A & W Restaurant

I can’t tell whether I’m just getting older or expecting too much from chain restaurants, but my experience here was terrible.
I can already hear it now. «Alex, why did you order a salad from an A&W?» Well, it was a place my friends and I agreed to go to, and I wanted a healthy menu option. I didn’t know that I was going to wait for several minutes just to get a handful of lettuce thrown awkwardly into a take-​out bowl with a sorry-​looking excuse for a chicken breast and a paltry amount of cheese. Not to mention the root beer that was barely cold and a fry holder that had a piece of bread (from a bun?) stuck to the bottom of it.
I could go to a Subway any day of the week, and for the same price ($ 10) get a huge chopped salad with all the toppings I want. Not some half-​hearted dish that barely qualifies as a side salad, let alone an entrée.
And that’s not even getting into how ratty the whole place felt or the fact that the woman who made my salad practically tossed it onto a counter. If you’re too busy to make a salad, it shouldn’t even be on your menu. It’s not like there was much thought put into anything else, either.
I won’t be back.

A&W has come a long way in the last few years, not only with their marketing but their menu seems to back it all up. So gone are the days of the car-​hop who brought your meal on a tray and hung it on your open window, and for a while in the 80’s i thought these guys were all but finished, but they seemed to have gone back to grass roots basics and bounced back just fine by introducing rather clever combinations and names we can all relate to, as well as marketing the purity of their products. So i usually prefer the smaller organizations but there is no root beer like an A&W root beer in a frosty mug so this was my spot for the night. The retro feel is ok but what i was most impressed with is the food they give you actually looks like the picture. Cant say that about certain places, especially the one that sounds like Booger Thing. A&W has won me over as far as the chain store burger joints are concerned. I had a double teen burger, fries and gravy with a big ol’ frosty mug of root beer and just a side note i love rhe real glass, not a paper cup and the funky french fry basket was cool too. As for presentation, no other chain can touch these guys. Everything was fresh and hot, and no complaints. I’m absolutely coming back.

2 things:
−24÷7 drive thru
— onion rings with honey mustard sauce.
= Heaven
that is all.
xoxo
M.