A&W Restaurants

Spirit Lake, IA · Fast food restaurant

Rating
4.4/5
★★★★☆ 4.4
Reviews
20
Rank in Spirit Lake
#9
of 39 restaurants
City Percentile
58%
rating percentile
Address
A&W Restaurants, 2308 17th St, Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Phone
(712) 339-9246
Website
awrestaurants.com/locations/iowa/spirit-lake/2308-17th-street
Status
Closed · Opens 10:30 AM

A&W Restaurants is a restaurant located in Spirit Lake, IA. It is one of 39 restaurants listed in Spirit Lake. Its 4.4-star rating is above the Spirit Lake city average of 4.3 stars. It ranks #9 of 39 restaurants in Spirit Lake. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About A&W Restaurants

A&W Restaurants have been serving up signature burgers, hand-breaded chicken tenders and root beer floats since 1919. A&W still makes root beer fresh in their restaurants with real cane sugar served in a frosty mug.

Hours

Saturday10 AM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Elliott Zimmer · Aug 2025

Corn Dogged by the Flames of Disappointment I came to A&W for that nostalgic combo of crispy corn dogs and frosty root beer. What I got instead was a culinary crime scene. These corn dogs weren’t just burnt—they were charred relics from a forgotten BBQ apocalypse. I bit into one and swear I heard it whisper, “I’ve seen things…” On the bright side, if you ever need a corn dog that doubles as a tire patch or emergency charcoal, A&W’s got you covered

★★★★★ 5.0 Yaakov Raiine · Sep 2025

This A&W restaurant was exceptionally clean and provided very attentive customer service. It was my first time there, and I had a fantastic experience. We were the only customers, and their ice cream was incredibly delicious. I would even say it’s close to being better than McDonald’s. They offer a variety of flavors for their ice cream cones. I haven’t tried their food yet, so that’s something I’ll consider in the future. Overall, I would give this place a perfect score of 10 out of 10. ***Update*** I tried their chicken tender sandwich, and it was incredibly delicious. I’m definitely going back for more!

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 Mark Schweim · Aug 2025

2 questions. 1. Where's the beef? A. There's a little bit. 2. Where's the flavor? A. Apparently somewhere else because my wife's burger didn't have any flavor at all, and my BBQ Bacon Crunch Burger had some Crunch, but not any more flavor than my wife's burger did. We were both sorely disappointed with this A&W locations food. At the other A&W locations we've been to, their Chili Coney Dogs, it was impossible to eat the coney dog without using a spoon to get the chili off without making a mess. Here, we saw others who ordered the chili coney dogs, and all of them were able to eat it by picking it up and eating them in their hands without any spilling at all! We tried their A&W Rootbeer Float, and the only good thing about the float is that we got the float for free, but the float was a

★★★★★ 5.0 Ashley Myers Graves · May 2025

Very good, first root beer float and loved the frosted glasses!! Be careful you will get a volcano reaction when the ice cream falls into the root beer 🤣🤣🥰

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Wendy Jorgensen · Sep 2025

At least the food was hot. But, when you ask for no cheese; apparently they still give you cheese! Pretty disappointing when you're on a low sodium diet.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom

Services

Fast food restaurantAmerican restaurantDessert restaurantHamburger restaurant

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