Brendee’s Irish Pub

It’s everything a bar should be! Great food specials, great location, great people!

So, I’ll be very honest. Their wings are pretty good. However, it doesn’t compensate for their negatives. They have horrible service. It will take over 45 minutes to get any food you order and good luck trying to get a server to take your drink order. Not only this, but you would think that they would appreciate their customers and treat them with respect, which is not the case. Not to mention their servers are INCREDIBLY rude and disrespectful. I say all of this in frustration of their service over several months. I have given them a chance time and time again and yet it is not worth it in the end. You will leave with your belly satisfied but incredibly irritated.
UPDATE: I would like to comment that I have been impressed with the owners quick action to address the issues presented in my message.

Awesome drink specials, good food and great staff. Hands down my favorite bar in town.

Great neighborhood dive bar. Extremely friendly staff and regulars. Yes, they do allow smoking, but you’re informed of that even before you walk into the building.

For what it is, a hole-​in-​the-​wall, divey Irish pub, Brendee’s is pretty good. One thing to mention right off the bat: it’s a smoking-​friendly establishment, and there’s a sign announcing so on the door (for those who like to claim they didn’t know before entering) and the place is super smoky. But if you can deal with that it’s not a big deal. The food is good, pretty basic bar food with a little Irish kick and also very affordable. Their Thursday night MTO burger and fries for 2.99 $ is pretty hard to beat, and the wings are good too. This place certainly won’t knock your socks off but the people are friendly and courteous and it’s a decent atmosphere, so why not give it a shot.

In the olden days, when I drank and smoked beyond reason and to excess, Brendees would have been my number one location to spend my life in, if only to welcome my own death, however, it’s not the olden days anymore and I’ve grown up a bit, Brendee’s is disgusting… soaked with the heavy stench of an Era long dead. With an atmosphere of an old Irish funeral parlor where the only reason to go was to say goodbye to your old drunken Irish sodden throughly smoked corpse of a friend… today it offers a similar atmosphere.
Must admit though, that late one evening I needed to make a phone call my car battery died. Went into Brandees and was treated cordially and welcomed even though I made it clear I was there only to use the phone not the bar… the phone… not drink and not smoke and certainly not socialize. I was undeniably welcome. Would not consider eating anything and did not consider staying after phone calls… but after I went outside and was approached by 3 drug dealers within 15 minutes offering to sell the three most addictive and illegal poisons of the week, I found back in the bar for my protection and found solace freely offered. I waited till my friend picked me up.
So yes, perhaps they are behind the times, but they are head of the times when it comes to courtesy. And there’s a lot to be said for the olden times when I could drink my ass under the table. Maybe we all need reminders of the smoky old Lancaster hangouts of pre-​politically correct Lancaster… and maybe everyone needs a taste, or smell, of what Lancaster used to be like. Stick around guys we need you.

I wish I had known it was a smoking establishment before I went. I would not have gone as it was so smokey it was hard to breathe. It was wing night and the wings were tasty and inexpensive but I waited over an hour to get six of them. Sandwiches arrived after 1 ½ hrs. Service was scarce and while not unfriendly I never saw her smile once the entire night. There are too many other restaurants in Lancaster to go to this one again

I only gave it 3 stars because of the smoking policy, and the extremely LOUD music. We met friends here for dinner on a Friday. The place was busy, loud and smoky. I am allergic to smoke, and was concerned about having an asthma attack, but thankfully, the area with the tables (diningroom???) was less smoky. We were waited on quickly, and the food was decent. Hubby had chicken fingers and fries, nothing out the ordinary there. one of our friends and I had the French onion soup, again, nothing to brag about. The quiche was delicious, the ceasar salad did not impress our friend. HOWEVER… I had the potato skins and corned beef with cheese appetizer as my meal, and it was worth the trip to Lancaster. All in all, we had a good time, we are not inclined to go and sit in a bar.

A great local pub. Great prices, good atmosphere. Has a decent crowd of regulars but welcoming to newcomers.

Great beer, great food, and great people. Easily the best neighborhood bar in Lancaster.

Awesome corner bar/​pub. Excellent selection of beers. Ahhh, this is what was like going to a bar in the ‘good old days’!

Very cool dive bar, great beer selection at decent prices & not bad pub fare food too. Always an eclectic & diverse crowd of customers to keep the jukebox fresh and atmosphere fun. My only complaint is the smoking. This is one of the few bars left in Lancaster where customers can still smoke inside and the majority do. Combine that with the horrible ventilation and it can make for a very unpleasant experience. Easily a 4-​star bar without the smoke.

Really angry bartender, she never even smiles even when thanked. Friendliness is everything, you should at least feel welcomed and here I did not.

I’ve been going into Brendee’s (Town Tavern) since I was a neighborhood kid looking to score underage beer. Those days are long ago since gone, but it remains my neighborhood bar even though I bought my own house and moved out of the neighborhood 2.5 years ago. I am a regular on Wednesday nights for trivia and the 9 – 11 micro pitcher Happy Hour is a double-​plus bonus. I agree about the smoking being a concern/​problem for non-​smokers, but I figure that for a few hours once a week, I can put up with it. They have an outstanding draft selection, the kitchen puts out some massive portions, the take-​out beer is constantly rotating and improving and I know just about everybody in the joint, some going waayyy back. I am definitely a fan.

Ah my favorite pub in Lancaster. Not enough vegetarian fare, but the portobello sarnie is delish. Lots of good english/​irish booze which is always welcomed. Often have good live music — good luck trying to find a seat on a fri/​sat night — but worth the wait. Grab a drink, get saucy and lean somewhere.

This Local pub is where its at. With the «Cheers» friendly atmoshere, this small townie bar boasts one of Lancasters best Happy Hours!!! The menu reaches to find something for everyone, including traditional Irish fare. From Traditonal Irish music to watching Rugby matches, this corner irish bar is an everymans bar. Pull up a barstool and sip a pint !
Sunday
Coors Light Pints $ 1.75 each all day
Well Drinks $ 2.00 each 9 — 11 pm
$ 5/​dozen wings (dine-​in only during kitchen hours; flavors listed on menu)
BOGO apps (dine-​in only; excludes wing special; free must be equal or lesser value)
Monday
Pabst Pints $ 1.25 each all day
Craft Bottle Beers $ 2.50 each 9 — 11 pm
Cheesesteak & Fries (dine-​in only; toppings extra)
Tuesday
Irish Imperial Pints (Harp & Guinness) $ 3.00 each all day
Domestic Pitchers $ 6.00 each 9 — 11 pm
Wings $ 0.30 each (dine-​in only)
Wednesday
Bud Family of Beers bottles $ 1.75 each all day
Import and Microbrew Pitchers $ 9.00 each 9 — 11 pm
Trivia 8 pm
Thursday
Miller Lite Pints $ 1.75 each all day
Micro/​Import Pints $ 2.5 each 9 — 11 pm (some exceptions apply)
Burger Night: Basic Burger & Fries $ 2.99 (dine-​in only; toppings extra)
Friday
Yuengling Lager Pints $ 1.75 each all day
Harp Pints $ 3.00 each 9 — 11 pm
Happy Hour 5 — 7 pm: Free Food (dine-​in only)
Saturday
Miller Lite and Miller High Life Bottles $ 2.00 each all day
Heineken Bottles $ 3.50 each 9 — 11 pm

The perfect eptitome of a nice dive bar. Yes, they exist! And I’m only calling Brendees a dive bar because it’s slightly «off the beaten track» and serves up cheap food and drinks in a non pretentious environment.
The whole bar has a very friendly mom and pop feel. It’s very clean and well kept up, actually I believe from looking at their facebook page they just underwent some major renovations!
The have great specials every night like 25 cent wings and $ 2.00 well drinks. They have entertainment some nights of the week and you are treated like an old friend upon entering and ordering. The menu is large and full of classic American bar food with some classic Irish delicacys and snacks thrown in the mix.
Great place to just chill on any day of the week. My only complaint? that they had a REAL dart board instead of the electronic one… haha.