P J Harrigan's Bar & Grill

This place is a dumpster fire. Staff walks around in circles not knowing what to do or how to do it. We sat at the bar for over 15 mins without anyone helping us. Servers and staff came and went but no one made eye contact and wanted to serve us. The bar and restaurant were NOT busy but poorly managed, trained and lacking any idea of how to run a bar/restaurant. We eventually left without being served.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Mediocre food, terrible French Onion, the pile of meatloaf wasnt 2 slices as the menu states, service was very poor and its not even busy.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

A fantastic experience. Lively and entertaining. Loved it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Awesome half price drinks Tuesday ? ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

As always, great food, excellent service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First visit to Penn state and impressed with city. Enjoyed dinner with friends

Parking: Ample patking

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes easy access

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Turkey Club Comba, Philly Cheese Steak Hoagie

Food tasted fine, and the staff were fantastic, but I woke up at 4 am, sick.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 5

The food is decent, and often the portions are large, so you have enough for two meals. The decor is neat with various sports and historical paraphernalia around the dining room.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips

Comfortable place for comfort food. The seats (booths or tables) and comfortable and the food was surprisingly tasty for a casual restaurant linked to a hotel around here. I was staying nearby and ate here twice in a week... a chicken buffalo cheesesteak was super tasty (and on good bread) and the fish and chips were great. Husband said his burger was fine. Sometimes service was a bit slow (and one drink order was wrong but was promptly fixed) but the staff were friendly, which went a long way.

Worst service I may have ever had. Outdated menus on the website. Service was beyond slow with unknowledgeable staff. Food mediocre. Had to get up multiple times to go to the bar to order a second drink, get our checks, etc. Cigarette smoke kept wafting into the side dining room which was disgusting. I'm shocked they are still in business.

Went in on a Friday at 5pm and were in town for a concert. We sat for 15 minutes before the head chef came to out table and brought us water. The one waitress never ledt the bar and no one came to take our drink or food orders.The waitress never left the bar area and no one came to take our orders after 20 minutes. This restaurant is highly unorganized and not well managed. Don't waste your time or money at this restaurant. Was the worst experience we have had in many years.

I was not impressed at all. Very limited hours and days open. 4-9 on Tuesday- Saturday. Ordered a sampler appetizer, it took a substantial amount of time, and the chicken tenders were overcooked and tasted like old fryer grease, the whole sampler wasn’t very hot, got our salads, the lettuce was wilted and warm, the dressing was oily looking. I think the mayonnaise sits on the tables all day, ugh. The waitress was not very energetic and a little slow getting orders and food out. Not many people having meals, more people sitting at the bar than anything. Not a returning customer!

Definitely a local hangout. A bit crazy. If they wish to upgrade the sales and caliber of people coming to dine... the people at the bar need to be held to a better standard then allowing them to yell as others are trying to have dinner at tables.

Staffing and management issues- bad.In State College visiting family and staying at the attached Ramada. Tried to call down to do a takeout order but it rang busy 3 times in a row- ah screw it I'll just go down. The nice lady behind the bar told me she couldn't hear the phone as it was at the host station when I asked about the busy signal. She was doing her best but clearly they gave her no host and no phone at the bar. I guess they just stopped having a phone dunno. Kitchen was backed up. About 35-40 minutes later i got my burger and fries, the fries were cold. No condiments on the burger- no ketchup or napkins in the bag.Skip this one. Maybe it's fun to drink here dunno. Some people looked like they were having fun.I don't blame the employees, I blame whoever is managing this mess.

Visited here after the Penn State game and will never go back. To start, we sat at a table and waited 15 minutes to even get a menu. We ordered food and waters right away as we were extremely hungry and thirsty after the game. It took 15 minutes to get our waters while our server continued to serve the other tables beers. When our food finally did come, the burger came with absolutely nothing on it and the fries were so salty they were not even edible. We just asked for the bills to get out of there ASAP, and was waiting 10+ minutes for a debit machine to pay. I’ve never seen anything like this…