Reviews The Root Beer Shack

Absolutely delicious, and great service! I highly recommend visiting this place.

The food was delicious and the atmosphere was great. Great food and friends.

Great food, great people, we think the hot dogs are the best in town!

the burgers are amazing as are the deep fried Oreo's, nice environment and the service is great. I like being able to sit outside on the porch and eat.

Loved the root beer float. I got a cheeseburger and fries, and it was very good. They actually put a nice red juicy tomato slice on it! My coworker got a hot dog and a root beer slush and she loved it as well! Come around 11 or you may not get a table!

What makes this place is the people! Some of the nicest service I have ever received in my life (on par with 5 star restaurants and Disney dining service, yes people, I said it!) and you know what, they deserve the credit for the hard work they put into that part of their work 👏. Not only did they all remember my name, but they remembered it throughout my time there and it was over an hour. They're a very small place, but they came by to check on me, asked if I needed anything else, offered to top off my Root Beer slushy, asked how my meal was and everyone at the counter/kitchen said goodbye to me (by name) and wished me safe travels when I left. They make you feel like you're an old friend coming over for lunch. You feel sooo welcomed. And I saw them do this with every customer that came in. Kudos to the cashier because I never remember names. And it was a busy lunch rush. They kept the tables quickly cleaned and turned as well. Now, as far as the food is concerned, I would agree with a lot of other reviews that mention the hot dogs as being the best thing there. I'd never been before so I tried a chili cheese dog, a corn dog, chili cheese fries and slaw. The corn dog was on point. Loved it! The chili cheese dog was good too. What made it for me was the toasted roll they put it on, buttery and crispy! Love that they used freshly grated cheddar cheese on them too. For those of us westerners (like me), I wasn't sure what the sweet or spicy sauce choice was for the hot dogs because we would call that the chili. Well, it's sauce here. So I ordered my chili cheese dog as a dog with "sweet sauce" and cheese. Loved the "sauce" it wasn't really that sweet which was great. I love that you get a little container of mustard on the side instead of packets of mustard like some places provide, because I can dunk my corn dog directly into the mustard 😋 . I did not care for the slaw because it was chopped up too small for my liking and was no longer crispy at all, it was more on the mushy side. Some people might like that but I like mine with a little crunch and not so sweet. I miss that vinegary bite that is usually in coleslaw. This was missing that. As for the chili cheese fries, well, I'm sure the fries alone are good, but since they use fresh cheddar on their dogs I assumed that would be the case for the fries as well but instead they used a cheese sauce and that made for an incredibly soggy fry. And the cheese sauce was not like a nacho cheese sauce or a homemade roux based cheese sauce it was a thin, yellow colored kind of sauce that really had no cheese flavor. The root beer slushy did it for me, pure nostagia. Not a root beer float, but a slushy. Like when you were a kid and couldn't afford a 7eleven slushy so you put some soda in the freezer and took it out at just the right time so it was slush and not completely frozen, that kind of feeling. It was great! They do have a drive through as well. My sit down service was quick. They also have a dmall patio with seating but it had rained earlier in the day and still overcast so that was closed. Visit for the service, hot dogs, and slushies. All those were awesome!

Perfect dog. Chili and coleslaw. Chill and cheese. Added O rings, fries and root beer. WV has the best hot dogs and this shack represents. Can't wait to have an excuse to head South to go again

Good old fashioned A&W root beer slush! The hot dogs are bomb. You get your choice of sweet or spicy homemade sauce and it comes on a split top roll. Every visit feels like a blast from the past.

Service was fast and friendly. Food was good and was exactly what we went there for. We ordered the Mackey which was 2 grilled cheese sandwiches with a hamburger between them dressed as you order. Also.had onion rings french fries slightly seasoned and a corndog! Price reasonable and food is well worth the stop! And then root beer float was killer!