Alteri’s Restaurant

Second trip here and all three in our party had the Alteries House Salad and the haddock dinner with fries and coleslaw. Bright spots. prices can’t be beat… great service… HUGE!!! Servings for those who are never full… nice piece of fish. Not so bright… dank atmosphere… what the hell were those fries! Cheesy paper napkins. If you want qui k and cheep and can’t see to well this is your place!

PIZZA & WINGS! So delicious! Had a lovely time. We will be back!

I do not understand why anyone would write a review that is anything but 5 stars. This place is a legend in the area and rightly so. Their food is all home made from scratch, their pizza takes a while to cook since they are making each one from scratch. If anyone does not like their food, it is because they are too used to having processed Italian. This place is the real deal. If you want real Italian food made the old school way, this is it.

As a «local» since 1998 this place has never impressed me. The pizza is not impressive at all although many real locals (family from Clinton for at least 50 plus years), love it. The pasta, salad, etc. also nothing to get excited about. I did come in for lunch one day and had an egg salad sandwich (served on white bread) that tasted delicious. It does often have a local crowd at the bar on friday evenings which can be fun.

I absolutely LOVE the wings and pizza here. The blue cheese isn’t great, but the wings make up for it.
Service is OK when it’s not ridiculously busy. Fair warning — this place is always full of locals, and everyone knows everyone. This can sometimes slow things up a bit, but the wings and pizza are totally worth the wait. Or, order takeout!

They promote the pizza… which was quite underwhelming (Utica has amazing pizza generally… this place didn’t impress at all), but it’s a very cool joint to chat and have a drink. Hockey rules in Clinton NY… so there are team photos all over the wall. A great neighborhood tavern, I’ll check something else on the menu next time.

Prices are decent, had no issues with service every time we needed something waitress was not to far away. Food was cooked well had no complaints, not enough to take left over home but I eat a lot so may be left overs for a normal person.

The best pizza ive ever had the three cheese pizza is must have i get the three cheese with pepperoni and i love it great service aswell

Our dining experience at Alteri’s was a harrowing and painstakingly slow ordeal. The food is not all that, average at best. The fries tasted as if they came from the local Hannaford’s. The fish and wings were mediocre and lacking in flavor. They did not have a complete suite of condiments at their disposal.
The wait staff was dull and unattentive. They took forever to take our orders and bring us our food. The entire trip took well over two hours when it could have been completed in under half an hour. We politely asked for our food several times, but the wait staff refused to listen to our requests. I would rather hear the death rattle of my only child than step back into Alteri’s.

Food isn’t awful, but unfortunately that is the best part of the restaurant. Service is extremely slow and the waitstaff is inattentive and dull. Me and two friends waited nearly an hour for two orders of wings and one entrée.
All in all this is great restaurant if you’re over 70 and don’t mind waiting for 2.5 hours for mediocre food. If that doesn’t sound like the ideal dining experience to you then I would avoid this restaurant.

Clinton, NY is a quaint little village, and Alteri’s is the heart of Clinton. They have the best pizza … period… the staff is great, the menu varied… although I have to confess, of the thousands of times I’ve eaten at Alteri’s in the past 45 years, I always say I’m going to try something different, but then I realize I can get pasta anywhere, but this is the only restaurant I can get Alteri’s pizza… it is so loved by so many, when we eat there, we post a pic on Facebook, just to make others jealous

I have eaten here several times. It is a great family owned Italian restaurant with great food and service. I would suggest trying the pizza, any pasta, and definitely try the meatballs. It says that it is not good for groups, but there is a small back room that will fit 20 – 30 at a time and have seen many small groups accommodated for in the main dining area. They also do take reservations for groups larger than 4.

If you’re looking for (quite literally) the best reuben sandwich I’ve had so far in Upstate New York, this is the place. Seriously awesome food there. Great prices, good service, and never a bad meal. I’ve been there about eight times now and the food is just delicious.

Came in from out of town on our way to the funeral parlor. I don’t know why it is listed as pizza place, they have much more. It is a nice family neighbor restaurant. Great ambiance, clean and helpful staff. Also said not good for groups??? They were setting up for a retirement party. Granted you couldn’t have a large group but for 20 – 25 I think it is fine. Now to the food, I had a turkey sandwich (on a great crispy roll) with Homemade cream of broccoli soup, my husband had a large order of wings, sister in law had homemade cream of broccoli soup with grilled cheese, and my brother in law had a deluxe hamburger. We ordered two pieces of cheese cake which the waitress said were small but we all had at least two fork full which was enough for everyone. Everything was great. I would definitely come back if I was in the area.

Hands down, best pizza in the area, with a recipe that’s been around since the 1950’s. Nice, hard-​working staff too. The drawbacks are that the décor in Alteri’s needs updating — very dark and somewhat dank even though they have a very large dining room. We usually order the pizza to go, or eat at the bar. The pizza is worth the depressing atmosphere though.