I'm sure I'm expected to hate this spot. It's a bro-fest, some will complain. The staff isn't well enough versed on the beer, others will lament.
But the food is solid enough for a sports bar, whether you choose the chili cheese fries, buffalo chicken wrap or one of the brats, you'll do fine. And of course there's the beer. A dozen or so of Victory's best (Baltic Thunder, Yakima Glory, Ranch R and Hop Wallop tasting just as fresh as the Downingtown brewery's tasting room. And that's reason enough to make me happy. Prost!
I was very happy to stumble upon this place. I had never been to Xfinity Live and I was thrilled to see the Victory logo as I walked up. I didn't get a chance to eat but I will be back soon. Beer prices are good compared to the ball park. 6 dollar Hop Devil drafts work for me. They also have sampling options so you can try all their beers. They do growler fills but 25$ for the Victory growler, empty, is pretty steep so I suggest bringing your own.
Review Source:First time here. I had been to Broad St Bullies in XfinityLive, but decided to try a new place.
It was super clean and not as loud as the other places at Xfinity Live.
Got some good beer in a nice spot to watch some basketball. It wasn't too packed on a Friday night.
Ordered a burger, which ended up to be really good and was cooked well. It came with chips that were good (this must be a thing there since Broad St Bullies does the same thing).
Overall good, I would go here again solely based on the fact that it seems uncrowded even when there is a crowd and the volume is not crazy loud so you can actually talk to one-another.
This place gets two stars because it has the best beer selection in the entire building. Now with that said, the food sucks just like every other place in the building. My coworkers and I walked into Victory as we were on the hour wait list for PBR. The peel and eat shrimp was dry, and ridiculously covered in Old Bay seasoning; which would have been ok if the shrimp was not so damn dry. I was dunking those crustaceans in the cocktail sauce for dear life. I tried one of the fried pickles my friend ordered, I won't be ordering those on my dime. Our waitress was pretty damn cool and really at the top of game for a place being so busy before the game.
Review Source:The customer service here is absolutely awful. The house band is terrible. It is crowded and the people who come out this bar are disgusting. On the night I decided to go, the bartenders decided to over charge my card. I left my card there and they would not give it back to me or show me a receipt for the charges. This company honestly would not give me back my own credit card, after showing them ID, because they lost it. They also do not answer the phone during regular business hours. Do not waste your time at this over crowded, over rated, sports bar. PS this is in no way a reflection of Victory Brewing Company, they do not own this bar. This bar is just ripping them off.
Review Source:I went here with an old friend having been to the Victory brewery in Downingtown a number of times and been very pleased there. We went on an off night, were seated quickly and got our beers fast. We chose the appetizer sampler, which at $16 was the most expensive I had ever encountered. Unfortunately, it was terrible - the size of a small dinner plate, and had three buffalo chicken strips, two pretzels, and a couple of pigs in a blanket. I ordered chicken wurst. Came out, was super small, about food cart quality, and included a handful of waferlike chips for nine bucks. Really, truly pathetic. I've had better food out of a microwave. Lots of bars in Philly have more than a few victory brews on tap. They're obviously not in the sports complex, but at the same time I do not see the point. It sucks, it's a completely lazy operation, and doesn't do the victory brand justice.
Review Source:This is a pretty cool spot. It's in the XFinity Live Center which is smack in the middle of all the stadiums. Great for before, after, or instead of a game.
It had a bit of a Celtic feel to it. It was faded looking wooden tables, some very long in the middle, with a few shorter ones around the edges.
Victory touts quite a selection of beers on tap too, better than anything else I saw in the Center.
They also have some decent food options. I got a Philly Dog, a pretty thick hot dog with chili topped on it. I also got some fries, with some Old Bay Seasoning added by request. My hot dog also came with chips, which had me doubling up on potatoes.
It was all good. The service was great, as was the atmosphere.
You just didn't do it for me Victory.  I really wanted to like you.  I walked in thinking, "ok this is going to be fun, a bunch of Victory brews all in one place and near the stadium"  Sadly, I left disappointed and during our meal, we were left to fend for ourselves by a waitress who must have just stepped into the æther.
Upon first arriving, we were greeted by a nice hostess and asked if we didn't mind sitting outside. Â Outside is not normally my preference but it meant a faster table and quicker to a pint in my hand. Â As we sat, I was able to notice the design of the outdoor space which I like very much. Â There was a fire pit, a picnic table setup for beirut (beer pong) and even a couple bros playing corn-hole bro.
I'd say it was a solid 10 minutes until we even saw our waitress. Â No bother really, I had plenty of time to study the menu so I could order both food and beer at the same time and expedite things. Â When I inquired about the draft list, she was unfamiliar. Â She asked if I was familiar with Victory and I said I was. Â She said "oh well ya know, we have the wheat one and um, that like hoppy one" Â I thought this was an episode of punk'd.
The food arrived and was brought by someone else which I think is typical for a high volume place. Â I realized that we did not have utensils. Â We tried to find our waitress but to no avail. Â I ended up walking to the server station and asking a nice waitress (who seemed like she was hustling) if we could get plate settings.
Well, the trend continued downward from here. Â No mid meal check. Â I ended up having to go the bar myself to get water. Â Finally, when we wanted our check because we were trying to get to the game, we could not find out waitress. Â We waited a solid 10-15 mins but we actually saw no sign of her. Â In the end, I called upon the nice waitress (same one) to settle our tab. Â She ended up transferring the tab to her and I felt that she deserved a good tip because well, she was good.
So, in essence, I'm up to 2 stars just because I luckily found one waitress who cared about her job and was hustling. Â I think my whole Victory experience was lackluster and I think I'll be selecting somewhere else in the Xfinity Live Center to dine next time.
I went into this place with low expectations and yet I still came out disappointed. Â
We arrived here about an hour before the Phillies game and the restaurant was only half full, so we thought we could squeeze in a meal before the game. Â Wrong. Â It took over 15 minutes for a waitress to even approach our table. Â We already knew what we wanted to eat, but we didn't know what they had on draft, so we asked our server. Â She could barely name six beers and at one point even said, "We have a...I forget the name of it...it's a wheat beer." Â The food was okay, but it didn't come out as quickly as we were hoping. Â I'm convinced our waitress died after this point because WE NEVER SAW HER AGAIN (and no, I'm not exaggerating). Â We had to get up during our meal to refill our own drinks and she never gave us silverware/napkins, so we had to go on our hunt for those. Â When we finished, we waited around for another 15 minutes before we finally flagged down a completely different waitress and asked for our check. Â She apologized profusely that our service had been so terrible, but the damage had already been done.
I could understand if we had this kind of experience with a jam-packed restaurant, but it clearly wasn't that busy. Â I won't be back to Victory Beer Hall for food and I would recommend trying out another restaurant in the Xfinity Live Center before you step foot in here.
This is a good addition to a visit to the stadiums. Food is okay, really bar food in style. Opportunity to drink big steins of Victory beer is a great idea!
The seating is long bench tables, smash with your neighbors, but service is confused, I'm sure it's difficult for them to know who is new and not.
How could it be better? Make it like a real beer garden, have the staff know the beers, come around and make it fun. Staff was half asleep...
I shouldn't really complain about Victory Beer Hall the night were here.
I saw a free concert, the Victory brews were half off, and we got to sit in the private events section away from the crowds thanks to a friend of a friend. The tables outside even had games set up like beer pong. Okay!
One problem though...I really want to like Victory brews, but I can't get into them. I'm not a huge fan of hoppy beers and all of the Victory beers I've tried have been like this. I ended up sticking to the Summer Love ale. That was probably my best option and one of the better Victory beers I've had. Two beers in, we all started to feel buzzed and felt like we needed to order some food. Their menu is SMALL. If you don't like sausage, you have your choice of three sandwiches and some fries. That's about it.
The menu options got even smaller when servers saw us looking at the menu. They came over and said the kitchen was closing in five minutes (it was only 8:30), but they could whip up two options for us: chicken fingers or bratwurst. I went with chicken fingers. I probably should have ran over to the Chickie and Petes counter for crab fries.
Despite the fact that Victory beer isn't my favorite and the menu is small, this is probably the best place to hide out at Xfinity Live if we're talking atmosphere wise. Maybe I can bring in Chickie and Petes fries next time?
I understand this place gets busy as hell when there are events going on, so I wasn't expecting great service. Figured the easy menu items would be hard to mess up.
I've been to Victory Brewpub, and would return again if I was in the area. Good beer, food was decent. However, the food here was NOT good, not comparable at all. And my stomach has been in knots ever since.
Service was very slow. We sat at a table outside after checking in with the host. A server never came over so we moved to the bar. Service continued to be slow, but bought us a round of drinks to make up for the mix-up with our food order, and the miscommunication between the kitchen- front of house staff on 86'ed items.
I would come here again to drink, and pass on the food.
Went to the Victory Beer Hall after a Phillies game. Â It's well set up, just like everything in the Xfinity Live Center. Â In German beer hall style it has long benches and a stage. Â When I was there a cover band was playing and everyone was singing along and dancing on the tables and benches. Â It is definitely not a place to go have a quiet beer after the game. Â
The beer selection is 95% Victory based. Â There are a few non-victory crafts on draft. Â
I give it 4 stars, only because I was recently at the Hafbrahaus in Pittsburgh which is another German Beer Hall. Â Out of the two, the Hafbrahaus has the edge. Â Maybe the Victory Beer Hall will mature and find its identity. Â Right now I feel like it wants to be a Beer Hall but also wants to be a regular bar/club. Â I think they'd be better off going the beer hall direction and stop trying to be too many things at once.
Out of all of the venues that I have been to, I think that Victory may be the best place to come with a group of friends to catch a game. A few of the guys and I came by for the Phils game a few weeks ago and it was a great getting to watch the game on the projector while getting to enjoy the wide array of craft beers that are on tap.
Review Source:I was NOT expecting much, given it was CRAZY in here right before a Phillies game...but much to our amazement a high top opened up right by the bar, we sat down, and no joke less than a minute later our waitress appeared asking for our drink order.
Our beers in REAL PINT glasses (not shitty plastic cups) were delivered almost immediately, and our appetizer order came out just as fast. Â I can't say enough about the fast and friendly service. Â
See ya before the next game, Victory!
So much potential, but it seems like they still don't know who they want to be. The German beer hall theme is cool and completely unexpected in the Xfinity space. We sat outside given the great weather and the German theme was gone aside from the picnic tables. Space feels unfinished. No TV!?! Can someone explain this to me? Bizarre music selection. Very windy. The waitresses are dressed in tennis skorts and knee high tube socks. The waiters wear striped shirts vaguely reminiscent of gas station attendants. Service was decent. Menu is very limited: 5 kinds of brats, 2 salads, 1 turkey sandwich, french fries, fried pickles, pretzels.
We had the pretzels and hot dogs with kraut. Pretzels were thin torpedo shaped. I should've sliced it longways and put the hot dog in there! Texture was more like a croissant than a Philly pretzels. And why were they unsalted!?! The beef hot dogs were thick and long. Roll was a little stale. Kraut was reasonably crunchy but tasted strongly of cracked black pepper. Prices are high, but really, did you think they would be reasonable here?
Beer selection was good. Victory beers served in a glass. Non-Victory beers served in smaller plastic cups. No Donnybrook?
While Xfinity Live! isn't the most attractive addition to the sea of stadiums and parking lots in South Philly, I'm happy that it now exists and contains Victory Beer Hall. It's nice to have an option other than McFaddens down at the ball park. Chris W. and I ventured in on Saturday afternoon before the Mets/Phillies game to grab a beer and a snack. The beer hall was crowded, but it was easy to order a beer and find a free spot to stand. $6 for a pint seems reasonable. After milling around for a while we were able to seat ourselves at one of the long picnic tables and order some more beer and food. We decided on the pretzels and fries. Fries were really good, way better than you are going to get in the stadium and the pretzels were tasty too. Pretzels came with a side of mustard and cheese, which was perfect for fry dunking. All in all, we had a good experience and will probably be back before more games this season.
Review Source:The best I can say about this particular section of Xfinity Live is that it is full of "ifs".
IF you are a fan of Victory Beer and like having a wide selection of it available for a cheaper price than you will find for a craft beer inside any of the sporting arenas, then you will like this place. Â
IF you don't mind the fact that the menu is very limited with not much choice, and you like bratwurst to begin with, then you will be OK with this place. Â
IF you particularly enjoy sitting at picnic tables in your regular life, then you will like it here. Â
IF you enjoy watching the same obnoxious cover bands week after week with drunken 20-somethings dancing badly on tables during peak times, then you won't have a problem here. Â
Bottom line... don't come here for a dining experience. Â However, I did think the Brat Bites were tasty despite being wildly overpriced for the amount of food that you get. Â
Many of you won't like this place. Â I actually do like a lot about it. Â I enjoy Victory Beer, I don't mind German food, and sometimes I like being in a crowded loud place with lots of energy. Â
Just go in realizing that you will have to deal with some inconveniences by simply trying to get an order of food just because the place is packed and it's not laid out for convenience by any means. Â
Interesting note... the appetizer I ordered came out so quickly that I hadn't even gotten my beer from the waitress yet. Â That's how busy the bar gets. It lags behind the kitchen at times. Â That's a first for me. Â
I wanted to try them for lunch last Friday but they were closed with no events happening in the sports complex. Â They of course were open at 11am on Phillies Opening Day. Â It might depend on what's going on in the complex before they open up this hall for customers day to day. Â So maybe Victory won't be a random lunch destination. Â Which is a shame because I'd like to try it in a more relaxed atmosphere. Â But it is what it is I suppose.
I got to check this place out during the pre opening night before the springsteen concert. We had to wait about 45 mins for a table for a large group which is understandable. Â The beer selection was great - a ton of victory beers most of which you never see at bars in the area other than hop devil, pils etc.
The food - dear god it is WAY over priced. The sampler was about $16 and consisted of 2 soft pretzel sticks, some slicing fried pickles and 1 sliced brat. I was shocked how much they were charging especially considering how cheap food is at the actual Victory brewery. The majority of the menu was made up of various brats. Which came  in a roll with sauerkraut on top and cost about $9-$11 again insanely overpriced.
Also the place can definitely do without the servers yelling the ziggy zaggy ziggy zaggy oi oi oi  chants every 5 mins.
Great place for grabbing beer - food not so much.
The Victory Beer Hall just had its grand opening yesterday. It is located within the new Xfinity Live! entertainment center. It has beer hall style communal tables and  stand-a-lone seating.
We decided to 'test the waters' and stopped in today for a few beers. The place was packed (Flyers game today). We were told to expect a 30 minute wait, we gave our name and cell phone #, within 5 minutes we received a text message indicating our table was ready.
They have  flat screen TV's throughout the restaurant to watch the games. They have a music stage;  today's band was 'CrAzY In Stereo', we liked them. The sound system/speakers rock! The restaurant servers/band keep the audience entertained with shot-skis and a lot of 'Zicke, Zacke, Zicke, Zacke, Hoi, Hoi, Hoi!,'.......we just aren't a fan of the table dancing on the same area where we are eating...... what izzzzzzz  this, Coyote Ugly? The outdoor patio and fire pit area is nice, I can see drinking some brews & listening to some live music out there.
I had read on the internet that this place was being 'sponsored' by Victory Brewing company but would also be showcasing other craft beer. I could be wrong but I only spotted Victory on tap. Â No problemo, we ordered some Victory lagers, we were happy.
The food menu is German inspired. We decided to start off with the 'Victory  Appetizer Sampler'. (pretzel, fried pickles & bratwurst bites). We found all (3) apps to be bland/boring. The only saving grace was the spicy mustard. (we prefer the apps at Brauhaus Schmitz ). The appetizer came out the same exact time as our main courses (this irritates the hell out of me when this happens, our server agreed but told us "this is the way they do it'?).  We also ordered the 'Skinny Turkey' sandwiches, it was good.......All in all,  I appreciate the German offerings but we would of liked to also have food options similar to the Victory menu at the Downingtown, PA location (I am curious to see what other reviewers think about that).
Our server (Oilva) was great, she kept the beers flowing. We like this place & will return. A solid 3.5 stars.
My wife and I ran the Phillies 5K today, and decided to check out Xfinity Live after the run with some friends. Â We were told by the stafff at the NBC Sports Arena that the resuaurants would be opening at 11am. Â We put our name in for 4 at the Victory Beer hall, and were told the wait would be 35 minutes. Â Gave cell phone # and got a text that our table was ready about 45 minutes later. Â Place was packed due to other runners and Flyers fans who were there for a 1pm game.
Food Overall -- eh. Â Needs some work. Â The appetizer sampler was just plain sad. Â $16 for 6 tiny slices of fried pickle, 6 slices of sausage and 2 soft pretzel braids. Â 20 bites for $16 is not acceptable in our book. Â 3 of us ordered sausage sandwiches - they were decent and the BBQ chips were tasty ($6-$10). Â Spicy mustard on the table was good.
Beers ranged from $6-$7. Â Service was good, except the app came out after the food (HATE that). Â Live music was loud, with performers siging while standing on tables (clean table concern?). Â Shot-Skis came out a few times while we were there - free drinks are always good.
Overall will be back - not for the food unless they step it up, but the scene was fun.
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