Greg's Restaurant — Restaurant in Lincoln

Order: Onion rings

The woman at the counter was very nice, pleasant, kind, gentle, friendly, sweet, conversational, and polite.

When I first saw the price for the Onion rings ($5) I was slightly shocked, and just about turned around and walked out the door (I should have gone with my first instinct.). But what shocked me even more than that was the price of their Onion ring Dip ($2.50!!!!!).

The whole reason I came here was because I had googled the best onion rings in Lincoln, Nebraska, and this was one of the places that came up. And one person commented about the restaurant's reputation as having the best onion rings in town🤨🫤🙄🙄🙄. And fully realizing you oftentimes get what you pay for, along with the fact that the amount they gave you might also go towards explaining and justifying the cost, I figured it might be something similar to and along the lines of the phenomenal Onion rings at Mama's Pizza, in Omaha, where the price of their excellent Onion rings is quite high, but they also give you a lottttt of them, in a big, long, rectangular box. Also, Mama's makes their Onion rings in-house and fresh.

So, was that the case here? Nooooooooooope. That was a very incorrect presumption for me to have made. (I really wish I had a picture of both, to show the vast difference in serving portions, for comparison.) I would liken the amount Greg's has to what one would typically see in a kid's size portion at a restaurant that also has a large and a medium size. Noooo joke, If you add all the small, medium, and regular sized onion rings together, they literally amount to 5 standard, typical sized onion rings, which is a frickin' dollar a ring!!!!! That's insaaaaane!!!! Given the price, that whas the biggest shock of all.

But, were they super fresh and made in-house, with the quality being so mind-blowingly phenomenal that I could overlook any or all of the above? Abbbbbbbbbsolutely Not. They came out of a chest freezer, in a plastic bag that looked like they are almost certainly Not made in-house.

I'm so thankful I didn't waste my money on the Onion ring dip. Judging by what I experienced with the Onion rings, themselves, I am guessing the onion ring dip comes in a typical dinky sized plastic ramaken, is probably only filled halfway, and that it would probably have next to, or literally no flavor.

How anyone thinks that these onion rings are anything special, or even remotely close to being worth the cost, is compleeeetely beyonnnnnd me. Under the currently jacked up prices in the U.S., from price gouging, a fair price for these onion rings would probably be about $2, not FIIIIIIIVE(!!!!!).

I can't help but feel completely insulted by the price they charge for those Onion rings. It leaves me feeling like Greg must have contempt for his customers, or that he takes them for fools.

Sadly, and unfortunately, this was my first and last time of ever being a customer at Greg's restaurant. I have a feeling Greg doesn't care, because he doesn't realize that he's lost what would have otherwise been literally thousands of dollars of business over the next few years.

From now on, I will be muuuuch more wary of reviews for specific menu items, on Google.

Oh, yes, and they also charge $0.75 for using a credit card, instead of maybe just being fair and charging the 3% that the card company charges them. So, unless the total cost of your purchase is over $25, they are actually making a small amount of money off of you for using a credit card. Absolutely ridiculous.

Quality of food: 5.75/10 Value😖: 0.25 / 10 Atmosphere: 7.5 / 10 Service (from the Front...

Caveat emptor...

It is a lot of fun to share new restaurant finds when they were a fun visit. It isn't so fun to tell about when things were bad.

Greg's Drive In isn't a drive in, but a drive through. There is a decent sized dining room but a lack of parking; and the best spots were filled by the employees.

The menu is limited, so I elected to order the cheeseburger and fries special listed on the sign for $7.99. I then said no to the standard condiments and added lettuce and a tomato slice for 90¢. They only offer soft drinks and shakes so I selected tap water. Somehow my "special" cost me $10.32.

When I questioned the price I was told Lincoln taxes are expensive and perhaps I wanted to remove something from the order. I kept my order and asked for a receipt, I was given an inch of cash register tape with the business name on it and hand written in the date and total amount.

As to the food... The burger was fine although about 1/4 lb patty on an egg bun built for a larger burger. The fries were stubby shoe string style in a small paper envelope the ensured they went cold before you could eat the 1" and 2" pieces.

The only items available on the condiment counter were straws and napkins. A small cup of catsup came with the fries.

2 other customers did come in while I was eating, otherwise there was no traffic. The future of this 29 year-old business looks...

Greg's is a bit of a mystery to me as I live in the area and pass by there many times during the week. Rarely do I see a customer in the drive-thru, and zero to two cars parked in the lot other than the workers cars. I honestly don't know how they stay open with that much business. I would think they would be busier as they have really good food. A bit pricey, but you get what you pay for. Burgers are excellent as are the cheese frenchees(not listed on the drive-thru menu board). And I concur with some of the other reviews in regard to the onion rings being the best in town! This place marches to the beat of it's own drummer... I don't think they advertise and up to a few years ago they didn't take credit cards. Oh well, I hope they...