Peters’ Drive-In

I usually enjoy going to Peters’ Drive-​In, but today, I went there with my boyfriend and we were shocked to find a large spit, or lougie in his milkshake. We are sad to say we are never going back. We have lost our entire appetite for the day.

Heard so many stories of this place when I moved to Calgary and got many recommendations from friends back in Toronto and Calgary. The burger wasn’t the best I’ve ever had but the milkshakes are amazing and huge selection of flavours you can mix to make the most perfect milkshake

Drove from Banff back to Edmonton and detoured in Calgary just to come to this place and by god it was worth it.
$ 5 for a huge milkshake in which you can put up to 3 ingredients. I chose coco mocha, caramel and coconut. Sounds like a really odd combination but it was delicious! And I’m not really a big fan of milkshakes, but I believe I have been converted. If you’re visiting Calgary and you love drive-​ins, milkshakes and burgers. Peter’s is a must!

Not worth the hype. Burgers are dull and uninspired. They are also soaked in bbq sauce. Fries are not what they used to be and o-​rings are overly greasy. Not worth the hype, the wait, or the price.

Have been going to Peter’s since high school, and that’s a long time ago. Even back then it had lineups so not fussed about that. But, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FRENCH FRIES? The milkshakes and OR’s still rate a 5-​star, but the burger is around a 4 now. And the French fries which used to be the BEST in Calgary are more like shoe-​strings now. The meaty center is almost non-​existent. At best, it’s a 2-​star FF now. Understand that it’s the best for a speedier fry, but still sad. I’ll still go for the milkshakes though.

Love it the poutine is huge 6 $ for this much is insane deal consider a&w 6 $ gets u a tiny one McDonald’s same thing peters hell yes

My experience with the food and milkshakes at Peters Drive-​in is always a good tasty experience. Every time You go to Peters you have to get a milkshake I really recommend this more than any other thing on the menu. But there is a really big downside that is not convenient for anyone that is in a hurry just because there is at least a minimum of 10mins to a maximum of a 1 hour wait. But if you want to get your food fast, it’s faster to stay in the drive-​through only if there is a big line outside of the building.

My favorite burger of all time. I used to go here as a teenager back in the early 80’s and still make it a point of destination every time I go back home to visit the family in Calgary.
Burgers are delicious. Lots of fries. And the shakes are thick and highly recommended.
I have never found another burger that compares.

A victim of its own hype, in my experience Peter’s tends to let down first time customers because of its reputation as a «must try» place for those visiting or passing through Calgary. The lineups are also always ridiculously long, but it must be said that the staff there are used to it and keep things moving fast considering this.
The food is alright… it’s hard to screw up a burger and fries, and they don’t, but there’s nothing spectacular there either. The big draw is their milkshakes; they offer a great selection of ridiculously thick and tasty varieties. Grab a spoon, because they are too thick to drink until you let them sit for a bit.
Is it worth the trip? If you aren’t in a rush, sure. Does it deserve the legendary reputation it has established? Probably not.

Nom, nom, nom… nuff said.
Not spectacular, yet brilliantly spectacular for its quality, cost, and perfectly executed, decades enduring, unique experience.

Ever since moving to Calgary, everyone has told me that Peters Drive-​In is a must do in Calgary. Well, let me tell you… I completely agree!
The drive in has such a delicious selection of milkshakes. This is pretty much the reason I go to Peters! My favourite combination is Blueberry and Lemon! Yum… My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
The food is pretty delicious as well! Every time that I’ve been, I’ve gotten their Cheese Dog. Delicious beefy hot dogness with some sharp cheese laid on top. If you get a «regular» serving of fries, be sure to either be extra hungry, or have a friend to share it with! It’s quite the size.

Peter’s my boy, your food. she is not good. The burgers are not good, the fries are not good, I think your onion rings MIGHT be ok? I just don’t get the hype. This food is guilty pleasure food, because you feel guilty about going here over Boogies.
Here is why Peter’s gets 2 stars and not 1: The milkshakes and ice creams are unreal. Their chocolate dipped cone? Ugh, lady wood. The Oreo milkshake? Delish. Sundaes, banana splits, yes yes all delicious.
I also found out why there’s always a line up — because it’s SLOWWWWWWW. Have you ever actually gone to Peter’s and lined up outside? You’re there forever! Half the time you forgot what you even ordered.
All in all, if you’re looking for a delicious burger: Naina’s, Boogies, McDonald’s. Anywhere but here.
In the words of the late Greg Giraldo to Larry the Cable Guy at his roast «How the f*@K are you SO POPUULLLARRR???»

I’m now going to forget the ill-​advised warnings of a person I knew four years ago who told me he got terribly sick eating peters drive-​in. I finally gave it another shot tonight. I’m afraid I have been missing out the past few years. Four stars because it’s open until midnight, the lines are very long but it doesn’t take forever to get through them, food was delicious and piping hot. I’m not giving it five stars because it’s not the best burger or fries or shake or onion rings or poutine I’ve ever eaten of course.
We went through the drive-​in, ordered, and then drove to the parking lot, parked, and eat our food on a clean picnic table.
We ordered two double cheeseburgers with various toppings, chocolate milkshake, poutine and onion rings.
Everything was good. Everything you’d expect from peters drive-​in and just how I remembered it 25 years ago when I was a girl eating for the first time.
The shake was massive, thick and tasted really good. We got a lot of condiments to dip or onion rings into — mayo, vinegar, ketchup and mustard. Also, I think it was reasonably priced. We got all that food for under $ 30.
I think it was worth waiting in line for.

Peters’ Drive-​In is pure and simple beauty, it’s completely unrefined and honest goodness, it’s awesome!
I love this place, its values and the delicious treats they offer. Where many businesses are constantly changing and evolving to keep up to date with emerging trends Peters’ follows a different path, they do the same thing and choose not to change. Since opening in 1964 they’ve maintained the same standard of delivering persistent and consistent quality, using the best ingredients, providing great customer service and running a clean/​sanitary operation. It may seem old fashioned but it works, Peters’ sets its own precedent of «if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it». People come to Peters’ for fresh home-​style burgers, old-​fashioned 100% beef hot dogs, natural fries and onion rings cooked in clean 100% pure canola oil and last but certainly not least, their milkshakes and ice cream made with real ice cream and fruit! MMMM Delicious! My most recent visit was an Oreo/​Chocolate milkshake, just one of over 4,500 flavor combinations you can make here!
This is what you can expect from Peters’, no less, no more, simplicity at its absolute best. If you want a crazy burger with all the fixings and specialty ingredients: look elsewhere. If you want a shake with the latest trendy super fruits: look elsewhere. You won’t find anything new and fancy here, and the second you do, you’ll also find a business that isn’t the Peters’ people line up for daily. Did you know they even sold a record breaking 4,000 shakes in one day? When was the last time you heard of the new trendy restaurant doing something like that. Exactly…
So why mess with a good thing? Peters’ Drive-​In is perfect the way it is! There’s been some changes like the «recent» introduction of debit (lol…), but they still only take on what’s necessary without changing the core business and their quality commitment. They’re making a pretty bold move with the opening of a second location in Red Deer, something they’ve previously avoided doing like the plague. It should be interesting, but I don’t think people will be worried about them «selling-​out» and mass-​franchising for more money quite yet. This is never something the original owner Gus Pieters wanted. That being said I doubt there will be too much uproar about the Red Deer location, I actually hope it’s well received and I don’t doubt it will be. So next time you’re driving by «The Drive-​In You Can’t Drive By», stop by and grab a shake, lets cheers to tradition!

Last time we went to Peter’s Drive-​in we just ordered a pair of milkshakes. This time it was a day to try the food. We each ordered a cheese burger with everything — including fried onions, lettuce, and mine had tomato (all optional items). The burgers were delicious.
The patties were super juicy and properly cooked, the lettuce and tomato were fresh and the onions were properly caramelized. Even the cheese was great — actual slices of melted cheddar, not some simulated plastic. The bun was tasty and the barbeque sauce was enough that the tinfoil wrapper was a must-​have in the car.
We also had a box of onion rings to share — at $ 4 for an order we expected it to be large enough to share. It was. They were crispy on the outside with juicy onions on the inside and the batter was perfectly seasoned.
To drink we each got the special — Peach milkshakes. Supposedly the Peach flavour is the most common special but it’s super tasty! There’s chunks of fresh peach and even when you’re stuffed you can’t stop drinking the super thick milkshakes. Next time I think I’ll try either Coconut & Lime or Chocolate & Marshmellow.
Don’t let the insane drive-​through line intimidate you. If you haven’t been, it moves fast and is worth the short wait!

4 stars for the milkshake and onion rings. Onion rings stay crispy even 30 minutes later. 3.5 stars for their burger. Poutine wasn’t great– soft, soggy fries with not enough cheese curds and gravy. Good thing they have massive packets of ketchup you can dip the undressed fries from the poutine from. Milkshake is massive so it’s sharable. Can mix up to 3 flavours into it. $ 4 for a single burger is good value but it didn’t feel spectacular as how some rave about it. I think it’s more a fan fair. There are better burgers in this city but the experience of going to a place that seems to have not changed with time was a neat experience.

I have loved visiting this place ever since I was a wee child to get the delicious milk shakes (and occasionally a yummy burger too)! They have 30 flavours and you can mix up to 3 flavours in your milkshake. On my most recent visit I had licorice marshmallow as my flavour while another in my vehicle had chocolate mango grape. On previous trips here I have enjoyed butterscotch as my flavour. It is often lined up with foot traffic and the drive-​thru itself is really impressively busy. Interestingly enough I noticed that Peters’ Drive-​In is opening new locations elsewhere now too! But this location has been a fixture of Calgary since 1962, and deservedly so! It’s hard to find a good milkshake on occasion and this place certainly delivers!

3.5 stars for the milkshakes; they’re good, not great, b/​c I highly doubt it’s hand-​scooped ice cream. From the time I ordered in the drive thru, drove up maybe 20 feet, and the best flavour in the world, chocolate, it was ready!
But boy, the thickness, the marshmallow-​like (also a flavour to try next time) softness when I eagerly plunged the straw (after ripping off the paper, nice touch) right dead-​centre — I knew this was going to be different.
I’d come back to try the burgers, possibly, but those good-​soul Calgarians in the Talk thread gave me some better suggestions with better rankings, that’s what I go by ;)
5 stars for value: all this for just $ 4.85?! Vancouver ones are half this size for the same price. Look at pic, almost the same height as the steering wheel lol
4 stars for the marketing: all the workers wore some type of colour-​coordination, and it’s a clean, bright, open kitchen concept for a diner, it’s a tradition alright.
Glad I came in today, looks like they’re going to be closed half day tmrw. Probably Christmas party.

I was told that Peter’s was a Calgary tradition. So, we went to give it a try. Before leaving for Peter’s, we were warned that the portions were big and that at one point in time, it was voted as the Best Burgers in the country.
When I heard that Peter’s was a drive-​in, I had expected servers on rollerblades/​skates bringing the food to your car. In stead, you could either go by the drive through or park and order your food to eat at one of the many picnic benches that they have located by the parking lot.
You can mix up to 3 flavours for your milkshake. I just ordered strawberry but should have added banana into it. The milkshakes were thick.
I also ordered the single cheese burger and requested tomato and lettuce (it doesn’t come with it unless you ask). The burger was ok. Nothing special in my opinion.
To top it all off I also got onion rings. It came in a bucket and can only imagine how the large the large is!
All in all, the food was ok. The milkshakes were good. I’d come back if I were passing by it.

Must stop shop for any road trip through Calgary. This place will please every member of your family from the hipster, to the good ol fashioned parents to the rebel vegetarian.
I recommend marshmallow milkshakes!!! You can mix up to 3 flavors in any shake for up to 4500 combinations. The best one I’ve had so far was oreo, caramel, marshmallow.
The line closest to the benches on the south side always seems to be the fastest, but I almost always choose the wrong line so who am I to say.
If you like onion rings try these! The portion is massive for $ 4.50. The fries are fresh cut, but a little thin for my liking. The burgers are awesome, simple and cheap.