Visited from out of town. Menu said famous wings. Door said scratch kitchen. So I'm excited! House salad with blue cheese was great. Scratch Blue and real greens Ordered dry rub- Cajun and withmores..spel? Local BBQ chip. Extra crispy with ranch on side. PS- they don't do drums only Wings came - not extra and very very little seasoning. 6 out of 10 Chips in basket were spot on. As an Ohio native- that ranch was Not scratch. read more

Delicious pub in Wilkes-Barre. Amazing prices and value, and the food was delicious. Service was friendly and attentive. I enjoyed the Pittsburger burger and Philly cheesesteak, which were massive and came with thick cut fries. They have a lovely covered patio and options for indoor dining. A lot of parking spots as well. read more

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Our first time at the restaurant. It definitely will not be our last. I had the meatloaf with the sweet corn mashed potatoes and a cup of chicken noodle soup. The meatloaf was moist and flavorful. Corn and mashed potatoes are always a hit. My wife had the Pittsburger. It was well portioned with fries and coleslaw. The side of seasoned fries were delicious. Both portions were large and shareable. The atmosphere was nice. Our server was pleasant and very attentive. We highly recommend. read more

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The place is pretty accommodating for anyone. It's pretty wide and open... in the bar area. The dining area was small, but I'm assuming most people go to drink. There were numerous tvs on the walls in the bar area and from one channel that's on the numerous tvs they have the volume loud. I mean, it was so loud that the S- sounds on the person talking were piercing. It's so loud to the point that your ears WILL start ringing if you're there for hours. You know when noises are so loud that it melts into one sound? It's like that. If you go to the bar, bring ear plugs. It is past the point of damaging ears. I did not stay in the bar area as the person I was with has actual hearing sensitivity issues. Even the dining room was a bit loud, but comfortably loud. The food was fine. Everything looked gorgeous when it came out. Our soups (chicken soup and crock of onion) were great. I highly recommend getting the crock. Other than that, everything was bland. The burger I got which was called the garbage burger, I believe, looked phenomenal but tasted bland. It was as if the burger itself was a hunk of ground meat with no seasoning. The mushrooms on the burger weren't caramelized just cooked (sadly), so the mushrooms tasted like ground. No condiments came on the burger which was odd. The table itself only had ketchup, a1, and hot sauce. All three were put on and it still was overpowered by ground and ground beef. Fries were basic fries. Nothing special. The guy I went with said his food was just okay. Servers were good. They were nice and understanding with anything we asked for. They were the best part of the whole experience. Tl;dr I'm giving it a 3 because everything was, at least, edible, soup was great, servers were nice, atmosphere in the bar was bad and loud. Dining room was squished, less private due to it, and due to the slightly louder than average 80's music being played, you can hear everyone's conversations at each table clearly. It was fine. read more

Anthracite Cafe - French onion soup was pretty good. - Diners Near Me - Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Great Food. Great drinks. The service is good. The people are friendly. The owner is a nice guy. Go on Sunday for the Best BBQ ! Love the new big room and Bar! read more

If you haven't been to The Anthracite yet, you're missing out! It's officially my go-to local spot, and you absolutely have to try The Pittsburger--it's hands-down my favorite burger. The food is incredible, the staff makes you feel right at home, and the atmosphere is perfect. With three distinct areas all offering different vibes, it's a great place to hang out or catch a football game. 10/10! read more

Had the appetizer of fried pickles. Do not recommend. No taste. Too much breading. Ordered a cheeseburger. Was charged extra for cheese and 50 cents each for lettuce tomato onion and pickle. On a sat night, they ran out of Tito's at 8pm with the NFL games on. read more

Anthracite Cafe - Diners Near Me - Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

I stopped in here after hiking all day. To my surprise Sundays are smoke night! I got the burnt ends and brisket with a side of corn and beans. The sauces were tasty and so was the food! I highly suggest stopping here for some home cooked food! Yum! read more

Anthracite Cafe - Smoked meats - Diners Near Me - Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

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This place is wonderful. The service is perfect and the size is great. They even do events! When I say size I great I mean they have different rooms for whatever you want. There's the bar that's tiny and makes you feel like ur at home. Then the dining area which brings you into a feel of a restaurant. They food is just what you would expect, delicious, please go here and enjoy (I don't work or have ever worked there I just like the atmosphere and the food and service) read more

Thursday night is wing night with a bunch of different sauces and dry rubs to choose from. Both smoked and standard wings. They were great. So was the cheesesteak which was filled with tons of meat. Bartender was great. Very clean place and an awesome back area with large garage door size windows open for the beautiful weather. When I'm in the area again, I will be back. read more

Anthracite Cafe - Cheesesteak and 6 mild and 6 blue cheese/bacon wings. A lot of food, but I powered through. - Diners Near Me - Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Amazing food and service! We've eaten here before when visiting the area and always enjoyed the food. We had a large group on-site catering for a family event. The food was amazing and so was the service. Thank you so very much! read more

Very very disappointing. Not even 25 minutes into the most salty mushy crab legs. So disappointing the waste of inedible crab legs. Service was below subpar. Cold day in coming back. I have to go to another restaurant to get a decent meal because we're still starving. read more

This place really means it when they say BIG FOOD! The portions are huge. We called later on a Sunday night, and got some bar seating. Its one of the few good places open on a Sunday. Sitting in the bar is the best and the service was outstanding. The bartender/waiter had a great sense of humor, was patient with us since it was out foest time there, and was quick with any requests we made. Hubby and I bith had the steamers. They were cleaned well, cooked perfectly, and were absolutely delicious! I could have eaten a pail of them. I ordered the orange roughly special with Ritz cracker coating and took a salad with it. The salad was huge...like a dinner in itself. Blue cheese dressing was on point. All very fresh. The fish was very tasty, but slightly well done, and I didn't realize that it included a heapin' helpin' of rice pilaf. I couldn't eat much of it because I was so full but took a to-go box. Pilaf was tasty and had a nice chicken broth flavor, and I clouded steamed carrots ... really good. Hubby has the Santa Fe salad with shrimp and loved it, although that, too, was HUGE. He ended up taking a large portion of it home and ate it the next day. Still delicious! Shrimp were very large and well spiced. He likes spicy! Would definitely hit this place again when in the area. read more

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visiting home, traveling from MD-where we have ample breweries/pubs-I wanted to grab a beer with old friends somewhere I could try a nice variety of local brews at reasonable prices- they picked Anthracite for the ambiance (&ample tvs to watch the football game)- seated at the outside patio, the place gave a great welcoming vibe- bright lights, nice & warm- cozy grabbing a table- though was a bit dismayed to discover most of their beers on draft were actually from around our area (MD, VT, & well NY-so much for local brews)-but what we had was tasty & reasonably priced overall nice low-key place to hangout, would return when visiting again. read more

Usually enjoy food, not yesterday. Service was good. My daughter got blackened chicken alfredo, which was not edible. Chicken dried out, like day/s old. Pasta overcooked. I had pasta with scallops, crab and shrimp, no flavor. Scallops were undercooked. They are off our list. read more

My family and I stopped in here in Sept and our experience was okay at best. They had buffalo cauliflower on the special menu so we got that as it's a favorite dish of ours and it was decent, but the buffalo sauce was very weak and wasn't as hot as we would have liked. I got the Middleswarth burger on a pretzel roll (I'm from NEPA and you can't find those chips down south) and it was unfortunately dry and surprisingly lacking in flavor. My wife got the sirloin steak and she thought it was iffy at best and overcooked. The beer selection was decent overall and I enjoyed a nice local IPA, so that definitely helped, but it didn't make up for the food. Our service was unfortunately pretty bad and our server switched up our meal with the couple next to us and forgot about our table often, which was a shame. I'd say it's an okay place to grab a drink, but I wouldn't come here for the food. read more

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The crab cakes are very good, barely any fillers, lots of crab meat. I am so glad the crab cakes are good. When you traveling and try a new restaurant, it hit and miss. It's about $56.16 for 2 crab cakes dinners and an ice tea. read more

Anthracite Cafe - Crab cakes with Mac and cheese. - Diners Near Me - Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Early Friday dinner. Excellent crab stuffed mushrooms. Pretzel Pretzel chicken sandwich was great. Wife's salad with shrimp spot on!

I wish when a business advertises a special offer on crab legs they would be able to eat !!! I should have known when I walked in and there were no people there eating them just take them off the menu already and then when I bring them out to you, it's a real joke three at a clip wow I never seen nothing like this lol read more

We came into town with a large party and needed an early dinner reservation for 30 adults/kids. Mike was so great to work with. They pre-ordered some apps for us, set us all up in a private dining area, service was great! Really great waitresses, super nice. We thought kids were a little loud and roudy (2+hours in a car and straight to dinner) but they were super nice about it. Food was REALLY good!! No complaints, only compliments. Wings were great, bbq delicious, great salads ,burgers and nice size portions. I love supporting local owned businesses over big chains and this did not disappoint. Nice job Anthrocite, we will be back next time we're in Wilkes Barre!!! read more

Great wings! What a huge variety. Plenty of room for large groups. Fast and friendly service, too!

Went on a Saturday but quite early (like 3:30pm). So there was NO ONE in the eating area, and just a few people in the bar. The service was exemplary, our server was Joanne and she was absolutely awesome. I got the seafood mac & cheese...not a LOT of seafood but good God the portion size could feed an entire family! It was also extremely tasty. My son got the chicken fried steak, not really that great, and mashed potatoes. His fiance got the crab cake sandwich which was pretty good. Overall it is a nice place, I don't know what it is like when crowded though. But they do seem to have an identity crisis, are they a rockin' bar or a high class restaurant? Prices are good, not great, but reasonable. read more

Haven't been here in awhile so we decided to stop in before shopping. They did a great job with remodeling as the layout was nice with plenty of tables. The restroom was freezing. Chicken bites were actually strips that were extremely overcooked/dry and couldn't eat more than a couple. The server did remove them from our bill. Chicken quesadillas were very bland. Several tvs in the area to watch football games. The server was attentive. Probably won't return. read more

Great find. Geat enclosed patio with a solid menu and good wait staff. Had the meatloaf and the halibut and both were excellent. Definitely will go again read more

Our waitress was a gem, but the food was seriously lacking. The flow of people through was chaotic at best. Lighting was poor. Very disappointing experience. read more

Wing night is every Thursday and we are always there. Can't beat the prices and the wings are delicious. Good bar environment and perfect place to watch the game read more

Our server was awful. Rude and arrogant. It was such a strange interaction. Food was also not good. The server would rather be combative then just say sorry that your food was overcooked to the point of inedible. read more

Sat at the bar for dinner one night during a work trip. While it was busy, the bartender took the time to answer all of my questions about the different wing sauce options (there are a lot). I ended up with a half-pound order of the B&Bs with two sauces - cowboy and honey sriracha. I personally enjoyed the honey sriracha best, but the cowboy was good too. I also got an order of the Devil Fries, they were good as well. I would definitely go back! read more

Huh??? Whaaa??? I can't hear you! Good news is that you won't hear your hubs chew over the pop music. Food is on point. Anything I've had there I've enjoyed! read more

Great service and good food. Never disappointed with any thing we order. We have only had breakfast there but we go every Sunday!

While the portions at Anthracite are HUGe (enough for lunch the next day) I find their food to be incredibly greasy and caused a stomach ache for both of us. The mushroom caps were kind of a joke, only being three. They should really advertise the amount you get on the menu. They were probably the best, least greasy part of the meal. I found my burger to be a bit dry, even though I ordered it medium rare. The Mac & cheese was delicious, but also incredibly greasy and didn't hold up well as left overs because of this. Overall decent food and a good atmosphere if you're looking to eat somewhere with a younger crowd & bar vibe! read more

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I was looking on yelp for a good place to eat close to my hotel because I am just driving through. I went on the site and I looked and they had a huge selection of wings and flavors and I read the reviews and they were pretty good so I called up to get a takeout order. I ordered the macaroni logs, a Caesar side salad, the person on the phone actually asked me if I wanted a side salad and then charged me for the full-size salad but didn't give me any of the meat that went with it , 12 wings and celery and ranch. This all came up to $40 without the tip. The people were nice and I know that restaurant policies are not their problem, but I was starting to get super fed up pretty quickly. First I asked for all drums, I said I would definitely pay extra for that. They told me no, I said no big deal. Then they gave me seven flats and five drums after I asked for all drums they give me more flats than drums. That's just rude. The Caesar salad was a regular Caesar salad (again, the girl on the phone and asked if I wanted a side salad and I said yes which usually doesn't come with the topping, but then she charged me for the full-size which does come with the topping but then didn't bother asking which topping leading me to believe it was a side salad, it was not ). It was OK. The macaroni logs, I don't know what that was and I don't know why people think they taste good. It was just a bunch of fried outer shell and just super cheesy gooey fattening inside. I definitely could not eat a whole one. Now to the wings. That sauce is awful, I got hot and it had a nice sting to it, not too much not too little, but the flavor was so off. I just wanted buffalo wings, I don't know what that flavor was but it was terrible. What a waste of my money. Then I get to the cash register and I'm ready to pay and they tell me that the restaurant charges a fee for using my credit card. That's not really my problem, I don't know why I should have to pay your fees. That's just bad business. I've actually never encountered that in all of my travels and all of my days of eating out. It's actually kind of gross. Then, I get back to my hotel room, these people knew I was from out of town, I told them I was from out of town, I told him I was just passing through and they didn't give me any plasticware or napkins. I called up and I said I'm in a hotel room, I don't have any of that stuff. At this point I was just livid and I hung up. Just because people are ordering pick up doesn't mean that they're going to take it home and eat with their own utensils. Sometimes if you do that it means you're at a hotel. Oh, and one last thing, just to top it all off, they give me celery that is probably three pieces and they charge 1.99 for that and a small cup of ranch. Stop, this is crazy. I would never recommend this place. They don't care about serving the customer, they care about the customer covering their business expenses in the form of credit card fees, the wings weren't even covered in sauce, they looked pathetic and the mouth feel was bad. Never mind the taste. This was a disaster for $40 and I tipped them! On the total with the credit card fee (they didn't tell me until after I gave them the tip). Wtf. What a complete waste of money. I'm literally starving after this $40 meal. Ugh. read more

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My wife and I stopped in on a busy Sunday afternoon and were quickly served. All the food and drinks were great. Not a single complaint.

Random stop and I discovered one of the best burgers I have ever had anywhere in all my travels The burger was juicey but didn't run down my hands or sog the bun beyond it being useful. The flavor was amazing and 4 days laterI am trying to find a reason to drive over 100+miles to go back read more

Looked at reviews prior to going ... the food was both good and terrible. Both the Mashed Potatoes and the Cole Slaw were terrible!!! The Bacon Cheeseburger came with coleslaw on it ... had to scrape it off to make the burger tolerable. Would have been a good burgee if it did not have coleslaw on it. Had a Crabcake dinner ... Crabcakes tasted great ... but the mashed potatoes that came with the crabcakes were horrible! The broiled seafood meal tasted great ... Haddock, Scallops, Shrimp, and Crabcake were delicious. But once again, the coleslaw that came with it was horrible. Too bad that a couple of side dishes ruined an otherwise good main course. read more

Food was very good. It was a fun bar-type atmosphere but would also be comfortable bringing a family. Service was good and attentive. Very friendly. Definitely a place it seems that the locals hangout in a good way. read more

Service chaged, wings suck. But have good catering,.............,.,..,,.,.......! .. .........

Went one time service was horrible they only served "bacon things" even though there were other items on the menu.

Customer service was A+ and the food was A+ I tried the cheesesteak and a burger. The burger was a litttttle more well done than I would've liked but still solid. The cheesesteak and fries were great though. I'd recommend this place to anyone who's in the area. read more

Love love love Anthracite! Cozy vibe, great Mac n cheese, and my favorite wing night special in the valley! $7 for a pound of boneless bites on Thursday nights!!! They do their bites a little different because they don't toss their wings in it but coat them, so I always ask for extra sauce! read more