Big Earls Greasy Eats says it all! It's most definitely a greasy (and super size the greasy part) spoon dinner converted from an old gas station from back in the day. We've passed this place so many times on our way to eat at other restaurants in Cave Creek and keep saying we are going to stop, but never do until now.
As always, I pull up the Yelp reviews prior to going anywhere anymore and found this place had several mixed reviews. So I called on a few local long time residents that are good friends and also got mixed reviews from them as well. I also looked them up on the "Best of the Valley" ratings and saw they were listed as one of the best in the entire Valley. And so begins our new culinary adventure as a family on a Sunday afternoon.
Big Earls is a greasy spoon that is clean and has a fun ambiance for very casual dinning. This is an old gas station converted into a dinner. They offer limited seating inside so we dined outside with lots of room to move around. The weather was awesome which made our experience more delightful.
The service was very good, friendly and welcoming. The food was average at best. We had the Blue burger with fries, the Big Earl Classic with fries. Our burgers were served on a potato role that was supposed to be grilled and was not. The meat on both burgers were cooked very well done, which we did not order them that way. Our fries were also very plain and average as well unfortunately.
We had such high hopes for Big Earls Greasy Eats based on our first impression of walking past the old gas pumps (very cool!) and into the dinner where we were greeted and served by a very friendly person (fantastic service). But the food did not live up to the hype from some the other Yelp reviewers nor the "Best of the Valley" ratings. Since this was our first visit I will not give them a 2 star rating but rather a 3 star rating based on their service and ambiance. I also plan to revisit Big Earls soon to give them another chance just in case the cook was just having a bad day.