A&W Canada in Montreal

1651 Mont-Royal Ave E, Montreal, Quebec H2J 3Y1, Canada

★★★★☆
(1056 reviews)
Categories: Hamburger restaurant American restaurant Breakfast restaurant Canadian restaurant Chicken restaurant Fast food restaurant

About

Première chaîne de restaurants de burgers au Canada. Depuis 1956, elle sert de vrais bons burgers, des rondelles d'oignon faites à la main et la fameuse Root Beer A&W dans des bocks givrés. A&W est fière de maintenant servir du café biologique Pret.

Website
web.aw.ca
Address
1651 Mont-Royal Ave E, Montreal, Quebec H2J 3Y1, Canada
Plus Code
GCJF+XV Montreal, Quebec, 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 Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet Wheelchair-accessible car park
Offerings
Beer Coffee Late-night food Vegetarian options
Dining options
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Catering Counter service Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs Kids' menu

Photos

Reviews

3.8
★★★★☆
1056 reviews

Most Mentioned

fast food (27) cashier (18) root beer (10) breakfast (10) food presentation (8) employees (7) smile (7) order (7) my (6) onion rings (5)
5 stars
454
4 stars
272
3 stars
142
2 stars
60
1 stars
128
December 15, 2024

Just got food poisoning from a buddy burger, won’t recommend. The service was nice but getting sick when you eat a chain burger means either it wasn’t cooked properly or proper sanitation is followed.

★★★★★
November 24, 2024

Friendly staff, clean and calm atmosphere, food was fresh and delicious besides a slightly dry bun on both of our burgers. Ice cold root beer in a BIG GLASS MUG! Overall we were pleasantly surprised at how nice the dining experience was.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

The young man with the tattoos and moustache working around 5pm on tuesday oct 22nd was wonderful. Super polite,gave us great recommendations and a fantastic service! Thank you:)

★★★★★
October 20, 2024

Every time I come here I’m surprised at how good the service and food is. I want to think it’s because the workers are paid fairly and respected by the owners/managers. (If they aren’t paid well, they should be, in order to keep them and keep them happy).

★★★★
August 7, 2024

Very polite and pleasant staff who will do everything to make the customer satisfied. It was delicious, just a pity that there was no character with berries. I can only recommend wiping the tables clean of crumbs and stains. It was hard to choose a table because of this. But on the whole it was excellent.

★★★★★
April 4, 2023

Good A&W location on Mont-Royal Avenue in Montreal. I ordered the beyond meat burger and it was very tasty! I also had the root beer in A&W specialty mug. The staff member was very friendly despite my non-existent French skill. The restaurant was also clean and plenty of seatings inside!

★★★★★
July 11, 2022

I get that A&W is a fast food chain but being from Australia I can honestly say that the burgers here are as tasty and as good quality as some of our independent burger joints back home. The beef patties look like actual beef, no nearly as processed as something like McDonald's and the flavor blew me away. I am interested to see if all Canadian fast food chains are as good as A&W.

★★★★
September 9, 2021

I was expecting it to taste like other fast food chains (Macdo for example). However, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the meat comes from high-quality grass-fed cows and tastes delicious! It's not expensive, and the poutine is a must-try.

★★★★★
December 20, 2024

Sometimes a lot of people but fast and courteous service, even managed to have crepe at 1 p.m. (kindly ask and not busy at the time) (regular customer) (doesnt mean always possible... but....) I love it

★★★★
Local Guide
December 15, 2024

Fast food by default. It remains very clean, well maintained and the service remains professional. For metropolitan French people reading this, its the burger king or the French but Canadian Macdonald.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 15, 2024

Best customer service in town!!!!!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 8, 2024

Excellent thank you

★★★★★
November 24, 2024

Perfect

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Every time we come to eat here, excellent customer service! Clovis receives us politely and eagerly.

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

friendly and best staff and the good is delicious Vegetarian options: Burger vege Masala Food : 5/5 |

★★★★★
October 22, 2024

Thanks to the whole team!

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Good vibe and work ethic behind the counter.

September 22, 2024

I would like to tell you about an abusive and discriminatory situation that I experienced at one of the A&W franchises located at 1651 av. Mount Royal East, Montreal, QC, h2d 1z6 On the evening of August 29, 2024 around 9:45 a.m. - 10 p.m., the owner or manager of this franchise randomly kicked me out of the restaurant while I was sitting on the bench at the window overlooking Marquette Street at the time. to charge a device, claiming that if I didnt order anything I would have to leave the restaurant. That evening, there were also other people seated who had not ordered anything, in particular a gentleman with a cap sitting behind me with his personal belongings, dirty laundry and others and his laptop, but she did not tell him said nothing. Also this gentleman in question comes to squat in this restaurant every day. It was also at the request of this gentleman that she threw me out of the restaurant. Itinerant people regularly come to sit in this section of the restaurant on a regular basis, those who frequent this restaurant regularly can attest to this. So there you have it, I simply wanted to share my experience of a discriminatory atmosphere that I experienced with the owner or manager of this franchise. Hoping that measures will be taken so that I once again have the taste of frequenting this franchise and eating at A&W without this aftertaste of discriminatory practice towards its customers.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Nice location, food was good and the staff were friendly.

★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

meh

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Does this A&W only hire models? Everyone who works here is so gorgeous.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Quality meals served very quickly. Kid-friendliness: There are meals for children.

September 22, 2024

In this restaurant I ordered a Mozza Burger without lettuce and I received a burger (???) without bun with lettuce instead on top and bottom. Honestly, I dont even know what else to say.

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Good professional welcome

★★★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Its cool and great to eat something super quick whenever you want without cooking. Its good, but it could be a little cleaner on the eating surfaces.

Local Guide
August 22, 2024

TWO-SPEED SERVICE It is quite sad to see that people who travel and queue to place their order are pushed aside to give priority to those who order online and/or at the terminal. Hearing a kitchen employee in a restaurant say priority to online orders, those in line wait for you , seeing the one and only cashier (Tuesday evening 8:30 p.m.) being forced to re-enter the orders received on the tablet in order to be able to place them put in their system (where is the logic?!) and receive their order 26 minutes later. 26. The A&W and its two-tier system; its over for us.

★★
August 22, 2024

Poutine not cooked enough . The quality is no longer there...

★★★★★
August 22, 2024

Sebastien magnificent service super nice

August 22, 2024

I never received my order!

Local Guide
July 22, 2024

Do not give orange juice in frozen glass

★★★★★
June 22, 2024

Great team, great service, I highly recommend

★★★★★
June 22, 2024

Always satisfied - the service is always courteous and they go to great lengths to satisfy customer needs. This is my place for coffee, and quick meals.

★★★
June 22, 2024

The workers in the kitchen didnt wear gloves which is questionable. But the food was really on point!!!

★★★★
June 22, 2024

The Nashville chicken sandwich was great, but the beef burger was horrible! Nice and clean atmosphere, kind staff. Food

★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

The dining room was a bit dirty and messy. Room for improvement.

April 22, 2024

Super unpleasant cashier and burnt washer 0 out of 5

★★★★★
Local Guide
April 22, 2024

The only A&W on the board where you can get your daily quests. Those who know understand what Im talking about. PS: The NPC is not there all the time. And yes, he has a sword.

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

They even have Red Hot Sauce... loved it...

March 22, 2024

Took the food to go and the bread was burned and the beef overcooked. GO TO ANY OTHER A&W

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Good service, thank you!

★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Prices are outrageous, a basic burger from a fast food restaurant should not be 11$.

February 22, 2024

Hello, I want to say that there is a gentleman who takes us out of the gym because we do not have another pair of shoes, it is an unpleasant service. (the gentleman is bald and short)

★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

The meals were not very hot and they forgot to give me the drink.

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Beyond Meat is simply the best VG burger on the market! The onion rings are really good too, the setting remains a little dilapidated but the staff is friendly and its easy to come back.

★★★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Vegetarian options: Les patates douces sont très bonnes Parking: Depende de la sucursal pero siempre es en la calle, asi q es libre Kid-friendliness: Bien sûr, les enfants aiment les hamburgers Wheelchair accessibility: Généralement oui

December 22, 2023

I asked a kids pack with apples. The cashier told me that she put fries inside the box because they didnt have fruits. She did it without asking me before. Today is Saturday and its noon and a half. Why the owner cant consider our healthy choice? 18-02-23

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Best place to eat and the team is really nice

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Fast service and the staff are very friendly and welcoming. Cleanest toilets in the neighborhood!

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Wrong order and very slow and bad coffee

December 22, 2023

rotten experience with terrible service, and its been several times in this place!!!!!! First of all on the set I was served in English, the person did not speak a word of French. Another person who took over threw a fit and decided to resign on the spot and left!!!!! (he still served my order). We waited more than 20 minutes to get the order because nothing worked (according to him). Half the order was missing and the meat was not cooked!!!!!!!!! The quality has really dropped in this brand in general, and they no longer count on my cash to fatten them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

December 22, 2023

The employees are not even able to take my order in French. It s so degrading for Quebec which is a FRANCOPHONE province. I hope the owners will do something about this problem. THANKS.

★★★★
December 22, 2023

Kid-friendliness: Repas junior Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

We had breakfast, the food is good. We have an all Canadian breakfast and it tastes delicious, the bread is good and fresh. The place is clean and my favorite is the coffee, is great, I really recommend it. Kid-friendliness: Not very friendly, it has stairs in the entrance you cant get with a stroller. Wheelchair accessibility: Not at all

★★★★
December 22, 2023

Im going with a hot movie

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Nice food, but usually there are either some vagrants or loitering locals. Other than that its a pretty nice A&W. It practically killed the McD that was next corner.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Always the same

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

great teams

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

An employee who supplies drugs to a homeless person...not strong, the employee went to the basement for a few minutes and came back with a white rolling bag and the homeless man took out his pipe (small black glass pipe) and started smoking in front of the restaurant on the sidewalk. .. Not very much I nicknamed it the new Mc Do which took place at Royal and Papineau which ended up closing..... Being in a bad situation at work, I wouldnt go there!! I hope my opinion will make its way to his superior!!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good atmosphere in this burger joint. Food is decent and restaurant is open 24/7

December 22, 2023

The service is in English Inadmissible

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Delicius thanks

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Depends whos working :) Vegetarian options: The beyond meat burger is quite okay compared to others Ive tried Food : 3/5 |

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Everything you would expect from an A&W. Excellent fast food. The buddy burgers are good and always affordable. And what about root beer? A must! This is what sets A&W apart from other fast food restaurants. Fairly quiet location despite the busy Mont-Royal Avenue.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Never disappointed by the food but the staff is not really pleasant, you never understand what they say, never look when you talk to them, and yell at you for your order. In addition, trash cans and cleanliness are very neglected.

December 22, 2023

The manager has no manners here she s always rude to ppl from school which is next to here and the cashiers here are so stupid the burgers are terrible and the manager pushed my friend to kick her out when she was there to eat with her friends and she still didn t get fired

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good burgers as expected, too bad no more root beer floats

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Im 7 and a half years old and this is my first time at A&W, and Ill definitely come back, thank you :)

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

If you have time to lean, you have time to clean . Ok, I understand, the clientele is really not obvious. Anyone working there definitely deserves more than minimum wage, that s clear. But that s no reason for the floor to be dirty, really dirty. It is also not acceptable that almost all the tables are dirty. It is so much the basis of a restaurant that it makes you wonder where is the management and what does it do? There is definitely room for a lot of improvement.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Always fast service even late at night, definitely my go to spot on my way home I always trust it s open and functioning well

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Succulent triple steak burger after a great billiards session At Sterilized Glasses there s nothing like it!

December 22, 2023

The cashier was talking with her friend rather than serving customers. $17 for a combo with a drink in a half-filled glass and which was hot... disappointed I wont go back there again

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The service is terrible, the restaurant is very dirty. This doesnt make you want to eat at this establishment.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Very poor service, even execrable, and in English ONLY IN PLUS STI!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Seems like I cant have a Slush RootBeer at this restaurant And the employees can t speak french Food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Fast and efficient service!

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

When they asked me how I wanted my eggs, I said over hard. They had major difficulties with that. I even explained how to cook it longer and they still couldn t process.Then told me they don t cook it like that? So WHY DID YOU ASK? The one down the block, no problem.

December 22, 2023

Please have someone inspect the A&W corner Mont-Royal and Saint-Denis. It is gross . It smell like pee. It is the most disgusting A&W I have been to. This one is filthy.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great fun friendly and tasty

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

A&W is well respected.

December 22, 2023

Unprofessional night staff, they dont give carry bag even if you ask for, and reply as if they are paying for the bag out of their own pocket, such a worst staff

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

NOT THE FIRST TIME!!! The egg was green in color and the whole sandwich (English muffin, egg, bacon) was super bitter!! Its not the first time! These people are selling rotten food. It could also be possible that the worker had its revenge as i ordered breakfast at lunch time... which ever is, its not the first time it happens

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Love this A&W. perfect for drunk food. Clean bathrooms

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

A sensible stop on your way home post bar!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Same A&W...than others

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Wonderful really with very good service..to return for me..lunch and dinner..magnificent..thank you..

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Disgusting coffee

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The restaurant is full of teenagers with their lunches. They dont eat anything from the restaurant. Noisy and unpleasant. According to one employee, they have lost control so they let it happen. Obviously they are losing the few customers who ate A&W there. To let it happen is to accept. We wont be caught again.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

30 minutes to serve 1 customer. The line just kept piling up and when I got to the cash register, they asked me my name, I gave it to them, and a lady started shouting a swear word as if it was someones name, repeated 3 times and finally it was my dish. No, but they dont really care about their customers?! Never seen before! Plus it was dirty, full of people and super unpleasant.

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Classic move 12 min wait to get a takeaway fries...

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

I work not far away and I often come to eat here. Always kind and fast especially Saad and Messi who remember my order

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

As I remember it lacked a bit of freshness

December 22, 2023

Worst experience ever I will never come back there

December 22, 2023

Pitiful too long no good without priority delivery to customers place

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Impossible to be served in French in this restaurant in the heart of the Plateau. They got my orders wrong twice. They wouldnt let me have the chicken wraps I made by mistake, so I could give them to the homeless. They prefer to throw them in the trash. (Its politics) When I finally got the good burger my fries were cold. I told them: You would make fewer mistakes if you could serve us in French. To which I was answered: Thank you!

December 22, 2023

Bad service I wont come back here

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great service ! And love the food will go back for sure

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Always delighted with the food and service. Many thanks for your work!

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good service, but the food tasteless.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The best fast food chain you can go for your burger crave.

December 22, 2022

Endless

December 22, 2022

The cashier doesnt speak French

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The food was good, The service was great, Presentation excellent as well. The hash brown was especially delicious. Eggs were cooked as requested and held in one piece each. The reason for not getting 5 stars are: The cost has skyrocketed into the double digits. (probably due to covid and inflation) Square Bread was out of stock. Through no fault of the store: very difficult to access, parking almost non-existent. The road on which it is is blocked off to vehicles. Location clearly suits foot traffic or bikers more. Parking: None

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

We could see that they were short-staffed, yet the service was friendly and efficient even at night. The food was delicious!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Top notch service. Female manager who does her job very well, pleasant staff. Excellent fries, served in baskets, very cold drinks served in glass mugs (refrigerated!). One of the best A&Ws in Montreal!

December 22, 2022

Really not clean food remains to be desired never again for me

★★
December 22, 2022

As of today, it is not possible to be served in French by the staff.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I didnt like the atmosphere and the waitress was not friendly at all! The service remains to be desired! The execrable clientele! But finally! So !

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The cashier only speaks English...not strong...

December 22, 2022

Sunday September 11, 2022, 10 p.m. 2 customers in front of us, 40 minutes for our order to be taken and served. Not an apology, not a commercial gesture, nothing. Several people who were in line behind us left and they were right. All this so that we are served burgers that are really not worthy of A&W, with steaks that are far too cooked and almost fit for consumption (see photo). Truly pitiful service.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

If you are traveling, you will love the place and you will make lots of friends.... Except the cashier who is not very friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Very satisfied, excellent service Kid-friendliness: Meals for very satisfied children

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Food was as expected. Service was not great. Had to ask to refill the ketchup cup at self serve and it took long. Ended up putting ketchup on a napkin

★★★
December 22, 2022

No crème de menthe here very disappointed.. yet I asked for it 5 times and no positive response

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

No crème de menthe is a deal breaker Im disappointed not to have menteh cream

December 22, 2022

The customer service is totally lousy. The staff doesnt care about their work at all. Orders are incomplete half the time. In short, it s lamentable!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The owner is friendly and feels good!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Funny atmosphere, but food respecting the quality controls that A&W has accustomed me to since my childhood. Besides, of course, the frozen bucks that are now relegated to living in a memory vault.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

So, like, were in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The bare minimum, according to some decency standards and according to law 101, is to provide service in french at all times. I know its not easy finding a job as an immigrant and I do not want the employee to be the one suffering from this but, like, finance a french class for them something? Anyways, just please have your cashiers speak french.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Their mushroom mozzarella buddy burger is delicious. Bread is fresh and fluffy.

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

This restaurant is full of traveling people, the service provided by the night team is exclusively in English. When we arrive we are spoken to directly in English, I emphasized this point and the person at the cash register refused to serve me in French. A complaint was submitted to the Quebec Office of the French Language. As a reminder, the only official language in Quebec is French.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Lettuce wrap is great

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The lady who served us was very kind, despite not knowing how to speak French, let alone English, she was very attentive, she took her time to help us and place our order

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Classic a&w Good and Fast service Food

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

No service in French

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Parking is a problem. Wifi is free and open but it sucks really. Staff need to be more hygiene conscious their food handling is scary. Their rest room is mostly clean and controlled. You will have to tell them before they you gain access to use the washroom.

December 22, 2022

Cold burger, cold fries , cold service, all for 13.95$. Wiling never go back

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Bon service!

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

C long