The Plough & the Stars
123 Chestnut Street Entrance on, N 2nd St, Philadelphia
(215) 733-0300
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Authentic Irish! Amazing Brunch and fare! If you want to go for a beautiful food and beautiful people, this place is for you! The variety of music and friendly faces, as well as other activities and specials that they offer on a regular basis is an extra bonus! My favorite was the personalized Guinness foam! Oops and I almost forgot the absolutely delicious apple bread, pudding with caramel sauce! Jordan was our waiter. He was fabulous!
Halibut special was incredible. Brussel sprout appetizer was wonderful. Guinness beer options and mixes made itveven better. Family loved it. Was loud, but also were there during final four basketball games. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bartender foegot to enter our food order and then only entered one of our orders. Otherwise a great place. Good Harp beer on tap! Food is excellent!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Great place, definitely try the spice bag/bowl. Loved the music and the atmosphere, highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Traditional Fish & Chips, Chicken Curry with Chips and Rice, Calamari
Drinks were good. We had the Manhattan. Service was decent. We actually went for the food. They had a saffron isotto with mushroom, seared scallops and a blackened salmon. The risotto was slightly underdone. There was no mushrooms. Instead we got a piece of steamed cauliflower with a piece of red pepper. The salmon was a bit dry and the scallops were not seared. I cut the scallops and it was under done. I spoke with the waitress and she got the manager. She took these back to the kitchen and brought out more. These were burnt and over cooked. I didn't bother to eat any more of the scallops. The manager comped us the drinks. Maybe their standard menu is better; this was a special. Being a pub is was noisy but it seemed like people were having a good time so I'll give them that.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Was looking for a place to eat on my birthday after some axe throwing, and we ended up here. We had a little trouble finding the door into the place, but that was probably on us.
The prices for what you get seem very fair! I had the lamb lollys, which were cooked to perfection and the crispy potatoes that came with them were great! My main course was the fish and chips.
Let me tell you about this fish and chips.
It's about like, 19 dollars? Biggest fish and chips I have ever gotten. The fries were good but the FISH. I'm used to a piece or two. I did not expect what felt like a whole dang fish. You can easily share that with another person and you'll both be full. I ate half of it, took it home, and had it for lunch with my partner the next day. That's 3 separate meals outta that fish and chips. It's also one of the nicer ones I've had in Philly, too.
Overall, I'd definitely go back next time I'm east in the city.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Traditional Fish & Chips, Guinness Casserole, Shepherd’S Pie, Lamb Lollys with Roasted Potatoes & Homemade Mint Sauce
Went in for dinner, beers, and football. The food was good, the beers were cold, and there was football playing on many TVs. The table service was good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Really cozy place. Loved the fireplace and layout of the area. Very spacious and got checked on multiple times.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Awesome spot with reasonable prices and good food. Atmosphere is more upscale than other places. However if you order the Jameson cold brew ice cream make sure they don’t give you straight Jameson like this did to us lol. It was brutal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad
Super super kind staff and great food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Shepherd’S Pie
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First visit during Eagles game. Wow. Not I was looking for in a simple Irish Pub but I understand the appeal for locals.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Shepherd’S Pie
Menu prices are wrong, they’ll overcharge you
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 3
Always busy but good upscale irish bar
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
visiting philly for Nye, had a late lunch/early dinner for 4 adults and one preteen. food was good, but the place was busy/crowded. it was Nye afterall
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Traditional Fish & Chips, Guinness Casserole
One the the best Irish pub / restaurants in Philadelphia with one of the best stocked bars
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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