What a great surprise as my husband and I tried this place for the first time. We are from Jackson MI. Home of coney dogs!! But we found this coney sauce awesome! I also enjoyed very much the poppy seed bun!! The French fries were very good! The coleslaw FRESH. The root beer was fantastic!! Then to be greeted by owner Red... was an added treat! Admire how he runs his business.
Our waitress was Lauren... let me say her smile and personality was contagious!
We will definitely be back and have plans to bring friends. Very enjoyable visit and awesome food!
I visit my family in Decatur and we go to Red's. They have the best food !!!! The owner makes a point of welcoming you and the staff is wonderful !!!!
Great service, great atmosphere and even better food! Everyone goes above and beyond!
love the food, diet root beer is the bomb, and Red is the nicest person you will ever talk to
Good simple food with old fashion service!
A breath of fresh air in a hectic world!
Great homemade root beer!
The best retro drive-in ever! Red and the "Red Team" but forth 110% every day and it shows. We've been going there once a week ever since it opened at least one a week, and have never been disappointed in the food OR service. The ONLY drawback is that sometimes there's no place to park they're so busy! :)
We love Red's! It's one of our must-stops when we travel down to Michigan from Ottawa. The rootbeer is always excellent and so is the service! The hotdogs are delicious as well. Keep it up!
Everytime we come in the staff & owners are amazing. I love how they actually come & talk to you and are always so nice. Last time we were there, the owners wife actually offered to take my daughter inside to use the bathroom, even though places like this don't usually have a public bathroom. She also gave her icecream on the house & suggested what meal she may love.. and she was right, she loves it there & the food. Highly suggest this place to anyone.
Thank You for the Great Experience! Tim (The Owner) personally came to the car. Offered us free samples of things we didn't order. And we saw him go to all the other patron's cars too.
The service was great. I had one the best Chili Dog. I have ever eaten in my lifetime. Everything tasted amazing and was made fresh to order. Their homemade Root Beer was top quality. I look forward to many stops at this "Old Fashioned Drive-In". And I recommend everyone take the trip. To enjoy this great local business for themselves.
The only way I can describe the food here is simple done right
Best chili dogs anywhere in a comfortable atmosphere. Love that in addition to carside service, they have picnic tables and a drive thru. And unlike anyone else, they have DIET root beer which is just as good as the regular with free refills! Worth the drive from Kalamazoo.
Great place to eat . We can't wait till he opens in the spring hate when he closes for winter. As any business there are times when problems arise (a few) but he always makes it right we have had him serve our family at no charge with a smile on his face and a hand-shake too. Food is great too, hard to decide what to get. The Summerville's love Reds!
Owner spends ALL his time out talking, conversing & pleasing his customers! That's what brings them back & then they tell their friends! EXCELLENT food! Good music!!! THEE BEST HOTDOGS!!!
Try the footer. It is super delicious. My son really likes the ice cream and Red is an honest dude!
The footlong and cheese frys! Always fun coming with my whole family and always fun seeing the owner coming out to say hi
Super delicious!! We loved it and will definitely be back! Thank you!
Came right to the car and handed us menus without asking. The waitress was right on point when taking our order very nice and outgoing. She was back with our food within 10 minutes. Very fast hot and delicious.
With root beer in your name it better be good and well it didn’t disappoint, The food isn’t going to blow you away like a 5 star restaurant but when it takes 5 minutes to get your food what do you expect. Burger was pretty good and the Coney Island fries had the perfect amount of fries chili and cheese
Hubby and I go here once in awhile! We introduced his family there while they were in town. Everyone was definitely happy with their food. The olive burgers were definitely a favorite! Hubby and I always go for the deep fried pickles to split and burgers! It's nice to either be able to sit in the car like the drive in diner or they do have picnic tables.
Drive inns are an endangered species, and this one is special. Their root beer is really good and their rather expensive Chicago style hot dogs are the best around here for sure. The owner is nice and so are the wait staff. Great place to go on a summer afternoon.
Update: awesome onion rings too@
The nicest people, the friendliest service, and the best food! If my son had his way we would come here once a week! Excellent cheese fries, amazing root beer floats! We love Red's!
This drive in style root beer stand is one of the best I've been to in the Midwest. The servers were super nice, food was made quick and was good, and the atmosphere was safe for kids and enjoyable for adults. Also they have veggie based dogs and burgers for vegan/vegetarian friends! I will definitely be returning to eat here in any future trip to the Kalamazoo area.
Delicious food, whatever you may choose. Hot dogs, cheeseburgers, chicken strips and root bear floats are Delicious. The bacon cheeseburger is freakin awesome! ☺ Service is always fast, friendly and great. My two sons love it when they see Red there too!
I gotta say this place is awesome. The women that take your order were super nice & polite. I Food was fabulous... If I ever deliver up there at the winery again... I definitely would come back to Red's
Pros: Pretty good food. Their fries were very crispy and good. Olive burger was very tasty. Root beer float was decent. Cons: There was a lot of waitstaff standing around not doing anything. The bathroom for this place is a port on potty.
Staff works so hard and does an amazing job! Food is by far some of the best my family has had in a while from a nice drive in. Thumbs up to all the employees and owners for a job well done!
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