The Varsity Dawsonville

Whatta ya have! A lil' taste of downtown in the foothills of North Georgia. After multiple generations growing up going to the Varsity in downtown Atlanta (my parents went on dates there in 50's), I'm probably a little biased. It's an Atlanta legend and nice to have one way out here in the sticks. While everyone has their faves, for me it's just a chili dog and onion rings. If you go for anything, go for the onion rings. Others love the chili burger, frosted orange, and peach or apple pie. Nothing fancy, just good 'ol fast-diner food.

This place is my guilty pleasure! I used to go to the Varsity downtown when I was a kid after Braves games and remembered the long lines and yelling and just couldn’t wait to get some greasy food and go try to find a place to sit. Well now all of that is way up here in Dawsonville without the wait and plenty of seating! I basically was able to walk up within seconds of arriving and order the same things I always did and it still tastes the same as it did back in the 70’s and 80’s!! My favorite is the Chili Burger and Chili Dog Combo with the Onion Rings. They are so greasy but so tasty! They have this cayenne pepper shakers at the tables you can sprinkle anything you want to add some heat to. They have plenty of outside seating as well to enjoy on a nice day. Every time I’m up this way I can’t help but stop by!!

I don’t even care about the waste of money. This place was a waste of my time. The atmosphere is crap. It’s slow and quiet and the only customers are old people. The food is not food. The hamburger is tiny and the meat is rubbery, flavorless, and I kept getting hard bits stuck in my teeth. definitely fake frozen meat. The onion rings are burnt, greasy and just have a nasty taste. Don’t even get me started on how incredibly tiny the chili dogs are. They also have some employee pacing back and forth making people uncomfortable. You could not pay me to return

I have never heard of or seen a varsity. We don't have them back home. They only have hot dogs and hamburgers, f r it's, and I think chicken nuggets for kids. Sodas, milkshakes. Maybe handheld pies. I don't really remember. It is a simple place. With decent food. Do not expect fancy hamburgers. This is why it is reasonably priced. This would be a good place to take kids. And they have a small room there that you can rent for parties. I did not notice if they have a drive through. But I don't think so.

The perfect place for a quick lunch! We tried the chili dogs, bacon cheeseburger, fries, and onion rings; everything was great. Staff was friendly and the dining room was very clean.

Good food! The chili dogs were perfect with onions on the side. The food was hot and delicious the service was excellent. The restaurant was clean and very busy.

I had never been to the Varsity before. We went through the drive-through. The burger I got was subpar in the taste department, and the milkshake that my son got was so hard that he was borderline tears that he couldn’t actually drink it and could not do so until two hours later. I will not be going back on my own dime, but if someone else were to pay then maybe another menu item would be better than what I got.

The Varsity is an Atlanta icon. I enjoy stopping by every once in awhile and grabbing a chili dog. The service was fast and efficient, the staff was friendly. I enjoyed the chili dogs and onion rings. For desert I had a fried peach pie, also good.