Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

My wife and I really, REALLY enjoyed our Freddy's experience! I woke that morning wanting a great burger. Since we were traveling from Pensacola to Foley, we called ahead to friends and ask their suggestions. Well, after some debate, we decided on Freddy's. Now mind you, I did not realize I'd already had the Freddy experience, but in Pensacola. When I walked in before the location, it then came to mind. The burgers, cheese curd, onion rings and drinks were what the doctor ordered, not to mention the staff was very friendly. It was the smash burger that I was looking for!

First time customer... Extremely clean, being able to view the kitchen is a major plus. Employees were very nice. Food was absolutely fire! In today's world they have all the sauces sitting out for you to grab what you want, they have napkins for you to grab as many as you want, and they have an actual fountain soda machine for you to get your soda not one of those terrible freestyle machines!!! Don't sleep on the jalapeno fry sauce WOW DELICIOUS.. TO BE HONEST I'D GIVE IT 10 STARS IF IT WAS AVAILABLE.

Good food, good service . A little pricey. Made to order, which is always a plus. If you order through the app, you can not go through the drive-thru and pick it up. You have to go inside. Clean dining room, gives you that nostalgic feel. Custards, malts, and ice cream add to the nostalgia. Patty melts are like smash burgers with cheese on a Texas toast style bread , and steak burgers are spot on! The fries are cut like potato sticks, which we love! Give it a try!

We love Freddy's. Food was great as always.
And the service was out of this world. Miss Lily was so sweet getting our dogs pup cups and even let us show her some pictures. THEY LOVED IT! *here's some outfits of Shamus (gold) and Foxy (red) digging in.
Everyone was so sweet and helpful. Really amazing staff.

It's been several years since I last tried Freddy's, and I remember being thoroughly unimpressed with the one up in Birmingham. So when Foley got a branch of this Midwest-based chain, I was in no hurry to give it a shot. After all, we already have Culver's and they do good burgers and great custard. So, how does Freddy's compare to their closest competition?

I tried the jalapeño pepper jack double with cheese curds and to my surprise it was really good. The thin smashed patties were nicely charred along the edges, and the jalapeño slices packed a little heat. It contrasted nicely with the creamy fry sauce they put on the burger. The cheese curds were far and away superior to the over breaded ones at Culver's.

For dessert I got what I always get at Culver's, an Oreo concrete with marshmallow cream. This was a huge disappointment. The consistency was watery and thin, more like a bad shake than a thick concrete. There was basically no vanilla flavor to the custard. I did steal a bite of plain custard from my dining partner's sundae and it was better but still a far cry from the competition.

Service was good, especially by fast food standards, but again second to Culver's. The sweet tea was extremely mediocre. The bucket of ketchup packets was completely covered in slimy, sticky goo, which was gross.

Overall, I'd rate the burgers as better than many other fast food competitors, but not in my top tier with more expensive sit down restaurants like Fish River Grill or Cosmo's. The custard was pretty much forgettable, maybe one notch above Rita's and far below Culver's.