Mahoney’s Restaurant

The service was great and the food was ok. I had a cheesesteak sandwich and fries. They have a lot of salads I’d like to try so I’ll certainly go back to try some other menu items. The owner has twins. I’m not a fan of busy 2 yr olds running around a business.

Definitely has the local Irish Bar feel to it. I ordered a Stella and my buddy ordered a whiskey. Mine was not very cold and his pour was light. Can’t say I would go back, not with all the other places to chose from.

Food is average, atmosphere is old school (painted brick, old tables and booths). Wait staff is nice thought! very welcoming:) quick, easy dive for a bite or a drink. Would recommend the blc (I think it’s called) — like a blt with no lettuce:) yum! I would like to see the night crowd… Bet it’s «interesting»:)

bad bad bad
I was in town for colts steelers in October 2014. i got the steak and fresh cut fries.
the steak was rough and bad. i love most French fires. he fries were a joke. they were thin and small.
for me to say i love French fries and be disappointed with them says that they were un filling.
i will never be back. i live in small town ohio. i have better food in m own.
i disliked the meal so bad i could make better food at home then there
the bathrooms are a health department violation

Worst restaurant ever. Only place with openings on a Saturday night. Waited for 25 minutes to be seated when there were multiple tables open with workers walking past us not acknowledging our presence. Finally got seated and waited 20 minutes for waters and then ate mediocre food. Won’t be back.

This quaint bar /​restaurant has been in the Burgh for as long as I can remember. It has cozy booths as well as table seating and a full bar. The walls are adorned with a mixture of drawings of Steeler greats, old photos of downtown Pittsburgh and beer signs. In the background there’s jazz playing loud enough to hear but not so loud as to make you raise your voice when speaking. The wait staff is pleasant and attentive without being overly so.
There’s a pretty good selection on the menu at Mahoney’s… Salads (in a huge bowl I noticed), seafood, burgers, sandwiches, steaks, pastas and «old time house favorites» which includes meatloaf over Texas toast with mash potatoes, gravy and veggie. I was tempted to get the meatloaf but instead opted for the special of the day, country fried chicken with mash potatoes and gravy.
My order came about five or ten minutes after I placed it. The chicken was perfectly done, crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. My broccoli was cooked perfectly as well. Unfortunately the mash potatoes were just average and lacking anything really worth mentioning. But for a nice comfort meal for under $ 10 on a cold February day I was satisfied.
Overall, I can’t say that I would enthusiastically recommend Mahoney’s given all the other options available in town, but I wouldn’t discourage anyone from dining here either. In my opinion it’s better than average but not really all that much better. I’d like to come back sometime and try the meatloaf and maybe one of those huge salads.

We went on a random Thursday night for dinner. Our expectations were thinking this local establishment might be a great local pub with sub par food. This is what we found.
Our server was friendly enough and welcoming, but dining room area is out dated décor. Food was not awful, but just barely average. I had a salad and my husband had a fish sandwich. They arrived quickly, were reasonably priced and by friendly staff, but the food was nothing special. Nothing unique or notable about either one.
The bar area up front seems like a small, local friendly place to go after work, but I would skip the food.

When I travel for work I alway go in search of a comfortable place, unpretentious, good local beer, friendly vibe, good food. I stumbled upon Mahoneys and instantly felt at home. Friendly staff and crowd. Great collection of Steeler drawings. Definitely heading back next time and grabbing a James Burger. Ask around. James may be there. Say hello to him for me!

Worst experience at a restaurant ever. I don’t need anything fancy but this was pathetic. My coke was colored water, when I sent it back she said they just changed it. Came back and said we don’t have coke, would you like a sprite. The sprite was flat but I was afraid to order a water after that. Why didn’t we just leave then. The menu had quite a few spelling errors we joked about but no joke — don’t go here. If I could rate this a zero, I would.

Terrible. The food they brought us didn’t match what was on the menu. They brought out a different wine then we ordered and didn’t tell us until we ask. They messed up out bill. They didn’t accommodate for a member of our group that had an allergy. The beer was skanked. The soda was flat. Possible the worst restaurant I was ever in.

Excellent food, nice beverages, more than fair prices, & great service. Waitress remembered us & was a doll. Owner Elias is a delightful gent & such a really welcoming character. We’ll be back. Very pleased.

Good service, didn’t eat just had a beer. Nothing to brag or complain about. Scouting for a corporate event in dtown Pitt but the place is a little to run down.

Not for vegetarians but I stopped and had a cocktail anyway on a sleepy, cold winter Monday night. Less than 6 bucks for a top shelf cocktail. Interesting décor. Casual, neighbourhood-​y bar.

Good food, good atmosphere, and jazz music make this a regular lunch-​time destination for me.

After a work happy hour a few doors away, several of us were looking for a place to eat, and were having a hard time deciding. I was the pain in the tukkhas, since I’d driven my antique car, and kind of needed to be able to park it where I could see it, plus, I’d really planned the evening to be a birthday dinner for one of the co-​workers. We decided to split up, and me and the birthday girl go somewhere, and the rest would hit something within walking distance. Then as Birthday girl and I got to my car, we realized we were parked in front of a restaurant, and Mahoney’s won out by default.
We should have gotten in the car and driven somewhere else.
The atmosphere was pleasant enough, but the food… yeesh.
Everyone placed their orders, mostly sandwiches of one variety of another, sided with fries, plain or sweet potato, or slaw. I ordered the Reuben hoping for the best, but definitely not receiving it.
Michael’s chicken breast with plain fries arrived with sweet potato fries, and instead of just bringing him a side of regular fries, they took the whole plate back to make the switch. Kim’s turkey Rachel arrived, and as it was handed in her direction, half of the stuffing fell off the plate and onto the floor. The server took the plate back to the kitchen so that Rachel could be re-​stuffed, and for the rest of the evening her initial guts laid right there on the floor. Kim #2 had a fried fish sandwich, which looked a little withered, and then there was my Reuben. More like an Ewwwwww-​ben.
The bread was dry as chalk, and the corned beef had been so overdone, it looked like bacon sticking out of the bread. Dry, dry, dry… and I took maybe two bites of the slaw, and that was quite enough.
The prices aren’t steep, but seriously people, take some pride in what you’re handing off to a customer. Would YOU eat that? Seriously, put that order down on the counter in front of you… and take one minute to LOOK at it… then make one exactly like it for yourself. Are you gonna eat that? If not, um, why would we want to pay for it?
The service was pleasant enough, and the atmosphere was comfortable enough for nice conversation. But would I go back? Nope. The food, my reason for going to a restaurant, was dreck.
My apologies to my co-​workers for forcing them to try it along with me.

I am not digging the set up here the bar stools have arm rests which are fine if the chair swiveled which it didn’t and it was very awkward for me to get down with out the person next to be having to get up.
The bar area felt cramped and made me uncomfortable. There is apparently a small collection of dictionaries and thesauri that are keep above the register that are in serious need of a dusty.
I won’t be back soon.

Nice weather has returned to the ‘Burgh so I thought I’d get out a little bit for lunch. Hey, it gets a little boring eating lunch at my desk all the time.
Mahoney’s is typical bar fare though. The prices aren’t too bad, but it’s your typical salad and sandwich menu. I opted for the ½ corned beef with French Onion soup. Good way to spend a lunch hour out of the office.

This is a very small Irish pub. The set up is relatively nice, despite its small size. However, the location had a poor beer selection when we visited and appeared to be out of at least 3 of their draft selections. For well drinks, my girlfriend typically drinks vodka and cranberry and noted that their pour was very weak on vodka.

A couple of us needed a place to pregame the Looney Tunes Unilocal Elite Event at the Toonseum recently — Mahoney’s just happened to be the closest place and so, by default, it was the winner. Mmmmm, «winner» might be the wrong choice of words. Interesting, maybe. There were highs, there were lows.
Let’s hit the «lows» first and end on a «high» note. My companion and fellow Unilocaler, Ricardo, and I took comfortable barstools at the end of the long, well-​stocked bar. The female bartender came over and said to me, «What do you want, Grandma?» Really? This is a chick who depends upon the kindness of strangers for her tips? I laughed it off with a pointed comment to her as Ricardo and I looked at each other with mild shock and amusement. Fortunately, she redeemed herself later. (Full disclosure… yes, I AM a grandmother several times over, but…)
Another Unilocaler joined us a little while later and was the object of quite a bit of interest from owner and a friend of his/​customer at the other end of the bar. Some good natured kidding is one thing, but it bordered on creepy… especially after the two of them later came uninvited into the Unilocal Event (smoking horrible-​smelling cigars!) to see her later in the evening! Precautions were taken to assure our fellow Unilocaler got to her destination safely.
The highs. I ordered a Dark n Stormy which the bartender had never heard of, but the owner told her how to make and sent her downstairs to get a few bottles of some really good ginger beer. The drink was assembled in a double old-​fashioned glass with an amazingly large pour of Goslings rum — far more than a double! She added just a splash of ginger beer and a healthy squeeze of lime. Although it wasn’t the best DnS I’ve ever had, it certainly packed the most good, dark rum. And at the Happy Hour price of $ 4.50, it was certainly the best value in a DnS I’ve ever had!
The fries at Mahoney’s are another high. Crisp, fresh fries, perfectly salted and another bargain at less than $ 2. The bartender was friendly and fun… well, after she warmed up a bit! Good prices, good food, good drinks… the highs. Would I go back again? Probably not. But, if you’re feeling adventurous, brave and are looking for a Happy Hour bargain, go for it! Just take a thick skin and, perhaps, a great big boyfriend!

St Paddy’s day bar crawl first stop! So walking around the cultural district after the parade I had to come here. I had passed by when wandering around the city and it called to me with the Authentic Irish name.
It was really really busy that late morning. The bar was hopping and everyone was excited to start the long days libations. It took a long time for us to get served. Most people were already in the party mode and it was our first stop. The bartender was busy I know but not incredibly happy to be there it seemed.
We finally ordered a draft of Guinness and chatted away. I can’t say the atmosphere had me wanting to stay so we downed a shot of Jameson to pregame for Market Square. The Shots were cheap, the beers were not!
When I asked for green beer they had already run out. The bartender complained that they «usually sit on it»…who knows, it was only noon. It did look like there would be a band playing later in the day. We didn’t sample any food so I can’t comment on that. So my opinion good for one drink on a bar crawl.