Nifty Fifty’s

I absolutely love this place. They never
Disappoint when your looking for a juicy cheeseburger, fries smothered with lots of wiz or any milkshake you can dream of! It def hits the spot. My fav milkshake is the death by chocolate. The one thing I wouldn’t get here is a cheesesteak. There is so many better places for that in Philly.

Ordered the oreo peanut butter milkshake it was absolutely delicious and thick. the Phillies cheese stake sandwich was nice but I’ve had better…
Great service!

This place is a philly staple. The food is always consistently good. I’ve definitely seen cleaner restaurants, but we still go for the food. Service is generally fast, and mostly friendly. There’s always lots of families in there so if you don’t like the sound of children this isn’t the place for you. If you go, get a burger and one of their many custom flavored sodas.

Been awile since I’ve been hear. Stopped by this morning for breakfast. Still the same old great restaurant with that oldies type style. With still great food.
I had the special. Two eggs over easy, home fries with onions, white toast, and a cup of coffee. Came out in 5 min. Great service. The menu always has alot to choose from. The orange juice is made with fresh oranges, so definitely fresh.
Looking forward to coming back hear again soon.
Breakfast special: is now $ 2.29. Two eggs, home fries, toast and coffee all for a great deal.

I love nifty fifty’s.
Unfortunately, this particular restaurant on Grant avenue is filthy. Everytime I have eaten there, I’ve gotten food poisoning.

This used to be a great place to go but now… not so much. The milk shakes are awesome but that’s where it ends. The food is bland, greasy and tasteless and therefore mediocre at best. EVERY single time I have eaten here my food has come out with hair in it! Disgusting!!! Have you people ever heard of hair nets!!! The only reason I’m being generous and giving this place 2 stars is because the milkshakes are so good. If your looking for a good milkshake then this is the place to go. If your looking for good food then skip it. There are far better places to eat around the neighborhood.

I don’t know how a restaurant experience could have been better.
No wait, great atmosphere, friendly staff and of course great food.

This milkshake brings all the boys to the yard!
Best spicy cheesy fries, onion rings and milkshakes. Love all the flavors of ice cream and soda. Wish they would bring back the roller skates! Lol :)
Love this classic family restaurant. 20 years worth of fine dining and memories!

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I think the food at this place is going downhill. The last time I went, I wasn’t too impressed. The place is always packed. It’s a great place to go with kids for cheap eats like burgers and breakfast. I went for breakfast on a Sunday and needless to say they were packed and there was a wait. When we got our food though, the toast and eggs were cold, and the service seemed to be too rushed.
I must say that the milkshakes are still good, and I would go for the carryout milkshakes, but not to dine in.

This place is a Northeast Philadelphia staple. From going here after grade school dances to stopping in for breakfast on senior skip day, Nifty Fifties holds a special place in my heart. However, it’s definitely gone downhill over the years, but I guess so has the Northeast. I really cannot tell if it just seemed nicer when I was younger or if it actually was.
Anyway, I stopped in the other day with my girlfriend for some fries and a milkshake. Our waitress, I think her name was Darby, was really nice and quick with everything we asked for. The food was decent but the crowd was a little rough.

Because it’s a NE staple. Cheap prices. Lots of varieties of milkshakes and flavored sodas. I hear the burgers are good and the chicken nuggets are real chicken chunks but I wouldn’t know. Obviously not a lot of vegetarian option and absolutely no vegan options excepts for fries which are yummy and available in a variety of flavors. It’s just a fun place to take the kids. They love coloring their own hats. We all love the lights and the music. They get salads and onion rings and fries and I have let them split a milkshake with their Daddy which they think is really fun. They are in junk food heaven. It’s fun, easy and inexpensive. Simple. Low stars for the non veg options but hey, I’m probably the minority in a place like this.

I enjoy coming to Nifty Fifty’s, it’s affordable and you’re going to leave full. I give this place 3 stars because I am not a pork eater and a lot of their food has pork in it so I’m limited to what I can eat. Their chili looks so good, but of course it has pork in it! I wish they had more options as to what kind of meat they cook with. Their food is still great though. And another reason why I’m giving 3 stars is because the rags they clean the tables off with doesn’t look too clean (looks like they keep reusing them).

Last Saturday, my sister, her bf and I went here for lunch. We walked and arrived here at 2 and it was really busy. We didn’t mind waiting especially because neither of them ate breakfast that morning. We were finally sat down after about 15 minutes of waiting. My sister and I both hoped that we would have one of the guys as a server (sadly the females don’t always check up on you like the men do). We ended up with a female and she was very friendly. She took our order and a few minutes later we got our drinks. Here’s where the biggest issue comes in. I ordered a double bacon cheese burger with lettuce, tomato and pickles. She brought my food and how she had the baskets stacked, my sister’s bf’s basket was stacked on my cheese. When she went to hand me my food, half of my cheese came off. All of us noticed but we didn’t react and she looked to make sure that we didn’t notice. She then realized she forgot my bacon. She took it back so instead of putting another slice of cheese, she threw the bacon directly over it so I wouldn’t see the mess. I thought it was funny but was a bit annoyed. Before leaving, we ordered 3 milkshakes to go. It took her nearly 20ish minutes to come back with our milkshakes. That wait was worth it because the milkshakes are delicious.

Who doesn’t love Nifty Fiftys?
First off, you have to know that this is a Diner. So if you’re not into diner food, don’t bother. The atmosphere is retro and casual. The service is great and the huge variety of shakes and sodas is what they’re known for.
It’s a great place for a simple burger and fries. Why do people waste money on McDonalds when places like this do it so much better? The breakfast is also deliciously comforting. The last time I was here I tried the buffalo chicken cheese fries because they sounded awesome. They tasted even better than I hoped! Full of flavor, super filling, and so cheap.

Breakfast…
You can’t go wrong with the basic 2 egg platter.
Great value for 2.25 cents
The food here is a great value. Service is fair to good depending on the time of day.
Make sure you ask for Jenn as your server.
Enjoy…

My philly native hubby always mentions NIfty Fifty’s with such love and nostaglia that I was super excited to finally come experience it. On a Friday night at 6 pm there was a bit of a wait but nothing unbearable. The place is kind of small, resembles a ghetto version of a Johnny Rockets, with cheapter prices as a result. The service was to the point, as it is expected in a diner, but not rude.
I had the Nifty Fifty’s famous bacon cheeseburger which was delicious, cooked to perfection with nice crunchy bacon inside. We also split an order of spicy cheese fries which were kind of a let down, they didn’t have enough seasoning or cheese after the top layer. The TWO THINGS YOU MUST ORDER are the GIANT onion rings AND a chicken cheesesteak. All the chicken cheesesteaks I’ve had before are sliced chicken with little flavor, and this was chunks of chicken with GREAT seasoning. The onion rings were just little artery clogging hoola hoops of amazing-​ness.
I imagine that I when I get pregnant my life will consist of a mixture of NIfty Fifty’s onion rings and Chickie and pete’s crab fries. Thankfully both things are a good 45 minutes away from my home in Jersey. I can’t wait to come back and have a milkshake, I could not fit one more bite, but they look AMAZING! Plus any place that says they have «exotic milkshakes» is a plus with me.

Its small but I love their food. Their burgers beat 5guys in my opinion. I love their salad, chili, burgers, & their buffalo chicken loaded fries.

I don’t want to say their food is an ‘after thought’, but you mainly go here for the shakes and soda, not the food.
That being said their shakes are awesome. Not too thick, not thin either, in almost any flavor you can think of. Yesterday I had a fluffernutter shake and it was amazing! Not to mention when I go I typically get a wide assortment of odd flavored soda since it’s free refills. (I will say avoid the chocolate banana soda, believe me).
The food here isn’t bad, I’ve never been disappointed with my two go to orders; a Texas Tommy or their buffalo loaded fries. The fries are a huge meal I would only suggest if you’re ridiculously hungry or sharing with others. The only good item that had severely let me down are their onion rings. Yes, they look really good from afar but they don’t have typical batter on them, they’re coated in mozzarella stick type beading. They just taste like corn meal.
This location isn’t as spectacular as the now gone Bensalem location, but it’s worth checking out for their drinks.

I’ve been going to Nifty Fifty’s before the flagship Location in south Philly closed down years ago…(cue music and my tears) sniff sniff. dammit lol. Years and many visits later I still haven’t had every damn milkshake. Ahhhh. Anyway, I always have an awesome time here. However Sundays seem to be super busy. I learned my lesson the hard way! I always order the single mushroom Swiss Burger with onions and spicy onion rings with cheese. Not a fan of their sodas though, a bit too sugary for me. But That’s just my opinion. Glass of water and room for my Black n White milkshake! Theeeeeeeee best!
More tears for the location in Bensalem that burnt down. sniff sniff. I’ll be back again!