National Mechanics Bar and Restaurant Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was great."
• "Service is usually pretty quick during the busier hours"
• "Service was friendly, fast, and terrific even though the place was really busy."
• "The service was phenomenal...our waiter, Raf was willing and pleased to answer questions."
• "Drinks, food, and the check were delivered promptly with a smile and friendly conversation."
• "RJ, our server, was friendly, prompt, and helpful with our food/drink choices."
• "Our waitress was incredible - probably one of the best I've ever had."

Cons:

• "Come here only if you have all the time in the world."
• "Getting re-fills for drinks was a challenge & it took multiple requests for a water."
• "Bartender was visibly intoxicated, just sort of wandering around clueless."
• "Wouldn't recommend to anybody based on the staff."
• "Gonna be honest with you. I emailed the event coordinator to see if they could accommodate a party of 25-30... she never responded back to my email (a bit unprofessional)."
• "During my last visit it took over an hour to get our food."
• "The server avoided us/our table for about 30 minutes."

Food

Pros:

• "The food was amazing for all of us, drinks were fabulous!"
• "The cobb salad was awesome."
• "The chicken parmigiana was great!"
• "honey garlic wings are 🔥"
• "The Mexican burger is a fantastic blend of flavours and textures, one of my favourite burgers ever."
• "The grilled meat they serve is very delicious and well made."
• "The food was exceptional, I had the patty melt and tomato soup, they paired perfectly together."

Cons:

• "The burgers, which were ordered well done came barely cooked."
• "The cheese steak was meager and disappointing."
• "The popcorn chicken: Our least favorite, a little bit bland."
• "I ordered the 6 shrimp cocktail which came with one warm shrimp, 1 half warm shrimp and 4 cold shrimp."
• "Both times lamb burger was bad, second time literally tasted like old mutton."
• "The food is bad. And they messed up our orders."
• "Unfortunately this restaurant gave me food poisoning."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The ambiance of the old building added to the enjoyment."
• "There was some *awesome* jazz playing the whole time we were there"
• "This bar has a fun, funky historical vibe."
• "The inside is nice and dark and has great tavern vibes."
• "The place is decorated really cool with cute greyhound sculptures throughout."
• "The building and interior are really unique, unlike any other restaurant I've ever been to."
• "The exterior and interior have an unmatched charm to them."

Cons:

• "The place was painfully loud due to large number present and televisions turned up to maximum for a sporting event."
• "the noise level made it near impossible to enjoy our meal."
• "The environment is not kid friendly bathrooms are dark and dingy."
• "The ceilings are high so your voice carries though so wouldn't recommend large groups."
• "The decorations for halloween are the perfect fit!"
• "Can get packed in some areas around bar."
• "Also, be careful entering and exiting this restaurant with steep steps."

Drinks

Pros:

• "19 or so beers on tap...almost all are IPAs."
• "Yuengling Porter ($6) [5/5] didn't disappoint, as expected."
• "They have a fantastic make your own Bloody Mary bar"
• "Went for a happy hour once with my girlfriend and we got great drink specials for $3 a piece."
• "Good beer, lots of choices."
• "Especially if you come on a happy hour, and beer is half priced."
• "Their French onion soup is absolutely delicious, as the gigantic pretzel and the cheese sauce it comes with!"

Cons:

• "I ordered a whisky cocktail that I can't remember the name of but it wasn't good."
• "I wasn't thrilled by their strawberry daiquiri, though."
• "Good drinks and enjoyable atmosphere but sexist drink names like a HIM-osa totally and utterly turn me off from this place."