When you walk into the restaurant it has the same ambience as a normal sports bar. The food is incredible with their famous crab fries, and what I got the cheesesteak with the cheese being the dip for the crab fries. And the service is amazing, but they can be little nicer. So 4 stars! read more

Chickie's & Pete's - The Famous Crab Fries - Sports Bars Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

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Went there last night to bring out of town guest.. NEVER AGAIN. We sat 20-30 mins before were even able to ask if anyone was going to help us and they still didn't. The only reason we were there that long was because the basketball game was on. We finally left and all we got was oh yeah sorry! Too bad I love chickies. read more

The menu has been paired down so much! The service was terrible. They need to hire additional people. The food was nothing special. Yet super expensive. We will pass! read more

This was one of the worst dining experiences I've had. The bathrooms were absolutely disgusting, and the lights wouldn't even turn on. Tables were sticky, drinks were spilling everywhere, and the seating and lighting were uncomfortable. The floor looked like kangaroos just came through. On top of that, the worker spoke so quietly that we could barely hear a word she was saying, which made ordering frustrating. The biggest issue, though, was the food -- the chicken was undercooked. We sent it back, and even the waiter agreed that it wasn't cooked properly. Overall, the cleanliness, service, and food quality were unacceptable. I would not recommend eating here. Unreal! read more

We checked in at the hostess station and were told the wait would be 40 minutes. We waited politely for 45 minutes then checked in because we saw people who just walked in being seated. Oops!! They FORGOT us! WTF!! Terrible! We missed the start of the concert we had tickets for! read more

The food is amazing and the service is very professional and up to date with the menu. The food quality is excellent

meh, crabby fries only have seasoning and not crabs, no desert, bathrooms weren't anything special, place is crowded and loud af, service was fast to deliver food. read more

Chickie's & Pete's - Crabby fries - Sports Bars Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

Really good chicken sandwich with bacon and LTO. Bacon burger was Al's super delicious!!

I love me some Chickie's and Pete's! I got the crab legs and they were delicious! Definitely recommend! The only thing was service was a little slow. The food came out in a good amount of time it was after, I was stuck trying to get the bill for 20mins after I asked for the check and then we got the check and it was another 20mins for our server to come and grab it. Kinda annoyed but it is what it is. read more

I tried the peel & eat shrimp and an Arnold Palmer. The food was good, I would try the bucket of seasoned fries next time.

I could come here just for the crab fries. Always hot and nice flavor of old bay type sprinkled on top. Cheese sauce is delicious with a slight tang but not overpowering. Buffalo wings are good. Clam chowder is pretty good mix of clams potato etc. read more

Horrible business hours. So hard to come by this place and it's never open. Super sad

My friend and I just got drinks here before and during the Phantoms game. They were very well priced so it met our needs and was convenient. We got our drinks put in plastic cups and were able to leave the restaurant and go into the game with our drinks. When we first walked in the restaurant, we were told there was a 45 min wait for a table. We just went to the bar for drinks. There weren't any seats available so we just took our drinks into the stadium. Our bartender swayed from being nice to having an attitude. The attitude was unnecessary and not appreciated. There's a walk up stand outside the restaurant (walk up from inside the stadium) to quickly get canned beer or crab fries ($8!!!). read more

I came here with my family before a hockey game. I know its a busy time but they should be used to it by now. Everyone ordered a beer and their food items. Everyone else got their beers but I did not. The waiter didn't say anything just walked away. I figured he would be coming right back with mine. 5 to 10 minutes later we see the waiter walk by so we ask him where my beer was. He had forgot about it. Said it would be right out. Another 5 mins go by and he comes back and says they are out of the beer, and to choose another one. I do. They then bring out our food. Nothing is hot, maybe warm but not what I expect coming out of a kitchen. I got the club chicken cutlet sandwich. It came with no sauce on it not even Mayo. It was a very dry sandwich. I wish I could have had a beer to drink it with. He came back to check on how the food was and I asked about my beer. He said they were out of my second choice as well. If i wanted something else. At this point we had already eaten and were just wanting to watch the hockey game (where I did finally get a beer inside the stadium). The fries which what they are known for were mediocre at best. They had the seasoning on them which is needed because they had not crispiness to them and were just soft and mushy. Luckily the Phantoms won that night so at least something went right. read more

Went here for lunch PRIOR to the Coronavirus hysteria AND...........it was virtually empty. Downtown Allentown - lunch time - EMPTY. There was a young couple and their child............but ultimately....empty. I've read reviews where people knocked the service for forgetting simple stuff. I had the same experience. I ordered for my guest and myself. The waiter brought back something similar, but not what I ordered. I felt bad having to send it back - he seemed like a likable guy (gave him a nice tip) but from my mouth to his ears a couple of things were lost in translation. Decent enough place, but not gonna go there unless I go to a Phantoms Game - something I'll probably never EVER do since I loathe the flyers organization and their repugnant fan base. read more

I can't under communicate how disappointed I was in the Allentown location. We were attending the Berry Manilow concert and arrived over 90 minutes early specifically to have drinks and sandwiches. I specifically took guests who had never been to Chickie and Pete's and were excited to go based on my recommendation. We ordered our drinks which literally never arrived. Yes really never arrived. Our food arrived and the cheese steak was dry. Now my friends lost faith in my dining suggestions and you will never get them as a customer. I go to C and P around monthly at the Philly airport and am hopeful this poor service does not spread throughout the chain. Sorry to give this location a poor review, but had to do so based on my experience. read more

Very disappointing. The place looks great from the outside but the service was poor. We ate on Saturday at 0830. Three plates were brought for the three of us. We had to return one that had crusted food on it. Water was not refilled. We had two empty glasses and they refilled one. We asked for lemon for the water and then had to ask again. Overall a real lack of attention. read more

Chickie's & Pete's - Notice the crusted food stains... - Sports Bars Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

Two words: crab fries. These are insanely delicious, crispy crinkly and seasoned and served with white cheese sauce that is soooo heavenly. I also tried the Mussels Red, which was a helluva deal for $12.99 for more mussels than I could eat! (Is guess there were about 40 in the giant bowl of Parm covered marinara.) It's definitely a must try when in Philly. read more

Food is horrible I tried the fried calamari it was to chewy then I was recommended to have the Chickie's riverboat clams it tasted too fishy and felt like I was chewing a rubber band and I don't even want to get into the service I didn't even get silverware to eat when I asked for silverware all I was brought was a fork no napkin or anything not worth the bill that's for sure read more

Chickie's & Pete's - Left it all and spit it back out don't order - Sports Bars Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

We enjoyed 5 star service from our exceptional server named PARIS today !!!! The food is what you expect but Paris saved the day carrying this place on his shoulders ! Keep up the great work !! read more

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I left feeling very blah about my meal. While there is a dense menu, I struggled ordering. I got a soup and sandwich, but I don't have much to rave about. Their fries are well known, but as someone who doesnt enjoy the seasoning, they are lost on me. read more

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Wonderful service. ( very few customers) Polite and patient waiter.He handled our orders and delivered tasty meals in a timely manner. Fries were excellent. Strongly recommend. read more

What works: The first impression is great. There's an open, airy, upscale feel you don't often experience at a sports bar. If you're there to watch a game, there are nice, huge monitors set up for every vantage point. Also, it couldn't be anymore convenient if you're going to an event in the arena, and it's one of only a couple of eating options in the same building. What else works: The food is prepared well, has good presentation, and nice proportions. The crab fries come with a couple of tasty dips, and it's a great appetizer that can be shared. What needs work: They carded my 75-year-old grandmother for a glass of wine. This is not a joke. Worse yet, she'd left her identification in the car console, so one of us had to trek all the way back to the parking lot to retrieve it. While I understand the importance of keeping minors from drinking, this is over the top. Even liquor stores have a "You better at least look 30" policy. What else needs work: The "stagger-style" policy. What this means is that your food is served when it's ready, regardless of whether the rest of your party has been served. This is least appealing for the first and last person served. And last but not least, the bill really surprised me. There were several of us at a table during lunch on a weekday, and we had separate checks, so I picked up my grandmother's. For a small glass of the house white wine and a burger, her bill came to $27. Her burger didn't even come with fries. I couldn't help but think that our server had pulled a fast one, because let's face it - it's a sports bar, not the Ritz. That said, she did enjoy that burger. read more

Wow what a crappie pre-game meal. Food came out in 20 minute intervals and was either cold or uncooked. Pretty bad when you can't make simple bar food. Hopefully something better will move in the space. No reason to try again in Allentown or anywhere else. read more

I would not recommend this place to anyone. The service was poor and the food was just basic. They got our order wrong overall bad experience. read more

Worst place ever.. Hopefully it is a separate franchise. Receipt said 4:17 for 3 orders of French fries. At 4:50 and others getting their food who placed after us we said refund please which took another 15 minutes. If going to the PPL avoid chickie and petes at all cost... oh and by the way not the 1st time...0 stars.... read more

I love the food here, but man you guys have got to do something about the wait times. We sat at our table tonight at 6:05 PM. 6:53 is when we finally got our food. Come on guys. It's just a Wednesday. What's happening here. read more

I was disappointed that they are closed over the weekend and the information on this page wasn't updated to reflect the change in hours. We were looking forward to the Crab Fries, but didn't get them. It took us another thirty minutes to find a similar place to eat. read more

I have been to this location multiple times since it opened in 2014. It has always been a confusing head-scratcher of a restaurant. It seats so few people, is so overpriced, and employs a strange system of letting dozens upon dozens of people in the door and then just letting them stand around in walkways and common areas while they wait for a table to magically become available. Just watch on an event night how many people give up when the interior doors to the PPL Center open and everyone just abandons any idea of waiting for a table. The servers are put in the uncomfortable position of having to ferry food through crowds of waiting people, their faces usually breaking character and showing their annoyance. No improvement to this system has taken place in 8 years - why are the greeters shouting names in 2022 to get people to their seats? As for the food, everyone knows the crab fries and dip are legit. But their cheesesteak is an abomination on the cheapest, dryest bread. The woodgrain and framed sports memorabilia are great, but they don't disguise the fact that the entire menu is mostly a sham not worth the $$$. Also, multiple television screens throughout the bar area are damaged and are flickering or glitched. read more

I am a huge fan of Chickie's & Pete's franchise right from the very beginning when it used to have only 2 or 3 locations in Philadelphia. A great crab house and sports bar. The franchise is known for its blue point crabs and crab fries. This franchise has grown whereby it has 4 locations at the Philadelphia International Airport plus restaurants in the Philadelphia area plus a couple of restaurants outside of Philadelphia. One such location is the Allentown location on Hamilton Street. Parking was a challenge for me but that was my fault. I could have parked in the shopping area's parking lot (Entrance is Behind the Restaurant) and Chickie's & Pete's would have validated it for free. I didn't know about this until I parked on the street and entered the restaurant. The staff was courteous however was clearly not familiar with the full menu. They had to check back on answers to my questions. This location either did not serve Blue Point Crabs or ran out of them. The server told me that they only had Dungeness and Alaskan Crabs. Yet, they had a sign outside the restaurant showing pictures of Blue Point Crabs. I overlooked that and ordered the Dungeness Crab along with a bowl of Hot Shrimp. Both items were prepared in the famous C&P's crab sauce and they were delicious. Service was fast as it always is in any of the franchise restaurants. The knowledge of the servers was not so great. Maybe due to the location and this restaurant is only 8 months old. I am giving it 3 stars and I will visit again because I know Chickie's & Pete's is an institution and will fix this learning curve and return back to stardom. read more

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I bought several gift cards from Chickie and petes for friends at Christmas time off their allentown website. Little did ANYONE know that after they ate they were told that the "do not accept chickie and petes gift cards" THEY WERE PURCHASED OFF YOUR WEBSITE AND YOUR NAME IS CHICKIE AND PETES!! shame on you stealing money from customers and then not honoring the giftcards. This is an embarrassment to your corporation and rest assured none of us will ever go back to your mediocre restaurant again. I should get my money back!! read more

Holy cow, what a fiasco. First, we overheard our hostess told to "seat us at at table with someone who's already here." (Not in the section of the person who hasn't come in yet?) Then we were told that we would get our food "whenever it was ready," therefore, "you might not get your meals served together as the cook prefers to make things as the tickets come in and send it out hot." Uh, what? We told our server we did indeed want our food served at the same time, if possible. Because, you know, we're eating together. He said he would request a "hold" on the item cooked first until the 2nd item was done but didn't seem at all confident the kitchen could accomplish this. Apparently for good reason. Our server was very sweet, but there were at least 15 other young staff members just standing around, talking, and dancing in the narrow pass outside the kitchen doors - which basically faces the entire left side of the dining area. So while you're eating over there be prepared to either feel like a bug under glass (or that you're intruding into a 20-something's party.) There was an older guy with curly hair, thinning on the top, who might be a manager, or might have just be someone flirting with the waitstaff. He was accomplishing nothing but occasionally gathered the staff around to talk and joke with them then walked back over to the bar to look at his cell phone. Fries ordered with meal received before apps. One app never appeared and had to be cancelled. Roast pork sandwich very good. Cheesesteak was not. We were told up front there were no clams, mussels, or crabs available. We usually try everywhere at least 2-3 times, however my husband already refuses to give them another dollar. It's a shame, really, because downtown Allentown deserves (and in The Hamilton, ROAR, Crust, has received) better. read more

This place is an absolute joke. I asked if they had any sangria and our waiter said yeah of course! They bring back my glass of sangria in a tall glass with a straw. First time I ever seen that.. but the sangria was awful! Couldn't even drink it. After a few times coming to the table, the waiter was concerned about why I didn't drink my sangria and I told him straight out that it was horrible. He then told me, "well... the bartender kind of messed with my head. It's actually Merlot with fruit in it". The best part is that he waited all that time to tell me. He just gave me wine with fruit in it and didn't care! We made him take it off the bill. Then we order the white clams for an appetizer.. the clams were super small. They were so-so in flavor, but we wanted to use the leftover juice for dipping sauce. When we got a basket of bread, I ripped a piece apart and found this huge piece of blonde hair at the bottom. I lost my appetite at this point. I also had a little less than half a glass of water left and the waiter asked if I wanted him to take it away. Why would you ask to take my drink when it's almost half full??? Nothing made sense in this place and it didn't help that my father and I had just come from a wake. It was just a bad experience overall and I wish the Yelp app was working on my phone so I could have seen the other bad reviews before coming here. read more

Poor service and they didn't even have crab cakes?? The menu is already so small I don't understand how they didnt have one of the main dishes. read more

2 stars for location and long beer list. The Crab Fries were lukewarm. My companion's dish came out at the same time as the Crab Fries even though I made it clear that the fries were a starter. Had to wait for my food. Food was nothing special. Actually, it's better and cheaper at Stahleys (but we didn't have seafood.) The waitress was not knowledgeable about beers. Said "I don't know, I only drink Miller Lite." Way to sell it. End of rant. I won't go back. Unless I do. read more

The place is clearly understaffed and not prepared. Triple whatever wait time they give you to get an accurate estimate.

Went here for a lunch on a weekday and the place seemed very busy. There weren't many tables open at all. Just to clarify about a situation with another yelper i read, C&P still was not able to sell Clams, Mussles, or Crabs. When asked, they stated they still have to get inspections by the state before they can sell certain products, but they will indeed have them soon (because I have no reason NOT to believe, I'm comfortable with that....I'm not sure why a business wouldn't want to sell produce right?). We ordered the crab fries, wings, a Magooby and Buffalo Chicken Nachos. Fries were excellent. Wings, they were ok....not the favorite in the world but decent (would have liked them a little crisper but maybe that is just my preference). The Nachos were for a friend, but I had a taste and they were pretty darn good. I'd like to get them myself. The Magooby is what I ordered. Picture chilled scrimp on a roll with relish and then fries on top with the american cheese sauce they are known for. It was good....basically a shrimp sandwich with fries on top. It was good, I'd eat it again if someone gave me one, but my socks were still on my feet (to be fair, the server, which I'll comment about next, did kind of make me aware that it isn't the most popular thing on the menu...but I wanted to try something a bit different so I did anyway). Ok...the service....EXTREMELY attentive. We must have been checked on 4-5 times. The food also came out VERY fast......in fact, everything came out at once....about 6 minutes after we ordered! I would have preferred it staggered a bit (like the apps then the entree)...but I'd rather faster than slower that's for sure. I'm looking forward to going back. The menu offers quite a bit more than we had the chance to order. Further, although seafood retail in the area sells crabs, it will be good to find a place close by where we can go and order blue crabs and get them delivered to the table. Prices are what you'd expect....for hamburgers, cheesesteaks, and appetizers the same you'd pay at PJ's and similar places. read more

Who runs out of Crab fries in the second period of the Phantoms game? This place! 4th time here and never once a positive experience. I wish the real owners of Chickies and Petes operated this location. read more

Wanted to try a Chickie & Pete's cheesesteak. So we stopped and waited and waited and waited for an empty table (even though there were plenty tables available?) After we were seated, again we waited and waited and waited... Finally our orders had been taken. It would have been nice if the waitress would have told us that an order of crab fries could feed 2 or 3 people! All in all the steak sandwich was good, not the greatest, but good. The crab fries were ok but way too salty and seasoned for my taste (and where does the crab part of the fries come in... Probably when we left, because I was CRABBY!) read more

Food: we ordered the crab fries with cheese sauce, buffalo chicken cheesesteaks and some pork sandwich with broccoli rabe. The cheesesteaks were average. They're simple...just chicken, cheese and hot sauce. The pork sandwich looked good, but my buddy wasn't a fan of the bread. No problems, but nothing to get excited about. Service: polite, attentive, casual. Atmosphere: casual sports bar with lots of TVs. Great setting to watch some games. Misc: they were out of several beers and the serving of crab fries cost $8, but should have been more like $4 or $5 given its size. Also, when we asked for the drink menu, we were handed a piece of paper that someone wrote the different beers on. Management needs to get their act together. If I'm ever in Allentown again, I probably try a different option. read more