I found the food mediocre (I didn't finish it which is rare) and expensive even for food truck prices (+$20 for a small bowl of noodles and chicken???)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Shea
Lemongrass chicken and the burger were
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Disco Fries of the Day, Hotbox Burger, Hot Dog and Fries, Lemongrass Fried Chicken
W Thomas
UPDATE 4/2023Really fun menu, conveniet mobile ordering options. And plus you get to go drink some Good People Brewing Co. beer with it! Not much more to it than good food, good portions, and easy ordering.OLD:Would love to review the food. Showed up at 9:30 from out of town on recommendation. Stood at the window for about 10 minutes, was acknowledged with a “What’s your name?” said I hadn’t ordered yet, and was told “Kitchen’s fuckin’ closed.”
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Disco Fries of the Day
W Thomas (Tal_Thom)
UPDATE 4/2023Really fun menu, conveniet mobile ordering options. And plus you get to go drink some Good People Brewing Co. beer with it! Not much more to it than good food, good portions, and easy ordering.OLD:Would love to review the food. Showed up at 9:30 from out of town on recommendation. Stood at the window for about 10 minutes, was acknowledged with a “What’s your name?” said I hadn’t ordered yet, and was told “Kitchen’s fuckin’ closed.”
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Disco Fries of the Day
Anna Hughes
The lemon grass fried chicken is literally the best meal in Birmingham.
The glizzy sauce absolutely disgusting. Crinkle cut middle school cafeteria fries are also trash. ?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
Madeline Goodwill
I've eaten here twice and ordered different things. The food is mid at best, smash burger isn't actually a smash burger and it's dry as the Sahara desert. Bun tastes stale and crumbles in your mouth. Not worth half the money it costs.
Food: 1
Service: 3
LaRonda Corrin
I would actually go 2.5 stars if I could. Really enjoyed the pork rinds that came with the pimento cheese but the pimento cheese was so salty it was almost inedible. I have never had anything so salty. The pretzels and beer cheese were good, not great. We also tried the fries with chorizo chili but it didn't taste like any chorizo we have had. My son had the jalapeno burger and the bacon or whatever it was was on it was more like deep fried pork fat and was so chewy he couldn't eat it and had to take it off the burger. Otherwise the burger was really good.
Julia Defoor
Atmosphere was great minus all the screaming, unsupervised children. Food was very good and the service is super neat. You order via a QR code and pick up when it is done.
Aubin Cng
The system to order in line works one time out 3 and I waited for 1h15min to get my order while some other customers receive it before. You really need to organize better. You can say you are terribly sorry but this is not helping for anything. It looks you have no consideration for your customers. It's really sad because your food is not too bad.
Was not impressed with this spot and quite disappointed since it's such a convenient location next to the brewery. Fries were what you'd get at a little league concession stand and the edemame hummus wontons were just grease soaked over cooked chips. One of two vegetarian/vegan options and not worth the prices.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Miranda Riggs
The girl who worked there was singularly kind and good at her job. The fries were perfect! Crispy outside, fluffy inside.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Keith A. (Kevin)
The hotbox burger is basically a plain burger with some kind of chili sauce on top, melted cheese, a pickle and little else. The fries seem like Costco fries that are deep-fried and then over-seasoned. The girl taking the orders was lovely and frankly, the best part of the experience. I requested my food to all be lightly salted after reading several other reviews, and the request clearly never made it to the kitchen. At least, if mine were "lightly seasoned", the normal salt level would render the fries inedible.Finally, I was really keen to have a go at the brussel sprouts, but they were "out".Proceed with caution.
Stephanie Downing
Hotbox is so good. Everything I've ever eaten has been fantastic. Their burger is one of my favorites in the city and the lemongrass chicken is gluten free! Friendly folks working in the airstream. Honestly the only reason I ever go to the brewery they're parked at is so that I can get Hotbox (no hate to the brewery though- they're great). Highly recommend.
katie h
I got food poisoning after ordering the fried chicken sandwich. I had a couple of bites and immediately thought it tasted off, and it felt slimy. I took it back to the truck and asked if it could go back on the grill/ if I could get something else. I was told “this is just what chicken tastes like” & the server walked away from me without rectifying at all. I threw up several times that night. The fries were delicious though.
I found the food mediocre (I didn't finish it which is rare) and expensive even for food truck prices (+$20 for a small bowl of noodles and chicken???)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Lemongrass chicken and the burger were
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Disco Fries of the Day, Hotbox Burger, Hot Dog and Fries, Lemongrass Fried Chicken
UPDATE 4/2023Really fun menu, conveniet mobile ordering options. And plus you get to go drink some Good People Brewing Co. beer with it! Not much more to it than good food, good portions, and easy ordering.OLD:Would love to review the food. Showed up at 9:30 from out of town on recommendation. Stood at the window for about 10 minutes, was acknowledged with a “What’s your name?” said I hadn’t ordered yet, and was told “Kitchen’s fuckin’ closed.”
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Disco Fries of the Day
UPDATE 4/2023Really fun menu, conveniet mobile ordering options. And plus you get to go drink some Good People Brewing Co. beer with it! Not much more to it than good food, good portions, and easy ordering.OLD:Would love to review the food. Showed up at 9:30 from out of town on recommendation. Stood at the window for about 10 minutes, was acknowledged with a “What’s your name?” said I hadn’t ordered yet, and was told “Kitchen’s fuckin’ closed.”
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Disco Fries of the Day
The lemon grass fried chicken is literally the best meal in Birmingham.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hotbox Burger, Lemongrass Fried Chicken, Seasoned Crinkle Fries
The glizzy sauce absolutely disgusting. Crinkle cut middle school cafeteria fries are also trash. ?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 3
I've eaten here twice and ordered different things. The food is mid at best, smash burger isn't actually a smash burger and it's dry as the Sahara desert. Bun tastes stale and crumbles in your mouth. Not worth half the money it costs.
Food: 1
Service: 3
I would actually go 2.5 stars if I could. Really enjoyed the pork rinds that came with the pimento cheese but the pimento cheese was so salty it was almost inedible. I have never had anything so salty. The pretzels and beer cheese were good, not great. We also tried the fries with chorizo chili but it didn't taste like any chorizo we have had. My son had the jalapeno burger and the bacon or whatever it was was on it was more like deep fried pork fat and was so chewy he couldn't eat it and had to take it off the burger. Otherwise the burger was really good.
Atmosphere was great minus all the screaming, unsupervised children. Food was very good and the service is super neat. You order via a QR code and pick up when it is done.
The system to order in line works one time out 3 and I waited for 1h15min to get my order while some other customers receive it before. You really need to organize better. You can say you are terribly sorry but this is not helping for anything. It looks you have no consideration for your customers. It's really sad because your food is not too bad.
Restaurantji Recommends
Was not impressed with this spot and quite disappointed since it's such a convenient location next to the brewery. Fries were what you'd get at a little league concession stand and the edemame hummus wontons were just grease soaked over cooked chips. One of two vegetarian/vegan options and not worth the prices.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
The girl who worked there was singularly kind and good at her job. The fries were perfect! Crispy outside, fluffy inside.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The hotbox burger is basically a plain burger with some kind of chili sauce on top, melted cheese, a pickle and little else. The fries seem like Costco fries that are deep-fried and then over-seasoned. The girl taking the orders was lovely and frankly, the best part of the experience. I requested my food to all be lightly salted after reading several other reviews, and the request clearly never made it to the kitchen. At least, if mine were "lightly seasoned", the normal salt level would render the fries inedible.Finally, I was really keen to have a go at the brussel sprouts, but they were "out".Proceed with caution.
Hotbox is so good. Everything I've ever eaten has been fantastic. Their burger is one of my favorites in the city and the lemongrass chicken is gluten free! Friendly folks working in the airstream. Honestly the only reason I ever go to the brewery they're parked at is so that I can get Hotbox (no hate to the brewery though- they're great). Highly recommend.
I got food poisoning after ordering the fried chicken sandwich. I had a couple of bites and immediately thought it tasted off, and it felt slimy. I took it back to the truck and asked if it could go back on the grill/ if I could get something else. I was told “this is just what chicken tastes like” & the server walked away from me without rectifying at all. I threw up several times that night. The fries were delicious though.