P.J. Whelihan’s Pub & Restaurant

The experience I had at PJs on Wilmington Pike was OKAY. It is highly unlikely that I would choose to eat at this particular location again. I started out with an Orange Krush (originally only came for drinks). After being asked several times if we planned on ordering food I decided to order a basket of fries and my friends ordered wings. The fries were cold. Imagine ordering a meal, taking the leftover fries home, and attempting to reheat them. That is exactly what these fries tasted like. Gross! I give PJs two stars because their wings were crispy.

I’ve given this place several chances despite its mediocre food. However, after my most recent experience I will never return. The service started out as indifferent — having to flag down the server after a long wait just to place our order — and ended as rude and unprofessional. It’s unacceptable for a server to insist on clearing all glasses from the table while the party is still seated and particularly obnoxious to tell customers to pass glasses to her. Will never return to this place.

I came here after the Tough Mudder this past weekend. The beer selection is AMAZING! The service was excellent. I ordered the French onion soup which came out piping hot and full of flavor. Great prices and would definitely return!

Great late night spot in the Philly area with cool music, tasty food reasonably price. From the soup, salads, philly cheese steak, BBQ shrimp and kids grilled cheese the food was surprisingly good.
–Stays open until 2am
–they have a seat yourself policy that works
–friendly and flexible servers
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This location is under par to any other Of their locations. The Downingtown location is excellent and this one cannot compare. The staff was lackluster and the food was served cold. When asked to heat it up it was microwaved so that the bun got hard. My husbands French dip was awful. Will not be back to this particular one.

Came here on March 10^th and our server was really sweet. The food was good and came out extremely fast. Service was just as great as the location in Blue Bell. The hostesses were friendly as well. All around nice experience.

Good food, maybe. Been staying at a local hotel for the week and tried 3 different nights at PJs. The food has been ok to be polite. First night I had the wings. Breaded and soggy with sauce, I think if I had a do over I would order extra crispy no breading. Day 2 was slightly better with the salmon salad. However the salad was created for women, 3 oz of grilled salmon over arugula greens. I ordered another entrée to fill up. Day 3, too lazy to go elsewhere I returned to delightful fish tacos which I highly recommend.
Best part is the beer selection and the prices for beer. However the staff does not know how to price alcohol that is not a pre planned mixed drink. Vodka tonic $ 14 for titos where am I Manhattan.

It wasn’t busy at happy hour on a Monday, so that was nice. The crab dip was great, and there was plenty of pita to go with it. I got the «wicked» chicken cheesesteak (buffalo chicken cheesesteak) and thought j would be taking half home, but the portion and flavor was disappointing. There was only about 3 oz of chicken on a 10 inch roll, the buffalo sauce was not mixed in, and the blue cheese was on the side. My girlfriend’s grilled cheese with bacon and tomato looked much better.

This place is becoming a staple for date night. It’s always a fun atmosphere with plenty of tvs with ever sports game possible. The portions are huge and there’s a good variety of upscale bar food. (Don’t expect to eat anything healthy here, unless you consider fried pickles or a wedge salad healthy). They are on point with a rotating beer list, which always has great options.

Had a great date night grubbing on wings with bae. We really enjoyed the food and beer selection until dessert. We order the salted caramel cookie off the specialty menu and we’re super excited for a little sweet after our salty delicious wingys. Instead of bringing us out the cookie, we were given a frozen blob in a to go box with a note on it saying «microwave for 5 minutes». What the hell pj’s that’s some shit. We got home and proceeded to follow the bullshit instructions and guess what, the cookie blob was burned and now the house smells. We are now dessert-​less and me and bae are in a fight about it. She’s about to leave me. PJ’S…WHYYYYYYY?!

Went again for a double date this time, and yet again the music was unbelievably loud! We were screaming at each other over the table and once 9pm hit, the music switched over to what could only be described at EDM. We all stated that the music was so loud that it was vibrating throughout our seats! I felt awful for the elderly couple next to us, it was clear they were just as uncomfortable as we all felt.
This time I tried the fried pickles… they were AMAZEBALLS! I love fried pickles, but these were off the hook good. They were pickle spears, rather than chips and the breading to pickle ratio was perfect! The ranch dressing they have as a dip works perfectly as well.

Came for the ALS Step up to the plate event and found a place we will come back to. So many choices and everything was delicious. We sat outside rather than inside. Drink specials every day and large portions. We had the fish tacos, short rib melt, loaded nachos and the Buffalo chicken sandwich. We started out with the frito tots which were really tasty. We will come back.

Above average bar fare food. Not sure why it only has 3 stars. Been here many times. Service has always been great, even when packed. Loaded tots are awesome. Wings are great. My only complaint it that it is often crowded– a sign of a 4 or 5 star place.

My experience here was enjoyable, overall. The classic hot sauce was perfect, the crinkle cut fries gave Chickie’s & Pete’s a run for their money, and the waitress we had was attentive. The parking lot is big and so is the restaurant. Totally decent for a quick meal or to hang out and watch a game on one of the big screens.
The hostess who was dressed like a bag lady and absolutely reeked of patchouli oil really was the only downside. Normally I would just say «to each their own,» but this is a restaurant — I don’t want to smell you more than I can smell the food. I am really surprised that the management lets her wear what she was wearing this weekend. She didn’t look put together at all and my sister and I couldn’t get over the fact that they hired this girl to be the face of the restaurant. What you do outside your job is your own business, but I would never let an employee present herself the way this girl did this past weekend. Again, I don’t care what you do outside of your job, but she absolutely does not belong in a restaurant as the greeter.

First things first, the wings here are amazing! The wings are covered in a crispy batter that gives them a nice crunch before biting into the delicious chicken. The sauce selection is not huge but it some ways that’s a good thing. That way there isn’t an overwhelming selection of sauces. I prefer to get the buffalo nuggets which are basically boneless wings and are less messy. The rest of the menu is pretty solid as well, great burgers and appetizers (cheesesteak nachos!). The only issue here is that the service can be slow at times, however pjs is still a great joint to check out. The atmosphere can be noisy at night, but it’s expected since it’s a sports bar. Plus there are tons of TVs for watching the game!

We came here Saturday night during the NCAA tournament. Most likely after the main crowd had left. The atmosphere is exactly that of what you would hope for in a sports bar environment. If you have trouble seeing a TV in this place then you surely are blind. The menu was extensive and large in a good way. I enjoyed the french onion soup to start and the buffalo chicken sandwich. Everyone else in my party of 5 seemed to enjoy their food as well.
Unfortunately I have to rate this place a 3 due to the service. I come from the service industry and tend to always side with the server. However this was not that type of experience. The service was in no way terrible when she was there. The problem was she wasn’t there aside from taking orders and dropping off the check. We sat for 25 minutes with empty water glasses. Servers buzzed around us finishing their side work. But hey, everyone must have wanted to go home…

Despite a three star rating, this place is still one of my go-​to spots. The hot & honey wings are awesome, good beer list, and the chocolate brownie is great but everything else can be hit or miss. This includes just about everything else on the menu and the service. Most of the other stuff on the menu is par to below average. Some waitresses are great and some not so great.
But if you’re in the mood for wings, this is the best option out there. They have tons of TVs so it’s a great place for sports. Also, Tuesday’s are half priced wing days so expect a crowd.

Poor training of staff all around. Promote speciality drinks but server had no idea what was in them, just kept saying they were her favorite-​duh?
Another server does not know that bar trays are used for serving drinks so all down the front of her shirt the drinks went, while the manager just shook her head. Floor was soaked and no-​one wiped up all the mess– law suit just waiting…
Would not recommend the food either, just poor all around.

This is the 3^rd PJ Whelihan’s that I have been to. The one in Blue Bell and the one in Cherry Hill hold a special place in my heart for all the post-​highschool reunion/​college pig outs in the past couple years. That being said, I feel fortunate to live closest to this one, because this one, as of right now, is by far my favorite.
My sister, my friend and I came on a Tuesday to take advantage of the half off wings. The waitress was friendly, and much like other PJ’s, extremely casual. Before taking our drink orders, she rushed by, apologizing and saying that she’ll be right with us after she takes care of the huge table next to us who had all asked for split checks. We didn’t have to wait too long — surprisingly this place was pretty empty compared to the other PJ’s at the same time, despite being a LOT smaller than the others. In Bluebell, I would have had to wait around 30 – 45 minutes to get a table. Same with the one in Cherry Hill. Here, we walked in and got seated immediately. Maybe it was because of the polar vortex? Whatever, thumbs up from me.
We ordered drinks — the anniversary beer by PJW (only $ 3!) was great, and the pineapple vodka I ordered was strong and not overly sweet. For food, we had 20 sweet chili and 20 hot n honey. There was a tiny mix up when we got our food — the waitress (who was not our ‘main’ waitress?) placed the food on our table, saying it was 2 sweet chili, 1 hot n honey, and 1 mild. We corrected her, and then shortly after, another waiter came by and tried to give us another sweet chili. He then said that the last one the waitress tried to give us was hot n honey. ??? It’s all okay though, they ended up getting the order right (third time’s the charm?), and we didn’t care because we were already getting messy with the massive amount of wings that did come out properly.
The wings themselves — oh. hot. glory! The other PJ’s don’t compare. These wings (and drumsticks) were bigger, fuller, and drenched in more sauce than I have ever seen. I’m assuming that this is what wings should be like at the other places when they are not half off. The other PJ’s seem to be drier — possibly because they reuse the sauce many times for all the different batches of wings (or they are more stingy with it during ½ off wing night). I’m never going back to the other PJ’s.
That being said, after reading other reviews, I was disappointed to learn that management seems to be atrocious. I would hope that this PJ’s gets it together, because all other aspects to me, seem awesome enough that this place will be one of my regular Tuesday night spots. I only hope that this place doesn’t become too popular, because I want it all to myself.

All hail P.J.‘s, well at least for this location anyway. I have been to several Whelihan’s before all were good to great experiences. What are these guys known for, sports, wings, pretty descent burgers and the eye candy that is in here.
From what I understand a majority of these waitresses are former employees at the Hooters located on RT1. Now if that doesn’t make a great combination I don’t know what will. Sports, with fine crafts and the ladies, yea you pretty much won right there even if your team got dismantled. (Sorry ladies, not trying to sound piggish)
We were enjoying a few libations at the bar and couldn’t help but salivate over the fine craft selections these guys have. For the aficionado in you this is a great spot to grab a few pints of the good stuff mixed with an order of appetizers. While waiting with some of my closest friends we decided to do some appetizers.
We chose a great dish of Buffalo Chicken cheese dip, with pieces of pita bread cut up surrounding this hot dish of deliciousness. Simply delicious I must say, nice flavors kicking out, then those gorgeous wings came out. An order sweet chili and a Chipolte Lime BBQ. AMAZING !! I say, in a nice meaty sized wing for the winger in you.
Our bartenders were Christy, and Kristin and these two lovely ladies were on the ball the whole time. Never missing a step, always making sure we had cold fresh pints ready to go. Never the same glass mind you, a new frosty mug every time, who is going to argue with that.
Another reason why P.J. is good is their nice sized bar with ample seating aligning the the area, with plenty of TVs for your viewing pleasures. Good ample seating inside, clean with a great wait staff. At least the day I went, my neck was going left and right which was a better view than the Flyers game that day.
A great spot for the beer aficionado in you, with plenty of fine crafts waiting for you to peruse. Great spot to catch a game, or for happy hour. It doesn’t matter when you go actually, you’ll have a good time.