It's worth coming to this fast food because of nicely cooked curly fries, cheeseburgers and fish sandwiches. Try good biscuits. It might be nice to enjoy great milkshakes or delicious coffee. Jack in the Box is famous for its great service and friendly staff, that is always ready to help you. From the visitors' viewpoint, prices are moderate. Most of the time, this place provides you with the quiet atmosphere. But google users haven't given this spot a high rating.
Okay I made a review already, but now, if I could go any higher than 5 stars I would, so I'm going to post another review.
BIG UPS to Jack In the Box!
For a few reasons.
1. The owner responded to my positive review. Most of the reviews I leave are positive ones. With a few simple clicks you can see that I have left a ton of reviews over the years. This maybe be the 1st time I've ever had a response. And seeing as how my last review was "guided" by Google and not 100% my topic, I figure I now had to up my ante and leave a proper review.
2. I like my goshdern milkshakes, but the problem with other places in town, (everywhere from Tacoma to Seattle and Bremerton to Redmond) like to play the "our shake machine is down" card like as if they were McD's circa 2006. But the fact is, McD's had a "reason" -which wasn't laziness- for their milkshakes to be down, and it's actually a conspiracy.. look it up. The reason why BK lounge says the shake machine is down because they close in like an hour and they don't want to shut the machine down after closing time. They're trying to spare themselves 5 minutes of closeout activities. Aka, they are being lazy and selfish. Before I moved to the state of Washington I had plenty of time working in a restaurant and you know what, I win. I was a cook(at several places)at Hooters on "fight nights", Superbowls, Stanley Cups playoffs... Feel me? I didn't leave until after the patrons left, the patrons didn't leave until they felt like it because they paid to be there and I ,on average, left work around 4:30 in the morning, after starting at 2 pm. Sometimes solo. Sometimes earlier than afternoon start times. I would be cleaning and breaking down everything for over 2 to 3 hours. And even if it wasn't a massive sporting event I was still going to be there for at least an hour after close. So saving 5 minutes, and lying about a machine being " down" isn't acceptable, to me at least. One time within the last year I questioned the person handling the drive-thru line about how and why it was out of order and they told me that it was out of order because he was cooking by himself.... like, ok, then do your job, and serve the food you were hired to serve,by yourself, until BK puts on their menus "no longer serving ice cream after xx:xx". I digress with my aggression aside,and still, this is a trend that has been growing and growing. And I'm over it. It's tomfoolery.
But.. the dedicated men and women at this here restaurant are the reason why I went to this here restaurant, spawning a reason to leave a review in the first place.... Cuz just prior to my arrival, BK lounge gave me that old play that I just talked about, so I backed out of their drive-thru line, and took my butt further away, because I knew they wouldn't play a sorry af card like that. And I was correct. I got me my Oreo milkshake with extra chocolate, and they closed within an hour of my arrival...
3. Even if you want to say, "well that is standard service that you're mentioning above", then need I remind you that Jack in the box used to be the only 24-hour restaurant that sold breakfast the entire time, and tacos, at a burger joint? I grew up hearing fabled stories of JITB, as they don't exist in the murder mitten. And now, even if they aren't all open 24 hours like the majority used to be, THEY WERE STILL THE FIRST ONES TO GO BACK INTO 24-HOUR SERVICE AFTER "COVID"!!! THEY GOT BACK ON THEIR GRIND WHEN EVERY OTHER PLACE WAS STILL PUNK'N THEMSELVES ACTING LIKE THE BIG SCARY VIRUS WAS GOING TO GET THEM MORE AFTER DARK.
JITB HAS NO FEAR. and I love that.
4. The menu is so full of options, everything is legit good.
5. The car antenna thingy of the Jack guy is so clutch, having one back in the day in the Midwest was serious pinky out s***. Fancy af. I still want one, just not sure how to get it? It was like a hundred times cooler than the Garfield window cling.
6. For decades they were the only fast food place that offered a military discount. Thank you, while it lasted. Thank you for great service!!!
Service
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Spicy Nacho Chicken Sandwich Munchie Meal
my experience is somewhat ok., however when I order thru the drive thru there is quite a bit of wait especially during late night weekends. Lobby is now open and looks clean & plenty of room tables kid family friendly atmosphere
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 2
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 2
Recommended dishes
Onion Rings
my experience is somewhat ok., however when I order thru the drive thru there is quite a bit of wait especially during late night weekends. Lobby is now open and looks clean & plenty of room tables kid family friendly atmosphere
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 2
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 2
Recommended dishes
Onion Rings
…Staff was very nice.
Editing this original review- spent almost $20 for my food- the cooking oil was horrible. Tacos literally looked black, fry’s are hard like they are burnt. This place needs to figure out how to cook using the oil they are given- either the oil is used way too much, or they simply need to change it more often because more times than none, the food/ tacos are very badly done and it looks like it’s the oil they used. This happens way too often here which is too bad…it could be a good place but the tacos are so bad I had to throw all of them away. Way too oily and burnt. See pictures of what every taco liked like and it happens all the time. Until this is fixed, I would suggest going somewhere else- I am unfortunately.
Service
Take out
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 1
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Dr Pepper
Frequent this Jack in the box and the people are always very friendly. However, the food at times is lower quality than other times. I guess it depends on who they have making the food that day.
Service
Take out
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 2
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
Drive through people do not speak English, it’s not possible to order and explain any adjustment to drinks.
Service
Take out
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$1–10
Service: 1
It’s cold inside, it’s winter, should be warm inside, but no.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 1
Recommended dishes
Sourdough Jack
