and delivers a pretty good sammie for $ 10 – 11. Not the best, but certainly no where near the worst.
It’s a little confusing when ordering for the first time because the note-​taking girl called peperoncino (banana) peppers — «hot peppers». Huh? They’re mild.
I ordered mine with «hot» peppers, provolone, and mushrooms. The provolone was better at Tommy DiNic’s and I only found two extremely tiny bits of mushrooms (basically non-​existent).
I twice very politely asked for the sandwich to be cut in 4 sections instead of just two so I could share with friends and was given a dirty look by the knife guy. Took 2 seconds. Not a big deal, right?
I would return for the sandwich but I wouldn’t expect much personality from the staff. This seems to be a common theme at cheesesteak places in Philly. 4 stars — sandwich, 2 stars — employees.

Yummy philly cheesesteaks! They have been known to be oily in other places but not here! Big portion and tender meat with yummy veggies for 9.99! Good location in a cute market! I would come back!

Eating a Cheesesteak was in the top five things that I had to do while in Philadelphia. Spataro’s Cheesesteaks is located in Reading Terminal and was the only cheesesteak place that I could find there. My boyfriend and I were starving, so we opted to eat here.
The line for Spataro’s was about 20 people deep when we came on a Saturday, but the line moved fast. You have to know what you’d like when you get to order or else the people working will get annoyed with you and possibly ask you to step aside until you decide what you want.
I ordered a Cheesesteak with mushrooms and onions. It was around $ 10 and it was a decent size for the price. Did I love it? Not really. Did I hate it? Nope. It was about in the middle. I was really hungry when I ate this cheesesteak, so that may be the reason why I devoured it. My boyfriend said he did enjoy his cheesesteak.
I may come back here again if I’m ever in the city, but I think I’d try other places first.
Cheers!

so you have to have a cheesesteak when you are in Philly… I never seem to remember this but this time I was in Reading Terminal and STARVING so I stopped by Spataro’s
it was ok, nothing impressive but still quite tasty.
one down side was we were handed a bag for our sandwiches, it had napkins and utensils in it but no straws, when we went back to the counter to ask for straws were instructed «They are in the bag» and then just kinda ignored.

Really nothing special. The difference between the steaks you can get from the carts around center city and this joint is just the price. Now don’t get me wrong, I like the cart steaks, but they are half the price. Maybe the bread was a quarter of a notch better than the rolls from the carts. Maybe it was the same. Meh. I do appreciate that they use «real» american cheese as opposed to american cheese sauce.
The girls that work there have a bit of an attitude, so if you like that kind of thing, enjoy. I don’t have the taste for that. If you do, you probably like getting whipped while hanging out in a dungeon decked out in patent leather. Whatever turns you on. These lovely ladies also try and upsell you a bunch, which is also not my favorite. They ask me if I wanted peppers. They ask me if I wanted mushrooms. They asked me other stuff. I ordered the cheesesteak specifying the kind of cheese and whether I wanted onions. It was obvious this wasn’t my first cheesesteak. Maybe if they had a different demeanor I could believe that they were trying to «offer to enhance my cheesesteak» but I don’t believe so.
The steak was chopped up really fine, and wasn’t too bad. At the RTM, there are lots of options. And in Philly, there are a lot of cheesesteak joints. Remember that.

exactly what this 2 star rating system says it is… «Meh. I’ve experienced better.»
If you’re in philly, just drive somewhere else or walk to a diff cheesesteak place in this market and get a better one.
The cheesesteak was meh. the meat was dry and kinda bland.
Some good things though… they do give you a lot of meat. more than carmen’s which is also in the market. and the cheese was pretty good (i got provolone)
But yeah. not the best chesesteak.
just go to Dinic’s and get a roast pork with broccoli rabe

Went to Redding Terminal for breakfast. The big problem is that there was so much to choose from: you would need 5 visits to have all the must-​try things.
But when in Philly, its the cheese steak that you really can’t get anywhere else which should dominate your meals. OK, so its breakfast time, which just means have some eggs on top of your steak.
Even in Philly, it’s not the steak that makes the sandwich: though most places you go have it down to a science. And the cheese, even in the best of places, is not much. It’s the bread that is indescribably good, and Spataro’s was no exception.
The sandwich was long, had three eggs, and the classic chopped steak that was made fresh right in front of me. The bread was amazing, as per the local standard and I ate the thing like it was a one-​bite hors d’œuvre. The bread was so light and airy, but not without real substance.
My son had a traditional breakfast sandwich, but I made him get it on the hoagie. It was very good too, or so he reported. Way more than he could eat.
In reading the reviews, it’s interesting how the locals view their one of a kind, homegrown delicacy. Maybe it is a case of the ranger not being able to appreciate the beauty he sees everyday? I’m not sure someone from Kansas City can evaluate the barbecue in their town or any other: They are too close to the subject matter. To spoiled by something they see as fantastic to be OK with anything less than their particular favorite.
In my view, any place that gets the bread right has got one hell of a sandwich right out of the gate. Going to Pat’s and Geno’s is something you just have to do, just for the spectacle. But almost every other local cheese steak I have had was pretty darn good. Certainly something I would kill for back home (every once in a while).