Great little watering hole. Hamburg sliders are a good size, hot and tasty. Always has several hot soups and great onion petals. The bar drinks are stout. read more

Always great food at affordable prices. The entire staff is very friendly. The owners are Extremely generous to the community.

Good food, great prices, plenty of parking, good basic menu, great chicken wings, full bar.

Hey, local hometown bar with good food, friendly people and good service. What more can you ask for from a local establishment? Maybe some interesting karaoke with some good singers. I always enjoy myself when I stop in for some food and beverage. read more

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We were looking for someone 'no rest stop food' along I-90. This added only 4 minutes to our trip, so we tried it. Staff was friendly, service was fast. Food was excellent diner food. My fried Zucchinis sticks and my wifes fish and chips were piping hot, crispy, not in the least oily. This will become our go to spot on our travels through there! read more

Amazing wings!!!!!!!cold beers....... Decent service,fun times, family friendly place, karaoke on Saturday nights are great read more

Samson's Bar & Restaurant - Farm fresh - Bars Near Me - Castleton-on-Hudson, New York

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This place is always busy. Good good, good prices on food and drinks. Karaoke on Saturday nights. Lots of TVs with sports and OTB.

Great. Great place!!!!!!!! Eat there all the time. Just love it here. All employees are the greatest!!!! Keep up the good work. read more

A couple of friends from the American Legion went there with me for a meal and I had the ribs which were fantastic, the sauce was wonderful and the ribs just fell apart. Another friend had the lasagna and it was a huge portion and he said it was fantabulous. About three weeks later my wife wanted a hamburger so I went to pick it up and brought it home. I asked for it on the rare side of medium rare because usually by the time you get them home, they're overdone, but this was cooked perfectly. My wife is a little picky, but she really loved it. Both times the service was very good and friendly. They have a huge menu, but they don't have a printed copy to give you. Sampson's has been around for a long time, I haven't been there in a while, but I can tell you my recent experiences have been great, and I highly recommend them. read more

As you walk in you feel like home. A warm comfortable, local hang out with good entree specials and incredible soup. Usually there is 3 different soup options available daily for $3.99 a bowl. The creamy reuben soup is one of those delicious specialties. Today they had a pot roast entree special for $6.75 (open face on white bread) with gravy, mashed potatoes (homemade) and canned green beans with garlic and butter. I've been here numerous times and you can't miss by ordering the soup. Some of the other entrees on the menu are good but lack flavor/herbs such as the chicken parmesan. The prices are good and they have usually good beer on tap if your looking for that. The service is fast and you get a well rounded meal without breaking the bank. read more

Samson's Bar & Restaurant - Hot roast beef - Bars Near Me - Castleton-on-Hudson, New York

It kind of felt like I had arrived at an old roadhouse as I entered Samson's. Staff initially looked at me as if to say, "You're not one of our regulars, why are you standing there looking around?" They then smiled and said "have a seat anywhere." I mentioned that I was waiting for a friend to join me, and they said "pull up a seat at the bar and have a drink while you wait." Instead, I continued to roam around and realized that for lunch time, there was almost a fully occupied U-shaped bar, plenty of TVs, lottery and Quick Draw cards, some arcade games in various corners of the place, an enclosed dining area on what was possibly an open front porch years back, and an inner, small dining area separated from the bar by what I later experienced to be clean restrooms. Upon my friend's arrival, we decided that soup was in order on such a cool and damp Spring afternoon. But first we inquired as to what was on tap. Our friendly server mentioned at least a half dozen choices ranging from the ubiquitous Bud and Bud Light, on to a Sam seasonal, and eventually to our mutual choice, Chatham Spike Devil Porter ($5/pint; $3.75/8 oz.). I had been told that the house-made soups were good, and they were offering three on this day. We decided to try two of them ($2.50/cup). Mine was the Chipotle Turkey Rice and my friend had the Potato Bacon. Both were hot and tasty, mine had a good amount of turkey chunks, but I'm not sure I noticed much chipotle flavor or spicing. My Meatball Sub ($6.99) served on a hoagie roll, had three large meatballs, a somewhat chunky tomato sauce, and melted mozzarella. It came with fries, and the sandwich seemed very hefty as I lifted it up. Eating just half of it along with the fries was more than enough to fill me up after the soup. I would have liked there to have been more flavor to the meatballs, however. My friend said his Sausage, Pepper & Onion Sub ($6.99), which came with melted mozzarella, also seemed like it was missing something. He tried adding some catsup and commented that it helped. He did, however, enjoy the flavor of the sausage. The service was both friendly and efficient. read more

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Web site said they were open until 11 but we got there shortly after 9 on a Friday night and they were closed!!!

You are never let down when you eat here. Takeout or eating In is worth the price. The variety is great and all the plates are tasty and fresh. I love the meatloaf dinner and the hog wings. The dinners are filling and definitely leaves leftovers. read more

If you want some good old bar food, good beer , and classic comfort meals served quickly and friendly, well... go to Samson's

I give Samson's five stars, although it is not your typical "5* restaurant," but for it's class, it deserves the highest rating. For years I drove by this place, wondering who would eat there with a name Samson's and the ugly outer building. There was nothing appealing about it from the outside. Then one day, I was at a flea market at the building next door. I was starving and someone told me that Samson's was very good. Incredulously, I asked them again.... "are you sure?" They assured me. Well, let me tell you.... usually great service, always homemade - nothing frozen - all from scratch. Very decent prices. On Thursdays you get chili hotdogs for $1. On Saturdays, during the day, you get burgers for $1. I love their macaroni salad. Their soups are great and usually they have 3 special soups in addition to the menu. This is not a special occasion place or a top of the line fancy restaurant, but if you want a good, fresh meal that won't break the bank, this is a solid option. I always say "yes" to a suggestion of "let's go to Samson's." Parking is plentiful also. read more

Slow down or you will drive right past this gem. The menu is surprisingly varied and everything we had was great especially the fried green bean appetizer. Our server was knowledgeable, fast and attentive. read more

My wife and I started going here over a year ago. The place has a nice homestyle feel. Everyone there is friendly and if you go there enough times you're like part of the family. The food is delicious. Check the daily specials board right when you walk in. They usually have two soup offerings and one or two main courses. These may change as the offerings run out. Try any of the soups...even the ones that sound weird like Pizza Supreme Soup or Cheeseburger Soup. We decided to brave the name and try them and they were amazingly delicious. On the appetizers we've had the wings, the quesedillas and the nachos. We usually ask for our wings GRILLED because they had a special on them once and we just like the way they are prepared and taste better. The quesedillas were good. The nachos were a surprise. You get this plate filled with enough food to feed an football team. You may need to ask for more salsa and sour cream though. There's just too much food there. For dinner my wife can't steer herself away from the chicken parmigian. She'll order it fried or grilled depending how she feels. This comes with a small salad. For dressings we usually pick the HOMEMADE Ranch Dressing or the Wasabi Cucumber. The Ranch dressing is freshly made and the best you'll ever taste. I always get some to dunk my fries into. My choice usually is the cheesesteak sandwich without peppers. It's the best cheesesteak I've tasted in the area. (NOTE: I only moved here about 3 yrs ago.) I've also had the roast beef and the meat loaf and they were both delicious as well. They have two offerings for desert: Chocolate Cream Pie and Carrot Cake. Both are homemade. I've tasted both and can recommend both. Despite the fact that Chocolate Cream pie is merely chocolate pudding in a pie shell with whipped cream, that is what I usually get for desert. The chocolate pudding is not the instant kind, it's the kind that you have to cook on the stove. That adds such a flavorful dimension to the pudding that brings me back to when my mom used to make pudding for us as kids. Samson's is a friendly, comfortable restaurant with great food and even better prices. read more

Visiting family last week, out in the middle of the country, and my brother took me in the family out here for dinner. First impression, looks like a local road house, nothing impressive, but fairly crowded so they must be doing something right. We sat at a table in the dining room, ordered some drinks, and some buffalo wings hot and mild, served by a very nice waitress Paige. The wings were spot on, very tasty and well done as requested. While looking over the menu, I asked my brother what he recommended, and he told me they have the best tuna salad sandwich. Well as someone who enjoys a good tuna salad sandwich, I figured I'd give it a shot.He was right, it was awesome. Simple, but delicious. That's how I would explain the whole experience at Samsons, nothing fancy, but everything done very nicely, and everything I had was delicious.Service was good, and the prices were extremely extremely inexpensive. This will be my go to place any time I visit my brother in the country. read more

This place used to be my go to for lunch but since they expanded the bar it seems they focus less in the food. To be fair shut down made it hard to keep cooks but waiting an hour for lunch last two times made me stop going. To bad food soups, nachos and Sandwiches read more

Converted home. Down-home, honest, simple cooking Fresh product, friendly service Prices that will not leave you with an empty wallet Kid friendly dishes One of the best hamburgers I have ever had. (For the BEST, read the other reviews) read more

Stopped in for lunch on a Sunday just before football started. We wanted a quick bite before house hunting in the area. I had the grilled chicken sandwich with fries. Grilled chicken sandwiches are usually very boring, and sometimes dry, but it sounded good so I gave it a try. The chicken was pounded fairly thin, and therefore eliminated the usual problem of an underseasoned dry chicken breast on a roll. The steak fries weren't life changning but they were fresh and salty and tasted great. My husband had the Southwest Chicken soup and enjoyed it. His turkey melt sandwich was great. All in all we picked pretty simple food, but it tasted great, and that's a good sign. Our bill was pretty cheap. Two sandwiches, french fries, soup, a beer, and an iced tea came to $23.00 without tip. We sat at the bar so the service was great, can't comment on the servers at the tables. Seems like a good place to watch football on a Sunday as well. If we find ourselves back in town for more house hunting, we'll stop in again. read more

Love the owners, best food around! Suggest any soups and their homemade chicken tenders! Don't forget dollar burger days!

We must have driven by this place thousands of times but just never stopped. We heard some good reviews so we decided to give it a try. We are very happy we did and have been here several times now. Having Celiac, it's challenging to dine out. I have to say I'm rather impressed with Samson's. I explained I was gluten free and ordered a burger (no bun) and please sub potato salad for the french fries. Usually it's met with a blank stare but the person who took the order said "wow, you're REALLY gluten free huh" - meaning she understood that I couldn't have french fries because they are fried in the same oil as breaded items. When the meal was delivered they made sure to tell me they made sure it didn't come in contact with anything else in the kitchen. As a side note - they also have gluten free wraps available. The meal was fantastic. I had the lunch special of mushroom swiss burger and it was soooo good. It was cooked perfectly and their (house made) potato salad was delicious too. All for $6.50? Yes please! Hubby also had a burger and he had fries. His burger was also cooked perfectly and he said his meal was great. They also have a pretty good tap so the beer selection is good. It's not the fanciest restaurant, but they offer good service and down home cooking at reasonable prices. We will definitely be back! read more

Good restaurants offer great food at a reasonable price and healthy portions. Great restaurants do the same, but know who they are...Samson's is a great family restaurant that knows who they are. Visited there last night w/ fiancé and two boys. The teenagers plowed through a half rack of ribs and amazingly...were full! Fiance had the house salad and I went with the house special - meatloaf. Gotta' say the meatloaf was dull, over fatty and not cooked properly. Why do I still love this family jewel of a restaurant?? Everyone is friendly, the price is reasonable, the service is friendly and sweet and the Chatham Ale on tap is really REALLY good. Go to Samson's. you won't be disappointed. Oh yea, have the nachos as an appetizer - really good too. read more

A nice respectable country bar with dining room and bar tables. The food is good. It's no better, but no worse. Kinda like Uncle Charlies in my home town a long time ago. Good burgers, good beer, decent selection, but skewed towards the heavy beer drinking crowd. Mostly light colored beers. Yeah, they have Blue Moon and some locals, but it's not a beer hall. The waitresses are friendly, but there's always a wait in waitress. I can't exactly wrap my head around liking Samson's, but I go back. read more

Love this place! Food for is always good, staff & cooks are the best around! Homemade chicken tenders & homemade soups can't get better than that! read more

I would give it five stars but I'm only giving it four because the ambience is lacking. But let's talk about the food. There is nothing frozen here. They make their own hamburger patties and everything is fresh. I especially love their macaroni salad. I drove by this place 1 million times and the name of it and the look of it from the outside turned me off. One day I was next-door for some reason and starving and I went in and wow wow, I have been going back ever since. read more

Really great food. Hearty, fresh, well prepared. Homemade everything from meatballs to pie.The waitperson, Jess, may us feel right at home. She totally took care of us. read more

Walked in and stood there for 20 minutes. No "I'll be right with you." No nothing! Wait staff constantly walking by. Finally just walked out. Service really stinks. read more

What strikes me the most about this restaurant is how friendly and accommodating the waitstaff is. I had a hankering tonight for a buffalo chicken sandwich, but didn't see one on the menu. However, I did see that via other menu items that they had all the ingredients for one, so I asked the waitress if it was possible to get one. She said no problem and it was hands down the best buffalo chicken sandwich I've ever had. Breaded chicken with bleu cheese crumbles on a hard roll with mild sauce. De-lish! My husband ordered what he always gets (also not on the menu), which is a Grilled Simon that they sometimes have on special. It's a turkey melt with bacon and cheese grilled on the outside of the bread. Also awesome. And another weirdly awesome thing happened tonight... as we were leaving a party of about 12 people came in. I later found out they come there every Monday night after guitar practice. Well they started playing some really lovely folk music. What other restaurant would allow that to happen? Not many that I know of. Like I said, everyone there is extremely accommodating and friendly. So good food, good prices and a friendly atmosphere. Can't go wrong. Support your local business and have dinner as Samson's in Castleton. You won't be sorry. read more

bar and restaurant ever great place to eat I must go if you're ever in the area great food great service cheap price awesome place the drinks are to die for nice decor and very very very clean very friendly staff very friendly atmosphere read more

Friends and I drop in occasionally to have drinks and light dinner at this historic spot in Schodack, NY. So Samson's was our choice to have an organized get-together for our local political group. They offered a wonderful buffet with lasagna, baked ziti, meatballs, vegetarian eggplant, salad and bread, along with a drink token for the bar for a very low group price. Tracy did a magnificent job setting it up for us and the servers were accommodating and friendly. We can't wait until the summer when we can have another "meeting" in their outdoor space. read more

Great family neighbor restaurant!! It has a small dining room with an enclosed front porch you can eat in too. Also three small rooms with a table for two if you want your privacy. Also fresh flowers on the tables. Our friend who use to live in the area suggested the place. He said years ago it was a bar and grill. Our friend had the $1.00 hamburger (two) with steak fries. His wife had fish with fries, my husband had a cup of Manhattan seafood soup with a hot roast beef sandwich and fresh vegetables. I had a meatball sandwich with fries. Everything was cooked well and very good! We will be coming back for sure. On our way to the car we noticed a side patio which looked like it would have tables in the summer, can't wait to see. Highly recommend this place! read more

I should have known when I called from the highway for directions and the person answering the phone (and was actually the person who greeted us at the door and was our server) was super nice to me, it would be a fantastic experience! 5 stars for great food, service, entertainment (playing New York lottery machine was fun while we waited for our food). Chicken Parmesan $8.99 and better than any uppidty pricey place! Chicken seemed to be coated in Panko bread crumbs and lightly fried - very crispy on the outside with juicy white meat inside, just perfect! And once we got our marinara for our mozzarella sticks - I knew I had made the right decision in ordering the chicken parmesan for my entree! This marinara was amazing (the mozzarella sticks actually came with a raspberry sauce which sounds funky but really grew on you but we asked for a traditional marinara as well), Samson's chicken parmesan over pasta beyond plentiful and comes with garden salad. I enjoy balsamic with any salad and it was good. A Philadelphia Cheese Steak for my husband that was better than ANY cheesesteak from Philly or any where else. The steak melted in your mouth! Also a reuben, I didn't even get to try this but my son loved it! I would not only recommend Samson's but cannot wait to drive out of my way home from Vermont to experience this again and again! read more

I have never put a comment on yelp, but after my experience at Sampsons I felt compelled to. What a great place! The service was warm and friendly, prices were spot on, and the food was awesome! My wife and I were just passing through, for what it's easy off, easy on location near Interstate 90 it was a great place to stop. I am so glad we did. The locals to the area are very lucky to have such a great place! I will stop again. :) read more

The definition of consistency! At Samson's you always get a great meal at a great price. We've eaten pretty much everything on the menu & it's all good. I have to start by mentioning their numerous soups, they're prepared from scratch everyday, absolutely loaded with fresh ingredients & never disappoint. The Chicken Wings are excellent & I particularly enjoy their Tuna Melt. Nice portions & great prices. I've literally eaten here about 100X over the past 12 months & am truly impressed by the quality of the food the kitchen turns out on a constant basis. Be sure to save room for the Carrot Cake! read more

I recently found this bar and restaurant and it is a hidden Gem. The prices are very reasonable, the staff is friendly and the food is great. When we go we look forward to the soups. read more

Great place to eat and have a drink too. Food is excellent. Specials everyday and homemade soup too. Have eaten there many times and never disappointed. Friendly staff and owners too. Beautiful outdoor patio to dine or have a cocktail at when the weather is nice. I try to get there atleast once a week. Never disappointed! read more

The homemade soups are without a doubt some of the best in the Capital District which they usually have 3 a day. The quality of food for the price is awesome it will not break the bank. The chicken fingers are homemade not frozen nuggets and the lasagna is defiantly a take home dish. If you are looking for a good simple home cook meal then try this place it's not fancy but you will leave satisfy. read more

OK. Any place that actually has the respect for beer to offer Red Hooks, Long hammer IPA on tap will get my patronage forever. This place is awesome just for that. It takes allot to get a good yelp rating from me and honestly I would give this place 5 stars if it was not for one thing. The buffalo sauce for their chicken wings is so inconsistent. Sometimes its great and sometimes it tastes like spicy ketchupy bbq sauce. Which would be fine if I wanted that but I want spicy buffalo wings not spicy bbq wings. They cook their wings absolutely perfect, nice an crispy! But then sometimes they ruin them with that ketchopy bbq sauce just like the restaurant down the road called MY PLACE. (which the owner came from) They do the same darn thing. I live in the area and many of the people that go here say the same thing. Even one of the waitresses agreed with me one of the times I had gone there. By the way the two that are there now are great! So nice and very attentive. read more