P.J. Clarke's | Tioga Downs Casino Resort — Restaurant in Town of Nichols

EDIT: After they reached out to me on this review I called the restaurant. I spoke to someone who took my information and said the manager would call me back. That was a week ago, no call yet... they seem to respond here to look like they care, when they really don't.

We went here for New Year's Eve and definitely won't go back. I'd like to say I have bartended for over 10 years, and enjoy eating at high end restaurants, so maybe my expectations were too high. But our meal was almost $500 with gratuity.

For starters they do not have a cocktail menu. I thought we weren't given one by mistake, so I went to the bar to ask for one. The bartender was sassy about it and said she can make 300 drinks so they don't need a cocktail menu. Jon Taffer is somewhere shaking his head over this one...

Back at the table we ordered a martini with blue cheese olives and a mojito. They didn't have the ingredients to make either one. I ordered a French 75, the waitress came back saying they can't make that either because they don't have Chambord. Chambord doesn't go into a French 75. When she came back I told her what goes into the drink. It took a while and I saw three people behind the bar trying to figure out my cocktail. I did get it though.

We went here over Moxie, P.S., and McCoy's because they advertised beef wellington. When we asked about it the waitress said the marketing department messed up and pictured beef wellington, but the dish was actually different. We ordered it anyway. Three beef special entrees arrived cold. I didn't want to make a fuss after the cocktail incident so I didn't say anything. Two others in my party felt the same way. It wasn't until the car ride home we realized we all had cold entrees. We got two desserts, and they were both awful. The key lime pie had a nasty texture, and the crust was full of cinnamon. The creme brulee was so sweet it was inedible.

Our server was friendly and positive, but our dinner was just awful and I will not go...

I've been here a few times over the years as I have family who goes to the casino and likes to take us to eat here. Honestly it's kind of a drag; the food overall isn't great but isn't awful, but the service is slow even when it's not busy. The wait staff is nice but forgets to bring drinks or is not attentive. To go more into detail on the food, the quality varies depending on what you get and between different components of a single meal. Seems like any meat and seafood is prepared well, but vegetables less so. When I ordered the vegetable risotto, I thought it was bland, and the asparagus and tomatoes were over-cooked but the brussels sprouts weren't cooked enough. I ordered the seared scallops last time and the scallops were excellent as was the salmon I tried from one of my family member's plates, and the crab cakes are also amazing. The coleslaw side was not bad but very pedestrian, like the stuff you can get in a tub at the grocery store. I really enjoyed the whiskey bread pudding and the cheesecake, the key lime pie was just too sweet and one-note for me - all the desserts are big and very sweet, so I think it's best to share. I guess it's a good choice considering what's available at Tioga Downs, especially factoring in the more sophisticated atmosphere here compared to the restaurants on the casino side, but I myself would not choose to come here were it not for family...

From previous reviews maybe PJ's needs a change in management! So, let me say that my wife and I have dined at PJ's 3 time in the last 6 months or so. The first two times everything was quite good, we were pleased. Then we again ate there last Sunday night, 5-19 and it was not very busy. Awful service and meal for me. My wife's meal was fine We waited much too long for our waitress and had to ask for her service. I had to request a water refill. Now my meal. I ordered the Sunday Seafood Special for $35.00, way overpriced. Someone other than our waitress brought out our meals and brought out my incomplete Sunday dinner. Lacking in coleslaw, butter for the clams/muscles, tarter sauce for the fish and ketchup for the fries. These I had to request. The clams, muscles and scallops were on the same plate as the fried fish and the fish was swimming in the clam/muscle fluids. The clams/muscles on top were cold and the fried fish was way too greasy. The only good part of my meal was the scallops which were quite good. I was kind of surprised our waitress charged us the entire cost. I believe you REQUIRE a Gordon Ramsey intervention NOW!!! My wife and I decided to return to P.J. Clark's in December to see if anything has changed and I am quite please with the entire experience! I won't go into any details but we are very satisfied and will see if this continues in the future...to...