Pennsylvania 6

SO DELICIOUS!!! My boyfriend took me out on a date here and the food was delicious! We sat upstairs on the second floor! We went during happy hour and got the most delicious fried and raw oysters and the bean dip was to die for as well. The dinner itself was wonderful! Will definitely go there again!

Here for brunch with friends. We each (5 of us) got a $ 15 bottle of champagne and assorted juices for mimosas. It was very good. One of my friends loved the french toast, the other didn’t like it at all and got a hamburger. I really liked my biscuits and gravy and the side of duck fat fries with truffle aioli. The service was ok, friendly.

Great Happy Hour! Select $ 6 small plates and drink specials. Had the oysters and the white bean dip.
Enjoyed both.

We found this place accidentally when we were wandering around the area dying for some food and drink after another disappointing experience at a restaurant that had a misleading menu. The oysters were fabulous, the place was really nice and clean, the drinks were tasty, and the server and the manager were both really nice to us.

Pennsylvania 6 is one of the best places to go for brunch in the city if you’re dining with a big group. I have gone here numerous times with friends and they have never had a problem accommodating us – even when we have 18 people!
One of our favorite things about Penn 6 is the $ 15 bottles of champagne (because what is brunch without champagne?). The bottles come with orange juice and two other fruit juices (melon and grapefruit) so you can try some different flavors. They’ll bring you out as many bottles as you want at once and they’re always waiting with a fresh bottle with one is finished!
The food here is also great! The duck fat fries are a must! I’ve tried a few things on the menu but my favorites are the burger and the steak and eggs. Both dishes are cooked to perfection. Our group has tried numerous items on the menu and everyone was more than satisfied.
The service here is always great. Our waiters are always very attentive and friendly!
Make a reservation, grab some friends and enjoy great food for a boozy brunch!

Pennsylvania 6 is the top choice for my friends and I when we brunch. They have $ 15 bottles of champagne, a deal you can’t beat. The service here is way above most places in the city. The servers somehow are always bringing what you need before you even ask.
As for the food, my first time here I ordered the Penn 6 Burger topped with a fried egg and duck fat fries which comes with lemon truffle aioli. I’ve been here about 6 times since and I can’t convince myself to order anything else. The burgers are perfectly cooked and the bun is super soft which takes in all the gooeyness from the fried egg. Duck fat fries with lemon truffle aioli (drool) Enough said. We like the Ricotta mason jar or broccolini cheese dip for an appetizer. I’ve been here plenty of times and I plan on continuing to return.

Recommendations: Cocktails (if you like them sweet). Fried oysters. Duck fat fries.
The waitress really hyped up the lobster roll: «best in Philadelphia!», but it fell short for me, especially for $ 26. I’m not sure if it was the high expectations after the waitress’ enthusiasm, but I recommend skipping and heading to have Luke Lobster’s more affordable option over on 17^th.
My partner had the burger and found it very dry and lacking seasoning. The waitress did tell us that the restaurant is better known for its seafood dishes, so perhaps we should have taken the warning. Skip the burger here!
Ambience: We were a table of 5 and really appreciated being able to hear each other vs. some other restaurants in the same area that tend to get too loud and crowded on a Friday night. There is a roomy bar area and tables on the first floor and a second floor with more tables were we sat; definitely good for groups and catching up with friends.

Penn 6 is a great spot to go with a group for a nice meal. The atmosphere is classy with mixture of old world charm and modern touches. Went there recently with a big group for brunch which they allowed us to make reservations for which is great. They handled the big group well and the service was fantastic. They forgot one persons meal completely but they quickly made up for it by comp-​ing their meal so not a huge problem and no stars deducted for that, I understand how that can happen when you have a large group. The food overall is good but not amazing. The lobster roll is decent– not the best I’ve had but good with lots of lobster meat. The duck fat fries are actually very good and I would recommend them to everyone. The burger is very thick and tastes great, you can choose to add egg, bacon and other stuff too it and it’s a good value the size. They also have $ 15 bottles of champagne at brunch with free mixers that included orange juice, a melon blend and grapefruit juice. The champagne is a great deal. There was also a DJ when we were there for brunch on Saturday – a little unusual to see but he played good music and kept the vibe very upbeat so it was a nice surprise. The bar area which was near where we were seated got very crowded and loud and kind of made it hard to enjoy everyone’s conversation at our table. This may be because a lot of people were out celebrating St. Patrick’s day the weekend before, which was the case throughout Philly on Saturday. Overall, this is a good place for a nice meal and can accommodate groups. The service is great, the food is good, and the prices are fair.

Had dinner at Pennsylvania 6 and found the food mediocre at best.
— «Charred» Octopus appetizer with tender white beans was okay. However, it didn’t seem «charred» or particularly flavourful.
— Fried oyster appetizer was fine, nothing wrong with it, but nothing special.
— Lobster Roll was underwhelming, with a basic bland creamy dressing. Lobster itself was overcooked and stringy. Fries were fine. One can easily get a better (and cheaper) lobster roll in Center City, thanks to Luke’s.
— Broccolini side dish was kind of a creamy hot mess to be spooned onto pieces of toast. Tasted okay but not great.
— Chocolate terrine (with sliced bananas on the side) was dense, chocolate-​y, and uninspired.
Service was very good. Our server was friendly and helpful.
Restaurant atmosphere is good.
Aside from the food itself, everything about the restaurant experience was fine. Since I care about food, I wouldn’t particularly want to return.

I have found a new favorite brunch spot! We came here on a Saturday with a group of 9. They take reservations so it was easy! The brunch deal is $ 15 per bottle of champagne and they provide the juice mixes. I think they change them up but when we went there was orange juice, grapefruit and bitters, and a honeydew mix! They were all delicious. And best of all the food WAS SO YUMMY and filling! Such an affordable drunk brunch that comes with great food, drinks and service! I highly recommend for big groups.

Came in on a Sunday at noon with 7 girls. PS they take reservations !! This is extremely rare for brunch!
Upon arrival (with half of our party) we were seated in a corner and I think forgotten about. Unfortunately this kept happening throughout our dining experience, but I think they caught on and tried to make up for it.
Penn 6 has such an amazing brunch deal that I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t know about. $ 3 mimosas and bloodies. Or $ 15 bottles of champagne (worth it) BUT they bring the smallest serving of orange juice for the table. I thought this was so strange so we had to like hunt them down constantly for more OJ. We prob would have bought more bottles if we had more juice. The bloodies are awesome. I don’t wanna say I’m a bloody Mary snob butttt…
We ordered duck fat fries for the table. Get them. They’re amaze.
I ordered the biscuit and gravy plate with cream chipped beef, eggs, and salad. This has gotta be the best thing on the menu (although I didn’t try anything else). The portion was large, fresh, and steamy just how I like it. Did I mention this was only $ 14
We had I think 7 bottles (one of which they brought out with a sparkler on top: VIPPPP), a few cocktails, and entrees. $ 40 per person.
Can’t wait to come back!

After mulling over my third visit, I’m gonna go ahead and say that Pennsylvania 6 is about as good as it gets for happy hour! I’ve only been for hh twice, and once for a private Unilocal event. But I had a great time each visit.
Their hh menu is really good for a nicer place such as this. They could easily get away with a small menu, and people would still come. It’s a cool looking place, with a great menu, and a great location. But they still have an interesting happy hour menu full of oysters, duck fat fries, and lobster sliders, among other items. I have tried their duck fat fries (yummy), and their fried oysters app coupled with lemon tarragon aioli and hot sauce (suuper yummy).
Their cocktails are well crafted and so delicious as well. I’m addicted to the Treaty of Paris, made with fresh honeydew purée and St. Germaine. I’m normally not the kind of gal that digs crafty cocktails in tiny glasses, but this one is just so damn good.
Service is always great. The bartender was really busy when we arrived, near the end of happy hour, and had still had a smile for us whenever he looked our way. Our drinks were made quickly, and we had our food lightning fast.
I also love the vintagey feel of the place as well. It feels a little prohibitioney, but with a modern menu. The food sounds delicious, and I would love to go here for dinner sometime. The prices aren’t exactly for an everyday dinner, but that doesn’t mean it’s super fancy. You can definitely get away with casual attire. However, for me, it would definitely be for a once-​in-​a-​while kind of dinner!

Came here for my birthday party this past Sunday evening at 5pm that my awesome friend planned for me. We had reserved a private space upstairs for 40 people. In order to accommodate for that many people, we had to spend a minimum amount and pay for administration fees, etc, which I get. What I don’t get is that what we paid for, we did not get which is: good service. Over time our party number declined to 27 people, which was fine but we were hoping that it would be a great experience since my friend wanted to make it a special event for me.
Upon arrival, we were greeted by the staff and our bartender. Everything seemed great: wonderful parlour area and the tables were set up nicely. The food table for our buffet has rustic and pretty. I was really excited and my bartender said how he wanted «everything to be perfect», verbatim.
Unfortunately, once things began, it quickly escalated.
First of all, the food was delicious, but given that our group was 27 people and not the 40 anticipated, the food was not even close to being enough. I was so perplexed and stressed when I noticed my friends were still hungry and we didn’t have enough food. Can you imagine if all 40 people showed up? This was poor planning perhaps on our part, but since we had talked with the events coordinator (who was very nice and quick to respond in the emails) we would have thought we had enough to keep the price affordable (approx $ 45/​person) and have enough food. Apparently appetizers cost a fortune!
Within 20 – 30 minutes our bartender got drunk and proceeded to spill drinks. He had difficulty pouring water, tried to mingle with my friends and made everyone uncomfortable. We were concerned for his safety and ours since we had a small child in the room. This was supposed to be a relaxed and fun event and it was far from it.
After he continued to sway and swerve from the alcohol, I decided it was no longer safe for him to get involved with us. Some of my friends went downstairs to see if we could get more food but the manager was no help (forget the bartender even coming up with a solution) but to have us order a la carte. Their kitchen staff apparently left for the day. WOW.
After I left early, I found out from my remaining friends that he spilled food while trying to clean up. I am surprised that they did not do anything to compensate us right then and there but we still had to pay for this horrendous party. My friends wouldn’t let me hand even $ 1 over since they did not want the birthday girl to spend any $, but I was mortified to let them pay for this meal. When I was leaving, I noticed that downstairs wasn’t even crowded so I couldn’t understand why there was no one else to serve us. The bartender’s only job was to give us drinks and he couldn’t even do that halfway through the party. If we needed anything like plates or napkins, we had to go down 2 flights of stairs to flag someone down.
So in the end, we paid over $ 1500 for a party that was mess with no one to compensate or follow through. Maybe if I came here for a dinner with a small group it would be a different situation but given that we had planned this far in advance and had a private space, you would think more attention would have been paid. I do believe that a business should not be thrown under the bus because of one person’s poor choices, but the overall team could have made more efforts to intervene. My guests were so shocked we could barely conceive it was happening before our eyes. We are not the type to scream and make a scene, but that does not justify the fact that lack of service we had. I hope that there will be further efforts so that no one ever has to go through what I went through.

Ok, went in for restaurant week and the menu sucked. Very few options so we decided to order of the regular menu. Overall, food was a 4. We got the crab croquettes to split and we each got our own burger — both were delicious and hefty portions. Plus those duck fat fries were probably the best that I’ve ever had! Service, I’m going to give a 2. You walk into this place and it’s clear that there is a hostess stand at the entrance on the bottom level. But majority of the tables for eating are on the upstairs level. So you look at the hostess stand and you see NO ONE IS THERE. We legit had to wait 5 minutes for someone to show up… what’s the point of the hostess stand if you’re not going to have someone there?
So we sit down and it takes our waitress a good amount of time to come to the table. They were busy, I get it… but they didn’t even have enough menus for me and my friend to look at one separately! It’s unfortunate because our waitress was extremely kind and pleasant but I think she was just overwhelmed with the other parties that my friend and I felt pretty neglected. I decided to go with an overall rating of 3 here because the waitress gave us a coupon for a drink the next time we dine (and order a full priced entrée) and I appreciated the gesture. Don’t know that I’ll be going back to use it any time soon though.

SUNDAY FUNDAY!!! $ 3.00 mimosas and $ 3.00 bloody marys? YASSSS!!! Shame I wasn’t hungry because the menu looked amazing and I can’t review any thing other than booze specials (still winning).
I also found out they have $ 15 bottles of champagne with complimentary mixers for Saturday and Sunday brunch. Can’t beat it. I’ll be back with an empty stomach. Did somebody say duck fat fries?

Great place for private work events or happy hours! We had the third floor all to ourselves, and it was great, it felt just like a Rittenhouse apartment living room with the large windows and fireplace. Absolutely cozy and cute. The variety of food and appetizers were all really good as well, it is your ‘upscale’ fancy bar food like sliders and meatballs and dips. if your company is looking for a new place to host an event, check this place out!

We stopped in for a quick lunch Saturday. The waitress was great, although there weren’t that many people in the restaurant and I was a little grossed out that our table was not wiped down when they seated us and I had to ask for it to be cleaned.
We ordered the lobster roll, the brioche roll was a little stale, but since the Pope was in town, they said they couldn’t get deliveries all weekend on various other items we requested, so I guess I’ll let it slide as I figured it fell into the same category. I’m pleased to report that there was ample lobster meat in my bun, light on the mayo and spices, you could just taste the yummy lobster meat. The duck fat French fries that accompanied the roll were addictive and delicious– I could have eaten a basket of it!
DH had the burger and was really happy with it– a good olé traditional burger. The service was a little spotty so I was a bit disappointed since again the place was empty. All in all, a nice spot, but I prefer my favorite spot for seafood across town.

We came here yesturday (the 4^th of july) for brunch. We had a noon reservation, we were seated right away, the resturant was empty but it is a holiday weekend. The waitress was very prompt at the beginning, explained the specials, took our drink order, came back took our food order etc. The food cane out rather quickly. So much food! I am from new york, so I am use to high prices for moderate portions, I feel like we got so much food for the price. So cheap!
Idk if this was just a deal for yeaturday or this is always. But they have a $ 15 champagne mimosa deal. You get a bottle of champagne, and 3 mixers, plus orange juice. The mixers were grape fruit juice, pureed berrys and pureed honeydew melon.
Service got a little slow after our food came, maybe they were short staffed for the holiday, a few more tables were seated after us although I woulsnt say the resturant was crowded. I would definetly come back the next time I am in Philly, it was delicious and that champagne deal was unreal. Out of the group of four I was in our bill with tip was about $ 35 each and we each got an entrée and we ordered 3 of the champagne buckets. So cheep!

My first review was two years ago, and today, this place continues to shine! I’ve been to several private parties, celebrated a few birthdays and happy hour, as well as tried out the brunch menu. Solid place to entertain some out-​of-​towners in the food mecca that is Midtown.
Last night was no exception, and we ordered all of the dishes under «For the Table,» except the potted chicken liver. (Which, by the way, I tried during HH and was excellent!). Our party of four feasted on Fresh Ricotta, Fried Oysters, Yellowfun Tuna Tartare, Shishito Peppers, Pimento Cheese, Charred Spanish Octopus, Grilled Jumbo Asparagus, and the Roasted Bone Marrow. 8 dishes that satisfied each of our culinary tastes. Highlights included the cheeses (more bread was necessary!), the tuna tartare, and the octopus. The bone marrow is a very small portion, and the fried oysters were just ok. Egg on asparagus was genius, and it was nice to use some of the bread to clean up that plate.
As for private parties and celebrations, I’ve worked with Samantha, and she is great to work with! Very responsive and helpful with planning menus and giving ideas. That 3^rd floor area is amazing!
I highly recommend Penn 6 for food, drinks, and creating memories!

A friend and I came for happy hour after Oyster House was packed and our oft-​visited Doc’s was closed for the day. The restaurant was very uncrowded (I don’t think most people know they have buck-​a-​shuck here!), and we were seated by the friendly manager who welcomed us to the restaurant. I felt like I walked into an old-​timey whiskey bar, based on the red high top seats and wood paneling.
The service was prompt, except we waited for our oysters for much longer than we were used to. We both ordered happy hour fizzy special cocktails; I did not enjoy my gin-​based drink (I can’t remember what it was, but it looked nice) at all as it was dry and boring, while my friend’s simple champagne sangria was a safe choice. We also ordered the special happy hour menu item Kentucky Wings, but they were very, very mediocre. Finally, the oysters’ quality was the lowest I’ve ever tasted. not sure if that’s just because they’re trying to get rid of the most terrible ones at night or the month was off (my friend says you should only eat oysters during months with the letter «R» in them), but I guess I can’t complain too much for the 6 for $ 6 special.