foods fire, employees act like they have somewhere else to be even when customer traffic is low
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Gaslampkilla J
Not as great as it used to be
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Milton Roth
the best $8 i ever spent at 1am in Seattle
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
N P
Solid fast food Burgers for a great price hence why they are a staple of Seattle. Grab a bag of Dicks - you're gonna like it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Triniti Jobe
Open late, not expensive, yummy, and accessible. All good things to say about this store.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ryan B
God I love Dick's
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sekar Velu
Milkshake upset my stomach. Otherwise it’s Dicks as usual.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Jason Sheard
It’s well known for a reason. Great, quick food. Open late. So affordable, if you’ve never been, it’s a Seattle staple. Right of passage. Grab a bag of Dick’s Burgers, you won’t be disappointed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fresh Cut Fries, Deluxe
Justin Siebert
Hahah might be time to retrain your employees on basic customer service. The way they communicate is… um interesting to say the least.
Fast service & good food at an affordable price ♥️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cody Smith
This place is popping! Food is always awesome and orders fly out quick so no wait most the time
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Charlie
Old school walk up diner vibes. Brings you back to the old days before drive-thru windows. Prices are absolutely insane; $2 and some change for a burger. Shakes were delicious.
Staff was packed out busy after super bowl parade, still had good customer service and were churning orders out.
Love the hustle keep doing your thing Dick’s Drive-In! Customer Service is everything! (And the food too)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
Eric Gibbs
Dick’s Drive-In is less a restaurant than a standing agreement between a city and hunger.
The menu is intentionally finite — burgers (Dick’s, Deluxe, Special), fries, shakes, floats — a system optimized for throughput and consistency rather than customization. No substitutions, no architecture diagrams, no fifteen-minute decisions at the counter. You step up, you order, food arrives almost immediately. It’s fast food operating the way the term originally meant: fast and food.
The burgers are thin griddled patties with soft buns, chopped onions, pickle, mustard — balanced for repeatability. The Deluxe adds lettuce, tomato, and mayo; the Special leans saucier. Fries are hand-cut and irregular, intentionally soft rather than aggressively crisp, built for eating in handfuls rather than admiration. Shakes are thick enough to require commitment but still technically straw-compatible, which feels like a design specification rather than an accident.
The philosophy here matters. Dick’s historically pays above minimum wage, offers scholarships to employees, and keeps pricing accessible — which explains why you’ll see students, night-shift workers, families, and bar crowds occupying the same parking lot without friction. The food becomes social infrastructure.
I go often because it’s predictable in the best possible way. No trend curve, no reinvention cycle — just a place that understands reliability is a feature, not a lack of imagination.
Some spots you visit. Some you orbit.
Dick’s is orbit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kriti Dutta
The burgers were good but fries were too oily and got soggy really soon.
foods fire, employees act like they have somewhere else to be even when customer traffic is low
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 1
Not as great as it used to be
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
the best $8 i ever spent at 1am in Seattle
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Solid fast food Burgers for a great price hence why they are a staple of Seattle. Grab a bag of Dicks - you're gonna like it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Open late, not expensive, yummy, and accessible.
All good things to say about this store.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
God I love Dick's
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Milkshake upset my stomach. Otherwise it’s Dicks as usual.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
It’s well known for a reason. Great, quick food. Open late. So affordable, if you’ve never been, it’s a Seattle staple. Right of passage. Grab a bag of Dick’s Burgers, you won’t be disappointed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fresh Cut Fries, Deluxe
Hahah might be time to retrain your employees on basic customer service. The way they communicate is… um interesting to say the least.
Delicious as always
Restaurantji Recommends
Fast service & good food at an affordable price ♥️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is popping! Food is always awesome and orders fly out quick so no wait most the time
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Old school walk up diner vibes. Brings you back to the old days before drive-thru windows. Prices are absolutely insane; $2 and some change for a burger. Shakes were delicious.
Staff was packed out busy after super bowl parade, still had good customer service and were churning orders out.
Love the hustle keep doing your thing Dick’s Drive-In! Customer Service is everything! (And the food too)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burger
Dick’s Drive-In is less a restaurant than a standing agreement between a city and hunger.
The menu is intentionally finite — burgers (Dick’s, Deluxe, Special), fries, shakes, floats — a system optimized for throughput and consistency rather than customization. No substitutions, no architecture diagrams, no fifteen-minute decisions at the counter. You step up, you order, food arrives almost immediately. It’s fast food operating the way the term originally meant: fast and food.
The burgers are thin griddled patties with soft buns, chopped onions, pickle, mustard — balanced for repeatability. The Deluxe adds lettuce, tomato, and mayo; the Special leans saucier. Fries are hand-cut and irregular, intentionally soft rather than aggressively crisp, built for eating in handfuls rather than admiration. Shakes are thick enough to require commitment but still technically straw-compatible, which feels like a design specification rather than an accident.
The philosophy here matters. Dick’s historically pays above minimum wage, offers scholarships to employees, and keeps pricing accessible — which explains why you’ll see students, night-shift workers, families, and bar crowds occupying the same parking lot without friction. The food becomes social infrastructure.
I go often because it’s predictable in the best possible way. No trend curve, no reinvention cycle — just a place that understands reliability is a feature, not a lack of imagination.
Some spots you visit.
Some you orbit.
Dick’s is orbit.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The burgers were good but fries were too oily and got soggy really soon.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
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