Sideling Hill Service Plaza

This rest stop can be accessed by both west bound and east bound traffic. It’s always clean when I’m there, including the restrooms. I believe there is free wifi, but I’m never there long enough to take advantage of it.

This is just good for a quick stop. Bathroom break, some water and gas.
Despite the attempt to make the building look country, it is dark, and unwelcoming.
Prices are ridiculous and the quality of anything is junk food. I know I am picky about what I eat and drink, but that’s the way it is. More and more, people are looking to stay healthy and this is the perfect place to mess up your diet.
The map on the wall is helpful, but I just wish for a small park with trees and benches. So I can shut my eyes and relax, without the smell of running trucks and cement.

Of all of the larger service/​rest areas (ones with restaurants, gift shop, gas stations on-​site) I’ve gone to between NYC and LA/​SF, this is probably one of the worst ones.
While I was waiting in line for food, the power went out and when it started back up, half of the area was still without power. Minus one star. But even before the power went out, it was slightly muggy and warm inside even with the AC running (which was probably a power issue). Minus another star. And it wasn’t as clean as the other service areas. Tables/​chairs weren’t clean, etc. Minus one more star.
I could keep going but since you’re probably needing to go to the bathroom or need gas, you don’t have much of a choice if you don’t want to go through toll-​booths going out and coming back in that’s close by.
Even though the parking area was large, it was crowded (more so than the other service areas).
Services:
— Gas
— Restrooms
— Convenient store
Restaurants/​Coffee:
— Popeye’s
— Starbucks
— Burger King
— Pizza
— Ice cream and pretzel shop

Another of the newly renovated service plaza rest stops along the westbound Pa Turnpike. It is big, bright, clean and modern.
The bathrooms are state of the art. The food options will satisfy most people. The price of the gasoline does not gouge the public.
This slice of Pennsylvania is very beautiful.

This is a clean, spacious, well-​lit, and well-​maintained service plaza along I-​76 around 2 – 3 hours west of Pittsburg. They have gas, a convenience store, Starbucks, pizza, Burger King and Popeye’s chicken. The restrooms are large and can accommodate a busload of people who’s bladders are about to burst.
I was only here for the Popeye’s chicken though.

Not a location to stop for vegans lol… Unless you want to wait for a butter-​free pretzel! Starbucks at this corner though :-)

Props to Bethany B for writing the first review! This plaza received a large overhaul a few years back, ample parking for trucks/​trailer combos & cars. This is an average stop along the runpike, it has a roy rodgers, starbucks & burker king. Also a Sunoco branded gas station– which sells gas for about 20 cents per gallon higher than off-​turnpike. Restrooms are usually clean, cant complain there.

I’ve been making the drive from NYC to Pittsburgh and back since 2002. I normally choose the I-​78 to I-​81 to I-​76 combo. I’m the type of guy that likes to make at most one stop along the way and to make it a quick one. For years that was usually Carlisle, PA. However, it might be changing to Sideling Hill. Listen, you are not sitting down for a dinner a Per Se here. Or will you being sitting down at a Whole Foods Cafeteria. But the place is like Matthew U says, a giant food court. The bathrooms are big and there is the added luxury of having a convenience store (yes I bought diapers once there). My wife loves the Starbucks option. We’ve really only had Popeyes too. Its clean and has a lot of natural sunlight. I’m not sure you will find better or bigger on the PA Tpke. They do have some grass areas in case the family pet is on the trip as well. Again, I’m not looking to spend too much time. I want to get to my destination. So this place works at very well. For the more scenic folks, try I-​80 instead.

This is a turnpike rest stop. That being said, it is very clean, has a few food options like Burger King, Popeyes, Starbucks and Villa Pizza. The convenience store has some fruit, yogurt and other healthier snacks. You can also stop here from either direction on the turnpike. Very convenient!
Not sure why people are leaving negative reviews about the «dining area» and other ridiculous things. It’s clean and you go to the bathroom without worrying about getting diseases. Get over yourselves. If you want the four seasons, don’t stop then!

It’s nice to see that our tax dollars went into building all brand new rest plazas on the turnpike *note sarcasm*
With that being said, it just feels like a food court without the mall. Attach a convience store and you’re done. It was a nice way to be able to come in and use the facilities and then grab a quick drink and be on your way.
I do have to say, they do make it easy to ease on and off the turnpike. They actually did do a good job with realigning the ramps from the highway.

This place is blah: bathrooms are clean but food is boring. The only have the basics. So for example, Pop Eyes won’t have chicken and waffles strips. Auntie Anne’s won’t have jalapeño pretzels.

All the items you expect to see at a Service Plaza.
Fast food
Gas pumps
Starbucks — Coffee is required
Semi-​clean bathrooms — they do the trick
The ability to get up and stretch your legs
Enough said.

When driving across the state on the Turnpike, Sideling Hill is a good pitstop for the ample, reasonably clean bathrooms. The food is meh. There’s Sbarro’s pizza, Auntie Anne’s pizza, Starbucks and a Burger King. Also a couple travel places offering maps, tshirts, drinks, candy, postcards, etc.

Big, clean and more food selection than most!

I really, really, really wasn’t looking forward to over-​priced Roy Rogers food. (Sorry, Trigger and Dale, but I can’t take no more.) They don’t advertise Popeyes but it’s here, mild or spicy.
It was a relief. I had stopped at the Blue Mountain service plaza and it had two buses, so I decided I could go as far as I needed.
The Popeyes employees seemed okay with being there. That seems unusual when I stop at service plazas. I don’t know how many times the people look like they’re ready to walk out. (I lived in Philly 8 years and drove to western Ohio quite a bit, so I’ve seen plenty of these service plazas.
The dining room, if you can call it that, was really bad. I saw one person taking trash, and he was also doing the rest rooms. No one ever cleaned a table and there was plenty on the tables to clean.
If they had two people on each side of the men’s restroom as they’ve had in several of the others, they need to spread the people across the jobs much better.

Good job on the new rest stops along the PA turnpike. This one is large and well-​appointed. Just what you need to calm the screeching hordes in the back seat when they get hungry and need to hit the bathroom!

I don’t much care for these PA turnpike service plazas. they need some green space with some trees where one can relax. but they just want you to eat unhealthy food and buy gas and get on your way. restroom cleanliness is mediocre. Alabama has some very beautiful and clean highway rest areas, on highways that do not charge tolls by the way, the turnpike folks should visit those and get some inspiration.

Typical service stop. Auntie Annes, Starbucks, Burger King, Sbarro. convience store and gas. Clean restrooms a good place to stretch your legs after a long trip.

An oasis on the tollway with Auntie Anne’s pretzels? I’m sold!
This is a nice travel oasis. It has all types of food, plus large and CLEAN bathrooms in addition to the standard gas station + convenience store.

Starbucks, Sbarro, Burger King, A Plus, and pretty clean bathrooms.
They have a pretty nice outdoor area where you can let your dog out, and they occasionally have a farmer’s market, which is pretty cool.
I wish they had wifi. It’s a utilitarian stop, but it’s better than a lot of other rest stops/​service plazas.