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Listen, from a guy that lives 3 blocks from Genos, I have never heard any neighbor or friend or relative say they were going to Genos to pick up a steak. No one but tourists go there. Rude employees, and one of the worst cheese steaks in the city.

For 30 years I wanted to go to Philly & find the best Cheese Steak. Finally making it there this spring, myself and a coworker decided to visit the 3 most popular haunts in walking distance from our hotel downtown. We decided to hike to Geno's and the other two big places. Geno's was first & we were so disappointed in the steak! It was dry - too much bread & it just had little flavor. The locals I asked told us & I must confirm that the price is way too much for what you get. I will say the meat was lean (& sliced), but I can get a better Philly in Denver, CO than at Geno's. My co-worker had the exact same impression. I admire Geno's for their publicity of cops' causes, but I got to wonder if that is more for their own publicity than for the cops. This has nothing to do with the taste test (as I had already had my steak), but it was offensive none the less. Geno's will give out free bumper stickers (1 per customer the sign says), espousing their latest publicity on ordering in English. I saw a fellow in front of me get 5-10 of them. So I asked for 1. The employee turned & asked an old guy (I think it was Joey), if he had any stickers to give out - pointing to me. I guess I didn't look South Philly enough, cause he said "nah, we're out." Very classy Joey! I'll just make sure that everyone knows my opinion of Geno's. Since I work in the travel industry, I'll make sure to tell folks where to steer clear in Philly.

Being from Philly I know that Pat's and Geno's make their steaks the original way. But slabs and cheese whiz are not my idea of a good steak. Its a great place for tourist to come and try out an original but for taste and the way most Philadelphians eat a cheesesteak try a deli.

Geno's and its neighbor are both highly overrated. Go elsewhere if you want a good Cheesesteak.

Growing up in Phila and living there for 30 years I can tell you despite the previous posts this is a quality outfit and a super real Philadelphia cheese steak!

If you're going to eat something so extremely unhealthy, it should at least taste good. Well, you can always go across the street and get something half-decent. There's nothing wrong with going to Pat's and Geno's once for a kick, but you should probably skip Geno's anyway.

Not only is Geno's racist, i.e. the speak english signs. Their steaks just aren't that good. It may be all the flashing lights blinding them from actually knowing how to cook. If you're in the area, you're much better off going across the street even if the line is longer (there's a reason for that).