Red Rooster Drive-In Inc

Way past its prime living on location and old rep everything was wrong. Raw fries. Too much sugar in watery shake thin dry burger on stale bun cheap Franks whats left. A crew that doesn’t speak English Burger King a few. Yards away Is a much better bet

American drive-​in food at its finest. Large menu with vegetarian options. Can’t go wrong with a burger and fries. This place also has the best ice cream and milkshakes in town.

We went here to celebrate National Hamburger Day and were not disappointed! I had the double cheeseburger deluxe with fries and onion rings to share with my wife and daughter. My wife had the chicken breast sandwich which looked delicious. For round 2 I had to try the fried clam strips on a hot dog bun with tarter sauce (and more onion rings) and a soft serve cone with rainbow sprinkles for my daughter. Great, clean, efficient nostalgic drive-​in with beautiful spacious outdoor seating and pet friendly which was good for AristotleKnight my Maltese.

This is kind of one of those places you «have to» go to if you’re a tourist. It’s very touristy, very expensive, and they take cash only. There’s almost nowhere to sit inside (3 mini tables) but outdoor seating aplenty. It’s always packed. There is about 12 square feet that doubles as eating area (the 3 mini tables), standing for ordering, and waiting for your order. If you dare to sit at one of these tables you have peoples butts in front of you and knocking into you as they open the door. If you decide to order and wait, since they cook their burgers fresh, you’re waiting 5 – 10 minutes packed like a sardine standing there. They desperately need to expand this front area. For how expensive the food is (super thin burgers are $ 7-​$ 8 each, cash only), and for how busy they always are, you know the owner can afford to expand the place a bit (and take credit cards). They have some OK mini golf, and a couple stand up arcade machines in a closet with an ATM.

My favorite burger joint ever. the burgers are fantastic, as well as everything else on the menu. the chicken nuggets and chicken tenders are just BOMB! theyre always fresh and come super hot.
the shakes here are so good as well as the soft ice cream. its a small menu but i know what i like and they always nail it. its the type of place that makes your meal the same each time, so when youre craving something you will get the same tasting meal each time. i really love that about them.
its cute to sit outside, they have a mini golf section which never interested me as an adult.

Red Rooster looks like it’s been around forever… because in restaurant terms, it has been. For a couple of generations now, folks have gone out of their way to motor up Highway 22 north of Brewster for excellent burgers, chicken, hot dogs, fries and onion rings. The area inside is tight, but service is quick and the food is worth the effort.
In addition to well-​prepared and fresh food, the Rooster has very good ice cream, milk shakes, and sundaes. Even better, they’re open late on weekends, so you can satisfy that sudden craving for a large chocolate cone dipped in sprinkles.
When the weather is nice, the picnic tables in the back make a nice outing even more enjoyable.
Good food, reasonable prices, late hours, iconic setting – Brewster’s Red Rooster is roadfood at its best.

Red Rooster… a thin slice of old fashioned Americana tucked away on Route 22. The mini-​golf that accompanies this establishment looks the same as it did when I was much younger and that adds to the charm. It’s not overly flamboyant and it doesn’t need to be. It suits it’s purpose just fine. The ice cream/​fast food parlor is also rather quaint. Way too small to eat inside but it has a certain charm to it (not the price though) that makes it hard to dislike. For a nice time out with family or friends, I think you’ll be pleased and you’ll be even more pleased if you bring extra money.

Honestly? You want to root for the little guys like Red Rooster. You reeeeeally want to like this place, and I do, but its food lacks a distinctive personality that could make it a destination, and not just a road-​side stop. The food is okay, and I’d go here before fast food, but it’s just not compelling enough to make you go out of your way to get it.

Good burger, better dog with ‘craute.fries great. Fried chicken awesome. Should have had the onion rings. looked great.

Ive been going to red rooster my whole life. Food is pricey but it tastes good and its worth the fun atmosphere. Great spot for kids ride on toys and mini golf. Best soft serve ice cream around

Great nostalgic set up, really enjoyed the place. Food was good, if you are in the area stop by and grab a burger, fries, a shake or some fried chicken. Enjoy

My family and I had been going to Red Rooster for years since living in Brewster and South Salem when we were younger. We were always within driving distance of a quick, drive up meal.
Going back as an adult is a different experience altogether. While the sense of nostalgia is still high, and it’s a great place to grab a shake, everything else has pretty much fallen by the wayside. The golfing has lost its magical appeal, and the area surrounding RR is pretty dirty and usually super overcrowded. The types of people Red Rooster attracts these days are either rowdy teens, lots of obnoxious kids (which don’t bother me too much, but they are EVERYWHERE), or typical hoodlums.
Also, the food makes me sick. I don’t know why or how, it just does. It’s upsetting, because I pass RR on a near-​daily basis, but I keep on driving and try to remember the good ol’ days.

I think you must be completely in love with the idea of what this place was/​is or have children to enjoy this place. Sadly, Putnam Co. is missing gitchy, family fun places so this place is sort «it». The food is frozen, lower quality, over priced summer fair. I’m surprised at how freezer ready the food is but no one seems to mind paying $ 6 for .50 frozen tiny burger patty. The frozen treats for ridiculously over priced and larger families should prepare to pay heavily for a soda, burger, fries and ice cream dessert per person because the portions are not sharing sizes.
The location is great and it is open on a late night for malt, so we do take advantage of that a couple times a year. It really is a shame that Brewster or this area is so lacking a fun quality area for everyone to enjoy at a reasonable price that RR is cleaning up.

After a decent drive on the road, many people stop here for a quick bite to eat, get a drink, stretch your legs, use the restroom and sit for a bit before they go on their way. It hits all the criteria that a family or an individual would need when making a pit stop and easily become a nostalgic place.
While the food is pricey and better meals can be had elsewhere, if you are coming here– you are splurging a bit. The go to item is the milkshake– very very good. The other food items in my regards are average and some are a bit above average. While there are better food options out there, this is going to be as good as it gets on this road’s pit stop.

Five stars if I based this on nostalgia alone. But this is about the food. I did a lot of ‘eye-​tasting’ here yesterday… those burgers look and smell stupendous — for a drive-​in.
The outdoor seating is amazing, and in a huge area. The onion rings look really good — though not home made. The french fries did nothing for me. The honey-​dipped fried chicken is pricey (for a drive-​in) and was very dry. It is obviously a frozen product and contains too much sodium. I love extra thick malts… but I detest liquid malt. It does not taste the same as powdered. They use it here because it is less messy and mixes easier (probably less expensive, too). That’s a shame.
The soft ice cream is pretty good– the vanilla is rather tasteless, the texture creamy though. The soft-​serve chocolate is much better. The hot fudge is more like thick chocolate syrup. It could stand improvement.
Service is friendly — not super fast. I am returning to try a burger with sauteed onions — which looked and smelled divine. I hope this place will exist for years to come. It did my heart good to return after many, many years. We all need that; «Blast from the Past» now and then.

If I could zero stars I would. $ 4.99 for a crappy burger is ridiculous. Fries NOT included! The food here is horribly OVERPRICED! It was no better than a Burger King burger. The fries had NO taste. And my $ 9 salad was a bowl of ice burg lettuce with a tomato and 3 tiny pieces of chicken. $ 33 dollars later I feel incredibly ripped off. SAVE YOUR MONEY and Don’t eat here! But if you really want fast food go to Burger King down the road to get your fix. Never going back there.

How can you not love the Red Rooster? I have a friend that grew up in this town and the first time I visited her we got ice cream here. Fast forward a few years, and after a long day at Storm King, we needed to eat. This is a no frills retro burger drive-​in, and the food lives up to that standard. It’s step up from your usual fast food burger, but don’t expect anything more. A deluxe cheeseburger, small fry, and small coke set me back $ 8-​$ 9, and hit the spot. There are two small tables inside and a cute back eating area outside. The cashiers were decked out in retro outfits and were super nice. A cute place to stop for a bite or for a sweet treat.

Nothing beats a classic burger, fries, and shake with a mini golf course and an outside seating area big enough to have a beer garden. The burger isn’t the normal huge beef patties that I am used to. They are as small as a McDonald’s Burger but with fresh ingredients. It reminds me of an old school burger spot that has been there for generations.
I recommend getting a double meat on the burger because a single is not going to cut it. Surprisingly the burger was really delicious especially with crunchy fries and a sweet cold milkshake. The shake was creamy, sweet, refreshing and was made perfect. I got cheese fries as a side and it did not disappoint. It took a while to get the food but that means they made it with love and care.
They really tend to the kids as there are quarter machines to ride quarter rides that go around and around as well as a mini golf course.
If your hungry to try something more classic than the other fast foods I recommend coming here instead of BK a block before it and McDonald’s a block after it (coming from NYC).

I’ve been driven past Red Rooster a bunch of times, and finally went. The architecture called to me.
I’ll start out with the good. The service was solid. Really nice staff, patient, and dealt with the weird guy that was obviously looking to flirt/​for attention without batting an eyelash. My Sprite didn’t have syrup in it, and they were quick to get me a different drink, and had a guy hook up better Sprite if I wanted that.
Now to the mediocre, aka the food. Nothing was particularly good or memorable. The burger was a burger. The fries were average. Kinda bland. Soft serve was also very run of the mill.
Didn’t get a chance to mini-​golf, but it looked cute. I don’t know the area at all, but it seems to be one of the few places that’s open late, which made it sort of a town hub.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to come here, but for a quick roadside bite, it’ll do.

My family and I have been coming to the Red Rooster for as long as I can remember. The food is old school drive in food — hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken fingers, fries, chili, ice cream, milkshakes. All the classics.
There is something nostalgic about this place that makes us ALWAYS stop on our way passed in Brewster.
Had it last night and it brought me back to coming as a kid.
Stop by and make your own family tradition
** And do NOT forget to get a fresh dipped hard-​shell cone! **