Frisch’s Big Boy

service & food was good… oh took a bit for the coffee to come… recommend to its worth going again

I don’t normally write reviews but this was so bad. Service was fine. Very friendly waitress. Food was absolutely awful!!! Husband ordered the big boy hamburger. The paddy was so thin it almost wasnt there. The bun was old, hard and plain. I orded the fish and chips and have never seen fish like this before. Even questioned the waitress as to what it was. Fish was 3 very small dark brown triangles of some sort of pressed fish. I think. And actually 3 frozen fish sticks would have been thicker and better. Since we had been on the road for 14 hours already took a few bites and called it a night. They didn’t even have their broccoli soup on the menu. We have always been able to count on Big Boy for a decent meal and hopefully it was just this one restaurant. I hope they read their reviews and bring their food up to par. Just have never ever seen this bad of food at a Big Boy!

Went for breakfast yesterday and had a great meal, the waitress took care of us and the food was good, they have a breakfast buffet but I wasn’t that hungry and eat off the menu…

In town for work from MI… have been twice once for dinner and once for breakfast… dinner the staff seemed to not be happy with their jobs and only there cuz they had to… the food was bearable… I got a patty melt with fries… to me pretty standard… it was all cold and on two pieces of huge bread and was all I could taste… not even rye bread at that… howevet going for breakfast was completely different… the staff was pleasant and happy… the food was great with my eggs perfectly cooked… definitely will go back for breakfast but only for breakfast

In my quest to try every restaurant along my path to work, I had to come here eventually. I’m sure it has been 25 years since I was at a Big Boy, and I’m also sure there is a reason for that. We went occasionally when I was a kid, but I’ve avoided it since. Perhaps unfairly, because my recent visit wasn’t awful, as I had feared.
It’s a big chain, sort of like Bob Evans or Denny’s but cheaper. The décor was nice, the place was clean, service was great, and prices– wow. $ 3.60 for a double burger (the actual Big Boy.)
And the burger was: fair. The patties themselves were thin and a little crispy; not bad. The bun was forgettable, the special sauce was meh, and on the whole I wish I’d gotten something else. So, their signature item was not a hit. Still, for the price, it’s not awful. I added on the salad bar, and that almost made up for it. Not quite as fresh and bountiful as I had hoped, but there was a decent selection, most of which was fresh. The usual lettuce and toppings, a few prepared salads, a couple of soups, some fruit and desserts.
I don’t know… it’s not my thing. I’m giving it two stars because I probably won’t be back, but if you like generic chain food then it’s decent food at a low price. Of course, there are many options even in a town the size of Marysville, so being average really isn’t good enough.

First of all I love Frisch’s and always have, nothing better than a Big Boy. Their breakfast bar is ok except for the eggs. The eggs are awful because they switched a few years ago from a fresh liquid mix to a frozen mix and after freezing eggs in any way makes them taste awful. If I go for breakfast most times I order from the menu because of the terrible eggs. Occasionally I get a great server who just brings me eggs as I order the breakfast bar. That doesn’t happen often. I usually go somewhere else for breakfast if I am really Hungry. If they upped the quality of the eggs I would go there probably every weekend.
The service is usually very good and food comes out quickly. Actually too quick sometimes. If you get the salad bar and order something from the grill you actually have to wolf it down so that your hot food doesn’t get cold. Could be that you’ll eat less salad but its the same if you order a salad or cole slaw with the meal. My wife loves the vegetable soup and when they have bean soup (which isn’t often) it’s usually good as well.

This place was not at all what I had expected. I’ve been driving by the Marysville big boy for months thinking it was yet another fast food joint. When my husband informed me that it is actually a sit down restaurant with waitresses, I was shocked. Always up to dine somewhere new, we decided to try this place.
The atmosphere is more like a steak and shake, but with a self serve salad bar (which I did not attempt to try. Those things always gross me out). It has a very retro, black white and red checkered board kind of feel/​décor. Our waitress was great. She was timely and friendly.
I got a pork and fries. Hubs got a burger and onion rings. Everything is al a carte. So you pay like $ 5 or $ 6 for your burger or sandwich and then fries or side are an additional $ 2 or so. Making an average of $ 8 a person. Not bad. But oh, it WAS bad.
The pork was gross, like really really gross. Inedible. The meat inside was a weird ground up texture and a funky dark brown color, and the outside breading of the actual pork was stale. The bun was hard and the outsides of the pork (circumference) were very hard, like burnt hard, like not even chewable. It tasted like freezer burn Schwann man porks that were way too old to be eaten safely. My fries were good though.
Hubs’ burger was just okay, according to him. He got onion rings that were completely undercooked and tasted disgusting. The human garbage disposal deemed them not edible. He did complain of stomach issues the next morning. I can’t say for sure if it was related to the food, but I know what my guess would be.
There are few choices in the Ville that have good food, a nice atmosphere, and timely service. I was really hoping Big Boy would fit the bill. But, uh, not so much :(

Awesome if you love hair in your food.

Sometimes the restaurant isn’t about the food but about the atmosphere and the memories. My wife is a huge fan of Frisch’s Big Boy Restaurant in large part because of the time she spent with her aunt and grandmother at the Tiffin location.
However, the food is solid diner food. Nothing special, nothing bad. The classic Big Boy is a great choice and the salad bar and soup is a favorite of mine.