A & W At the Outlets

My favorite A&W around! Their food is always fresh and quick. The service is typically wonderful as well. I work in the area so I’ve had the chance to visit through the past few years here and there to grab lunch. Never had a bad experience!

The filthiest fast food restaurant I’ve ever been in. The floors were covered in dropped fries and onion rings. The woman’s handicapped toilet was covered in s***t. The floors throughout the place looked like they hadn’t been washed in weeks. I had to hand sanitize my hands after washing them in the bathroom because it was that filthy.

I haven’t had A&W for years. I don’t usually check-​in to fast food places or review them (except when I’m excruciatingly bored… that’s why I’m here. Ahem.), but here goes.
For about $ 21 my girlfriend and I had an embarrassingly chubbying lunch: double bacon cheeseburger with papa sauce, small fries, and a medium float for me, and 3-​piece chicken tenders, small fries, and a medium float for her — we also split cheese curds. The price wasn’t exactly cheap… for that cost, we could have easily gone to a sit-​down restaurant.
I liked it. I’ve mostly graduated from eating fast food hamburgers because I’m a snobby little bitch, but I was impressed with A&W’s — it tasted to me like a Wendy’s burger mixed with a Burger King patty before Burger King’s burgers went to burger hell. The papa sauce I had added to my burger didn’t do much for me… I saw it, but I didn’t taste it much. The fries were good, and the A&W float was an A&W float. I didn’t have any of the chicken, but the strips were «hella» big, as they say.
The small cheese curds are enough for two people to share, and you probably should share them unless you want to have a stroke and heart attack simultaneously. They were surprisingly good for fast food cheese curds. Mm, mm.
Semi-​sorta-​maybe-​a-​little pricey, but well worth it. It hit the spot.

My burger came out mildly warm but my son’s chicken sandwich came out piping hot. Plus, now I’m not one to go into too much detail but I noticed that my bun seemed to be excessively dry. I say this because the outer crust was cracking and falling apart. We also ordered a Coney Island footlong and the pic is very different from what we received, The hot dog looked ²⁄₃ the size in diameter. I may sound like I’m complaining but I would come back to try more items.

I ordered a chicken combination and the cashier was able to substitute the drink for a frozen coke. The sandwich itself was very good, and the frozen coke was excellent. However, the french fries were a very small portion and I wish the drink was larger. Other than that, the restaurant was good and it was a mid-​point stop for our camping trip up north and I would definitely try this place in the future.

You can never go wrong with an A&W restaurant. Great food, and definitely great root beer. The price wasn’t that bad either. The staff was great and the service was pretty quick, even with it being very busy.

On a road trip home, I saw the sign for A&W and had an immediate craving for a Root Beer Freeze (I swear it was called something different back in the day, but it tasted the same) so we hopped off the highway. The sign had said the restaurant was «at the mall entrance» but it honestly wasn’t at what *I* would call the mall entrance… it is actually inside the entrance down the main drag, through a light (our GPS knew where it was!).
I waited in the car with the baby while hubby ran in to use the restroom and get our meal. Before I knew it, he was back with the food! It took MUCH less time than I thought it would, considering all the cars in the parking lot. I asked, and hubby said the lines inside weren’t bad at all.
The food was delicious (yes, we ended up getting a meal in addition to my Freeze) and I would highly recommend the fries, the onion rings, the bacon cheeseburger… and the Freeze.
Yummo.
Quick service, good food.