Despite the name, the New York system, hot wiener is a Rhode Island novelty. As with any strange…read moreregional food, there are multiple claims to be the first. As far as I'm concerned only will New York system hot wieners are the original. On this trip, I ordered two all the way with fries and a Diet Coke and they delivered exactly that. For the uninitiated, a New York system hot wiener starts with a hot dog like sausage - the hot wiener - place in a hotdog roll topped with mustard, onions, meat sauce, & celery salt. The wieners came out tightly wrapped in butcher paper and hot. They were exactly what I was looking for after a long day. I got to the restaurant in Cranston their second location just after nine and the dining room was closed. But they have a take out window(not a drive-through, but a walk up) and I took my order to one of the two picnic tables in the front of the parking lot. The staff was very friendly and the meal was priced reasonably. If you are local to Cranston or Providence, and you enjoy a good hotdog, you should give Olneyville a try. It's a truly unique Rhode Island experience.

Went in at 11:30 for lunch, side service window was not open, went in and was in and out in 2…read moreminutes. 2 all the way, first one was overdone, crunchy casing! 2nd one was perfect, great snap...off the rope, onions were great, and the meat sauce was excellent.

3 all the way right before closing time at 3 pm on a Saturday. Everything was still fresh, onions…read morecut perfectly, yellow mustard, just the right amount of celery salt. Sam's makes a damn good weiner.

Sam's is an old school NY System spot that definitely knows how to handle their business…read more As expected, the wieners were completely on point in every way. From the nicely steamed buns to the great quality weiner, served hot, to the perfect amount of mustard and tasty meat sauce with perfect texture to the finely chopped onions, this is how it's supposed to be. The onion rings were crispy and perfectly fried as well. Not greasy at all. Not homemade either but you're not really going to care that much because they are very tasty. The owner free handed and eyeballed the coffee milk right from a gallon jug into the cup to absolute perfect ratios. Much better than those places that have it on tap. This is a great spot for lunch if you're looking for some wieners and fries or onion rings. Super friendly service. Reasonable prices. Nice people all around. It's a great little, locally owned and operated business and those are becoming fewer and further apart nowadays. Support these kind of places or they will go away.

I've never had a bad meal at Spike's. It's always good, cheap and filling. It's a counter service…read morediner specializing in hot dogs with a 1950s vibe. I miss when Spike's had more locations like College Hill!

Best hot dogs ever! The bread is made fresh all day and the jumbo hot dogs are always fresh too. I…read morecan only eat two these days, but I think 4 was my max back in the day. I don't know how people can c get down 6 or more!

The server I had got me a coffee and water immediately. Once my order was ready it came out. As…read moresoon as I finished my water she asked if I wanted a refill. The dog I had was great but I could go for a pickle or mustard with it. I could have asked though, so not faulting them on that. I did ask for a breakfast sandwich to go and felt it was salty but I haven been complaining about that to my wife in the last year and haven't been back to mainland USA in years. It looks like an everyday dinner and I'll 100% be back. The only very minor, non-grading scale, issue I had was there was a tv but it was showing KENO/KINO(?), if they had one playing local news or sports this place would be a 6/5 for me.

Sometimes, you just gotta have Rod's. Sometimes, no other hot dog/weiner/gagger will do. Stopped by…read moremyself for a quick weekday lunch. As good or better than I remembered. I think it's the weiner sauce that separates Rod's from all the competition. Friendly and fast service. Rod's is an institution.

Don't call them hot dogs. They are WIENERS! Ich habe jahrelang in Deutschland gelebt und über 250…read moreWurstsorten gegessen. I think I know my meat. Good food. Two wieners and a root beer with tip was $10. Slight taste of celery salt, which was nice. Waitress was very friendly. Ambiance reminded me of the many lunch counters of old. Nice old school classic charm.

I have passed this place a million times! And its because I was raised on Weiner Genie. Now that…read moreWeiner Genie is gone I was having a craving and I felt it was time to try Sam's. Private parking lot. Cash only. Very limited capacity inside and very old school. Think wood paneling and mismatched interior decor. Super nice folks serving up greasy spoon fare. We went with weiners and fries. It was good, but not Weiner Genie status. Its not like the old days when eating for 3 at a place like this was around $25. Our 5 hot dogs, a fry and a cheeseburger was just over 40! True score: 3.5

I really like the sweet potato Kong Dog but whatever system this location uses is a disaster...!!!…read moreI first tried Kong Dog at one of their Boston Locations and really liked the unique taste and concept behind the Kong dog. But at the Providence Place mall location there is literally NOBODY behind the counter at all. It looks like 15* people are waiting for their orders.There is nobody behind the counter to even ask.... Somebody comes out from the back every 10 mins or so to give out an order but then they run right in the back!! I ordered 3 Kong dogs (cheese only) about 20 or so minutes ago. This is ridiculous. I don't know if I would be back. 5 stars for the sweet potato mozzarella only corn dog. 1 star for the horrible set up they have in place. Well maybe I was being overzealous but as soon as I wrote this- our order came out. But 20 mins for 3 mozzarella only Kong dogs is a bit ridiculous....

Ordered at kiosk. Paid over $19 for two hot dogs on a stick…read more Waited....waited...waited....waited...the crowd around me slowly disappears...waited some more...25 total minutes have passed...many other people have ordered and left with their food, so I walk up and ask about my order.."oh... it'll be just a few more minutes "...waited...waited...waited some more...asked to speak with manager..."I can have your order ready in 5or6 more minutes"...SERIOUSLY??? Turns out they skipped my order and the front crew didn't even once think to check on it as I stood three feet in front of them the whole time with eventually no other customers around. All the other food I bought for my daughter and I from another place in the food court is now cold. Manager is unapologetic. I ask if he can give us a couple of water bottles to make good for the now 35 minutes we've been waiting for our food. After trying to dodge the water request with all of his might for a few minutes, he reluctantly says he will only give me one. It took a total of 40 minutes to get two dogs, one of which was blackened/burnt and the other undercooked with gooey dough and slimy hotdog inside. It wouldn't have been a big deal if the manager was even the slightest bit apologetic. What a jerk! We're definitely not returning to waste our money on this rip off of a hot dog stand again.

Food needs improvement. Use to be better. Now it's bland and tasteless. Have been disappointed…read moreuntill recently. So stoped going there. If firehouse reads this and does nothing to improve,after I check it out again. It tells me the once awesome food stand does not care about tradition. And has sold out their customer to sub par food.

Family Owned! Nice and professional I loved the hotdogs!! Outdoor setting with umbrellas I'm pretty…read moresure this location is seasonal so wait until spring I would say!

A&W root beer floats take me back to being a kid and always enjoy grabbing one when I have a…read morechance. Stopped in here as part of RI Food Fights for the Big Burger Blowout and the hamburger was a run of the meal A&W burger. The float was the star of the show food wise as it normally is for A&W. The real stars of the show are the staff here. Younger team, very engaged, positive and welcoming to quickly get your items to you and ensure your experience is enjoyable. Of course ring the bell if it is a good experience! Cash is king here, 4% charge for the use of cards so recommend bringing some crisp bills to spend if you want to save a few nickels. Classic sit in your car or small covered (yet open) seating area outside to enjoy the dining experience.

What a complete and absolute joke this place is! I wasn't expecting In n Out burger but, fuck …read more.. this was worse than any microwavable burger I've had. A combo meal (burger ... upgrade to onion rings ... and a root beer) was almost $26 after tip!! The burger alone was around $15. This holds the records for: 1. The most expensive fast food I've ever ordered. 2. The worst fast food I've ever ordered. If I paid $10 for this meal, it would have been $8 too much ... but $23 pre-tip? What a fleece! Look at the actual/advertisement side by side I added. That is probably the worst false advertising I've ever seen at a burger place. You literally couldn't have two burgers further from each other than the picture vs. what I got. The 'Papa Burger's' meat is as dry as cardboard and tastes very similar. The cheese was melted and bland. The only real flavour came from tons of ketchup and the pickles. Everything else was like eating a fake burger. I added onion rings for $2 extra in the meal. A small bag with 4 onion rings was what I got ... 4 onion rings! If you add the upcharge to what the original price of the meal was, that's like $5 for a tiny bag. They tasted like burned oil. Without ketchup, they were inedible. Even the famous root beer, which was advertised as 'made fresh daily' tasted like vanilla syrup mixed with soda water. I didn't get any of the levels of flavour one would expect with even a Barq's of IBC root beer. It was just vanilla sugar water. I guess this is the oldest operating 'drive up' restaurant in RI. It looked like any old snack stand to me. I guess you flash your lights and someone will take your order. I just ordered at the window to save time. Seriously, I thought all the other reviews might be exaggerated at how bad this was. Skip this one ... it really is just bad (Dairy Queen-level) fast food. Really expensive for what you get ... I'd take Burger King at over half off any day. The food sucks ... the prices are borderline what you'd find in midtown Manhattan ... and I'm happy to now have no need to go back.