Duchess of Danbury

Been coming here forever. If you dont like duchess youre not from CT. Its as cheap as mcdonalds with much better quality, you people are insane.

Bathroom could be cleaner… staff is NOT friendly. Food is so-​so, the hotdogs are a win.
Drive thru window service isn’t the greatest. Where’s the straw… and once again, they act like condiments are gold that they won’t part with, just like the one in Norwalk. Depressing inside, just not a good vibe.

The people working at this place can’t get anything right. 6 of the same sandwiches, all 6 wrong. 5 Hash browns, burnt to a crisp and inedible. Not good.

Stayed at the hotel across the street and figured i would give it a try. Very disappointed. Tried it again thinking maybe they had a bad night. Nope. Burger, fries and clams were not to my liking at all both times.

This place was absolutely empty, got my food very quickly and was filling and satisfying, everything you look for in a fast food restaurant. The clam dinner is consistently crispy and tasty, while there main burger trumps mcdonald’s. Hopefully it wont go out of business

This continues to be my go-​to quick serve when I want something that doesn’t come from the the golden arches.
A pair of BLTs is a great little meal that doesn’t cost too much.
Someone else described this as a diner with a drive through, and I look at this as a fair description and a good thing.

Wanting to try something other than a burger, I chose a grilled cheese with ham advertised on the classic sandwich menu. Visions of a cheesy mound of slices of ham danced in my head. Needless to say my shock when I was served an ¹⁄₈ of an inch thin sandwich with one slice of wafer thin ham. I was embarrassed for the server, the restaurant and for myself that anyone would think this acceptable. I incredulously questioned the server, I felt like I was being punked and looked for hidden cameras. The server looked at me and stated «that’s our sandwich». I realized there were no cameras but also no other customers. Not surprising. I will never go back.

Nice clean dutchess location. Food is so much better than any other fast food, prices are about the same.

Ok. This is definitely not an upscale fast food, just a diner food with driveway. I was quiet skeptical to begin with based on some Unilocal reviews but then it was late and most of the restaurant were closed, so I had to settle for this.
Their western omelette breakfast sandwich was decent but the chicken nuggets was burnt and tasteless, which is a shame because they use real chicken meat. Also the hashbrown was quite oily, the paper I used to take oil off ended up being soaking wet — I just had to throw the hashbrown in trash.
I don’t think I will give it another try but if you are in extreme hurry and no other restaurants are open then you could try this.

Upscale fast food I guess you could say. Being from Jersey, we never heard of this chain before. Pleasantly suprised when we gave it a shot really like the breakfast all day option. Food was great, the fries are awesome. The only reason for 4 stars is that really should add a 2^nd self serve soda machine/​that line took longer then the wait for our food!
Chain would probably do very well in Joysey

Stopped in for a quick bite before a long drive. I was hungry and ordered the double cheeseburger. It was a disappointment. 2 hamburger patties were roughly 1/​8″ thick each. Taste was OK, but nothing spectacular. Took too long for the food to be made too. I was the only one in line and stood around waiting for a good 5 minutes after ordering. I won’t be back.

Actually a fan of this place. I never heard of it until i drove by and decided to try it out. The burger is simple yet good, comparable to other fast food joints. In addition, they have the new coke machine that allows you to customize your drink your way. Big ups to that.

Great fast food. Much better option for drive-​thru than others around town.

Good fast food. A littel on the expensive side but its better than a regular fast food place and they offer meals like the tuna salad platter. We like it as it has healthy options

I went here trying to avoid McDonalds. I figured I’d try the burger since it seemed from their menu to be what they were proud of. It was not good. The fried were decent though.

Didn’t like Cheese steak wrap, the meat was not tender, the whole sandwich was dry not a lot of flavor. I like the fries though. I guess it’s not good to go to place when it has 5 stars from just one person.

Can SOMEONE please tell me why this amazing, delicious and convenient restaurant is not in New York??? Connecticut is keeping this gem all to itself!!! Dutchess is hands down the most amazing fast food place that I have ever seen (well, it’s a tie with In-​and-​Out at least… the East Coast’s answer to In-​and-​Out!!!) Here are a list of great things to try there that are at least as good if not better than the best restaurants that make that item:
1.) Turkey burger — it’s white (it actually looks like cooked turkey meat, why are other turkey burgers the same color as beef burgers??) and its light mayonnaise with shredded lettuce is delicious
2.) Patty Melt — this place makes an amazing Patty Melt. Perfect carmelized onions, the right amount of cheese and crispy Rye… I’m hungry just thinking about it
3.) Fries — I’m not a huge fan of fries but you can’t go wrong with fresh Duchess fries. Golden, crispy and delicious — don’t pass them up
4.) Bacon, Egg and Cheese on a kaiser roll — wow, why can’t delis take a note from Duchess and learn how to make it like these guys do? A solid, delicious classic every time
Go to Duchess and enjoy ANYTHING on their menu — I guarantee you will do a doubletake yourself and say… did I really just order this from a drive thru!!!