Late day driving around and was coming in from Harpswell, when I remembered Fat Boy Drive In. It has been since I was a kid since I was here. Pulled in and was greeted promptly by a young "bellhop", she handed me a menu and said I'll be back in five minutes. I was like sweet! Well 5 became 11 minutes, when I decided to see if I was forgotten. Went to the door and asked if it could order, another staff member was quick to follow me out to the car. I ordered a bacon burger, onion rings and an orange creamsicle shake. Came out fast! So not sure why I waited long to begin with. Ok wondering why I gave three stars? Delay was one. Got the wrong burger, it has cheese in it and I asked for a bacon burger. It was a plain burger, not much taste or seasoning for the burger itself. I was disappointed. Now the onion rings, excellent and the shake, amazing. I'll try them again soon to see if they can get a couple more stars read more

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When opened last summer, the quantity/quality not even close to the former Fat Boys. No scollops either. The small stand next door, better fried fish, but no scollops! Not the Fat Boys like it was when the Base was open. read more

I was disappointed the parking lot was virtually empty but happy they were open. The menu was somewhat similar to the old menu , somewhat higher but still very reasonable. Still used the lights to signal someone to take our order , done promptly and served reasonably quickly. We were very happy with our meal including whoper burger and veggie burger with onion rings and fries, shakes and soda. Rather than cash, they were updated with car side credit card device. A bit more difficult than we remembered eating in a classic convertible, but happy to to it and eat there. Next time we may bring our own trays in the car. read more

Favorite Brunswick summer spot! The food is great, well cooked, and very well priced. The service is consistently pleasant and efficient, I always have such positive interactions with the staff. Even when we showed up with eight people in a minivan, they served us so politely and quickly. Everything is a gem, but a few of my personal highlights are the cheeseburger, hotdog, and veggie burger - however, the veggie burger is not cooked on a separate stove, so not the best spot for dietary restrictions. read more

Excellent, fast service and good tasting food. Love the Americana vibes. For what it is (fast food) was really enjoyable. Will be back. read more

Always the best fast food joint in Brunswick! This is the real deal drive in restaurant, with waitstaff that come to your car to take and deliver your order. Typical drive in food, except it's Maine and you have tasty lobster rolls as part of the traditional menu. And they are very good here! Nicely toasted bun, plenty of lobs tag with a tasty mayo dressing. Burgers, shakes and fries. Oh my! They're all great and service, too! read more

Fat Boy has "re-opened" again, for the summer season. Car Hop service is back! My burger was delicious as ever. They brought back the thin hand battered onion rings, but sadly took away the sweet potato fries (which are my daughters favorite!) Oh! They serve beer and wine now. Fun for the adults, just dont drive read more

Fat Boy Drive In - Burgers Near Me - Brunswick, Maine

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Specializing in the classics of burgers and fries, while expanding to crab rolls and more this 50's style joint is a great stop in Brunswick. You can order from the comfort of your car if you choose which is a classic touch. The vintage sign pointing directly to the oversized kitchen with sizzling skillets will make you feel at home. Make sure you also get dessert, they have some great shake options. read more

The food is now way overpriced due to new ownership. It's fun to sit in your car to eat but can be messy.

Unbelievable, the writing was on the wall for the fat boy ( new owners ) the parking lot told the story , but despite the obvious the owner seems to either not care or has so much money he just needs a write off . Totally disgusted, over priced food , ambience totally destroyed . I gave it one other chance last summer and I simply had to throw the food out and drive away . My 10 yr old granddaughter who absolutely loved the fat Boy before the sale couldn't even eat the high priced garbage they are trying to sell . I can't imagine the genius who bought a much loved iconic drive in restaurant since the 50s and Decided to change everything about it , except any attempt to maintain and upgrade the Bld. Or preserve the much loved reputation it had maintained for over 60 yrs . I would strongly encourage anyone from stopping, hoping for anything resembling prior memory's experience . You will be sadly disappointed and feeling disgusted at the insulting quality of food and the ridiculous prices they are asking for their downgrade in quality! read more

Called ahead and the person answering the phone could not be bothered to check for food allergies because it was behind some boxes and they were busy. So we kept driving. read more

I used to come here under the previous ownership and today, I must say, was an epic disappointment. Not only are they cutting corners with their portions, but they changed the sauce on their Whopper. It tasted bland. Significantly smaller in size than before and the onion rings were inedible in my opinion and tasted like seafood. $40 for two whoppers, two fountain drinks and one thing is onion rings is ridiculous. And I'm leaving hungry.. Unfortunately, like others have said, this place has lost its appeal. So much history and it's being ruined by new cheap owners. I will not be back. read more

Headed over to Fat Boy a few days after their glorious re-opening on Memorial Day weekend! The parking lot was very crowded and a little bit confusing when we drove in. There were a lot of cars parked outside of the main space, farther back in the parking lot and a few openings right around the building. I was not sure if cars were waiting to pull into those spaces, but since nobody was moving, I pulled right in. Given the crowd, I was happy to see someone come to the car within minutes to give us menus and instruct us to turn the car lights on when we were ready to order. I turned the car lights on once we settled on a cheeseburger, onion rings and a few beverages, and our waiter was back in under a minute. Once we put our order in, she let us know that it would be about 20 minutes for the turn around, and as we were not on a tight schedule, we decided to wait. We were so happy to see our food coming toward us on that old school car window tray! Burger was solid and the onion rings were battered, they was I like them. We hung for awhile eating and then turned the lights back on to pay. Overall fun experience. I am so happy that new owners have taken over, it would have been so sad to see this local landmark fade into a rusty ghost town. Updated menu pictures posted in photos. read more

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I hate to do this but the food was just bad. Hamburgers were thin, not juicy at all and basically tasteless. I mean a bubba burger is better. Fries were ok. Milkshake was icey, not creamy. Kids working there are very nice and they hustled and are the reason for an extra star. read more

2020 opening date is Saturday, May 16th! During Covid social distancing classic drive ins are perfect. Located about 5 min / 1.5 mi from Downtown Brunswick / Bowdoin. They created their Whoper before Burger King did. Used to be cash only but new ownership this year will be accepting cards! read more

Fat Boy Drive In - 2020 Opening Date - May 16th! - Burgers Near Me - Brunswick, Maine

Food was really good and very close to original. Had the scallop basket, lobster roll and woper burger. The frappes are delicious. Service was friendly sky and fast! read more

Fat Boy Drive In - Scallop basket - Burgers Near Me - Brunswick, Maine

Pretty good for a fast food place. We'd never been to a drive-in place before and enjoyed the nostalgia of it. The servings were medium sized, and decently priced. The lobster roll was served on soft brioche bread, with a generous heaping of mayo. Super delicious. The haddock nuggets were good, and deep fried well without being oily. The onion rings and vanilla frappe were mediocre- would not recommend. Service was friendly and pleasant. Would recommend a visit for the experience. read more

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Fat Boy Drive In is an institution in Brunswick. It's an old fashioned drive in, lights on for service and they take your order and serve you in your car. However, there are tables for those who need to get out and stretch their legs. The food is simple American fast food done very well with a few New England signatures added on. Their fries are not my favorite (crinkle cut) but everything else I've had has been great. It's across from the old navel base and watching airplanes come in and out of the airport is fun. read more

The service was good. It did take a little while for the food to be brought out. I ordered a patty melt. I really wish that the hamburger had been grilled. It seemed as if it was steamed. There was really no taste and the hamburger was an all over steamed brownish grey color. The sandwich wasn't cut in half, which would have been helpful. The white bread was toasted and very buttered. I had asked for raw onions. They were chopped and kept falling off of the hamburger onto my shirt. Anyway, I just wish that the hamburger would have been grilled. The prices have really gone up and for the money, the hamburger should be tasty. read more

My teenage son and I love Fat Boy! I've heard and read the bad reviews but we think it's great. So far we've enjoyed the friend clams, burgers, and chicken tenders. We'll be back! read more

Good burgers and fries delivered right to the car! Little on the greasy side, but we knew that going in. It was a cool treat!

I have only tried Fat Boy once before (pre-Covid times) and wasn't overly blown away so never had the urge to return until tonight. I was all set to visit Five Guys but they were very busy and with 2 small kids it isn't easy waiting for food in a restaurant so I thought, let's give Fat Boy a try. The young lady who came to take my order was wonderful and did a great job. However sadly that was the lone bright spot. I ordered a double whoper burger, onion rings, kids hot dog meal and a side of cole slaw. Let's start by saying I am not sure if it is due to corner cutting as others have mentioned or not but the burger definitely had the look and taste of a frozen Ballpark (or other generic company) patty. No meat flavor. The "special sauce", which i have heard used to be better, was barely on the bun and was not noticed at all. To say it was an utter disappointment is an understatement. The fries were super soft and soggy (ok I took my order to go and drove the 4 mins home so maybe that's on me a little) but they were either fried hours before or barely reheated when ordered. The onion rings tasted of nothing but oil, like everything was greasy. The hot dog was, a hot dog. My kids ate it, i guess that's a win?? The cole slaw was easily the least seasoned and bland slaw I have had in my 42 years alive. Service, besides the cheerful server, and her partner who brought the food out, was, in my opinion slow. I thought Fat Boys was quick but over 20 mins when not super busy seemed a little much. I gave 2 stars for the young ladies working there otherwise it would easily be 1 star. We won't be giving Fat Boy a third try. read more

A long time favorite, we went today and they have clearly made some changes- pretty much all for the better! Burger was tasty! Raspberry Frappe (shake) was amazing! Fries needed a little more seasoning, but we're still decent. Highly recommend!! read more

Wow, this place has gone down hill since my last visit 12 years ago. Not much to say about this place. Service was good, but food was lacking in flavor, quality and size. My hamburger was very small. I ordered the Royal burger basket and I was expecting a large juicy burger. What I got was a small 1/8 pound burger with nothing on it but mayo and ketchup. No lettuce, tomatoes or anything. Fries were good. Drinks were so small that is would be better labeled as a kids size, not a regular. Very disappointed to say the least. It gets 3 stars as it looks the same as it used to. Cone on Fat Boys, offer a real meal here would you read more

Fat boys was always a tradition for us so when we were so close today we had to stop. Really hate to say this but never again! The onion rings were very thick and heavily breaded, as well as over cooked we just threw them away. The whopper burgers were on a hard dry bun and were pretty tasteless. The place is so overall rundown it is sad. There are so many other kept up places to stop in i just don't know how they keep going. I guess some traditions need to change.... read more

I ran into this place and frankly I found it very hospitable for its very respectful and polite staff and I was given a very huge and testy creamy too. I even wished that I had left some tips for them. Just try it they have pizza too! read more

While on vacation in Maine, went here. Burger was excellent and so was shake. Fries soggy and needed salt. Maybe they were having an off day with the fries, who knows. read more

I would just set your expectations pretty low. The vibe is really neat, being a drive-in straight out of the past, with the tray on your window, old school food options, etc. The servers are super friendly and helpful. The food is just meh.... but honestly, what do you expect? It's likely a summer job for teenagers and college kids that aren't training for the Culinary Institute of America. It's burgers and fries that are edible, but not amazing. On our visit, the burgers were pretty good... serviceable, I would say. Hot dog was better, fries and the thiccccc shake were the star, and take it from me, don't try to get cute and get their Canadian BLT with canadian bacon. That was more like barely warmed Taylor Ham. I'm not a big fast food guy, but I remember Five Guys burgers being far superior, just in lamer setting. If you're in the area and want to stop by to say you did, it's okay, but I had heard many stories over the years about how amazing Fat Boys was, and it's clear that ship has sailed. read more

What happened to Fat Boy's? Just 2 cars in the parking lot was a clue. 12/11/20, 12:00 ordered Fish and Chips $16.00. Received two 'very very thin' square strips of fried fish and fries completed the container. Pathetic. Looking back on it, should have handed it back. This isn't acceptable serving fish like this in Maine. read more

Pulled in on a whim during Christmas shopping and ordered by phone as instructed. Never looked at the online menu as I just wanted a couple of small cheeseburgers, fries and a Pepsi. Food came quickly brought out to me by a very pleasant and nice young lady. The food? Simply awful. Dreadful. Inedible. And $20 bucks plus a $5 tip. The cheeseburger was paper thin and had had all semblance of moisture removed. Dry. As. A. Bone. The three bites I ate were completely flavorless. Nothing. Except maybe a remnant of flavor from cardboard packaging that once held it. The fries were well and truly overdone. Hard, brittle, dry and only mildly warm. I ate one bite of one fry. I threw out all of the fries and one and three-quarters of the cheeseburgers. The Pepsi was delicious. I travel the coast of Maine for my job and eat at various roadside places throughout the state. Worst place ever. My 2 cents. read more

Fat Boy Drive In - Small French Fries - Burgers Near Me - Brunswick, Maine

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This has been a favorite since I started going in the 1980's. The other day was the worst. Our waitress had a guy friend show up right next to us and they talked to each other the whole time. Then they were joined by another employee who started to smoke a cigarette right by our car as we were eating. I ended up having her take the tray and we moved out of the parking lot to eat our undercooked burgers. Not a good experience with new owners!!! read more

I really wanted to rate this higher. Classic car hop drive in. First timer. We each ordered a Whopper burger, we split some fries, and I got some coleslaw. Nothing stood out to me. Flat top burger...nothing fancy with the bun...and it was a bit greasy and over cooked. Fries were way over oily...a fat bomb for anyone eating close to a half serving. Service was good, staff was friendly. I thought the food was overprices for below average technique and food quality. I'm two and a half stars here. Sorry. read more

Ordered the $8 patty melt burger. This is a photo of the burger I received. I would not recommend going here. Cheap overpriced food read more

Fat Boy Drive In - two sandwiches with cheese and mustard - Burgers Near Me - Brunswick, Maine

Finding this place was a cool surprise. You'll be more inclined to think this place is cool if you can actually remember when these kinds of drive-ins were regular roadside fixtures in small town USA...which without dating myself too badly I hope, I do vividly recall. This place has stood the test of time in lovely Brunswick. During our recent visit, the place was hopping so it's clearly still a popular place to grab some food. Just like in the hey-day of drive ins, you pull your car into a spot and turn on your headlights indicating you want car-side service. Out comes the car-hop! Not on roller skates like some places used to have but still out she comes right to the driver's side door. The menu is the Maine version of old school drive in items so in addition to burgers and hot dogs you can get lobster and crabmeat rolls, fish sandwiches and Maine crab cakes. We both tried the lobster rolls and the onion rings. The onion rings were hot, crisp and freshly made. The lobster rolls were good but I could have done with less mayo. The prices here are pretty retro too...very easy on the wallet. There are a few tables inside as well if that's your preference. It's a bustling beehive of activity in the open kitchen in there. It looked like all the cooks were adults and all the car-hops were teens. The inside could do with a bit of sprucing up. Retro is fun but sometimes things do need to be repaired and updated. Nevertheless, this is a fun place for a bite on a coastal Maine road trip. read more

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Born and raised in Brunswick and Fat Boy Drive In is a fixture and a source of excitement when they open for the season. They closed last year and now have reopened under new ownership. As a local I was hopeful they'd keep with the same menu and traditions. So here's a breakdown of the good, bad and the ugly. Good: Menu items seem to have stayed the same. Lots of familiar staff returning and the nostalgia is like they never closed. We order frappes and they still tastes exactly the same. And you can finally pay with plastic, no more cash only. That's a bonus Bad: we all hate to see prices go up, but let's face it, it's going to happen. But with that being said the menu prices have jumped up significantly more than the usually 10%-15% we usually see when they start their new season. Ugly: if you were hoping for their famous and well know onion rings and BLTs, currently I'm sorry, you will not find it there. I received the cookie cutter, pub style, right from the freeze onion rings. And the BLT was on a seeded bun. I voiced my disappointment and was advised that currently they are unable to make their trademark, handmade onion rings because of the flour shortage during this COVID pandemic. That makes sense because I haven't been able to find flour anywhere but they should probably disclose the subpar substitution when people order them. As they work through new ownership, COVID safeguards, and other hurdles I'll revisit again in time for a another try. read more

I'm heartbroken to change this to a two star review, but I have no choice. The new ownership has changed things and not for the better. The food is not the same quality as it was. I've had the Whoper burger a couple times and the meat was bland, and rubbery both in texture and taste. The onion rings were supposed to be the old style rings and while they were prepared the same, they didn't taste the same. I think they are using different food vendors than the previous owners. There are much better local options for everything on the menu now both in terms of quality and price. The food is edible, but barely. It's a far cry from what it used to be. The food isn't great but the prices they are charging are just plain awful. Many items are at least a dollar or two more than they used to be. This would be fine if they were improved, but that's not the case here. The waitstaff are polite, patient, and helpful as they've always been. This is the only reason this review is two stars. It would be one star if it was just about the food. read more

After loving Fat Boy for decades, then experiencing a drop in quality a few years ago, and then our horrible experience in 2020 under new ownership we swore we would never return, we gave it another shot on Saturday, 3027-2021... Our initial impression was highlighted by a totally awesome wait person and we ordered without even looking at a menu. We then debated what the cost of our meal would be and were within 5 bucks of our informal "guestimate". Yes the prices skyrocketed but so have prices on everything else and so we accepted our somewhat expensive fate without complaint. So be it. As for the food, the cheeseburgers are slightly larger than we remembered but were a bit dry and cooked not only through (safe) but a bit beyond what is necessary. However they tasted fine and were of sufficient quality for a drive in stand. The fries were what we both termed "blah", which to us means acceptable but nothing we would order again. My wife also ordered a grilled hot dog which she liked a lot and said she would order again. We had a black and white shake which was "good" and served as desert. The star of the meal were the onion rings and next time we will have a double order. The rings were as they were in former years (with the crappy exception of 2020) and were outstanding. We will return again. Kudos for fixing the problems that initially tanked in 2020 and I expect 2021 to be a far better year for the new ownership. read more

Felt like I was in Grease or some 1950's movie. A real old fashioned Drive-In with car hops and everything! It was pretty packed, so it took about 20 minutes for our meal. Onion rings were fantastic. Fried clams were pretty good too. Frappe was painful; too cold to drink fast but too good not to. I still feel like my brain is a bit frozen! read more

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Back in the day, I LOVED this place. So many memories. The food was never gourmet but man was it yummy! It was the place to go. Often times it was hard to find a place to park it was so good. Quite literally, this place was hopping! Over the years I would frequently travel back to Brunswick just to go to Fat Boys and have their signature grub. Well, it's been far to long since I have been able to return to this once wonderful spot and it has gone downhill so bad I will not be returning. I had no idea in 2020 the previous owners sold it to someone who has no clue how maintain its charm let alone it's quality. The building is in disrepair. Inside is dirty. Trust me. The tables have been removed and the walls have layers of grease on them. Paint everywhere is chipping, the same old signage is being used it had 30 + years ago. Which I will admit, At first I found to be kind of neat. Oh Fat Boys how I had missed you. But I soon realized as my dining experience continued this wasn't about nostalgia; this was about neglect. The food: the cheeseburger was exactly how I remember. YUM. So was the black raspberry milkshake. I guess I am grateful for that but not sure it was worth the experience. The fried scallops were tough and fried in old tasting oil. We went around 4 pm so I wouldn't consider it to be the end of a busy day's oil. Frankly everything fried we got was subpar. Our waitress delivered our food and there wasn't enough salt or sauce (there were 3 of us). So we turned on our lights for service as the sign indicates (and as has always been the case). Well, our waitress never came back. The other waitress caring for the other side of the parking lot kept caring for her 3 cars but never told our waitress our lights were on and we were in her plain sight. My friends and I were a little disheartened by the fact we had given our waitress a large tip (you pay when you get the food) yet she never even came back to see if we were ok? I went inside to explained after 40 mins of no service and asked for a return of the tip for lack of service. Immediately the waitress who was caring for the other 3 cars looked at me and started yelling at me. "I can't, I can't. She is a new waitress and I am not dealing with you". She said some other rude things I can't recall from being in shock because she was literally yelling at me. Mind you, I did not go in there guns a blaring. I was purposefully being professional and stating facts and providing feedback. This waitress then started talking to the owner who did nothing about his wait staff yelling at me. I looked at him and I looked at her and him and her again with my mouth closed as she was literally yelling at me for merely bringing to their attention my waitress never checked on me nor came to my car when my lights were on for over 40 mins. I was dumbfounded. I let her yell because what was I going to do? Start yelling back? Once she was done I did ask the owner if this is what he called customer service? He literally rolled his eyes, sighed and explained he has had a shortage of workers and asked how he could help me. He was not empathetic, he was not concerned his employee had just gone up one side of me and down another while I stood there quiet. I calmly explained the situation to him and he went hastily to the cash register and gave me the tip money back. I gave 1/2 of it back to him and told him it's not like she didn't do anything but she certainly didn't work for the percentage initially given to her. I wasn't trying to be an. And I walked out. As we left, our waitress was helping another car and as we drove by this girl literally yelled obscenities at us as we drove by. We didn't stop, I didn't bother tell the owner because obviously he didn't care. This was made clear by the way he allowed the other waitress to yell at me. I used to work customer service jobs. I can't imagine EVER treating a customer this way, let alone my manager being okay with it. Short staffed or not. I don't doubt they have have had staffing issues but there weren't more than 6 cars total in the parking lot with 2 waitresses total while we were there. I am not sure this was a valid excuse for not receiving service considering waitresses in sit down establishments actually have more customers and check on their tables way more frequently than this girl did. Of course now that I am home, I have looked up recent reviews of Fat Boys and have actually found another review of a waitress yelling at a customer. Is yelling at your customers really worth keeping your doors open? Since when is this okay? Idk what else to say. RIP Fat Boys read more

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Having been born and raised in Brunswick, it's no wonder that I'm a fan of Fat Boy! The classic 50's drive in is definitely the main appeal, but really: I just *REALLY* enjoy the food. Be aware though: When the season first starts, it's absolutely insane! Not just in the sense that there are mass amounts of vehicles, but also in the fact that the wait tends to be much longer than usual (they have more tickets than they can "hold," from what I've seen while waiting), which leads to errors in orders. It's also a lot of the car hops' first season, so they're already rushing/trying to figure things out. I try to wait it out for about a month to let the hype die down before I get my Fat Boy fix because of this very reason... but my mom insisted that we go, and I'd be dumb to refuse free food! I ordered my usual: A whopper basket (which no longer is a "basket" apparently??) with extra crispy fries and a strawberry frappe. --The burger this visit was cooked well enough, but I ordered it with *only* ketchup/lettuce/extra onion, and I ended up with a heaping amount of tomato and so much mayo that I gagged (I don't like mayo). Because of it being so crazy and because I don't like to be "that guy," if my food is wrong I suck it up & usually enjoy it anyways, but when I gagged, I was... not the happiest. --The frappes are my favorite by far. Thick & creamy. Everything a frappe should be! That's about all I have to say about that. TL;DR: Don't go at the start of the season. Wait it out a little bit longer, and you'll get exactly what you asked for. read more

Fat Boy Drive In - Sunset at Fat Boy - Burgers Near Me - Brunswick, Maine