McFadden’s

This place is very pro military which is hard to find these days the staff is great great party seen i would come back here again ask for the bartender Denis he is awesome out of 10 stars i would give it an 15

This is the worst bar I’ve ever been to. Overpriced, watered down drinks and some stupid girls tried to fight with me while I was in line for the bathroom.
Save the agony and don’t go. There are plenty of better bars in Philadelphia.

This is a funny lil place in Northern Liberties. A Buffalo Bills bar??? Haaaa. Well alright. They definitely do a lot of deals if you’re plugged here. My friend had me on a list where I had to pay like $ 5 or $ 10 (I can’t remember) and I got half off on all drinks. They were going around giving free shots of Jim Beam. The drinks and service were fine on a relatively quiet Friday night. It was a dude in the bathroom selling body oils and things of that nature. But uh yeah… A-​Ok.

Two stars? Really?
I’ve never eaten here but the bar is the craziest bar I’ve ever been to. There are constantly people dancing on the stage and the cover gets you into Johnny Utahs as well. The food probably sucks (based on what these reviews, at a quick glance, are telling me) but come on guys, this is a bar first!
One of the few bars in the city I would give ⁵⁄₅ for. We get happy hours for our birthdays all the time and we always come here. Keep it up, guys!

Went for a friends birthday. Great deal of birthday individual drinks for free and everyone with them does $ 10 well open bar from 9 – 12. You could barely taste the booze in the drinks but they were basically free so that wasn’t a huge concern. Met the GM who was awesome and super friendly. Steady tunes to dance to, yes I got on the bar … In my heels, which was a dangerous after thought. Not really my scene but I did surprisingly enjoy myself.

Overcrowded, slowest bartenders on the planet, weak drinks, contests that involve ladies standing on bars (Has this become a thing or have I just been living under a rock? If so, I’d rather just move back under my rock). Sticky floors, rude patrons who decide that you’re done standing wherever you’re standing and shove you aside, and just a general atmosphere of drunken, drama-​laden frat party misery.
Given that I’m the sort of person who would rather curl up with Netflix and a glass of wine on a Saturday night, this obviously wasn’t my scene. BUT I do think it could have been less generally awful. A friend won a free happy hour there, which is why my friends went, but it wasn’t worth the time or the money.
An extra star because the music was good, and we enjoyed the dancing despite the lack of space.

Ok bar. Good atmosphere… the drinks weren’t anything special. Service was okay.
We came here for a St. Patrick’s day bar crawl and it was a very old crowd.
I also came here for a $ 20 open bar for 2 hours… we had several drinks and the bartenders were very light handed. It was as if we were drinking straight cranberry juice.
I wouldn’t suggest coming here for a great time, nothing special.

My friend won McFadden’s season-​long NFL pick ‘em contest last year. The grand prize was supposed to be $ 1,000. We’re halfway through this NFL season and McFadden’s has done its best to ignore all of her calls and emails. She visited the bar on several occasions only to get the same runaround. She’s pretty much lost all hope of ever receiving her winnings. This bar is a disgrace and damn near criminal.

No complaints about the people at the bar, since I went to watch the Bills game on Sunday and Bills fans are good people.
However, the set up is weird. Only the bar, a few booths, and a few bar tables with wobbly stools that were obviously there temporarily. So… a lot of people just had to stand and mill around. We were there early enough to luckily get a table.
The bathroom is down a creepy staircase and looks like something out of a high school locker room that hasn’t been updated since 1978. You know, those painted metal bathroom stalls, broken toilet seats, and non-​working hand soap dispensers (they put out disposable pumps instead).
The staff was pretty nice and attentive. Our server even came back after we settled our bill to see if we needed more water.
However, this place is really filthy. Like, possibly the most disgusting bar I’ve been to. I glanced at the ceiling and there was a dishrag thrown up there over the duct work, and gross brown stains. The tables, bars and floors were gross. The shelves and windows looked dusty. But the worst part was when I got a beer glass with a huge piece of brown/​black gunk stuck to the rim. It was like that anaerobic bacteria that grows when you don’t clean areas that get wet. I don’t know if it was from the beer tap (that they never take apart and clean) or if it was from the mat where they place clean glasses (which they never roll up and clean), but it was not acceptable. It also explained why so many people were drinking bottles of beer.
Also, at one point, they must have run out of pint glasses because my husband’s last beer came in a 12 ounce plastic cup, but at least we were drinking $ 2 labatts drafts.
Also, I ordered nachos. They were said to come with jack and cheddar cheese, jalapenos, salsa, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole. I had tostitos chips with cheese whiz, regular cheese, chopped red onion, microscopic chopped peppers, chopped tomato and sour cream on mine. No lettuce, no guacamole. All for $ 8. My husband had the garbage plate and had no complaints, but he’s from Massachusetts, so he can’t speak to the authenticity of it. I’m not sure I’ll trust the kitchen in the future, though, after the cleanliness issues I witnessed.

My first thoughts upon entering McFadden’s were ‘It’s dark’, and ‘It’s dank’, and ‘It’s gross’. It’s definitely not upscale — it’s extremely reminiscent of a frat party — dark, sticky, filled with loud, screaming, drunk people, and upbeat tacky music. We came because my friend won an open bar, which isn’t a bad deal (of course, no shots for open bar though). The bartender was nice enough to give me a free shot for my birthday. After a while, once it became a little later, the drunken crowd and the bartenders (who were also drinking), became enlivened and started dancing and belting out along with the music. People started dancing on the bar top, along with the female bartender — who took a bottle and started pouring drinks straight into people’s mouths.
This place is really not bad IF you’re just looking for a frat like experience.

We came here for an event on a Friday night, around 8PM, not expecting much after reading several Unilocal reviews on the bar. Basically, we would not come back again.
McFadden’s is a pretty typical un-​upscale bar. Although the music choice was pretty decent, the general demographic would be of the 30 – 40 year old working class group. I did not see, nor expect to see, white collar professionals.
Upside is that the well drinks are generally $ 2.50, but were served in plastic disposable cups (indicative of the general quality).
The bartenders and servers were polite and helpful, so there’s nothing I can really complain about, but it’s definitely not the environment I enjoy. All in all, only come here if you’re looking for a cheap place to get drunk.

My roommate won an open bar here about a year ago. I had never been there so decided to go with her to check it out. First, it’s way to crowded and filled with «bro’s.“The atmosphere felt like it was designed for people who weren’t even 21 yet.
Right when we got there, they were going around to have people sign up for the open bar. I did that night, and about 2 wks later I won one. After that first night, my boyfriend and I realized it wasn’t our scene (maybe because we were both of legal drinking age). I told them I didn’t plan on going. Then about another 2 weeks later, they called me to tell me to come in again because I won an open bar. I told them I wasn’t interested and to take me off of their list. This was a year ago, I have told them approximately 4 times now that I want to be taken off of the contact list and every time they say they’ll take me off, but yet I still get calls.
They need to work on their marketing, because, frankly, they’re just annoying by calling regularly.

I was going to take a massive dump on this place, but I see thats pretty much already been done.
Heed the advice and don’t bother going here.
Even as a college kid this place sucked something serious.

My previous experiences at McFadden’s at the ballpark were pretty terrifying; so much so I decided never to go back. However last night I wound up at this location for the first time, and though I was pretty reluctant to go, I ended up having an ok time. Maybe since it was a 105-​degree summer night many decided to stay away, so it was comfortably crowded — definitely a good number of people, but not a sardine tin. It almost felt like a frat party, but without being groped constantly a la Mad River & Irish Pub. (I was never, ever big on frat parties but I guess I’m being a bit nostalgic of my university days!).
We actually ordered some fries earlier in the night and I have to say, they were pretty good for bar food. The music was alright but contained a ton of repeated songs the later it got. Beer, while not my drink of choice, was $ 1 and that’s pretty hard to beat.
Overall I went in with pretty much zero expectations & ended up having a fun night with some of my good friends. I definitely would not rush back here, but I would definitely be willing to give this location another shot.

I can’t believe I forgot to review this place. Oh yeah, that’s right. I wanted to forget I had the horrible experience of coming here all together. Too bad that didn’t work out.
I came here last summer as a favor to a friend (one of his friends was guest bartending). First we looked for parking; not too difficult being as no one else wants to go here. We decide to pull into the adjoining lot rather than street park and some guy runs across the street, insists he is the parking lot attendant, and that there is a fee to park (although there is no visible sign). I tell the guy that he must be crazy and how do we know he even works there. Long story short, my friend ends up giving him the money (he’s afraid for his car’s safety) and we meet up with his other friends and head in.
It takes more than 10 minutes for them to check us in for happy hour although we’re literally the only people in line (and there’s like 5 of us). I think I stayed for about 30 minutes to help out before I begged my friend to get us the heck out of there.
I went for the cheap Happy Hour and left scarred for life. Never again.

You never go in because you want to, and you never come out thinking «that was a good idea.»
Yeah, the prices are relatively cheap, but I’m pretty sure my dignity is worth more than $ 1 off of a plastic cup’s worth of Coors light.
I’ve went for a few Happy Hours. Unfortunately for me, not being jacked and having 5 different kinds of muscles bulging out of my neck made me one of the overlooked patrons at the bar trying to get a refill.
One birthday girl wouldn’t give me and my buddy shots just because we didn’t look like bros (didn’t help that I was one of the only Asian dudes in the establishment). But hey, to each her own… b*tch :)
That being said, this is not my joint. But if you like it cheap, have bad taste, blah blah blah, then this place is still probably not good enough for you.

The Downtown Philadelphia Buffalo Bills Backers Club goes here ever Sunday to watch the Bils play and the staff here are very accommodating every year, despite constant management shifting. The space is great though, with three big spaces available for a variety of gatherings, a free parking lot and another one caddy-​corner from McFadden’s for spillage. The menu isn’t bad either!
I do know that this place is usually a lot of fun at night, as evidenced by the sticky floors the day after…
Special note: The bar next door has a mechanical bull.

I wish I could say I’ve never been here. This joint has almost no redeeming qualities. it gets crowded and sweaty with a group of people you literally would never want to spend time with.
The only reason I’ve ever come here was for stupidly cheap drink specials, and the service sucks when they’re running said specials.
If you gathered the collective class of all staff and patrons, it wouldn’t fill a dixie cup.

I’ll say the only time I’ve ever come here was for the happy hour because my girlfriend always seems to win it (somehow I can’t but she has, twice). I haven’t had a problem with the people… yet but I’m sure if I go there enough somebody will try to fight me. Like other reviewers have mentioned it is basically a fraternity party for those that have graduated. Yes bon jovi was played and all the rap was stuff we used to play at our parties (I was in a fraternity so I sort of became nostalgic, but then there were ugly fat girls dancing on the bar which we never allowed… unless you were hot and not fat).
The drinks are kinda watered down and it really depends who serves you. If you get a bartender that thinks your attractive she’ll give you a glass cup which undoubtedly holds more then the plastic cups they serve to most patrons. I do say though they hold true to who drinks for free, if your friend gives you a free drink ticket you NEED to have the special bracelet otherwise they’ll still charge you which I actually respect since they are in fact doing their job.
Honestly I wouldn’t come here unless we won the happy hour bc it really is cheap and worth it in that aspect. I would never come here if it wasn’t for that but as long as we keep winning, you’ll see me there.

I met up with friends at McFadden’s for drinks — the bouncers weren’t dicks (at least, not to me), letting me in without any problems — and I noticed there was a healthy sized crowd. Many of my fellow drinkers seemed to be college-​aged (as opposed to college-​ruled), and there was lots of space to dance, mingle, and throw up.
After scoring free drinks from the promotional beer girls (thanks girls!), I checked out their main floor bar, and the bartenders helped water me some more with random shots of the day. (The lower floor had a private party that I steered clear of.) While we sobered up, an MC and DJ both kept everyone entertained when the TVs alone couldn’t.
While there’s no party like a frat party, McFadden’s isn’t exactly my scene but it might be yours. Still, I had fun, and wouldn’t have a problem returning.