Plantation Bar and Grill

Pretty good service.
Jerk chicken sandwich was awesomely yummy (special). Fried green tomatoes: tomatoes were good but I didn’t like the sauce. Sauce was very acidic and odd tasting. I had to use ketchup or honey mustard for dipping. Cajun fries were cooked AND seasoned perfectly. Very much a local bar scene, very casual, spacious outdoor patio seating. Good prices. Nice staff.

I am a carnivore and I got their cheeseburger with pulled pork on it. I asked for medium on the burger and it was well done, dry and under seasoned. The sweet potato fries had the right idea: good taste, crispy on the outside, smooth on the inside but… some parts of the fries were almost burnt. My husband’s sandwich was good — the Phat Pig and the beer was reasonably priced. I told the server about the burger and she gave us a free beer. She said they were really busy but they didn’t appear unreasonably busy to me. I love food and I’ll try it again if someone invites me, but not on my own.

Awesome roadside grill that serves real food! Cute waitresses, great local beer, KILLER cheesesteak sandwich. Make a detour for this place…

I’ve been here many times. They always manage to wrong me in some way. After three strikes, I try to avoid this place.
Strike 1: The waitress swiped my card 3 times. There was an issue with the computer where it wouldn’t settle the transaction, but still put a PreAuth on my card. It never actually posted to my account, but my bank charged me overdraft fees since I didn’t have the amounts that the PreAuths called for and I wasn’t anticipating three $ 50 charges on my checking account.
Strike 2: I like ranch with my fries, so I asked the waitress for some. She gave me a tiny portion cup of generic ranch and then charged me extra on my bill. Literally the only restaurant that has ever charged me extra for sauce.
Strike 3: I tried to order the Jack Daniel’s burger but the waitress wouldn’t let me because I wasn’t of age. That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Nobody from the liquor authority is going to come into your restaurant and perform sting operations on your fucking burgers. Rogues Harbor has a similar burger and I have never been carded.
I give it 3 stars because the food, when I can get it, is usually pretty decent.

i only got to check this place out once, but next time i’m working in the area i will definitely give it another shot. i like the looks of the place inside, lots of dark wood and kinda divey, but it would be a good place to hang out with a group of friends and let loose. the bartender that was there didn’t seem like the most friendly woman on the planet, and then she pretty much ignored me after i placed my order, but maybe she was just having a bad day, i dunno. as for the food, the wings i got didn’t impress me. it tasted like the fryer oil was old and needed to be replaced, and the hot buffalo sauce i ordered had BBQ sauce in it, but it did have a nice kick. now for the best part, my sandwich. i got the Phat Pig sandwich, and while the menu says that the pulled pork is house smoked and that the sandwich has BBQ sauce, i didn’t feel like that was the case. i picked up no smoke flavor (and it didn’t look smoked either), but it was still juicy and flavorful, even though they didn’t put bbq sauce on it (they did give me a couple packets of some generic bbq sauce though). the ham on it was good but what made the sandwich great was the cajun coleslaw and the bread they used. i will definitely be trying this again, and hopefully if they do actually smoke their own pork it would be nice to see some more BBQ items on the menu.

Went back again… I guess just go to drink. The food is nasty.
Everything is soggy and fresh from a Sysco bag. The fries used to be good… I’m not sure why things have gotten worse. Staff?

No problems at all here with the food, drinks, or service. It’s just your basic bar and grill, and the food/​beer is as you would expect. They have typical bar things like pool tables, darts, an outside patio, and different seating areas. The beer selection is not fancy but they do have a good mix of standards and a few craft beers from the area. The night we went, they had Ithaca Cascadilla and Hopshire Beehave on tap, among other things.
The food is above average for bar food – they have some good burgers and fries! If you are craving such food after a couple beers, as we were, it really hits the spot. The fries are nice and crispy, and well-​seasoned.
The service was fast and friendly – I couldn’t ask for anything more.

So I was very reluctant to give this place a try but I am glad I did. Went out on Saturday at about 4 in the afternoon and it was pretty dead which was fine with me.
The server was nice but seemed like she might had been having a bad day. The atmosphere here isn’t great, it’s a bar after all and you can tell this place has been around for awhile. It was still pretty clean nonetheless and if it had been warmer I totally would’ve eaten outside as they have a great patio.
I ordered a dozen garbage wings (mixed up all sauces) to start and they were pretty amazing. Might even be the best here in Ithaca. They were big and crunchy on the outside yet nice and juicy on the inside. My wife got the boneless wings with their garlic parm sauce and that was amazing, only had a little breading and a lot of chicken with those which is usually not something you get, usually it’s all breading.
I ordered the Jack Daniels burger for my entrée as naturally my favorite burger in the world is the T.G.I.Fridays Jack Daniels Burger. It was huge, the patty was wide and thick which was great. The bun soaked up the juices but held itself together nice and firmly and didn’t leak out the bottom. The onion rings on the burger were crispy not soggy, it came with 3 slices of bacon and the JD Sauce which was quite amazing. Now it tasted for like a bbq sauce mixed with JD but it was good! I ordered lettuce and tomato with my burger as in my opinion a burger is not a burger without them. The only regret I have about this burger was that I didn’t order a side of the sauce as there was not enough on the burger though I love a lot of sauce on my burger.
I had the Cajun French Fries on the side and by god they were amazing. I don’t know what they put on the fries but these might had been the best fries I’ve ever had. They were hot, crunchy, and the seasoning was out of this world. A bit salty, spicy and you could definitely get those Cajun flavors. It was the perfect addition and they put a lot of fires on the side!
The last reason this place gets a 5 star is because of the price, quality and quantity. The portions were huge, the prices were inexpensive, and the quality was amazing!
Definitely get out and try this place, you won’t regret it!

Tuesday night karaōke is gone but still there every other Saturday!

The wings are great. Come on a monday, they have a great deal on wings and the beer is cheap too. It’s best in the summer when you can sit out on the deck but inside has darts and pool which is always great. The fries and sandwiches are good too.

Seriously good sandwiches and fries.
Stick to the sandwiches though. I tried the prime rib one night and they could not get it right (it was packed in their defense). Been there a dozen times and only one dud is not that bad.

Hands down, best bar in Tompkins County.
Order The Mel or Wicked Wedges
Karaōke on Tuesdays
Wing/​Pizza Special on Thursdays
F.U.B.A.R. Fridays, and the best people you will ever meet in a bar every night of the week.
Trust me, I know what I’m talking about.

The food is surprisingly good for a dive bar (I’m a fan of the turkey sandwich, no sauce, added bacon). Also, their salads are surprisingly good.
It’s fun in the warmer months to fill the jukebox with the most obnoxious music you can think of and have an impromptu dance party on the porch. Speaking of which, the porch is extremely dog friendly, with little metal hooks to attach leashes to.
The worst things about the place are probably the location and the times where the combined teeth of the patrons number less than the cars in the parking lot. Of course, that’s when it’s the BEST time to start playing Daft Punk or the Black-​eyed Peas on the jukebox!

Just another local dive bar.
They have lots of tables, so it can be a nice place to sit, drink your beer, and just hang out. On Monday’s they have 25 cent wings, which were okay even though they were a bit overcooked.
The table service can be a little slow.