Stogie Joe's Tavern Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Dined outside, too beautiful a day to dine indoors."
• "A nice atmosphere."
• "Cool atmosphere!"
• "The neighborhood vibe is like the great South Philly taverns of old, not to mention the great prices."
• "On summer nights they open the garage door in the one room which is nice too."
• "Sports on tube, front wall slides up n you feel the great outdoor breezes."
• "Great Atmosphere with a fireplace and great food and bar."

Cons:

• "It was so unbelievably loud, we could not even have a conversation."
• "The intermission music was if anything louder which was a bummer."
• "Live music was good but loud, made it difficult to talk to anyone more than a foot from you."

Service

Pros:

• "Amazing service from sherry cant come here without getting the pepperoni stromboli love it so much."
• "I have become a regular of stogie Joe's simply because the drink deals are great, the service there is top-notch."
• "Their waitresses are always friendly and willing to help whenever you have a question as to what they recommend."
• "The staff was killer, especially the bartender Jimmy, I would go back just for him!"
• "Good food, reasonable prices, nice waitstaff."
• "Had a pleasant server who was on spot with our drinks."
• "Our server was attentive, accurate and friendly."

Cons:

• "Terrible service, my burger showed up after everyone else at my table was done eating."
• "Joe proceeded to call me and harass me after I was not receptive to a guilt-trip experience."
• "Problem is that you basically have to hound the waitstaff if you want anything."
• "Waitstaff couldn't WAIT to take our plates away AS SOON as we put utensils down."
• "The service is extremely poor here. The waiters are unfriendly either they don't put in your order correctly or forget too."
• "Server was so distracted she was barely around."
• "The waitress forgot about us for a while and my niece had to call her."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food here is absolutely AMAZING!! The BBQ sausage Bites and homemade Pierogies are to die for!"
• "The sausage bites, half hot and half sweet were crispy and tender with a zesty barbecue sauce."
• "The food was so good here that we all agreed It was one of the top in Philly."
• "The pizza is one of the best I ever had."
• "Have ordered pizza from here a few times and It was really good but just had a large pepperoni and mushroom pizza and it was outstanding tonight!"
• "Food was outstanding! Highly recommend the square pizza and the meatball sandwich."
• "Their pizza, wings an house salad are to die for."

Cons:

• "We waited 45 min to get tasteless pizza."
• "The steak and cheese was disgusting on stale bread served with nothing."
• "I ordered a burger and received a frozen burger that had a bad foul smell to it as though the meat was bad."
• "The ribs themselves didn't seem very juicy either. They were a touch on the dry side and not super tender."
• "The burgers taste like they come frozen out of a cardboard box."
• "The pizza is warmed up cardboard with sauce that tastes like it might be from Boboli packets from the supermarket."
• "the spinach Stromboli was bland & that side coleslaw was atrocious!"

Payment Options

Pros:

• "Cash only; atm onsite."
• "Oh, and it's cash only, but an ATM is on site."

Cons:

• "And NO ONE mentioned about the no acceptance of credit cards, CASH ONLY BIT!"
• "This is the first big restaurant I visit in Philly that doesn't take Credits."
• "Can't stand that I go to a restaurant and have a tab with liquor for a lot of money and they can't accept a debit card and you're forced to use their ATM machine for a fee so they can cheat on taxes."
• "They ONLY accept 💵.. That has been a problem several x especially when dining w others that often don't carry that much cash."
• "They don't take credit cards! Tax cheats?"