Angel's Drive In — Restaurant in Calgary

Two large chocolate shakes and one large onion rings at $24.40! Too much? Cost of living? Too much? Cost of NOT living? Now, that's a cost that's way too much! So pull it off the road once in a while, right?! And a good place to do that and to spend some money on life is at Angel's! Good choice, Buster! And good thinking. Here's a crew whom I'm sure, puts in a solid day cooking, making your good choice at an independent business and a legacy landmark in Bowness, to boot! Added up in my head, between cars, well, with the minimum wages, and uniform service, city taxes, paper napkin costs, the price of a plumber's call?... Think of an expense and a small business has it! Ask the owners? I'm sure they'll say it's a struggle or something of the like, but with a big smile for your kids, they will thank you so much for coming in! And, hope to see you again! The building has existed for my whole life, it seems. Dad took us boys there a few times, if I can remember correctly that far back? Ha! And their onion rings WERE very hot and crisp, folks! And a yesteryear serving size, for sure! The milkshakes that my brother and I enjoyed were a little celebration of our now, much more rare times together. As far as that cost accounting? Well, everything is expensive, isn't it?! Darn tootin'! "Hey, easy on that horn, Buster!" What is expensive is spending a day without earning those special moments like sharing a bag of onion rings with your big brother, washed down with a mocha-chocolate and a raspberry-lime shake? Is that what Tim had?.. I offered him the last onion ring. But he said, "You have it, Douglas". That's us, still brothers! At Angel's Drive-in. Still in Bowness. I came up with my own bumper sticker in my own bumper head, years ago: DREAMS ARE FREE! BUT MEMORIES COST MONEY. Thank you,...

Ordered a cheeseburger in the drive-thru today, for $8.00. It came with only 2 VERY small pickles, that were hard to find and maybe ?4 small chopped pieces of white onion, could not taste these as there were very few to find on the hamburger. I asked if they could put lettuce on it, they did, but I was charged for the lettuce, cheap iceberg lettuce too. (A & W will gladly add lettuce and tomato to your burger, and FREE OF CHARGE). Abit of lettuce and slice of tomatoe, pennies. The patty was good, fresh, however smaller than expected, for $8.00, $8.50 now with my piece of lettuce added. The bun for the hamburger was huge and too thick-too big for the amount of meat/patty for sure. I ended up throwing 1/3 of the bun away, as there wasn’t enough meat (and definitely not toppings) for the size of the bun. The “cheese” they use is not real cheese, it’s processed, which you should know. I also ordered a small soft ice cream cone, was not great, not as creamy as they used to serve..and a small cone cost $5.25! It wasI received the cone at the 1st window where I paid, and was so looking forward to this creamy cone, abit disappointed as the cream the flavour was not there, esp. for $5.25 for a small cone. By the time my burger was ready at the next window, my cone was already eaten. Save your money please, enjoy an ice cream cone and eat in somewhere else,..receive table service! For what I paid for and what I received. My ice cream cone and a cheeses burger cost me $15.00 at this drive thru. Also. They handed me my hamburger in a small paper bag, no napkins, condiments, nothing. I had to look inside, then ask for these. Took me awhile to get thru this drive-thru. Never again…too many other better options and great hamburger...

Love it..!! Food is amazing. We had thick delicious milkshakes, juicy fat burgers, yummy juicy fried chicken and chicken fingers, crispy golden fries, and my son had another side and I can't remember what it was but I remember him saying that it was delicious, and 2 of us had dinner rolls that were warm and soft, mmmm mmmm all was sooooo yummy!! All the staff were friendly polite engaging and busy. They were young and I was surprised how disciplined they all were. As we were leaving my son noticed that he was friends with some of them from Catholic school and they all waved and were happy to see him, 2 of them were the cooks Good Job guys! 2 negatives, it was busy, the dining room was almost full and we had to wait a long time for our order it was at least 15 min. I think they needed more staff to keep up, outside was full and the drivethrough was active so service was slow. However it was very clean inside and the staff were in good spirits despite being so busy. The other thing I can't really complain about is the cost. Our order was almost $50 for the 3 meals and although everything was delicious, it's still alot to pay for a Diner. I'm a single Mom with 2 Teenagers and I don't want to go to McDonald's or similar places to treat them, but $50 is what I give them for school lunch for the week $4 & $6 per day, so it's not in our budget for a regular place to dine unfortunately. If we skip the milkshakes the kids ordered it would have saved $17-$18 but they're just as good as the food. I will return, but not for awhile. Unless they give out coupons or discounts/specials on certain menu items or on certain days. They would be 5 stars if the prices were just a bit lower and we hadn't waited for so long, but it was...