Fat Boy Drive In

Quick, friendly service. The food comes out pretty quickly too! A nice healthy serving size (a.k.a. all the sweet potato fries a girl needs).

This is a cool place for the nostalgia, but do yourself a favor and avoid the burgers. They’re very low quality and remind me of the grade F meat used in schools. The fried chicken is delicious and the shakes are perfect. I plan to go back, just not for the burgers, I’ll stick to 5 guys for them

Over many summer visits, it remains ok but the trend is downward.
Food — classic coastal drive in. Clams are good, scallops are good, fish is good, fries are good. «excellent’ remains elusive. My family has noticed that portion size is decreasing while price is increasing.
Service — good
Ambiance — classic drive in.
Menu choices — good
Price — kind of high.

Fun atmosphere, delicious greasy food. Everything we tried was good. Looking forward to going back.

Everything is good — food AND service… but alas, my modern car makes turning on the headlights to get server attention an air pollution experience to my fellow car diners. The limited dining space in my car also make my dine in car decision a questionable one. Had the burgers, the hotdogs, the fries, and onion rings, all good ol’ greasy deliciousness!
Time to re-​visit again soon… whose car should I use to dine in? Hmm…

What sweet, lovely service… and what a great retro drive in vibe… and some pretty good food to boot… killer onion rings… nice hot dogs (I ordered a side of creamy slaw to put on mine, to kinda, sorta recreate a West Virginia slaw dog) Good burger… BLT is not as good as they tout… but still nicely done… will try some seafood next time… very happy time place!

Excellent stop on a rainy day for some «comfort» food. This is truly an old fashioned drive in diner. Seafood was great and the burgers, dogs, and fries keep the kids happy! Be sure to stop here when in the area.

This is not a fancy place to eat, but it is certainly nice to know you and your companions do not even have to get out of the car to order. It would be nice if they accepted debit and credit cards, but they have an ATM inside.
As far as what to eat here, go for the crabmeat rolls! The Fat Boy Whoper Burger and Royal Burger are OK, but the seafood is where it is at.

This review is probably a bit biased since I used to live in Brunswick and this place is a bit of an institution there. During my last visit to the area, I decided it was time to introduce my family to this place. Suffice to say, it was nice to see that some things never change. We opted for the full Fat Boy «drive-​in» experience of ordering and eating our meals in our car. The service was great and the food, while by no means the height of fine cuisine, was just as I remembered; decent and cheap. The thing to keep in mind is that Fat Boy is more about the experience and the nostalgia than it is the food. One word of warning; Fat Boy is a cash only operation and does not accept credit cards.

Ok so the list is pretty long of what I love here. Lobster rolls, shrimp rolls, onion rings, frappes, blts… I could go on and on. This is my favorite place in town for lobster rolls. I grew up coming here and their food has never disappointed. Love the true drive in. Not many places in America still have a real drive in. I’ve also eaten inside which is much like an old fashion dinner. All the staff is very friendly. Cool thing about this place was it was featured in Sunset magazine.

This is a flashback of Adventure Car Hop in Saugus, MA for me. Where else can you sit in your car and be served a great meal by a smiling person? Everything is good, Haddock nuggets, clams, onion rings. Yum. The frappes are amazing too. Love it. It’s a fun, Midcoast experience.

Remove the nostalgia and this place would closed. The food is blah at best. Everything is frozen nothing fresh, when friends say they are going to Fatboys I have to refrain from saying «Why» (its their choice) if I want to be served mediocre food by a woman in a parking lot I will send my wife into Burger King.

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 frappé.
–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 frappé 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.

This place has great car side service with engaging staff who are happy to help you decide on what to order and let you know how to get service. To get service turn your lights on. The menu has something for everyone seafood chicken burgers hotdogs and plenty of sides. The buns are all served toasted, which I absolutely loved. Don’t forget the celery salt for your hot dog either.

I have an update… It’s closing soon for the season so things will be getting much better.

Cheap, fun, and delicious — the best lobster rolls you can get for under $ 7! Skip the fries (they are not freshly made) and get the onion rings… And if you are still not fully satisfied, frappes/​milkshakes are huge (20 oz.) for less than $ 4! You definitely have to try the inside-​your-​car dining experience — so fun and uncommon nowadays.
My only complaints are (1) they only take cash and (2) they can only take one check per car… So if you are trying to split the check (like we did among 5 people…), you have to work out the cash swaps amongst yourselves, which is a pain. They can split the check if you get a table, if you want to skip the hassle.

I’ve been trying to figure out why people love Fat Boy so much for a year now. Still haven’t figured it out. Service is slow, food is okay, but not fantastic. The crinkle fries are not very good at all (they’re not crispy or flavorful), but Brunswickians love them. Milkshakes (aka «frappes») are okay, but again, nothing special.
You might as well drive another mile down the road to Five Guys, where you’ll get a better burger and fries. Plus, unlike Fat Boy, they’re open year round. Plus you won’t get stuck trying to eat while a chain-​smoker in the next car over ruins everybody else’s meal.

It’s decent I guess, it’s more about the sitting in your car shtick than actual above average food. Don’t get me wrong, the food isn’t bad but it isn’t great either.
Too many cash only places in Maine, suck it up and raise your prices to pay the CC fees and join the rest of the world in using something other than cash!

Fat Boy, made me think of David C (he said my 1000^th review should be epic). afraid i couldn’t muster inspiration, so just another1 in my recent rash of 2 star eats. d’ end.

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.