Ithaca Ale House

“Looking for a burger and I found a good one at Ithaca Ale House. Started with the onion soup. I give it high marks overall. Tasty if not a little bit salty broth. I finished the entire bowl which says something. Nice addition of crispy fried onions on the top. The burger was also good. They say it is award winning. Maybe.....but it certainly did the trick that day.”

“Yummy! Hot food on a cold day, with a nice glass of wine. Check this place out. Relaxed atmosphere, great service (thank you Savannah) and delicious bites. The French Onion soup was nuclear hot, smothered with cheese and crunchy fried onions. The fish fry had a super crispy beer batter, but still moist and flaky inside. (Get the chipotle tarter with it) The "sidewinder" fries were a pleasant surprise. The Ruben was so savory, and came with some tasty straight cut fries. We had the crab cakes too, so good! They came with some slaw and a perky apple chutney. Check out the Ithaca Ale house today.”

“The staff was attentive and friendly. The atmosphere was clean and industrial. The food portions were on the larger side, but the fish had little to no seasoning and the burger meat was clearly from a frozen puck.”

“Right in downtown Ithaca was excited to try the food and a great location. Inside is a bit interesting -very sterile feeling. Our server Anthony was nice enough. I had the Ellicottville blood orange to start. The food was ok. Here’s my issue with this restaurant they charge $5.00 for soda. I don’t even think this included refills if it did we weren’t told. I have been around the world and this is most I have ever paid for a soda. This is why our bill came to 87.48 for lunch. Also when they give you the pay with cash option you always feel like you are losing out, this is a first while dining out. Never have seen the pay with cash option at a restaurant only at gas stations. Would I return to this restaurant, no. We all know that soda costs pennies to sell. Overpriced lunch two thumbs down”

“So far, super disappointing. I hate giving this place less than good review, but- I thought I was treated poorly by the employees . Went to see a show at state theater. We were initially put in the aisle where everyone walks by, and servers, too.. I declined to be seated there. Seating lady said that they were saving seats because band was going to be there...Hours from now there might be a band? Also others get the booths? We were there at 4:30, having made reservations and- No one here... No way for this place to disrespect a customer. We ended up in a back room being used for storage of some bags of stuff. With small flies circling around us , landing on our food while we ate. Food was good. But see pics. Classic burger, pink inside. Like it that way. Fries good. Server did come by to ask if we liked food, we acknowledged it was good. Fish chips were good, but the skin was left on fish. Didn't like that. Potato served with fish was good. Chipotle tartar was too spicy, did not have regular tartar? Any way showed waiter a fly on plate. No reaction. No discount. Not interested in going again.”