Legends

I ate here with a co-worker recently and was not really impressed with the menu or the quality of the food.  For a school with a world renound culinary, food science, and hospitality program, legends definitely falls short in many areas.

If you're staying at the hotel you can eat at legends but I wouldnt really expect to be blown away.  The bar area is very nice and probably alright to have a few drinks at after a long day of work/meetings/seminars or on gameday, but I'd venture elsewhere for dinner.

When I dined here I had their wings ($9) that were apparently grilled, then fried.  This gives them a pretty unique texture that was more chewy than crispy.  For my money I'd prefer just traditional fried chickenwings...why mess with something that works?   As far as portion is concerned, your ($9) will get you one pound of wings (which apparently is exactly 8).  Like much of the fare on the menu, I thought this was pretty pricey.  I also had a side of fries which were tasty, but obviously nothing fresh, definately frozen.

Overall, we were not impressed with legends.  The design/decoration is extremely tacky and the food definitely will not be your most memorable experience in happy valley.  Our waitress was extremely attentive and polite, but that's wasn't enough to save it.  There are plenty of fine restaraunts downtown and just outside the state college area that are worth visiting over Legends.

Didn't try the food (though the food at the adjacent Gardens restaurant was pretty good.) Stopped in for a single cocktail. Had a scotch and soda. Allegedly contained Cutty Sark but I couldn't taste any. The soda had a slight golden tinge, so there may have been some in there for color. Price was marginally reasonable at $4.75. I just wanted a single drink (which I'm not entirely sure I actually got), but if you wanted to get a buzz on, it'd take some serious time & money given how watered down the drink was. Surly bartender. Lots of artwork dedicated to a pedophile-enabler I seem to have heard of. Love the hotel, but Legends will be a pass for me next time.

(Marked as "quiet" because there was almost nobody there. I'm sure it's loud and raucous - as is nearly any sports bar - should there be a game on.)

I was here for a few weeks and had the opportunity try many things off the menu.

First off the staff is awesome, the manager, Donna, Rachel all are super cool.

I tried many of the items.

Au Poivre Burger - 5/5 wonderful, best thing I had here, it's not on the permanent menu yet but they tried it out one week. It is on some type of soft onion roll, the meat itself has lots of black peppercorn and dijonaise. The only downside is the bacon it's too thick and chewy but it is very tasty.

Brie Panini - 2/5 this was not good, the worst part was the Brie

Crab Cakes - 3/5 they were chewy, not very good but edible

Nachos - 3/5 not bad, they had a lot of some powdered seasoning on them which was different but ok

Penn State burger - 3/5 decent but not great, the bread improved it some, a kind of ciabatta.

Prime Rib sandwich, the steak is good and the bread it comes on is asiago cheese bread, that is really good especially when it soaks up the juices from the meat.

Instead of fries with your burger you can get an antipasto salad which is good.

The pool table is free all the time.

Everyday they have a new pizza flatbread, soup and sandwich. Most of the soups I had were good but I wish they served oyster crackers or saltines instead of the crackers they have.

The deserts here are SUPER GOOD! the berry crisp and the Pecan pie(make sure they heat it up)

I'd love to eat here often if I lived nearby.