This place has been a part of the community for many many years. A friend took me there for the first time a few years ago. The food was amazing! The hamburgers were hot and juicy, the fries were hot, and the chocolate malts are delicious!!! Unfortunately, the last couple of times we have been there, it has been a different story, and today was one of them. We both ordered 2 cheeseburgers and a fry. After waiting in line for almost 25 minutes with only 5 orders ahead of us, we got our food. The burgers were dry and barely warm, the pickles and onions were scarce, and the ketchup and mustard were more on the outside of the bun than the inside. The fries were not very warm. Of course we got it to go so it was not worth the time to turn the truck and trailer around. This was the same the previous time we visited here. I hope something changes soon, because its really hard to find a good burger and fries anymore that doesn't cost an arm and a leg!
As a former local, Kewpee and Happy Daz are must stops when visiting Lima.
Stop smashing the burgers on the grill!!!! Grew up on Kewpee...nothing is ever as good as it was when you were a kid...but Kewpee is about 85% as good...lol...every other place...20%...but I hate when they smash the burgers trying to heat them up before being made into a sandwich. Just dries out the meat...Still love Kewpee. The rhubarb pie was fantastic. I will continue to stop everything I'm in town.
I can always count on this burger place for a great burger when I get to Lima. It always seems to be a little less expensive than other burger places too.
Best burgers ever!! Good breakfast sandwiches too! A local must. Very reasonable prices. Don't go to a McDonald's or Wendy's or Burger King when you can get this!!
Normally I enjoy it, but tonight on east side, not good. Fries were barely warm and all 3 of us had pink in our burgers. The line was super long and I was not going wait to get it corrected, so I ate what I could and tossed the rest. Will not be returning.
Grabbed some great carryout burgers from this Lima institution... Bathrooms could use some TLC...
Had high hopes for this place. It was our first time and by the looks of the lines both inside and in the drive thru we thought it was going to be good. We were very disappointed though. It was our turn in line and we were very rudely told to move so a lady could buy her coffee. Then when that was done we weren't acknowledged at all. In fact they tried to skip right over us AGAIN. When we told them we were next the girl working the cash register gave us a very nasty look didn't say a word just turned around and walked away. She disappeared for over 15 minutes. We were very confused. Then when she read our order to us it was completely wrong. Even after trying to get that fixed we returned home to find it was still completely messed up.Still we didn't come for the service we came for the food so we tried to make the best of everything. That was horrible as well though. The burgers had little to no flavor. The toppings were skimpy and gross. The bacon was pretty good. The chili was the worst tasting thing I have ever eaten. It was water and just nasty. The drinks are TINY. No one explained to us that when you ask for a medium drink it looks like a child drink. When you ask for a large drink it looks like a small. We had to stop and get drinks from the store before heading home which was annoying because all we wanted was to be able to eat dinner.Overall this place is terrible. It was our first time and definitely our last! No idea what the hype is.
Amazing burgers ? fries ?and shakes ? and chili?. Must stop while in Lima?
I hadn't had a Kewpee burger in over 20 years and my wife had never. It was very good and will definitely return again. Though the labor shortage is impacting the wait time. Our burgers were also a bit on the cool side, most likely due to the labor shortage. I would definitely not hold that against them.