P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant - West Chester Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Antonia was the perfect host. We had a food allergy at the table and she was very responsive."
• "Alyssa and Maddie P. were my bartenders tonight, 04/18/24, and they provided excellent service as usual!"
• "Mackenzie was very friendly and engaging tonight."
• "Our server, Kristen was AWESOME! Very nice and helpful, made our experience there so delightful."
• "Kelly, was our server. She did outstanding job."
• "Cassidy M was the most AMAZING server I could have even had."
• "Antonia was nothing short of amazing! She took care of our entire table including the kids and made excellent recommendations!"

Cons:

• "First it took almost 30 minutes to be seated and it wasn't even busy."
• "Service was lacking."
• "Took forever for server to come to table, messed up multiple parts of the order, forgot a person's food, offered no refills."
• "Way too packed, incredibly long wait for food (roughly 40 minutes), my friend waited nearly 30 minutes for water."
• "Food was excellent everything came out perfect. Server and service was terrible. Waiter walked by like 5 times never acknowledged us."
• "Horrible service. Terrible food."
• "Worst service (there was none) I’ve had in a long time. Sat for 15 minutes and no waitresses approached our table."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was great, would suggest the wings half price for dine in only on Tuesdays and the crab cake sandwich broiled."
• "In my opinion they have some of the best boneless wings around!"
• "Fish tacos were excellent."
• "The famous fries were crisp and amazing, same with the wings!"
• "Food was served in a timely manner."
• "The food here was amazing!"
• "The wings are still good and plenty of sauce choices."

Cons:

• "The broiled crabcakes were only warm not hot .. fine but they are usually much better."
• "I know this because it was visibly unclean and had a gritty texture that was just awful against my teeth."
• "The wagyu beef french dip sandwich was tasty, but light on the meat portion."
• "Most of the food was dry, overcooked, not much flavor."
• "The shrimp tacos were fair."
• "I ordered the buffalo chicken dip and I received this minuscule dish with 'charred' more like burnt dip which tasted like charcoal."
• "Small portions for mozzarella sticks appetizer, and the French dip sandwich was 90% bread and 10% meat."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "This is a great spot to catch a game. The service is great and the prices are great."
• "TV screens are abundant so you can't miss any sports action."
• "They have a wide variety of craft beer too."
• "It's one of the last few spots where you can go grab a snack and a few beers and not break the bank."
• "The music inside was a little loud, making it difficult to have a conversation."
• "They had the game on so it was a win, win, win."
• "The atmosphere is more sports bar / after work hang out."

Cons:

• "From when I walked in at around 7:30 pm to around 9 pm the restaurant was incredibly packed, it felt OVERPACKED; like a fish market."
• "It's a good place to watch sports except it gets very very crowded regularly."
• "The outside room was extremely hot. Even after the heaters were turned down."
• "Store closing says close 12am. BUT...... if there isn't anyone in the restaurant... They'll rush you out at 11:15p."
• "It's a bar, so that is to be expected, but it is hard to hear conversations sometimes."
• "This location is larger than the other ones I've been to, so it gets more crowded and louder, too."
• "They'll rush you out at 11:15p."