King Charley's Drive-In - Snohomish, Washington

Richard F.

After driving past here over 100 times I decided to try it. Service was friendly and food came out quickly. Shakes are good and thick. Burgers are tasty and not a lot of toppings but they're not messy which is trade-off. Fries are worth passing on and just get the onion rings instead. Hotdog is decent enough and satisfy the young picky eaters.

Kelli L.

Got to hang out on the grass while the tables dried with their new coat of purple paint. Enjoyed a burger and shake with the kids and husband after a nice hike in gold bar today. We haven't had king Charley's in a long time, so like everything else the prices went up, which is too bad, but we get it. And it was worth the 60 dollars because we got to feed the whole family and take a break while we recovered from our earlier adventures. Service was excellent those workers are doing a dang good job and they were efficient, and I could see they were hot in there so the mama bear In me wanted to ask if they were drinking plenty of water. One of the workers I could see when he touched the raw meat he took that glove off and finished wrapping up the food and put a fresh glove on. I appreciate a good work ethic, and not being lazy about it. I see the place is well taken care of and clean. Lines are usually long, but if you have the patience to wait,you will get a good meal out of the deal. Thanks for a great service you 3 (two males, 1 female) they also greeted us,smiled, and Said have a nice day. I really appreciate that. Makes me want to go back despite the prices.

Jodie K.

King Charley's has added a few new items to the menu and they started accepting credit cards. Otherwise, things haven't changed much in the 50 years I have been eating here. The food is fresh and you can see it being prepared. You may have to wait in line, but it will be worth it.

Amber S.

The food had good flaved and they had quick friendly service. But my onion rings were mostly small end prices. Also my burger patty was pretty thin. For the price they should be thicker patty's and more then just small pieces of onion rings.

Chronic C. C. T.

Very cool ! The food is good, the staff are cool and friendly, and it looks and feels like a classic drive-thru. Good prices. A portable movie screen for next Summer, would be super-cool. One of our favorite places.

J Z.

Edit: I'm leaving this review here for the Restaurant known as King Charlie's. It is temporarily closed forever pending an Angel investor/new owner with deep pockets and a burning desire that a drive-in only Restaurant will happen at that location again.

RIP King Charlie's: The burgers: beef,fish,and chicken are always better than the mega-chain quick service restaurant competition (and if you don't need extra toppings or flavors on your burgers, better than the "gourmet" burger restaurants around Snohomish County) in the greater Lake Stevens area. The beer batter onion rings are great, hopefully they never go back to the other kind.
The inside of the building is all cooking/prep/stock area and the building is very small, it doesn't look like from the view through the windows there is much space for hot holding food. Everything is made to order, that's the main reason why the line will get long.
The "Atmosphere": if you want to sit right there and eat you have 2 choices eat in your car, or eat at the outside benches ( that are well maintained ) and might be in the shade or sun depending on the time of day, the only cover is the trees that won't keep the rain from falling on burgers but will shade some benches much of the day.
The service is good, but variable. The employees that are good at sales and service that you might remember, probably won't be there a year from when you last saw them, and the employees that seem in a bad mood probably won't be there 6 months after the last time they didn't want to talk to you when you were placing your order.
There are "Summer" and "Winter" hours so have a backup plan if going there is a destination drive that by the time you get there you'll be really hungry and don't want to drive all the way back to your neighborhood without food.

SilvFox

The food is amazing here, but they need to get with the 21st century. Having to write down the order, and then moving to the register to plug the order in, then bringing you the total and then taking your card to the register and then bringing a copy for you to sign slows the pace to a crawl, have fun sitting in line for 30 minutes before finally being able to put in your order.

Courtinay H.

Always amazing, fast and friendly. The have some of the best fish sandwiches, tartar sauce and burgers I have had in a long time. And they have crinkle fries! Love crinkle fries! Keep it up ladies! Get the special it rocks!