Good food & good vibes abide at the Berkley A&W Drive-in. This is holding the traditions of a drive-up restaurant on 12 Mile Rd in Berkley where they bring the food to your car. I had a special request from my Dad, who lives an hour and a half away for his birthday. He requested I bring him coney dogs from Berkley. Although there are A&W's closer to him, he stated they are nothing like the ones from here. I'm very grateful that they took my order for four footlong coney dogs 20 minutes before closing. I zipped over in 15 minutes and they had them ready. They also packaged the chili and the onions separately for better reheating once I made it to my destination without the buns getting soggy. The best outcome is my Dad eating them for the next two days saying how good they were. Mission accomplished! Thank you to the close crew! Refreshing Berkley since 1956! Happy Holidays! read more

I've been A&W many times and usually have been well pleased for the last time I went, which was roughly 2 weeks ago. I have the worst burger I've ever had in my life. 3/4 of a burger was off the bun. The toppings roll over to the side and I know it was a busy day but nothing should ever come out on a tree like that.. service from the waitresses was great. I wish I would've taken a picture of that burger. read more

I'm 15 weeks pregnant and all I want this time around is root beer & onion rings from A&W. Luckily this location has made it easy for me to satisfy those cravings && anything else I've wanted. I love A&W, it's the fast food made fresh with the cheap prices! read more

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we are in a time where 95% of fast food is CRAP ! poor quality high prices poor service , downright disgusting in other words they suck ! thanks for the great hot dogs , onion rings & burgers love them keep up your great quality & service thanks ken c. read more

The food was great and the service was ok. I come here every once in a while and they never disappoint.

Places like this are rare now, so if I can, I always take the opportunity to check them out when I see one. Food was good and so was the service. read more

Now I have not had a&w in a long time i also never tried the chicken sandwich before there chicken sandwich is just 2 chicken strips on a bun with lettuce lol false advertising it was still good strips was juicy hot fresh fried perfectly I recommend everyone go and try it also best onion rings I've ever had in any restaurant in Michigan I will be back great customer service very friendly food was hot I was impressed don't walk run to this a&w you will not be disappointed read more

A&W Restaurant - Now this was supposed a chicken sandwich it's a really just 2 chicken strips on a bun - Burgers Near Me - Berkley, Michigan

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Like the man said. You can't go home again. I vividly remember as a boy we'd load up the car and make the short trek to our neighborhood A&W drive-in. The heavy glass mugs full of the thick, syrupy root beer and footlong coney dogs that were as long as your arm. Never veered from the plan. Always a footlong and a large root beer. My sister always got onion rings. Fast forward to the Berkley, Mi. location -2020. It seems as if something got dented or broken it was never repaired. I think I hit this speaker with the car door in 1975. It's still bent up. A whole new generation of workers managing 60 year old equipment. But it's all good. In my mind if it ain't broke, don't fix it. This location operates with a similar philosophy; If it is broke, don't fix it. I'm ok with that, too! Sadly, the hot dog tastes nothing like it did back in the day. No snap when you bite into it and not much flavour in the dog itself. The onions are milder but the chili is pretty close to what I remember. The root beer seems different but it still has a nice kick. The big question is: has the food changed or did I? Maybe a combination of both? It's still a nifty experience to visit. Whether you're a veteran of the drive-in or a newbie, stop in and give it a whirl. The ladies are still as pleasant as ever...even though they don't wear the roller skates, anymore! You can still get a great deal with daily specials and that wonderful root beer! If you don't want a tray hanging on your window or want to eat in your car, they have a picnic table and carry out options. 1/20 read more

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We were on our way back from lunch with a friend when we spotted this icon from history: an A&W with car side service and car hops to bring your order out to you! I thought I'd gone through a time warp, but it was for real. So my car automatically swerved into and parked at one of the stations and we looked over the menu and placed our order for 2 Small Cones and a gallon of Root Beer to go! I was glad we ordered the small because after a filling meal at lunch it was the perfect amount. Service was excellent and historic! Then we sat and enjoyed our Cones, backed out, and reentered 2021. Definitely worth a future visit to the past again! read more

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Great Root Beer and burgers. My wife loves their chili dogs. It's a blast from the past. During the cooler part of the year be sure to request the Frosted mug for your Root Beer. read more

I LOVE A & W! This is my neighborhood location. The food is always good and the servers are very nice. HOWEVER, their posted hours are not correct. Gentle suggestion, update the hours on the website, please. It doesn't look good when a patron (my husband) pulls up at 8p and is told they are closed and to look on the website and when you do so, it states they close an hour later than what they verbally state. read more

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I have been going to A&W since I was a little kid. I am fifty years old. I have been coming to this location since around 1995. I love the root beer and chili dogs. When I bite into a hotdog, it reminds me of my childhood. This place is fantastic. Thanks, A&W read more

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Cheese Curds!!!!!! Theirs are the best! Fast, friendly service every single visit!

Good is good when you're high or need something in your stomach I would consider it for those just looking for something to eat .

Fresh, hot and vintage. That's how I can best describe this old school car-hop. Everything from the ingredients to the HOUSE MADE Rootbeer is fresh and made to order. Some of my menu favorites are the AWesome burger, (which can only be found in Berkley) which is 3 1/3 lb beef Pattie's topped with crisp lettuce, plump tomato slices, white onion and AWesome sauce. Don't have that big of an appetite? I suggest a coney cheese dog, or a regular coney dog topped with diced onion and mustard. Or if you're looking for a quick, shareable snack, try the Corndog nuggets! If you're driving down 12 mile or passing by on Greenfield stop in to this long time family owned establishment. You will be happy you did! read more

How y'all gonna say you closed at 8:00pm when your open till 9:00pm??? All I wanted was a two shakes :( what a disappointment.

Th is place is great for social distancing. I really miss places like this. This place has not changed in years and I like the classic look. The coney was tasty, fries were hot and the root beer float was delicious. It was a great meal. read more

A&W Restaurant - Burgers Near Me - Berkley, Michigan

The bad: the root beer tasted like the fountain is dirty? Needs a good scrub...or the water is crappy. Not sure which but it wasn't good. Also I felt this odd need to tip. The girl didn't do anything other than bring my food out which they do at McDonald's when they can't get their act together...but it was almost like, uh do you need change? ... Guess not. The good(ish): the kids meal was $3.50. That's a good deal. And my kid enjoyed the milk shake thing. The fact it was truly a mini size was nice. It was ok. read more

Not recommended. Stopped there today for some papa burgers and fries. It took twenty minutes for food to arrive. It was barely even warm. The burgers were cold. If you do go there, check to see if your food is hot, before you pay. That way you can send it back, or refuse it, and drive away. Go some where else that serves hot food. read more

An American Classic in Berkley! I love the old fashioned drive in feel of the place and there is simply nothing better than an ice cold root beer! A&W invented the bacon cheeseburger so that's my go-to when I'm here, but the foot long Coney's are pretty great as well. Daily specials are a great deal, and if you bring your cruiser to the drive in there is a special menu for you! read more

This place is a dilapidated relic of a bygone era. It's been here in this location FOREVER (or at lease since the dawn of the automobile) and is somehow still open despite the fact there is never anyone here... except during Woodward Dream Cruise. I would imagine they do 90% of their business during the month of August and the other 10% scattered across September-thru-July. I am thinking they pull in just enough $$$ from Dream Cruise to pay the rent over the remainder of the year, but not enough $$$ for basic maintenance on top of that. The place is seriously falling apart. The parking lot is full of pot holes (not very attractive considering it is a DRIVE-up establishment). They never seemed to plow during the winter (my car got stuck in their parking lot multiple times during the winter, once again not cool for a DRIVE-up). The place just looks dirty, and rusty, and unattractive, and kind of like Time forgot it altogether. That being said, I've never had any problems with the food from this A&W. When you've gotta have a Papa Burger and some Cheese Curds, they serve 'em up just fine here. Root Beer Float? Yup, they do that just fine too. read more

Remember when your parents taking you to the drive-thru was the highlight of the week? Nostalgia traces the footsteps of 1970s and 1980s land-yachts pulling up to a speaker, and Dad or Mom intoning an order into a speaker. You knew you hit the jackpot when you graduated out of the kid's meal into a full-sized one, even if that happened to be a teen burger. See, I rubbed it in my younger cousins' faces when I finally got to try a teen burger and my age didn't even end in -teen. A&W Root Beer is one of those places calling back to times when most meals were home-cooked and going out for fast food usually came on the heels of a sports practice/game or a really late night traveling somewhere. It feels straight up 1986, not that I remember 1986. The parking lot hasn't been paved since about that time, so steer around the ungraded gravel potholes at your own risk. Need I say it, do not bring your freshly washed car or tuned suspension in here. Pull right up to a spot. Drive in, not drive through. Flick the switch to call in your order to half the staff of Berkley High School, for whom working here is a right of passage compared to the posh modernism of the local Burger King. The employees are dressed with classic aprons and smiles, fresh-faced youth for the most part who prove surprisingly quick with change and always friendly. One star is purely for the great service experienced even when the kitchen proves slow. Did you think this was super fast food? Drive on if you need a meal in five minutes. The wait is probably going to be longer than you like, but you get piping hot fries, thoroughly melted cheese on hot patties, and foaming root beer floats that should not be consumed before your meal or else you will have nothing else for your lunch or dinner. Turn on the radio, kick up your heels, and have a conversation while you wait, just like old times. Food quality is good though it doesn't come exactly cheap. They do the classics best: hamburgers, onion rings, french fries, shakes, and floats. I don't eat hot dogs and their chicken tenders can be hit and miss, but the staff is kind if something wasn't quite right. This place is old time cool and everyone in the summer knows it. Those line-ups and waits get long at prime time, but the rest of the year, the throwback quality and food are worth the stop. VERDICT: 3.5 stars read more

Classic case of do not judge a book by its cover... I lived in Berkley for over a year before I finally broke down and checked this place out. This is no small feat because downtown Berkley only has one other place to get fast food. However, like the others mentioned, it looks pretty rundown on the outside, and I am pretty picky when it comes to food & cleanliness, etc. For some reason, my brain seemed to think rundown building must equate cold yucky food. Luckily I read the yelp reviews and gave the place a shot. The food was good reasonably priced fast food. Service was good...fries were hot...I am the queen of "light ice", "everything on the side", and they got my order right! This will be my new go to fast food restaurant! read more

We've only ever had fantastic service and delicious food here. The old school feel adds to the charm...a drive in burger joint, c'mon, what's not to love? The order takers are mostly teenagers but they are courteous and friendly. Tonight's double bacon cheeseburger and perfectly seasoned fries was a great way to eat on a summer Friday night. The icy cold root beer in a frosty mug is *divine*. I don't know why but it tastes better in that Friday mug! It's fun to see some of the old time cars hang out there, too. Plus it's not overly priced. Double cheeseburger + foot long Coney dog, plus fries and the aforementioned root beer for 2 was only $13. Can't beat it. We love this place. read more

All these years in this area and my first time here! Garage sales all day for their city wide garage sale. Decided to eat. Footling, fries and a root beer. $5. Quick service. Good food. Nice waitress. read more

Went for lunch. It took 40 minutes to receive a boxed hamburger. I was just about to pull away when it magically appeared. I mentioned the wait time was excessive. She explained that they cook to order. Then why was my entire meal cold? Gross- over priced and frankly a huge disappointment. This was my second time. I thought the first time was a fluke. Never again. read more

Let's just say one star is pushing it. First off the bathroom was disgusting. Tissue on the floor and it smelled like old urine. I don't know how often they clean but it looked like it had been a while. Even after looking past that, when I get my "fresh never frozen" burger, it was not hot!!! What a waste of my money. read more

I need to disclose a couple things first. This location was my FIRST JOB. I was 15 and cooked hot dogs. I am 47 now and STILL come here because it is just a great location, and I love that it is still the old-style drive in! What else can I say? Great fries, onion rings, hamburgers and hot dogs! And great Root Beer! I don't care for A&W root beer in the stores, but the stuff at the drive-in is still good. I do not know if they still do the frosted mugs, but I hope so. (Update - They do) read more

It's your standard A&W food stand - carside service, chili dogs, root beer floats, and fries! They also have some outdoor seating for walk-up customers. I'll head to this place every once in a while during the summer when I want something quick, cheap, and easy. And, obviously, you can't beat the root beer floats! read more

This place is classic I was intimidated in coming to eat here because the place looks run down, but don't let that fool you. This place and their food is legit. Their fries are one of the best I've ever had for fast food. They cook as you order so the food always comes out hot. With that being said, the wait isn't too long - typical fast food drive thru. I recently had their Papa Burger and it taste better than McDonalds Big Mac. They seem to have similar sauce that the Big Mac is famous for. Pricing is decent but the quality is on point. We recently moved in the Berkley area and this is the only fast food place we seem to always go to. read more

So Meh ... Its still has fabulous burger's but the root beer in a 'waxed cup'....Meh.... taste better in the old fashioned glass mug's ....Still Fab cheap burger ~ read more

Don't waste your time. Let me start by saying I used to eat here for years but things have really changed. On 2 seperate occasions I have pulled up and placed an order. The cook/food prep guy dug in his ear and continued to make the order I had placed. Needless to say I pulled off. The second time I saw the same cook picking his nose with his bare hands and continued to make the food - with his bare hands . This was the second time recently when I pulled up and said to myself, "I'll give this place another chance".... Luckily I was near where I could see this and pulled off before the order was brought to me. I grew up cominng to this place to eat but after 2 different times pulling up and seeing the same thing I will never be back again. read more

The food was OK.When I went there tonight there was a young man working there who came from behind the counter/back room where the food was cooked. His butt crack was showing through the window and then he scratched his hind end,under what little pants he had over his crack and we hurried and put the food right back on the tray and zipped around back,where the door was open. THIS BUTT PICKER WAS COOKING FOOD BEFORE HE HAD A CHANCE TO WASH HIS HANDS! I will never go there again.Handed the young lady 21.60 for food that cost 10.00 and she asked if we wanted change. Well of course we did! The service was not that good to give her a tip larger than our food bill. Then the fiasco of the butt picker finalized the dinner. I was gagging all the way home.If I get sick from this... read more

Pull into the car hop section. Ordered two Root Beer floats. Was looking forward to them. Girl comes out with two floats in Styrofoam cups. I said you don't serve them in mugs anymore? She said oh, you wanted mugs? Said nevermind, the receipt said "To Go", because it's so easy to eat a Root Beer Float while driving. So much better in a mug! read more

Coming here takes me back to the late 60s when my brother and I would sit in the back of a Chrysler station wagon and eat cheeseburgers, foot long hotdogs and drink that delicious root beer! There still is NO COMPARISON between the bottled A & W and what you get in the frosty mugs from an A & W Root Beer stand like this! I hope that it NEVER closes! read more

Takes an eternity for mediocre food. Burger is subpar and not how I remember, cheese curds are decent. If you have a half hour to wait for fast food, then this is your place read more

I love this A an W. It's a drive-in and sit fast food restaurant. It's like Sonic, but I believe this was here way before Sonic. The bacon cheeseburgers are awesome. The people are friendly. You just pull up to a speaker menu, press the button. They bring the food out in a bag or on a tray and you pay them. Just sit and relax in your car and eat. It's awesome. read more

Arrived at 5 minutes to close with my softball kiddo and they said sorry we are closed. I said I thought you closed at 10pm and the response was, we didn't have any orders so we closed early. Never mind the 4 cars in the drive in. Seriously?!! read more

best burgers and root beer ever.... love this place and best ever its only 2 blocks from my house in Berkley... read more