Food is good, but the nostalgia and listening to my parents stories of this place move it from a 3 to a 4 start place for me. My mom always talked about their pizza burger she loved when mom and dad were dating 60 years ago, so of course I had to try it. Would I get it again? Nope. But was it worth every penny watching my mom eat one after 60 years? ABSOLUTELY. read more

Big Boy Restaurant - Burgers Near Me - Bismarck, North Dakota

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The burgers are raved about but I feel they are so so. Could be better. The shakes are delicious though!!!

Food is good not great. Three stars. Good service. Price - value is one star. Insanely high prices. Absolutely ridiculous prices. read more

First time! From the east coast and have never heard of this place. Pizza burgers, flying style, lived up to the hype. Hot Tot was strange, but good. Had a foot-long Coney dog with everything a couple days later, that was just as good! Next time in Bismarck it will certainly be a place I'll visit again. read more

Big Boy Restaurant - Burgers Near Me - Bismarck, North Dakota

Sometimes you just need a juicy burger, some fries and a milkshake. Simple American grub that tastes oh so good and it's just what you NEED. On the rare occasion that I crave a burger, and if I had the choice to go anywhere it'd probably be Big Boy. It is very sad that there are so few locations now, so the fact that there is still an original and unchanged Big Boy in Bismarck is truly a miracle. Their burgers are unrivaled, and if you don't know what a purple cow is and can go here, I IMPLORE you to get one! Hail to Big Boy, may they remain steady forever! read more

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was very disappointed in my recent pizza burger flying style experience- no flavor, smallest burger patty yet, too much bread, and the sauce and onions just small blob in the middle of the patty. was the discussion at the BHS 50th reunion and far too many commented on how the sandwich had declined. the fries and gravy were thankfully still up to the usual standard. Please do something to get the old pizza burger back! I was supposed to bring back burgers to OR but no way was I going thru the effort to bring back what I most recently had. Sad! read more

Big boy food truck! Great idea for your next quarantine event. To keep everything safe for everyone. I had the infamous pizza burger-flying style. It was simple yet yummy. I couldn't have more than one or else it would be too much of a "good thing" but if you want a yummy, flavorful burger that doesn't need a ton of extras to impress ya then you gotta get here. For all my poutine loving fans- get their fries and gravy. The gravy, I wish I had a spoon to scoop it up with. It is that good. This is a meal to indulge, not count the calories and enjoy! read more

Big Boy Restaurant - Food truck - Burgers Near Me - Bismarck, North Dakota

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You can't hate this Big Boy! This is the last standing Big Boy in the region! All the other Big Boys are either in Michigan, Ohio, or California! So Bismarck is pretty lucky and man do they know it. This place ALWAYS has a line at lunch and dinner time. If you've never eaten at a Big Boy and don't have a clue why the locals LOVE and rave about this place: eat the fries with the gravy. This place is nearly a historic landmark of Bismarck; 4 generations of my family have eaten at this same Big Boy. Not everyone has the same taste buds but you should definitely give a few items on the menu a try (but the best is the fries with gravy)! read more

Big Boy Restaurant - The Big Boy - Burgers Near Me - Bismarck, North Dakota

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Big Boy Restaurant 2511 E Main Ave, Bismarck, ND 58501 February 6, 2021, Saturday - 11:30 for Lunch 3 Adults in the car Atmosphere - 5 stars Food - 5 stars Service - 5 stars Background - Staying with my family for a bit in Minot. I have a Costco membership and they wanted to check the place out, and we needed to eat while in the Bismarck area. This was planned as part of our trip to Bismarck. Atmosphere - The drive thru is crazy, there is a turn lane on the street which is like a highway off ramp. Because of this you can only hit the drive thru lane head the right direction. After the order was completed we drove to their parking lot, which has a park in the middle of it with cement picnic tables. It was too cold to sit on those benches so we ate in the car. Food Drink - Researching their menu sounds like I had to try the Purple Cow. Many of the Yelp reviews do not even tell you what it is. Google told me it was a grape milkshake and that is what I had. I could have used a lot more grape in my milk shake. A small was a perfect amount for me. Lunch - Again with the research as I always want to try unique menu items. Yelp reviews indicate pizza burger flying style is the thing to order. Pizza burger was already on the radar, but at a secret menu item modifier is a bonus!! Flying style, interesting name. Internet research indicates when it was first offered the burgers were placed in a round press device. Which sealed the two slices of bread together with the pizza burger inside. Then child style cutting off the crust. Name comes from looking like 1950's style flying saucer. This Big Boy now uses standard white bread that is pressed together, and nothing is cut off. Sealing in that zesty pizza sauce saves you from a huge mess. My sister in law told me to order it as a double, two beef patties, so I did. I think that was key in the making the burger better. I have a feeling you would not even notice the single beef patty as they are pretty thin. I would order this way again, double pizza burger flying style. Side - French Fries with a side of gravy. As I have lived on the west coast most of my life I would put these fries right up there with In N Out fries. The gravy was thick and has a nice pepper level. I used three or four fries to make a great spoon to scoop up the gravy. Bonus Lunch Items - My wife saw the chicken on the heating rack after we pulled up. She ordered a leg, I got to steel a bite. I could have had a chicken meal. Maybe something in the future. I also had some of the Original Big Boy, which is like a McDonald's Big Mac. The freshness of the burger and lack of sitting on the heating rack made a huge difference. I would order Original Big Boy over the Big Mac every time. Service - Pretty standard drive through service. My wife tested their flexibility by ordering a chicken drum stick after seeing it on the heating rack. They did not miss a beat. Future - I could see coming back if I end up in Bismarck with my North Dakota family. read more

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Great food and fries with gravy! Burgers/chicken and other sandwiches all terrific.

Great, tasty fast food, fast service, always busy, Quick drive through!! Pizza Berger flying style and fries with gravy a hit! Outdoor setting available with picnic tables or parking area. read more

I have been going to the Big Boy for decades. I love their pizza burger flying style with fries and the best gave around. A big plus for my kids when they were young is the parking lot that has a wide variety of hungry wildlife nearby. The kids loved feeding them BB fries! read more

It's crazy how expensive this place has gotten. The prices go up and the food portions get way smaller! However the small portions you do get are delicious. read more

Great landmark for fried chicken, potatoes and especially the gravy. Don't pass on the pizza burger flying style. read more

Pizza burger flyin style, fries, gravy and a Hot N Tot! After 10..... 20..... 30...... year of coming back to eat at Big Boy, did not disappoint again! read more

I'll just throw this out there right away: Hot n Tots are weird, Brown Cows are better than Purple Cows, get your pizza burger with onions. Big Boy is likely the most famed restaurant in Bismarck, and for good reason. You will wait in line and it will go faster than you think, and no those train tracks your car is sitting on right now aren't in use. For the amount of times I've gone here, I don't recall them ever messing up an order or the service being slow. The food is always consistent and it warms the coldest of hearts (seriously order some fries and gravy and hold them on your lap). The Big Boy original is underrated, but get a pizza burger if you've never had one. read more

I visited Bismarck earlier this month and tried to emulate the local order, getting a pizza burger flying style adding a purple cow to wash it all down. Having never been to a Big Boy before, my expectations were kind of low, but this burger exceeded the bar. I hadn't expected it to taste, well, actually like a pizza. As a heads up, the place is only a drive-in and the size of the menu may make it difficult to make a choice in advance. The purple cow shake tasted a little too odd for me (wasn't used to the idea of a grape milkshake,) but that burger was impressive as far as fast food joints go. read more

Big Boy Restaurant - Pizza burger flying style! - Burgers Near Me - Bismarck, North Dakota

If you have ever been to a Big Boy anywhere else in the country, forget everything you think you know about the restaurant. In my mind, this is the only true Big Boy location. It's drive thru only and there's always a line of cars. My personal favorites: pizza burger (flying style), fries, and a side of gravy. Flying style means that they make it into a pressed sandwich with slices of bread. The small fries come in a bag and the medium fries come in a box. Usually, I order a medium fry and a medium gravy for two people to share, but we never finish. Oh, and I love the hot n tots (coke with cinnamon). The purple cows are also good if you like grape. They are basically root beer floats with grape soda. The Big Boy Original is a big mac but a million times better. The double decker with cheese is also outstanding. The mix of ketchup and mustard on the burger is like nothing else. So simple that it's amazing. Anyway. Load up on food and eat in your car in the parking lot or sit at one of the picnic tables. And you can't go to Big Boy without feeding some leftover fries to the birds. It's a ND landmark. read more

Big Boy Restaurant - Fries and gravy - Burgers Near Me - Bismarck, North Dakota

This was my first experience at a Big Boy Restaurant. In fact, the only reason that I even know of big boy is because of a scene out of an Austin Powers movie! I learned a few things while I was there: 1. This place is drive through only. I parked, but a sign on the back of the building tells you that there's "no backdoor service." There's a big parking lot which apparently is where you park and eat your food. Not ideal in my opinion, but I guess that's part of the experience. 2. According to the staff, they are most famous for pizza burgers (flying style), fries + gravy, and frozen coke (coke slurpie). Naturally, this is what I ordered. The pizza burger basically a burger patty + pizza sauce + onions + cheese inside of flattened white bread. Consider ordering the double burger otherwise the bread:burger ratio is a bit higher than it should be. The fries + gravy were good, but it's hard for deep fried potatoes with country gravy to be bad. The frozen coke was exactly like a coca-cola slurpie from 7-11. After hearing such rave reviews about this place, I was a bit disappointed. Overall, it was still good and I'm glad I stopped by - but it's probably not a place that I'll have to visit every single time that I come through town. It's definitely worth a try at least once though! read more

Big Boy Restaurant - The menu! - Burgers Near Me - Bismarck, North Dakota

I always feed safe because everyone wears gloves and a mask and recently they scored a perfect score on their health inspection and the food is always good ... read more

I ordered a number two Piece chicken meal,It was deliciousAs well as my mixed frozen my daughter had eight and a four piece chicken meal all by herself read more

This is a baseline for a great mass produced burger. Their lines at this drive through only place are explained by their signature Big Boy original. Couple it w a delicious fry and gravy with a cherry coke and you define a delicious calorie laden heaven. Give it a shot if you are in the area. read more

afraid to post bad review! Locals love this place and the line of cars was a block long - so clearly I am missing something... Ordered the #1, which essentially was a big mac with a slightly different take on sauce. Next time I"ll have to try the pizza burger or one of their unique twists. read more

I haven't had anything here that I haven't liked. The fish fingers are on point. I could eat one of their burgers for lunch everyday. Highly recommend read more

Is it true that Big Boy is closed on Sundays and closes at noon Monday through Thursday??!?? Say it isn' t so!!!!.

Fat boy This is what they'd say 'Cause I'd eat burgers all day If Big Boy gets me back again That boy Lives so close to you But oh, what I would do If this boy Gets Big Boy again Oh, and this boy would be happy with a Super and a fry But Bismarck is so far now that all he does is cry This boy Eats burgers through the pain But it won't be the same Till Big Boy gets me back again Big Boy Big Boy ====== Overall, 7/10. (My apologies to John) read more

Big boy. What else to say. It's big boy. Best fast food in town. Pizza burger flying style, hot n tot. Or my fav, big boy Alpine burger. shoot, get me a side of the best onion Rings ever too please!! read more

I've been coming to Big Boy since before most of you were born. Hell, it'd probably be fair to say that I've been coming here since before some of your parents were even born! Looking for elegant, fancy food? Better do like Pantera says, and, "Walk on home, boy!". Want to sit at a table and have the daily specials read to you by some waitress? Better hope that your car has comfy seats, and that you can read a 20-foot tall menu board on your own, because that ain't happening either! The Big Boy in Bismarck hails from a different time, and that's part of its charm. Even during their slow times of the day, expect to wait a couple of minutes before you even get up to a microphone to place your order. If you're really lucky, you won't be sitting on the train tracks, or blocking traffic on Main Ave, but it can happen! You can't go wrong with their Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy, and Buns, but there's one meal here that will keep me coming back until the day I die: Flying-Style Pizza Burgers, Fries w/ Gravy, and a large Hot-N-Tot (Coca-Cola with cinnamon oil)! This place celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2014, and it's as popular now as it was all those years ago! The people who own/manage/work at the Big Boy know that they are a part of something special, and it truly is! The Big Boy will continue to be an institution in Bismarck long after they've chucked my body in the dirt, and that puts a big ol' smile on my face! That, and the fact that I get to stop there on my way back to Fargo tomorrow! ;) read more

Big Boy does fast food EXACTLY how it's supposed to be done. It doesn't pretend to be healthy or have 'slim options' because they'd go against everything Big Boy stands for. What does it stand for, you ask? It stands for delicious, American-ized fried food. It stands for 2 days worth of sodium intake in one meal. It stands for being way too full after you're done eating but the smell of the empty bag makes you want to eat more and more. Seriously, Big Boy is delicious. Their flying-style pizza burgers are ridiculous. Get the side of gravy with your fries.. it's so worth it (you shouldn't be watching calories or fat content if you're in this drive-through, anyway). Have I made the point yet that Big Boy may lead to heart palpitations but they'll be worth it? I'm really trying to stress that here. P.S. As a public health employee, I must add: Don't eat Big Boy often! But when you do.. just enjoy it. And, trust me, you'll enjoy it. read more

My favorite place to eat in Bismarck. I always plan at least one stop here when I'm in town visiting family. Here's what you order: pizza burger flying style, fries, and a Hot 'n' Tot to drink (Coke with cinnamon syrup). You won't be sorry! One caveat: the drive-through gets really backed up at dinner time, so plan for that. Don't let it scare you off though, the line moves really fast. read more

Very unique menu that is very different than that of our big boys in the Midwest. Was Told I must order a purple cow, pizza burger flying style (griddled) and fries with gravy. Good local food, had to try it. Didn't disappoint. read more

Big Boy Restaurant - Pizza burger flying style - Burgers Near Me - Bismarck, North Dakota

Big Boy, Big Bummer, Big Rip Off, missing food the last couple of times. coming from 200 miles away, I'll spend my $50 elsewhere on higher quality food and trustworthy service. We can start a new tradition. read more

Four words...Pizza Burger Flying Style! You can only get them here and that makes this place legendary. Toss in a side of fries served with Gravy and were talking Fast Food Heaven. Unless you hit the drive thru at the wrong time because it can get long. I grew up (and out) on these things and they were worth every calorie. read more

Awesome food! Burger is a taste of childhood, can't go wrong with the big boy double decker. Don't forget the fries and gravy... you could put that gravy on leather and I would eat it. read more

Seven words: Pizza Burgers flying style and Purple Cows. I'd also like to point out that Margaret B. down there has been out in the sun a little too long. This place is drive through only. read more

If you come to Bismarck and you don't get here, you're making a mistake! Classic, old time burgers with other indulgent and greasy options. Obviously not a regular place for me but for the occasional treat, it's a must! I always get the pizza burger flying style, a small fry with a small gravy and a purple cow! read more

Karen and I have been going to the Big Boy since 1957--This place rocks!!!!! This evening we had two pizza burger flying style with onions and extra sauce....fabulous, AGAIN!! AND we had two vanilla shakes--fabulous, AGAIN!!! Our very FAVORITE drive-in in the world!!! read more

Definitely different. I was expecting portions to be larger given the name of the place but otherwise, this place is good. I have tried the famous pizza burger flying style and that was fun and I have had their Sunday fried chicken special. Worth trying out. Their normal burgers are pretty lousy. read more

Big Boy Restaurant - Pizza burger flying style combo - Burgers Near Me - Bismarck, North Dakota

Be sure to check out menu options online because there is no way to tell what kind of Burger you are getting from the drive they menu. The Bobs original is really a dry Big Mac. Would not recommend it. Fries are usual thin cut McDonalds type fries. Burgers were average, not bad or great. Will try some of their other items next time and update. read more

Terrible prices for the quality of the food. Seems there are plenty of work release people who work here. What a shame.