By far the best wings I have ever had. I love the Mac and cheese aswell with the chicken sandwich. This is my favorite restaurant!! read more

Fairgrounds Hotel - Seafood Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

First time here and can't wait until the next. Excellent service, as our waitress was the best. We were told that the kitchen was a little behind as they had a large party. It wasn't long that salad came out appetizers and then our entrees . If the kitchen was behind we didn't notice. Well done! read more

This is the best place to eat. I have always have great service and the food is fabulous. Tonight I had my favorite chilian sea bass, it did not disappoint. I ordered it blackened and it just melted in my mouth, I paired it with the stewed tomatoes and the macaroni and cheese it was delicious. You will love everything. I can't wait until the next lunch or dinner. read more

Fairgrounds Hotel - Seafood Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

We stopped in here on our way to the Pines Dinner Theatre and were pleasantly surprised! We sat in the bar and had EXCELLENT service. The food was delicious and the pours were heavy. Nuff said. read more

The staff were friendly and welcoming. I felt that the food options were mostly fried. The food tasted average. Nothing spectacular. A step above diner food and worse than Red Lobster. I got the Lobster roll people rave about in reviews but it was okay. It had no flavor. The best part of it was the bread. Expensive for what you actually get. Will never return. read more

we love this place! my husband loves seafood and they have some great options. I am a landlord and always find something good too. The service has always been great and the you feel like you are in a really nice place without spending the big bucks. I also love the historic feel of the place including the Sinatra playing in the background. read more

I used the upstairs venue twice. Once for a surprise 40th birthday and again for a college graduation party. Both times where impressive! The staff did a wonderful job keeping food and drinks flowing, food was delicious and overall everything was reasonably priced.The DJ was great and kept the guests dancing. Service and food is beyond 5 stars! read more

Great food, super nice staff, relaxed nostalgic atmosphere. We had the lobster tails which were cooked just right and very reasonably priced. The home made rice pudding is to die for. We'll be back! read more

Stopped here for lunch. Food is excellent and it is a very comfortable place to eat. We will definitely be back. Parking on premises.

Came here for the first time and all i could say is WOW. can't believe we didn't come here sooner. The food is so delicious. Seafood is so fresh it just melts in your mouth. The prices are extremely reasonable for food and alcohol. The staff were very friendly. Truely neat place to visit seeing how it was a old hotel. We will continue to go there. .especially for the seafood. .YUMMM. read more

Reasonable prices. Good food. The lobster roll and ahi tuna are awesome. Bartenders rock! If they have the sweet potato bisque it is a must have! read more

Let me start by saying that my husband and I are frequent visitors to the Fairgrounds Hotel. The food is always good and a great value and the staff is extremely pleasant. However, last evening when we went in, the bar was full, all of the tables in the bar area were full as well as the dining room. The bartender, Robin, remained very composed as she took the drink orders from the entire restaurant by herself as well as trying to wait on the tables in the bar area...not to mention drink orders from the Pines Theater next door! I realize that the bar was cut in half but on a busy Saturday evening you still need two bartenders to service the entire restaurant. Not to mention that management needs to better inventory their liquor supply as the bartender ran out of a high end bottle of vodka & then a high end bottle of gin...unacceptable! I give much credit to Robin as she was outstanding in the way she handled the situation. Normally I would give five stars but last nights visit did not warrant it. read more

This place has hot bartenders! I was in the Casablance room--the upstairs bar--to see a guitar duo play. What a fun, cozy, little place. Lots of seats for an "upstairs" room. The upstairs bar does not have taps, so its liquor, wine, or a few common bottled beers; but you can always go downstairs to the full bar. It was raining when I was here so I didn't get to check out the deck, but definitely would be a plus on a warm night. The bartenders were social, friendly, and on point. The drinks were cheap, and strong! The decor is certainly Casablanca-ish, and the old-fashioned ceiling fan is one of those 12 foot axle-style fans which you just have to see to believe! Certainly gives you the speakeasy feel. read more

Amazing old school kind of seafood place. Soup sort of sucked, and the Mac and cheese looks great but has no flavor. I'm still giving it 5 stars because there aren't many places you can get jumbo lump crab broiled in brown butter for $22 or an 8 oz cold water lobster tail for $28. And get the cole slaw. So creamy. First time there, and we will be back. A lot. read more

Two weeks ago, I was visiting my family in the Valley and my sibling, my mother, and I had a lunch celebrating my sister's 70th birthday here. What a terrific meal and what great seafood. Allentown is lucky to have this place. I wanted everything on the menu but had to try the Lobster Roll. Too many times, restaurants have something on their menu called Lobster Roll but it winds up being made with mayo so it's really Lobster Salad (like Tuna Salad). The Fairgrounds has an authentic Lobster Roll. The lobster meat was tasty and tender and seasoned perfectly, the bun was toasted/grilled perfectly, more than enough butter to make this dish fantastic. I had the sweet potato fries as my side (perfectly fried and crispy). My mother lamented for days afterwards that she didn't see them on the menu. I also chose a salad (because it was 90 degrees outside). But many of my siblings (and Mom) had the lobster bisque and raved about it. And, since it was Fair month, all of us who had the lobster roll could get funnel cake for dessert. Now, I live out in Chicago and the only time you get funnel cake out here is at a street festival and it's awful. The Fairground's funnel cake was FUNNEL CAKE!! Felt like I was 9 years old and in Ag Hall at the Fair!!! AND, to top it all off, they have this dish and others on their $15 lunch menu. You can't beat that. Can't wait to come back again when I visit at Christmas. P.S. If you can, ask for Deja as your server. She is friendly and fun and probably one of the best servers I've ever had at a restaurant. read more

This place is AWESOME!!!! The food is ALWAYS DELICIOUS, the staff is ALWAYS friendly and the prices are GREAT!!!! I can NOT say enough good things about this place. If you haven't visited this place, HURRY!!! read more

Our project team was scrambling to find a venue for a team dinner for 50 people. We had very few options especially because it was a last minute planned dinner. We reached out to three local restaurants that we found on line that stated they could accomodate large parties. Out of the three, the Fairgrounds Hotel offered the best menu options and best price and was very eager to accomodate our short notice request, so we decided on them for our dinner venue. None of the project organizers including myself had ever ate dinner at the Fairgrounds Hotel, so we were taking a big leap of faith. Dominic the Owner was absolutely wonderful! He provided us with a great list of menu choices, accomodated a few dietary restrictions (Gluten Free and Vegan), he made sure to touch base the day we had to provide our menu choices and in the end jumped through hoops to accomodate an additional 8 people by re-organizing the dining area. Everyone was so happy with the dining space, the food and the service exceeded everyone expectations!!! I was so pleased to hear everyone talking the next day in meetings about how great our project team dinner turned out! In summary, I would highly recommend The Farigrounds Hotel to anyone, small or large group, in fact I've already started sharing our experience throughout our company and with friends and family. Thank you Dominic and Staff, we are very grateful! read more

One of the best places for seafood eaten there many times for birthdays and holidays don't have to have reservations but better to make one.reasonable prices read more

Great prices !Love the sirloin with crab and blue cheese. Crab cocktail always looked good but never had. Surf and turf burger is on point. Dom the owner is sexy read more

Good food and value. Had a tuna dinner with added crack cake. Came with salad and veggie. Wife had salmon dinner, I had two martinis and she had one. $65 total- great value, food was good and service friendly attentive! read more

First time here and won't be the last. My daughter and I ate dinner here before a show at the PPL Center on a Saturday night. Server was excellent, food was delicious (lobster bisque soup, lobster mac & cheese, stuffed flounder, roasted potatoes, baked apples). It was also Happy Hour and had 2 nice-sized cocktails for $3 each. Highly recommend! read more

This place is great! I sat at the bar (Matt was the tender) and I had a great experience! I ordered the lobster bisque as an appetizer, it was amazing! I aIso ordered the crab and blue cheese topped steak and it was phenomenal! The steak was cooked to perfection (med rare) and the crab was so tasty! I definitely recommend this place to anyone, especially anyone who loves seafood! read more

Im allergic to shellfish so cabt try allot of the menu but I stop here for their burgers and steak. But just had the beer battered fish and it was exceptional. Would recomend to a friend. read more

Couldn't believe how low our bill was. Tons of food for the price. We went during happy hour as well. 3 Miller Lights came to $3. My wife had 2 glasses of wine for $8. We were also able to use a 20% off coupon as well (Alcohol included). Server/bartender was very nice and attentive. Lobster bisque and NE clam chowder were great! My wife had a lobster tail added to her meal. She said it was probably the best lobster she's ever had. Will be back again! read more

I went in here during the summer. The old bay fries were really really good and not too expensive it's small but a really nice place and good music read more

Our first time here! Never knew about this place until Yelp. Visited last week. Great prices and great seafood! Our server was so sweet, fast, and got our order perfect. Delicious food. The crab cocktail was out of this world! - highly recommended. Definitely will return in the near future! read more

I always get the lobster tails and they are great. I got the Hess's inspired strawberry pie to go. I was very disappointed. The crust was dry and burnt. There were not many strawberries and there wasn't any whipped cream. read more

This was our first visit. After seeing their ad in the Morning Call snd reading several great reviews on Yelp we decided to give it a try. Our server Alex was excellent, very personable and made a couple great suggestions! The food was good and fairly priced. Unfortunately our experience ended on a sour note. I forgot the $5 coupon from the newspaper and attempted to use the coupon from Yelp. It seemed to be exactly the same offer requiring that you spend $30 or more (we spent double that) in order to receive the five dollars off. Our server looked at it and said just a minute please so someone could verify it. The host came to the table, looked at my phone and said okay thank you! A few minutes later a woman (who was also serving the table in front of us?) came over and said "We don't honor Yelp coupons!" I said someone had just seen it and verified it? She says "yeah he didn't have the heart to tell you"...what?!! I ask who she is, "I'm the manager!" She tells us yeah Yelp does that on their own and we have no way of getting that money back!! I thought a coupon was a comp, a promo to bring business in?!! I tried to repeat again that he already said okay? She said "if you would just listen to me!"...I said she was rude and not to speak to me like that. All over $5 off?! No thank you!! She walked away and proceeded to talk about me to the host within range of other guests!! Shame on you!! Not a very good way for 'a manager' to handle something. read more

We came here on a groupon the first time. We liked it so much, we came back for my birthday. Alex was the best server. Food was excellent. Looking forward to our next time. Nice cozy atmosphere. read more

I had written off the Fairgrounds Hotel after a mediocre experience in Feb 2013, but after seeing the excellent reviews of late, decided to give it another try. I was looking for a moderately priced place which took reservations for some New Englanders who were passing through town and the Fairgrounds seemed to fit the bill. We loved it! I had the lobster roll with salad and fresh asparagus for $12.95. My guests had the Maryland crab cake, same price, with lobster bisque and two glasses of house wine. Total bill (including an on-line $10 coupon) was under $40. The food was delicious and the server was friendly and attentive. I could have done without her tattoos and her use of the term "yous"--both made for a less classy experience, but she was entertaining! Will definitely go back. I am craving another lobster roll already. read more

I used the upstairs venue for a surprise 40th birthday party. The party was AMAZING! The total cost was extremely reasonable, food was delicious and the kitchen staff kept the buffet full at all times, bar staff was on point, DJ kept the party dancing. 5 stars is not enough to rate the experience we had. Service and food is beyond EXCELLENT! read more

Me and the girlfriend went out to eat there on a Friday night. The waiters were very attentive and the service was fantastic. The food was delicious and the prices were reasonable. The atmosphere was great for a date night. We would go again. read more

I decided to go to the Fairgrounds Hotel for my first time today. Upon entry I was very impressed with the eloquently designed dining room and bar. The staff was very welcoming to me, and I also met the owner (who is a very humble man). One other thing worthy of noting is how delicious their seafood was. I will most certainly be coming back and I recommend stopping by to anyone else looking for a nice place to go with a great atmosphere. read more

Great service ! Had the surf and turf burger it was so good perfect combo of land and sea. Definitely a Must try !

My husband and I live in the Poconos and get tired of the same restaurants and wanted some good seafood so we went online and found this restaurant...the reviews convinced us to give it a try and we were very pleased. I had the stuffed shrimp with crab meat, roasted potatoes, sauteed asparagus, and a piece of bread pudding(to go)...my husband had twin lobster tails, lobster mac and cheese, and cheddar mashed potatoes...all I can say is everything was YUMMY!! Our waitress was very nice as well and the atmosphere is quaint and comfortable. We will be returning and trying some of the other dishes!! BTW...the raspberry lemonade was tasty too! read more