I Â Wasn't expecting to be blown away by the quality or quantity of bar food but shit,they surprised me.(i posted a couple pics and believe me it was as good as it looks) The server was a cool cat and actually made a couple good recommendations. (Ribs & summer ale)
Now the negatives in my opinion.
it was my first visit here in about 2 years and man, the bar is looking pretty worn these days.What's up with not providing coasters for your drinks ? the tables show the end results.
No coors light on draft ? odd. very odd. guess you can't have every possible beer on tap though.
overall good food,good beer and an ok wednesday night.
Came here to support a friend raising money for cancer research while he was "celebrity" bartending. Â A nice crowd this afternoon on a Saturday, an Irish guitar duo, and some decent drinks.
I did not have any food. Â I did see that Paddy Whacks had Groupon offer recently so I'm guessing they are trying to drum up some new business.
A nice hang out.
Paddy Whacks has several locations, each an "intimate" (read: small) hole-in-the-wall. Â The staff is great, and this encourages the growth of a solid pub culture, with friendly patrons.
This night, Kevin was my bartender, and he was waiting to take my beer order before I even got to the bar. Â I may not be crazy about their tap selection, but you come here for the Guinness, good people, and great service.
The food was good, too. Â Paddy Whacks has a very nice selection of starters, salads, sandwiches, and pub grub.
Sorry this is short, but here comes my next Guinness!
More of a bar than a pub. Â Hidden away from sight, but loud enough for residents of condos on the next street to complain.
On the other hand, it is a good place to see a game, have moderately priced beer and grab something beyond a burger or a cheesesteak.
My only real disappointment was that couple of things from the menu were not available.
Well I really can't say too much about this place. Someone had recommended a different location to my girlfriend and I, but since this wad closer we decided to give it a shot.
First of all the address is Roosevelt Boulevard, but this place is hidden behind the plaza that faces the boulevard. We eventually found it after we had decided to go to a new restaurant. Since we found it we stuck with the original plan.
When we went inside there were about 5 people there, but they were all at the bar. There were mo patrons just there for food. Â They had an NBA game playing but neither team was local to Philly. That didn't stop them from putting the audio on every loudspeaker in the place. Making things worse was the echo because the small place was so empty. Once the waitress made it over to our table we actually had to repeat our order for "2 waters" three times.
Finally my girlfriend gave the final verdict "I just don't want to be here anymore".
It was disappointing because I am a sucker for pub food masquerading as authentic Irish food. Seriously, not trying to be a jerk.
Probably will not go back here (at least this location). If I made the effort to go into Center City I would probably skip it for the real stuff - The Bards, Moriarty's, etc