"Carey's brew house disappoints with sub par food at a frankly crazy price point.
We were in town to visit the Corning museum of Glass and while we were in town we figured we would grab lunch before we hit the museum. We settled on Carey's Brew House mainly due to the lack of other open establishments on a weekday afternoon. The establishment was not busy during our visit.
We were feeling burgers so we ordered the bison sliders ($15) and the juicy Lucy sliders ($14) along with a side of pub fries ($6) figuring it would be enough food for the two of us to share the sliders and fries. After an average wait time the food was delivered to our table.
To say we were disappointed at what we received would be an understatement. The juicy Lucy sliders were delivered with three sliders on the plate. The bison sliders, although more expensive than the juicy Lucy sliders, were roughly the same size and only had two on the plate. And finally the side of pub fries arrived in a cereal-sized bowl with maybe 10-12 (although thick cut) fries. The quality of the food was fine, it wasn't bad, but easily replicated at home with very little effort and no unique qualities is how I would explain it. Certainly not worthy of the cost of each dish, in neither quality nor quantity.
Between the food and soft drinks we spent a hair over $40 before tip on this visit, and we left with an unsatisfied appetite.
Overall, we will likely not be back to Carey's brew house. There certainly looked to be a good assortment of beer available, but id avoid the food unless you want to overpay for an underwhelming meal.
EDIT: To comment on the owner response, specifically where the owner states that they are cheaper than Wendy's, McDonalds, and Burger King, the only thing I have to say to this is it only takes a second of reviewing the menu at each of these locations to know that this is simply not true. Fast food is indeed processed, and it is commendable that Carey's does not serve equivalently processed foods, but no, if we are speaking strictly quantity the last I checked a burger, fries and drink at any of those 3 fast food restaurants has never once approached $25. This is pushing into the realm of upper scale dining, and for reference this is close to what I paid at Gordon Ramsay Burger in Las Vegas for a burger, fries and Drink. Feel free to search my previous reviews for that one!
Now, maybe our visit was a fluke specifically due to the menu options we ordered. Neither of the slider options come with fries. But Carey's menu does not specifically state that any of their sandwich menu items come with fries so I have to assume fries are an additional $6 if you want them, which is really the biggest face slap here because the amount of fries you get for $6 is abysmal. I just know what we experienced on our visit and what we experienced was overpriced food."