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    P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant - Reading

    3.1 (183 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
    Updated 3 weeks ago

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    P.J. WHELIHAN'S PUB + RESTAURANT - READING ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Loud
    Casual
    Happy hour specials
    Good for groups

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    Buffalo Chicken Dip, Basket of Fries
    Jessica W.

    Came here after a wrestling tournament that was an hour and 45 minutes away from home around 9pm and although it wasn't incredibly busy, we waited a ridiculous amount of time just to get our drinks and menus. Waited even longer for our food, which was just okay, nothing too great. My husband asked our server for ranch twice and never got it. The music was so loud, I couldn't even hear what my family was saying even from just across the table. Probably won't be going back. Giving it two stars because my kids liked the traditional and boneless wings.

    The OG Smash Burger with Loaded 'Tater Tots
    Alfonso D.

    By far one of the best burgers I've ever tried make sure you get that OG burger that burger was delicious and the tots were so good. Also, if you get there early from 4 to 6, you can enjoy the happy hour. They got good drinks as well and if you wanna watch a football game or a basketball game or a hockey game this is the place to be. I definitely recommend this place to everyone. The service was amazing and the ambience was perfect.

    Grilled chicken Cobb Salad
    James P.

    I have been out here in Shoemakersville for over a month and a half, and never heard of this spot. Amazing food, plenty of tv's, friendly staff, overall great place.

    Cobb Salad
    Roger C.

    Great atmosphere for any sports junky. I was surprised that there was no wait in a Friday night and the food came out very fast. We ordered chicken tenders, boneless wings/fries and a salad. All three items were made perfectly and tasted great. Large portions. The only negative was the server-she didn't fill drinks or check on us. We had to wait almost 15 minutes for the check. For her might have just been a bad night. Overall though we had a great experience.

    American Wagyu French Dip

    Everything was great. I came here for dinner. Let me tell you. It was delicious at the time little did I know an hour and a half after eating this I was puking horribly to the point that I had to go to the hospital and they told me I had food poisoning! Avoided all cost undercooked

    Mango Habanero

    Our food was great, Leo was a great server! Will be back! 10/10 service highly recommend

    Our server with curly blonde hair and her boyfriend she keep making out with in hat while we wait 20 mins to be asked if we ok

    All the workers were sitting at the booth behind us watching football we waited 37 mins for food and everyone in the place was at bar drinking. The server we had rather made out with her bf who also works here and make sure he had drinks and food than care to help us. I'm overall disappointed with this location. I love going to pjs but this was a disappointment. The food came out cold and my chicken tenders were tiny and to top it off it was my best friend's birthday. I guess I'll have to drive to Collegeville to enjoy better service. But I'm glad her boyfriend in the hat had a better experience than us.

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    1 year ago

    Great food, excellent service, and plenty of sports on the big screen tv's all around the dining area.

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    10 months ago

    The food was delicious. The service was awesome! Everything was above and beyond. We had a blast!!!

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    2 years ago

    A good place to grab a bowl of chili. A good burger. And watch a game. Can be quite busy and loud but not overwhelming.

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    2 years ago

    Great place to watch the game! Yummy apps, good drink selection, and nice outdoor space. Service was quick and friendly.

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    1 year ago

    Place left me cold. My salad had brown lettuce in it. It's basically a drinking place and hangout for the younger crowd.

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    2 years ago

    To go order. Forgot our salad dressing, wing dipping sauces & burger ordered medium well, cooked medium rare.

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    3 years ago

    I go to PJ's all over and this one is in the top 3 for sure. Especially if you sit at the bar. Excellent service and staff.

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    3 years ago

    Aniyza is amazing. She takes care of the whole bar AND the restaurant. Aniyza never stops moving and definitely needs a raise!

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    5 years ago

    Nice atmosphere. Service was prompt. Wings were really good. We liked the mango habanero. The burgers were not great through.

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    3 years ago

    Anita is the best bar tender/server!!! A rock star!!! Best place to watch football, drink, and eat!

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    Service was slow, waitress was rude. Manager was nice and apologized. Food was good and tasty!

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    we ate supper & had drinks at the bar tonight. Aniza, Danny & Sam took awesome care of us.

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    Brewer's Bar and Grill

    Brewer's Bar and Grill

    3.9(137 reviews)
    3.1 mi
    $$

    Fun restaurant and bar in the Reading, PA area!…read more My friends and I were traveling through Pennsylvania and we wanted dinner, a place to watch a football game, and good food/beer. We found Brewer's on Yelp and and were very happy with our visit. Brewer's had a local feel to do it and a lively atmosphere for a Thursday night. The food menu has a large selection of different types of food so almost anyone can find something to eat. Great selection of beer with a lot of regional offerings. Also seem to run a special for different types of alcohol for most nights of the week ($6 large draft IPA beer on Thursday night). I ordered the brisket meatloaf sandwich that came with BBQ sauce and gouda cheese on top. The sandwich was very tasty and I especially enjoyed the pretzel roll it was served on. I liked that I was able to substitute a side of perogies instead of chips. The moon ranch grilled chicken sandwich was a little underwhelming and the moon sauce was the only positive to that sandwich. The service was good and our server checked back in with us multiple times during our visit. There's also a beer outlet with a large selection of craft beer attached to the restaurant so you can take local craft beer home with you. They call themselves a small place with the BIG selection!

    We have eaten here a few times over the years and have had positive experiences. However, we went…read morethere last night and had a poor experience. Our waitress, who chose to wear air pods, was crass and impolite. She was sarcastic in a negative way towards one of the members in my party about their drink choice. She also stunk of heavy cigarette smoke and was coughing all over the place. The food was nothing special - just standard bar food. However, the prices here are outrageous! Unfortunately, it's just not worth going here when I can go elsewhere and get a real meal, not just bar food. I'm actually sad that I have to leave a negative review. In the men's bathroom, the sink has next to no water pressure and they were out of soap. I wonder how the employees wash their hands... On a positive note, the food was served fresh and hot!

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    Sly Fox - Wyomissing - yummy :)

    Sly Fox - Wyomissing

    3.4(84 reviews)
    2.5 mi
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    My first visit to Sly Fox's Wyomissing location and I was surprised to find that they opened at…read more10AM for Sunday brunch! The building is in the old Vanity Fair complex, so it has high ceilings and plenty of parking spaces. They have a nice size bar, but we sat at a table inside. There was live music outside on the patio, but we only realized it when we left. The brunch menu had a selection of offerings, including mimosas and yummy chicken and waffles! The regular menu with appetizers and sandwiches was still available too. The service was quick and the food was delicious. Nice beer selection and mixed drinks too! Worth a visit if you're in the area.

    Sly Fox is the quintessential neighborhood watering hole. It's a no-frills big empty room that they…read morestuck some chairs and high tops in. Throw in some TVs, a big U-shape bar for maximum area, thus making it my favorite bar shape. Have you ever been standing in one of those straight-line bars, and you're about three layers of people away from even sniffing the bar. It's claustrophobic, it creates a needless bottleneck, it feels like you're about to be crushed. Not here. It's open with super high ceilings. You can go outside and play cornhole in the crisp fall air. The whole place is easily accessible either by using the parking lot out front or the even bigger parking lot in the rear. I think there is some sort of hidden ballroom downstairs for private events. Every now and then you see a whole wedding procession just casually stroll on through. I guess it's the hot destination, which makes total sense when you take a step back and can see Sly Fox for what it truly is, which is your cookie cutter craft brewery bar experience you've seen countless times up and down the eastern seaboard. I gotta give it to them, Sly Fox was one of the few breweries to break through to kind of the ultimate level. To the point where it goes well beyond just having your beer appear in local bar taps, but to be the establishment itself, and in this case, a successful chain of them. With its headquarters in Pottstown, it's always nice to see success stories like these with local roots. I will look back and think fondly of these days before it becomes a giant evil mega corporation snuffing the life out of smaller startup breweries like it once was by the dozen. Until then, might as well enjoy the ride.

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    Louie's Kitchen And Bar - fresh cut fries, the best burgers around, and cold beer

    Louie's Kitchen And Bar

    4.4(117 reviews)
    6.0 mi
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    It had been a long day. I saw Louie's on my go to list, so we gave it a try. We met some nice…read morepeople and had some good Cheeesteak conversation. We got the Lewie. It comes with cheese sauce. It is very tasty. It's very soft. It has a soft roll, the meat is tender and juicy, and the cheese sauce is velvety. It comes with chips which add a nice crunch. Nice lively crowd.

    Outstanding experience. (Hope this review makes up for minor squabbles about Gracie's, which I too…read morelove!) Located a bit out of the way in the Flying Hills golf course, but worth the drive. Sports bar- Eagles vibe w/ a decent draft list. The kegs weren't working (seems to happen at every bar we attend these days) but still enjoyed a Mike & Merrill Philly Hazy IPA. Wings a good size, crisp, you know, the way wings used to be before everyone started charging an arm & a leg & serving broken pigeon wings. Classic "Buffalo" sauce & blue cheese dressing were good. FINALLY tried famous Caramel Burger (which I missed several times at the Hamburger festival). It did not disappoint. Good size, flavorful patty, & what these people do best- the bacon jam & caramelized bacon. The sweetness of the onions sings thru. Order it! Husband ordered seasonal special Frikadellen/Bratwurst Smash Burger. Skipping right to it- the cottage fries. (Gracie's/Louie's if you had this all the time we'd have no beef! LOL) INCREDIBLE! Crisp, thin, tender, amazing. If you follow me you know I am over the frozen fries served at every eatery in this country. Finally, amazingly pleasant, genuinely happy, server- Reese. She was on my side throughout this whole foodie journey, even the beer & burger mishap (initially burger served w/o cheese sauce). She's a keeper! We'll be back & will spread the word! Till then, stay on your toes! Thank you Louie's for a great meal.

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    Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings - Anthony's Classic Italian Salad

    Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza & Wings

    3.6(190 reviews)
    1.4 mi
    $$

    The food quality is pretty good, good job Anthony whoever you are haha…read more The only thing I didn't care for was the tomato sauce a bit bland for me but overall good taste to all food. The service of the waiter wasn't like "AMAZING" but it wasn't bad either, nice to know the restaurant offers a complimentary meatball and wing for first time guests, so make sure to ask! The ambiance is laid back and chill, fun place to visit. Love sitting outiside--the best.

    I've heard decent things about this place. So we went on a Wednesday evening and it wasn't busy. We…read moreasked to be seated outside since it was nice outside. After we were seated, it took 10 minutes for someone to even greet us and take our drink order. When they finally did, we ordered the meatballs since we've heard so much about them. What a shock, 2 small meatballs with a very over-acidic sour-tasting red sauce and two pieces of bread for $10?! That was crazy. I would have expected 2 large meatballs at the very least. And then to top it off, they were lukewarm. Not hot at all. We asked for new hot ones and when they came out again... even less warm. The server kept bringing us dirty filthy plates. We asked another server for new plates and got an attitude. When we asked to speak to the management we were told he's too busy cooking in kitchen. We left and didn't eat a thing. This is not at all a good look on this establishment. I can easily say this place absolutely did not live up to the hype at all. What a bummer. I would not recommend or return to this restaurant.

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    Alley Oops Sports Bar & Grill - More wings

    Alley Oops Sports Bar & Grill

    4.4(25 reviews)
    46.1 mi
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    I have to say I was very pleasantly surprised at how good this small restaurant / sports bar is…read morethat was attached to Suburban Bowlerama, on Queen Street, in York, Pa. Wife, daughter and myself first had three games in the alley, which went by at good time for three games. But the real treat was when some of the customers exited this little eatery as we bowled, we couldn't help but smell the food being served just behind us on the furthest end of the alleys. When we came inside, Michelle had greeted us pleasantly, and asked if I needed a chair moved as I was in a wheelchair, but the tables were perfect height and had no trouble at all getting a place to eat. ^^ A few other people were dotted around different seats as multiple TVs played various sports, as we started looking on the menus of what was making our mouths water. My daughter ordered the Nashville Hot Shrimp, Wife had the chilli, and decided to get a small speciality pizza, Ham with fig sauce ... ?... I decided to get a bowl of the creame of crab soup and sweet tea. Food took a small while to make, but when it came out, it was AMAZING. The soup was in a wide styled bowl with crackers, and no lie. It was perfect. Then my wife had started on her chilli, and she said it was exactly how her mom used to make it from North Carolina, it was THAT Good. Daughter had started on her hot shrimp and was happily bouncing in her seat as she loved the heat and the taste. Then when me and wife got done with the bowls of OMG Goodness, then she offered me a piece of her pizza, and I tell you, I NEVER Had such an outstanding combination on a pizza before as I had here. It was a white flat bread pizza, and the ham was perfect with crisp edges, but the best part was the sweet fig sauce. It was perfectly balanced with the salty meat and the sweet drizzled sauce on top. Michelle came by and asked how we were doing, and she just smiled as we told her how good the food was. She had let us know the menu was changing, and thanked us for letting her know what we liked, hopefully they will keep our choices on those menus, as they will be choices we will definitely order again, the next time we head there for bowling. So please, when you get food there at Alley Oops, tell Michelle how good your choices they are, and see when they change the menu, they keep the choices on. I couldn't recommend this food eatery place highly enough, as seeing how excellent the food is, and Michelle's pleasant personality made the day for us. We WILL be back again... ^^ Cheers and God Bless... Deaf Gryphon ^^

    A different kind of sports bar tucked inside a bowling alley--and it delivered exactly what you'd…read morehope for. Great variety of drinks, plenty of TVs, and a fun, laid-back vibe. But the real star? The wings. Absolutely outstanding, crispy, flavorful, and done right. If I lived nearby, I'd be eating these on the regular.

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    The best wings in York and $3 drafts every Wednesday!

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    Crab dip burger I believe.

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    P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant - Reading - sportsbars - Updated July 2026

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