"Cheesesteak reviews are obviously subjective as you will always compare what you eat today to what your memory tells you was the gold standard. For me that was Pats in the 1970's! We visited Ishkabibble's on a 98* in the shade day because we were in Philly for a wedding and I was not going to be denied a steak whiz! Normally we prefer to eat outside to minimize the chances of contracting COVID but with the temperature outside set at brutal, we sucked it up and ate inside. Ishkabibble's is small, informal and cramped. It is designed more for takeout but there is something very homey when you are crammed together (more so when there is no longer a pandemic raging) on stools. The people who work here were friendly and accomodating. Prices, as elsewhere, reflected inflation....fyi, prices listed on Yelp are outdated by about $3 per cheese steak! Our cheesesteaks were tasty but not fabulous. The steak was cooked well and the cheese whiz good but I thought the bread was too soft and therefore a bit disappointing. But again, no roll is going to please every customer. Bottomline I had my authentic Philly cheesesteak while in Philly so I was one happy camper!"
