Tradesman's

Service is great. All the bartenders are super nice. Food is good. Whiskey selection was great. Beers on tap were pretty goodToo. The host stand was pretty rough.

What in the F?The Good : Biggest Penn State bar in the city right now. Packed to the gills with people and energy.The Bad : Biggest game of the year this past Saturday for PSU vs OSU and although the place opens at 11:00am and had a crowd of over approx forty people to get in the bars were not staffed. I don't only mean not staffed I mean not open. The upstairs bar had a crowd of about twenty-five people waiting for it to open which was after 12pm after the big game started.It goes on people, you cannot order one beer, had to order a bucket, don't as me why. Finally, when our bucket arrived it only had five beers in it instead of six lol.Other than that, we did get another bucket later on and one of the beers was skunked! By this time I was itching to leave this place but the rest of our crew wanted to stay and watch it in the alley that had a big screen set up and had food cooking that was runoff people from tradesmen. There was also a Tito station set up giving away free samples including free shots of Tito Vodka.I cannot grade this place on the food however after this outing I highly doubt I will be back.Good Luck Trademan's, perhaps review the schedule and staffing on the biggest PSU game of the year at a PSU bar?As always people SYOY!!!

Unexpectedly good in downtown Philly. Tasty brisket with a great crust (little fatty, but expected). Incredible cord break, sweet and crunchy. Great local PA cider. The baked beans were the most mediocre part of the meal, almost out of a can.

Great service. Food pretty decent. Drinks are a bit pricey but expected in the city. There were 9 of us and it seemed everyone enjoyed themselves. I did think the DJ on NFL football day was a bit much.

I checked out Trademan's because I was in Center City for an event! I don't get to Center City too often these days (Apocalyptic Pandemic Reasons..Lol) so I wanted to get a place with a varied menu!The menu features BBQ items and a robust beer/draft menu!Me & my friends decided to sample a few items...cheesesteak egg rolls; smoked wings and a burger!The food was Meh ...the beer menu and service is why we gave it the extra star! Our server was fantastic! The space is wide open and I appreciate openness!Would I return..Yes..Happy Hour for sure!

Food was respectable. Website doesn't seem updated. Saw no boozy milkshakes to order. Some male staff started having patrons including myself to stand up early so that they could move the seats and the waitress we had felt bad and offered me and my friend free shots. Probably should at least have waited until 10 pm and made a general announcement over a loudspeaker first. The way the male staffers were putting away the chairs too early scared some femalePatrons and they just stood up and wanted to leave early. People there were super nice but made for an awkward transition time.

Don't use debit to buy drinks. THREE times in the past 2 weeks our card has been charged over $2,000.00 by this establishment fraudulently.

Security was inside carding individuals who were coming in. FYI if you come between 2-3 they are transitioning from brunch to dinner and the meats aren't available. Luckily we arrived closer to 3 and didn't have any issue ordering. I wasn't impressed by my sandwich. I felt like the pulled pork meat had been sitting and it was dry. I doused it in BBQ sauce and I still needed needed to add more sauce. I loved the fries since they had a crunch to the and were seasoned. This was a spot I had been wanting to return to but after this visit I may only be coming by for some drinks. Good luck finding parking on the street. I parked in a nearby parking garage. Our server was okay, I arrived later than the rest of the group. When she came back to the table she asked if everyone was ready to put in their order and I had to ask if I could put in a drink order only to realize that someone else at the table hadn't received their drink and they were the first to put it in. She forgot small additions we made to some of the orders. Otherwise, service was good.

Kloe's the ultimate combo: wicked drinks, awesome vibes. Seriously, she turns the bar into a party. Social butterfly with a cocktail shaker - what more do you need? Cheers to Kloe for making every night out a blast! Bryan & Harry Love you!!!

I am very disheartened to have to write this review, as I used to be a huge fan of Tradesman's. I made reservations to OpenTable for my sister-in-law's birthday. While completing the reservation, I indicated that the special occasion was, in fact, a birthday. We arrived at our reservation time Saturday at 12:30 PM and were seated immediately by front door behind the brick barrier/design wall by the hostess. Unfortunately, this is where the good customer service came to an end.If you are facing the TVs, we had a table to our left and a table to our right. The table to our left had arrived prior to us, and were enjoying their meals. The table to our right arrived a few minutes after us. We sat for 10 minutes & did not have anyone approach us at all. During this 10 minutes span, I saw a waitress, serve the table to our left, and then the table to our right. She walked by us several times without looking in our direction (which is very difficult to do considering she was within 1.5 yards of us each time and even stood directly behind my chair to take the orders of the table to the right). At no time did she acknowledge us & we had no idea she was going to be our waitress until she approached the table after 17 minutes and said "Hi, do y'all know what you want?" We never received an apology for the time we waited without acknowledgment from her.At about 5-10 seconds later, the hostess approached us with water for the table. We did not ask for water, but I assume it was to make up for the time we waited. We then told the waitress our food and drink order and she said "ok it will be out shortly" and walked away. She returned a few minutes later with the mimosa and orange juice and placed it on the table, then walked away. At that point we were very upset at at the customer service, cancelled our orders and left.I sincerely hope management looks at the cameras & uses it as a training for what not to do & how to not treat customers as no one deserves this treatment.