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okay, look, i can see how this place might have a high bro potential, but i just went last night (tuesday) expecting huge crowds, no place to sit/sand, and rude bartenders. it was quite the opposite, even despite it being two dollar pint night.
it's a pleasant mix of people, with hard-working, fast, friendly bartenders. the place is huge, but it's also clean and roomy with plenty of high tables and places to sit. this is not the type of bar i would see and walk into, but given the tuesday night special, i am so glad i had a reason to walk in and a chance to find this place!
Pint Night!
$2 for most any pint RULES. I got a Cherry Wheat Sam Adams and they put a little cherry in the bottom. Good and cute.
The food isn't so shabby, either. Reasonably priced, too.
It's not really my type of bar, but it seems that everyone in the world that I know goes here. I ran into literally 6 people I know from school (Drexel), which is on the other side of the city, oddly enough.
Yeah, it's loud. It's a sports bar.
Also, it's a sports bar :-/
i had to come back and change my rating after my experience at Fox and Hound last night. i have been visiting this bar for 2 plus years now, with heavy traffic during the baseball post season. I typically bring a group. I know, by site, many of the employees ie: door staff, bar managers.
With that being said, 7 of my friends and myself were sitting at a table in the section in front of TV #9 and just had the worst waiter. From the moment we sat down he seemed ill informed, rude and altogether unpleasant. I asked for a pint, spefically referring to the 2.75 deal before 7 and he said the only special there is was a bucket of beers for $22. Knowing this to be incorrect, i asked again and he went to the bar and confirmed what I already knew. I attempted to pay for the drink and he asked the table for a credit card ( the other two ladies at the table were already eating). I understand the policy to avoid walkouts but with two dishes already on the table all i wanted to do was pay for the drink. A credit card was then handed over and we continued with our evening. This issue came up again later when we closed out the credit card. One of our party members didn't realize this and wanted to order some food. We were now told we had to give two credit cards since we were technically at two tables ( two tables pushed together prior to our arrival) rather than paying riight away. The waiter then proceeded to tell us the table next to us complained we had not ordered enough food during the night to warrant a table. Out of our party of eight only one person did not order food.
In summary, he was rude, pushy and a poor server/saleman. Perhaps next year's baseball post season will be spent elsewhere.
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I can't believe I let my friends take me here. I'm pretty sure this place is where rapes are born. But the wings are actually really good.
Supposedly a "Steelers bar"...I don't believe it.
Nothing about this place says/supports the Steelers or Pittsburgh sports teams. This prevents offending native Philly folks during the week (or the off season) but allows them to move the tables out of the way, jack up their prices and throw the Steelers game on the TV...I just think it's a scam.
I've never really been impressed...the food is all fried, frozen and not all that tasty. Drinks are average if-not overpriced. Parking is a nightmare, especially on the weekends. I went here a few times and was never really impressed.
I rarely go to Fox and Hound because I prefer locally owned bars with good beer selections, but for a chain, F&H isn't bad. They have a decent beer selection (for a chain) and on Tuesdays, all beers are/used to be $2 each. I've only eaten here a few times because the food is very average chain food - way too salty for my taste. If you're looking for a place to watch a sporting event, if it's on TV, it's probably on at F&H. Decent place to watch UFC. Bottom line: I'd probably only go to F&H to watch a sporting event, not to chill out with friends over some good beers and bar snacks.
i'd like it better if it were a "cowboys" bar. if it were, i'd still probably steer clear of it.
it is what it is. a brown paneled sports bar with multiple jumbo tv's and beer specials with a man's menu....and lot's of men. good for them though. keeps some of the loud drunken sports douches out of the local bars.
I'm not a sports fan, so I really shouldn't be here in the first place. But two dollar pints Tuesday is all too tempting, as well as karaoke. My roommates and I have attended a couple Tuesdays, because it is a pretty good deal, even though the selection of beer isn't that adventurous, and it's really not our crowd. I have never been here to watch a game, but some of the regular karaoke performers are pretty amusing.
Also, the sound in here is terrible, which makes it very difficult for any sort of conversation. There is so much audio coming from all of the tv screens, as well as music playing on one side of the bar, and then the karaoke on the other side. That is way too much! Nothing is audible.
I've had the chips and salsa here, nothing else. But the salsa tasted like there was a bunch of sugar in it- not tasty.
I've walked past here literally every day for the past year or so without ever stopping in to eat but the firm needed someplace convenient to buy the summer interns a farewell lunch so I finally got my chance. I had the spicy garlic wings, which were small-ish and slightly rubbery. They were also not especially spicy or garlic-y, thus making them the chicken wing equivalent of Grape Nuts or the Holy Roman Empire.
I would be willing but not eager to return here.
You won't like this bar.
This is the kind of needlessly oversized sports bar they have in the 'burbs, across the street from the mall. I mean, come on, they have a mouthwash dispenser in the bathroom. You can feel the STIs and hair gel hanging in the air.
But you should suck it up and deal with it, because on Tuesdays they have $2 drafts for most of the day, and that's the best deal you'll find in the city. Yeah, sure, you can get $1 PBR at Tattooed Mom's on Sundays, but the drafts at Fox & Hound are not PBR. $10 for 5 pints of 60 Minute is unbeatable.
As long as you don't make the mistake of buying the full-price (and unremarkable) food, you'll come out having a cheap and fun night.
And don't forget to use the mouthwash before you leave.
I ended up at the Fox and the Hound to watch our beloved Phillies play on Monday night as not much else in the city seemed to be open, and the ones that were didn't have Comcast! Boo!
My experience here was very pleasant. We had a great waitress who was quick and checked back often to see if we needed anything. The boyfriend got some sort of Jamaican chicken concoction with pineapple dressing that he loved! The rice that came along with it was a little bland but hey, it's rice what do you expect? I got wings ($0.40 each!) and they were great, too. I do have to agree that for a sports bar, they need a serious upgrade on the TVs. The sound system is great though, and they even have it playing on loudspeakers in the restrooms so heaven forbid you miss a second of the game...
A little fixing up here and there would do them good, but overall we had a nice experience with a good crowd.
if you need a guarantee that you'll get a good seat to watch a game, fox and hound is the place to go. it's also a good place to go if blue moon is about as craft ale as you can handle. if this is not you, try the non-chain jose pistola's across the street. they have a big tv too (only one downstairs i think) but it's also almost never crowded in there.
No. Don't even.
1. Terrible service.
2. Horrible maintenance and control of sound from the TVs and Music.
3. Mediocre food.
4. Parking rip-off.
Suggestions: if you have more than one dish that's called "Pot Roast" ask your customer which one they want. Don't assume, because when you get it wrong you look like an ass. (2) Bring silverware when you bring food for your patrons. Even if you f'up one of the meals. The other person would still like to eat. (3) Bring NAPKINS when someone orders ribs. They should not have to get their own and use 350 cocktail napkins. (4) Do not charge someone for food you don't bring them - like an order of fries. Also when you screw up the entree and they have to wait an extra 20 minutes, give them something for free or a discount. 25 apologies makes you sound like a dumbass. (5) parking lot that charges 23 bucks. F'that.
Come on Philly, at least try to keep me here and from moving back to Boston as soon as I graduate.
This place totally sucks. I won't go back no matter what amazingly random game they have playing on the TV.
As other posters have noted, what kind of sports bar in this day and age doesn't have flat-screen HD TV's?? How is this possible? This place is in need of a serious overhaul. Sadly, there aren't many other sports options around (I've recently started to go to Cavanaugh's on Sansom -- much nicer place to watch a game).
The food is also mediocre at best. It's like a terrible version of Applebee's, and Applebee's is pretty bad.
The only thing saving this place from getting a one-star review is their large selection of draft beers, which can all be purchased for $2 on Tuesdays. When you serve 6 Rogue Dead Guy drafts for $12, you earn a star.
This place seems to be a standard-issue sports bar, complete with giant blaring TVs, an extensive menu of fried things, a weaksauce beer list and tons of dudebros and their female counterparts. It's loud, it's bland, but on the plus side, it was a great place to go with my cousin who only eats chicken fingers.
I love this bar. I only recently found out it was a chain but I won't hold it against them, much. This is the biggest bar I have ever seen in my life and the largest selection of beers on tap I have ever seen (couple dozen varieties at least). The have two huge projection TVs as well as TVs along the perimeter of the place all playing sports so this is the place to come and watch a game. The prices are good and they constantly have great specials running (like $2 tuesdays). The only thing you don't want to do here is eat, the food is pretty gross for the most part and you'll be better off just coming here for the giant selection of beer and checking out the game.
I used to like watching college football here. I liked that they always had whatever game was on at the time. But then I got tired of the meathead d-bags that come here. Worse, I was eating a burger here one night when a cockroach, apparently acclimated to public d-baggery and rowdy social settings, traversed the plain of my table and nestled beneath my folded napkin.
I wanted to barf. It makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.
May I suggest buying a case of whatever you're drinking and watching the game at home...because this place just isn't all that!
I still haven't figured out why it seems that friends always prefer to go here on a Tuesday, rather than some place with better food, beer and patrons. I'll admit they do occasionally have alright beer specials, but let me assure you it's not usually worth it once I order food.
When one thinks of nachos in a bar that is mediocre at best, you would assume they couldn't screw it up too bad right? Nope not the case. Last time I was here I got nachos that actually had no flavor. The only thing that tasted like anything was the sour cream...wonderful. Another thing that sort of gets to me...is that I feel like they have really pricey, really crappy food. I try to avoid it, and have been rather successful at my recent attempts. If you never go here...you aren't missing anything.
This is actually a 3 star review, but was given 5 due to the Tuesday night bartenders. Skip to the end for an explanation...
Let's start the with the TV's. They FINALLY put in two huge projection HDTV's at the front of the bar, which are the only two good looking TV's in the place. They have about fifteen 20" TV's circa 1995 scattered around the main dining area, but half of them have a shitty picture and they're all about 10 feet off the ground so they LOOK like they're 15 inches a piece. It's a great place to watch a game because of the crowd -- if you're like me, you like to be amongst a million people during a big Philadelphia sporting event, and this is where a ton of people wind up. They need 4 more TV's like the new ones over the bar to replace all the shitty ones around the perimeter of the main room!
On to the food. Decent. The chicken fingers are AWESOME and are highly recommended. The breading they use is top notch. Spinach dip...killer. Conversely, stay away from the Cheesesteak and the wings, both of which had interesting colors and taste upon arriving in front of my eyes and in my mouth, respectively.
Now, the two best for last -- TUESDAY NIGHTS & the Tuesday night bar staff. Every draft is $2.20, they have about 10 really decent drafts that you CANNOT get for $2 anywhere in the city (Sam Adams, Dogfishhead, Boddingtons, Hoegaarden, etc, etc). There are two super-nice, always smiling bartenders that work on Tuesdays...Robin and some other girl whose name I forget. They are phenomenal at making sure you always have a full beer in front of you, they will remember your name, remember what you drink, and will make time to chat you up a bit even if the bar is packed (which it usually is on Tuesdays).
Oh, it's worth noting that there's a guy named Kelly behind the bar who has ALWAYS been great since I've moved in next door and seen him there a couple times tending bar.
Aside from Tuesdays, I can't say I'm at this place a lot. Before I found out about Tuesdays and the incredible Tuesday lineup of staff, I was almost never in here despite living around the corner. During the weekends and other days the specials leave something to be desired. Even during big games the special is usually a bucket of five Miller Lites for $16+tip. $4 bottled beers...big deal.
They should run the $2 draft special and put the Tuesday staff behind the bar every day of the week.
Fox and Hound is our usual two dollar tuesday spot. Two dollars for any pint on draft (and they have around 30 varieties!) and the chips and dip are 3.99 and endless. It's a bit of a spot for bros, especially on any given night, but if you come in with a group of friends and 10 dollars you will have fun. When it gets crowded though, the service gets a little slow, understandably.
So, I read all the reviews and I agree with most. I wouldn't go here to watch a game, its always too packed and you can't guarantee getting a good seat to watch the action.
But, the one on thing I do recommend Fox and Hound for, is their Tuesday night pint night special. They recently lowered the cost of their beers to $2 a pint on Tuesdays from 11am-12am. That's right....13 hours of $2 beers. More importantly, its not just Miller Light that is $2, but rather they sell all of their drafts for $2. A GREAT deal, especially if you go with a big group of friends like I like to do. The service is never great, but if you're with good company, it makes up for it.
Also, recently they introduced Karaoke at 9pm on Tuesday nights. While you have to be in the mood to watch people sing atrociously, I had a blast lastnight while I was there.
So all in all, not a great bar, but definitely A-Ok when it coems to their Tuesday night specials!
Fox and Hound redeemed themselves this past Saturday. Due to an 8pm start time, I set up the Cal alumni association to watch the Cal-U$C game here.
First, I talked to the manager John on Thursday and he assured me that we would be able to get the game on TV. On Saturday, I checked their TV schedule and found that we were listed on 5 TVs-sweet!
The only hitch was having to explain to folks that we needed the ABC West Feed and not the national feed-as we didn't want to watch the Texas Tech-Oklahoma St game. Once we got that figured out, we were able to get a corner of the bar and had the game on one of their big screen TVs.
This sufficed through the first half, although we had to do without audio. However, with enough pleading with the waitress we were able to get audio. Despite the final score (U$C wins again), we had an enjoyable time and didn't have many problems with getting drinks or food delivery.
Special shout-out to the waitresses that served us on Saturday as our group expanded to 25 people and they served us with no problem.
Just a tip-if you want to get your game on TV, be sure to call them in advance to get it scheduled there.
The only reason I am knocking them this time, is that they bailed on us.
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I can't believe no one mentioned yet that this is a huge Steelers bar. Any Sunday when Pittsburg is playing this place is PACKED with black and gold. I'm a Philly fan, but I don't mind coming here with my Steelers-crazed friend and watching the games. Huge place with tons of tvs (even in the ladies room) means just about all the games are on. Picture quality isn't the greatest - tvs in the main room are on the small and blurry side - but still watchable.
Good beer specials and good draught selection. Looks and feels like your typical sports bar. Friendly crowd. Have fun, just don't get whacked with a terrible towel!
i've been here once, for pint night. i didn't even drink pints. i did eat as many chips and salsa as i could for $4, and i did enjoy how pleasant the waitress was. i'd go back, but only if my friends came with me.
On the one hand, Fox & Hound is sort of generic. On the other hand, they have decently good food (especially bar food. LOVE the potato skins.) They also have Sam Adams Cherry Wheat beer on tap which is my favorite girlie beer and which not a lot of places serve. They have lots of seating, so it is a good place to come on an otherwise busy night if you are looking for a place where you can probably sit down and hear your friends talk. On nights where there isn't a big game taking up everyone's attention, they actually play pretty cool 90s music.
I've always had poor service from F&H whenever it's busy. On one particular night, they tried to charge me for an ultimate fighting match that wasn't to start for 2 hours, when I was there to watch a NFL game. Then my boyfriend and I ordered drinks which took 20 minutes to get to us and both drinks were wrong!
There is excellent service when it's empty but I think my deceased great grandmother could serve an empty bar well.
Fado, just a half of a block away, shows most sports events and they can handle a busy restaurant.
This is one of the few truly spacious bars/restaurants in Center City Philadelphia. I mean, this place is HUGE. And it's pretty fun, too. I've go here a lot with my grad school buddies when we have a large group because, well, no one else can fit us. I've gone here with parties of 10-20 before, and they've always accommodated us, quickly and graciously.
This place is a typical sports bar inside, with pub-like decor and tv's all over the place. I like watching the Eagles game here once in a while. I also like their beer, mixed drinks, and food. I usually order the burgers, but their appetizers are nice and unhealthy, just how I like my bar food.
If you're in Center City and want to go to a really fun sports bar, or if you have a huge group of people, then the Fox and the Hound is your place.
Even having a day where all tap beers are $2, this should not be a destination for anyone. There is not much I saw to be redeeming or worthwhile here. The hostess acted as if she wasn't even working and was surprised I needed a table when I walked in, I am sorry I made you walk 15 feet to where you sat me. Poor food, poor management, poor service-even sitting at the bar and the bathroom was gross. I will never return as the one in KOP has similar faults-not good.
Okay, so I'm not a big sports bar fan, but OMG, the food is GROSS! I mean un-edible - as in, it cannot be eaten. First of all, I HATE wasting food and rarely EVER throw out or just not eat my meal, but it was so bad that I just left it there and stared at it. Second of all, I got a chicken-topped SALAD for crying out loud - how do you f-ck that up so bad that it's THAT disgusting? Well, at least they can't mess up their beer...
Service was decent, but the whole place just felt sticky, like it was coated with years of dried beer that nobody ever really cleaned very well.
What I don't understand is how they are still in business after all these years when they: are huge in size + are always empty / never full + are gross + pay for expensive Center City real estate??? Beats me.
When it comes to sports bars in Philly, there are generally three types. The bad ones, the absolutely abysmal ones, and an excruciating embarrassment (aka Chickie's & Pete's -- the one near the stadium). Maybe that's why Fox & Hound actually seems like such a great place to watch a game and grab some pub grub.
Is it the best sports bar ever? No. However, after sitting through one of the more miserable experiences of my life last March at the excruciating embarrassment (see above), I left and headed on over to Fox & Hound. Aside from being snowed in by the street plows (and then given a parking ticket, obviously) I had a great time.
They had all the NCAA tourney games on, with sound, and I got a seat at the bar just before it started to REALLY get packed. I also thought the food was pretty decent, although, anything would taste good compared to the disaster on a dish I had at C&P's.
They don't have an amazing beer selection, but I think it's above average. I happen to enjoy Magic Hat beers (especially #9) being a native New Englander and all, so that made me happy.
Basically, if you want to go some place to watch THE game, there's a million places to go. But, if you want a place to watch ALL the games, go to Fox & Hound.
There is only one true reason why I like this place. It's not the seizure inducing wall of televisions that play nothing but sports. It also isn't the very uninspired food that left a lot to be desired for me. and it isn't the beer selection. the highest end beer that I had was Magic Hat and I couldn't help but feel that it could have had a lot more.
So why do I like Fox & Hound? They have checker boards laid out into their main row of tables in the center. so you can challenge your friend to a game while you share good conversation and a couple beers. Be sure to play a high stakes game where the loser buys the next round.
This place always has Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat on tap! They use to have a .35 wing night on Mondays, but that has changed. This is a great place to meet friends and what whatever game is on! I like their food as well. My favorites are the BBQ Chicken Potato Skins and the Mini Crab Cake Sandwiches. They are also in my neighborhood and very easy to stagger home from! Drinks anyone! I'm a fan of Fox and Hound!
Not enough HDTVs. Considering that this is supposed to be a sports bar, most of the TVs are regular-def. HORRIBLE service. Food was decent though.
Big spacious sports bar, and for some reason I've never seen it get too packed. There are many TV screens here but none too big, particularly if you're sitting far from the bar. Still, its a good place to watch a game especially if you don't like being cramped with sweaty, rowdy sports fans.
And Monday Wings Nights are the bomb! $3.50 for 10 wings!! But it seems like the wings have gotten smaller, but nonetheless still a great deal.
Happy Hours (5-7 pm) are limited to beers only...boo.....
This is usually our fall back spot for office happy hours. It's almost always a large group, so the size of F&H makes sense. They carry a lot of games, which is nice. But that's about where the compliments end.
The service is slow. The food is bad. And the crowd noise can get overwhelming.
Unfortunately, your options for sports bars downtown are limited.
Good food, lots of TVs, average beer selection, lots of people.
Definitely the BEST chocolate cake to be had in the city. Add ice cream. I come just for that.
I also recommend the thin crust pizzas. Delicious.
They have everything you would think would make it a great place (pool tables, large screen TVs for sports, big booths and a huge menu), but the food was totally unimpressive.
Don't order anything you non-American. Meaning: they try to be worldly with Asian lettuce cups instead of leaving that to Bamboo Club. Fox & Hound definitely has a personality disorder.
The pizza's are pretty good (really thin crust) and you can't go wrong with any of their boneless chicken wings (they have four types).
Stick with beer and apps.
Nice spot. Spent the better part of the day here drinking and watching baseball. Service was excellent - very attentive, friendly - food was good with a solid selection, as well.
What makes this bar 5-star: first - a full listing when you get in of what games will be on which of their 20-some-odd TVs. Nice - sets your strategy fro the whole day if this is what you are planning.
Second: in the bar area, there are high tables w/ checker boards imbedded in them. Nice - a little checkers and beer - now we are talking. The full fifth-star comes in when you get bored w/ checkers. We were screwing around w/ the checkers for like 2 hours - rolling them across the bar, shooting them at eachother...the only reaction we got from the staff was laughter. We then looked at the other checker area, and the guys over thee had covered their whole table with in order to make the checkers slide better...excellent.
I've been here for a few happy hours, a few big events (World Cup semifinal, UFC match.. don't ask) and Fox & Hound never fails to disappoint. The happy hours taught me to accept it for what it is: good beer selection and lots of TV's. But watching any kind of game here is a fiasco. The sound system is pathetic, so you can't hear any of the commentary. When it gets crowded the service is painfully slow... make that nonexistent the day of the World Cup match, when they had a total of two waitresses working the whole restaurant. At some point my friends just starting making the trip up to the bar themselves to get beers for the table. Plus the food is awful (even for sports bar food), it has a soulless chain restaurant atmosphere, blah blah blah. When you have to wait ten years to flag down a server, the interesting beer list starts to seem like a cruel joke.
Two words: Sports Bar. TV's everywhere. LOTS of beers on tap. I'v only ever sat at the Bar for service and it wasn't amazing service, but it wasn't bad.
Food is average, but they have some ineresting sandwiches.
Overall, It's a bar that caters to a select clientel. I wouldn't take my family here when they're in town.
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