MaGerk’s Pub

This place had great food but the service kind of ruined the experience. I’ll start with the positive. We ordered crab dip to start which was great. It came with bread, carrots, and celery and had good flavor. For my meal I ordered a Cesar salad with tuna cooked medium rare. The salad portion was huge, the dressing was good, and the tuna had good flavor but the filets were very small and thin and were way over cooked. My fiancé ordered a chicken salad sandwich with gumbo. The chicken salad was different and had an interesting flavor. We both like traditional chicken salad so this was not our favorite. The gumbo was excellent and very thick. Both the chicken and andouille sausage had great flavor. I would love to have the gumbo again.
Now for the negative, our first waitress had a medical emergency and had to leave after getting our drinks so no one came to our table for a good 15 – 20 minutes after we got our drinks and we had no idea what was going on. A manager then came to take our orders and comp’d our appetizers which was very nice. We had high hopes at that point but then it took forever to get our food. We spent a total of almost 2 hours in there just for lunch. When we arrived there weren’t more than 5 tables full so volume was not the issue.
All in all the food was good and I would love to come back to see if the service was just a one time fluke.

My wife and I both ordered the cheese steak sub. Both were good with generous amounts of cheese melted into the sub. My wife also had a bowl of french onion soup that she liked, I had the cream of «crab» soup. The soup had a good taste but just one tiny tiny piece of crab. My guess would be that they make 50 plus bowls of soup with one pound of meat. Yes we will go back again, I’ll just avoid the cream of crab.

I love outdoor dining. Magerks has a great outside area. I’ve never had a bad server, and the food is really good. This time we had the gumbo and the crab nachos. To start we had the cheesesteak egg rolls. Always a must have. My sweetie had the gumbo. He said it was good. I had a spoonful, thought the flavor was great. My crab nachos were tasty. One thing to mention, the crab was crab dip style not fresh meat «crumbled» on top which for some reason I had expected. Didn’t make it bad, just not what I was expecting. It’s always a great choice to come here.

Everything I have gotten at magerks has been good, nothing has really stood out to me. Last time I went they had a good cider. I really enjoy the outdoor deck area.

Amie, Tiffany and Andrew… Thanks for always providing the customer with your second to none service You guys «ROCK»!!!

Sunday was an absolutely beautiful day to lunch outside, so we went to MaGerks to enjoy their patio. Margaret, our server, was on top of her game — she anticipated our every need. We enjoyed a Cobb salad and a Philadelphia Cheesesteak with Wit Whiz. Thank you so much.

The first time I ever met my boyfriend’s family was here (it was fun, I got really drunk, they liked me anyway).
Anyways, I’ve been back a few times since then. On Thursdays they have $ 5 cheesesteaks and I’m all about that. I’ve tried a couple different ones, the plain olé #1 and the #4 (9^th and Passyunk) that has cheez wiz on it, both were yum.
Bartenders are always nice and attentive.

Never been disappointed yet and it’s my favorite tavern in the area.

Been there twice in last 6 months and have gotten the spicy shrimp wrap both times. Very good with just the right heat. Good service and open bar layout.

Magerks has pretty good food, with good beer also. I also think once a month, they have a brewery visit the bar and it’s nice to try something different. They also have outdoor seating which is really nice during the summertime!

I came here on a Saturday night with a good sized group to celebrate a birthday. I did not experience the food, only the drinks and the nightlife atmosphere. I will start with the cons since, to me, they greatly outweigh the pros:
Cons: the bartenders don’t actually put any alcohol in the drinks. Seriously, I, a lightweight, had about 4 drinks and barely felt any sort of buzz. I confirmed thiz with others in my group and they felt the same way. They totally rip you off. I suggest pregaming or buying your drinks elsewhere before you come here for a night out.
Pros: this is the only place in Bel Air that has a real dance floor and any sort of ethnic and age diversity in the crowd. Lots of young people here, and then some of the typical Bel Air middle aged crowd as well. Come here if you’re in the mood to dance! This is it’s only salvation from receiving a one-​star review.

Great food and fabulous service. George, the bartender, is Def on top of things and a champ at keeping all his patrons happy. The crowd at this bar is much more satisfying than the one at looney ’ s across the way. Everything off the menu that I have had was good and their wings are beast (wish they still had the all you can eat wings tho!) I’ve even been to a wedding reception held here and it was real nice and the bartenders hooked everyone up. Bathrooms are clean and that’s a must in my book.

We came here for $ 5 cheese steak night (Thursday) with a group of friends a few weeks ago and I would definitely come back. The food was pretty standard bar food but everything was good.
In addition to the $ 5 cheese steaks, we had the tempura fried pickles (basically the only way I can willingly eat a pickle), onion rings, edamame, and pretzel sticks. Everything was good but the pretzel sticks were my favorite. Prices were pretty reasonable.
Service was kind of slow and not super friendly but we had a big group so I don’t know if that was the issue. The happy hour specials (til 7 on weeknights) weren’t terribly impressive but it was snowing that night so I wasn’t planning on drinking anyway.
Parking is kind of confusing. There’s a bank lot next door that seems like it’s ok to park in after business hours, and there’s a small lot behind the restaurant (that was full by 6:30 on a Thursday night). We parked in a lot across the street and were fine.

Good for happy hour. Younger crowd at night. Some great specials during the week, specifically the cheese steak night. Not much of any Irish fare, the only thing Irish here is the name, similar to Looneys.

Best nights to come here are on Thursday nights when they have $ 5 cheesesteaks. All of them are delicious and you can’t really go wrong. They’ll also fix it pretty much every way imaginable.
Salads are also huge and the ingredients seem pretty fresh. Whatever you do, do NOT order a Ruben here. It was just such a huge disappointment. The portion sizes were tiny and the meat was watery and it was just not cooked right. It made the whole sandwich soggy. The maryland crab soup seemed like it came out of a can. A lot of canned corn, peas, and green beans.
Basically the only thing saving this review is the cheesesteaks.

Tuesday is family night: balloon animals, face painting, snow cone stand and great pub food. More of this, please.

Their cheese steaks are actually pretty good! If you’re gonna get food here, I’d suggest those. I once ordered «margherita flat bread» that was supposed to have fresh mozzerella, but in reality it was just pizza. Pizza that was posing as margherita flat bread by dressing up in some basil. Pizza, you’re delicious on your own. No need to try and be something you’re not.
Service is always fine. Overall it’s an average place I wouldn’t go out of my way to frequent, but if «magerks, anyone?» shows up in a group text, I’m down.

Let me start by saying that a group of eight family members and friends have been going to McGerk’s EVERY Tuesday night since 2007 (yes, 7 years) to have dinner and play Charm City Trivia.
Over the past several months there has been a noticeable and unwelcome change in this restaurant. They have introduced a new menu which is frankly just like the old one but more expensive and still just mediocre bar food. They switched to using 12oz plastic glasses and plastic utensils. Even when trying to eat a salad I must request a proper set if utensils from our server.
Speaking of servers… It’s bad! The waitstaff is inattentive and lazy. They come to the table shouting out orders and then make us pass the food around until it lands at the right place. If your lucky you’ll get one or two refills on your drink in two and a half hours. We are also relegated to eating on folding tables and outdoor plastic chairs.
It’s almost like they think we’re paying a reduced price on Tuesday nights so we should accept this poor level of service and picnic like atmosphere. Most restaurants would LOVE an additional 200 diners and drinkers on a Tuesday (typically a slow night in the restaurant world).
Tonight after nearly eight years we were given a letter from the management stating they were discontinuing Trivia Night. Maybe this is for the best as they obviously do not appreciate the business that this loyal group brings in every week.
I would welcome a reply by the management explaining the dramatic shift in service and quality. Until then we will head to the local microbrewery to continue our routine Tuesday night dinners and fellowship.

It’s a decent place for lunch, but it’s amateur hour when the bar scene rolls in. I’d rather go to Looney’s up the street, but you have to know the owner or be an Orioles player to get a booth there on a Friday night. So we’re left with MaGerks. Oh, you need to spend a minimum of $ 15 on your credit card if you use one. Lame.

Decent bar in a nice area. The general clientele was just fine, and there is a lot of space to move about. It’s pretty clean, even the bathrooms are nice for a bar, and there’s plenty of places to sit. Any time I’ve been there has been a decent experience, no loud live entertainment that hindered my conversation or obnoxious drunk people flying around.
I didn’t eat anything here, but the drinks left me wanting. I’m a tiny girl, but even after a couple shooters and a few margaritas, I barely felt a thing. In a nutshell, I’d go back as a nice choice in bars as far as atmosphere, but I wouldn’t come here with the intention of getting anywhere on the drunk scale… unless I was really thirsty and had a lot of money to blow.