Stringtown Bar & Grill

This is a great spot to stop and get a good ol’ cheap breakfast. It’s not hip and it’s not trendy and I’m not complaining. The food isn’t spectacular but it’s good and you get plenty of it. The waitress was friendly and prompt and our food came out quicker than expected and looked amazing as she sat it on our table. It tasted just as good.
The only complaint I have is that the non-​smoking area is sort of drab-​looking compared to the rest of the place. It’d be nice if the whole place was non-​smoking during breakfast hours.

The waitress seemed like she was on drugs. She never stopped by to fill our drinks or ask us how we were doing. The food took forever to arrive and when it did it was mediocre at best. Overpriced for what we got for sure. The waitress ended up crying in front of everyone because she was overwhelmed with a large party she was serving. It was seriously like a circus in there. We eventually had to ask the bartender to cash us out, and he had to track down the waitress just to see what we ordered. She never did stop by back after taking our order. It’s a shame the food and the staff suck, because it could be such a nice little place. The inside seemed ok, and was decently clean.

Went here for lunch with my coworkers a few weeks ago. We waited for what seemed like hours. We ordered mostly fried food. There was only a couple other people in the restaurant, which was quite frustrating because our wait was so long. I understand if y’all were slammed, but we were literally the only table. There were barely any ice cubes in our sodas and we didn’t get refills. We were there almost 2hrs and one of my coworkers didn’t even get to eat because the wait was so long that she had to leave her card with someone to pay for her food. It was insane!
I believe that the waitress was newer, but to only have one staff there and no one else helping?! We weren’t even checked in on half the time. We probably could have left during the 1^st hour of waiting for our food and no one would have even known until the food was brought out to us.
In the fried chicken salad that my co worker ordered, there was barely anything in it; then two days later on Monday someone else from our office ordered that same salad and it was LOADED it different veggies. So confusing.
The food was basic bar food also, nothing fancy even to wait that long for. Bad experience. This was the 2^nd time this has happened to us when we have gone there… So clearly it just wasn’t that one waitress that caused the problem.

Went to Stringtown for lunch with a few co-​workers. It was a weekday, and aside from a gentleman at the bar we were the only people there. The waitress was friendly and greeted us quickly, but after placing our order we waited over an hour before we ever saw her or our food again. I had to be back at the office for a meeting so as my food came I had to ask for my check and a box and took the food to go. The server offered no apologies or explanation for the wait. The food was average bar food which is what I expected but the wait was way too long for an average club sandwich.

Stopped in on a recent Sunday morning for breakfast. Overall, not great, but not the worst I have eaten. Eggs were eggs, hard to mess them up. Homefries were cold and you could tell they were pushed off to one side of the grill to keep warm. It did not work, they were cold. Sausage was generic. No spice or unique taste, just bland. Biscuits were ok. Would I go back? Yes, if I was hungry and did not feel like cooking. Is it going to be my new go to breakfast spot? No, to many other options that are better.

This place has been around forever… My family went for a «last breakfast» before I headed back to LA. It’s nothing fancy. They have a smoking and a non-​smoking section so yeah, it smells a bit like Las Vegas in there (but I really don’t mind that!).
My breakfast (two eggs scrambled with cheese, biscuits, bacon and home fries) was pretty good. Home fries could be cooked a bit longer, but they’re still better than most of what passes for breakfast potatoes in restaurants. Everyone else was happy with their meals. Omelets are HUGE. A little «well done» too. But not bad at all.
If you want a casual, cheap and hearty breakfast, you should check this place out. But you probably already have… it’s literally been there forever.

I went here for the first time on a visit back home for Christmas, it was a suggestion for breakfast. Walking in the front door you are smacked in the face with the smell of smoke. Well, if you had any appetite it’s gone now. Sick. I am not custom to smoking in restaurants anymore so it definitely caught me off guard, but regardless… it was gross.
I was adamant about sitting in the non smoking area. Which just so happened to be in the back corner of the bar. It was dingy and outdated. There were 7 or 8 of us so we pulled a few tables together and ordered our food. It took an hour to get our food which I felt was crazy being that there were like 5 people total in the whole place aside from just our group.
The breakfast was okay, goetta was good (mainly the reason we went) and the biscuits and gravy were just ok. I’m fairly certain the gravy came out of a can because it was very bland and flavorless.
I was disappointed that we went here because I would have been much happier visiting another one of my favorites… Frisch’s! :)
Although I went for breakfast because I was so unhappy with how it turned out I won’t ever find myself here for a drink at night when I return home. All set on the Stringtown front.

Had Breakfast here and it was wonderful !!

We realize that this is more a bar than a restaurant, but please… the waitress doesn’t know what a Cabernet Sauvignon is??? And that was just the beginning. The waitress was huffy, bordering on rude, and treated us (a group of 8) like crap. No other way to put it. We have been coming to this place for a few years on a regular basis. Some of us waited for their food a full 45 minutes, by that time we decided to go eat somewhere else. Sorry, chef… I don’t think we’ll be back.

I’ve come here on occasion for karaōke and drinks with my lady friends and have been pleased with my experience. The drinks are dirt cheap here — I can get a pint of amaretto sour (yes, a pint!) for $ 4. Karaōke is great — there’s usually not a long wait to sing another song, you can easily do five a night. Everyone cheers for you too, it’s a great time.
On the other hand, Stringtown is definitely a Florence country bar. Lots of middle aged folks in blue jeans drinking Budweiser. Fun for some, but not exactly my crowd of people. In fact, I stick out like a sore thumb being from the «professional urban» community.
The biggest turn-​off for me is the smoking. Yes, it’s a bar in Kentucky. My gripe comes from getting hoarse on my second karaōke song because of the amount of smoke. I feel bad for the bartenders. I would give Stringtown an extra star if they went non-​smoking.

I’m leaving an average score also. The only time I’ve been to Stringtown was for breakfast. Just average breakfast, nothing to write home about. It’s basically your mom and pops restaurant, bland American food.
Cons: The whole place smells like an ashtray, even nonsmoking in which we asked for. Maybe one of these days Kentucky will be nonsmoking… probably no chance, especially since tobacco is its number one cash crop.

Had lunch and a beer with a friend here. Food was good, beer was normal, I’d go back. Nothing special though.

The Stringtown Bar & Grill seemed to me to have mixed identities on what kind of place they wanted to be. The smokey atmosphere and dark dining room really put an odd feeling in the air, as the apparent «regulars» of the place all stared blankly at me as we walked in. I wasn’t sure if there were even any employees in the place until one appeared from the back of the room. It’s safe to say this place wasn’t «happening» in the conventional sense.
But upon asking for non-​smoking (this is in Kentucky) we were sat not in the abnormally large dining room, but in a smaller room off to the side, secluded from what seemed like everything the restaurant had to offer. A huge bar took up most of the space, despite nobody being behind it, and the smell of smoke still found its way in.
The only true redeeming quality of this place was the food. The service was alright, sure, but the food in particular was great. The portions were hearty, the prices pretty low and the taste was excellent. Not gourmet good, but you know, greasy breakfast kinda good.
And apart from their breakfast, their whole menu was pretty full of some staple classics. I’m curious when the place gets full, as they had multiple bars and a huge capacity for seating, but only a few patrons. I can’t speak as to when they get busy.
So I would imagine this is a great place to feed a whole family –if your family doesn’t mind smoking– because of the price and relative quality. It seemed pretty low-​key and relaxed, with decent service and a solid menu. Not great, not bad.