Swensons Drive-In — Restaurant in Akron

Love this place. Always good for a hangout. They've got this really fast dude, Darren. I've been around Akron enough I've seen him a few other places. Take a seat and let me tell ya about Darren. Darren is the best, with a capital B.

Darren hit a deer once. Obliterated it. Nearly a paste but barely alive. He didn't put it down, he just walked over to it, slapped it's rump and told it to walk it off. The deer did. His Vespa GTS 300 didn't even have a dent in it.

Darren's just an incredibly generous guy. Out of the goodness of his heart he'll just buy a bag of doritos and lick all the powder off before he gives them to me (i hate the powder)

Darren is always interesting. Darren did do one of the most always interestingest of things thing interesting things thing i ever seen. This absolute abomination pulled apart an entire pizza and ate each part of it, cheese stack, mega dough ball and a stack of pepperonis one by one without chewing just swallowed it whole ive never seen anything like it. He even brought a spoon to put all the sauce in a bowl. He also brought a straw for the sauce.

Hasn't been found guilty in court that I know of, 10/10 will buy burger again. My understanding is that he gives every burger he personally delivers a full Catholic Sacrament, I legitimately never want a burger run to me by anyone else, and I park all the way out on the other side of the street and boy can this fella run as I can attest man he is a real speedster grew up playing way too much Sonic 3 and Knuckles

Darren built a homegym he uses all the time. (If you couldn't tell, just look at that stud) He decided to make his own weights out of concrete. Realized he didn't have any molds. Found some neat ocean themed ones. Doesn't lift dumbbells like a plebian anymore. Dumbshells. Dude doesn't train because of vanity, he just wants to run faster and kill mosquitoes harder with his hands. Dude's like the Mr. Miyagi of killing skeeters. 80% clap to kill rate.

I love gambling. a clown was going to hit Darren with a pie and he just unhinged his jaw and consumed the pie whole

I like the fact that Darren can make anything fun. For the last week I've been waking up to my nightmares of just how fast this guy is.

Darren can actually do Abstract Algebra instinctively. Go ahead. Ask him what 9+5 is. He'll tell you it's 2. He knows.

Oh wow that went places ya know originally this was just going to be about my favorite swenson's dude and the fact that swenson's is good but i hope that all of you get to know mr. darren just as...

The service was prompt, courteous, and thorough (as usual); the food tasted amazing (as always); however, there was at least one menu item out of stock (hey, it happens, no big deal to substitute any other great menu item in its place), and the size of the burgers has shrunk a great deal (they were very small, really) yet the prices remained the same or higher. Please don't dinkify the portions, just give us a hearty portion and raise the prices!! if you must. A family of 4 adults ate for $55, but imagine our chagrin to be served child-sized burgers ;/ though the food was all cooked to perfection and served precisely as ordered and it still had that famous Swenson's flavor that people rave over and even make a point to hit the place up when visiting from out of town! I was told that the proffered substitute for the out of stock item was incredibly delicious, though I myself did not care to try it. The parking lot was clean and free of debris or trash . The service was speedy and precise. If the burger size was more commensurate with the prices, this would have been a 5star visit. I was still hungry after finishing my meal, so I can only give 4 stars this time although I will definitely continue to dine at any of the excellent Swenson's locations and know what to expect when going. Although everyone in my party agreed that we would prefer larger sized burgers (diameter) with a price increase if necessary as opposed to smaller burgers at regular price [(just something for the Management _Owner/Operator to sincerely consider from 4/4 recent guests. Thanks for the opportunity to review and I definitely recommend this or any of the Swenson's locations for a great meal that by far out-tastes any other burger joint in town (maybe just order 2 if you can afford it because they are really small - not as small as a slider but definitely more like a kid's portion.) The portions of everything else...

Welp now I remember why I stopped coming to this location. Let’s start with the burgers I ordered. I ordered 3 Galleyboys, a double cheese burger and a “pimento” burger. Now the galleyboy in the 31 years of my existence as a summit county residence has never been this small. I do not have the largest hands but damn never would have thought I would see the day I can fit a burger that is $5 in the palm of my hand. I ordered two for myself. Both of mine with “everything on it” I repeated it to the guy who took my order and one of them had “everything on it” with ketchup along with a double cheese burger which landed perfectly with as described. However the other three were literally bare bones. No onions, no pickles, no mustard. Just the two sauces and two patties and maybe a slice of cheese balled up into a “sandwich” I was pissed off to get home (15 minutes down the road which I wasn’t willing to drive back after a long day of work) to find that my burgers including their new pimento burger was not topped with anything extra. Also given the fact that the damn Pimento burger was $7.99 and it’s not even on the menu and they just expect you to know is wild. I also am not content with the fact that the “regular size” drink is the same size as what their small used to be. This is not the Swensons I grew up eating after baseball games as a kid. This is what inflation meets greedy “small local food chain that decided to say screw quality control and lets just raise our prices because we are known as a good place to eat at.” I used to not be okay coming here every once and awhile and spending $25 maybe $30 to feed two but legit no way in hell I ever see myself ever again spending $40 here especially getting half the portions I would have gotten 10 years ago at 2/3 of this price. I want...