The Stadium Cafe

I crave their Angus Burger. It’s amazing and you will never be disappointed.

The Stadium café has 10 flat screen tvs mounted along the walls. It has several tables and a long bar. We went for lunch and enjoyed a tuna melt, and a garden burger. The fish fry was judged ok not great. It was a busy weekend afternoon and we got a table adjacent to the front door. Anyone not wanting to have a fresh burst of cool or cold air don’t sit there. Our waitress was pleasant and efficient. The kitchen seemed slow but we were hungry so that probably seemed worse than it was. The hostess on duty had a tendency to stand in the open doorway for whatever reason which led to my 4 star review. A blast of cool air on your food isn’t appreciated by people sitting next to that door.

I have no rating since we did not get served. Their web site says they are open till 11 but at 8:50 we were told the kitchen was closing. So much for them being open later then most restaurants. There were people at the bar and tables that had not been cleaned off.

We stopped for lunch during Columbus weekend. In town was a food fest and we sat right down. 22 or 25 tvs for the guys to watch any game going on! Tons of craft beer choices! Good menu bar food and burgers and sandwiches! Good service very attentive waitress! Would return!

We stopped in on a Saturday afternoon for a beer. Terrible, slow service at the bar. There are too many other great choices in this town to pick this place.

The food was decent although not what was described in the menu. The service however was horrible. The waitstaff stood in the back chatting the whole time. Our waitress, Rosalie, fixed her hair over and over again. Once we had our food order taken we did not see here again until the food arrived. A second beverage while we waited for our food would have been nice. Once we had our food she was MIA until we were on our last bite. That was when we received the, «How is everything?»

This is a great place to come after a SPAC concert or just when passing through Saratoga. They have great burgers and chicken sandwiches, dozens of TVs playing every game you didn’t know was on, and they’re open later than many of the nearby restaurants.
It’s great for groups, and there’s rarely any wait at all.

The customer service is mediocre at best. I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich and it was burnt and so overcooked I could barely chew it. I asked for another one and it was not any better. We also ordered a roast beef sandwich that was overcooked as well. Sadly disappointed.

Food was average. Long wait due to lacrosse tournament in town. Servers and staff friendly.

Recently went to The Stadium hoping for a quick, reliable meal. We were quickly seated and the waitress brought our drink orders and took our dinner orders within 10 minutes. ONE HOUR LATER we had not yet been served, and could not find our waitress (or any other server). Tables all around us were leaving after waiting 15+ minutes without being served even a water. Not wanting to leave without paying our drink bill we desperately tried to pay the bartender who ignored us, then went into the back (to hang out with the rest of the wait staff, I suppose). Service was never great here, but we won’t be going back after this experience. There are too many great places to eat in Saratoga.

W. T. F?! What a most horrendous experience! I’d never been here & met a couple friends for dinner & drinks.
Our server came over to take my drink order. & from the get go this girl was oozing nastiness & a bad attitude. I get it can be a tough job, especially during the NCAA finals, but seriously lady?! Check your bad attitude at the door. Most people chose to place plates on the table, not slam them down. Also, when customers are being nice, courteous & smiling, it’s good manners to respond in kind.
We told another server (since ours was nowhere to be found) that we were going to smoke & would be right back to finish our food & drinks. After 3 minutes outside, we come back to find our food/​drinks gone & our table occupied by another group! I was amazed!
The food was pretty bad, the service horrendous & the attitudes enough to stand your hair on end! Never had I had such a bizarre experience in a restaurant! I was waiting for someone to come tell us it was a prank… no such luck.

Nice old time style bar that has been turned into a Sports Bar. Met 2 friends there that were already digging into a large Calamari dish that was quite frankly awesome. So I expected that the rest of the food would be very good as well. Unfortunately I was sorely disappointed. I ordered a cheeseburger medium and when it came out it could be best described as well burnt in fact I have never been served a hamburger so over cooked before. Since it was not edible I told the waitress I could not eat it and decided to try something else. I then ordered Boneless Buffalo wings and they were over cooked and almost as bad as the burger so after trying to eat a few I gave up.
After reading this you might say why any stars? Because to be fair the waitress was professional and friendly the atmosphere was great and as I mentioned the Calamari was great. Also my two friends said their food was not bad. So if you are just going for drinks I recommend it but the food from my experience not so much.

If you are a sports bar and can’t do Buffalo wings right… good grief how hard is it to fry them like shoe leather in canola oil and throw some cayenne pepper on a wing? These were a rubbery mess.

I only stopped in for a beer recently, but I got a feel for the place. Probably gets busy on game day. Not a bad seat in the house, lots of tvs. Bar food, but many options. A lot of options. Wings looked great. I will be going back for a game soon!

While I’ve been here quite a few times being a local and all I have never once had as awful service as I did yesterday for lunch. We arrived at exactly 2 pm and there were only a small handful of people dining at this time. We were a party of 4 with a small child and because the largest table was already taken by a smaller party we had to put tables together not really a big deal because it was not too busy. But shortly after we did this and were seated and settled another party of 3 or 4 people were seated directly behind/​next to us so close that I couldn’t even get out of my chair if I wanted to, considering the place was practically empty i found this really annoying and unnecessary.
Shortly after I received my «iced tea» it tasted like mostly water no tea, we placed our orders for food. We ordered an app of (bucket of onion rings) and then 4 individual lunch items and a kid plate. We waited and waited for our food quite a while and in that time the waitress, whom by my receipt says (Mary as our server) had only checked on us once for a drink refill. Our food finally came and with it our onion rings, there was certainly no bucket and really not that big of a serving and the fact they came out with our food instead of as an app was quite annoying. As far as food goes it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great either. I ordered a crab cake sandwich, it was quite tasty but a little dry and crumbly, my beer batter fries were good but really greasy so I didn’t finish them and of what onion rings I ate they were good but noting mind blowing. My sister ordered a burger that was supposed to include blue cheese and buffalo sauce and there wasn’t an ounce of cheese blue or otherwise to be found.
Our waitress did not check on us once at all for food or drinks or otherwise. About maybe halfway through our food most of us were not finished by this time she came by with the check just dropped it on the table rudely and said whenever your ready while we were still eating. She didn’t ask at all if we were done or needed anything or if we wanted dessert/​coffee anything! I was very unimpressed and quite annoyed considering I was planning on ordering a hard cider and i probably would have gladly ordered dessert but wasn’t even given a chance to. The waitress then proceeded to go back to standing around with her co workers that were hanging by the end of the bar (one of them sipping on a mixed drink in fact) and chatting away without a care at all for any of her diners. We split the check and needless to say she did not get a great tip from either of us on a close to a 100 dollar lunch. She clearly didn’t deserve it if you ask us even though she put little thank yous on the top of our tip and sign checks with smiley faces, those do not make me want to give u a nice tip its your service and being attentive to paying customers that gives you good tips.
Most of the time this is a nice place to eat, and I quite like their food most the time, but this service we received this time was absolute crap! I like this place when its not busy and/​or packed with sports fans for lunch or dinner, and I most likely will return because I am local but if I ever get that service again from this place its a no go.

My wife and I are from Saratoga and live in Connecticut. We frequent the Stadium when we come back to visit family. Our visit on October 16^th was the worst to date. Our food took longer than normal, and our appetizer (bucket of onion rings) came out with the rest of the meal. The waitress was short with us and seemed more interested in conversing with the rest of the wait staff than in customer service. She never asked how the food was (sub par in comparison with previous visits) and brought the check without checking to see if we needed anything else (we were going to order more drinks). Now we are debating on whether or not to go back. Major disappointment.

I used to frequent Stadium Café about four or five years ago when I lived in Saratoga. Back then this place was 4 stars, easily.
The food:
The food was ok. My friend got some french onion soup which tasted burnt (according to him). My «Philly style cheesesteak» was OK, but not really Philly style. The steak was tender though. I would probably try something else if I were to go back though.
The service:
No fault of our waiter really, but he was swamped. It looked like he had to cover at least half of the restaurant by himself on a Friday night. Due to this, we were ignored for most of the night. It took a while to order, get the food, and get the check.
Overall:
With so many good places to go in Saratoga, you might want to pass on this place until they get their act together (i.e. Hire more than one waiter for a Friday).

My bf and I came here last night for dinner and drinks. The place was pretty busy when we arrived, we waited a few minutes for a table. It’s your typical sports bar, lots of TVs throughout the place, cool crowd, good drinks. The hostess and our waitress were both really nice. But the service was lacking. The table next to us waited 30 minutes just to get their check… My bf ordered the pulled pork burger with beer battered fries and I ordered the buffalo burger with sweet potato fries and we got corona Rita’s. The burgers were nothing to rave about– they were kind of dry… But my fries were delicious. And the drinks were awesome as well– probably the best corona Rita I’ve ever had. This place isn’t BAD, they have a decent menu… I would come back but prolly order something different.

Way understaffed here, don’t go unless you have a few hours to kill.
We waited for almost an hour at our table before we flagged down a waitress to take our order. Other tables around us were all waiting for food, to order, or to pay. Not a lot of eating going on.
Next time we’ll sit outside and either bring our own food or just order a pizza and have it delivered. Maybe run across the street to Boca Bar Bistro for takeout and bring it here.
The tvs are good, the patio is nice, that’s about it.
No silverware, even the ketchup bottle was empty, wtf?

Ok one thing… I hate iceberg! When you order a salad and it says greens, I expect something other then iceberg!
There was a few pieces of spring mix, to make it look like it was not only iceberg.
If it had more of the other i would have been much happier.