Castle Grill

Beer wasn’t great and the food wasn’t anything thing spectacular with the high prices its no where near worth it.

Insurrection craft beer is the best I’ve ever had and I’m a craft beer enthusiast. It pairs perfectly with the excellent food at Red Castle. There is nowhere like this in Northeast PA or the Lehigh Valley. We always stop by on our way into Jim Thorpe and pick up a growler or three! Top notch!

Loved it! My husband I stopped here after hiking. Great food and amazing service. And the beer? So good!!! Can’t wait to come back.

I gotta say, i dont like cabbage at all. But their stuffed cabbage is out of this world. And yes i ate the cabbage. Delicious. Not to meantion the deep fried pickles and cheese steaks. Nice cozy atmosphere & friendly people.

A true gem in Lehighton. Definitely one of the best places to eat. The food is awesome, everything is homemade. I love eating here when I’m home on breaks from school.

******Ok so I wrote a review on the «Red Castle Brewery» Unilocal page and now I’m just copying it from this one to this… didn’t realize they were the same place. *******
I was really really really impressed with this place. Greg and I came here last night before going to Lowes. It was a long day at work and we just wanted something that was different. Being Polish myself I knew what the food should taste like and it did not disappoint. There are many different ways to make halupki’s and the owner made these just how my Nana makes them. (Greg got the polish platter & I got the castle burger) But in the beginning we got the Polish Hangover soup and it was heavenly!!!
Ok so I am getting out of order… parking, not an issue. Snow was in the way but Helloooooo its winter.
— Walked in was greeted right away from the owner or manager, told us we could choose where we sat, we chose the bar
— Our waitress was nice, gave us samples of whatever we wanted. Holy crap they have wine on tap! I had the red concord tasting one and that was delicious.
— The soup was brought out promptly in a crock with crackers. Had a lot of different meats and was creamy. Our waitress said it had a bit of a kick to it and I didn’t think so. I thought it had the perfect amount of spice. But it was that kind of soup that just fills you up and leaves a warm feeling in your belly. The perfect thing for a cold day
***Bonus the manager made an extra batch of loaded fries with chili, onions, bacon and cheese. He brought them out and asked if we wanted them. We agreed and holy crap they were delicious. Everyone should order them at least once in their life.
— the meal came out and omg I was impressed. The fries were freshly cut and the burger was huge. The manager said «Its not hard to make fresh food, we don’t use frozen products» which was nice to hear. The only complaint that I had was that there was mustard on the kielbasa because it wasn’t on the menu that he was adding that. I wasn’t going to complain, so I wiped off as much as I could. The burger tasted great though and I would order it again in a heartbeat. Greg got the polish platter and ate as much as he could. We took home a large to go box.
— the restaurant is unique, the roof reminds me of houses you would see in Alaska. Something I think the bar area could improve on are more comfortable bar seats. But other then that I will be back.
****I forgot to ask if they do catering, I hope they do. I’ll call later. Posting pics shortly

Outstanding food, reasonable prices. We drove an extra 2 hours just to eat the food a second time. We loved the kielbasa and perogie, best we ever had. The other thing that stood out was the friendliness of the staff. Yes there was the prerequisite smile but also very sincere. They were patient with us when trying to get children to decide and also when we asked questions about the menu. The thing that blew us away was we had a problem with one of the windows in our car and an employee offered to go to the store and pickup duct tape to temporarily fix the issue. Then later helped us jump start the car (not the best day 4 the car). What kindness they exhibited to strangers!

The food and beer was excellent. There are many options of great tasting beer. The burger that I ordered was delicious. For some reason it didn’t come with fries or any side. The service on the other hand was terrible. The bartenders were constantly swearing behind the bar. They messed up several orders including mine. They were very unprofessional.

I had heard about the delicious food here, and yesterday decided to embark on the hour trek out for lunch. I checked online to see if the restaurant was open before leaving, but to my dismay, had to sit through a half an hour of traffic before getting to the closed restaurant. The sign on the door stated that the hours have been changed as a result of the horrendous construction traffic, which I had to drive through again to get home. Not only am I disappointed I didn’t get to try the food, but it is EXTREMELY frustrating that the change of hours wasn’t posted online. This construction traffic does not seem short term (so I’m assuming the change of hours is going to be somewhat permanent for a few months), and I would not have gone had I known the hours changed. It’s pretty simple to put a notice on the website – all around disappointing.

We were offered a number of beer samples when we arrived and were satisfied with the service, even though the girl was clearly training. Our food was tasty for being pretty standard grill fare. Beer was delicious. Will be back to try the rest of their offerings.

Food was superb we had pulled pork kielbasa Mac and cheese and the Polish platter. All very tasty! Young thriving business.

For the money — great.

The Polish food is 4 star, the burgers are 1 or 2 stars, so I settled on 3. The pierogis are awesome and their fries are tasty. The burgers were low quality meat overcooked and then put on this dense bun that was way too much bread for the amount of meat. Overall the result was just dry and tasteless.
I’ll be back for pierogi and kielbasa. And fries. I wouldn’t feed those burgers to my dogs.

Overall this place is a solid 3 stars, and I’ll break it down for ya.
$ 3.99 potato pancakes: for authenticity this is a 1 star. They didn’t taste BAD, perse. But they were NOT potato pancakes. Sorry but my boyfriend is Ukrainian, and we’ve traveled to Eastern Europe. Not potato pancakes. They were. hash browns.
$ 2.00 stuffed cabbage: 3 stars. Filling was good, the cabbage was steamed well. but the sauce was again, Americanized and not authentic. Too much tomato flavor to be truly Polish.
$ 3.99 3 pieces of pierogies. Standard. Nothing special
$ 7.99 Castle Melt Burger 3.5 stars. It was cooked well, juicy, and covered in onions, mushrooms, cheese, bacon and all the good stuff — but just on the side of pricey for what it was.
5 STAR beers though! I got the American Pale ale, and my bf got the IPA. Both great, and for $ 4.50 — totally worth it. best part of our visit!
This place is great for cheap eats, the food is good and will fill you. But don’t come if you want actual Plish food: p

How could I not give this place 5 stars? It’s fast food — Polish style! Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of regular options to choose from, like burgers and fries and deli sandwiches, but the Polish side of the menu was calling my name.
I picked up the Polish Platter, which had stuffed cabbage, haluski (kind of like a Polish pasta), and kielbasa. I also tried the pierogies and some of the locally brewed beer. Everything was amazing, and the stuffed cabbage was the best I ever had. All of this for around $ 10. It was a friendly place, with filling and delicious food.
Next time I come back to the Jim Thorpe area, I will get 3 or 4 orders of stuffed cabbage — it was that good!

This is great for what it. A throw back to the old school burger grill semi fast food
Vs good food fast thing. There is definitely a 5 guys burger and fries vibe but, to be fair this place does deliver on the promise of a good meal. There is a lot of Polish cuisine thrown into the menu and it is also really good.

Passed the place many many times just never had the time or the need for food to stop. Changed my schedule so I could stop by for dinner instead of eating at my regular places. Tried the Schnitzel dinner and the Schnitzel was fine but the fries were dry and or overcooked. My wife had the polish platter, enjoyed the Kielbasa, but said the stuffed cabbage was mostly rice and she was right. The Haluski was very good though. They serve Birch Beer and RC Cola brands you don’t see very much of anymore, both very good.
I’ll have to try it again to get a better feel for the place.

Had the Jalapeño Cheese Burger, DAMN thats a wonderful burger, not just jalapenos on it but jalapeño’s diced IN it.
A nicely grilled and moist burger that was seasoned through and through… I added nothing to it, it was on a nice kaiser roll and was perfect… I was more than satisfied.
The wife had a cheeseburger with the «sauce» and was very happy with the food as well.
We split the pierogies, done right with butter and onions and bacon and an order of halushki.
The halushki was PERFECT, the right amount of butter cabbage and noodle.
The folks next to us had the kielbasa sandwiches ad big as your head!
Will stop again, it was everything we could have hoped for!

I live in Queens, NY and have a summer cabin in PA. Castle Grill has delicious pirogi. The best I’ve had in quite a while. I’ve eaten here 3 times to date and I’ve tried 3 different types of pirogi. My favorite so far are the Buffalo Chicken, although the classic potato and the apple pirogi are also really good. I’ve had the potato pancakes and kielbasa too, both of which were also delicious. I think the kielbasa was the Black Forest one.
Each time I ate at Castle Grill I bought their beef jerky to bring home to NY. It’s out of this world. If you like garlic you will love it. I live 3 hours from here so it’s nice to snack on a few pieces on the ride home.
The only reason I did not give Castle Grill 4 stars is that the service is very slow. If I am in a rush to get on the road back to NY I know not to stop. It can take 30 minutes to buy beef jerky and a package of frozen pirogi to bring home. If I want to eat there I know it will be about 1 hour.

Yum!