Cricket's — Restaurant in Newburgh

My husband and I eat here sometimes because it’s inexpensive & close to our house. My go-to is the cod sandwich. We went last night and it was good, but nothing I would particularly crave. The bartender/server was polite. However, a lot of things put me off - this place seems to have changed. For starters, the staff need some basic hygiene training. The bartender grabbed every straw by their ends (where you put your mouth), and then tapped the tips again with her fingers to push the straw further down into the drink. She did this for hours. She also filled up someone’s reusable thermos with ice & water (doubt it was clean), let it overflow into the ice bucket, and then shook off the excess ice & water back into the ice bucket. Later, after accidentally touching someone’s food, she said “oh well, I washed my hands 30 minutes ago.” I’m not naive enough to think that everything is always perfectly hygienic, but this carelessness should not be...

Crickets Newburgh! Wow! We never went because we'd heard smoking was allowed and my bf is asthmatic so that was a no, but with the recent revelation that they're now smoke-free we decided to try their well-talked about and reviewed pizza!

Ladies and Gentleman, don't expect this hopping bar to answer the phone to take your take out order on a busy Friday night, just go there yourself and wait. Which is what we had to do. But man was it worth it. This pizza lives up to the hype. The tomato sauce was a just right savory tomato flavor. And the ratio of sauce, cheese, toppings to crust was 100% perfect. The crust was a thin crispy and the sauce didn't make it soggy. MMM. I tried to exercise self control but I could not keep my hands off it. My bf said that while he waited he heard some karaoke going on and there were some people with extremely good pipes! Sounds like a fun place! I can't wait to dine...

The sound system was really good. The people were friendly. When it came down to singing. It was not what would be expected. The difference between this place and every other place was monetary. We were told to sign up to sing. That meant to put your name and song choice on the list and of course as new people entered the bar they would be added to the list sometimes before your next turn. Which is to be expected. However. What was un expected was that at some point the only ones called to sing were the ones who offered up the highest bid . Bid as in tip for the D.J. . No secret or mystery about it either. It was actually said over the sound system. The latest and highest dollar amount to sing is at 40 bucks. If you want to sing again that’s the number to top. Maybe not word for word but the same intention none the less. We will not...