My husband and our close friends decided to go out to dinner after Christmas shopping and we all decided on Kevin’s. We did not have reservation and Kevin’s was packed, the hostess told us if we did not want to wait 2 hours, try Vanderlyn’s there never busy. The men were very impatient and did not want to wait for a quality dinner at Kevin’s, instead we got dragged to this empty dive in very dangerous part of town called Vanderyn’s. There were bums drinking whiskey around a barrel fire right across the street from this restaurant. After exiting our car I was confronted by a black male with knife that was demanding cash. We complied and handed the man $60 dollars in twenty dollar bills and ran into Vanderlyn’s to call the police. The fat hog owner Sue said this couldn't have happened in our parking lot and refused to call the police. Our friends soon arrived and wanted to be seated. Soon after a very sickly waitress that looked as if she was addicted to heroin approached or table. This waitress had a huge attitude problem and she had needle tracks up and down her arm. I thought to myself just what kind people does this place hire, I soon remembered seeing on the local news, that a convicted child molester with HIV/AIDS was working in the kitchen after being released from chase state prison. The food began to come out and just the sure sight of it made me want to barf. I ordered the surf and turf which was a piece grizzle and all fat, kind of like that disgrace chef that works there and an imitation crab cake which was beyond sickening. My husband was also sickened by Vanderlyn’s imitation crab cakes that are made from crab that is as fake as a three dollar bill. Also our two friends spent most of the time at Vanderlyn’s in bathroom vomiting from cook John’s expired seafood and pork that contains Ecoli. We complained to that obese pig Sue, the failure at everything she does. The fat slob responded to our concerns by stating, your friends must have gotten sick somewhere else not here at Vanderlyn’s. That being said we witnessed human feces on the floor by the bar and a rat the size of a small dog by the kitchen door, there was also dust & mold everywhere and get this there was a used bloody tampon stuffed in our booth. As I running to the ladies room to vomit from the imitation crab cakes I notice Vanderlyn’s on the television at the bar and it wasn't for anything good. The news said Vanderlyn’s parking lot had been the site of a gang related homicide and a forced sexual assault just minutes after we walked into this dive called Vanderlyn’s. After vomiting in the ladies room for over an hour, we paid our outrageous $324 dollar bill and left this dump only to find out, our cars were broken into. I understand this place is closing after the New Year’s Eve slop service, what is place going to serve the rest of their expired foods before they go out of business? John and Sue, you are two complete failures in life and your bankrupt disgrace of restaurant proves it. South Main Street in Wilkes Bare is look for 5 cent prostitutes Sue, and Long John Silvers is hiring experienced microwavers John. I think you will enjoy your new careers, because when it comes to restaurant business you two are BEYOND A FAILURE YOU’RE A COMPLETE DISGRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VANDERLYN’S GOING OUT OF BUSINESS, WHAT A SHAME Nice excuse by Sue, were shutting down because we want to spend more time with family instead of just admitting, Vanderlyn’s was a complete FAILURE because you and John, the worst cook in North East Pennsylvania. Finally the great people of the Wyoming Valley have abandoned this dump forever. The community has learned that Vanderlyn’s has been preparing items bought from Aldi that have been expired by months and they are using imitation products as used in their signature imitation crab cakes. This place was always dead and for good reasons, after serving customers fake products which made them violently ill, plus the robberies and stabbings in there parking lot, it’s no wonder the place FAILED miserably. The cook John was a complete failure that’s why he was fired everywhere he worked. What made this bum think he can cook for his own restaurant if every other restaurant fired him in the valley? Now cook John can go work at Arby's which is the only place he's qualified work at, it will come naturally to him at Arby's preparing people's meals in the microwave just like at Vanderlyn's. In the end you’re the laughing stock of the Wyoming Valley Vanderlyn’s and that’s why you parking lot is PREMENTLY EMPTY & YOUR RESTAURANT WAS A COMPLETE ***FAILURE***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! P.S. Congratulations you created a new definition in the dictionary, Vanderlyn’s: an empty restaurant with no cars in the parking lot, serving worst foods that can be found in the trash, prepared by a low life bum burn out cook, overseen by a 500 pound manager that failed out of high school.

Thanksgiving at Vanderlyn’s Again “NO THANKS”!!!!!! This year our family decided to let Vanderlyn’s cater our Thanksgiving dinner and what a mistake it was. Our food was delivered 3 hours late by that fat ox Sue plus everything was stale and ice cold. Vanderlyn’s demanded a payment of $389 dollars two weeks in advance (most likely to stay in business for the month of November as they are having serious financial problems due to a lack of business). The turkey was not even a fresh turkey like Vanderlyn’s had promised, instead it was processed expired lunch meat from Aldi, also the turkey stuffing contained a burnt cigarette butt. The mashed potatoes were right out of a box and the vegetables were all slop out of a can which tasted like they were expired by years. Also my young daughter discovered a used condom in the turkey gravy which made her vomit. How dare you Vanderlyn’s do that to my little girl, you made us all sick from food poisoning. There’s a reason your restaurant is in bankruptcy and that no one goes to your filthy dump your food looks like human feces. I also want to point out that your parking lot is very dangerous and unclean when I placed my order for your horrendous food, I nearly stepped on a bloody syringe, that are scattered all over your parking lot. Also police officer warned me when I was placing my Thanksgiving order. He told me bring a man next time that has license to carry a concealed weapon, this area very dangerous. The obese cook John is famous for recycling expired food products thrown out by grocery stores and turning them into Vanderlyn’s signature menu items. It seems that the only people that enjoy your pathetic restaurant are 99 year old ladies that think nursing home food is outstanding which is also very similar to your food, just that yours is worse. I will never do any business with this establishment again or recommend it to anyone, after I learned that one of your cooks is preparing meals while infected with HIV/AIDS. Also my soup spoon looked like it was burnt with a lighter, ‘’just what is your chef doing back in the kitchen? This restaurant is by far the biggest disgrace I have ever encountered in my life and the food is rancid and disgusting no one wonder the place is a ghost town and is always empty, people don’t like eating their own excrement. After the most sickening Thanksgiving dinner I have ever had, a dinner that put half my family in hospital due to severe food poisoning I decided to go down to Vanderlyn’s and complain the next day. I arrived at Vanderlyn’s around quarter after six on black Friday and I noticed Vanderlyn’s parking lot was filled with cars. I soon discovered the cars were not from customers but instead they were state and local police cars investigating a homicide from a drug deal gone bad, right in Vanderlyn’s parking lot where crime occurred. Vanderlyn’s has long claimed incidents like these are isolated occurrences and that there restaurant is safe, (IT’S ABOUT AS SAFE AND GOING ON A VACATION WITH ISIS AND EXPECTING TO COME BACK ALIVE). Needless to say kept driving and did not get a chance to try and get my money back, I’m mother of two and I can’t afford to have my two little girls grow up alone due to me being the victim of stabbing or a gang related execution in Vanderlyn’s parking lot. I see why Vanderlyn’s offers delivery for customer convenience, instead it should be more like for their safety as their parking lot and surrounding neighborhood is extremely dangerous and frightening. In closing I would recommend eating out of a dumpster in New York City before trying this restaurant, the food will be same, just that you might have better chance living in a back alley in New York City over Vanderlyn’s EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PARKING LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!

Once again Vanderlyn's has proved why their parking lot is empty! Their food is beyond sickening, which is frozen and preserved with MSG and iodized salt. After dining at Vanderlyn's over the weekend with my wife I knew why the place was empty. Their new menu contains new many new entrees that are low quality garbage and discounted items bought at Aldi, frozen in a plastic bag then microwaved and topped with so-called chef John's instant mix Aldi’s signature sauces. Most of the food items served at Vanderlyn's come from the Dollar Tree and the rest are food donations for homeless shelters thrown out by Price Chopper. Sue the wannabe never going to be successful restaurant owner has proved time and time again, that she's an absolute failure just look at Vanderlyn's empty parking lot, having one car a night doesn't show success by any measure. Also the parking lot at Vanderlyn's is absolutely frightening with an attempted rape and stabbing just last week and it is also a well-known hangout for heroin addicts throughout the region that like to shoot up in the vacant parking lot. Just last month a 93 year old lady was held at gun point in broad day light after finishing lunch Vanderlyn's which the management claims was an isolated incident. In the restaurant things are even worse like Vanderlyn's kitchen which is beyond filthy, has been cited for more health and safety violations than any other restaurant in the Wyoming Valley. The kitchen staff consists of a high school dropout burn out chef that has been fired everywhere the man worked and two employees that are on work release from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility. These three low life bums have been caught numerous times spitting in people's food, throwing food on the floor and serving items picked from the trash behind Price Chopper. In the glorified banquet hall the owners call a fine dining room a scarecrow looking creature with tiny glasses will take your order, delivery it to the filthy kitchen so the so-called chef John can prepare his disgusting frozen left overs and imitations. The seafood items served at Vanderlyn's come from the East River in New York City that are delivered in an un-refrigerated truck that is spray painted with Chinese lettering and symbols of the Bloods gang. The foods served at this dive are some of worst items you can find on the planet, that are expired by months and covered with black and white mold which cook John says is OK to just wash off. Vanderlyn's has also been caught serving absolutely sickening beef products that have infected with Ebola to 90 plus year old ladies "you should been a shamed of yourselves''. Also once the order is placed at Vanderlyn's, their convict employees will start vacuuming and spraying cleaning chemicals around your table, not that their trying to clean, they just want your money and you out because they don't want you vomiting in restaurant from food poisoning, if by a miracle they get another unsuspecting customer. The photos of Vanderlyn’s meals, as shown in their commercials look like John & Sue’s diarrhea mixed together, very gross to say the least. If you do by chance want to try this horrendous restaurant please come well-armed as there are shootings on nightly bases right outside the restaurant. In the end Vanderlyn’s is the absolute worst restaurant in the entire state of Pennsylvania, and their EMPTY PARKING LOT PROVES IT!!!!!!!!!

I have a feeling someone on here who likes to use CAPS has something personal against the owners. The negative reviews couldn't be further from the truth. I have been dining at Vanderlyn's for years, and my husband even longer. Don't let a bad apple spoil the bunch - try it for yourself - the food is fresh and delicious. Service is spectacular. Try the table-side caesar if it's available when you're there - one of the best salads you'll ever taste :)