The Grille at the Train Station

The top restaurant Sayre, PA (small town) has to offer.
Taste:
–Coming from Atlanta, I didn’t expect much for this town as a whole. However, this restaurant, each time I have gone has been (8 times the past year), the food has tasted great.
–My personal favorite is the Steak salad (w/​Balsamic vinaigrette). I personally love meat and salad, and rarely do you see the two work together seemlessly, it’s always a grilled chicken salad. This steak salad is GOOD and $ 10.
–Try whatever catches your eye, and it will taste good.
Ambiance:
–CLEAN (YES!).
–Caters to being with family, or friends, or date.
–There is a bar in the middle of the restaurant.

Favorite restaurant in town. By far the most diverse and progressive food/​beer selection. Service is excellent and the bartenders mix a mean cocktail. Between live music, tap takeovers, or just a sporting event there is constant fun to be had there. The owner is extremely friendly and can often be found conversing with customers or tossing a few pizza pies. The ambiance and presentation of the restaurant attracted my attention. Their willingness to try new things and go against the grain of the average restaurants in town is what constantly brings me back. On a scale of 1 to 10 it’s a certified 20.

Traveling to Sayre, Pa or in the vicinity? Check this place out if you like fresh baked bread made daily, monster salads that growl when you eat them, fresh award winning wings that are char grilled and $ 3 dollar pints. What more can you ask for?

Wow. Those chicken wings.
So I was on a bit of a road trip and had left Buffalo, New York the day before, where I had some Duff’s wings, which are supposedly the best in the world. Then our group happened o the Original Italian Grille, where I saw wings for something like 60 cents a piece. That was a weekday sale, I believe.
Those wings (at Original Italian Grille) were the best I have ever had. They blew the Buffalonian wings out of the water, which is something I would not say lightly. Everything about them — size, flavor, spice, price — was outstanding. Couple that with some beer on tap for $ 2 or so and a nice building, and I say you’ve got yourself a meal to remember.

Very loud, you pretty much have to scream at your waitress while ordering, would never recommend for a date

Took my mother out-​to-​eat for her Birthday dinner last night. Not my first time eating at the OIG over the years. But it has changed a lot recently.
The building is still beautiful (great place for a restaurant). The interior is warm, inviting, and they take great advantage of the space. There’s a great selection of drinks and they have a separate bar area. There are both booths and tables to sit at.
The menu is one of the biggest changes over the years… this has gone from a great Italian restaurant to an eclectic menu of American Style foods. I’ve tried everything from Fish Tacos to Pasta. Last night I opted for the Cajun Crab Pasta (Crab meat tossed in our cream sauce, served over penne pasta) for $ 14 and my Mom ordered the Balsamic Steak Salad for $ 12. I think the food is fairly priced and I’d rate the quality/​taste above average for the area.
Service was friendly and attentive. Never have a long wait to be seated, food comes out fast, and the drinks are delivered quickly from the bar. No complaints on service.
My only complaint from last night were the abundance of flies. There were about 4 flies hovering over our food and landing on our plates the entire time we ate. The table of 8 next to us was having similar problems. It was very unappetizing and annoying spending the entire duration of the meal swatting your hand over your food. Hard to stomach spending $ 50 on a dinner with the insect issue.
Overall, this is a nice option in the Valley. I wouldn’t stop going here based on last nights experience (unless the whole fly thing is a regular occurrence).

Had a late evening dinner while in town. I had the Cajun crab pasta, while the wife had rigatoni with meat sauce. Food was excellent as was the service from our server Scott. Salad was fresh, but could have benefited from onions and cucumbers! We will definitely keep this restaurant on the shortlist.

I love this place, although the name implies that it’s just Italian. They have terrific wings and other casual food. The ambience is great, the old brick building looks like it was once a train station. My food came quickly, about 15 minutes after I ordered it, although I got there shortly before 9, after the crowd had thinned. It’s amazing to find a place this nice in such a small town.

Friendly staff. Menu changes frequently, but can really be hit or miss even on a nightly basis. Their salads consist of white iceberg and you are lucky if their is a hint of green.
Beer selection is generally weak featuring macro, but occasionally they will feature regional craft breweries for a tap takeover.

By far the best restaurant in Sayre. Large menu and I ate there everyday on my trip. The wait staff was very attentive too. Try the tinka tacos.

Best Restaurant in Sayre! Great menu, food, service and ambience. I’ve had the wings, ahi tuna salad, tacos, bruschetta salad with salmon, bread and the shrimp corn chowder and they’ve all been exceptional. I travel a lot and eat out a lot and can’t think of another restaurant I’ve been to that can top this one for the value.

We had to wait a while for the check. Also told waitress three times about 10% offered on my phone from Unilocal.After leaving realized it wasn’t on my bill. Food was ok, nothing special.

I love this place, and the menu is always changing. fresh bread and pizza every day. My favorite is the tuna salad or fish tacos.

I generously give this ‘grille’ 2 stars. The service was friendly and the décor of this renovated train station is very pleasant and clean. The food I had today however was overpriced and over cooked. The small portion of over cooked, dry chicken was barely visible on the enormous bun. The fries were over cooked as well. I drive by this place all of the time and only summon up the courage to stop after the bad memories of over priced, poorly prepared meals fades. Outside of their stromboli, there is no real reason to stop here again. With better places to eat in the area (Mangialardo, among them) it’s hard to say if/​win I would ever go back…

We had some great wings, reasonably priced drinks, and a pretty nice «trio» dish, consisting of sirloin, chicken, and shrimp scampi. The people who served us were nice and efficient. Very good value, clean establishment with pleasing atmosphere, with the only down-​side being that like SO many other places in this town they feel the need to pack-​em-​in with noisy entertainment on weekends.

Was in town stopping on the way to Canada. Came here with the family and honestly this is a sad excuse for original Italian grille. First the bread was amazing. But that’s only bread. All 8 of us got salad and the waitress tells us there was no more tomatos. Brings the salads out and it’s just lettuce. Had the shrimp scampi, the sauce was strangely sweet and so watery. 3 of us had cioppino with had some cold spots, the marinara sauce was horrible. The only smart choice was the cranberry salad which wasn’t the best. Beer was flat as all hell. The only appealing thing is the ambiance, the «restaurant» is an old train station kind of cool.
Good thing this place was cheap. I would advise you, if you are from queens and an Italian family. Do not come here

They had a nice selection of appetizers and entrees. The breaded jalapeño bites were outstanding, as were the crab cakes. We had a large party of 20 people, and the service was quick and efficient. We will come here again.

Without a doubt the worst meal I have had in a long long time. About ¹⁄₃ of the lettuce in my Caesar salad was rotten, bottled dressing and store bought croutons. French onion soup straight out of the can three pieces of non toasted bread topped with enough mozzarella to make two pizzas. The worst was the jambalaya they took Orr cooked rice threw in onions peppers sausage shrimp smothered it in olive oil and warmed through. I have never eaten oil coated rice before, it’s bad. Waitress was attentive but you could tell she was embarrassed t serve this garbage.

Clean and simple atmosphere, nice and relaxing.

I’ve always liked this place. I’ve eaten here numerous times over the years and have mostly positive experiences. The few let downs I have had with them have been minor issues that have never cropped up again.
The food is good and not too expensive. The servings are pretty big and a pasta dinner should last you for at least two meals unless you are a really big eater. Today I just stopped in for a quick lunch and got a pulled pork sandwich with cheese and some fries. The service was quick and the food was good. The bun was nice and soft but not soggy as I’ve had happen sometimes with pulled pork. It was flavorful and filling. The fries were nice and crisp.
It has a clean and nice atmosphere and a decent selection at the bar as well. The place can be a bit busy at times and service can be a touch slow if the place is packed.
It’s definitely worth a look if you’re looking for a decent place for lunch or dinner in the Valley.