Traveling back home my wife and I needed a quick stop as well as gas and this fit that need well…read more Stopping early on this Sunday morning the parking lot was quite empty and inside was very clean including bathrooms. If you are looking for a drink or food you'll find Burger King, Starbucks, and Panera Bread for chains. Otherwise they have the convenience style store Applegreen. Lastly if you want more of a self-serve non Starbucks coffee when you walk in they have a self-serve coffee area. They also have a limited amount of seating options to enjoy your food/drinks while taking a break. Prices for any of those places and gas are higher than you'd like to pay but not surprising since your options are limited to this spot. It is the best option to avoid having to leave the highway system.

I'll probably never be a fan of the redesigned Thruway travel plazas. I find them generally…read moreinefficient when it comes to accommodating folks. I do feel this is one of the better ones, and maybe lessons were learned from feedback on the first ones. This plaza has a lot more space for folks to sit or enjoy something to eat and drink. It's also nice that all the restaurants in this plaza are open on Sundays (which is currently not the case for many of the plazas westbound). The combination of Panera, Burger King, and Starbucks works well. I think the "U" shaped men's room is also an inefficient design, but I'm also satisfied to see multiple "family" style rest rooms available. I think a lot of other folks prefer this plaza, as it seemed busier than a lot of the other plazas eastbound on the Thruway.

"You can't be forever blessed Still, tomorrow's going to be…read moreanother working day And I'm trying to get some rest That's all I'm trying to get some rest" (Paul Simon) The Schuyler rest stop on I-90 West is a small one. It has just a Dunkin and a Green Apple convenience store inside and a Mobil gas station outside. The bathroom was clean and looked pretty new, which led me to a curious observation. The men's room had none of the hot air hand dryers that have been common for the last decade or so. They didn't even have a paper towel dispenser on the wall. The only option for drying my hands was a roll of paper towels standing upright on a sink. Kind of bizarre, don't you think?

Don't be Schy when it comes to reviewing Schyler. I'm not going to be Schy when I tell you this…read morewhole thing is a scam. This is yet another example of absolutely awful price hikes and upcharging and price gouging at rest areas. Every Fast Food Outlet in here is massively overpriced, some more than others. Coffee is almost twice the price it is supposed to be. The gas here is anywhere from $0.10 to $0.40 more expensive than it would be off the highway, but off-highway gas is kind of a no-go because you have to pay extra in tolls to get off and on the highway again, nearly negating the difference. Not to mention waiting at the toll booth oftentimes, costing you several minutes. They know the majority aren't going to do that and they upcharge you accordingly. Grr. So they really screw you over with this toll road and these plazas. Now they are good for stopping and resting and sleeping, pretty safe with all the trucks around, and they have pretty decent facilities, but having said that, the service at a lot of these little places is awful. And perhaps worst of all, if you nap for too long, then when you try to get off and pay your toll, you could well get the third degree about being on the Thruway for too long and they could accuse you of trying to cheat the system. Good times all around.

I often stop at this Rest Stop. The views from it are very nice. Especially from the entrance…read moreramp. No facilities. Picnic tables. It does need some paving so go slow.

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.

"It does the job." The next rest area on I-81 NB is 131 miles!! So if you're continuing north to…read moreSyracuse, Oswego, Watertown, the thousand islands, or Ontario, you may want to pay this place a visit. It was clean enough and had a few vending machines. It also had a now old-school area full of tourist brochures and free seasonal tourist magazines for things in the region. My mom would always love collecting these on our drives, I somehow resisted the temptation this time. Would have been 5 stars but the parking spots are the dumb angled ones and the cleanliness wasn't quite what you find on the NYS Thruway. Still a nice rest stop compared to what you'll find on most of America's toll-free interstate highways. I think the hand soap was even the moisturizing kind! Wow.

This is one of the new travel plazas on the New York State Thruway. It's been completely redone…read morereconsidered rethought redone. They have electric charging stations here. There's a Starbucks, Sunoco gas and apple tree. Easy parking.

Applegreen has ruined the NY Thruway travel plazas. This one is particularly bad: the lines to the…read morefood concessions block linear access to the store at back AND the restrooms. There's less space and fewer places to rest here than in the old plaza. I'd give it a one but the EV chargers work.

Everything, the bathrooms were clean, a variety of fast food places and coffee shops to pick from…read more. You have the option to take a shower and do your laundry. The massage chairs complete the experience

Another example of how Applegreen has ruined the New York Thruway service plazas: how hard could…read morehave been to put a roof on the outside seating? Everything about the service areas is worse now, plus they're very cramped.

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.

"Well, I'm flyin' 'cross the land tryin' to get a hand…read morePlayin' in a travelin' band" (Creedence Clearwater Revival) When you're traveling long highway distances, what do you look for in a place to stop? Easy parking? Yup, plenty of spots. Gas station? Yup, there's a Mobil here. Restrooms? Yup, clean and neat with a gizmo I've never seen before. Built-in hand dryers in each sink unit. Food and snacks? Yup, a big Applegreen convenience store. Coffee and donuts? Hell yes, a nice Dunkin where I bought a great cold brew. There's not a lot else here. In fact, there's nothing else other than what I described. But all of your travel essentials here.

This was stop along the New York State. Thruway has been updated in the last few years. There's a…read moreDuncan and an apple tree, along with a mobile gas station. There's plenty of easy parking here. These new designs are great, wide open spaces clean bathrooms.

Pass by this spot so many times and it was time to put my procrastination to an end. I made a quick…read morestop so I can experience the welcome center. The place has a lot of history boards, a small hike, a tiny park for kids to play, a dam/fall and obviously the I love ny sign inside the welcome center. The welcome center has restrooms and vending machines. It's definitely worth a quick stop here.

Great place to stop and relax along the NYS Thruway. Full of history, tourism, gifts, food, and…read moredrinks for the road. Staff is friendly and helpful.

Great experience. Clean hotel…read more Room was comfortable. Breakfast ordered the night before and delivered to the room due to Covid.

Have stayed here a couple times and have had a very nice experience each time. If you need a safe,…read moreclean, reasonably priced hotel in the area I would highly recommend!