Redbeard’s Bar & Grill

I actually feel really bad about writing this review, but as Unilocal states for 2 stars — - i’ve experienced better.
We were in the mood to celebrate Taco Tuesday. I searched online and found that Redbeards had a nice tuesday special — - $ 1 hard tacos, $ 2 soft tacos, $ 3 fajitas (plus specials on Coronas). We were in route in no time!
I cannot remember our servers name, but she was very nice. We ordered our drinks then tacos later. We each ordered 2 fajitas and 2 soft tacos. A few moments later, we heard our server greeting the other table and without them questioning, she gave them the run down of their taco special… only she added that you can get all 3 (soft, hard & fajita + chips/​salsa for $ 8) I really really really wish she would’ve gave us that special… what an awesome deal.
As for the food, it was honestly below average. even for a special. First, the fajita only comes with steak and peppers. ANY and everything else is extra… even cheese! We literally paid $ 3 just to add cheese to all of our fajitas. So much for a special… The fajitas were honestly tasty even though they were tiny and hardly had a grilled shell. The deal breaker were the tacos. We love tacos, but Redbeards used wayyyyyy too much taco seasoning. I admit, i use those little packets too and my tacos are still edible. We tried to eat them but they were just bad. We each took 2 bites and left the rest there. salty salty taco meat. What a fail :\
I’m gonna add in this review that the place itself and menu looked great. I noticed someone with a chicken wrap and it was huge. I have no problem trying out Redbeards again. I plan on updating and hopefully giving them more stars after our next visit.

Really good fish and chips, decent service, and some good beers on tap. I also enjoyed the environment as well, will definitely go here again next time I’m in Pittsburgh.

As a local that is here a lot because it’s within walking distance, I’m never disappointed. Great food, drinks and staff!
Always a recommendation!

I haven’t been here in a little while but every time I used to go there it was pretty good. Nothing spectacular but it gets the job done.

The bf lives in Mt Washington so we end up being regulars here. Especially for their all you can eat wing night on Wednesday. I’m a bigger fan of the bottomless chips than the wings, but the bf will order their dry rub ranch pretty much every time we go. They definitely make a great burger, and i enjoy them even more now they come on plates instead of baskets. Even the fish choices are surprisingly good for the bar ambiance: the fish and chips are a good staple, and I’d also recommend the crab cakes. The buffalo chicken dip with warm pita we just ordered, and I’ll definitely be ordering that as often as possible in future. The inside is a little loud and close quarters for me on busy days; I’d much rather sit in their outside area.

Relatively new to the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Pittsburgh and made the right decision to check out this gem. Immediately upon entering, staff greeted me with a smile and hello. Upon choosing to sit at the bar, the barkeep made multiple suggestions regarding the seasonal choices on tap and in regards to food, as well.
The food and libations were excellently cooked and crafted, and tasted fresh.
This is one place that I will be definitely coming back to during sporting seasons in part to the food I had eaten, the people I encountered, and the overall comraddery that I experienced. Keep it up, Redbeard’s on the Mount! Customer for life!

The food is nice, but the service OMG! The server laughed at me since the first moment I asked for a virgin daikiry. He appered in my table with TAP WATER… When I complained he answered me: SECURITY IS RIGHT THERE… Couldn’t believe my eyes. WILL NEVER BE BACK HERE.

Love coming to Redbeards! One of my favorite appetizers is the seared tuna. Crab Mac n cheese is awesome also. Pat the bartender makes my drink perfect and Chris the server is always a pleasure to have for a server. The patio is awesome!

I never ever ever give one star. It takes a truly horrifying experience for me to do this so here goes.
First of all, I love the downtown Redbeards so please go there often!
Now for the Mt. Washington location. I was given wings that were pink and bleeding. When I talked to the server, I was told that I was not the first person to complain about uncooked wings tonight. The server sent over the manager that told me the wings were cooked the entire way through and if I wanted them a different way, I should have said extra crispy. I have never sent food back a day in my life. I have two people at the table with me and they challenged the manager with me by saying the food was totally uncooked and bleeding.
It wasn’t like I ate 10 of the 12 wings, it was the first drumstick that I encountered and I was nervous about the flat wings as they sat half-​eaten on my table. Just sharing what happened. :-(
I was only here to watch the Steelers game, I will never be returning again.
#shouldvestayeddowntown

So I’ve never been a fan. I’d been to the downtown location a few times and was generally unimpressed, both my the food and the service. One night I ended up at the one in Mt. Washington because the wait at all the surrounding restaurants was insane. It was honestly one of the worst dining experiences of my life.
First of all, the service was awful from beginning to end. We were left waiting for long periods of time, and when our server finally showed up, she was useless. She did not know the answers to any of our questions, and rather than finding out, she would just tell us, «more or less», and we would find out later that she was totally wrong. Our food was wrong, it tasted horrible, and the whole dining experience took HOURS — and that’s no appetizers, and we ordered right when she came up. Tables around us got food before us… It had no redeeming qualities. I will never be returning.

Great bartender/​servers. Very clean environment. Nice décor. Welcoming and fast paced lunch. I had a grilled chicken sandwich. Very good. Nice big piece of chicken. Not processed. Like grandma would make for you. Good fries. All around decent experience. Would recommend to friends.

We came here for my birthday! We were greeted respectfully, and the manager even shook my hand. Courtesy and kindness two thumbs up. We will all be back for your specials during the week. I can’t wait! :)

Super good food and lots s of tv’s. More importantly they have lots of beers on tap. Overall success!

Great atmosphere, excellent service, plenty of parking across the street. Variety selection of alcoholic beverages and Food.

I’m glad we found this place as the burgers were great and done as requested — medium. The Bloody Marys were spicy, good, and pretty run of the mill.
We ordered a small plate of 6 wings & drummies as an appetizer and would recommend the full plate! We had the original BBQ sauce, which was mild but with a ton of flavor.
The service was quick and mostly quite good. The waitress didn’t return after the food arrived and she didn’t ask if we wanted more drinks. In this case, we didn’t, so that was ok. I also thought the waitress was very unhappy that day, but otherwise, did an adequate job.
Although it was lunch time, there were only a few filled tables inside and a few outside. It was a week day with few tourists, such as ourselves.
As a side note, during our week in Greensburg and one day in Pitts, generally we found the food boring and tasteless. So, we were nicely surprised by these burgers and fries.

I remember having a great experience at Redbeard’s with a group of friends, one of whom resides right around the corner on Grandview Avenue, back when I was first moving to Pittsburgh in late-​2010. We dined indoors for dinner. The service was prompt, and our food was delicious.
Today we decided we wanted to dine al fresco for lunch on Mt. Washington. It was the day of the Pittsburgh Marathon, so we knew there would be post-​running crowds arriving in the early-​afternoon, so we arrived around 11:45 AM. We initially were seated at Shiloh Grill until we were told that only a buffet-​styled brunch was available (we wanted full-​menu service for lunch and were irked there wasn’t a sign indicating this at their entrance). We left and tried Redbeard’s after finding some things that looked promising on their posted menu. We were promptly seated at the last available table on their patio and thought «Gee, what great luck!» A few other tables adjacent to us were empty, but we overheard staff members telling other prospective patrons that those tables were «reserved». It turns out a group of frat boy-​like restaurant employees (who oddly didn’t know their server based upon a conversation we overheard?) was meeting there for lunch, and then they decided they didn’t need one of the two-​seater tables after all about five minutes after the restaurant turned away two women who were interested in dining on the patio to save it for them. I thought that was very unprofessional to begin with.
We received our cocktails promptly. Both were good, albeit on the weak side. Throughout our dining experience we had three different servers, and none of the three seemed to be able to coordinate very well to determine who did what at what table. We waited patiently 45 minutes for our two wraps, and while the servers were apologetic their excuse of «it’s taking so long today because we have to hand-​write your orders shorthand for the kitchen because the computers are down» was questionable to me. Just be honest with us. It was apparent you were short-​staffed (management’s fault — certainly not yours) for what was going to be an above-​average Sunday with a ton of tourists in town who’d saunter up to Mt. Washington and want to eat at the scant selection of eateries available along Shiloh. I’d actually have preferred to have heard an excuse of «some of our cooks weren’t able to get here because of the road closures…» rather than it taking 25 – 30 minutes longer to receive two wraps than at comparable restaurants «cuz that’s how long it takes to hand-​write two wraps on a piece of paper». You were short-​staffed due to management oversight. Admit it and move on.
My sweet potato waffle fries were overdone, but my partner’s steak fries were cooked perfectly. Our wraps turned out to be above-​average in terms of taste and quality and worth the wait. When coupled with the entire experience, though, it wasn’t worth $ 45 (including tip) for two wraps and two drinks. I did tip 20% because I felt it was unfair to penalize a server for something beyond their control.
Ambiance? Trashy, to say the least. When my partner got up first to grab something out of my car and then a second time to use the restroom I had to keep shooing surrounding tables from trying to take his chair like vultures thinking I was some loser dining alone after being abandoned by his dining partner prematurely. The employee group dining near us was polite and took an unused chair when we were both seated after asking. Another party next to us waited all of 30 seconds after my partner arose to ask to take both remaining chairs. I indicated my partner was going to be returning to a chair I pointed at soon, but they could have the other chair. The guy proceeded to take his chair (the one I pointed to as being HIS chair), and I had to scold him to take the other chair instead. When our check finally arrived (after another above-​average wait) no sooner had I put my credit card into the sleeve did a man come over and ask «Are you leaving?» I replied yes, and he asked «when»? We both stood up to leave, and another family ignored the «Please Wait to be Seated» sign and bullied their way past us to self-​claim the table before we could escape the narrow patio exit.
Such a shame overall because the wraps were delicious, but given the short-​sighted understaffing and rude surrounding patrons who took to fixing their own seating issues because they also couldn’t be served timely we had a miserable time and won’t be back. I’m only giving them two stars instead of one because the wraps WERE good and the servers DID legitimately seem stressed and apologetic. We’ll try Shiloh Grill instead at some point when they’re not «doing buffet brunch only…» We know they’re the sister location of Harris Grill in Shadyside and have always had reliably good service and good there for roughly the same price.

I’ve been here a number of times, and each time the food and service have both been great. I really enjoy their wings in particular, and they have some excellent Pittsburgh sports-​themed drinks.

We absolutely LOVE the wings at Redbeards! They are quick, hot, and fresh every time. And, the wait staff are friendly and wonderful. This is a great place to watch a game or enjoy a night out with friends. Check it out next time you are on Mt. Washington.

There is something about this place. It has numerous specials on a daily basis. They have great wings. If you are going to see the Pens play then this is a spot. They have a great staff.

Why do I hate Redbear’s? Let me count the ways. If you aren’t a pretty lady, the bartenders aren’t interested. Not for small talk, a menu not for info on the food, not for info on a drink or beer, or for that matter, I couldn’t even get the bartender’s attention to pay my bill. But you can bet I had his attention when I left him 17 cents for a tip. My bar bill was $ 9.83 and I gave him a two fives, and I looked at him and said keep the change. If looks could kill I’d be down the street at Slater’s Funeral Home.
The food? Meh, I’ve had better, why this place does such a rockin business I’ll never know. Stay out after say dinner service is finished as the clientele becomes, shall I just say… shady. There are much better places to spend your hard earned money.