A&W Canada in Toronto

Petro Canada, 505 Jarvis St, Toronto, ON M4Y 1H5, Canada

★★★★☆
(1040 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
Petro Canada, 505 Jarvis St, Toronto, ON M4Y 1H5, Canada
Plus Code
MJ8C+JQ Toronto, 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
Delivery On-site services Takeaway Dine-in
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Beer Coffee Late-night food
Dining options
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Dessert
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids Kids' menu
Parking
Free parking lot Paid street parking Parking

Photos

Reviews

3.9
★★★★☆
1040 reviews

Most Mentioned

gas station (28) fast food (26) onion rings (18) morning (12) cashier (10) root beer (9) gloves (8) seats (5) egg (5) order (5)
5 stars
445
4 stars
291
3 stars
159
2 stars
57
1 stars
88
★★★
December 17, 2024

The people behind th4 a&w counter are usually surly and taor their sweet ass time with everything. It's supposed to be fast food, but they're never fast and won't be rushed ever. I have in the past waited 40 minutes for a teen burger combo. Before they served it to me they tried to kick me out saying I'd been there too long. I just about lost it on them. Haf ro remind them I was waiting for food and that if I'd been there too long, that it was their fault anf their slow service that caused me to occupy a seat for that long. They have since removed those seats but not improved their service.

December 16, 2024

Today I ordered two burgers that arrived without lettuce, tomato or bacon, just the meat.

★★★★★
December 12, 2024

amazing service! the nearby mcdonalds timhortons all turned us away at 4 am with horrible service. this location made sure to get our order perfect.

★★★★★
November 28, 2024

Short wait times Professional service Great ambience Clean and well lighted

★★★★★
September 17, 2024

I absolutely love this burger place, but the sweet potatoes are the real highlight! I find myself coming back just for those perfectly crispy potato fries. They're consistently delicious and keep me coming back for more.

August 3, 2024

Did not enjoy my slusie with a spoon. Team jarvis forgot to include straws on my uber order.

★★
June 6, 2024

I'm still a fan of A&W, but I shall never go to this particular store ever again. How hard is it to mess up their most popular order? We asked for a Teen Burger combo and asked if we could get a frozen root beer in place of a cold root beer. The young lady cashier said we could with the "combo". All of us heard her use the word at least twice. Then when we had paid and left the store in search of a place to sit down, we noticed that there was no fries. We checked the receipt and saw that she had not charged us for a combo, but rather for a Teen Burger and a Frozen Root Beer with Sweet Cream (an unimpressive overpriced drink). The price for a drink and a burger was too much, but we had already walked to far it wasn't worth us going all the way back to cause a scene. My advice is to head for the other A&W that is just a few blocks away on Church street. Please use our error to you advantage and stay away from this place unless you need gas.

★★★★
December 29, 2023

You have to knock to get in after hours. It is open, just be more persistent, and someone will open up. Otherwise, it is a lovely spot for a quick burger. The girls do an excellent job and work hard. Almost no place to eat inside, so a pick up would be ideal.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 21, 2024

For the last weeks the new manager in the mornings has turned around the place. It is fast, it is simple and delicious! Give this man a raise!!!

★★★★★
December 17, 2024

Bomb bomb classic anw

December 17, 2024

Staff refused to take order. Mentioning that in every 4 months they don t take orders and today is the day.

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Remains open round the clock The area is not great Filled with homeless people Food : 4/5

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Change front desk guy he look sad 10am wednesday 13 nov

★★★★★
Local Guide
November 22, 2024

My fav grandpa burger

★★★★★
November 22, 2024

Very grateful to share my feedback about Manjot and Neha they are really good at work they are very professional, friendly and skilled.

Local Guide
November 22, 2024

Very scary

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

They made me burgers I ordered

★★★
October 22, 2024

Went there thinking the location was 24 hours but doors were locked at 11:30pm.

★★★
October 22, 2024

Burnt onion rings for the third time

★★★★★
Local Guide
October 22, 2024

Wellesley Jarvis A&W very fast and friendly service they even remembered my repeated order on the third visit

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

I love the frozen root beer!!

September 22, 2024

Staff is worst specially cashiers at night

★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Very disappointed they didnt have Root Beer Floats

September 22, 2024

I came at 2:24 on Tuesday sep 10 2024, very bad customer service, they was actually rude, i had to wait more than 15 min to only order,hope people working to be more polite, because we love A&W

★★★★★
August 22, 2024

All staff including manager ( guru and simran ) are very nice

★★★★★
August 22, 2024

Great place

Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Placed in gas station and open 24 hours. Central location. Fast and good service. Worst ever fast food. To avoid this location! Food

★★★★★
August 22, 2024

Very delicious and nice place

Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Too many crack addicts hanging around

★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

Food was pretty good, the atmosphere of there neighborhood was sketchy.

★★★★★
July 22, 2024

Navjot and veerpal doing great job doing good work appreciate their efforts

★★★★
July 22, 2024

Staff is very busy, but try to be as helpful as possible

Local Guide
July 22, 2024

Druggies in and out.. bloody tissues and washroom was nasty. I couldnt let my kids go in there

July 22, 2024

Terrible clerk, won t even be kind enough to open the door to use the washroom

July 22, 2024

I would give 0 stars but thats not an option. The staff were extremely horrible and lazy, expecially ella taking her job for granted. If I were u I wouldnt go. My chicken stripes were also extremely greasy and overcooked. Ella the assistant store manager isnt even worthy of being a customer shes horrible at her job and doesnt know how to order. Never ever going here again. Save your money everyone .

July 22, 2024

Advertises 24 hours, doesnt let you in with no explanation. Terrible, should be ashamed.

July 22, 2024

Worst a&w in the city, staff doesn t follow basic health and safety protocols, most do not speak basic English, cannot operate the equipment. This location should be shut down by health inspectors. DO NOT COME HERE

★★★★
Local Guide
July 22, 2024

It has a good ambience and also it was kept well lit and cleaned by the staff. The service was really good by the staff. A&W is worth the price as what u ask for what amount.

★★★★
Local Guide
June 22, 2024

Located in a petrol station with no drive though and limited seating. Service is quick and friendly. Quality and accuracy has not been a problem in the dozen or so times that I have stopped in.

★★
June 22, 2024

Worst teen burger I ve ever had. Patties were Dry like they were cooked hours ago, no flavor to the meat, felt like essential spices were non-existent, burger assembly was messy and difficult to eat

June 22, 2024

Slow food. You may take 10 minutes just for them to take your order. It is always understaffed

★★★★
Local Guide
June 22, 2024

It is a bit scary there at times, while waiting for your food, however the staff and food are worth it. I would not stay and eat there however.

★★★★
June 22, 2024

Staff are amazing love their breakfast.

★★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Consistently great and fresh!

Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Owners need to hire security and need to ask the city for help. Staff here are addictions assistance and social work for minimum wage. Food : 1/5

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Guru at a&w gives great customer service

★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

I dont go there as often as I used to since I quit smoking and if it appears to have improved. I appreciate staff friendliness knowing me as a customer Been 2 years now for that quick burger (1 separated for my dog) and poutine with cheese we all love

★★★★★
May 22, 2024

Raritan

★★★
Local Guide
April 22, 2024

I you dont mind steeping over used needles and dont mind making your way through unhoused folk with substance use disorders...this place is great.

April 22, 2024

Your burger tasted slimy.

★★★★★
Local Guide
April 22, 2024

Great people that work here. Was under renovation but I look forward to eating here again in the future

★★
April 22, 2024

Even though there was no queue inside, I had to wait for the two employees to finish their own language conversations before ordering. So you dont have the chance to sit inside and wait. On social media was an ad saying buy one buddy burger and get one free, but they said there was no such campaign. Also, your app does not see the Scotia Bank card as a form of payment.

★★★★
Local Guide
April 22, 2024

Vegetarian options: Peri peri burger with potato buddy Parking: Somewhat hard to get parking spot, as its in busy area of the town. Food : 4/5 |

★★★★
March 22, 2024

Female manager is very friendly and serve every customer with a big smile

★★★★★
March 22, 2024

Great food. Great service. Sometimes a bit dodgy but I cant blame them due to the location. Parking: Gas station with parking.

★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Friendly, patient front line people make a huge impact on meal enjoyment. I should have asked for a name to be able to give a shout out. For this review I ordered online the $2 teen burger on Leaf game day. I was unaware that this is an online offer only - which is in the T&C detail if I bothered to read what is written on the offer page! Anyway, the burger was delicious, well seasoned and dressed generously.

March 22, 2024

I love the food here but the ladies behind the counter could really use some lessons in how to look and talk to a customer that have different ways of life to what they been exposed too. I was so badly treated that a fellow a&wer actually stood up and defended my honor Thank you again kind sir

★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Their food is too salty

Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Not 24hrs Waste of time Service

★★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

It was late night Food was good. Thank you for being open 24/7. I was In hospital, and hungry at 2am. So it help me a lot! Keep up the good work!! Vic

★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Food is normal, like any other in the franchise. The service was good. The atmosphere is not very nice, just ok. Tried de papa (double), mama (single) with onion rings and sweet potatoes fry. The sides was excellent, the burgers average.

★★★★
Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Small Gas station with a Mini Grocery and a Take Out or Stand Up Ledge A&W. The food was ok, fries were dry.

Local Guide
February 22, 2024

Make sure you take lots of change with you so you can keep the crackheads at a distance theyve removed the tables just because its that bad I would recommend going to another location as they dont seem to want to get rid of the problem. Its pretty bad when the staff end up apologizing to you for the other people.

★★★
Local Guide
January 22, 2024

Small and busy location attached to a gas station, so theres more than just A&W at this location. Its often very busy and dirty, but they do their best to keep it clean despite some questionable clientele hanging out in the entrance nearly every day. Food is good though - ask for some Chipotle Mayo for your fries! Wheelchair accessibility: Accessibility ramp is at the west entrance attached to the gas station.

January 22, 2024

They never sent Ketchup for Uber eats deliveries, who eats fries without Ketchup

★★
January 22, 2024

Great

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

24/7

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I Lived in Allan Gardens in a tent For about 3 Months And I was Homeless

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

All around good service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Thank you for the extra order of sweet potato fries!

December 22, 2023

Terrible service. Messed up my order & didn t take accountability. learn customer service skills

★★
December 22, 2023

Too many hoodlums.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Not ideal for dine in. Small area for customers who will eat their food inside. Mostly take away. Staffs are nice.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great customer service, pleasant and smiled. The price is too much though. 2 beyond burgers one mama burger and two fries $40

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

No problems here

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

There was 2 highly intoxicated women trying to interact with customers. Really uncomfortable

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The people making and getting food often make mistakes on orders and often times I have to double check to make sure they got my order right.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Nice place but slow in delivery you have to wait a lot

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Very very dirty stuff without any gloves,

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Ordered a mamma burger combo with onion rings. The bun.was hard but it was ok enough to eat and it didn t bother me as much as the onion rings. Their onion rings were falling apart, they were soggy and all of the batter had crumbled off leaving only the soggy, floppy onion slices. I ve had a&w many times so relatively speaking it s a quality issue with this order

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

A&W is a good place to eat, I love the Teen Burger its superlicious!

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Honestly, for what it is, its ok. Personally, my stomach doesnt really like it but its not bad per se. That location can be rather unpleasant to be in due to no fault of the A&W, but something to keep in mind. Lots of folks with mental health issues, so sometimes its rather uncomfortable to be there.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Fast friendly service and really large and delicious servings of food. Great Nachos!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good tasting fast food in the middle of the night

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Hmm fries could use a little more cooking time.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Staff was super sweet and helpful, even very late! Fast service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Best coffee in the city and excellent service. Really good breakfast too. Its become my everyday staple!

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Not my first time, definitely my last time. Every time I ve come here it s gotten progressively worse, lack of customer service, and then a terrifying experience with extremely disgusting food. Never going back again, do your self a favour and visit any other location but this one. Attached a photo of a double mozza burger that tasted/smelt like rotten fish and goop. Burger was practically raw inside, brown on the outside.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Relaxed and enjoyable

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Quick food, limited menu- but A&W taste and convenience

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Was hankering for a burger and fries and they delivered!!! The fries were hot and the burger was oh so juicy and full of flavour yum yum

December 22, 2023

This place is useless because everybody working for no reason they re old cheating behind they don t have any product and they don t even know how to get paid from customer

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

What you would expect from a burger joint inside a gas station. Still a bit pricey for my liking but I was here and i was famished. At least you do get what you pay for when you come here. Fresh vegetables on the burgers, which are really tasty as well. I would probably eat at this establishment more often except for the painful memories of ordering from the one mear my house and realizing after the 4th time they like to charge you for the gravy but they dont like giving you the gravy! Even had an area manager call me to look into it, but she never called me back eitger! Lol

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great place to eat!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Vegetarian options: Best Vege Burger among all fast food vege burger. Food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I normally enjoy the food from this location but this time the Nashville Hot Chicken had barely any spice. Very disappointed.

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

guru was rude and acted like he was inconvenience buy my order.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great coffee

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Parking: One spot Kid-friendliness: Meal Wheelchair accessibility: Yes

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Unfortunately, the neighborhood reflects poorly on the atmosphere. They may need a a full time cop to control the flow of foot traffic. If you can get past that, the food was hot n fresh and tasty!

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

A disgusting state of affairs. There s a stench of rot throughout the premises. The employees didn t seem to have any sanitation etiquette either. And it reflected in the food. Absolutely disgusting. Wear some gloves, wash your hands, clean your restaurant

December 22, 2023

The staff is very unclean. They do not wash their hands before preparing any order, not even use gloves while doing so.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Nothing serious , just no comments

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Fast friendly great hours

December 22, 2023

I am over this place. I am not the one to leave bad reviews without a reason but I had it. It s again 2 am, and I often go to grab food at night when I am finally hungry. I usually grab two different things such as ( either burgers or strips) and each of them I order with fries! Meaning individual fries. I even repeat myself and tell them twice 2 orders of fries. The reason for it it s because one of them is for my roommate and me with my health I am not supposed to share food. I lived here for over 10 years so I know my way around. Each time at night they charge me correctly yet I go home and I only have one orders of fries. It happened now so many times I just can t count. They literally charge me so they can keep the extra fires and cash it as tip. MANAGEMENT!!!!!! Where are you? I am fed up, I am tired of having to walk back and be treated as a junkie because they say I just want the extra fries. I am tired of sharing my fries with my roommate because your staff charges me for it, yet put it in their pockets. It s always the same story for almost a year now. I have made a complaint with the manager already but they don t care. I don t want your refund. I want my food!now again I am not in a position to go back and complain. You really have to do something about it. This is absolutely ridiculous

December 22, 2023

Terrible customer service - cold burger. cold fries unsalted. The cashier finished cointing his coins for shift change or something, and then slowly packed the terribly cold food. Threw the whole thing up after I got home.

★★★★
December 22, 2022

A good stop after an unnecessary nightcap!!

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Quick service for A&W burgers located inside Neighbours store. Very unclean drink fountain was messy and sticky. All of the tables had crumbs on it. Vegetarian options: Have a line of beyond beef burgers for vegetarian options Parking: located by a petrocan gas station. Small amount of parking available Kid-friendliness: Burgers, chicken nuggets, fries, no high chair seats that I could see. High just down the street local hangout during school lunch break

Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Dirty location...Ive seen homeless bathing in water faucet from soda drinking machine and brushing teeth.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Best burgers next to bloomburgers on bay

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Needs more cleaning

★★★
December 22, 2022

Could be better

December 22, 2022

Zero star for customer service. Last night the cashier was so rude with my friends.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Fast service

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

my food neighbor

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Very clean. Located at Very good intersection. Inside the gas Station. So convenient. I

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Could be faster but great burgers

December 22, 2022

Its takes 20 minutes to order breakfast,

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Nice service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Very nice staff and decent location!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The service is quite good at this location, considering that its quite busy late in the evenings. A good place to grab food after having a couple of drinks in the village. Parking: Limited parking shared with the gas station

★★★★
December 22, 2022

Rich

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

It was the best A&W i havr ever visted. The turban guy was very nice and prepared high quality product Food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Quick service and the food you know, but in a gas station

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great staff, very interactive guest service. Love the foood

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Surprisingly good late-night burger

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

5 -5 for a 24 hour they keep it clean

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Love their root beer

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Best fast food in the market. Staff are always great. The current staff are the most efficient that I have seen.. Wheelchair accessibility: This location is pared with a PETRO Canada

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Surprisingly good takeout breakfast. Eggs and toast made to order! And, great value at $7.90 including tax for the classic. However, I would get it to go This is a downtown location and there s always a interesting crowd inside. Staff are very good, but please give them a break . They have to deal with a lot of characters. Frankly, I wouldn t last a day working there.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Tough for parking without interfering with gas station operations ...

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

I like this location. People are nice and everything tasted fresh

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

It s an interesting experience, however, I was there at 11:05 on a Monday and they told me it s closed. However, that is not the case when you check on their hours

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

This is my go to spot when I want a fast food breakfast sandwich. Pleasant service, usually fast. Good brekkie sandwich.