The NYS service areas have been closed and under construction, actually being torn down and rebuilt…read morefor several months. Today we stopped at this newly opened location. It was midday on a Friday. I was totally shocked to see a LONG line for the ladies rest room. The kind of line you'd possibility see at a large sporting event or concert, not at a thruway rest area. Once inside, I saw there were 5 stalls and 3 sinks. I'd estimate the old building had closer to 20 stalls. Move on to the food. There's a Starbucks and a Shake Shake. The line here was longer than the restroom line. Then I noticed there was seating for less than 20 people. I can tell you there were numerous people who were just as unhappy about the situation as me. So, NYS spent millions on these 'improvements'. Makes no sense. 2023-73

This is a review specific for Starbucks. We travelled home…read moreon December 8th and my wife tripped due to a poorly laid carpet at the entrance. This happened right in front of the Starbucks coffee shop sometimes between noon and 2PM. Few tourists came to help, but the girls from Starbucks were particularly nice and offered us free hot chocolate! We were a bit shaken by the accident and a hot drink served with a smile made a difference. Please extend our thanks to the Starbucks team of Sunday afternoon, in addition to our thanks offered in person.

The Junius Ponds Service Area is located on I-90 westbound between exit 41 (Waterloo) and exit 42…read more(Geneva). Restaurant options include: Shake Shack Starbucks (Drive-Thru) Applegreen Market Store Taste NY Food and Drink Products The restrooms were clean and large and the parking lot held many vehicles. There is a Sunoco gas station right next to the travel Plaza.

The only redeeming feature of this service area is Shake Shack. There is hardly any indoor seating,…read morefood in the convenience area is over priced and I noticed a lot of expired products. No paper towels in the bathroom.... And hopefully you have the superhuman strength to pull open the doors to get in. Not sure who designed this place but it's awful. It's also filthy; no one wipes tables or cleans the floors that I have seen. Everything is sticky and gross. I honestly hate stopping in the new Thruway rest stops and I usually avoid it.

With the new updates. These stops are much nicer and cleaner. The updates in the bathrooms are…read morecool. Soap than water and dryer. Food availability is good. A few options for everyone.

This travel plaza has Starbucks, Shake Shack and Chick-fil-A in it. It's very big and clean. They…read morealso are doing a lot of of this electronic purchasing of food and drink with the screen, cutting down on the personal interaction, but feels like it adds to time quite a bit. So I'd have cash with me in case the screens have a line. The cash didn't have lines at any of the places. The restrooms were clean. Parking easy. Well plowed, which matters this year.

This is the stop when we're on s trip. I will drive an extra 50 miles passing gas station after gas…read morestation to find a Love's. We get an extra 10 cents off gas with the app. That's part of the appeal. The hot dogs and lemonade is another. The biggest appeal though is i know the bathrooms are going to be big and have plenty of stalls. So if there's a wait, it will be minimal.

Clean and well maintained facilities with everything one would need from a service station of this…read morecaliber and size. Nothing negative to say.

Cleaner than the last one, the vendors have changed since some earlier reviews. It's now Burger…read moreKing, Dunkin and Mobil with the Applegreen convenience store. There is a pet area here too. This was a quick break for the restroom and then heading onwards. For those who are thinking about staying longer in an RV, the Thruway service plazas have a four hour limit. [Review 1533 of 2024 - 449 in New York - 22556 overall]

Too slow. Tour group stopped here on way back from Niagara Falls, and they were just not on the…read moreball. BK, Dunkin, & Applegreen. Took 25 minutes just to get a French fry at BK, and 10 minutes to get 2 donuts at Dunkin, and that's with ordering aheadbon both. applegreen is self service, otherwise that probably would been similar.

Heading north toward Rochester, pulled over to take a break. This is a very small travel center…read more It is very clean. They have both regular, and handicapped accessible restrooms. Gas prices are reasonable for the Thruway, there is a Travel store, that has things such as snacks, drinks, sundries, , etc. There was also a "taste NY" store, with souvenirs, and New York State products. The reason I'm taking off a star, is there are only two places to get something to eat. There is a Popeyes chicken, but it is not open in the morning. The only other business is a Dunkin' Donuts.. They have food, donuts, coffee, etc., but that's your only choice when Popeyes is closed Overall, it's a good travel plaza.

FIRST Who designed these rest areas? Have you never traveled the Thruway before? Only 6 small…read moreround inside tables. There is an outside seating area with no shade. It looks like there is supposed to be a covering ..but there is not. Seats are to hot o sit on, and today it is only 80 degrees. Two food choices, Popeyes and Duncan Donuts. C'mon??!!! Someone got paid to design this? Do not stop here this summer unless you eat in your car as we did. $32.00 for 2 meals. No extras

Wow! Cleanest, newest rest stop ever. My child said: Mom, this place is really cute! Pretty coral…read morewalls, high ceilings. Well designed, clearly maintained, police station onsite and good vending machines. What more could one ask for? Note we accessed this from the northbound side of 81, so not sure its location on Yelp's map looks right.

Very clean establishment vending machines so the credit card or cash to use them which is not bad…read morebut there's no service people but the place kept peccable so if you have to go to the bathroom, this place is a must.

This was a nice stop on my travels. I needed to get out and stretch my legs as well as use the…read morefacilities. This rest stop is divided in a way. Regular vehicles park to the left when you pull off the highway and big rigs park to the right. Plenty of space to walk about if you needed to and plenty of space to take a seat. Inside it was well maintained. Facilities were clean and in order. I putzed around outside for a while and walked the grounds. They were mowing grass the day I was here so you kind of had to keep moving to not be in their way. Things to note, aside from table/picnic area, there is a pet area available. But the pet areas don't seem to be maintained as well as the rest of the area, disposal bags were missing even though there was a place for them. Police station is on premise.

I have to say, if you're going to revolutionize the toilet, you may want to put a sign up? It was a…read moregood conversation started for me and some strangers. But still. You as a state know it was unusual. You also left the flush buttons that don't work, so the whole thing feels like you're committing some bathroom faux pas. Plus the cost this bathroom revolution cost vs. how much water it saves...seems like it will take some time to recoup those tax dollars. But this random stop on the lonely highway makes for an experience all right. I don't need bathrooms to be experiences though. It was clean and there were some sort of foamy waterless toilets, but it did feel like I was in the middle of an experiment.

This travel plaza has gone high-tech. You order food on various kiosks at either Burger King or…read moreDunkin' Donuts. It's also very very clean, which is lovely. Parking was easy, but I do think the parking lot is on the construction part of it was blocked off. This is an easy stop on the Thruway on a very dicey weather day.

This is a great rest stop, with clean bathrooms, water bottle filling station, nursing mothers…read moreroom, some tables inside and outside to eat, a Dunkin, Burger King, and convenience store. There's also a fenced area for dogs.