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Address: 117 Veterans Sq., Media, PA 19063
Phone: (484) 445-2041
Website: http://www.townehousepa.com/
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HOURS & LOCATION. Monday – Tuesday: 3pm – 12am. Wednesday – Friday: 3pm – 2am. Saturday – Sunday: 10am – 2am. 117 Veterans Square, Media PA 19063. Phone Number …
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Reviews
Andrew
GREAT IRISH BAR. WARM AND INVITING. LIVELY BANTER, AND OF COURSE; EXCELLENT GUINESS!!!!!
Getting in the holiday spirit here and jumping the shark on thanksgiving. But what a great place. Something about it makes for easy and interesting conversation with strangers.
IOW, a pub.
… moreGetting in the holiday spirit here and jumping the shark on thanksgiving. But what a great place. Something about it makes for easy and interesting conversation with strangers.
IOW, a pub.
Eric Abruzzese
I’ll start by saying that I typically don’t write negative reviews unless the experience was especially bad and, unfortunately, I feel it’s necessary in this case, if only to warn others.
I’ll start off with the good things.
First, the cocktails are excellent. They have one hell of a bartending staff, and I was legitimately impressed. My negroni was well-balanced, and my partner’s spritz was beautifully done. If you’re just going for drinks, you could do a lot worse in Media.
Second, the atmosphere is pretty good. It’s a typical Irish pub vibe. Good lighting, nice decor, and the dining room was clean and tidy.
Finally, our server (Harry, if I recall correctly) was kind, attentive, and professional throughout.
Sadly, most of the food was disappointing at best, and inedible at worst; and before I get into the details, I want to emphasize that I am not a picky person by any stretch — I’ll eat damn near anything — but man, this was… rough.
I think our order was something that should be in the wheelhouse for a “high end” Irish pub: my partner ordered fish and chips, and I ordered a medium rare steak and potatoes. Simple fare.
We waited about 45 minutes for these two entrees. I never blame the cooks for wait times (lots of places are understaffed) but I mention it because you’d think that they would’ve had time to do just a little bit of quality control at the pass before sending things out to the dining room.
I’ll start with the steak: I ordered medium rare, but I’m honestly not picky. I’ll take rare, medium, medium-well even. Just give me an edible steak; I’ll eat it and not say a word. But this steak was blue. A good veterinarian could’ve brought it back to life with a little patience. But truly, I still would’ve eaten it if it had even the tiniest bit of seasoning on it — but unfortunately it was just a gray, chewy, unsalted $40 slab of beef.
After overcoming my anxiety of sending food back to the kitchen, I apologized to our server for the hassle and he took it back for me.
In the meantime, I thought I’d have one of my partner’s fries while I waited for the refire.
This is when things started to go off the rails. I bit into this steak fry, and it was like… powdery styrofoam? I’m not sure how to describe it exactly, but it was downright nasty. Texture aside, it tasted like a musty freezer. “Okay,” I thought, “it’s just a freezer burned fry, it happens. Probably just a straggler that made it into the fryer.” So I grabbed another one, and it just kinda crumbled when I broke it in half. They were nearly all like that. We couldn’t find a good one.
So Harry comes back with my steak, and we let him know about the fries. He’s obviously concerned and goes back to the kitchen to let them know.
In the meantime, I cut into my steak. It’s still gray and unsalted, and it’s medium now, but at least it’s edible. I’m not gonna send my man Harry back there again; they’ll kill the poor guy.
Beneath my steak is some asparagus. It’s a little overdone, but it’s got some butter on it. I bite into it, and, well, I guess the prep team missed some of the woody stems. Oof.
Beneath the asparagus is roasted potatoes. I’m a little traumatized from the fries, so I cut into them. Thankfully, they’re fine. A little underdone, but fine.
Harry comes back, and I’m fully expecting him to be like “oh yeah, they checked the fries and it looks like some of them had gotten freezer burned, thanks for letting us know.” But, instead, the kitchen decided to go with the story that “this is how the fries are traditionally done”, which… what? Were we freeze-drying potatoes in the mid-1800s?
At this point, I realized that the kitchen just doesn’t care. And if the kitchen doesn’t care, it’s probably because management doesn’t care, and the owners don’t care — and then I started thinking about how terrifying their walk-in must be, and I couldn’t eat another bite.
Harry offered us a free dessert, but honestly I just couldn’t trust it. We paid and left as fast as we could, and we absolutely won’t be going back. Big yikes, guys. Do better.
… moreI’ll start off with the good things.
First, the cocktails are excellent. They have one hell of a bartending staff, and I was legitimately impressed. My negroni was well-balanced, and my partner’s spritz was beautifully done. If you’re just going for drinks, you could do a lot worse in Media.
Second, the atmosphere is pretty good. It’s a typical Irish pub vibe. Good lighting, nice decor, and the dining room was clean and tidy.
Finally, our server (Harry, if I recall correctly) was kind, attentive, and professional throughout.
Sadly, most of the food was disappointing at best, and inedible at worst; and before I get into the details, I want to emphasize that I am not a picky person by any stretch — I’ll eat damn near anything — but man, this was… rough.
I think our order was something that should be in the wheelhouse for a “high end” Irish pub: my partner ordered fish and chips, and I ordered a medium rare steak and potatoes. Simple fare.
We waited about 45 minutes for these two entrees. I never blame the cooks for wait times (lots of places are understaffed) but I mention it because you’d think that they would’ve had time to do just a little bit of quality control at the pass before sending things out to the dining room.
I’ll start with the steak: I ordered medium rare, but I’m honestly not picky. I’ll take rare, medium, medium-well even. Just give me an edible steak; I’ll eat it and not say a word. But this steak was blue. A good veterinarian could’ve brought it back to life with a little patience. But truly, I still would’ve eaten it if it had even the tiniest bit of seasoning on it — but unfortunately it was just a gray, chewy, unsalted $40 slab of beef.
After overcoming my anxiety of sending food back to the kitchen, I apologized to our server for the hassle and he took it back for me.
In the meantime, I thought I’d have one of my partner’s fries while I waited for the refire.
This is when things started to go off the rails. I bit into this steak fry, and it was like… powdery styrofoam? I’m not sure how to describe it exactly, but it was downright nasty. Texture aside, it tasted like a musty freezer. “Okay,” I thought, “it’s just a freezer burned fry, it happens. Probably just a straggler that made it into the fryer.” So I grabbed another one, and it just kinda crumbled when I broke it in half. They were nearly all like that. We couldn’t find a good one.
So Harry comes back with my steak, and we let him know about the fries. He’s obviously concerned and goes back to the kitchen to let them know.
In the meantime, I cut into my steak. It’s still gray and unsalted, and it’s medium now, but at least it’s edible. I’m not gonna send my man Harry back there again; they’ll kill the poor guy.
Beneath my steak is some asparagus. It’s a little overdone, but it’s got some butter on it. I bite into it, and, well, I guess the prep team missed some of the woody stems. Oof.
Beneath the asparagus is roasted potatoes. I’m a little traumatized from the fries, so I cut into them. Thankfully, they’re fine. A little underdone, but fine.
Harry comes back, and I’m fully expecting him to be like “oh yeah, they checked the fries and it looks like some of them had gotten freezer burned, thanks for letting us know.” But, instead, the kitchen decided to go with the story that “this is how the fries are traditionally done”, which… what? Were we freeze-drying potatoes in the mid-1800s?
At this point, I realized that the kitchen just doesn’t care. And if the kitchen doesn’t care, it’s probably because management doesn’t care, and the owners don’t care — and then I started thinking about how terrifying their walk-in must be, and I couldn’t eat another bite.
Harry offered us a free dessert, but honestly I just couldn’t trust it. We paid and left as fast as we could, and we absolutely won’t be going back. Big yikes, guys. Do better.
Timothy Stevens
Food was pretty decent, atmosphere was nice and the waitress was pleasant.
My complaints are that the appetizers came out fairly quick but the entrees took forever. I was no longer hungry, when they arrived
Biggest issue is the menu online is different than the one in the restaurant. I took my wife there for Baked Potatoe soup and they no longer have it.
The pricing is different too. I ordered cheesesteak egg rolls, which are listed at $14.00 online. The check arrived and they are $21.00 for 4 measly little egg roll halves. Complete rip off!
… moreMy complaints are that the appetizers came out fairly quick but the entrees took forever. I was no longer hungry, when they arrived
Biggest issue is the menu online is different than the one in the restaurant. I took my wife there for Baked Potatoe soup and they no longer have it.
The pricing is different too. I ordered cheesesteak egg rolls, which are listed at $14.00 online. The check arrived and they are $21.00 for 4 measly little egg roll halves. Complete rip off!
Cassandra Drake
The food was amazing. The service was great. Everyone was really nice. Julia answered all of our many questions in regards to what was in each dish and what she would recommend. She was super sweet.
… moreG.V
Is it a pub? Is it a restaurant? At 4pm it is the latter, but by 6 pm it is the former. Nevertheless two things holding the same space can only be pigeon held to certain compartments for so long before they bleed together and confound the total structure. The bathroom smells like fish, but not those fish from under water, but from underwear. The porcelain drain hole of the bathroom sink is cracked in and filled with shards and obscure rubbish. If this were solely a pub, it would be home. If it were a restaurant it would be a lovely place to dine. But I am truly ambivalent to qualify this place as either good or bad since it’s being is teathered between two ends. Howrver, if you want to get drunk go here. If you want to bring a date here, go before the night. It is nice, but it confuses me. It is an absurd monument to the hyper-real society we exist within.
… moreFace Face
The drink were cute but had very little spirits in them, food was OK, they gave you a lot of mussels, crab cakes I wouldn’t get again Stripe Bass wife said it was good, nice place could have been better
… moreTimothy Murphy
I stopped in on a recent Wednesday night, hoping to try out the Towne House but was ushered back to Shebeen. It’s got the feel of an Irish pub. The shepherds pie was delicious so were the potato and bacon croquettes. A nice pint of Guinness to wash it all down to make me pretty happy. Ended up spending more than I thought though.
… moreMegan Nicole
The two stars is because the chicken parm was good. The two stars is also for spending $19 on two measly eggrolls that they didn’t even care to cut half decent. TWO for $19?????
… morelisa heston
This place is deceiving. I’ve been here once before for drinks and the place is pricey but I thought it was worth it so I brought my family until I realized it wasn’t when my dad ate his Mac and cheese and found some sort of metal or wire in his food and pulled out of his mouth thank god before swallowing it. We asked for the manager and she didn’t really seem too concerned, she looked at the metal said she didn’t know what it could be, dropped it, apologized, and said she’d talk to the kitchen about it. I expressed my concern of the safety if he swallowed and the risks of abscesses or that metal imbedding in his throat or what if it was a child’s meal that happened to. She took the meal off and our drinks off the check and that was about it with it still coming to about $130. Our waitress was really nice and apologetic about our experience her name was Adrianna. Just think they need to match their standards to their prices especially expressing safety and make sure their manager is trained on how to respond to serious situations better
… moreDawn Davis
Good service, delicious food. Very festive for the holidays with great themed drink specials.
… more