Illusive Restaurant & Bar

3 Ferry St, Rensselaer
(518) 977-3602

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Pat patregnani

Friday lunch favorite, crab cakes awesome and the server was great handled the entire restaurant alone

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crab Cakes

Nancy Roldan-Johnson

Stopped here on our way to a friend’s house. We’re from out of town and when we saw the reviews, we knew we had to stop in to try it for ourselves. My friend raved about his big Anthony sandwich and I had the Madison salad (undoubtedly one of the top five salads I’ve had in my life!) and my husband had the Caprese sandwich. Everything was super fresh and next level. We are completely blown away. We had the tater tots and they were really fresh and didn’t taste greasy at all. If you’re a foodie, you’ll love this place. Our waitress Megan was amazing and even brought us a to-go container without us even having asked. We hope to come back again soon, but we will tell all our local friends about this gem!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ian Mahar

Great place; nice atmosphere, awesome service, interesting menu, good food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Richard Russell

I had the pub crawler burger with fries. My guest had the new school double bacon burger with sweet potato fries. Everything was great! Our server was very good, attentive and had great timing. I will definitely come back again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

mark phoenix

First time here... Food was awesome. Keep up the good work. We will be back

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kia Smith

Good food but even better drink

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rebecca Klimek

Food and service were great. Sweet potato fries are some of the best I've ever had. Only downfalls are it is very loud, and very expensive. $21 for a burger and sweet potato fries is a lot for a relatively casual dining experience.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ginny Pastizzo

Great food and many gf options

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rob

Coming here for the first time I thought I was pulling up to an abandoned building. Ordered the Mick Jigga burger. Its just a burger right? Nope. It was outstanding. Great food, great music, great drinks, great prices, great bartenders, how was I to know?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gideon Firl

Saw this place being highly reputed in East Greenbush Facebook group. Tried their speciality empire smash burger, it wasn’t anything special. Bread were little bit dry, overall a dry burger. Nearly no “whipped honey bbq sauce”.

My wife got steak and frites. It was nearly $50, and the quality was quite offensive considering the price. Steak was okay. The cost was not okay.

The customer service was actually really good, just that they were so busy and distracted. I recommend making reservation ahead of time.

I rate this place a solid three.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Yvonne Perry

I really enjoyed my first-time visit. It’s a tad hard to find, as Ferry St isn’t large. Trust your google maps to get there, because it’s near both 787, Rte 9&20, and the train station.
The space was delightfully decorated for the season (Halloween) and the staff was super friendly. We had two salads: the famous Cobb and the one with strawberries. As mentioned in other reviews, I did find the chicken a bit salty for my taste, but it was still delicious and an appropriately sized meal. Mom finished her entire salad, but I took some of mine home.
The nice people seated next to us were repeat customers. We would definitely come back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ian Baumes

Amazing food, not run of the mill. Taste and flavor are very important and they nail it! The fries are amazing!!; burger was a smash burger with flavors that were amazing and the chicken sandwich too die for!! Service was amazing! They were also setting up for a individual who was going to homecoming!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

James Ward

Saw this on the news. This establishment honored a special needs high school senior by creating his own little homecoming meal at their restaurant. The family simply asked for a small acknowledgement but the restaurant went above and beyond and made it a festive atmosphere for him. We need more establishments like this. What a nice thing to do. I will now make the trip to eat at this restaurant. 👍👍👍

Kevin Edwards

Great Business and Staff!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cameron Rodgers

I brought my son here for a big night, and the people that worked there went waaaaaay above and beyond to make him feel special! I was so touched by their kindness. Our food was amazing, and there was so much of it. We tried the tots poutine for an appetizer, and we ate so much of it, that I had to bring most of my burger home. But Im sitting here, eating it straight out of the box now, and it's delicious. Thank you to this amazing staff for being so wonderful!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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