It’s called “fast food” for a reason, but some restaurants do it better than others.

A new report from Intouch Insights and QSR Magazine looked at 13 different fast-food chains and analyzed different aspects of the drive-thru experience.

Each fast-food chain was ranked by three categories: wait time (the amount of time passed from entering the drive-thru until reaching the speaker to order), service time (time passed from placing order to receiving order), and total time (time passed from entering the drive-thru to receiving order).

Taco Bell ranked as the fastest drive-thru, by total time, for the fifth consecutive year, according to the 2025 Drive Thru Report .

It takes customers an average of 256.81 seconds — or about four minutes and 17 seconds — total to get through the drive-th

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