72 Tavern & Grill — Restaurant in City of Utica

We decided to grab a bite before a hockey game. The decor of the restaurant was nice, but sadly that's where the good stopped. We arrived at 4:15 on a Friday and had not made a reservation (the game wasn't until 7) and the restaurant had maybe 7 tables seated. After contemplating how they would be able to seat us, they were able to accommodate us luckily. While waiting a supervisor/manager? Came out to the desk and was incredibly rude to the young hostess, I was mortified for her. The woman was slamming her hand on the desk telling "you can't seat people where there isn't someone assigned". This happened infront of our party and another and it was rude, unnecessary and inappropriate. We sat a high top and started with the wings in their tavern sauce. The wings were good and crisp but wish we picked a different sauce. I ordered the pulled pork poutine and wish I had selected something else. The pork had a tang to it as if it is pickled, the tavern fries have an unappealing seasoning and the gravy is tasteless and not the consistency of gravy. My husband got a pizza which wasn't terrible. My daughter got a kid hot dog meal which I'm not sure anyone can mess up a hot dog, so that was fine. When he left an hour later at 5:15 more than half the restaurant was open so I'm not sure why not having a reservation was such a big deal. Our waitress was attentive and nice. We wouldn't return though,...

Best meal had in a long time in this area. Awesome atmosphere, family friendly, large and comfortable seating in booths. Lots of sports games on. Food was phenomenal- had to leave a review.

Fried fish dinner was crispy and the fish was so tender. Fries were coated and delicious. Tartar was great and the coleslaw was the best I’ve ever had anywhere. Seasoned so well and only $16.

Pizza was so good, we got the Buffalo chicken wing pizza. It was thin, crispy, and the toppings were cooked perfectly. 16” pizza for $16? Can’t beat that price, most pizzerias charge at least $20 for that.

Got the spaghetti dinner that came with meatball and garlic, portion was huge. Also got the grilled chicken dinner and it too was cooked perfectly and seasoned so well. Everything tasted so good.

It was a super busy night and packed as it was right before a Comets game but we were able to get a big booth. Our waitress was super kind and attentive, but wasn’t annoying and hovered. She was great.

A great, fun place to eat with...

Came on 3/15/25 with my family the first 2 times here was great but it's been about 2 years give or take since I been here last and the quality has tanked in my opinion i tried their supposed smash style burgers (that were described smashed) and I ordered their everything wings as well in case I didn't like the burger.as for the burger the blend was low quality for the price and was definitely not a smash burger when you get a smash style burger the meat is supposed to be thin and crispy these came off as thick cheap frozen patties dressed and sold for 14 dollars. As for the wings they were terrible extremely soggy no crisp to it at all and the meat had a wierd texture like their oil wasn't hot enough in whatever fryer they used when cooking them.i ended up ordering the chicken tenders after which were good but all in all do yourself a favor and skip this place and go to one of the bazillion other taverns in the area like knuckleheads or swiftys. the food will be way better because this...