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Recent reviews for Hungry Jacks indicate a significant decline in customer satisfaction, primarily driven by consistent operational failures and perceived "shrinkflation". While the flame-grilled flavour and chips still receive occasional praise, these are overshadowed by widespread reports of cold food, missing items, and poor service.

Pros
Patty and Chip Quality: When served correctly, the flame-grilled patties and thick, salty chips are frequently cited as superior to competitors like McDonald's.
Occasional Service Excellence: Specific staff members at locations like Mackay City, Brookvale, and Firle are highlighted for providing exceptional, friendly service.
Menu Variety: New additions like the Biscoff Storm and spicy tenders received positive mentions for flavour and heat levels.
App Value: The "Shake & Win" feature and birthday offers remain popular incentives for customers, despite some technical frustrations.
Cons
Temperature and Freshness: A significant number of orders are served "stone cold" or "tepid," with some managers reportedly admitting that burgers are microwaved rather than fresh.
Order Inaccuracy: Missing items (specifically nuggets and hash browns) and incorrect customisations (e.g., meat in veggie burgers or unwanted pickles) are recurring issues across multiple stores.
Deceptive Advertising: Numerous complaints state that the physical products—particularly the "Mega" ribs and specialty chicken burgers—are significantly smaller and less appealing than advertised.
Extended Wait Times: Drive-thru and in-store wait times frequently exceed 20 minutes, even for simple orders or when customers are asked to wait in designated bays.
Verdict

Hungry Jacks is currently struggling with severe consistency issues, with many customers expressing frustration over paying higher prices for smaller, colder, and incorrectly prepared meals. While the brand's core flavours still have a loyal following, the frequent service lapses and lack of cleanliness in several branches make it a high-risk choice for many diners.

1,202 reviews
1 Irene A.  · I ordered the Mega rib priced at $18.80. What a rip off. It only has 3 strips of beef ribs
3 Alice  · Food was fine, chips were good but they forgot my nuggets when we were the only people ordering
1 Eileen P  · Absolutely disgusting, food was served cold - staff didn't care ended throwing the order in the bin - definitely avoid
1 Gurondio  · They take 7 hours to make freaking food and ba da ba ba baaaa I’m not lovin it
5 Michael  · Hungry Jacks Kilburn SA, great service, despite being very busy when I ordered my meal.
1 Danielle Bush  · for one of the best fast food companies your iced coffee lids need to be reconsidered. I say that in the nicest way possible.
Christine
ChristineQLD
 

tonight at Robina Hungry Jacks, while my husband and I were having a burger. I would like to commend Kyle and Sam for their good manners and patience with a very very difficult customer, she was really a problem . Well done Kyle and Sam I do hope you are both appreciated by Hunger Jacks Show details

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Abin Binu
Abin Binu2 posts
 

When I heard the burgers are better at hungry jacks, I didn’t take it too seriously. But dude, the burgers are actually pretty good something bout the patty they use, it tastes good. Stingy pr*cks increased the price on their BBQ cheeseburger which I’m not too happy about but still better than Maccas anyday I reckon. Show details

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brett
brett12 posts
 

Turn up at 6am on my way to work. But have to sit here for 10 mins to wait for them to get up n ready. Why?. Because supposedly open at 6am doesn't mean ready to serve the food. Why is it so hard for businesses to open, ready to go on time. Lazy service. Coffee is still terrible. Show details

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ebony C.
ebony C.WA4 posts
 

Geraldton, Northgate- pancakes good, butter liquid, no skim milk available. Store dirty - drink stains as per video, every table needed wiping down and upholstery needed replacing Show details

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Rob B.
Rob B.SA
 

The girls at Mawson Lakes were very friendly, wishing us a good night. But both our sundaes were very disappointing.. you needed a finders fee to spot the topping.. we basically had vanilla icecream

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Shadman
ShadmanWA10 posts
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The price of Shake& Win in their App jumps after accepting the offer you have accepted. I called 2 times on 1300 852 326 to report, they did not answer my call. Show details

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Urfav G.
Urfav G.2 posts
 

I had ordered a frozen raspberry Fanta with WATERMELON bursties, I opened my cup saw that it was the wrong bursties and told the employee at the drive thru window that they didn't put in watermelon bursties, he took the drink walked up to someone, said something then came back and claimed there were watermelon bursties, I said that I was sure… Read more

there wasn't and he claimed that there was just in the middle, I looked all through my drink later and there were none, every time I go to hungry jacks they either get my bursties wrong or they give me none at all this feels like a scam

Urfav G.
Urfav G.   

The burglars are better at hungry jacks

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Roysto
RoystoNSW8 posts
 

I ordered the new Outback chicken burger, When I got home and opened the burger it was nothing like what's advertised. Wrote an email to Hungry Jacks feedback email and had no response whats so ever. You be the judge and looked at the attached pics

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Daniel
DanielSA13 posts
 

THE BURGLARS ARE BETTER AT HUNGRY JACKS... The burglars are better at Hungry Jacks, indeed... Whilst driving around with my daughter, my son, and my sons girlfriend, on my birthday, I placed an order for something to munch on for us all.. Before making it to Hungry Jacks, my phone battery died and I had to sign in to my account with my sons… Read more

girlfriends phone..

As Hungry Jacks crap app requires, I chose the drive thru, which shouldn't even be an option when the store is closed and drive thru is the only option, or when it DOESN'T speed up the order process, or when operating your phone while on the road, or in the drive thru, is an offence, and which I have raised with Hungry Jacks NUMEROUS TIMES, or when McDonald's and KFC don't require this function, and I received my order number..

When I pulled into the drive thru and told the incompetent tattooed, child like manager my order number, he claimed not to have it in his system and despite driving around to the window and showing my order number, and the order details, he refused to complete the order..

Being my birthday, and that I am on a minimal budget due to unforeseen expenses, I was not in a position to reorder the meals and I had to leave without the food I ordered for us all...

I don't think I need to say how p!ss'd off I was...

Fast forward 2 days, and Hungry Jacks have stolen the funds that were pending in my bank account for food the cocky little turd, child like manager refused to process instead of refunding..

The other managers at the Hungry jacks store I ordered from would, and have, sorted and processed an order with the same issues..

The same issue occured a week or so before this, and the manager fixed the issue without a fuss..

To top off the refusal to process the order based on the order details in my app, and that the issue occured only minutes after ordering, the child like manager tried accusing me of ordering at the wrong store. and then proceeded to claim the issue was on my end, not on his, despite the fact that the app showed all the relevant details that his system didn't have..

Taking my money after all of the aforementioned issues is a slap in the face...

I will not be spending any more money on

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Glen G.
Glen G.
 

25 minute wait in drive through. Orders not taken from alternate lanes making it unfair. Finally got to place order and told no ice cream products available. Forced to wait another 20 minutes to get out. Stay away!

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FJH
FJH4 posts
 

Normally we are quite pleased with HJ UNTIL we ordered from their Lake Haven store. Gave us squished empty dried up chicken burgers that were the wrong burgers for a start then when drove alllll the way back to the store they told us they’d run out of chicken hence the rubbish they served us. Didn’t say anything upon original order. Finally reimbursed us hence the 2 stars. Head Office advised and made zero changes Show details

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Kath
KathWA11 posts
 

Ordered 2 milkshakes for my husband and myself so disgusting not any milkshake to be seen more like yuk Show details

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Lisa H.
Lisa H.VIC7 posts
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There always appears to be heaps of staff on, and this time the orders seemed to be coming out quickly as every other time I've been here it's very slow. Lots of people waiting for orders. Since the renovation I thought there would be a little bit more cleaning as the bins are always overflowing and in the hour that I've been here no staff has… Read more

come out to wipe tables down. Staff were taking a break eating at the table so I thought it would have been obvious they needed cleaning. Also the floors had mud from workmans boots and food scraps.

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Jen
JenNSW
 

Absolutely ridiculous portion presentation and price for sticky date pudding Show details

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Debbie G.
Debbie G.SA3 posts
 

Went through the drive through on Saturday Nov 1st at 3.23pm at Westbourne Park Hungry Jacks on Goodwood Road in Adelaide. We repeated the order to the young guy... for 2 large fries & 2 whoppers with cheese...1 whopper without onions. Got home the chips where half full & cold... & we only live 5 minutes away. The one whopper with the onion had… Read more

hardly no onion on it & it had no lettuce on it...but at least it had cheese on that whopper. My whopper looked dry...hardly no tomato sauce & no mayo...no lettuce - only 2 small tiny pieces of lettuce the size of a 1 cent piece. Only had 1 pickle on it ??. But no cheese??? It looked so dry & unappetising I took a photo of it. I had to add a my own slice cheese & lettuce from our fridge & had to put tomato sauce & mayo on it too. Why did we pay $30.10 to Hungry Jacks when I basically had to add my own salad & dressing & ingredients from home to make it at all palatable. Who are making these burgers there ???. Not the same as they used to make them. Downsized them too !!! But noticed the prices have gone up on everything there. But the standard & quality of food hasn't. This is about the 3rd time we've had a s###y meal from Westbourne Park Hungry Jacks. Not going there in the future. Their whoppers certainly don't look like the ones that they advertise. I was better off making my own burger at home than getting one from there.

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Energy
Energy12 posts
 

So, after seeing the online pictures of the Kansas City Jacks Fried Chicken burger (photo 2) I ordered 1 and received this (photo 1), now if that is not false advertising, I don't know what is. I started to leave feedback on there site but stopped when they required my address, totally unnecessary. I rang the store duty manager who has offered a replacement.

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Pam
Pam6 posts
 

Absolutely love Hungry Jack's! They always deliver and I especially love their large chocolate sundaes. Always filled to the top, not halfway or half melted like some other foodchains. I hope one day they get in a chocolate soft serve which be amazing!! Show details

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Nachaat
Nachaat2 posts
 

In Melbourne Airport, I Attended to the counter to pay and redeem my shake and win wooper, She refused to get the order and said "we don't do them here", I asked her for the reason, She stated that "because we are a franchise ". It's Very Bad to leave the control up to the branches opinion, you need to mention that in your site or otherwise… Read more

franchise will abide by the way it is running. Was also another man with the same frustration and you can review the video if there any at this store.

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Sam C.
Sam C.4 posts
 

Never again.Always rated Hungry Jacks over Maccas. Food unediible look like a two year old had made it.No care taken. Rouse Hill Hungry Jacks Show details

 Follow-up  · Not returned and will not Stay clear is my advice

Tim
Tim
 

Pull up at drive-thru two cars in front of me it took 25 minutes to pay and said what he'll it took so long so I said forget the food and I still had to wait because the cars in front of me were still two and they were still waiting for their food so it was 30 minutes before I got past those cars how bloody disgusting is your service

 Follow-up  · Three time now same place it's bloody disgusting I will never go back to hungry Jack's again

fptr
fptr55 posts
 

Hungry jacks not nice – Brekky at upper coomera food. Not nice bottom of muffin like a rock this experience has ruled out future visits to hungry jacks

 Follow-up  · the wait was short just a standard bacon egg cheese muffin but it felt like it had been sitting for ages and just heated up (i owned a cafe for 20 years) and muffins should never be like this thios is on emy main gripes with the big fast food people eg mcdonalds chips sitting in warmer just warm when u get them and cold in a minutes as they are… Read more

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Positive reviews

JDMelb
JDMelb34 posts
 

Recently had a few takeaways from HJs after not having eaten it for about 20 years. I can't BELIEVE how much better it is than Macca's. The chips are fat and salty and run rings around the hideous translucent, undercooked limp version at Maccas. I had a Whopper and the next time, a chicken tender wrap. Both super tasty. The burger tasted fresher… Read more

than the ones at Maccas. The prices are pretty reasonable too - $5.15 for a cheeseburger. I also tried a Biscoff Storm - holy heck. So good. In reading a lot of the reviews, it seems like the biggest issue for people is HJs getting the order wrong. I got 3 takeaways over 2 weeks via Ubereats and the orders were spot on every time. Might have just got lucky. Anyway, big fan and new convert. Would struggle to go back to Maccas after this.

Gill G
Gill GSA2 posts
 

I ordered a medium whopper with cheese meal with medium onion rings and coke at Firle Hungry Jacks in South Australia yesterday. The food was exceptionally delicious! Both the onion rings and fries were fried to perfection. The onion rings were soft and flavoursome on the inside yet crispy on the outside. The fries fluffy on the inside yet crunchy. The burger was simply delicious. Kudos to the team at Firle! I’ll be back ❤️ Show details

Harley
HarleyNSW4 posts
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Today we visited Brookvale store & I must say a young gentleman named Dennis served us. His customer service skills went beyond & being in retail myself I appreciate team members who excell with a smile & certainly deserve to be recognised. Keep up the excellent work Dennis you are an asset to this store & Hungry Jacks in general. Show details

Negative reviews

Gee
Gee
 

I have ordered double veggie whopper and they gave me non veg. First time i did a drive in order and didn't take my receipt when i paid for my order at window 1. Not good enough guys. Show details

Peter
PeterVIC11 posts
 

I went to Hungry Jack’s today and ordered a burger. But the thing is, this all started from the beginning—the person on the drive-thru forgot to say “drive-thru,” so I was just waiting there, thinking my order wasn’t done or checked. Then they asked me again to repeat it, and I said, “Look, I already ordered.” After that, at the final window, they… Read more

told me to go to the waiting bay. I sat there for ages—like, maybe 7 or 10 minutes—and nothing happened. In the end, I went inside, and I told them my order still wasn’t ready. They just kept apologizing and gave me the order—they’d completely forgotten it. And on top of that, the chips they gave me, they forgot to put any salt on them.

PeterM
PeterM2 posts
 

Lunch today at 2:00pm. I had a double whopper with beef ribs, the ribs were tiny, tough and were not cooked very well. Your ads for this burger are totally deceptive. I won't have that ever again. My wife had a grilled chicken burger that was sloppy and didn't look very nice at all. We won't be back at HJs again, we were at the Bu8lleen store today. A bad deal for us I'm afraid. Show details

Recent reviews

Vanessa T.
Vanessa T.
 

I ordered the skittles storm, I don't know where or who came up with this concoction, but it was a complete disappointment. It doesn't taste anything like skittles, it was sickening sweet and uneditable. You would have more chance of success selling a cup of vanilla ice cream with real skittles mixed up in it. Show details

Paul
Paul
 

Malaga staff is rude and Cancelled my order Which was there in Preparation list. When I went on the counter to enquire giving shity answer. Not even sorry for wasting time. Usually always wast time. No point in ordering online as well. Show details

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