The Perky Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is excellent."
• "Everything was excellent - the food / sides were seasoned to perfection!"
• "The bbq was excellent, sauces were great."
• "Best quesadilla I've ever had!!!!!"
• "One thing that's exceptional is the hot wings."
• "Best BBQ I've had in all my 48 years!"
• "The ribs were great and the brisket was tender and delicious."

Cons:

• "By far the worst BBQ I'd ever had !!!"
• "The most sorry Mac and cheese you have ever had."
• "Burned BBQ Ribs."
• "Food tastes like liter fluid."
• "Ordered the bbq chicken, was completely black, tasted like lighter fluid."
• "The BBQ tasted like it was pulled from a house fire."
• "The brisket tasted like fuel (lighter fluid?)."

Service

Pros:

• "Marissa was awesome, juggling the bar, seated patrons and their catering - friendly, timely and accurate."
• "Service was great our server was Jess she's a cutie☺."
• "Fast table service."
• "We never waited long for her to stop by and she always brought us everything we needed quickly, great service."
• "Our bartender / waitress was super friendly, helpful and efficient."
• "The bartender Brianna is always super nice and attentive."
• "Our server was so great with our kids and provided fantastic service to our family."

Cons:

• "The bartender was highly rude when we mentioned it."
• "Service sucks. What service you do get is rude and ignorant."
• "I’ve never seen a bartender/server so blatant about not wanting to be at work."
• "SLOW service."
• "We were talked out of ordering food by the waitress after we were completely ignored for 15 minutes."
• "The bartender/waitress we had was by far the worst I have ever had."
• "After being blatantly ignored for nearly 1/2 hour on a moderately active Saturday afternoon, we left."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Great food cool atmosphere just can not be in any hurry."
• "The music playing set the tone even more and made for such a pleasant ambiance."
• "Fun, cozy atmosphere and a nice, smiling bartender with a friendly/upbeat attitude."
• "It has a dive bar feel inside (in a good way)."
• "Fun local vibe."
• "Walking in, you feel like you're in south Philly or Fairmount."
• "The atmosphere is a place where you'd have a good time in dining in or sitting at the bar."

Cons:

• "Very loud, so if you're looking for someplace relatively quiet this is not for you."
• "The music here is really uncomfortable. The bass is turned up to what seems to be the max."
• "They do not follow COVID guidelines here so if that concerns you I would not go."
• "No masks at all. None of the staff members I saw had masks on and were not following social distancing guidelines indoors."
• "Not a great place bar is a hole in the wall."
• "Horrible place for New comers. If you aren't a regular here expect horrible service."
• "No professionalism owner has no people skills."

Pricing

Pros:

• "Prices are reasonable."
• "Good food and great prices."
• "The bill came out and it was way less than we expected given the portion sizes we had."
• "Good prices, good service."
• "Also, it is incredibly reasonably priced."
• "The food is very reasonably priced for BBQ."
• "Good food for a good price."

Cons:

• "Spent a fortune, only to have to eat somewhere else afterwards."
• "We ordered 4 bears and were billed for 5."
• "RIP OFF order 50 wings and menu says $45 but they charged 4 separate charges $19, $19, $6 and &6."
• "80 dollars spent... definitely wasn't worth it for us."
• "It is a little pricey for bbq but for this area about average price."
• "I did not like $14."
• "Considerably understaffed especially considering how busy of a Saturday afternoon it was."