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    A&W Restaurant

    3.5 (46 reviews)
    InexpensiveBurgers, Fast Food, Hot Dogs
    Closed 10:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Root beer
    Chance O.

    The food was absolutely amazing and the service was great and fast I recommend 100000000%

    Wow!! A fresh frosty mug with every refill. Definitely coming back here! What a difference in the root beer taste when it's fresh!!

    Food was great! I really loved their fries . A fresh FROSTY mug with each refill. So impressed with this place! It was clean and everything came out HOT! Definitely going to make this our go to place when we come to Dollywood

    The A&W Restaurant
    Jacob S.

    A&W Restaurant: $ - fries 10/10 fish fried style taste - Chicken sliders 8/10 after taste - Cheeseburger 6/10 too many pickles, bland a little hard to swallow - Fruit punch 10/10 immaculate - Dr. Pepper 6/10 little watered down Overall: I'd eat here again.

    Our group and the man who might change America
    B-Man H.

    I would normally never review a fast food place like this but the guy who works here is so fantastic it deserves a review. I didn't catch his name but he is originally from long island. The first time we went into this A&W my wife spotted that hey had root beer made fresh and she wanted to try it. We went in and encountered this man who when we ordered a root beer to go he insisted we try it in a frosted glass instead. We did and it was great. We chatted with him a bit and he made us a to go cup after we were done with the glass. We went in a few days later and he remembered us. We got 4 root beers in glasses (the right way) and talked to him some more. He was super nice and brought over refills. This man is what America needs more of! We need people who love what they do and want you to love their business as much as they do. If there were more people like this small businesses would thrive. I don't know if this man is the owner or a manager but I hope he sees the greatest success in life!

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    Love the root beer float!! We had a few of these during our trip to Gatlinburg. Super good.

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    Supposedly they close at 10:00. BUT oh no, they close at 9:00. Completely ruined our later night dinner plan.

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    We went in and encountered this man who when we ordered a root beer to go he insisted we try it in a frosted glass instead.

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