Dukes And Grill - Mechanicsburg

The atmosphere was great, and the food exceeded my expectations. It was truly spectacular!

Updating my original review as Duke's is just not what it used to be. I'm not sure what's happening here. The food was just okay, not the quality it was. I ordered my burger cooked medium, which means to me it should have been nice and soft and pink in the middle. My burger arrived very well done and dry. I did point it out to our server, but she just kind of looked at me, so I asked for some mayo for it. Speaking of our server, she was polite and competent, but that's about it. Very flat affect, and not personable at all. The other staff I observed were walking around eating food from other various establishments, they were not trying to hide it at all. Overall, everyone was polite and smiled, but the genuine hospitality and customer service I experienced before was very much gone. We will probably go back sometime, it's convenient and accommodating, and the food isn't terrible. But it's no longer at the top of our list. We'll definitely consider other places first.

We had a party of 13 and they wouldn't take a reservation. My 81 year old sister got there at 4:15 an told them but until we had 5 people they would not seat them. Our party arrived between 4:30 ,4:45 but did not get seated until 5:45. Disappointed in a no reservation policy on the weekend evenings. Food came out fairly quickly and all the waitresses did a fantastic job. I tipped them 30% for a job well done and I told one of the waitresses. Won't be back here again. It was my second visit to your restaurant in over a month. Last time around memorial day I went to your riverfront location and enjoyed the food. Too bad you don't honor the military and accommodate them I read a poor review prior to me posting this one.

We enjoyed our meal very much. My husband had the meatloaf sandwich and had mashed potatoes and fried onions piled high. There was plenty of gravy to finish it off. I had ribs and a salad.

Our server was fantastic; she was incredibly friendly. However, I ordered a Mittelburger and it was burnt. When I took some of the salad, I found mud on it. The fries were inconsistent—some were overly crispy while others were too soft. My friend's dishes were so crispy that he could hardly bite into them, and he had a similar issue with his burger. Overall, I didn't feel that the quality of our food justified the $40 we spent.