The Irish Exit
421 8th Ave, New York
(917) 905-3556
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By far the best bar in the world also the most unique because of the ability to order from all the restaurants around it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good for a station bar
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Phenomenal cocktails,
Sammy Rocks!!!! With a
Capital R.
Try their Penny Lane!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It’s ok
This restaurant treats customers exceptionally. The quality exceeded industry standards. Notably cordial team throughout! The Irish Exit maintains fair rates despite its prime position. The meal was incredibly tasty!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere was great, loved watching the games and the cool flipping board. The staff was very nice and service was great! Especially as an out of towner. Rachel and David especially were great!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had just picked up a call from my mom saying my grandfather had gone into kidney failure. I paused, clearly emotional, tearing up, and sat down at the nearest chair to hear from my aunt what the prognosis was. The bartender/waitress comes up to me and asks me what I’ll have- I wave my hand saying I’m okay, still on the call, still with tears in my eyes…and she says you need to order something to sit here.
The thing is, I doubt that waitress lacks humanity. Her behavior is probably the legacy of some director or policy she’s been instructed to enforce - maybe even criticized when she hasn’t in the past. And that’s the real lapse here- a structure that doesn’t allow employees the flexibility and agency, or the comfort and confidence to leverage them, to determine when a policy should be enforced.
Maybe if some compassion had been shown I would have called that woman over after the call and ordered a coffee or breakfast. Regrouped in a spot that suggested care and warmth and community. Instead I walked away, unwilling to experience a hard moment in an atmosphere lacking the most basic of human responses. I hope next time they do better.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Great place, its very nice to wait there , the moving poster is really nice and has some funny stuff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great bar! Great location! Moynihan Hall at Penn Station is a great place to hang out for bars and restaurants. Beautiful, convenient and comfortable
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Beer selection is decent and bar staff is wonderful but this place transforms into a completely unacceptable club around 4pm with music louder than any club I’ve experienced in Vegas, NYC, or any other large city. Can’t even talk to the person beside you. Folks, you are a bar in a train station hall. Stop trying to be a club. Most folks passing through here are business travelers or families and want to be able to enjoy a beer or cocktail before their train; not damaging their ear drums.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
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This place throws rocks at other bars. Get a Margret in Mexico or four while you wait for your train, you ain’t gonna regret it. We loved being able to hang here while we waited for the not-so-bullet train to take us back to the city of brotherly shove. Loved it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great bar with incredible servers!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Music is way too loud, constantly every week that I’m here
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 4
A great pub in the middle of Pen Station. I’ve had a Guiness bear and it was spectacular. I’ve also had an espresso martini which was not good at all. My tip here is to avoid the cocktails cause they seem to be self ready prepared to pour into a glass.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great selection of food from nearby food stalls and they bring it right to your table, friendly bar staff, wide selection of drinks, would come here again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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