Hey Hot Dog

601 Ruby St, Joliet
(815) 723-5487

Recent Reviews

Coralys Hernandez

The best hotdogs and bbq sandwich?The root beer is amazing

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chili Cheese Dog, Root Beer Float, Hot Dog, Chili, Chili Dog

Gabe Stiggs

Best homemade root beer in town! Absolutely worth a try, hotdogs & staff are great too. Recommend this spot

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

J E

Absolutely amazing service with a smile, if I could give 10 stars for that alone. The rootbeer is so tasty with the right amount of carbonation. I had the BBQ, and my son had hot dogs. The BBQ gave me a teaser of summer with great flavor. It reminded me of the BBQ at Crystal Lawns elementary school back in the day...iykyk.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Root Beer Float, Hot Dog

Jana Viano

Different place, you drive into the lot, and then they come out to take your order while you're in the car. They make it and bring your food out to you. They have outdoor picnic tables to eat at in good weather.We had the chili cheese dogs and homemade root beer.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chili Cheese Dog

Marc Woods

The best! You won't meet better people or better food, and service!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sue Cue

Still searching for a good hotdog. This was not it. It was an okay boiled dog. However, the root beer is

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 5

Nicole

This place has the BEST Chicago style hot dog & their home made rootbeer is top tier! The owner is always kind and welcoming and the food never disappoints. A hidden gem for sure!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Root Beer Float, Polish Sausage, Hot Dog

Samantha DiCamillo

Drive up only, but the service was amazing! So personable and recommended something perfect for someone in our group who had never been there before. Exactly the same BBQs I remember as a kid!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

BarbieRosie1

If you like like great food and especially enjoy a delicious Chicago style hotdog ? do not I repeat do not go here !! Now if you don’t care about quality food and don’t mind. Ketchup on your ( Chicago style) hot dog then by all means hit this place up .

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kevin Wheeler

I had a taste for a hot dog and a quick Google search sent me to Hey Hot Dog. I was super excited to find that they have homemade root beer too.Having never been there before, I wasn't quite sure about ordering etiquette, but pull in, wait by the door and they will come out to you and take your order.I struck up a very nice conversation with the owner and ordered 2 chicago style dogs and a large rootbeer.I was crushed to find out that they don't take credit cards and as I was fully expecting to drive off empty handed, the owner told me to pay him back next time I was out that way. Mind you, this is a guy I knew for 5 minutes and didn't owe me a thing. I knew I was at agreat place and this kind act validated it.Root beer - my favorite root beer is Barq's root beer. It has that bite to it and doesn't have a vanilla profile. My least favorite is A&W because of the vanilla.The root beer is lightly carbonated and has a very strong, yet balanced taste of vanilla. Honestly, this is one of the very best root beers I have ever had.Hot dog - I ordered 2 chicago style Hot dogs and I really enjoyed them. They use Milano bakery buns, which if you're used to S. Rosen is a bit different but the buns are like soft pillows of goodness. The dog itself had a nice bite to it and the toppings were all excellent. I usually enjoy a pickle spear, but the pickles here are very thin sliced, which is ok because it actually made eating them a lot easier.Will I be back? Absolutely! I love supporting small family businesses and will try the Italian or Polish next time and maybe even a rootbeer float.Hey Hot Dog is not to be missed.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dyslexic NPC (Lily)

Homemade Root beer!Also good food.And Homade Root beer!Open all year round tho it looks like a seasonal drive-in, wish u could sit inside tho.Least they have take home sizes of HOMEMADE ROOTBEER!!!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Root Beer Float

Brad Spitt

Great chili dogs. Hard to beat the service. Drive up, they come to you and get your order. When they return you pay and they hand you the order. I visit regularly and have not been disappointed. Consistently high quality hot food. Friendly staff. I will be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

derrick bradford

Best chili dogs I've had in a very long time, (cash only location) if you want a good hot dog this is the place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Root Beer Float, Chili Dogs

Mark

Best place for hot dogs. Also try the outstanding barbecue. Always friendly and excellent service.

Dominick Caucci

Definitely need to stop here a few more times now. Never realized they were here while on the road, so stopped in and got great food paired with great customer

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hot Dog

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