The Publik House - Ballston Spa (NY)

4 /5 Maryellen K: Enjoyed a bite after a day at the racetrack. Nice neighborhood tavern feel. Service is excellent, friendly and attentive. The pizza and meatball sandwich were delicious.

3 /5 TheLawrence Homestead: While my previous review was good I’m now changing and won’t be returning. This is the second time in a row ( but not the only 2 times we’ve had issues. $67 for this. We ordered 1 bbq wings 1 mild wings 8cut peppers and pepperoni well done Onion rings We got 20 mild bbq wings (3flats total) This includes 6 small pieces of celery A pizza that was hardly cooked (not well done) With uncooked toppings. I’ve overlooked mistakes because things happen but this was second time in a row and really disappointed for the price. Had the wings at least been what I ordered I would have overlooked pizza but the celery really hit a nerve Photo added of pizza slice to show the difference when I finished cooking it at home.

3 /5 Devin Read: Staff is nice, the place is nice if you like that split bar and dining room style. The food aint great. Pretzel are frozen generic sticks you can get down the road at price chopper, and their cheese sauce is the blandest nacho cheese Ive ever had. Im not usually a fan of thin crust but some people are, thats fine, but when you ask if the chef can do a double crust to try and do thick crust and they say they think they can do it, well the picture speaks for itself... The red sauce aint that much better either.

5 /5 Julie T.: The food is delicious. Fast service. Very friendly staff. We got the ravioli and a reuben sandwich with fries. Hannah was an excellent waitress.

4 /5 iMacOfDeath: Was feeling a little hungry for Italian this week, and seeing as how Publik House is on the corner of my trip home, I figured Id give it a shot. Ordering was easy, placing my order over the phone a few hours prior to pickup. When I got there the meal was neatly bagged up and ready to go, and the entire bill was pretty reasonable for an Eggplant Parmesan with the Ziti and the Onion Ring Basket. Upon reaching home and opening up the bag I found the heft came from the Eggplant Parmesan which had a thick layer of melted mozzarella on top of it. Not overdone mind you, just a hefty amount. Now I was worried this would leave the eggplant rather soggy, but it was done well enough that it was moist but not drenched in cheese oils. And the Ziti was cooked properly and not overdone with the light sauce covering, the Onion Ring Basket however left me somewhat disappointed. It was more like an Onion Ring Handful, lacked any kind of flavor, and the only positive was the texture was excellent. Wish they had added some kind of dipping sauce to add some flavor, and also had a dozen more rings to make an actual basket. Overall the price was nice, the meal was prepared properly, the eggplant was delicious, the rings were a disappointment, but I might return to try one of their other dishes with some garlic bread.