Every single thing we ordered was amazing... and our server Jess only elevated the experience more…read more She gave great recommendations and was so attentive throughout our time. I got the Moroccan shrimp which was AMAZING, but everyone at my table was happy with their food. Will 100% be coming back... and can't wait until I do.

The entire experience led by my Bartender Jesse was exceptional. 10/10 service!!…read more Came for happy hour but ended up staying for a full meal and was pleasantly surprised by everything that I was recommended to me by Jesse via the catch of the day deal. $40 for an app, entree and dessert was an amazing deal. Everything was fresh and filling, I left happy as a clam!

TL;DR weird vibes + overpriced…read more Came by on Saturday and took the only reservation that worked with our early train departure - 4pm. Seemed that we were the only patrons and felt like we'd interrupted the staff's break time. While the decor is gorgeous, the energy definitely didn't feel warm, welcoming, or like a place we'd want to return. The pasta was fresh, cheese was plentiful, and the rabbit was shredded like chicken. My partner felt there should have been more meat but I enjoyed it. For two cocktails and one pasta (rabbit) it cost us $87. OK cocktails paired with good pasta. All in all, not worth the price point for the experience of feeling like you're an inconvenience.

Came here to celebrate my sister's birthday just off the whim. We weren't expecting much but it…read moreturned out a lot better than we thought! Everything here is family style so make sure you order multiple plates. My only gripe about this place was that the plates are really small even for family style and kind of pricey so you end up ordering more. Appetizers - Crispy octopus and foccacia. So good! I'm not a huge fan of octopus but it literally just tasted like calamari with some puree on the side that tasted so good. Main dishes - Margherita pizza... my fav thing that we ate here. So much flavor and yet still so crunchy. For pastas we ordered the fustilli which was like a bowtie pasta with tomato sauce and basil. We also ordered the carbonara which was cooked suuuper al dente and was tasty; it was on the saltier side. As for the mains - flat iron steak and branzino. My siblings were literally fighting over the last bites on the steak and branzino lol. Dessert - Since it was my sister's birthday we got to try the tiramisu which was deliciously rich and creamy. Ambiance - It's sooo cute in here. Dark and ambiant, it's seriously such a vibe. Come dressed up and take lots of cute photos.

EXCELLENT!! Loved everything about Post Haste! The service, food (seasonal and local) were spot…read moreon. Chef Ari walks around bar/dining room introducing himself to the guests. Love this! Highly recommend Post Haste and looking forward to returning soon!!

I really like the mission behind the business - using in season and local partners for ingredients…read more The space is stunning inside with the fire oven, semi-transparent mirrors and 90s forest green walls. OYSTERS (4/5) - honestly, these were solid, some fishier than others naturally and felt like they were small, it's also dismissive to lay them on a bed of chucked oysters, creates a facade that there's more on the plate than there is BILLION LAYER FRIED LASAGNA (3/5) - definitely could have used more accompanied sauce, I did enjoy the herbaceous green filling CAVIAR, WHITEFISH & PRETZEL (4/5) - the crust on the pretzel was nice but I wish the pretzel itself was bigger so I could enjoy the soft inside more, the beet mustard was excellent SCALLOPS STRAWBERRY GAZPACHO (2/5) - would have loved more scallops, the gazpacho didn't pair well with the scallops, strawberry flavor was light, the crispy sunchokes ruined the dish as it left a bitter after taste I was told the duck dish was (5/5)! Fantastic options for vegans/vegetarians, they clearly indicate it on the menu too.

I was craving some calamari and pasta for lunch and saw that La Roma is a sister restaurant of Nemi…read morewhich is a neighborhood favorite. Calamari was on par with expectations and the short rib ragu tagliatelle was great. I liked how balanced the savory and sweetness were between the short rib and the red sauce. Now that I see photos of their other dishes on Yelp, I'm looking forward to trying the rest of the menu.

Always great food, nice Happy Hour. $9 full fill wines, $4 drafts of Dos Equis. Service is always…read morespot on. It was a warm day, so we ordered some lighter dishes and they did not disappoint. The burrata spread was perfect. Creamy mozzarella, Peppery arugula on a lightly toasted bread, drizzled with oil and balsamic. The Bronzino was perfectly cooked on the grill, easy to debone and had an aromatic light flavor of herbs. Ask for the side of chimichurri sauce. It goes well on everything they prepare here. Nice neighborhood joint, so glad we live near here.

Visited Jerry's Bar with a few friends from college and I'd definitely say it's a solid spot. We…read morecame for happy hour and I grabbed the hot honey fried chicken sandwich and the meal was good. The happy hour deals were definitely great and the service was excellent. It's a cool spot overall and a great neighborhood bar.

I'd heard great things about Jerry's chicken Caesar wrap, but since I don't eat meat I asked to…read moresubstitute shrimp instead. I expected there to be an upcharge, but I was shocked when the $18 wrap became $30 because the shrimp substitution alone cost an additional $12. What makes it even more confusing is that on the regular Caesar salad, adding shrimp is $10 while adding chicken is $6, a difference of only $4. Charging $12 just to swap chicken for shrimp on the wrap seems excessive and inconsistent with the rest of the menu. The wrap itself was good, but it definitely wasn't worth $30. I'd come back for other items, but I'd skip the wrap unless the pricing on substitutions is reconsidered.

Irwin's feels like the more intimate expression of everything that makes the Bok Building so…read morecompelling. We started with a drink at Bok Bar around 5:30, then walked a few steps across the eighth floor into a former vocational school classroom now home to a Sicilian restaurant. Enormous school windows, worn cream walls, exposed conduit, old tile, flashes of graffiti, palms, and Persian rugs make the room feel sophisticated and faintly exotic without ever seeming contrived. Visually, the room rewards looking around. The graffiti especially caught me; I have no idea which marks predate the restaurant and which may have been added later, but the smaller tags feel completely at home against the aging school surfaces. In the early days of home internet, I was obsessed with Art Crimes, the graffiti site founded in 1994 that still exists in its wonderfully utilitarian form, so those marks immediately pulled me in. Dinner tasted like summer. My wife and I started with focaccia, crudo, and a salad, then moved into clam pasta and pesto pasta before sharing the whole fish. The cooking stayed clean and light while still leaving us full, and our server was excellent. I had a glass of rosé, the huge doors stood open to the evening air, and either the dining room or terrace would have been wonderful. Sicily gave the meal more personal resonance than I expected. I visited years ago during a very different chapter, and my memories of the island remain beautiful but disjointed, fitting for a place shaped by centuries of conflict beneath a repeatedly erupting Mount Etna. I'm grateful I saw it, but I'm even more grateful for the steadier life that followed: marriage, entrepreneurship, 3 young children, a dog, and the chance to slow down enough to notice what actually makes me happy. Earlier, walking through Bok had already explained why Irwin's belongs here. We passed inMovement's enormous gymnastics facility beneath the surviving "Girls Gym" sign, and a fit guy inside happened to be wearing a perfectly worn vintage Venice Beach T-shirt; that tiny image captured the bridge between old South Philadelphia and Southern California running through the building. Bok has the scale and architectural freedom that make this kind of creative reuse feel plausible in Philadelphia or Los Angeles, where an enormous older structure can hold gymnastics, restaurants, and a rooftop bar while retaining its grain. Around us, families, couples, and groups of friends filled the room, with an easy mix of ages and personalities that felt stylish without becoming socially precious. There is something of the brilliant, slightly edgy cousin's apartment in the scene, the place people might once have regarded with mild suspicion before Condé Nast Traveler arrives years later with a photographer and a beautifully edited weekend itinerary. I say that with affection: at its best, broader attention and capital give overlooked buildings and neighborhoods the resources to survive and evolve while preserving enough texture to remain themselves. Walking home to our place near Rittenhouse Square was the perfect final act. I can still remember the New York finance version of myself arriving in Philadelphia because the woman who became my wife was training here, carrying more big city snobbery than I realized and assuming a smaller city meant a smaller life. Years later, pleasantly tired and full after Irwin's, I felt the opposite: I'm happier trying to build something of my own, walking home through a city I love, and heading toward 3 sleeping children and a dog who have made rootedness feel far richer than constant motion ever did.

Dinner at Irwin's was very pleasant. It is located in the same building as Bok Bar. We entered the…read morebuilding ( an old school building) and took the elevator up to the 8th floor. We selected outside seating and the weather was perfect. We ordered cocktails, Focaccia, and pasta dishes. Our waitress was super nice, she explained the menu, and helped us select our cocktails of choice for dinner. The music and people talking around us was not too loud. We left just as the sun was setting ( perfect for a date night).

Little Water is a true delight from the moment you walk into the space. No detail is overlooked, it…read morefeels upscale without a single whiff of stuffiness. The staff are friendly, attentive, and incredibly reassuring when it comes to managing allergies. I dined here twice during my trip home this week, and both meals absolutely blew my socks off. Standout Celiac-Safe Dishes: * Hamachi collar (Wow.) * The Caesar-like salad * Maratelli rice * The Raw Bar, which I had the fortune of enjoying almost in its entirety (see photo!) I haven't been imbibing lately, but the Golden Hour NA drink left me wanting for absolutely nothing. Truly one of the best meals of my life, and easily the best in recent memory.

Cozy spot with top tier, attentive service. My niece & I enjoyed the melon d'oro spritz cocktails…read morewith oysters, the star of the show for us -- tartine, and fried snapper. We want to come back for brunch next time!

Our best sit down meal in Philly…read more Food: 5. Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4.5 Cost to worth it rating: 3 Opentableable: no but resy Return worthiness: yes! Eve award: best foie toast Highlights: - Foie toast: smooth and rich terrine slices w jam was out of this world. Bread was perfect combo of crunchy and soft as a base. 5 stars - Crab pasta: super fresh flat string pasta with crab chucks and crunchy pollen for texture but the magic was in the sauce so complex and delicious. 5 stars - Pork chop: cooked perfectly with a tasty Korean glaze. 5 stars - Blueberry pie: crusty and lovely blueberries. 4.5 stars - Roast chicken: juicy version. 4.25 stars - Chocolate flan: rich almost coffee like flavor 4.5 stars - Ian: fun and helpful waiter. He was great. 5 stars! - Atmosphere: maze of different dining rooms. We ended upstairs with the wine - Wine: fine selections and got a surprising glass of Austrian red wine I enjoyed the waiter recommends. Midlights: - Fish was pretty plain but tender. 3 stars - Eggplant toast the spicy harissa didn't work for me but others liked it. 3 stars - Couldn't do pork chop plain without the glaze for my picky teen Lowlights - Out of the bottle of wine we wanted was excited to see on the menu. And the substitution the lady said was from the same region but was not--not even the same state.

Sat at the chefs counter which is the way to do it! So fun watching the food prep and scope out…read moresome of the menu items before ordering. We ordered: - tuna tartare toast: fan fave for a reason, the mayo is so good on this! - oysters: self explanatory, the ginger condiment isn't my favorite thing I've had on an oyster but it was tasty. - grilled halloumi with blueberry Agua chile: I absolutely loved this, I'm a sucker for halloumi and the sweetness from the blueberry balanced it out so well. This was a special for the evening. - zucchini: this was the veggie dish I was least interested in on the menu but our waitress described it so well that we decided to try it. The ricotta on top was so creamy and the zucchini is charred from the wood fire grill - whole fish of the night: whole dorade stuffed with lump crab.... Insanely good, not too fishy at all and perfectly charred. Even better with some of their homemade hot sauce which we ended up purchasing a bottle of ($8), the fish was $82 - blueberry pie: only on the menu for a limited time once per year, it was the perfect dessert We each got one cocktail and I had one glass of wine. Our bill was $325 with tip which we felt was slightly more than we thought we would spend but we also could've done without one dish as we were stuffed and had leftover fish. Not dying to return but would recommend it for a nice date night!