Comments on: Pat's King of Steaks vs. Geno's Steaks

By: Brodie

Brodie — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:33:23 +0000

My vote is for Pat’s. They are the best!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:30:52 +0000

I like them both, but Tony Luke’s rules! The brocoli rabe cheesesteak is out of this world!

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:28:59 +0000

I agree that Pats is better then Geno’s.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:33:04 +0000

The price now is $8.50 for both places

Here’s an objective comparison:

Geno:
Less meat, meat slightly tender and more seasoning
Cheese wiz thinner – more runny
Bread is softer, I think they steam the bread but because it’s Italian bread, a little chewy after steaming
Sandwich is presented tightly wrapped – easy to carry around. The wrapper is bigger and non-porous
General appearance is cleaner and brighter

Pat:
More meat, less tender, not seasoned at all
Thicker chess wiz
Bread is more crunchy
They give the sandwich to you un-wrapped in a much smaller piece of wrapper. The wrapper is porous – oil sip through makes eating messy.
General appearance darker and less clean

By: The real deal

The real deal — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:59:51 +0000

Went to PHilly for the first time this past weekend. Made my way down to Geno’s and Pat’s to taste the famous cheesesteaks. To say that I was disappointed would be a huge understatement. Hype baby, all Hype. These sandwiches sucked!!! – Both were bland and the meat was a rubbery as as the sole of an old chuck taylor shoe. As I told my much disappointed wife and children, these were just the best of a very bad sandwich. The owners of these joints are laughing all the way to bank on the back of stupid tourists. In fact, I asked about 10 people on the street and they could not even tell me how to get there – trust me, they were not tourists – they were locals.

To Geno and Pat, good on ya! You have the whole country duped.

btw – the wit and without schtick is classic. What a wonderful marketing job. I only wish I could come up with a gimmick like this.

By: Vy

Vy — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:18:47 +0000

Nonwhites look… liberal? Oh my god, Cathy’s opened a can of worms here.

By: bigd

bigd — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:27:13 +0000

You look like a liberal.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:37:17 +0000

Who got there first? pat or Geno?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:16:21 +0000

A day ago I went to geno’s and got a whiz wit. then I went to pats and got a whiz wit and I compared them in their different qualities. taste and the way they looked.

pats had the cheese on top geno’s had the cheese on the bottom. pat’s got cheese on my face but geno’s cheese dripped out.Both cheeses were the same The meat on pat’s was chopped and the meat on geno’s was sliced. so sometimes I pulled sliced meat without bread or cheese where as at Pats that didn’t happen. The meat was more tender at Genos but i LIKED how at Pats in every bit i got everything. aLSO PAT’S HAD WAY MORE MEAT. I tasted the meat more and I liked how it filled me up more. geno’s the meat was not consistent throughout the sandwich. Pat’s meat was better. Geno’s bread was saltier than PATS MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I TASTED THE BREAD MORE AT GENOS BECAUSE THE LACK OF MEAT. Pats rolls were softer. Pats bread was better. Genos had more onions so I liked genos onions better. Genos was warm while pats was hot so I liked that.

Overall: Pats is better than Genos. More meat same price and better bread.

By: steves prince of steaks

steves prince of steaks — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:49:18 +0000

screw south philly altogether. northeast philly is where its at!!!! steves prince of steaks all day!!!