Kosta's Bar & Grill — Restaurant in City of Auburn

Went to Kosta’s today for dinner to celebrate our sons birthday, his choice. We’ve been here many times before and have always had good service and food. This was our first time here in a while. We were greeted and seated promptly upon arrival which was nice. The boys wanted mozzarella sticks for an appetizer so we started with that. I didn’t have any but they said they were good. At first glance upon the menu I noticed the prices had gone up…way up! My oldest son and wife ordered and shared a Buffalo chicken pizza ($24.99). While my youngest son ordered a bacon deluxe cheeseburger ($17.99) and I ordered the Turkey melt ($14.99). The food arrived quickly, it was early evening. The pizza looked great, the burger looked great, and so did my Turkey melt. My son said the pizza was good not great, didn’t care for the type of chicken they used. My other son who had the burger said it was good as well. To me, it didn’t look like an $18 burger and fry meal. Fry portion was ok, could have been another half serving more. The burger was cooked to my sons liking and appeared to be a 6oz burger and probably not angus. For that price it should be angus. My Turkey club was also very good, had fresh cut roasted Turkey which was tender and not dry. I was disappointed in the bacon that topped it. I was expecting a couple of thick cut pieces of bacon but got 2 pieces of what I would consider standard bacon. The portion of fries was also lacking considering the overall price of the meal, was more of a $10-$12 meal and not $15. Overall, the waitress was good, but it wasn’t busy either so she could spend more time focused on us. The food was good not great. The burger and Turkey meals in particular were drastically overpriced and not worth what we paid for them. The 2 stars overall was for cost and quality. I expected great food for the cost and got standard quality. Quality I could get up the road for a fraction of the cost at Auburn Diner. I likely won’t be back anytime soon if I’m paying, unless it’s to just have a...

My food was terrible. I asked for bbq chicken. When they brought it out I noticed right away that it wasn’t just cooked even that day. I decided I would just eat it anyway. My first bite was cold. I asked the waitress if I could send it back. She was a nice young girl. I decided on ordering a burger. I ordered it medium rare. It came out charred and so over cooked that it was dry in the center. No juices at all. I tried to eat it. I took 3 bites and just couldn’t. I was embarrassed to call the waitress back. I finally did......... I apologized and explained what was wrong. I could see that she was nervous about sending it back. I suspect she might have been yelled at or something. Shortly after her bringing the meal to the kitchen the manager came out. As soon as she saw me as she was approaching the table, She looked as though she recognized me or something. Her facial expression changed from a smile to a look of disgust. I quietly explained what had happened thinking maybe they had someone new in the kitchen. She began to argue with me and speak to me as if I was some kind of jerk or something. I had decided at this point that I was going to eat somewhere else. She then came out with a check. She was trying to charge me for both meals. I was still trying to be quiet but she started to get loud when I disputed the bill. I refused to pay and asked for the manager not knowing she was the manager. Because I ate there frequently for years I knew the owner was usually there and honestly was never aware of there being a manager. Long story short, she threatened to call the police if I didn’t pay. I asked to speak to the owner and was told that he was home for the day. I was forced by the police to pay. I asked for them to show the officer the meals in question and was told that they were thrown out. I vowed that after being a regular customer for 10 years that I would not return. That woman should be fired. The owner should have...

Update 2-4-24 got brunch here. Ordered the bacon egg and cheese on a English muffin. My friend ordered the Greek gyro . Both were ok........Went here today for lunch. The variety on the menu was huge. They seemed pretty busy as well. Ultimately ended up ordering the seafood and broccoli alfredo pizza and medium wings. It was a tough choice they had scalloped potatoes &ham and chicken & gravy over biscuits as some of the lunch specials. The specials where not listed on the regular menu. They where around $10 a piece.Was happy with my decision once our food was brought to the table . The pizza was delicious( needed a bit of salt). The wings where so good. I've found my new favorite place for wings. The sauce was unique in a good way. Will definitely be back again in the future....I read a previous review noting how many flies they had. They did have a large number of flies today. I had to keep scaring them away. Having seafood pizza kinda drew them to our table. Didn't bother us though. The food was still delicious..... updating my review. We have been here several times now. I am not impressed. Every time we go here something is in our drink today we had a hair and stuff stuck to the inside of the glass. I ordered the baked seafood special. The waitress said it had crab. She didn't specify it was imitation crab. The scallops were not done all the way and tasted off. Some of the shrimp seemed under done aswell. They topped the whole thing with way to many cracker crumbs or something. The only thing I will be ordering from here from now on is the wings and pizza. Have been here in another occasion previously and ordered the scallop and shrimp Alfredo. The Alfredo was so bland...went here again ordered the French onion soup it is delicious. A bit salty...