A&W Canada in Guelph

20 Wellington St E, Guelph, ON N1H 3R8, Canada

★★★★☆
(907 reviews)
Categories: Hamburger restaurant American restaurant Breakfast restaurant Canadian restaurant Chicken restaurant Fast food restaurant

About

Canada's original burger restaurant. Known for great-tasting burgers, handmade onion rings, and frosted mugs of famous A&W Root Beer. Now Proudly serving Organic Pret Coffee, offering hot, iced and frozen beverages at A&W Brew Bar.

Website
web.aw.ca
Address
20 Wellington St E, Guelph, ON N1H 3R8, Canada
Plus Code
GQR4+H4 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Time Zone
America/Toronto

Business Hours

Monday
Open 24 hours
Tuesday
Open 24 hours
Wednesday
Open 24 hours
Thursday
Open 24 hours
Friday
Open 24 hours
Saturday
Open 24 hours
Sunday
Open 24 hours

Services

Service options
Kerbside pickup Delivery Drive-through Takeaway Dine-in
Highlights
Fireplace
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Beer Coffee Late-night food Organic dishes Vegetarian options
Dining options
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Counter service Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Reservations required Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments
Children
Good for kids High chairs Kids' menu
Parking
Free of charge street parking Free parking lot Parking

Photos

Reviews

3.8
★★★★☆
907 reviews

Most Mentioned

drive thru (52) breakfast (29) fast food (29) root beer (22) onion rings (16) receipt (9) bathroom (9) lettuce (7) hash browns (5) mug (5)
5 stars
379
4 stars
264
3 stars
88
2 stars
45
1 stars
131
★★★★
November 28, 2024

Unfortunately, the receipt doesn’t show the name of the fantastic female working the drive-through window. But let me just say her service is definitely what’s going to keep us coming back.

November 27, 2024

Maybe I was wrong to expect the bare minimum at 5:30am Hash browns were soaked and leaking grease through the bag. The bacon and eggers were gross, lifeless and barely edible. The onion rings were stuffed and crumbled to bits… not a ring in sight. It was honestly harder to destroy the breakfast the way they did, then make it right! Both employees appeared to be asleep upon my arrival… Coffee was hot, fresh and tasty; hence the second star for food. At least if these were the $1.99 items of old… sadly, the above mentioned mess was $33 Never again…

November 12, 2024

I have been to this location twice now and both times I’ve seen the workers do things that just gross me out. The first time I went I watched the young later at the front wipe her nose with her hand then continue to bag the drive thru order without washing her hands. The last time I went was this past weekend and while waiting for my food I watch the cook in the back put raw meat in the grill with his bare hands, which would be fine but he didn’t wash his hands after. He took a dry paper towel and wiped his hands with it then went and started making orders again with his bare hands that weren’t washed… I went up to the counter and told the cashier and asked her to get him to wash his hands and re make the food that was contaminated with raw meat. Safe to say I won’t be coming back to this location, just gross.

October 20, 2024

Ordered a masala veggie burger combo , received a beef patty wrapped in lettuce .. called staff no one picked call . If anyone from management is seeing this please rehire your staff . Staff don’t know that they are doing…… no spoons forks . Etc

July 19, 2024

I ordered Nashville hot chicken cruncher burger but I just got bun with jalapeños and one piece of chicken that all. That’s not what AW look like. It’s mine 3rd time these type of order I got. No napkins no dipping or ketchup in the bag.

July 12, 2024

There was a bug in my food! I was taking the pickles off my chicken sandwich to save it for later and there was a big fat bug on one of the pickles.

★★
May 16, 2024

Ordered a combo with Beyond Burger via Uber. They gave 8-10 sweet fries in a pack worth $4.99. I'm never going to order again from this store. Disappointed.

★★
April 17, 2024

What I ordered vs what I got. Please see pictures. Unfortunately I was long away from the restaurant when I opened my food to discover that my burger was nothing like I requested and that the 35 cents worth of lettuce that I paid for was laughable. To top it all off, I despite doing a mobile order so I could pick up and leave quickly, I had to wait as there were no employees at the front counter for quite some time.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2024

Its too damn expensive but its also pretty good, so

December 8, 2024

The customer service is ass and you cant even use the washroom even tho you already buy.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 1, 2024

Masala veggie burger is very good. Customer service at night needs improvement.

★★
November 22, 2024

Burgers were overcooked, dry and order of condiments was wrong.

★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Good to hear new additions for Vegetarian people, must try at a cheaper price, but can improvise more

★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Very badly managed, staff meeting at lunch where half the seats are taken up by it....bad timing, bad management.....we had to walk out.

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

They just get me

★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Ordered a breakfast wrap in drive thru. Received a wrap that I finished in 2 bites for $3 plus tax. Crazy expensive for the portion size. Not good value at all. Its insane the level of corporate greed. McDonalds and Harveys is way more affordable.

★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Always having to park and wait, every single time

Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Asked for milk in Tea and I got curd in it. They are not the friendliest drive thru either. Food

★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

There open all night, usually go at break times . Last night the frys were so salty I couldnt eat them but the teen burger was fresh and made the way I liked it.

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Very delicious Veggie Burger .... Employees are also very supportive and friendly. Vegetarian options: Try a New Veggie Burger....

September 22, 2024

The worst french fries Ive ever had in my life, they were cold, stale and uncooked, aaaand they didnt put the ketchup. Horrible manager. Disgusting food

★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Why they dont use gloves...

★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Not bad but theres room for improvement

★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

It was what I expected at A&W, but the staff better than expected. Fixed a minor order issue immediately and were very friendly. More what youd expect if it was the owner and you were at a small town diner.

Local Guide
September 22, 2024

The lady in the morning at the drive thru is extremely unprofessional and rude.

August 22, 2024

Ordered spicy habanero burgher and the patty was NOT the same or someone put the wrong patty ! Worst burger ever. Drive through order

★★★★★
July 22, 2024

Great team, especially we had masala veggie burger its great. The lady at the country, kitchen staff and service team I loved it. My visit time is 6:00 Pm. The Red Rose tea is awesome.

July 22, 2024

Unimpressed. Too expensive and the taste is just not there whether mozza or grandpa or teen. Harveys just up the street. Much better, more coupons and simply unbeatable taste

★★
July 22, 2024

Yall have raised your prices too much for me to consider buying here. $18 for a veggie burger combo with cheese on Uber is DIABOLICAL

June 22, 2024

slowest A & W ever waited 20 minutes in the drive thri on 7 june at 9:50pm. please hire some indians

June 22, 2024

Ordered on door dash. Would give less than 1 star if possible. Utter trash. No toppings, meat smelled. Just terrible.

★★★★★
June 22, 2024

I tried Masala burger. It was very delicious and dinning area was very cleaned and good customer service as well.

★★★★
Local Guide
June 22, 2024

Good burger, awesome Root beer. Service is ok.

★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Employee was a great help in opening my root beer pop!

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Excellent BLT burger beef

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Great service. The price of the items purchased was just right. Food was delicious. Service was great as well.

April 22, 2024

The cashier ignored us and we couldnt take our order for 10 minutes, even when looking at us. Eventually we had to call them over to take our order. Do not recommend.

April 22, 2024

Too slow service and no greeting

★★
Local Guide
April 22, 2024

pretty good food but service not so friendly ....they shouldake the option of getting free sauce when you buy a poutine and onion rings....I spent over 13 dollars and why cant I even get a free sauce for free when they told me its on ly for potato fries ...thats a ridiculous rule

★★★★
Local Guide
April 22, 2024

The app with Leaf game day deals in Ontario and Blue Jay win offers make this a great place to grab good meals with great value. Teen burger and onion rings

March 22, 2024

Didn t pick up me call

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Had coupons for breakfast,we enjoyed two great meals! Always a great flavor and pretty fast as well. Food

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

Good food

★★★★
March 22, 2024

Mmmmm buddy burger

★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Getting a bit pricy 21 bucks for combo

Local Guide
March 22, 2024

This is absolutely ridiculous and a waste of money I should have just made it myself. How pitiful is this at $6 a sandwich

March 22, 2024

Got breakfast for takeout and it was absolutely disgusting - my egg patty on the sandwich was green for some reason, and sopping with grease - and that was the only thing that was made correctly to my order. I shouldnt be surprised when this is the standard for fast food these days, but Im disgusted nonetheless.

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

We experienced great costumer service in Drive-thru on March 12th at 12 p.m. by a nice lady that took and made our order by herself. She was very nice and cheerful and made our day ! Thanks to her.

★★★★
March 22, 2024

Very expensive for junk food but decent quality.

★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Good food, good service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Excellent service here. Asked for a water at the drive thru window and was prepared to pay extra but the lady handed me a large root beer at no cost. This is how you win a returning customer. Good job guys

January 22, 2024

Staff need to be trained how to take orders. They didn t know how to process my simple request.

★★
January 22, 2024

Ive been here numerous times and its usually fine. However, last time was terrible. I ordered dinner for me and my family who were coming to visit from out of town. The chicken burgers were still raw and we didnt notice until half way through, which led to food poisoning. It was quite busy that night, still that is no excuse for serving undercooked meat :( We received a somewhat cold response and a $20 gift card after reporting the issue.

January 22, 2024

I would just like to say that I have never been more disappointed in a fast food restaurant. The strawberry and chocolate shakes were tremendously bad, unflavourful, and unfulfilling. If it were up to me, these worthless things you call a milkshake should be banned in all 140 countries. awful and disgraceful.

January 22, 2024

The employees need to all know how to cook the food right and speak english right if youre going to have them work alone overnight, we ordered a simple cheeseburger, said three times, just ketchup, they had some ketchup but there was hotsauce on it and onions, mayo and pickles.... some other spices, not how a regular cheeseburger at a&w @4am shoulda been

★★★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Ok good, slow service

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

So kind with smiles! Love it! Thanks for serving right to our car. I just had to wait for 3 mins!

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Not good

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Place is clean, food is freshly made for sure, staff is a little rude but seems like they are understaffed. location is good but tough to get to feom main road.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great breakfast for a fast food joint. Service was fast and friendly and its bright and clean in the restaurant. Its our go to for breakfast after an early morning of hockey.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

You need to have the A&W experience yourself! No need to say more. Dining out take out order online or have it delivered. Like any restaurant food is so much better when you get it fresh made. Although A&W is pretty good later on that night or even the next day. No complaints here! Food : 5/5

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Enjoyed the new cappuccino!

December 22, 2023

This place is incredible. At the drive-through, almost every time I order, they get it wrong. And about a third of the time, I have to park and wait like 10 minutes for a couple kids meals. Pathetic.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Always a great, fresh meal option. Dietary restrictions: The lettuce bun is a great, healthy gluten free option. Food : 5/5 |

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

good as always

December 22, 2023

Food was not hot...refused my gift card saying it did not exist... Parking: Lot was empty

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Fast food establishment. Clean and tidy. Friendly staff. Kid-friendliness: There are childrens boxes. The staff is friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Food is consistent. Service was a little slow, but super friendly

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Always great food just a little pricey

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The service is the worst at this location stood there for about 5 minutes and still was not looked after 2 staff members working the front counter didn t even acknowledge me ended up leaving Apparently drive through and delivery apps are more important then guests that walk in

December 22, 2023

Horrible location. Always messing up orders and missing items. Not sure how this location is even still open. Whoever is running this location needs to better train his employees

December 22, 2023

What happened ? Just had one of the worst burgers of my life ! Go somewhere else to save yourself the disappointment

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Is what it is. And its fine. Food : 4/5

December 22, 2023

I didnt get what I ordered. The teen burger was cold. I could not understand the employee taking my order. I had to have her repeat herself 3 times. When I brought up the fact that the order was wrong to another employee there was no offer to fix it. I was told that this was what I ordered. I will never return to this location.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Fantastic food. Burger slightly worse than anything at Wendy s, fries very good, and the undisputed king of root beer. Best root beer I ve ever had.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The place was clean and the staff were friendly

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Watered down juice awful tasting . Woodlawn rd location

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The girl who worked at the cash last night was so grumpy, they need to talk to her about customer service and not giving people death glares for walking in. But besides that, food is always good here and its one of the better locations in terms of not forgetting toppings/sauces. The bathroom has high security measures to keep non-customers out, so if youre an introvert, or just feel degraded as an adult needing permission to go to the washroom, the code is 7672*

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

2 weeks ago we stopped in before work and our order was old and dry, not like it was cold for a little, it was as if it had been sitting for a long time and was horrible. Today we did a mobile order and ordered an ice coffee when we stopped in. Ice coffee had no coffee, it looked like it was spilled down the side of the cup, it was watered down cream and sugar with ice for over $5!!!!! All of our drinks were double double, at least tasted of it and yet none of them were labeled or supposed to be the same. I paid over $30 and the only part of our order today that was any good was the burger. Disappointed waste of money and will not be back for anything but a refund!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Decent enough for an a&w

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good food. The beef they are using tastes good.

December 22, 2023

They discontinued the root beer float and told us that the sweet cream float was similar, IT IS NOT. it tastes so bad. Like sour milk. I almost gagged. NEVER buy this. The after taste is horrible. Obviously the staff has never tasted this beverage. It s sweet cream mixed with lemonade. Like who created that. No. Absolutely not.

December 22, 2023

I stopped in last night before work and ordered a combo. The sweet potato fries were soggy and the coffee was not hot and it tasted bad/old. I called and asked the lady if the coffee was old cuz it s not hot, she answered it s possible . Wow .

December 22, 2023

Went in the drive through at 6 in the morning and ordered a hamburger, fries and the chipotle dipping sauce. The hamburger was slightly burnt but that s whatever, the reason I gave it a one star was because the burger tasted like fish. The only way I could eat the half I did was the dip it in the sauce. Had to throw the rest out in your parking lot. Gross.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Vegetarian options: Beyond meat burger Food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Usually stop in late night and go through the drive through, and surprisingly, the service is always quick and on point, food is a 9/10, and the staff are so friendly. Would recommend 100%. A staff member recommended the sweat cream root beer float i believe its called, and now I cant go to an A&W without getting one.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Excellent staff! Great service and delicious breakfast! My grandkids both had the new frozen rootbeer and loved them!

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Went to this location for a bathroom break and lunch as we have been driving for 3 hours and had 3 nore to go. When we arived, staff saw us, didnt welcome us, talk to us or anything. After 10 minutes of waiting and no service, we left and went to Wendys, where they made us feel so welcome! Staff at this A &W ignored us and made us feel unwanted.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good food, much better than many of their American counterparts. The frosty mug of A&W rootbeer was a fantastic trip down memory lane.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good service, neat and clean place. I like their fries and frosty. During summer they provide small frosty just for 99 cents. You can avoid it in hot weather

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great place to eat!

December 22, 2023

No public washroom

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Im really disappointed. I just arrived home to have my dinner, and I find the onion rings like that

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Dietary restrictions: You can get lettuce wrapped burgers. Food

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

After an extremely long day with very little to eat I decided to Uber eats a&w last night. Simple buddy burger combo with sweet potato fries. With in a few hours I was suffering from food poisoning symptoms. Ive ordered from this location before and in store and never delt with this. But after my experience last night I will never order from this location. I

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Aways a couple of bothersome flies. Otherwise enjoy the relaxing time eating.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good

December 22, 2023

I cant understand what kind of mangment this guys have, the service is always slow food is always late. On saturday night we had to wait for 40 min in a drive thru and there this one poor guy alone running this whole line up. The owner probably thinking he is cutting wages but in reality he is just cutting his customers. The only person deserve 5 is the guy that was working alone.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Ran inside to order take-out bc I needed to use the restroom quick. I wasnt aware, but at this location a pin # is required inorder to gain access to their restroom. Which wouldve been no big deal if I didnt have to pee so badly and needed to wait for an appropriate time to request mentioned pin as the restaurant was relatively busy at that time. All that aside, we ordered two sausage Eggers and two medium coffees. Coffee was great! Fresh, and stirred well! The sandwiches however, were cold, and perhaps had been sitting for too long. The English muffins were very tough and chewy making it a difficult bite to eat.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Very slow service for just a Large Black Coffee

★★
December 22, 2023

They claimed they did not get my and my partner order and made us wait 30 minutes just to be oh sorry turns out we got it, then make us wait another 5 to 10 minutes for our food. And mind you we did not even get that much.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Slow service but great burgers.

December 22, 2023

I have left the drive thru line up several times because they are SO slow - even when it isnt busy.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

...the only downfall is their soft drink options...horrible to say the least!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Like the breakfasts. Good value. Tables need to be cleaned more promptly when guests leave!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Dropped in for lunch. Food was good as expected, service was nice and friendly. Having a very clean restaurant provided a pleasant place for a quick bite. Typically, fast food restaurants are messy not well cleaned. 4 star for a clean and organized place.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Usually this location gets my order right and don t take too long unless they are busy. They are typically friendly as well. Vegetarian options: The Beyond Burger is delicious. It has the signature A&W seasoning. Tastes similar to beef. The best veggie burger I ve ever had. Parking: Right beside the building and drive thru

December 22, 2023

We Be careful with this location. They are scamming clients. We purchased a $30dollars meal, paid with $33 gift cards, they asked me for my credit card to pay the balance of $3.00, so I thought maybe one of the gift cards was with less money . Then they charged 19 dollars, no receipt of the transaction. When came back to complain, they told me it is what it is, there is no paper for the receipts and the manager comes until next week

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Super friendly staff and great food Looking forward to going back Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Best takeout place in my opinion, the beyond meant burger is fantastic, the spicy chicken is fantastic, Ive never gotten something I was disappointed with. Recently we sat in for breakfast, and it definitely exceeded my expectations! Food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Slow service but great food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The burger was quite delicious. The overall restaurant didnt have a very clean look. Just ordered takeaway.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Stopped late at night...lady taking order was friendly and repeated order correctly..food hot and good..will go back

December 22, 2022

Took my family there for lunch . Had a teen burger bacon was dried out and hamburger was cold .tasted under cook .orion rings were really undercooked and greasy.that was a waste of 36 dollars

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Regularly visit the drive through, service is always quick and they don t get the order wrong. Can t ask for more than that

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Nice enough place, but you need a receipt to use the washrooms. Very inconvenient if you like to wash your hands before ordering and eating. Parking: Adequate Wheelchair accessibility: Accessable

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Good burger but the tables werent wiped down.

★★★★
December 22, 2022

Was great service with great team work

★★★
December 22, 2022

Had classic breakfast

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great location, been many times, order is always quick and correct.

December 22, 2022

Very Rude Staff Will not return to this location

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Friendly staff. good food.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The Canadian Special Breakfast is great after you give blood. Love it! Wellington A&W staff are always so cheery.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

great root beer mates

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

So A&W is still one of my favourite burgers and root beer, well that speaks for itself. But what has happened to your Onion Rings? They used to be the best and now twice that I have had them, there is a very salty seasoning on them. Either it is not being applied properly or it is too much. Anyway, it ruins the taste. So salty, you can barely eat them. This needs to be fixed! I cant imagine anyone enjoying them like this....

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Its all about a cold mug of root beer.

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

They are consistently mad slow, consistently shotty quality. I ordered my food at the Gordon street location and had paid by 6:48am. It is not 7:05am and I am still waiting outside for 2 breakfast sandwiches and pancakes lol. Like I am confused ? 2)/5: going on? I AM STILL HERE. Update: I received my food at 7:13am

December 22, 2022

25 mins in the drive thru for one teen burger and some chicken snack wraps at night. Not offered anything for the insane wait time for fast food from a drive thru either. With no communication from the employees my order would take that long.

December 22, 2022

Needed to use the washroom and they are locked and only unlocked AFTER you buy something and if they give you a receipt

December 22, 2022

It was ok experience

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Beware the breakfast sandwiches. Second time in a row Ive gotten a puddle of grease, seems to be a problem unique to this location

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I tried the A&W breakfast sandwiches for the first time. They were pretty good but their hash browns were kind of greasy.

December 22, 2022

Drive through refused to take our order even though we waited in line like everyone else. Broken speaker too. Unfortunate interaction.

December 22, 2022

I m not even gonna get into it here, this place is so far gone that head office needs to get involved...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Excellent service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Best burger after harvey

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Last couple times there I got stale buns. Also slow service and it was not even busy..

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Best A&W in town!! Staff are always a dream to order from and will greet you with a smile every time. Food and prices are always top quality. The new renovations really bring back the original 80s dinner vibe.

December 22, 2022

Ordered 3 Teen Burger Meals and the burgers were absolutely horrible (Nov. 29th 6pm). One burger was actually cold to the touch (the cheese wasnt at all melted - the patty was that cold). Should have got back in the car and returned them all, but threw them in the garbage instead! Wont be returning to this A&W location.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great breakfast

December 22, 2022

Staff ignores walk in customers if drive thru is busy.