A&W Restaurant
Lexington, KY · Fast food restaurant
- Address
- A&W Restaurant, 2251 War Admiral Way Ste 110, Lexington, KY 40509
- Phone
- (859) 543-1625
- Website
- awrestaurants.com/locations/kentucky/lexington/2251-war-admiral-way-suite-110
- Status
- Closed · Opens 11 AM
A&W Restaurant is a restaurant located in Lexington, KY. It is one of 811 restaurants listed in Lexington. Its 4.1-star rating is slightly below the Lexington city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.
About A&W Restaurant
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
| Friday | 11 AM–10 PM |
Customer Reviews
We had a great experience here! We’re from Texas, so we aren’t used to having access to an A&W, which made it even more exciting to stop by. The food was excellent hot, fresh, and full of flavor. I love when my chicken is so fresh out of the fryer that I have to let it cool off before eating; that’s how you know it’s fantastic! The restaurant itself was impressively clean, honestly the cleanest A&W we’ve ever been to, and the service matched that level of quality quick, polite, and very friendly. And of course, my favorite part about A&W is the completely fresh root beer. They serve it in an awesome frozen glass mug, which just makes the whole experience that much better.
First visit to A&W and we were incredibly impressed! We stopped by on 11/13/25 around 8:40 PM, and the male and female employees working the drive-thru provided some of the best customer service I’ve experienced in a long time. It was unexpected for a drive-thru, but so appreciated. To those two workers — thank you. You were genuinely so kind! Food: Phenomenal. Everything was hot, fresh, and flavorful. We tried the burger, cheese curds, chicken tenders, fries, and corn dogs. The fries were a standout! Desserts: The root beer float was nostalgic and delicious, but the star was the chocolate shake. I asked for Oreos to be added, and it ended up being one of the best shakes I’ve ever had from a drive thru. Overall, an excellent experience. We’ll definitely be back!
Why isn't A&W busier? I can never figure out why they aren't busy all the time. Maybe it's lack of advertising, because the burgers are good, the chicken is made from scratch, the root beer is really good, and the pricing is in line with every other fast food restaurant these days. Get a cold mug for the root beer if you dine in. It takes a little while to get your food because they make everything fresh. It's worth the wait.
Was our first time at the restaurant 8/30/2025 we both ordered the #1 combo had the float for 1 and I had to have the pumpkin flavored shake. Was a really good experience with our food and atmosphere. Definitely will be going back. Only 1 issue was our table was super sticky and we moved to another one and it was sticky as well but it happens when you get busy no worries.
I had A&W years ago in Ohio and it was the best burger I had ever fasted upon. My wife ate cheeseburgers at most restaurants we went to so I always told her about the legend of the A&W burger. Well a few weeks ago, we went to the Lexington location and she now agrees, A&W burgers are THE BEST!! ✌️ 👽 But we did wait for about 45 minutes with only 3 people in driveway ahead of us..
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