I ate here with my girlfriend on August 16th, 2008 and fond the experience to be passable but nothing really worth repeating. We both ordered the house special charred sugar steak. Her cut of meat was at least twice the size of mine, and we have no idea why. The pieces of meat looked completely different. The steaks came with your choice of vegetable, salad and rolls for $20. While the food tasted okay, the quality wasn’t very high. We also both ordered a margarita rocks which oddly came in a pilsner glass and cost $7.

The waiter we had seemed to be in a hurry and acted quite impatient when at our table. He also had a bad habit of leaving the dining room for extended periods of time making it impossible to get service when you needed it. The atmosphere was a bit noisy and rushed feeling while the décor had a western motif.

All in all the food was edible and tasted okay for what it was, but there are better choices in Williams than Rod’s, and we will be eating elsewhere next time we're in town.

I visited Rod's with a party of three on August 7, 2008. Each of us ordered Rod's "charred steak" ($20), but we were brought steaks of significantly different sizes. The smallest steak, which was very small, had not been trimmed of fat. The largest steak was thick on one side and tapered off to thin on the other. All of the steaks were bland, our glasses were allowed to run dry without us ever being asked if we wanted a refill, and a second order of rolls (we had to have something to eat) which was ordered at the beginning of the meal was not delivered to our table until after we were finished eating. -- The three of us left after paying the $71 and unanimously agreed that this was one of the worst places we'd ever stopped to eat.

went there a few years ago and won;t be going back when we go to williams tomorrow. on here looking for anything else to try. my whole family made the ame comment - anywhere but there.
overpriced. horrible service. long waits for no good reason. save time and money go somewhere else

My wife and I were in Williams recently to escape the Phoenix heat. Wanting to experience the Route 66 experience, we decided to try lunch at Rod's since this is/was an icon of old route 66.

As other reviewers have noted, the building is dimly lit inside and has dank musty smell. After walking up the stairs to get to the dining room we were met by no one... There was one server in the place and he actually was doing a fairly decent job. After waiting a few minutes we flagged him down and he seated us.

The table cloth was stained from ketchup or steak sauce. The selection on the lunch menu was quite limited but I ordered the sourdough bacon cheeseburger and my wife ordered the prime rib sandwich.

The food arrived in a fairly timely manner and my burger was actually not that bad. A little greasy but I have had far worse. My wife took one bite out of her sandwich and frowned and then stated, "I can not eat this." Being the gentleman, I offered her my burger and took her sandwich. It was pretty bad. The meat was overspiced and very rubbery. It reminded me almost of eating wet beef jerky. It seemed to taste worse, the more I ate of it. I did manage to eat half but couldn't take any more of it after that. It left a horrible aftertaste in my mouth as well.

If I had just had the burger, I would have given this place three stars for being mediocre but the "prime rib" sandwich was horrible. It reminded me of eating mystery meat from my navy days.

The server was ok so I gave him a decent tip but the food was not ok.