The Druid's Keep

PHILADELPHIA: Located near the Delaware River waterfront and in the Northern Liberties section of the city, The Druid's Keep is an old-school dive bar that is dog friendly!Inside is a full bar and a good beer list, a pool table and dart board, and there is also a surprisingly large outdoor space with plenty of seating, corn hole, and a grassy area. The bartenders are great and you can bring your own food.There is plenty of parking under the Route 95 overpass.

We were eager to try out this place because it is apparently well liked in NoLibs. Walking inside, we were assaulted by the horrible, strong stench of cigarette smoke. Really??? Smoking is allowed indoors here? We felt like we were in rural Kentucky. No thanks. Never.

The Druid's Keep is a little neighborhood gem with a pool table, ample enclosed outdoor area with corn hole, and a wide variety of drinks to choose from. Finding this place has definitely been a high point for us as we had been missing the vibe of a "neighborhood bar" - this place definitely seems to fit the bill. Somehow, despite living in the NoLibs area for 2.5 years, we were unaware of it for a while only learning about it when a friend was meeting us at a local restaurant and her Lyft or Uber driver mentioned a dog friendly bar (referring to their large enclosed outdoor area). So glad that they mentioned it or it may have taken us longer to venture here.

$2 hot dogs are worth going for. the outside area is awesome & dog friendly! cute little dive bar that won't break the bank.

This bar is Philly.A short list of what that means to me:- No lines, and always a place to perch or sit.- You won't order anything fancy because you won't need it when you're drowning in oversized whiskey Cokes.- It's not a restaurant/bar. It's a bar that happens to have food. Namely, $2 hot dogs, which are $1 when any Philly team is playing. Oh, and Pringle short cans.- There's paintings of Druid's, both inside and outside.- Back room has darts, billiards, and probably fight club when posers like me aren't there.- Rambunctious, friendly service that is totally welcoming unless you're wearing another team's swag in which case they're polite enough not to punch you in the face and that's more than you deserve.- Pretty great beer selection, which I'll take advantage of once my accursed "no beer no bread no sugar" January/mid February is over.- A magical portrait of our beloved #9, Saint Nick, Big Pole Foles himself, holding the Lombardi trophy and with his and his team's monumental achievement, making my hometown just a little nicer and more polished around the edges for at least a whole year.I've only been here twice and I love it. Druid's keep is a special kinda place that reminds me what it must have been like to get a drink at your local spot that no one travels across town to go to, and you wanna keep it that way.Stay Philly, Druid's Keep.

Love this place. Staff is always friendly and the back patio is nice to watch games when the weather is nice out. Highly recommend if you're looking for a cool dive bar

Lemme flow from the g-damn survival scrolls real quick.The Druid's Keep is an interesting beast. The bartenders pour heavy, yet they're filled with a diverse crowd in a chill, inviting environment. In all of my years of drinking excessively while discussing how Kanye West is the greatest artist of all time to anyone who would listen, I've never found this environmental balance before. It's bloody marvelous -- a place like this should never get too popular, but in inevitably will.When I go out, either the bar I go in is completely full of stuffed shirts, proper enunciation and watered down cocktails or it's around dilapidated and demoralizing environments where you can order homicide enabling 18 potent cocktails for $32.50. This is a bar I would go to if I were single and wanted to chop it up with the boys as the scent of drunken fckery lingers in the air for anything else. I made the mistake of bringing four women here at once like an OG triple OG triple triple OG playa and the hot breath from the sex and attention deprived was on ya boys neck and it gnawed on my soul. Don't you hate when you're choppin up game with a distinguished breezy about your fantastic experiences in the cyclades group by the Aegean Sea and some FUBU wearin breh straight out of "I got the hook up" hops in the conversation about their Wildwood excursions? Golly, I'm gully. I had to put a end to those imbeciles quick with one deft move. Almost made me spill my Hoegaarden, smh."They cant all be with him, they ponder..""NO BRUH, you're sadly mistaken. They all with ME."Kick rocks.But not you, Druid's Keep.Your can stay in my city.

Add another half star to 4.5. The only reason I did not give five stars I because ethe bathroom wasn't as clean as I would have liked. Yet I know if it's busy it's not like the rest stops on the nu turnpike ,where a guy gets paid to clean several times a day. Could have been an off night in that respect. Ha. Anyway I like this place alot. Sets the standard in more ways than one form tastes .real and not trying hard to be something to they are not. Keep up the good work.

Definitely a dive bar but in a positive sense, friends and I enjoyed the pool table and darts in the back room. Outdoor area available too with around a dozen tables, cornhole etc. Bartender was helpful.

Half Irish pub, half Philly Hellscape. Bring your own food and bring your fighting pants. These people want to to throw knuckles and tell tales. Cheap beer and wild 1979s trivia pursuit keeps you engaged for hours. This one time my friend was crying and got yelled at by a lady in leather and cried more. 10/10