Asteroga Ale House — Restaurant in Town of Herkimer

Asteroga. A very fine establishment that is a bit of a hidden gem in Herkimer. I have visited here countless times now. I strive to see consistency in a restaurant environment, of which Asteroga delivers.

They come up with very unique specials that are always delicious. I love me a good burger and Asteroga has many different ones.

One visit I tried their "sliders" which were really three smash burgers packed full of brilliant flavor and talk about juicy!! Another burger I tried was the Cowboy Burger I believe they called it which was a burger, onion rings, fried pickles, and pulled pork all one sandwich. I could hardly smash it down enough to fit in my mouth. The flavor of it was phenomenal, everything blended together perfectly and melted in your mouth.

One of their weekly specials is Taco Tuesday where they offer $3 tacos for dine in customers at a certain time on Tuesdays. Let me tell you, for cheaper than you can get a taco from Taco Bell, you can get one at Asterga which is astronomically better. Wonderful flavor and packed full of meat with some lettuce, tomatoes and other toppings.

Let's get to the wings. You want some amazing wings at below market price? Head down to Asteroga on thursday wing nights where they have 75cent wings or on Sundays during football season. The wings are so delicious I will order them even if it not during these days because I am craving them.

The only thing I wish they had was fresh cut fries. The fries they have now are pretty good, but nothing beats fresh cut and if anyone could make them really well, it would be Asteroga.

Despite having a bar, Asteroga is sill an amazing spot for the family. I go there a lot because of the inviting atmosphere they have every time I walk in. I can sit down, put my stresses aside and enjoy an amazing meal with amazing service. I have gone there both with my family as well as with buddies at the bar and every single time I go in, I have an experience that makes me want to come back time...

I’ll save the bad for last, firstly this place has phenomenal food, secondly the family that owns the place is also awesome. My three starred review comes from a staff issue. My friends and I have been ordering dollar wings on Sunday for maybe the past couple of months. Football season is a great time. We went on Sunday and were expecting dollar wings, but we were told by our waitress that dollar wings will no longer be sold. Whatever, not a big deal. For a place who has such good chicken wings, a dollar was a steal regardless. Food prices have gone up tremendously, so we understood. The part where I got disgruntled was when we didn’t hear the waitress tell any of the other tables that the wings were no longer a dollar. There was only four of us, so it wasn’t like we were a party of ten. To make matters worse, we called back after to prove our hypothesis that the waitress was indeed being fallacious with us. I asked her, are you guys still doing dollar wings? And she told me yes. So why was my group of friends told no to dollar wings, but everyone else in Herkimer county could get dollar wings? Don’t understand the logic, and don’t understand the dishonesty. We’ve been loyal costumers, and this really upset us. Best of luck in 2022, I’d talk to some of the staff members about the importance of honesty in a...

I have to say today was our last time at Asteroga. We’ve spent thousands here over the past 6 years but everything has just gone downhill. They have some sort of “boozy shake” listed right on top of the drink specials (strawberry/chocolate for Feb, mint for March, now “peep”, etc) and every time we come, they don’t have ice cream to make it. I end up getting a water when I wouldn’t mind paying the $15 for the shake because it’s actually good. The wings have been horrible (our fault for thinking they’ll get better). Today, we got half wings? Mini wings? Not sure what to call them but $18 for 10 wings and 4 out of 10 look like the photo? That’s awful! We asked for all flats and were told no because the owner is there. We ended up with ALL but ONE wing and 9 drums and this happens every time. I wouldn’t mind paying extra for the flat wings too. The pretzels (3 for $10) are now microwaved apparently. Fruit flies are everywhere! I’ve said it before, but this time I mean it. I’m not going back! Oh, and if I find the photo of the last time we got wings, I’ll have to post it. It was...