Nice restaurant with really good food, one waitress covering all the tables and she was fantastic, very good mozzarella sticks, Italian egg rolls and the baked ziti was delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Ziti, Italian Egg Rolls
Ann Davis-H (Nette)
Beautiful Italian restaurant in the back of the bar... pleasant, polite, and professional...food is freshly made and
Nice restaurant with a terrible name. Reliably good food at good prices with good service. Pleasure Bar is nothing fancy, but I am glad it's in the neighborhood.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Lou Baumgartner
Great Italian
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alan Guenther
The food was great, the server was wonderful. The prices were too high.Vegetarian options: Manicotti is wonderful. Lots of excellent pasta dishes.
Recommended dishes: Seafood Alfredo, Chicken Romano
Kyle Bridenstine
Great Italian food and service! It’s an authentic Italian restaurant, highly recommend. We live in Bloomfield and go here often.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eric Fialkovich
This was a nice quiet spot for lunch. The wedding soup reminds me of Big Jim's and my server was very friendly and helpful. He recommended I try the prosciutto and fried greens sandwich and it was excellent. It comes on this huge, pillowy focaccia with herbs on it. I am still thinking about this sandwich !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stephanie Engel
This place was so much fun and the bartender was great!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Courtney C.
Unsure of what happened here and I can only blame myself. First off, our server was TOP NOTCH. Knew everything, was quick, agreeable, helpful etc. However, this is exactly what some other reviews are saying; good enough cheaper Italian food. I like veal a lot and that is what I got and I would say it was good enough. I did appreciate the noodles and sauce for sure - very good. The breaded crust on the veal was also tasty. Wish the bread they served was even close to warm, though. This reminds me of a place that neighborhood people frequent.
Gerald H.
Stopped here on a Saturday night on our weekender, in search of Italian. The outside looked cool - brick corner with a nice clean sign. However, walking in - the bar area, it reminded me of a bar rescue location. We scampered to the dining room, which wasn't too big and were sat. There were several areas inside that there was NO ONE dining in. Never a good sign if you're dead on a Saturday night. Anyway. The waitress was a younger woman who was really attentive and very friendly. She was handling three tables (only three occupied) and doing it with a smile. We passed on appetizers mainly bc there wasn't much to go with there - and ordered entrees - me a chicken parm (to those who read my stuff: yes shocking development). It came with a small salad, which was standard. The chicken parm was ok. The penne pasta sidecar was good - al dente and the sauce was a nice tangy gravy. The chicken was ok. They were trying atleast but it was very bland, and the fry didn't stay on the chicken. Flaked off very easy. Don't know. We decided to share a cannoli, which I took one bite of and the mascarpone obviously had curdled or spoiled but I spat it out. And for me to spit out a dessert - that's not good. At all. Just ok. Seems like they may need a renovation or a burst of energy other than our waitress.
Joined some former colleagues for a retirement get together. Bar area's a little scruffy, service was average at best.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 3
Matthew Appleton
Classic Italian in little Italy. You can't do wrong here. The have a great beer selection and then anything you could want that's Italian. The potato balls are something you have to try. And don't forget to make a reservation on weekends, this place is busy for a reason.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joe Duncko
It's fine. Wedding soup was solid. So were the home made cheese sticks. Chicken parm was mid.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Soup
Billy Martin
This place used to be wonderful I don't know what happened. The service was below par but the food was absolutely horrible and it breaks my heart to say that because I used to enjoy coming here many years ago.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Eric Dyer
The Pleasure Bar is an iconic Pittsburgh restaurant. Every time I'm in town I find a way to get there, and I'm never disappointed.
Nice restaurant with really good food, one waitress covering all the tables and she was fantastic, very good mozzarella sticks, Italian egg rolls and the baked ziti was delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Ziti, Italian Egg Rolls
Beautiful Italian restaurant in the back of the bar... pleasant, polite, and professional...food is freshly made and
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Ziti, Appetizer Sampler, Ravioli
Nice restaurant with a terrible name. Reliably good food at good prices with good service. Pleasure Bar is nothing fancy, but I am glad it's in the neighborhood.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Great Italian
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was great, the server was wonderful. The prices were too high.Vegetarian options: Manicotti is wonderful. Lots of excellent pasta dishes.
Recommended dishes: Seafood Alfredo, Chicken Romano
Great Italian food and service! It’s an authentic Italian restaurant, highly recommend. We live in Bloomfield and go here often.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was a nice quiet spot for lunch. The wedding soup reminds me of Big Jim's and my server was very friendly and helpful. He recommended I try the prosciutto and fried greens sandwich and it was excellent. It comes on this huge, pillowy focaccia with herbs on it. I am still thinking about this sandwich !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place was so much fun and the bartender was great!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Unsure of what happened here and I can only blame myself. First off, our server was TOP NOTCH. Knew everything, was quick, agreeable, helpful etc. However, this is exactly what some other reviews are saying; good enough cheaper Italian food. I like veal a lot and that is what I got and I would say it was good enough. I did appreciate the noodles and sauce for sure - very good. The breaded crust on the veal was also tasty. Wish the bread they served was even close to warm, though. This reminds me of a place that neighborhood people frequent.
Stopped here on a Saturday night on our weekender, in search of Italian. The outside looked cool - brick corner with a nice clean sign. However, walking in - the bar area, it reminded me of a bar rescue location. We scampered to the dining room, which wasn't too big and were sat. There were several areas inside that there was NO ONE dining in. Never a good sign if you're dead on a Saturday night. Anyway. The waitress was a younger woman who was really attentive and very friendly. She was handling three tables (only three occupied) and doing it with a smile. We passed on appetizers mainly bc there wasn't much to go with there - and ordered entrees - me a chicken parm (to those who read my stuff: yes shocking development). It came with a small salad, which was standard. The chicken parm was ok. The penne pasta sidecar was good - al dente and the sauce was a nice tangy gravy. The chicken was ok. They were trying atleast but it was very bland, and the fry didn't stay on the chicken. Flaked off very easy. Don't know. We decided to share a cannoli, which I took one bite of and the mascarpone obviously had curdled or spoiled but I spat it out. And for me to spit out a dessert - that's not good. At all. Just ok. Seems like they may need a renovation or a burst of energy other than our waitress.
Restaurantji Recommends
Joined some former colleagues for a retirement get together. Bar area's a little scruffy, service was average at best.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 3
Classic Italian in little Italy. You can't do wrong here. The have a great beer selection and then anything you could want that's Italian. The potato balls are something you have to try. And don't forget to make a reservation on weekends, this place is busy for a reason.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It's fine. Wedding soup was solid. So were the home made cheese sticks. Chicken parm was mid.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Soup
This place used to be wonderful I don't know what happened. The service was below par but the food was absolutely horrible and it breaks my heart to say that because I used to enjoy coming here many years ago.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
The Pleasure Bar is an iconic Pittsburgh restaurant. Every time I'm in town I find a way to get there, and I'm never disappointed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5