Philip’s Steaks

Yummmmmmmmmm! I’m mean, seriously, who doesn’t like cheese? If you’re not allergic or intolerant, and you’re not on a diet or worried about your arteries, then THIS is the place for you. Not for the lighter appetites. Go wiz or go home. Mushrooms too.

Philip’s steaks. only receives ²⁄₅ stars from me. Not because of the food. the cheesesteak I had was good, but nothing spectacular. the biggest complaint I have is that they don’t accept debit/​credit cards. instead they force you to use the atm with a $ 2 fee plus my back charges me $ 3 to use an atm. it’s 2016 and businesses still haven’t moved on from the cash only business. I feel like it’s anti consumer. also the guy taking my order wasn’t the friendliest. He rushed me to give him my order when I wasn’t even sure what I truly wanted yet. I’ll try this place again because I believe in second chances.

I’m so disappointed right now. I am a regular at Philips. I religiously eat Philips. I choose Philips over Pats, Genos, Tony Luke’s, and any other corner store or pizzeria that sells cheesesteak. I eat here when I’m sober, and especially when I’m drunk.
So I just ordered a cheesesteak, half wiz half provolone.
I told her I wanted half of it to have wiz and the other half to have provolone.
I’m not sure where the communication fell apart, but I only received the cheesesteak with provolone on one side and the other side with no cheese. My girlfriend called back to make them aware of what happened and she told me they would cook us a new one, which I thought was fair. Unfortunately, we were already on 95 north to NE so I figure it would make more sense if I called back to just redeem it a different day. The lady I served picked up and told me she couldn’t cook me a new one. I would have to come back and get more wiz if I wanted one. She said it was my fault. She repeated what I wanted… Asking if I wanted cheese on both side or something. To be honest, I’m not sure what she asked me, but regardless of her argument… It was clear that I said half provolone half wiz.
Where’s the wiz?
I’m not petty. I’m not anal. I’m not the type to hold grudges. But if the one thing I cannot stand is when I’m being blamed for someone else’s
Mistake… Especially when it’s the person blaming me.
Great customer service!
Time to start going to Pats.

Traveled an hour just to try a steak cheese sandwich from Philly!!! It was all that it was hyped up to be. Will definitely try again if im up this way again

Stopped by at night before they closed–
Steak — cheese wiz — hot peppers
The steak was very good and had a good amount of heat
$ 9.75 per sandwich
My favorite out of all the philly spots

This is my dads fav cheesesteak place and I used to love in S Philly so I’ve been here a lot. Today was my first time in months (maybe a year) and it was delicious. My steak had wiz AND American and fried onions and it was just awesome. I love the hot peppers they offer outside.
Don’t forget to stop down at the other window and order some pizza rolls. You can thank me later!

Great, vintage Philly cheesesteak! The staff is very nice, and the food is great. Make sure you order your fries and drink at the second window, because the first is only for cheesesteaks. Love it.

Ya know, you want to try all cheese steak places, to really see if Pats is the best.
I do concede that on some days, Pats is «not on their game» and Geno’s is better…
But a good «C minus» steak from one of these two places is usually better than any place that is on their «A game».
Sorry for that dissertation… and now Philip’s Steaks. I was really hoping I found something here… I was asking my self «why did I never hear of this place?».
Well the answer might be that it is just average. It is not bad, but not excellent. If your in the Passyunk area… try it… maybe they will be «on their game that day».

I enjoyed the fast service and pull up parking. They are cash only. The meat was pretty good but i have had more flavorful. I had wiz cheese and it was okay. The bread was okay and that made the sandwich. Decent cheesesteak but nothing to write home about.

This Cheesesteak stand is freaking awesome. Friendliest service you’ll find in South Philly. And they’re always open. Even on Thanksgiving. Wow! Love this place.

One of the best cheesesteaks I’ve had in philly. I used to be all about Genos and Pats, but once I had Phillips, I was hooked.
I like how they have different stuff to put In your cheesesteak. For example, I love a cheesesteak w/​fried onion, lettuce, tomato, extra mayo. Genos and Pats won’t do that.
The cheesesteaks are delicious! The service is friendly! And it’s open 24 hours!

I had been wanting to try this place for a while, given its off the beaten path location and nostalgic look. But Philip’s just reinforces my opinion that the cheesesteak is an inferior sandwich. I paid $ 9 for a mediocre sandwich that I put down in 3 minutes. I also ordered the pizza «rolls» for $ 4. It was one pizza egg roll that I could’ve gotten at a hole in the wall Chinese joint for $ 1.50. This place has nothing going for it. If it was open til 4am I would give it an additional drunken star. But it closes at midnight! Fug dat!

First of all talking about cheesecakes of pork sandwiches in Philly is like discussing religion or politics. Everybody is a unique point of view and they think that they are absolutely correct.
So with that in mind here’s my opinion. Phillips is definitely one of the better houses in Philly for pork or cheesesteak sandwiches. While I wouldn’t put them at the top of the list they are far from the bottom.
When it comes to pulled pork Paisano’s Italian style and Tony Luke’s are two of my favorite — these guys come in third to them. One of the main reasons being they don’t offer broccoli rabe.
Cheese sticks are good –but I would put them on par with some of the better places in the burbs. I like burb’ cheesesteaks better than the traditional places on passyunk– like I said it’s all what you grow up with.
All in all good place — reasonably priced and convenient.

I wish this place had somewhere to sit!
But besides that, this place did more than fulfill our cheese steak craving. We got the typical wiz with, pizza stk, both were good but obviously the wiz with was the bomb. There just something about wiz!
Cheese fries are devoured in wiz just how I like them.

Awesome steaks. I’m glad all the tourists and out of towners clog up those sad excuses for steak shops farther up Passyunk. Phil’s is open 24/​7, cool employees, decent prices, and is easy to get to for Delco people like me. Just hop on Island Ave and you’re there. Also has a parking lot which is a huge plus in South Philly.
I always go for the classic whiz wit. Meat is sliced tender, hot, and juicy and the onions are fried up perfectly. Rolls are awesome too. Crusty on the outside, soft and chewy inside. Throw some of their damn good hot sauce on your sandwich if you really wanna burn. They ain’t lying when they say it’s hot.
Definitely one of my favorite steak joints in the entire area. Do yourself a favor and come here instead of wasting your time, money, and self esteem at Pat’s or Geno’s. Those A-​holes don’t deserve it.

My husband was craving a cheesesteak, so we ended up at Philip’s since we were in the area. He got a regular cheesesteak and after inhaling it, said it was just okay. I took a bite, although I’m not a huge cheesesteak fan, and wasn’t too impressed.
I got some pizza rolls, which tasted good at first bite, but several bites later, I was completely grossed out and thought «Why am I eating this?!»
This place is probably perfect if you’re hungover. I’d go back and try the vinegar fries though.

It was good. Better than Pat’s and Geno’s but falls second to my favorite (John’s Roast Pork). The roll was fresh. The steaks had flavor. Cash only, so make sure you have a few bucks in your pocket. Look to spend around $ 10 for your sandwich.
And they have plenty of parking!

Old Fashioned. Old Fashioned all the way. I enjoyed that thing. I hadn’t had a cheese steak in ages either. This was a good one to get me back in the game, pals. If you like your long hots, and I do, (I can’t live life without them in my life) then you are in luck.
Hot, hot long hots a plenty are piled on this sliced rib eye style cheese steak. There’s also griddled up tomatoes on that Old Fashioned too– and plenty of melty provolone. Super tasty, people. Super tasty. Get yourself over to this lil steak shack.
And I’m gonna level with you here, I’m generally a little more choppy steak over here, versus sliced. I certainly have had some great sliced steaks in my day, but you know, all too often there’ll be some tough, dry, chewy, gristly disappointment sandwiches that’ll come your way. I get trepidations. Now worries about any of that nonsense. Not here! I found the meat to be tender and beefy, beefy flavorful. How bout that? That there was a good cheese steak, the oooold fashioned way.
It’s a juicy one– eat it on the double! You don’t wanna let that roll turn to sog. Eat it in the car in their parking lot, tearing into it like a wild animal who can somehow also drive.
²⁴⁄₇?! Good. To. Know.

This is part of the Crusade for Greatest Cheesesteak in Philadelphia trip I did. Philip’s Steaks was the second stop on our list, partially due to a navigation malfunction but either way it was number 2. When we got to Philips we had already known they had an old-​fashioned, something that was supposed to be nostalgic of the original cheese steak creation. When we went to order they guys inside seemed a bit rushed. In about 5 minutes time he asked us what we wanted to order, we got the old-​fashioned and in minutes got our sandwich. Steak, provolone, tomato, sweet peppers and onions, a great combo. The sandwich from this small shop had some big flavors. I have to say if I wasn’t planning on eating at 10 other shops today I probably would have eaten a whole one, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
The place itself is a small ship on the corner. There is counter space to eat on but no chairs in site. On the plus side they do have a parking lot which is a huge plus when going to these shops.

After a long and stressful day, I typically like to finish out with a couple drinks and a bite at a quiet bar. On a recent stressful day, all I wanted was to go home and go to bed, but my man was not going to let that happen. He gently reminded me that I hadn’t eaten since lunch time and that we should at least pick up something to bring home. When I relented and revealed that I had been craving a cheesesteak all week, we were off to the legendary Philip’s Steaks.
I waited in the car watching for the nearest PPA agent to jump from the shadows while my fiancé went to retrieve our food. He was back to the car in moments, bags in hand. At home, we shared an «Old Fashioned» steak, topped with provolone, tomatoes and super hot peppers. For me, they were actually a touch too hot and I had to do some work to pull off a bunch of those little seeds so that I could get through my half. But damn, was that steak tasty. I really enjoyed it, fire-​in-​mouth notwithstanding. The cheese fries were also delish — tons of cheez whiz on those suckers. I would have preferred a touch more salt on the fries, however. We shared this meal in near silence over our kitchen counter and it could not have been a more perfect or appropriate way to end the night.
If you haven’t been to Philip’s, add it to your cheesesteak rotation pronto.