Locust Rendezvous

The Crab Cakes Were Very Good. Service Was Excellent

A divey sportsbar
Decently priced drinks and tons
Of televisions

Typical bar fare (mozzarella sticks, loaded fries) but it was really good. The décor is outdated and its rather small inside and its a bit of a dive. However, I got the French onion soup-​delicious and our server was super fast. They have a decent beer selection as well.

Cool spot in a busy area– low key, casual, great beer/​shit specials every day! Bartender was so friendly! Great spot to watch a game or just meet up wth friends. I also had a little hankering for some food– it was late so I didn’t want a big, high calorie meal but I ordered the grilled buffalo chicken tenders. It was a good portion for the price and good quality chicken tenders-​I was impressed!
I will definitely be back to this place when looking for a casual night or when I’m already out and about and need a place to meet friends.

I haven’t been there in 14 years and I must say, it is still as good as ever. I live in Houston now but would go there all of the time when I lived in Atco, NJ. Great food and awesome happy hour.
Bartender, Michelle doesn’t age a bit in looks and personality. She is fast, attentive and efficient.
Hope my next visit is sooner than 14 years.

I was in for an early dinner and quizzo Wednesday. Our server Christine was great and we ordered two apps that were yummy as usual. We missed Mandy our favourite server! But we will be back when I come into town. Always great food and service.

This place is considered a dive bar, but I feel it is a step above that. It feels more like a neighborhood bar smack dabbed in Center City. I walked in and it has a very basement feel with the wood grain walls and beer memorabilia all over the wall, which I love. It was very crowded probably due to the after work crowd, so it might be hard to find a place to sit. I did luck out with two seats at the bar though, which I am sure is rare.
The bartender was busy, but friendly enough. They have a decent tap list and also a great bottle list of craft, as well as usual beers like Bud or Miller. The food is your standard pub/​bar fare, but was actually good. The chicken cheesesteak was decent, but was so happy they have waffle fries. The food is also pretty cheap, so you won’t have to worry about spending a ton here. I really enjoy this place and hope to come back for some food and brews.

I am obsessed with the buffalo wings here. The garlic buffalo wings are amazing literal crack omg hahaha. If you like wings and you haven’t been here I honestly don’t know what you’re doing with your life. I’m assuming the other food is good from the reviews, and one day I’ll probably try something else but also probably not because the buffalo wings are amazing: D

I should first start by saying that pubs aren’t really my scene, but once I’m there, I can dig it. My coworkers and I went for lunch on a Friday and found ourselves surrounded by your typical pub crowd. I ordered waffle fries (with whiz) and chicken fingers. I was served three chicken breasts, which was enough for 3 meals, so a good bang for your buck, I guess. Despite finding a hair in my fries immediately upon being served my meal and then finding another hair in my chicken shortly after, the food was better than I expected it to be. The fries were good all by themselves and really didn’t even need whiz. The mix of music was great here. I think there was a jukebox? The lighting was dim, but our waitress was sweet. Despite the food being good, this is definitely a place to grab drinks and chill and not really a lunch spot, in my opinion.

A decent place to grab cheap eats and beers. I wouldn’t say its a «dive». More of the low key sports bar.
The food was good. They have waffle fries and yuengling so that kept me happy for the majority of the night.

Patty melt. $ 2 beer. Wings. Good until 1:00a. Sports. Dark. Play the juke box from your phone. Center city. Six packs to go. What else do you want to know?

Back in Philly for a visit and needed some dive bar action between the Septa station and our Air B&B to drown our sorrows over the Eagles. Locust Rendezvous was just the ticket. We grabbed an open table easily, and beers were quick in coming. Well-​priced and served by a lovely waitress whose name escapes me but was game for whisky shots with us. High fives all around.

This is a really nice «step above a dive» bar. If you’re looking for a chill atmosphere and good service, stop in here!
The Philly cheesesteaks are delicious. They would probably beat out Oscars down the street if they put wiz inside the sandy instead of just on top… but one could hardly complain.
If you’re in Philly, stop here :)

OK, so I’m not a huge fan of dive bars, but I gotta admit, I’m totally a fan of «the Vous!» I live nearby, so have come to the Vous often for drinks. Its cozy, inviting, and they take credit cards. A lot of dive bars around here don’t. The craft beer selection is usually pretty decent for a dive bar. And even though its classified as a dive, its not really that dive-​y in here! Its just a good ‘ol pub where you can toss back some brewskies and have a fun time.
I finally tried the food here, which is why I’m now writing a review after drinking here time and time again. The food was actually really good! You’re not getting gourmet gastropub food here, but let’s face it, for a dive bar this food is pretty great. And, huge selections! I had the Italian roast pork grinder, although the actual pork was slightly dry, it was totally juiced up with lots of spinach and a heaping portion of melted provolone cheese. Yum! My friends ate the chicken parm, which was a massive portion and looked really good. The quesadillas were also huge, and my friend devoured them. I also had the loaded waffle fries, «mexican style» was too spicy for me, but the original cheese fries with brown gravy hit the spot! Holy hell those gravy cheese fries were amazing!
Good times, good people, laid back atmosphere, just an overall chill spot. Woohoo for the Vous!

A step-​up from your typical dive bar, Locust Rendezvous gives you that divey feel complimented with a robust drink/​food menu.
A «dive bar» so close to Rittenhouse should always make one skeptical, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a real neighborhood atmosphere walking into the strangely named Locust Rendezvous (or The Vous as people insist). Walking inside it looks small, but with lots of seating along the sides and a fairly large seating area in the back, odds are you’ll find a seat somewhere. Lots of TVs line the sides of the bar and the service is… well the wait staff goes at its own pace but is never rude, adding to that local watering whole feel that other bars try to emulate.
The drink specials here are oh so, so cheap — the rotating beer of the week is $ 2.25-$ 3.25 a glass, it’s totally worth coming buy here for that alone (when I went it was a craft seasonal pumpkin beer). The food is pretty solid too — I ordered the Jalapeño Poppers ($ 6.95) and Cheese Steak Nachos ($ 8.95). The poppers were the star, perfect deep fried goodness. The nachos were a bit disappointing — just meat and cheese (I don’t know what I was expecting), the chips were those cheap ones you get at sports stadiums and the cheese was meh.
Overall, I have to admit I enjoyed my experience at The Vous, and if I;m in the area again I’d be inclined to come back. If you’re looking for a neighborhood bar and cheap beer, you’ll have a good time here.

This is definitely as described — a dive.
No staff members acknowledged us within our first ten minutes (and it wasn’t especially busy), so we ended up making our way to the bar to ask for food menus and order a round of drinks. We were then informed that our drinks would be bought over by our server along with the menu. Thankfully this happened pretty quickly, however sadly the rest of the service was rather slow.
I ordered the phili cheese steak sandwich and my friend who wasn’t particularly hungry decided to try the pizza fries. Food took around half an hour to be bought across to us which we thought was rather a long wait considering there were less than six occupied tables in the bar at the time, only two other tables of which had ordered food.
My steak was rather bland, so much so that I had to add salt and pepper myself in order to provide any sort of seasoning. My friends pizza fries were just waffle fries smothered in tomato paste with melted cheese on the top — nothing spectacular or flavoursome either.
There is a juke box within the bar and the music playing was a good selection — sadly this was the highlight of the night for me.
Overall a dark and dingy bar which serves average food.

So first off I just can’t really call this a «dive bar»…it was a bar, regular, clean, fine casual bar. They have a decent amount of seating and freaking GREAT drink prices. They just started carrying Estrella Daura for you Gluten Free beer drinkers out there, this one is one of my favorites for GF beer.
We went there for Quizzo night, somehow I missed the little note on their website that says you should call the morning of to reserve a table… another #fail for me. So my group was pretty much without a table. So we scored some seats at the bar and waited to see if some table wouldn’t show up for the 6:15p start time.
Well 6:15p came and went and they still weren’t started with Quizzo when we left a little after 6:30p.
The bartender was nice enough, kept our drinks coming, let us pay separately for what we each drank with no problem (like we have had at other places). So all in all I wouldn’t be opposed to going back here for a chill casual night.
So the lesson learned here, if you want to do Quizzo night here make a reservation!

This bar isn’t terrible by any means, but it did nothing to impress me. In my opinion, it was the least eventful spot on our Center City bar crawl.
The layout is sort of interesting – you’d never guess that you’d be able to cram such a large number of people inside such a small space, but it works.
The waitresses and bartenders are only semi-​friendly at best. It takes awhile for them to «notice» you, even after you’ve made eye contact once or twice.
The best part of this bar is easily the price. You can get really cheap pitchers, which was great for our birthday crew. The mozzarella sticks I had were also amazing.
The birthday girl left happy, which is probably all that matters, but I don’t see too much of a reason to come back here.

I get that folks have experienced a mixed bag of times here, from good to bad. I’ve been lucky enough to only enjoy the former, as every trip to the Vous for MOI has been a solid one. I’ve got to commend them for tolerating the boozy folks who always seem to stumble in here, in addition to the men and women just rolling up for some cheap tasty dinner. It toes the line for me between feeling divey and feeling not terribly divey, which I’m fully into. Sure, the moonshine cherries might not be too strong, but they’re an experience. The beer options have never disappointed, especially with a hint of $ 3 Abita options every now and then.
My first experiences eating here were all about the Spanish fries topped with Onions, Jalapeño’s and Melted Cheddar Cheese. My very favorite. The other day, we left an event that was a little light on the food and headed straight to the Vous. A single quesadilla was large enough for three of us to get some hearty cheesy goodness in our bellies to continue with the rest of the night out!
I’ll also say that, if you can get a table, they do a great job dealing with a large party. We had a farewell gathering where we brought a set of Cards Against Humanity to play, took an entire corner of the bar with about 15 – 16 people coming in and out over the course of the night. It might not be the first place I bring a guest from out of town, but I inevitably end up here rather often. And I’m a-​okay with that.

$ 5 burger and fries 1−5p all day everyday. I’m in.
5p-​7p happy hour ½ price well doubles. I’m in.
I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into this place. I wasn’t expecting a lot, but this place was good for me (I like the dive bar feel with great prices and good food). All the patrons I talked to were really nice and upbeat.
I will be back on my journeys throughout the city.