A&W

Here is absolutely a good place to stay in hot summer afternoon. They provide free WiFi and air condition inside the store and some sunshades for the seats outside. From my experience, less people are in the store in the daytime although it is located in a popular walking region. You may also take some coupons at the corner of street in the afternoon. There is usually a staff who gives coupon to walkers. The food is as usual as other A&W stores, nothing special.

Quality burger & fries combination choices. What is distinctly unique about A & W is of course their brand of root beer is served in frosty cold mugs. This is a great location in the heart of the Toronto Entertainment District for those near by night bar/​club goers to stop on by for a bite after an exhausting evening of: half assed attempts at EDM dancing, standing around & taking selfies with their 10 friends (2 of which are really their friends), «pre-​drinking», and chugging more booze later at the clubs; as this A & W location is ²⁴⁄₇ afterall.

Super rude staff. Very abrupt and non knowledgeable. Very weird cashier, kept starring at me while i was eating. Pretty clean.

Decent burger option at Spadina and Queen. Came here before a movie for two momma burgers for $ 6. Not quite the dollar menu at MacDs, but decent. I like A &W and there burgers taste a little less chemical than most.

I rate A&W more than any other burger joint (barr burger priest which hands down has best burger in the city) but this branch in particular ive only been to a few times. Its not as clean as the other branches ive frequented but the food is still quality and has consistency. It also seems to have a pretty narrow design compared to other branches.
Its also open 24 hours making it super convenient (I guess its because it has to compete seeing as hero burger and mcdo’s right across the street from it and theyre ²⁴⁄₇ as well).

Great location, nice setting, but the management sucks big time! Completely jammed, no staff to clean and waiting for the order for over 20mins!

Taste better than Mc Donald’s burger. I ordered 2 Mama burgers for $ 5. The place is small. When I was there it was clean. Polite service.
I didn’t felt so thirsty after eating the burger, comparing that to Mc Donald’s burger. A&W’s beef patty is thicker and taste better than Mc Donald.

Burger was okay but the place was a mess! not only that but it was dead and the young kid working there was just lounging playing on his phone. There was literally food on all of the tables, floors were strewn with debris, there were no ketsup cups left and this kid had the nerve to put out a tip jar. Hello a&w management, I don’t think tips are appropriate for a fast food joint. Especially not one that’s filthy dirty!

They’re open ²⁴⁄₇. Normally pretty clean. Staff are nice. Small location but not crowded on weeknights.
It’s A&W so all the usuals apply:
–amazing onion rings
–yummy root beer
–decent veggie burger
–do not order the root beer float
Conveniently located down from all the Queen W haunts.

Great for take out, but dine in service is too cramped and too crowded.
I ordered a Teen Burger, Onion rings and Roobeer to go.
Burger was cooked and dressed to perfection, the onion rings crispy and the
Rootbeer was very refreshing.
Pleasant staff and friendly service, I will take their burgers over McDonalds any day of the week!

This is the highest Unilocal star rating I’ve ever given to a chain restaurant, and it will likely always remain as such. Long live the bear on roller skates.
Holy hell. I love root beer, onion rings and teen burgers and this location has a window into a historic Toronto music dive, where you can type in your order and be passed back the good stuff in a timely manner. The Horseshoe Tavern even let’s you nosh on your goodness inside. Praise be.
This newish Queen W location is clean and decorated in retro A&W attire, all orange and brown, all the time. They even have an upstairs for your dining-​in pleasure with windows over looking the bar-​goer ridden block. Great people watching.
PEPPER POINTS for the poutine. A&W poutine is really salty and good.
Jeepers. Who am I? I’m feeling some serious chain shame right now.

Great drunk food, but man don’t you feel terrible when you realize what you’ve done to yourself. Sometimes I sit and weep realizing all the delicious damage I’ve done to my body by eating A&W. But then I take another bite of that delicious «Little Buddy Burger», and dry my tears on that soft roll.
A&W is somewhere between having a religious experience and at the same time going to a clinic to participate in a heart disease study. It rocks your world, but then you realize later that the long term ramifications of indulging in such a delectable, greasy, *beef* (AKA horse meat) burger is that you may very well be shortening you life.
That’s what makes this food so good. You know it’s killing you, but it’s killing you softly with it’s sweet siren song, and so it lulls you into a deep sleep after a long night of drinking.

The Owner apparently has another place 90 Eglinton Ave. East. Very bad staff. Rude, stupid and don’t seem to give messages or a hoot about others. Even the Owner himself. Should think about others. Tried to contact him to no avail. He hires people constantly. Not a good sign.

The latest in a collection of burger joints at the venerable Queen St. W. and Spadina corner, this A&W is the latest chain to establish itself. The old building that houses it used to be Gorilla Monsoon Lounge with Noise Annoys Record store upstairs and is right next door to the legendary Horseshoe tavern. It doesn’t take much of an imagination to see how quirky Queen St. is changing to more of Canada’s largest street mall with A&W taking over a profitable location across from McDonalds. The narrow space has a long counter with stools for catching a quick bite and sharing the experience with whoever else is there. In the middle is the order counter with more stool seating towards the back. The space is well lit, modern and has many graphics with nostalgic A&W icons from the past. On the wall there are coasters with more graphics from A&W that could be snapped up as ‘souvenirs’ of your visit. The interesting aspect to this location is the upstairs. To your left as you walk in there is a staircase that leads up to the 2^nd level that has washrooms and a seating area if more privacy is preferred. Small windows from the old construction (glad they didn’t do a full demo to change them) let you peer out over Queen St. This is what sets this location apart, good for you A&W !!