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A & W Family Restaurant

4905 50th Ave, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2P5, Canada
(867) 669-7071
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Ranked #21 of 42 restaurants in Yellowknife
Cuisines: Hamburgers, Fast food
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canada
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22 reviews 22 reviews
13 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 June 2013 NEW

Loved the burgers and fries. This A & W is new but very clean and the atmosphere was very positive ad service good. I would go back.

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Yellowknife
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5 reviews 5 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 February 2013 via mobile

This place is horrible!! Lousy service, cold food. I asked for onion rings, apparently they were all out, ok give me a poutine. All out of cheese. Like really are you kidding me!?! Would not recommend going there.

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Yellowknife, Canada
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7 reviews 7 reviews
5 restaurant reviews
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 January 2013

Very clean, good location, service is good, food is good, connected to the indoor mall. Staff is friendly

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See 6 more reviews by Liz M for Yellowknife
Virginia Beach, VA
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7 reviews 7 reviews
5 restaurant reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 January 2013

Located inside the main shopping center, it was very busy and crowded. Leading to being a little noisy and slightly messy. Nothing terrible just a lot of traffic.

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Auckland Region, New Zealand
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3 reviews 3 reviews
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 January 2013

A really sad place, confirming all the cliches about indigenous people in the North. This is sad, because it is a minority, and most indigenous people are just wonderful, but this is a place visited a lot by tourists and it doesn't do their reputation any favour :( Even had police coming in to take a drunk lady away.

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Florida, USA
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Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 August 2012

Downtown is dead outside of business hours, so just a few people there. Took awhile to get my food. They advertised WI-FI, but it didnt work. The restaurant is in the Yellowknife Inn building, where I was staying, so I connected to the hotel WI-FI.

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See 5 more reviews by metrolands for Yellowknife
Vancouver
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111 reviews 111 reviews
63 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 38 cities Reviews in 38 cities
46 helpful votes 46 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 July 2012

It has the same menu and pricing as southern franchises but this one skimps a bit on amenities and cleanliness. It is a bit of a hangout for lower income individuals and teen youth. It reminds me of a late night donut shop in east Vancouver.

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Yellowknife, Canada
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38 restaurant reviews
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 June 2012

Sadly disappointed with my family today - stopped by the A&W, for what we expected to be a standard brand name lunch. However, we could not order what we wanted, they were out of root beer (wait... it's that the reason A&W exists???) and they had no onion rings. The burgers were ok, but we have natives staring at us... More

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Yellowknife, Canada
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7 reviews 7 reviews
7 restaurant reviews
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 May 2012

I had the Grandma burger, but the burger was cooked a touch too long.

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See 6 more reviews by hot_babeinnwt for Yellowknife
calgary
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9 restaurant reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2012

this place was clean and fast service but not open on sundays. not used to that but thats okay, we ate here for a breakfast and it was hot and fast service.

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