We've been to Dan Rooney's at Empire City a few times for dinner. Prior to this restaurant opening, there was not much reason to go to Empire City unless you are a gambler, and like slots and horse racing. This restaurant is THE restaurant for really good pub food! Although the menu is small, we haven't had many items yet; but the ones we've had are all very, very good. The nachos are oh so good. They are gourmet looking with the toppings thinly sliced. Careful, the jalapeño peppers can be spicy, but they are so good. When the restaurant opened, they had loaded potatoes as an appetizer. We didn't get to try them, but I wish they would bring that item back because they sounded so good with cheese and short ribs. Oh well; maybe they'll make an appearance again! The Dan Rooney burger is A-MAZING!!!!!! The meat has a unique seasoning on it which really makes it appealing. But make sure they cook it to the proper wellness that you request. When I had it the first time, it was med rare just like I ordered it. Superb! The couple of times that it was ordered by other members of our party in return visits, the burgers have been overcooked. Although still good, the flavor is best at med rare (in my opinion). The fish and chips is crispy and fresh. That's been ordered a couple of times and each time has been very tasty. So cute served in a wire basket on 'newspaper' and with vinegar and tartar sauce. The only downfall is that they only give 3-4 pieces of fish. The same is true of the Reuben sliders. They have awesome flavor, but it really shouldn't be served as a sandwich entree. The give 3 sliders about the size of a silver dollar and either fries or a salad...not so filling for a dinner at all, but worth it for the taste. Other items we've tried so far include: drunken onion rings (a bit greasy but very light, crispy batter and whole rings of onion - as opposed to those nasty frozen minced onion rings you get other places); roast pork hoagie (excellent favors and great bread); and the hot roast beef sandwich (very good, tender sliced beef and savory au jus dipping sauce). We hear the desserts are amazing as well, but have yet to try any yet. We were told that ALL desserts are made in house including their Guinness ice cream. Sounds interesting.... Maybe next time.... Highly recommend this restaurant!!!! :-) The only downside is the portion sizes are a bit on the small side for the price...but we don't mind paying more for high quality, tasty food. read more

Service was poor, food was terrible blond hostess was extremely rude will NOT be returning

The food was decently priced and the atmosphere was unique. The quality of the food was mediocre at best. The service, however, was awful. We were there for approximately 1.5 hrs. That whole time, our waiter came to our table, at most, 5 times. He never asked how our food was and he NEVER refilled our water glasses the entire time we were there. It took about 15 minutes for him to return with drinks after we ordered them. We sat waiting for a while for the check. I eventually got up and went to the hostess and had her print the check. This place was terrible. I only gave it 2 stars because of the atmosphere. Save your money and time and eat at another restaurant inside. read more

Dan Rooney's is a new addition to Empire City Casino & Race track. We enjoy playing poker while having a few drinks. The bar that extends out into the casino feels very disconnected from the rest of the restaurant, almost as though it was an after thought. There are no TV's that can be viewed while sitting at the bar, only if you are at a table. We sat at the bar on the casino side and ordered a stout and a cider as well as starting a tab, which requires you to give them a credit card. Both were served in a GLASS. My cider was warm, but I still drank it. About half way through our drinks the bartender came over and said that the casino side has to be served in plastic cups and she took our glasses, with drinks in them, and poured the contents into plastic cups. There is a very obvious size difference between the plastic cup and the glass. I inquired about the size difference and was told that the cup is 12oz and the glass is 16oz, yet the price of the beer is the same. To me this is a big ripoff. A little while later we asked to see a whiskey menu, she promptly handed us an iPad with the menu and walked away. This confused me because I'm not allowed to have a glass, but yet she hands me an iPad and walked away. Since there really was no atmosphere and we were neglected by the bar staff we asked for the check. 20 minutes later it still had not come and we asked for it again. She swiped "the card" she had been holding for us and printed the receipt. When she gave it to us, it wasn't our credit card and there were drinks on our receipt that weren't ours. We pointed this out to her and she insisted that she had given us the card back, which she hadn't. Long story short, she lost our credit card and still gave us a bill. We only had 4 drinks so it wasn't that large of a bill to begin with. We had such high hopes for Dan Rooney's but in the end bad service and a lack of atmosphere will be the reason that we don't return. read more

Oh my gosh, I waited 30 minutes for service here. The staff are horrible and inattentive. The food is average. I will not go back.

This place has amazing food and a great beer selection. Most of all though is this places bar staff. Peter at the bar was one of the best bartenders I have ever had. He made great drinks and recommended the best food on the menu. Great conversation, good beer, and even better food:what more could you ask? read more

Service wasn't great, could have been better. Nachos look good but order was done wrong twice. Taste wasn't all it. The beef brisket was tasty forgot to take a pic. read more

Ate here with my family tonight for Father's Day. We started out with nachos which were pretty good and wings. When we told our waitress that we wanted the wings mild, she told us even mild is very spicy, so we had the sauce on the side. I had the grilled cheese with bacon and French fries. This may seem childish, but my mother, sister and I looked at each other and nodded in agreement - the fries were delicious!! The grilled cheese had a ton of bacon on it and was burnt so unfortunately the sandwich overall wasn't that great. At least we know the fries are!! read more

This was my first & last time there. First of all we had to wait about 20 minutes to be seated because we had a large party (9 people), yet when you looked inside the place was fairly empty so I'm not sure what the wait was about. Then it took a while to get our order taken, and even worse was the wait for the food! What made matters worse was that a lot of mistakes were made and the waitress kept making excuses and was lying about what was taking so long. Some of the orders were warm & some were just plain cold! Appetizers were brought out with the entree & one of the orders were totally forgotten about! The food was barely edible, the only reason I ate my shoe leather burger was because I was so hungry. One of us ordered the French fries with his burger & they were all stuck together, which leads me to believe that they just plopped a bunch of frozen fries in the deep fryer without ever trying to separate them. But the main reason I gave this place only 1 star is because of the attitude of the waitress. She was a bit rude, never apologetic about the incorrect orders & the totally forgotten order, it was as if she was blaming us for her errors. And according to the waitress the manager was aware of our situation, yet he/she never came out to apologize either. To me that is very poor customer service! Don't waste your money! read more

if I could i would rate it a negative 10 I would! We waited a half an hour wait to get in. We looked inside and it wasn't even half filled. I went to today with my mother and my god mother. We are all managers that involved guest services and customer service. We understand that things happen but this was ridiculous. We sat down at 230. The restaurant was not busy and it looked like It was low staffed. Not all the tables were filled. We waited for our food for an hour. During the hour of us waiting, not once did our waitress explain that the food was going to be a long wait. We should have known because it took so long for our drinks. Which was just three sodas. By the way the drinks were flat. Anyways we didn't hear anything. There were a few other families that were waiting as long as us. We started to talk to the other families and ask how long they were waiting or if they have been here before. 30 minutes to an hour they were waiting. We could understand if we order something something special but all we ordered was two hamburgers and a chicken wrap. We finally asked our waitress what was going on? She said not much longer for the food. She didn't even go check. She was talking to another waitress. So ten minutes after it has been an hour we ask again. She finally goes back to the kitchen counter and talks there. She doesn't come back to update us. It seemed like our order didn't go through. Like she meant to bring bring the order back to the kitchen but she went went to other tables. So we finally got up to the hostess and told her we wanted our check we are leaving. She went over to the waitress still talking to the cooking staff and came back and said she is sorry about the wait you don't have to pay for your drinks. Mind you the waitress did not come back to us at all. She was just talking to the cooking staff and laughed at us. We start to walk out and the hostess starts talking about us to another Co worker and laughing. I turned around and said i want to speak to a manager. Not once did the hostess or waitress call their manager to speak to us. My godmother started to speak to the manager and he didn't say anything except we were backed up from this morning. If This was the case then they should have said something before we even sat down. Or he should have came around to tell us. He didn't offer anything to us to accommodate for the long wait. Not even we will get your food out to you now and your bill is free or a discount. No guest recovery skills once so ever. He didn't even seem apologetic. He didnt say anything after he said they were slammed this morning. His name was Van and he was not helpful at all. He turned around and walked away. This is unacceptable. All they needed to do was communicate with us. We are reasonable. We get it. We work with guests all the time and deal with guest recovery all the time. When we were leaving other people were coming In and we told them about it and they said that is how the service is. It is horrible but this is the only decent food place that is open. I have worked for fortune 500 companies and Never have I seen such horrible food service or management. I will be posting this on several social media sites, trip advisor, yelp, and sending a letter to upper management. If your reading this review don't go there if u don't want to wait for an hour and maybe get your food. Thank you. read more

Terrible place. Service is garbage and the food is even worse. Prices are ridiculous and the portions are too small. If you want to charge people up the ass, do you at least want to give them a decent portion and something with good quality? I was there on St. Pattie's day and I couldn't get over how terrible the corn beef and cabbage was. An Irish place couldn't even get an Irish trademark dish right. Nothing good going for you guys. These people better pray to god every day because they are lucky to be around with this place and the lousy casino. read more

My comment on the food is excellent. The service still needs more attention. The take out food was cold by the time I got to one of the slot machines to have a snack. Just would like to comment that "That Revenge is the best medicine" So eat it and reap! read more

Don't even bother eating there. This place is filthy. The dishes and silverware are not washed properly. The people who work there from servers to cooks touch everything from their hair to their cellphones without washing there hands while they bring food to the table. Nobody uses gloves. The kitchen is open style so you actually can see how the food is prepared. The cooks are more interested to watch TV's which are all around since this is sports bar than cooking. Last visit nothing was prepared right, including the coffee. I don't understand how Yonkers Health Dept. permits this establishment to stay open. read more

The rice and beans with Pollo Guisado taste so wonderfully Delicious! The food taste so good and you can taste the ingredients and know that they are all fresh! Eating this makes me think of my Grandmother's cooking, YUMMO!!! read more

Horrible. Service is bad. Food is worse. We had the avocado bread. A slice of bread with a smear of avocado spread some red onions and a very small piece of old dried up bacon. Wings were over fried and dehydrated like a dogs chew toy. My BLT was ok but my salad was wilted. Looked like it sat in the frig all week. My husbands shepherd pie.......let's just say Taco Bell is better. read more

Frank the waiter was excellent. The ambiance was great and the company was the best! I was with my family celebrating my sisters birthday. Starting with the nachos and cheese fries, the appetizers were enough to share. However, our favorite was the pretzel. Three of us ordered the brisket. Tender and juicy, the dish was worth the wait. Shepard's pie was our second favorite entree, followed by the noteworthy Dan Rooney burger. We recommend checking in because the manager gave us all a free t-shirt! Next time I visit Empire, I'll be sure to grab a bite! read more

Wings are great, and the loaded nachos are really loaded. They also have 2 for 1 well drinks at night.

I'm here at The Pub. I had an Impossible vegan burger with a side salad. The hostess had a great, friendly attitude. My server was dull (I tipped her accordingly). The burger was prepared perfectly, but the vegan cheese topping wasn't a winner. The side salad was great! Fresh, colorful, tasty....superb blue cheese dressing. The atmosphere catered to sports enthusiasts. There must be 30 or more televisions on every wall space. (Mixed tv sizes). The Pub is very clean......I'll be back! read more

Always enjoy going to Dan Rooney's and getting our favorite waiter Anthony! He is always pleasant, attentive, and makes the meal enjoyable! Food is always very good. read more

It's nice that they give you a t shirt for checking in. This place is good but it's not five stars good. Their food isn't that bad, but it's definitely not worth what you pay for. I have been here a few times and the servers are really nice but it seems as if they are always under staffed. We would be in and out within 40-50 minutes including getting appetizers, but the servers barely come over. We have had to wait a while just to get our check the last time we were there. (To the point where my dad left me his card, went to the bathroom outside the restaurant in the casino, returned, and we still had to wait at least another ten minutes.) I do recommend the rotisserie chicken or the chicken wings. They were really good. read more

I do not gamble, but I decided to try Empire City's new restaurant and was amazed. The place is beautiful and looks like a true Irish pub, but nicer! The place is decorated with a large wooden bar, large beer mugs on top of the shelves, two pianos in the middle, many televisions, and an open view into part of the casino floor. It is very cool. The menu had many options, I got the cobb salad and potato wedges, which were both amazing! My friend got the Rooney Burger, which she also found delicious. To top off our dinner we got the Ice cream sundae. This was AMAZING and even had guinness ice cream. The service was good and the food did not take long. I would definitely recommend trying this place, as I will be heading back soon. read more

The staff members that greeted us were pleasant and we did have a coupon for 20% off so I was anticipating an upbeat dining experience. Wrong. The food wasn't so much bad as it was tasteless. Our server was disengaged and hurried us along even though there was no line at the door. Won't be going back. I give it 2 stars for its convenient location. read more

This place is OK. Service was not bad but not great. It took them a bit too long with the main dishes. the Arthur ave burger I had was wonderful and that is probably the one thing that makes this place a three star place. Really expensive. Not sure I will be back. read more

The mini crab cakes were excellent. The BBQ wings were good and tangy. The ribeye was good. Overall the food is excellent. The service. Eh. The staff fool around too much. read more

Do NOT eat here I had a Philly cheesesteak before gambling Wednesday night 12/26/2018. Woke up 6:30 this morning beyond sick with nausea, fever , chills, vomiting, diarrhea. Whatever they gave me cause me to have food poisoning. UNLESS YOU WANNA HAVE DIARRHEA AND BE POISONED WITH BACTERIA I SUGGEST YOU DONT E A T HERE !!!!!!! read more

Today they redeemed themselves. Their deviled eggs are a hit! Fried mushroom bites are delish. And these steak quesadillas are amazing. Or maybe it was because I was drunk either way good redemption read more

The food is okay, but the cocktails and desserts are spot on! Its fun place, not a fine dining establishment. After a night at the casino or nearby its a great spot for that last drink or an amazing dessert. read more

I think tonight was the worse night to come to this place. The bartender is in a grumpy mood because he's working by himself on a busy night. The hostess said that she's having the worst day ever, and the waiter said "I'm happy I'm not working tonight. I'll be going home soon" So...what does that tell you about the place? The food is decent. I eat here and pay with my points, otherwise I would not come here at all. read more

Great thanksgiving meal. The turkey was moist and the portion generous. The drinks are terrific. Lots of fun.

Man walks into restaurant and says to front esk where a girls sitting in a chair yawning, "how ya doing girlfriend?" The young lady left him hanging, just shrugging her shoulders. COME ON, wake up, give him a hug, or at least smile!!! Hey Dan, might be time for you to be an "Undercover Boss." Oh, I had a great waiter, and the folks at the outside bar are great! My meal was around 6:30 - 7:00, certainly a light crowd. I suggest moving the "materde's to waiting and see what it like to stop yawning or just bringing guests to a table and continue to hang out. At least go help wipe down some tables after the guests leave. Food is very good, as is the atmosphere. read more

Lousy food, lousy service, and overpriced. The trifecta that makes this a restaurant I'll never go to again. Spend your money literally anywhere else. read more

Started our day at Empire City Casino here and began with the Sports Platter Combo which my husband and I shared the best word to describe it was basic if I were to return I would probably order a different appetizer. For my entree I ordered a half roasted chicken which had roasted potatoes as a side and a roasted garlic head with toasted bread. Surprisingly the chicken was very good. It was tasty and the meat was moist. The potatoes were also good but they only gave you two tiny red bliss potatoes cut in half. My husband had the burger of the month which was a Guinness burger and fries. The burger had a Guinness beer glaze on it with lettuce, tomato and a large onion ring. He thought it was good and a thousand times better than the burger I had a week ago at Guy's American Bar in NYC read more

Got a $50 voucher for being an Empire City Casino Clubcard holder. Waiter condescendingly informed me: good for one appetizer, entree and desert. After losing a lot of money to this casino, the last thing I want to deal with is a waiter like this. Ergo, he got the lowest tip I can give him. And honestly, I think another casino can use my hard earned money... read more

Worst burger in Westchester, fries look as if they came from McDonald's service slow better off at diner across the street

Good food they have there, but i had to wait a lot of time for it to arrive, plus the waiter wasn't so nice and even not smiled once.

I love this place the burgers are delicious the fries and shakes are to die for everyone and their mother should try this place.

Service is abysmal, the place was not busy and no one approached us to take our order. This seems to be the level of service at most restaurants and bars at Empire City. I will never go there again. read more

The bar is ok. Service blows big time. Servers disappear for at least 30 minutes. Don't sit down to eat.

A friend and I were in Empire City Raceway and decided to check out the new restaurant we were told had just opened. The space is very nice - had a very traditional Irish feel, and we were greeted by a very pleasant host and equally friendly server. Despite being very busy that day, the service was on point. We tried a few items based on our server's recommendation - the Smoked Potato Chowder and the Fish & Chips. Both were quite good. We washed it down with a few pints of Guinness and all in all had a great experience at Dan Rooney's. If we return to the Raceway we will certainly come back for a few drinks and a bite. read more

Joined Yelp just to review... Was really disappointed. First off, our waiter didn't know what he was doing. He knew zip about the menu and beer selection- when I ordered the beer on special he didn't know what it was. He seemed like he had never done this before- he walked around aimlessly, when we said thank you after he filled our glasses he never uttered one word i.e. you're welcome- didn't seem friendly; he seemed like he didn't want to be here. As for the food, my friend had the half chicken and it was great. Unfortunately, my fish and chips were probably the worst I have ever had. There were three tiny pieces of fish with absolutely zero flavor. I really didn't like them at all, and the fries were cold. I only gave two stars cause my friend liked her meal, but I won't be back- waste of money for a meal out for me. read more