Redwood Drive-In

I completely understand the confusion over the reviews for this fast food stop. It's several different places in one and your impression of it is reliant on which service you availed yourself of on your visit. I've taken advantage of its gas, convenience market, bathroom, diner and taqueria on various trips through. I consider the diner chow to be two-to-three stars and rather expensive relative to the lack of ambiance inside. I've had an uninspired veggie burger, salad and fries here. However! The taqueria food is a solid fours stars and the staff is so pleasant I didn't feel comfortable leaving the review at an overall three stars. (Where's that half star?) I will certainly be back for Mexican food items and recommend it for those.

OK so maybe we were hungry, maybe not, but I had an Ortega Burger that was so delicious that I wanted more.  My friend ordered the Bacon Burger.  We shared an order of french fries, and were so full we thought we were going to pop.  Cost was under $20, and that included drinks too.  The burgers were gigantic, and made to order. I got extra pickles and onions. Meat tasted fresh, and burger bun was slightly toasted.  I'll be back again in September, and I know where I'm going to eat!  Oh, and you can eat outside on a picnic table if you want.

Not sure why the negative reviews. Our experience was very positive. We arrived in Boonviille hungry after making the long, windy drive over Mountain View Rd from Hwy 1 in Manchester. We stopped here because of the picnic tables outside where we could bring the dogs. They even had a bowl of fresh water for them! We ordered classic cheeseburgers, fries, onion rings and root beer shakes. The service was friendly and quick for made-to-order food. The burgers were perfect - big, soft buns loaded with sesame seeds, a generous beef patty & slice of cheese. The burger was prepared with a nice thick slice of ripe tomato, curly leaf lettuce, onions, pickles & mayo. I added some catsup & mustard. It was delicious. The fries were skinny & crisp, golden and nicely salted. The onion rings were to die for!  Thick slices of sweet onion, dipped in a thin batter and fried to a deep golden brown. They were crispy outside and tender inside. I'm talking about onion ring perfection. Our shakes were thick & creamy but also straw worthy - just right with the frothy mix of root beer, ice cream and milk. I'm not sure I'll ever be in Boonville again, but I'll remember the burger & onion rings very fondly.