Drinker’s Tavern

I can only review the happy hour experience here. I hear this place gets pretty crazy busy in the evenings and on weekends. But on Monday to Friday, after 5pm until about 8pm or so, it’s chill.
I’m a Yeungling lager drinker, so I get that. It’s half price from 5:30 to 7:30, so it comes out to $ 1.75. I’m guessing the other beers on tap are half off as well, but I never order anything else, so I can’t say for sure. The menu is simple with various bar snacks. I think everything is less than $ 10. They serve the best chili cheese dog I’ve ever tasted. I also think the tacos are pretty good (not authentic Mexican tacos, mind you, but decent American style tacos), filling, and very inexpensive. The bartenders are super friendly, and the manager is awesome.
There are TVs in the bar. The crowd is pretty random.

If you ever think– «Wow– I really miss the college days of dirty basement frat parties” — this is the place for you.
Don’t let the first floor sports bar deceive you– there truly is a frat party going on downstairs. The first floor has a long bar and plenty of high top tables to hang at. Beers are cheap and easy to come by– as there wasn’t much of a crowd when I last went. The food looks decent– I have yet to try it.
My favorite part of drinkers has to be the TV which plays a delay of the downstairs– endless entertainment watching people dance and try to hook up. How can I get this live stream on my home TV?
When you enter the basement, be ready. Pop music is blasting, beer is spilling, and people are bumping and grinding. An interested atmosphere that draws a unique crowd. The last time I was here (A Saturday Night) ten girls were escorted out of the basement after having a bawl.
Drinkers is an interesting place to say the least, and is a great spot to end the night with some dirty dancing and people watching.

I’m being extremely cautious in making sure my age doesn’t affect my opinion of Drinker’s. While I don’t frequent it nearly as much as I used to because, well, I’m old, it was always a popular destination for us back in the glory days. I’ve recently been back to Drinker’s, and it’s still the same Olde City hangout that we always trusted for a good time, back when we knew everything.
I’ve been to Drinker’s for just about everything from 21^st birthdays and Thanksgiving Eves to spring break hangouts and unemployed weeknight outings. It’s a great place to head to with a group of 2 or 10, and be surrounded by fun-​loving youths, cramming in great times before their quarter life crises.
Aside from a few tables near the back, Drinker’s is more of a standing room bar. The upstairs has a mostly easily accessible bar with decently priced drinks and friendly bartenders. The downstairs somewhat resembles a college fraternity’s basement party, fully equipped with overly loud music and «spectacular» light displays. I’m not sure if they still serve 40s in the basement, but that was always a nice feature during the dorm room rap star recording artist era.
Overall, it’s a cool little spot to hangout. It’s a good place to gather with a group of friends. Good company with a place that provides a roof and walls and serves alcohol. I might not consider it a top 20 hangout for me anymore, but I certainly won’t turn down an invite from a friend’s little brother’s post-​sophomore-​year-​final-​exams celebration.
Pour one for the homies.

Had a blast here, some good beers and good late night food to help sober you up.
Down stairs you have a dance floor and upstairs there is a monitor so you can see all fresh dance moves your drunk friends are trying out. Makes for a fun time and some good laughs.
Good crowd always makes the good times roll and the drinks go down fast.

This place is great for a night out with the boys. You go there to get shitfaced, play pool, dance with girls and just hang out. You can do pbr rip cords for a $ 1 or drink 40oz of miller high life or whatever poison you prefer. Just bring your college swagger and your golden.

Drinkers has the best happy hour in the city. You can get hammered and then eat your way sober for like $ 4 lol. The food is spectacular as well. Definitely try the tacos and hot dogs!

I visit Philly often and have enjoyed many great nights in the basement here having a sweaty dance party. However I had a very unpleasant experience there this weekend. It was a relatively uncrowded Saturday night, around 11 pm. There isn’t a DJ there in the summer, so friends and I were the only people in the basement playing ping pong. I went to the bathroom by myself; there was no one else inside. While I was in the stall, there was a loud banging at the door and someone yelled «Security!» With no pause to allow me to respond, one of the male employees was in the bathroom and proceeded to hit my stall door so hard that it flew open despite being locked. It happened very quickly and he exited as fast as he came in. I was more than a little upset that this happened, but especially that an employee did it; I decided I definitely did not want to be there anymore. i grabbed my friend and we walked out. We happened to pass the guy who had busted in on me and my friend decided to talk to him while I waited down the block. He was very apologetic, but apparently it is their policy to check the bathrooms because of the kinds of things that people do in there (we can all guess). While that’s understandable, it is an extremely poor policy to have male security guards 1: enter the women’s bathroom without allowing enough time for someone to respond to a «knock» (it was a bang on the door) 2: to not check under the stalls to see if someone is there instead of simply banging on the doors with enough force to have them open when they are lock. This is especially ridiculous since it was a calm night with few people around, hardly a rowdy dance party. Ladies, you can imagine that this was a pretty violating/​upsetting experience. I really suggest that the bar rethink its security protocol so the same thing doesn’t happen again. Otherwise, I suggest guarding each other’s doors while you use the bathroom!

I don’t like this location as much as the Rittenhouse location, but the concept is still the same– Cheap beers and cheap food. Good place to come if you’re on a budget and still want a night out. They always have something on special so a pitcher of beer, a shot, and a few tacos (make sure to put on the special sauce) will only run you about $ 20 for the night.
The left-​behind credit cards on the wall never cease to entertain me — I’m sure a couple of mine are up there. Oops.

First of all, I did NOT realize there was a video feed of the basement when I went on Friday night, so the whole upstairs probably saw me making a fool of myself (the basement was pretty empty when I was down there). I love that there is a separate basement for dancing and it has a bar down there as well, so no need to resurface upstairs for drinks. The credit card wall was truly impressive, once I figured out what it was.
Prices were rock-​bottom for Old City and in true dive bar fashion, the quesadillas were the perfect drunken snack. I was surprised at how empty it was that night, but I’m sure that was just a fluke. Good place to go for a Friday night pub crawl.

Very cool pub to spend the evening in. Can’t comment on pricing since I didn’t pay for it. I’ll tell you this though, the bartender made the drinks for our group of 10-​ish so quickly!
I loved the feel of this place. Cool decorations on the walls, without being too much like a TGI Fridays.
The place was packed by 6pm. Standing room only. Actually, I take that back. We had one chair that one of the girls cajoled some guy into giving to her because her feet hurt due to the heels she was wearing.
Perfect low-​key bar for a night out with the girls.

the good: tacos, cheap drinks, hot dogs, ping pong on weeknights downstairs, wall of credit cards from drunken forgotten tabs of yore, cctv for the voyeur who wants to see the basement at all times.
the bad: not open on sunday and monday, they got rid of taco of the month.

A cheap dive bar, it can get packed with douchebags, but not always. I have had varrying experiences at Drinkers, nothing terrible, but there are other bars in the neighborhood that I prefer. The basement reminds me of shallow college basements where my head would stick up in between the floor supports. It could be good for dancing down there if the ceiling wasn’t so short. I always liked that there is a video feed upstairs where you can watch what is going on in the basement.
Cheap drinks, cheap bar food.

I would definitely go sometime during the week/​Friday as it can get a little crowded on Saturday. A few friends and I went on Thursday and there were about 15 – 20 people in there (all were friendly and a little older, we are 23), but it was perfect because we didn’t have to scream to talk and we had room to move around. The drinks were good as well. My favorite part, though, was the bartenders! Chris and… the shorter blonde guy (sorry, can’t remember your name!) were absolutely amazing! My friends and I were on a type of triple blind date and Chris saw that we were unhappy so he brought us a round of shots and basically saved us from a potentially terrible night!

Was here last night because my friend and I wanted to find somewhere in Old City for First Friday and I liked the pictures ofmthe tacos here; I ended up not even getting tacos!
The first thing I noticed when I walked in was the red Phillies Phanatic next to the unbrella bucket. After we sat down at the table closet to the door, I noticed the sign that said «you play country, we skip country (rip this sign downproces the oppositeof you being fonzie) =)» what’s wrong with country music?! Haha. Above that sign was another one that said, «If you are stupid enough to forget your credit card, you are dumb enough to not get it back» and then you realize, the area on the wall the sign was sitting on was covered in credit cards!
Now to the food!; I don’t drink so I can’t review the bar or the alcohol selection.
My friend & I ordered: buffalo fries, half order of buffalo wings, 2 taco of the month (BLT tacos) & chips and dips with warm and spicy cheese salsa & spicy ground beef and cheese as the dips.
I didn’t try thr wings or tacos but my friend said the tacos were really good. I enoughed the fries but felt like they got cold really quickly. The chips were really good; they weren’t really greasy like most chips and the 2 dips were amazing!
This place wasn’t overly crowded like I thought a bar in Old City on a Friday would be; maybe it was because of the rain.
Might come back just to get those chips and dips!

This is kind of the only place in old city where I can just order a cheap drink and some cheap (and delicious) tacos/​wings/​hot dogs and have a good time. I usually go on weekdays, but I must have gone on a quiet Friday because it wasn’t packed with douche bags at all. And we were there from 10pm-​closing. The bartenders were cool. I came with a really big group so we had tons of fun, and plenty of space to breathe. It’s hard to find a fun little dive bar that isn’t completely and overly pretentious in philly.

If you aren’t into the «stuffy» bars with $ 10 drinks, this place is perfect for you. You CANNOT beat the prices here; they always have great drink specials but the normal prices are great too. And I mean it when I say they have THE BEST TACOS EVER. Seriously, try them (plus — they are as cheap as they are at a fast food restaurant). Great bartenders, generally a good crowd. Happy hour is not packed, but weekends can get busy. I have gone here with friends, family, co-​workers… everyone loves it!

A nice alternative to the overpriced places in Olde City. You can’t go wrong with $ 3 Three Olives drinks from 5-​Midnight and $ 1 tacos! We like this place for after work, it’s usually not very crowded. If Jimmy is behind the bar, your’e in good hands!

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Douche.
When it’s not busy, Drinkers is a simple, no frills, quiet bar that’s a decent place to sit down for a beer with friends. The staff is nice, the drinks are always on special and cheap, and it’s a good place to be when you’re drinking on a budget.
As soon as happy hour hits, the place undergoes a frightening metamorphosis. Like a Noah’s ark of every kind of person you’ve ever hated. Lined up two by two, there’s bros, frat boys, young go-​getter salesmen, sorostitutes, and several other animals with a penchant for douchebaggory. And they have to drink here, because it is of course, the end of the world.
This place is nice. Don’t ever go during happy hour. You don’t need to anyway.

Oh look, it’s Douche-o’clock.
Taps are uninspired but fit the clientele. It’s a bar in Old City, that’s it. Packed like a sardine can.
Bartenders are impossible to flag down. One was visibly high.
Came here for Quizzo with Johnny Goodtimes, which was the only redeemer. He’s great and takes his games pretty damn seriously. The atmosphere for the Harry Potter theme night was excellent right up until the 10:30 p.m. mark. That’s when a large, obnoxious group of bros and bro-​ettes showed up and preceded to shotgun a dozen PBRs in a circle, spraying beer all over the other patrons and «woo-​ing» at each other. Possibly forgivable if you’re a college fratboy, but this group passed that age maybe 15 years ago. Alas, the bartenders thought this was fantastic — the high one egged them on the whole time.
If I came back, I’d come for Quizzo, eat some $ 1.25 tacos, drink some cheap shitty beer and bolt right after. That’s it.

Drinker’s Tavern reminds me of a college bar: folks are packed in like sardines, so don’t be surprised if you’re jostled about. The clientele seems to be younger here, also adding to the college feel. There are plenty of tables and the rear area has seating. (Last I checked, it had an arcade game of some sort.) Drinker’s is a somewhat low-​brow bar (for Old City), a character trait that adds to its appeal.
In true college style, Matt (our bartender; he’s got groovy tattoos) introduced to me the concept of shotgunning — that is, rapidly consuming a can of beer by cutting a slit in it and pulling the tab. (I probably will never do that again, but at least I can say I’ve done it!)
I often pre-​game here because the bartenders are totally friendly and serve you quickly. Their drink specials are reasonable and drinks there tend to be less expensive ($ 5-​$ 6/​shot) than other Old City spots. I don’t recall ever being charged cover and the bouncer (s) haven’t ever caused any grief for me or my group, so check them out yourself!