Central City Bar & Grill

Cortland, NY · Restaurant

Rating
4.3/5
★★★★☆ 4.3
Reviews
20
Rank in Cortland
#44
of 93 restaurants
City Percentile
45%
rating percentile
Address
Central City Bar & Grill, 17 Central Ave, Cortland, NY 13045
Phone
(607) 758-3300
Website
centralcitybarandgrill.net
Status
Closed · Opens 12 PM Sat

Central City Bar & Grill is a restaurant located in Cortland, NY. It is one of 93 restaurants listed in Cortland. Its 4.3-star rating matches the Cortland city average of 4.3 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About Central City Bar & Grill

Full service restaurant and bar. Catering available also.

Hours

Friday3 PM–9 PM

Customer Reviews

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Tara Daley · Jan 2026

Food is terrible. My fish was hard and no flavor in the breading. The Mac and cheese was just wet Mac and no cheese. The coleslaw was also terrible. My husbands burger was burnt along with the onions on it. Food was gross years ago and we thought we’d give it another shot and regret it unfortunately. The chicken wing dip was good though. And the service was also good.

★★★★★ 5.0 Tammy Brooks · Feb 2026

Whenever I crave a BLT, this is the place to go! The bacon is always cooked to perfection. Fresh produce. Been three times so far and each time the BLT has been perfect! Food comes out fast as well.

★★★★☆ 4.0 Justin Carhart · Jul 2020

Server was not very attentive because she was also the bartender and serving everyone else. She was friendly, though. The garlic parmesan tenders were good, as well as the white chicken chili. Onion rings were also pretty good. Especially with their honey mustard. Drinking water tasted like it came out of a faucet as opposed to a real tap. Nachos we're not good at all. Sent them back. The location is pretty seedy. There was literally a pile of dog pooh on the sidewalk where I parked.

★★★★★ 5.0 Clifford Mayes · Jun 2025

Visited with a group of thirty-six people on a Friday night. One waitress for all of us. She was fantastic. Every order was correct. Food didn't take very long to arrive. She never stopped moving. Only had help from one server who helped her bring the food. As for the food, the Cobb salad was outstanding, and the other food brought to my table looked good, and no one stated that they had any issues with theirs. Very nice place.

★★★★☆ 4.0 Nicholas DeLessio · Aug 2025

I've been here a few times now. The food is decent pub style food, and there's a good tap selection. Atmosphere is about on par. I'd take it over a chain for sure, but there's other decent restaurants in town I'd go to first most of the time. The small one issue I ran into, more than once, is that there's consistently much slower service if you go in on a Sunday afternoon. My guess is that they may cut some staff on Sundays or something, because on any other day of the week I tend to get better service.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating

Services

RestaurantBar & grill

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