Quaker Steak & Lube

Kim was lousy as the bartender! Only selected certain patrons to tend to. JACKED UP service! Will only come when Kirk is working the bar.

If you like wings, this place is a must! They have lots of varieties of flavors and sauces to choose from. The Buckeye BBQ is fantastic, and the Buffalo wings taste like actual Buffalo wings. A lot of bars and pubs can’t get this classic simple recipe right for some reason. The wings are nice and meaty, not the scrawny pigeon wings like you get at «some» places (*ahem* B-​Dubs).

Wish I didn’t have to even leave 1 star. First off they gave me a burnt steak than as im rooting for my baseball team watching on the main screen they change it with no consideration than the manager uses slander words telling me that my team sucka. I have been in town for work for almost a year now and stop by at least 3 times a week guess I’ll just to one of the other 100 places in the area instead.

We were in the area from Oregon for a Pirates game. After driving by here several times during the week we finally stopped for desert on our last night in town. We loved it! We wished we would have stopped earlier for lunch or dinner.

Went there 2 years ago when I was last in PA. Returned this year I wasn’t disappointed. The wings were great. The service was excellent!

One star for the food being ok. The service was horrible. Four tables in the whole restaurant and we waited 20 minutes for drinks. Our food even came before we received our drink order. Frustrated and in need of beverages to wash down our hot wings we go to the bar to get some. The waitress finally comes back with our drinks and asks us where we got ours. When we tell her where, she immediately cops an attitude with us. She is rude until we ask to speak to a manager. The manager comes over and we explain the situation. The manager agrees that the waitress should not have handled the table in the manner that she did and tells us she will have the waitress apologize and a round of drinks is on the house. The waitress never apologized and was pretty silent the rest of the time we were there, but more attentive this time. We received our checks and some of us were charged for drinks despite what the manager had told us. No big deal, that is easily corrected. The problem I had with this place was the service and the way that the waitress had treated us like an inconvenience. I had problems in the past with the service at this restaurant and was reluctant to try it again after years of boycott. Safe to say I will not be returning to Quakerstate, especially not the Robinson location.

Probably some of the best wings in Pittsburgh. I am particularly partial to the Cajun and Haute Parm, (a red hot, black pepper & parmesan concoction). I’ve even tried the super charged (silly hot) and the Atomic (wet your pants hot). I’ve never had the Triple Atomic as I fear the pain that would incur (in & out).
The rest of the menu is pretty meh. Not at all bad, but nothing memorable either. The bar area is nice but not exactly a craft beer mecca. Expect the normal selection of domestics and large imports.
Best deal is Tuesdays for the all you can eat wings & tacos. A great chance to try lots of flavors with no risk.

This is the best place hands down to take a kid out to eat. My sons dinner started out with fresh cheddar gold fish crackers with a side of while milk followed by chicken fingers done just right and apple sauce. If your a 4 year old this place is 5 stars!

Enjoyed the buffalo chicken wings (hot)… while waiting for my airplane to come in. Very good.

So far not so impressive here at Quaker steak and lube. When I got out of the car I was hyped to experience the history of the place. The motorcycles and cars hanging from the ceiling was a plus. We were quickly seated even tho the pirates were playing. Our server however wasn’t that great. She took our order and brought our drinks quickly and then disappeared for the next 15 minutes. The manager made a table touch with us which was very pleasant and then the food came. It was ok bt as far as best wings in pittsburgh they need to step it up.
However I will come back just to try it again.

So I haven’t been here in a while. I had the day off & thought it would be great to have a couple of beers & some wings. Kristen B was my bartender. Took my drink order, gave me a menu & went to the other end of the bar and stayed for about 10 minutes. There were 6 of us sitting at the bar & she decided to flirt with 2 guys at the other end. By the time she made her way back (roughly 10 minutes) I was done with my beer. I had questions like why doesn’t the menu say how many wings come in these weird names. I waited too long. Cashed out & left. Very disappointed.

Definitely a bro-​bar/​restaurant. In fact, it’s one of the biggest bro-​bars that I’ve ever been to. I’m guessing this is majorly due to the «all-​you-​can-​eat» wings and buffet on Tuesday nights. The beer specials are just alright ($ 3.75 22 oz Juengling and another daily special for every day of the week). Because I’m a vegetarian, I stuck with fries and tried to enjoy the experience. I wouldn’t go all the way out to Robinson to eat here again, but I’d consider stopping in the branch in Oakland (that doesn’t have the all-​you-​can-​eat special; those college students would tear that place apart).

So this is a review only of the Tuesday buffet wings.
Quaker steak has been a favorite of mine, from Cleveland to Pittsburgh. The flavor variety is impressive and every once in awhile they cycle in some new flavors. Not too bad given they don’t HAVE to do that!
This is the best location in the near-​Pittsburgh area (of the two…). Each of the three times I’ve gone, wings taste like they were made when we ordered, they were plump and juicy, flavors were intense, and they came quickly. Didn’t seem like they were sitting around nor taking forever. Dry rubs were dry, glazes were crispy, sauces were wet. Just like it’s supposed to be!
And at least for the times I’ve been, the wings are not sitting around in a buffet line pre-​made (like some other places or like the photos suggest). They are brought to you when you order.
Jason’s rank order list of Pittsburgh Wings (updated occasionally):
— (tie) Quaker Steak (Robinson) — buffet tuesdays
— (tie) The Library (Carson) — buffet tuesdays and sundays
— Quaker Steak (Pleasant Hills) — buffet tuesdays
— Fat Head’s (Carson) — 60c Mondays
Jason’s rank order list of Pittsburgh Buffets (updated occasionally):
top tier
— Quaker Steak (Robinson) — buffet tuesdays
— The Library (Carson) — buffet tuesdays and sundays
— BD’s Mongolian bbq
Middle tier
— Quaker Steak (Pleasant Hills) — buffet tuesdays
Low tier
–Sushi Kim (friday and saturday kbbq buffet)

Not too terrible a place, though I think that maybe Adam Richman might have overreacted just a bit when he gushed about its merits on television. It’s good… but not «zomg I have to stop here» good.
Décor was the best thing about the place — lots of old classic cycles and cars. It’s obvious they put a lot of work into it.
Quiet the night we went (Friday night at 9pm), which we thought a bit unusual.
I had grilled boneless wings with a side of broccoli. I know, weird combination, but I was trying to stick to my menu plans and I think I did an okay job with that. I’m admittedly a wimp, so I didn’t get the «atomic flame» stuff — seriously, eating shouldn’t be painful — but I did choose a semi-​spicy sauce, Arizona Ranch, which I thought would be okay enough for me to handle, and it was. I think I could have actually went up a bit on the spice level, for all that. Magna fries were… fries, not much you can really do to mess up fries, you know? Good but unremarkable.
The wings were good, for sure, and the broccoli was nice and crispy, didn’t disappoint there. I just don’t think that it’s as great as it’s been claimed to be. Portion sizes were definitely a disappointment — I was seeing people twirl huge amounts of wings in buckets and that’s what I’d expected to get, not a small plate with maybe six or seven wings, tops. Still, it was worth the money we’d paid (maybe 30 bucks in all) and the service was decent, so we’d definitely come back.
Our expectations will be a lot lower, however.
3.5, rounded up because service was good.

I’m a big fan of QSnL, but as of late 2014 this location has gone down hill. Portion size and quality has gone down. I can only assume it has something to do with the local management.

I had a burger it was not good at all. The bun was hard as a rock. My daughter loved her wings. It wasn’t that great.

After the zero service from competition across the lot, we could not have asked for any better than here. The boom boom sauce was the perfect amount of spice when coupled with the bed of slaw cradling the shrimp! The waitress was outstanding and very attentive. The quality of food and service is the same excellence we see at the Quaker Steak back home! Great job!

I’m new to the area, so we had to see what all the hype was about for this place. Next time I will go to buffalo wild wings. I ordered some wings and a side of macaroni and cheese. My fiancé got the buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese. My food wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t anything special either. It was luke warm and the side of mac and cheese was tiny for the price you pay. It was hardly a «boat» of mac and cheese as it states on the menu. My fiancé’s food was at least hot, but nothing over the top. I’ve only heard good things about this place, hopefully our next experience will be better. The service was great, however.

Fathers Day Fail!

I live less than 10 minutes from the Lube in Robinson and enjoy frequenting their lunch buffet or the occasional happy hour. I saw signs for a brunch buffet and thought that would be good for Fathers Day.
Let’s start with opening time… website says 11, flyers on the window says 10, girl that answers the phone 11, got there around 11:05 and people were already getting their check, so I’m going to think it was 10.
Buffet items… Called Saturday night, person could not tell us what was on buffet, «it rotates…» Sometimes turkey, ham… we arrive on Sunday to see printed buffet options all over the restaurant. Did these magically appear Sunday morning? Turkey? Nope. Ham? Wrong again. Brunch? Strike three! This was essentially the weekly lunch buffet with a two dollar up charge and lower quality because the turnover time wasn’t there initially.
Build your own burger bar: hockey pucks with hard buns
Hot Dogs: would have rather walked over to Target for one
Chicken Fingers: Over cooked
Wings: Over cooked
Mac N Cheese: tasted like a stick of butter
Pasta: very wet and soggy
Sauce: didn’t eat the one, trying to decide if it was meat sauce or sloppy joes
Pudding: room temperature to warm
Service…no respite there either! Waited at least five minutes to get a drink and silverware. It was not very busy either.
Epic fail overall. I will not be returning anytime soon for the lunch buffet either. Robinson has plenty of options!

If you want good wings near Pittsburgh there is at least one obvious choice –Quaker Steak & Lube. Now I won’t say these are the best wings in the USA, but the variety of wing sauces & accompaniments is great. And they do know how to cook those suckers.
They have a solid & varied gluten-​free menu, and the servers & bartenders are very friendly. So an out-​of-​towner like myself can instantly feel welcome. I chose the boneless «wings» with Louisiana Lickin’ Sauce. Not very spicy but the sauce wasn’t overpowering either. The chicken was perfectly cooked, as were the fries.
Although QS&L doesn’t have any gluten-​free beers (boo-​hiss) they do have at least three hard ciders to satisfy the thirsty patron with a gluten intolerance. I chose the Woodchuck Amber, and it was icy cold — just as it should be. If you crave wings as your guilty pleasure and don’t want to spend a lot of money, this is a great place to perch. It’s about as casual as you can get and still keep your shoes on, so don’t worry about puttin’ on the Ritz.
Food is probably 3.5 stars but service is 5, especially for a casual restaurant.