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.

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.

"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.

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.

Station at the rest stop. Sunoco. Clean and well lit. 10 pumps with plenty of room for all size…read morevehicles. Love that. Separate diesel pump away from cars. Plenty of truck parking spots here too. 3 stars for this large chain. I default chains to 3 stars as they must be A-OK to expand as they have.

You pay for convenience that's for sure. Nice though and clean so I ain't mad. Short detour off the…read morehighway.

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.

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]

This is in Port Byron. Which is funny because my friend Ron was the first person ever to give me a…read moreglass of Port wine, back when I was a kid. So I guess you could say I was introduced to Port by Ron. The problem with the service plazas along the Thruway is the same as it ever was, if you'll forgive me for paraphrasing the Talking Heads, or directly quoting them I should say. The problem is that they are very stingy and penny-pinching, so all the chain stores here charge more than their regular franchise menus. Add to that a set of generally very disgruntled employees, and that the gas here is $20.30 more than it should be. I find this kind of thing pretty appalling to be honest. And don't nap for too long at this relatively safe rest area. If you do, when you get off the highway they may give you a hard time and claim you're scamming them. My previous review said.. What I really don't like about these travel plazas are the prices and the really annoying selection of chain type eats and drinks. It's so corporate and it just drives me crazy. The gas prices are anywhere from 10 cents to $0.30 more expensive than off the highway. The single solitary reason that they do not get one star for me is that it's so convenient. So many rest stops make you twist and turn and zig zag and spend a couple of minutes driving to the rest site. Or cross the highway or even walk to an island in the middle of the road. Looking at you Angola. But anyway - this remains the only travel plaza owned by Lord Byron himself. I can prove it. And I will do so. Exactly 10 years from tonight. Give or take.

Like all of the other Service Plazas along the New York Thruway, this service station keeps us…read moremoving, and at affordable prices. An online check of area fuel prices reveals the Thruway prices are even sometimes cheaper by a few cents. No need to exit the Thruway for a fill-up - just hit the next service area.

"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.

When I spill my boba, usually, since the cups have sealed plastic lids, only a "little falls" to…read morethe floor, and I appreciate that. As oppposed to spilling an open cup or a soda, in which case a "lot falls", generally speaking. Little Falls is a beautiful town in the heavily wooded area of Upstate Central New York. It has the Interstate 90 Turnpike plowing right through it unfortunately, but it's still gorgeous. I stop here regularly for the rest area, and the air is usually beautiful despite the highway. Gas and food are extremely overpriced here, so try to avoid getting them, but it's still a lovely town. On the negative side, 97% of inhabitants are white, so there's basically zero diversity. But it's not a rich town, it's a little on the poor side, and the main street is so pretty (and typical too) that they recently filmed a 2018 horror movie here.