Old Philadelphia Public House
| Address: | 1701 Pottstown Pike, Pottstown, PA 19465, USA |
| Phone: | +1 610-469-8908 |
| Site: | oldphillypublichouse.com |
| Rating: | 2.9 |
| Working: | 3–11PM 3–11PM 3–11PM 3–11PM 2PM–2AM 11AM–2AM 11AM–9PM |
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Joe Egolf
Ive been here a few times before on Mondays for wing night. The wings were huge, most of the time they would mess up the sauce if you ordered more than 1 flavor. My girlfriend and I stopped in last night and wow. There seemed to be 2 people out front, the bartender and a waitress so the service was slow, no big deal. We ordered 3 different flavors of wings. The wings came out and the were about the size of a quarter, over cooked, and what meat was on them was dry and tastless, not to mention one of the wing flavors was wrong. I asked the waitress "Did you guys change your wings?" She said "yeah a lot of customers have complained its the company we buy them from, the sent us the wrong order". I just looked at her. No apologies, no offer to bring us something else instead, I just asked for our check. They also charged $1 per plate for bleu cheese and celery, I typically dont have a problem with this but in this case she never asked us if we wanted it and there was probably more celery than chicken. I worked in the business for seven years, I know things happen that you cant do anything about, but when you know its been a problem because "a lot of customers complained" you have to pull it off the menu or at least offer a warning to other customers who order. This is why this place goes in and out of business all the time.
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Dawn Williams
This place doesnt even deserve a 1 star review. My boyfriend and I decided to try a new place for wings. I googled restaurants in Pottstown and found Old Philadelphia Public House. It looked like a nice place with a huge selection on their menu. My boyfriend ordered two dozen wings with hot sauce. When they came out they literally looked like the bones cooked in sauce. They had absolutely no meat on them. They were dry and looked as if they were cooked and reheated. His sauce was not hot and it was sweet. I ordered their build your own burger. It was just plain ground beef with no seasoning and I ordered an onion ring, bacon and pickle on top and medium well. It was the most dried out burger I have ever had. Even the onion ring wasnt any good. I would not recommend this place to anyone. I do have to give them a little credit though. The french fries were very good and we also had the baby neck clams which were also very good but the meal as a whole was absolutely terrible. Was planning on sitting at the bar and having a few drinks but after the terrible food decided it was time to go.
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Marianne staleater
I do not know where to begin. The 15 min wait until anyone noticed standing by the stand up front, The 20 minute wait for our waitress, another 15 mins for our drinks to come and every single one of them was disgusting, The 2 meals burnt and other 2 under cooked, or the bar tender flashing her breast to what we presume to be her boyfriend and discussing drug sales. We go out to eat pretty often and never ever experienced anything close to this bad. There could not have been a manger on duty and if there was they should be terminated right away. I for one would rather not eat at all if my only choice was to be subjected to this lack of attention and illegal activity..
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Zumba with Donna and Chelsea
Went there today Sunday Nov 6th to meet with friends and watch the football game, well let me tell you never again. The owner sits upstairs in her office and smokes, its disgusting. Found this out by asking our server where the smell was coming from and was told this is what she does. How is this legal?? Guess next will be to the Board of Health to report this establishment. Also my niece ordered wings, they came with no celery because we were told that they ran out and the wings had been sitting cooked for awhile. Coming from this service industry its sad that they can operated so shabby.
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Marisa Miller
Beer is good, thats about it. Mixed drink menu was outdated so they had no Moonshine as stated. We ordered the Crab Stuffed Pretzels as an appetizer and there wasnt even enough Old Bay Cheese Sauce to dip them in. Their menu is also out of date (no Steak Kabobs yet they have NY Steak on the menu) so had to order a Burger instead. Battered Fish batter was browned to a crisp and my Bacon Cheddar Mashed Potatoes were clearly reheated. Waitress disappeared frequently despite the fact there were no other tables she was waiting on. For a $60 meal plus tip, this was horrible quality as well as service.
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Happy Bride
WE went in and we sat at the bar my husband, myself and our neighbors. The bartender Shy was the name she used not sure if thats her name or not ignored us most of the time, rolled her eyes at us when we needed refills, and seemed to want to show her breast to any male that sat down. This was not only a turn off but it made us not want to eat. We decided not to order food and paid and left. The people sitting at the table behind us could be heard talking to the waitress about their food being burnt and wrong. My advice, Stay away!!!
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Michele Waggoner
Not a good choice. Looked like a decent place to stop.....Took 1.0 an hour for 2 burgers and 2 kids meals , they forgot one burger then gave us someone elses and everything cold and horrible... Mgr said due to a large party they are backed up..there was 12 people there on a Saturday night by the way and 7 had no food just beers and that included the banjo player. Worst experience We had in a long time. Save your $..wish I would have seen the other reviews before we stopped. Dtay away wars is down the street if you are hungry
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Joseph Antonelli
I live around the corner from this place. I absolutely loathe this place!!! The blonde bartender is absolutely rude and makes you feel so unwanted. You can hear her roll her eyes as you walk through the door. The place is monsterous and hollow. Usually the sound of your footsteps echo in this place because rarely is anyone there. Please bring in some decent staff. I would love to come here, however it is expensive, lame, and unfriendly.
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Alexandra Croke
My fiance and I had dinner here last night, and it was awesome! Good beer selection, food was excellent, and their prices are competitive. A manager-looking man seated us and told us about all the new improvements theyre making to the restaurant - bringing back karaoke, opening a beer garden outside, and opening the room on the left side of the building with a tapas-style menu. We will definitely be going back here!
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Jamie Marmontello
Great atmosphere, very nice outside dining. Was greeted and explained entrees in detail by Jason the manager/owner. The food was excellent, and one of the greatest things about the overall experience was the fact that it has a pet friendly dining area outside. Also included was a complementary bowl of water for our puppy. So you can wine, dine and have great conversation all with your furry family member with you!
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Jason Peterson
I am getting married in 2 weeks so money is real tight, decided to check out the wing special on Mon night. Awesome is all I can say. I started with just 1/2 doz of plain hot. They were good, so went for 1/2 doz bee sting. Again very good. Tried the Cajun, yep Ill be back. And service was great, they even came out to tell me my wings were done wile I was on the phone.
