Universal Studios is officially leaning all the way into the Fast & Furious universe, and naturally, in true Dom Toretto style, it’s doing it for family. The theme park is transforming its Hollywood and Dine restaurant into a brand-new Fast & Furious-themed attraction called “Fast & Furious Drift & Dine.”
The restaurant arrives as Universal ramps up promotion for the franchise’s 25th anniversary and prepares for the upcoming release of Fast Forever, the supposedly final mainline movie in the series. Whether anyone actually believes Fast & Furious is ending is another story entirely.
Photos already circulating online show the restaurant heavily decked out with franchise branding, neon lighting, sports-car imagery, and enough references to street racing culture to make early-2000s tuner fans feel ancient overnight.
The new restaurant will sit alongside the upcoming “Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift” roller coaster opening at Universal Studios Hollywood later this summer. Together, the attractions are effectively turning a section of the park into a full-scale Fast & Furious experience fueled by nostalgia, turbo noises, and fried food.
The Menu Is Pure Fast & Furious Energy
The restaurant menu includes themed drinks and snacks inspired by the franchise, though sadly, there’s still no official tuna sandwich with the crust cut off. Any true F&F fan knows why that may go down as one of the biggest missed opportunities in cinematic dining history.
Instead, guests can apparently order Corona beer, naturally, because no Fast & Furious gathering is complete without someone dramatically offering a bottle while talking about family. There’s also an “Orange Nitro Rush” drink made with NOS Energy, which feels perfectly on-brand for a franchise built on laughing gas, giant wings, glowing underbody kits, and questionable street-racing physics.
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The dessert menu reportedly includes something called the “Quarter Mile Funnel Cake,” which honestly sounds dangerous after riding a roller coaster capable of spinning guests 360 degrees at highway speeds. Universal may want to hand out motion-sickness bags next to the powdered sugar.
Beyond the themed items, the menu reportedly sticks fairly close to traditional theme park comfort food. Burgers, fried snacks, sweet treats, and oversized drinks appear to make up most of the offerings, because apparently even street racers need cheat days.
The Roller Coaster Looks Completely Absurd
While the restaurant may grab attention online, the real centerpiece is clearly the new Hollywood Drift roller coaster. Universal says the ride’s coaster cars are modeled after some of the franchise’s most iconic vehicles, including Dom’s Dodge Charger, Brian O’Conner’s Nissan Skyline GT-R and Toyota Supra, plus Han’s VeilSide Mazda RX-7.
The coaster itself reportedly reaches speeds up to 72 mph while rotating riders a full 360 degrees during the experience. In other words, Universal somehow found a way to simulate the feeling of being inside a Fast & Furious movie without actually launching guests into space.
The ride vehicles even feature racing-style bucket seats, which might honestly be the most realistic detail in the entire attraction. At this point, the only thing missing is Ludacris yelling nonsensical technical jargon over a walkie-talkie.
Universal released preview footage showing the coaster weaving through highly stylized city environments while recreating the exaggerated cinematic energy the franchise became famous for. The visuals lean heavily into dramatic lighting, smoke effects, and over-the-top action sequences that feel perfectly suited to Fast & Furious.
Fast & Furious Refuses To Slow Down
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The timing of the new attractions is no coincidence. Universal is clearly preparing fans for Fast Forever, the eleventh movie in the main Fast saga, which is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters in March 2028.
That film is expected to conclude the primary storyline that began all the way back in 2001 with street racers stealing DVD players. Since then, the franchise somehow evolved into a globe-trotting superhero series involving submarines, magnets, space travel, and family dinners every 12 minutes.
Even if Fast Forever closes the main chapter, nobody realistically expects Universal to retire the brand completely. Vin Diesel has already discussed potential spin-offs and even a television series tied to the Fast universe.
For Universal Studios, that means Fast & Furious remains one of its biggest entertainment properties moving forward. Between the roller coaster, themed restaurant, merchandise, and future media projects, the franchise is quickly becoming less of a movie series and more of a permanent lifestyle brand built entirely around horsepower and family.
And honestly, if you can eat a funnel cake while staring at a replica R34 Skyline and sipping a NOS-themed drink, maybe that’s exactly what the Fast & Furious franchise was always destined to become.