The Grove

The grove has a good atmosphere and ambiance. The service and the staff are great and friendly. Serves halal food. The taste was a little bland to our taste and found the serving size to be a tad bit too small. The chicken strips had less chicken and more batter. The stuffed breast had an exceptionally small portion, and the rest was full of veggies. The chicken sandwich was also a little dry and full of batter. Lastly, the mango chicken was good, but again, the chicken strips were too thin but with decent quantity. It tasted great with rice in the side. Edit: Went to The Grove a second time and ordered a different set of dishes this time around. The double need burger was good. The sizzler with chicken tasted great, and so did the penne pasta. The chicken sliders were awesome. The staff was very nice and active.

The Grove delivers a good dining experience on an incredibly busy evening! We visited the Grove for the first time on a weekend evening during an event downtown. The establishment was VERY busy. On our visit we waited about 15 minutes for a table. After we were seated it was about 10 minutes before a server took our order, at which point we ordered both our drinks and entrees consisting of a couple specialty cocktails and the chicken Philly Cheese steak and the Lemon Pepper Filet of Fish. I was a little disappointed to see the lemon pepper filet of fish wasn't dressed quite the same as their menu photos, but this was ultimately a very minor gripe considering how busy the establishment was at the time. The food was good with good portion sizes. We were in and out of the building in about an hour and 20 Minutes, which isn't too bad for how busy they were. Overall we would give The Grove another visit. We were happy with the food we received and would be interested in trying them again on a slightly less busy day.

Some of the best chicken sandwiches and fries in all of New York State! With fantastic discounts every week!

We ordered through Door dash. We were knocked out at how good the food was. We had the fish and chips. Perfectly fried fish and the fries were not soggy but crispy and also delicious. We'll order again!!

Great burger, good fries. But that Grove Salad is awful, hot salad, hot tomatoes, hot broccoli, hot peppers and onions, all greased up. Photo of the grease below.

We chose The Grove because our first choice for dining in Binghamton, the Lost Dog Cafe, is closed on Mondays. The place is cute from the outside and the menu looked good. The staff was friendly and the restaurant was clean. The Buffalo wings were delicious. Sauce was just the right level of spicy and they were meaty and cooked well. My mojito was also excellent. However, the rest of our meal was disappointing. My aunt ordered a burger with a salad on the side. She was not asked how she wanted it cooked, and they brought it a bit overdone. They served it with fries instead of the salad she ordered. The waitress said there were "some new guys in the kitchen" and that probably explained the mistake. She did bring out a salad for her but it took a hot minute. The waitress brought out the beer she ordered in the bottle. My aunt had to ask for a glass for it. I ordered the Sunset Salad with salmon and balsamic vinaigrette. The vegetables were grilled, not raw as one would expect in a salad, which the menu did not indicate. I just shrugged that off. The salmon seemed to have been deep-fried rather than grilled and was a bit overcooked. At first I thought the salad had been served with no dressing, because I couldn't taste any. The waitress said they probably just had not put a lot on. She brought me more on the side. It was basically two tablespoons of oil, which I didn't realize until I dumped it on my salad, which was then swimming in oil. There was not enough balsamic vinegar in it to even taste a little. I suspect it was not mixed together (perhaps due to "new guys in the kitchen"). When my aunt received her salad, on which she had also ordered balsamic vinaigrette, it was the same. So then I asked for just vinegar, and she brought us four little cups, two with oil and two with white vinegar and we poured the vinegar on our salads. It was ok but definitely not great.

Awesome experience, service, and food were outstanding. The hamburger was done just right with a bold taste. I haven't had a decent burger and fries meal in a while, and I would recommend this place to all my friends. It is also a great place to unwind and throw some darts

As a travel healthcare worker, I'm currently staying in a hotel 3 hours away from home, without access to a kitchen, which restricts my meal preparation options for 12-hour shifts. Typically, I order large, fresh entree salads from local restaurants or cafes. I ordered a sunset salad through DoorDash, described as containing spiced Romaine lettuce, peppers, broccoli, tomatoes, and red onion, but it failed to mention that the vegetables would be sautéed or grilled. Upon receiving the food, I was taken back by its sogginess, which was more akin to pho soup. I contacted the restaurant to inquire about returning the salad and exchanging it for a basic house salad, but they refused, citing inventory concerns. I have worked as a bartender/server in Buffalo for 17 years at many well known reputable establishments and would never turn a customer away like that. No wonder this is a dead beat city. I would rather starve like Gandhi before ever giving this establishment another penny!

Service takes FOREVER, no fault of the waitstaff who are very nice but the kitchen is just very slow. The food is eh, especially considering it's not very cheap and it takes 40+ minute to receive the food. The decorations are really nice and up to date, and they have nice outdoor seating.

Waited over an hour after ordering for mediocre overpriced food and a mandatory 18% tip due to being in a large party. I always tip regardless of service but not even apologizing did not leave me yearning to come back. They even suggested extra tip at the bottom, lol.

first things first, I'll start by saying I used to frequent the grove, however, there has been a significant change in the way the patrons are treated, and it's beginning to cater to a crowd of under age drinkers to generate foot traffic as opposed to maintaining the same feeling that once made this bar one of the better locations on the strip. The specials on certain days Are specifically for college students as opposed to being for all patrons like they once were. So instead of a great deal during the week if I'm not a student who shouldn't even be in a bar and cant even legally buy a drink then I'm stuck paying full price. Not only that now there are underage, men posing as security guards that only show up on Saturday nights and on no other day of the week who demand ID when I walk in the door and attempt to charge me a cover fee to walk into a bar that on every other day of the week, I walk right into and sit right at the bar and go ahead and order anything I want. Not only that they only take cash. There's no way to pay this door cover fee that only is imposed on Saturday other than with cash. And the reality is this precaution should specifically surround the student crowd, but but the student crowd show their IDs at the door their IDs that do not have their age at the door and the security guards let these students in that door without even properly verifying their age and because they showed their student ID they don't require them to pay at the door. The security guards are bogus. And I'm gonna be frank. The bar is not that good. If I'm paying a cover charge at the door, you need to be playing different music then you're playing all week that same playlist better not be on if you're gonna charge at the door if you're gonna charge at the door, then you need to have a DJ live actually actively playing music in order to get people in a different type of vibe if you're gonna treat people differently on Saturday. It's the same shitty bar that it is on Wednesday on Saturday. Same shitty music same shitty food same shitty bartenders same shitty management. The only difference is they want you to pay at the door to get in and if you're not in Binghamton student pay regular price when the Binghamton student shouldn't even be in the damn bar to begin with. More than likely, I won't be going back, but if I do, I will be back here to let you people know just how it really is.

My boyfriend and I went for a quick lunch, turned into and hour and a half of waiting for two salads. The waiter didn't come and check on us, we asked for our check and the salads showed up. Nothing crazy. Just the wait was too much for two salads.

We picked this place at random and thankful we did. We were heading to a show and decided to get food beforehand. Service was impeccable and food was delicious! Portion sizes were bigger than average. We had beef Bbq, wings chicken sandwich, and a steak & pasta entree. If you near Court St Binghamton... locate the Grove!!

We were regulars of this place for date night, and would bring our son (who LOVES the chicken tenders.) We would frequent about 2-3 times a month, and got to know the wait staff. Loved the taco special and the wing special-- and always would order usually an appetizer and a few beers with it; always spending $50-$75 (Plus tip on top of that.) Last time we came in, the waitress told us that we could no longer get any of the specials without a Binghamton University ID. It's understandable that it's a "college bar," but to cater only to those with college ID's and run out the locals that have been coming for years enjoying the specials is honestly absurd. You can't tell me you aren't still making money on locals. Unfortunately it looks like we will not be back any time soon until things change.

Nice atmosphere and great service; we had a tasty nacho/quesadilla special at a great price --reasonable prices for high-end wine, drinks, and food. We'll be back for their daily specials (see photo)!

I was in town for a basketball game and this place caught my eye. They have great deals and a yummy menu! This sports bar offers bottomless mimosas which is awesome! They bring over a bottle of champagne and a big glass of OJ to make your own mix. The OJ was watered down but they said it was due to their new drink system. Our server was busy but she was able to get us everything we could need. If you're in Binghamton, definitely give this place a visit! 8.5/10

Since some bar restaurants downtown recently closed down, we were excited to see how this new place stacked up. For a place called "The Grove" they don't have much of any greenery. The ambiance is pretty open and echoey. Not to mention, the lights in the front section straight up don't work, so we ended up sitting in the dark after the sun set. The food presentation and quality is extremely lacking. The menu makes it sound a bit on the classier side yet you see cheap, dry cabbage salad as a half-assed garnish or burgers with shredded cheese from a bag and buns that look like they're in bulk from the grocery store, not even toasted. The effort is just not there. I would say the food is... ok to bad. And it's extremely pricey for what you get. Not to mention, when we walked back to the bathrooms we saw a cart of chips and salsa pre-prepared, which tells me they could have been sitting out for hours. The alcohol selection is ok but they only have bottles and cans, so nothing on tap. Drink specials include $4 shots, $6 drinks, and $16 pitchers during Happy Hour. But they go heavy on the ice and had quite a heavy pour on a Jack and Coke. This place seems like they're trying to be a cool bar lounge but they can't seem to get either of those right. If you're just here for a place to get drunk, maybe, but it's nothing more than that. Overall I'm glad I didn't waste my money on trying the $31 lamb chops because I'm pretty sure I would have been disappointed based on everything else me and my friends ordered. Which was about $120 between us 4, which is pretty outrageous. I do my best to be thoughtful and fair in my reviews. But I don't think I'll be coming again.

This place has off!!! vibes. So off. It's like if Binghamton greek life birthed a bizarre restaurant. Granted that honor used to belong to the colonial and dos rios, but at least those restaurants had pretty good food and pretty good ambiance. This is a soulless place with ok food. The food may be the only redeeming quality and it's on par with Chilis. Binghamton has some really great food, and this would never in a million years make my top 10. Service is fine? Any contest they advertise is a scam to bring people into the restaurant so please don't get your hopes up. It's rigged so staff members win and just return the prize money to the restaurant. As you can tell, I don't like this place and if you want to eat somewhere downtown go to Lost Dog or Garage. Those places have amazing vibes and incredible food. This place is so meh.

Got here and there was barely any people so I thought it would be bad. Once the food came it was mid. The grove burger was definitely a frozen patty but over all it was fine. Chaser salad sucked! Don't recommend. Service was fine but they are all teenagers. Overall don't recommend but if you are an adult and staying in the area, it's not a terrible option.

I've been here a few times and have always had a great experience. Really great lunch special and I love the chicken sandwich. Portions are pretty good and pricing is fair. My only issue was on my last visit food came out while I was still eating my appetizer but besides that the waitstaff was super friendly and I'll definitely return again

To start, service was awful, the restaurant was very slow not many people and the staff of 4 people on the front of the house took way too long for the amount of work she was actually doing. Besides service the food was bland, way over cooked, and over salted, to add to that we were charged $.50 for honey mustard. Then, when we got our bill, we were charged for a soda none of us ordered or ever even received! The staff is incredibly lazy and our server was very dry personality wise. NEVER COME HERE.

The wait was ridiculously long and the food was absolutely horrible! Will never be coming back here again

Honestly the worst overall restaurant experience I've had in probably a 5 or 6 years. I struggle to remember anything worse. Service- To start, our waiter was unprofessional, clearly drunk or high on something, and was generally rude in a subtle, passive agressive sort of way. Aslo, the cooks apparently forgot to make my meal. This was only discovered once the waiter brought everyone else's food to the table. I ended up having to wait an extra 10-15 minutes for my food to be made while everyone else ate at my table. Menu- Just ridiculous. They have $11-14 sandwiches and small fare or entrees that range from $25-$30, with nothing in between. Furthermore the chef has no originality. Venue- The interior is probably the saddest part of the whole experience. The only decor they have is a few square feet of basically astroturf pinned on one wall. It's noisy, drab, gray, and cold. Just horrible. The food- I ordered a chicken sandwich. The bread was a stale, sesame seed bun akin to great value brand. The pounded to shit chicken patty was covered in a thin layer of partially melted mexican blend shredded cheese. The sandwich was rounded out with a limp slab of iceberg lettuce, a grainy, milky tomato slice, and a poot of yellow mustard. Concusions- I'm just baffled. You can expect to have a better dining experience in the average school cafeteria.

Food: the reason why I gave this place 3 stars instead of 5 was because the Caesar salad wasn't too great and I feel like that is pretty hard to mess up. They just put wayyyy too much dressing, not enough croutons and for grilled chicken I was missing the grill I think it was pan cooked. My friend got the fajitas and rated them a 3/5, they weren't bad just ok , chicken was a bit dry. The sauce on the side was definitely from a bottle and it showed. Portion sizes were Normal. Drinks: after watching a mixology show, this critique may be excessive but anyhow presentation 0/10 not very creative and just a tiny piece of basil in my drink. The potency was perfect and the drink tasted great, my one complaint would be that the drink was not very cold about room temperature Fresh up: 3/5 too sweet unbalanced lacking complexity, aroma of cleaning supplies The grove Paloma 3/5 , lime rind on the drink was brown Service: Food and drinks came out pretty quick and our waiter was very kind. Ambiance: I loved the decor!! The Christmas tree was beautiful, lighting; perfect, music very good! Affordable? Yes.

the white ginger security guard is a little p*ssy:((( didn't understand anything; couldn't comprehend basic common sense or even street knowledge

Had low expectations and was pleasantly surprised at food. Food very good. Was monday of a holiday weekend and there was not much open. Staff was friendly, place was clean despite clearly being a college town bar. Would go back again.

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Dirty utensils, empty ketchup bottles, no napkins provided with our meals. Underwhelming food.

I am actually surprised by how bad the food is here. The location is great but that is about it. I ordered salmon with a caesar salad and vegetables as my side. The salmon was over cooked and the mixed vegetables came straight out of the freezer. For $26 I would expect fresh vegetables! My waiter was friendly and did offer to swap out my sides but at that point why bother. My guess is all the sides are probably equally bad. I will not be back here again!

Came here for food and drinks with friends. They really advertized this place as a chill upscale place but they litterally served us really poorly made food. The burgers were literally made with smushed patties they bought from weiss grocery store. The apetizers were tiny and overpriced. The drinks either had ice in them up to the top or too much alcohol in them. My wife had a salad and that even tasted horrible. When i ordered one of their sandwiches it came in a burger bun. All the food was cold and took 40 minutes to come out. I saw the guy wjo might have been the manager was pacing around and was just making me uncomfortable. 0/10 don't waste your time with this place. My bill was 80 something bucks and i left hungry and dissapointed.

Took 30 minutes to be seen by staff after being seated at our table and 1.25 hours to get food. Staff was nice but it wasn't busy and we had a reservation. Food was very average.

This has a nice atmosphere and the food is very good. The service was great. I recommend it.

Loved this place! We always try to visit local and support local eateries. We stopped in on a whim on a Saturday afternoon. The place was packed. so we sat at the bar. I ordered the spicy chicken sandwich. The chicken is tender and obviously hand breaded, served on a toasted roll with one side. I chose the sautéed veggies which were cooked perfectly. My husband ordered the steak sandwich, cooked medium with a garden salad. The steak was tender and cooked perfectly, the salad was crisp and fresh. It looks like they offer some amazing specials and we will definitely return to give those a try. Service was great, even though we sat at the bar and the place was busy. The bartender was friendly and we had a nice conversation. This is such a great addition to the food scene in downtown Binghamton! Bravo!!!

The food was sensational. I don't think I've ever had such a fulfilling experience in my life. I wish to write a book about this day one day. One day ooh one day ooh one dayyyyy

Food is just terrible. Frozen burger patty's clearly, salad drenched in dressing, and chicken sandwich undercooked. Avoid this place at all costs.

worst food I've had. tossed it all. biggest waste of money I wouldn't feed it to my dogs. Go to Taco Bell at least you know your food is going to be trash

Their specials are amazing! $10 fajitas and sizzles every Tuesday with $6 jumbo margaritas. Good food great service

Food was amazing. Came out hot and tasting great. They service was incredible. They hav one girl in particular that made the whole night better - Ahneka was her name I believe. A must eat spot in Binghamton.

My rating would have been much worse had the food not been as good as it was. We ordered an appetizer and three meals. After about 35 minutes, we called another server over (ours had not been back to the table since placing our order) to find out what was going on. She went back to check and came back and said all had been ordered at once. She apologized and said she was taking the appetizer off the bill and our meals would be right out. About 15 minutes later, the hostess came out and apologized and told us our meals would be right out. About 10 minutes after that, we called over the second server and asked what was going on. She went back to check again, and came back to tell us ours was being plated and would be right out. About 5 minutes later we received our meals. Mind you, only half the tables were occupied. Our app was chicken quasos, and were pretty good. The wife got a chicken sandwich, Daughter got Cajun shrimp and me a steak sandwich all which were pretty good. To top it off, they were so apologetic, they offered us a free desert (apple pie), which we accepted to go. We got home only to find out they put ice cream on it. Lol. Whatever ended up with was apple pie in ice milk. Maybe it was just a bad night, but it was frustrating.

Came for an after dinner drink. The bartender was attentive. The complimentary chips were stale. Looked around at what people were eating. Not appealing.

Not good, overpriced apps. The waitress saw that we didn't like our food and brought a dessert on the house, but even that was not good.

I had the wings and one of their craft beers to watch the NBA game with my boyfriend. Overall good experience, nice staff, clean place. Will definitely be back to try one of their desserts which passed by me and looked incredible.