Pappas Drive-In Restaurant is a family restaurant that has been serving our community in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, for over 50 years. We serve homemade breakfast, lunch and dinner with amazing handmade desserts. Our specials change daily and we off early bird breakfast and dinners.
Low-key, family-friendly eatery offering up American comfort fare alongside a drive-thru window.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 1103 N Dixie Fwy, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
Phone: (386) 427-0633
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Reviews
Shannon Fry
We were looking for fast food but didn’t know what we wanted when we happened upon Pappas, saw their menu, a wide variety to choose from but I was sold when I saw “Breakfast served all day”,they were quick to take our orderr and our order was just as quickly completed. Food ws hot and quite good. I had Breakfast of course, my husband had the Philly Cheese steak, both meals hit the spot. Service was great, friendly and efficient. We were happy to have found this gem and will return.
… moreAcorn Whistle
Bottom line: this restaurant is very effective at what it does by feeding people decent food and staying busy. The restaurant serves dine in guests and service is also through a drive in style as well.
The food is decent but not overwhelmingly great. I’d suggest sticking to the basics like the hamburger or the fried chicken. Offerings on the menu are not designed to be healthy. You’ll find no organic items, no vegetarian focused dishes, and no items marketed as gluten free. The menu itself is far too large and could easily be reduced for better focus.
Maybe they should narrow the menu offerings by half then work to improve better sourcing on produce, seasoning, meats, and recipes to elevate the remaining items. Doing more actual from scratch cooking might be good too like perhaps add a meatloaf with a house ground beef. Oddly the menu has a Taste of Italy section; it’s out of place seeming like a afterthought with the meatballs being not “made in-house” but simply sourced as frozen.
Seating is very close together diner style with tables right next to one another to maximize the number of people served. It feels crowded and loud with guests eating in close quarters among bustling servers. The servers work hard and the kitchen is busy too.
Guest come here for the early bird specials which are very affordable.
… moreThe food is decent but not overwhelmingly great. I’d suggest sticking to the basics like the hamburger or the fried chicken. Offerings on the menu are not designed to be healthy. You’ll find no organic items, no vegetarian focused dishes, and no items marketed as gluten free. The menu itself is far too large and could easily be reduced for better focus.
Maybe they should narrow the menu offerings by half then work to improve better sourcing on produce, seasoning, meats, and recipes to elevate the remaining items. Doing more actual from scratch cooking might be good too like perhaps add a meatloaf with a house ground beef. Oddly the menu has a Taste of Italy section; it’s out of place seeming like a afterthought with the meatballs being not “made in-house” but simply sourced as frozen.
Seating is very close together diner style with tables right next to one another to maximize the number of people served. It feels crowded and loud with guests eating in close quarters among bustling servers. The servers work hard and the kitchen is busy too.
Guest come here for the early bird specials which are very affordable.
Jason “JehPeg”
Dog friendly establishment with outside seating as well as car side service. I had a large bacon, which adds 3 dollars, cheeseburger. Seemed to me to be a large preformed patty that was good but just not as good as a fresh formed patty. Fries were good and the onion rings were excellent. My wife had the French dip sandwich which was tasty. We look forward to stopping by again when traveling by the area.
… moreTabitha “Tabi”
Pappas is a quaint little diner with terrific food! I always have to stop in when I am in town. It reminds me of the mom & pop restaurants back home. They have everything you can imagine on their menu, if you are craving it they more than likely will have it! My favorite go to is the cheese steak sub and a piece of peanut butter pie! Sadly I found out my last trip they no longer offer peanut butter pie, but their lemon and coconut is just as delicious! They offer a lot of great daily specials throughput the week. I suggest get there earlier in the day because if you go close to closing they might be out of your favorite dish or side, I missed out on the clam chowder because I waited to late. You have the choice of dining in our pulling right up with your car to order. The staff is friendly and the facility is clean.
… moreBari M Guzikowski
First time visit today and this diner is good enough for a born and raised Jersey girl like me!!! The food was excellent, our waitress was great, prices were reasonable, and it was everything i wanted it to be (except they didn’t have franks hot sauce, ha). Highly recommend and hoping to return!
… moreVicki L
A fairly good quarter-pounder for 3.25. The burger bun is big. The patty is thin but big. Decent onion rings and fries. Onion rings are crispy and tasty, 2.75 but not a lot of rings in the order. You can eat inside the restaurant, in the patio or via drive-in. They use the same menu. There is also a chef’s choice type of menu. The server told me that they change this menu once a week. I have attached a picture – the hand written board. We’ll go try their 11.50 prime rib and 7.50 roast turkey. I was told they serve real turkey. Yum.
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Dillon Dudley
Decent diner. About what you would expect from a place like this. Service was fairly good, but could have been more attentive. Of the three times I’ve been, I’ve had one coffee refill, and I have asked for a few and not gotten them. I had the bacon, eggs, hash brown, and biscuit. The first three were good, normal breakfast food. The bisuit was phenomenal. I would expect to see Gibbs from NCIS in a place like this.
… moreNick Cangemi
Can’t in good conscience give 5 stars to a restaurant that only offers American cheese (they also have cheddar-American and Swiss-American lol), but besides that, this place is very solid! The fried livers were definitely the highlight, very well seasoned, nicely fried, and good texture! I think the value is also worth praising, since I got a giant pile of livers, a cheese omelet, grits, breakfast potatoes, coleslaw (not pictured but very good), buttered toast and a roll for $16!
… moreLiz Crecelius
I absolutely love Pappas their Home made chili was so good that I am normally a person who loves my ole man’s home made chili. Never have found any that I would even consider tasting because never could compare. Well this is so good I almost ate a whole bowl sorry I ate it all b4 I got a picture. Then the Desserts OMG couldn’t choose between 5 of them so narrowed it down to 3. I chose peanut butter pie and Pumpkin pie cake OMG then coconut cream pie THATS not even all they had.
… moreAndres Valdes
Good Home Cooking. Traditional Diner full of good food, great prices. Will be back. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner available. Great specials
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