chickie's & pete's south philadelphia

why do people go there?. firsttimeat this well known restaurant yesterday before the game. the so. philly cheesestake was absolutely awlful coupled with equally miserable sevice.

lousy food. after all the build up about a big place coming to s philly near the sports complex, i waited anxiously for chickie and petes to open.

several years later i wonder why i was so enamored. the food portions are small and usually not up to mediocre standards and the service is horrible. the waitress seem to spend moretimedisappearing than serving. the food takes way to long to serve and is overpriced for the portions, the bartenders seem to forget that they are there to sell drinks and not spendtimewith the girls at the bar who don't spend and tip even less.

eat up town and come to the game later. but avoid this well decorated pig sty and get a roast pork or decent fries anywhere else.

ugh- get over this place!. lets just all realize this place blows! get over the hype!

the food is mediocre at best, the service is horrible and the beer is overpriced.

six people at a table all order beers and fries- waitress comes out with one beer and fries- doesn't come back for 15 minutes with the rest of the order. when she does return, she drops off the rest and never comes back!
this is not just an isolated incident! i've been dragged there multiple times and more or less the same scenario plays out. never have i ever left less than 20% tip anywhere but, i can't bring myself to give these servers more than they deserve which 90% of thetimeis nothing.

if you are absolutely addicted to the food (and don't mind that its circulated on a conveyer belt in the kitchen constantly getting reheated) try the one on robbins it has slightly better service (although as soon as you put your fork down, you get the bill and get kicked out of your table)

dont go they tow cars. i went down the street to eat dinner...came back to drink at chickie & petes..and my car was gone night ruined...dont waste urtimeor money the food was never that good there and the help rude...i can bartend better than anyone there really im a bartender...skip this spot....watch your car 180 dollars if it gets towed