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Name: Chickie’s & Pete’s
Address: 1526 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19145
Telephone: (215) 218-0500
Price range: Under $11
Rating: 3.49

Chickie’s & Pete’s

1526 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19145

(215) 218-0500
Store is closed

Chickie’s & Pete’s Menu

Starters

Bbq Pork Wings

Chickie's Cutlets

Chickie's Buffalo Cutlets

Onion Ring Tower

Crab Bruschetta

Fried Mozzarella

Jalapeno Poppers

Fried Calamari
Starters - Chickies Wings

Buffalo

Dry Rub

Italian
Starters - Nachos

Crab

Cheesesteak

Buffalo Chicken

Cheese
Soups & Salads

Shellfish Chowder

Soup Of The Day

Chickies Signature Salad
Sandwiches

Jumbo Lump Crabcake

Magooby

Lobster Roll
Sandwiches - Chickie Cutlet Sandwiches

Original

Club

Italian

Buffalo

Parm
Sandwiches - Philly Style Hot Roast Beef Or Roast Pork

White Style

Red Style

Green Style
Philly Cheesesteaks

The Classic

Lobster

South Philly

Parm

Hoagie

Chicken

Buffalo Chicken
Mussels & Calms

Mussels Red

Mussels White

Steamers

Clams Red

Clams White

Chickie Riverboat
Shrimp & Lobster

Chickie Style Hot Shrimp

Cold Shrimp

Fried Shrimp

Baby Lobster Tails
Crabs

Blue Claw Hard Shells

Snow Crab Legs

King Crab Legs

Dungeness Crab

Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
Pete-zza

Traditional

Shrimp

Pepperoni

White

Italian

Buffalo Chicken

Lisa S Blonde Lobster Pie

Crab

Veggie

Cuban
Burgers

Cheese

Blt

Mushroom Swiss

Bbq

Ultimate Tailgate

Bacon Bleu

Italian

Parm

Spinach

Healthy Meal suggestions for Chickie’s & Pete’s

Starters

Bbq Pork Wings [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Chickie's Cutlets [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Chickie's Buffalo Cutlets [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Onion Ring Tower [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Crab Bruschetta [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Fried Mozzarella [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Jalapeno Poppers [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Fried Calamari [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Starters - Chickies Wings

Buffalo [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Dry Rub [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Italian [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Starters - Nachos

Crab [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Cheesesteak [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Buffalo Chicken [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Cheese [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Soups & Salads

Shellfish Chowder [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Soup Of The Day [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Chickies Signature Salad [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Sandwiches

Jumbo Lump Crabcake [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Magooby [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Lobster Roll [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Sandwiches - Chickie Cutlet Sandwiches

Original [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Club [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Italian [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Buffalo [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Parm [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Sandwiches - Philly Style Hot Roast Beef Or Roast Pork

White Style [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Red Style [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Green Style [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Philly Cheesesteaks

The Classic [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Lobster [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

South Philly [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Parm [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Hoagie [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Chicken [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Buffalo Chicken [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Mussels & Calms

Mussels Red [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Mussels White [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Steamers [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Clams Red [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Clams White [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Chickie Riverboat [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Shrimp & Lobster

Chickie Style Hot Shrimp [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Cold Shrimp [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Fried Shrimp [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Baby Lobster Tails [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Crabs

Blue Claw Hard Shells [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Snow Crab Legs [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

King Crab Legs [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Dungeness Crab [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Pete-zza

Traditional [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Shrimp [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Pepperoni [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

White [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Italian [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Buffalo Chicken [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Lisa S Blonde Lobster Pie [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Crab [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Veggie [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Cuban [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]
Burgers

Cheese [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Blt [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Mushroom Swiss [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Bbq [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Ultimate Tailgate [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Bacon Bleu [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Italian [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Parm [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

Spinach [ Carbohydrates (ms): 0, Sodium (s): 0, Saturated Fat (ms) : 0, Calories: 0, Sugar (ms): 0 ]

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Chelsea P.

Reasons why Chickie's and Pete's ROCKS MY SOCKS. 1) Crab fries with warm dipping cheese 2) Philly sports & their crazy-a$$ fans that I know and love (I am one of them) 3) Beer towers 4) Big screen tv's 5) CRABS and SHRIMP seasoned to perfection 6) Did I mention the crab fries? 7) DJ music between baseball innings Ah, this is one of the reasons I love Philadelphia.
(5)
Stephen K.

Will never go back. This place is all hype, if that's your thing. I went here before a game and waited about 45 minutes for a table for 2. I watched about 7 tables sit empty the entire time, and even pointed them out to the staff. The food was eh. They are known for their crabs fries. They are good, but not worth everything else. If you just want a beer, while standing around a bar to chat with friends while a game is on, then this is your place. CHEESESTEAK RATING: C+ I had the lobster cheesesteak, so this could be skewed a little. The sauce and lobster did not add to it. Even without the sauce and lobster, it still was a small cheesesteak and not anywhere comparable to the best of them.
(2)
Jesse C.

Cheap beer and free shuttle to the CBP. They were showing some bullshit sport like minor league golf or something on most of the TVs despite real sports being on. WTF?
(4)
Amy S.

I went here for my first time tonight, and I was blown away! I'm a big fan of sports bar/restaurants so this place definitely fit the bill. Their buffalo wings were DELICIOUS! And I've heard so much about these Crab Fries, I had to try them... they rocked too! Give this place a shot, I'll definitely be back.
(4)
Andrew R.

I come here for the food first and the sports scene second. I now live in Seattle and go here every time I come home. We always get: Mussels in red sauce Crab fries Pizza- honestly my favorite pizza in the entire country... no lie! Lots of sauce on top of the cheese baked to the textured crust. Amazing!
(5)
German S.

Since we were disappointed witht he Phillies lost to the Mets we left at the 7th inning and hit Chickies and Petes to watch the Flyers game againt Pitts. This place was mobbed but like always I worked my magic and we were seated within 5min. My friend Steve loves this place and dont even look at the menu anymore. I told him to order as he wanted so this is what he ordered.. Shrimp pizza , lobster pizza, wings, crabby fries, and ofcourse a round of cold beverage..I could not believe that 4 people ate all that food. it was a great time with great company.
(3)
Carlo D.

I really enjoyed the food..... A++++++
(3)
Matt D.

While I was in town for business, my cousin said that we had to come here to get the truly Philly fan sporting experience since it's located right next to the Philly sports park. While waiting for her to arrive, I was reading Yelp reviews and realized that the crab fries were a must. I ended up splitting an order of those and going with the Philly Cheese Steak which turned out to be great as well. Atmosphere was a little loud since they were launching Corona on tap and this is the first place to serve it in the US. TVs were also everywhere which made watching any NBA game possible.
(4)
John Q.

I'm not sure if there is anyone out there who can say they don't like Chickie and Pete's. What's not to love? Their crabfries are the stuff of legends. Their mussels are served in a red sauce that makes me wish I had an Italian grandma. Their sandwiches are served on the best rolls I can find in Philly. I'm also a fan of their hot shrimp (must love garlic) and their crab legs (must really, really love garlic). Aside from the food the atmosphere here is one of the best. Even if you aren't a Philly sports fan, you have to admit that this is one of the top 3 sports bars in the country. The beer towers are always flowing here and they sometimes have decent specials. The local sports radio stations and tv sports stations broadcast from this location on occasion. Locals and tourists frequent this spot so it can often get crowded during the weekends or before/after big games. Go early if you want a seat. Without a doubt, Chickie's is the best place to watch a Phils, Flyers, or Eagles game or any other sporting event.
(5)
Kerry B.

One of my favorites. I like everything, but of course, the crab fries are my fave. The wings from here are also one of my favorites. I used to love the mussels but then started to make my own, which I think are better so, I pass on those. I always take visitors here when it's cold for a cheesesteak, I actually love the provolone cheese sauce, so I prefer it to the big names down the street.
(4)
Kathy R.

What can I say!!!! Best Mussels anywhere!! The only decision is whether to get Red or White... Last several visits .. Been RED!!!!! I cant even bring myself to order Mussels anywhere else!!!! Latest visit yesterday My sons birthday coming from a Flyers game.. and excited to watch the Seahawks I'm a fan from way back and wanted to experience the win on Chickies huge TV!! Of all my numerous visits I never realized they have a secret section all the way in the far corner with really nice cozy booths!!! Our waitress Melanie was very accommodating and also had the TVs in our section fixed for us to watch the Football game. .. Her service was excellent .. The food was awesome including Clams, Mussels, roast pork and a parm sandwich everyone was pleased .. No Crab Fries this time !! Maybe since I had to wait 30 minutes at the Eagles game in line freezing for them last Saturday!!!!! Only complaint for the appetizer was not enough chips for the overwhelming toppings on the cheese steak nachos... When I asked if could purchase extra chips I was told $9.99..NOT..Next time ill bring my own! LOL........Chickies is an awesome good time and always exciting atmosphere!!! Great place to watch a game, celebrate a Birthday or just stop for a quick bite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(4)
Amy H.

Had our company party there. I am very pleased, food is good and hot. Got drinks within reasonable time. Best of all, they have all the fun games here. Love It!
(4)
K T Y.

Salty, overly salted food. Crab fries need to be smothered in ketchup to counterbalance the salty seasoning. The "sauce" for shrimp and crab=salty. Crab cakes were good.
(2)
Steve S.

Review update is in order now. Boy, is it ever in order! I decided to have a bunch of friends here to help me celebrate my 40th birthday recently. Now, I will always say that this place has plenty of good things going for it. Yes, the crab fries are awesome. Yes, they have some good sandwiches. Yes, they have plenty of beer. Yes, they have lots of TV's which is great for a game. Yes, they also have some very cool bartenders who were very cool to me on my big night. So overall, my last visit made me happy. I have always wanted to like this place and fully embrace it. But something always happens to change that... So why the two stars? Simply put, one of the waitresses committed a cardinal sin in my book. Now granted, it turns out there may have been a miscommunication that caused this. We had a large group by the bar, and a couple of my friends asked if they could get a table near the bar to have place to order some appetizers for people in our group. At first, a member of the staff told them they could. I think they misunderstood us, or my friend didn't communicate it right. Nevertheless, this situation ended with the waitress for that table shouting angrily at one of my friends. I don't know how it escalated to that point. But one of the things she said was that they couldn't sit there at her table because they weren't going to order enough food and she would lose out on tips. It all happened too fast for me to really get what happened, and I never got the waitresses name to complain to any management (it was a Saturday night, and the table was by the back bar for the record). But, I don't care what the situation is. Not only it is inexcusable for a staff member to yell at a paying customer, it is a major failure to even imply denying service for any reason because of tips. She may have been really busy or had a bad night. It doesn't matter. It's rule #1 of customer service. Even if the customer is angry, which in this case they weren't, you don't get angry back. People get fired for that. And I know for sure that my friends did not yell at her back because she did all the yelling. It made for a pretty hilarious Facebook picture later I must say when someone in my party captured a shot of her yelling at my friend. All in all, quite the memorable scene. Plus, I did sample the crab legs on this occasion. Sorry guys, I have had better. It's supposed to be your signature dish, and they weren't that great. As I said in a previous review, they slip a lot here. But the crab fries are still awesome, and many in my group were happy with the food they ordered. I will say that for the most part, I had a great time here. But this place suffers from a little too much success.
(2)
Jason W.

This is an awesome sports bar. It's pretty damn big and they dish out the typical bar food. Had a philly cheese steak myself. It was ok, I figured rolling into the land of Philly Steaks would present myself with some foodgasmic times. Nope. I gotta say it was just average. That said, I still liked this place. I could see how this would be an awesome spot to watch a game. There is tons of room, several large screens and dozens of flat screens all around you. Overall I gotta say if you are looking for a place to watch a game, get loud, have some drinks, and chomp on some avg food; this your spot!
(3)
Michael J.

Went to Philly with my boys this weekend yo watch the Braves take on the Phillies on sat and let me tell you I feel in love with this place. From the moment you step in and greeted by like twelve girls to the moment you waking over to your seat. This place is beautiful. Huge place with TV's everywhere. They also have booths with huge TV's and Rock band Drums and Guitars. Place is awesome! Our friend who's a local told us to have the crab fries. They were really good. I had a cheese steak. Prob not the best place in Philly but it was good enough. C&P also has every bottle of liqs ever made. Kid you not! It was like an alcoholics heaven. I had beers and a couple shots of Jamison. We all had lots to drink and the bill at the end of the night was pretty light. Being from NYC the people at this place showed us love too. The waitress spoke to us a lot. I wish this place was in NYC. I'm hating big-time. C&P beats out any Sports Bar in the city. Will be going back soon.
(5)
annie w.

Crab fries Buffalo tenders Decent service What's up with the leggings? Clean bathrooms Interesting sinks in the bar area Hyoooge Taxi crab for 10$ Not too far of a walk to the ballpark
(3)
Collin S.

There are plenty of landmarks in the city of Philadelphia, but this place should be on the National Registry of Historical Places too. There are few bars that define a culture as well as Chickie's. It's just massive, they have a signature item (the ungodly amazing crab fries), and no place wraps up the passion of the Philadelphia sports fan better. Plus the prices, while not exactly cheap, don't break the bank either. If you can't actually attend, this is without a doubt the best place to watch a Phils, Flyers, Sixers, or Eagles game on the planet. Tons of TV's with great sound, plenty of waitresses, and an atmosphere that won't shun you when you scream at the Birds offensive line for GETTING VICK KILLED BECAUSE THEY PASS PROTECT LIKE A DAMN POP WARNER TEAM!! (emphasis mine). I had a four hour layover at the airport last weekend with a friend who's a born and raised Florida girl. We went to Chickie's (not the lame one in the airport either) and met my cousin for a few drinks. My friend thought it was ok, but nothing special. She's not from Philly, so she didn't get it. She doesn't live and die with her teams the way you're supposed to. She doesn't understand the passion of people that were born here have for sports. And that's fine. Just give your seat at Chickie's to the girl in the Victorino shirt. She'll appreciate it.
(5)
Matt G.

This place is huge! TVs everywhere...and we rolled on a Monday with a group of 15 people...and they delivered a solid experience. We ordered like 8 apps....timed right and food got there when a good dent in those were done. Tower of Beer: Best Thing Ever.
(4)
Andrew W.

Heyyy I just ate here recently for the first-time in a very long time. It's pretty sweet here. I am totally going to go back. The sweet potato crab fries are awesome with the cheese sauce and the hot applesauce dressing. I think the applesauce dressing could be an aphrodisiac? I was all horny after an hour of eating that stuff. Like legit.
(4)
Michelle C.

There isn't too much to say that hasn't already been said. This particular location is clean, nice-looking and always packed with fun-loving people. Once in a while, you will run into people from the local sports scene, which is always fun. My most recent visit was on Friday night, after the Flyers' disappointing overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens. When my friends and I arrived shortly after the game, Riley Cote and Arron Asham were already seated and drinking beers with a group of people. How these guys showered and got over there so quickly remains a mystery. Is there an underground tunnel that leads from the Flyers' locker room to Chickie's main bar? In addition to the lively crowd and local sports figures, there were also Amstel Light girls giving out free beer. Score!
(5)
Alexx I.

Disappointed
(1)
Tina C.

Crab fries are to die for!! Can't beat the price for how great they are!!! Who would have thought a little old bay and white cheddar dipping sauce could be THAT great!! Rest of the food is mediocre and not that great. Great place to watch a game but be prepared to wait, it is always packed! It' is a lot of fun there. Wonder hoiw there business is doing now though with the opening of XFinity Live!
(4)
Michelle O.

Natives recommended I try the crab fries, which to me tasted like soft, hot barbecue potato chips. They were pretty good and would have garnered a 3-star review. I added another star though for Play2. Being a huge gamer, I was pretty blown away that this place had big pods to rent out where you and friends can drink and play XBOX on a big screen. I wish there were places like this in Southern California. If there are, there aren't any nearby me so I'll have to stick to my home Rock Band parties/booze fests. As for the atmosphere of Chickie's & Pete's, the front area was to be expected. Very much a sports bar and crab shack sort of feel. However, our hostess led us to the back where the Play2 area is housed. I felt like I walked into a gay dance club. Techno music was thumping loudly from above and I couldn't hear anything my bf was saying sitting across from me at the table. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the atmosphere, as the walls were lit up and club lights sort of flashed around me. It was a little weird to not see people dancing in such an environment, though once a group of girls got trashed enough, they did attempt to get guys to dance with them in front of their table. They were unfortunately unsuccessful in that venture. There were a few big screens on the wall showing camera footage of people dancing or playing plastic instruments from the gaming pods. Cute.
(4)
Maratino S.

Just came back from lunch at chickie and pete's and everything was excellent. My son and I took my mother for her birthday. We had the lobster white pizza which was out of this world. We had the little lobster tails which were delicious. Fried calamari was excellent, son had a bbq burger which he said was very good and of course we had the crab fries. waitress was very nice and friendly. Love this place! Excellent customer service and food!
(5)
Queen Amina S.

My bestie and I went to Chickie's and Pete's on Friday night. It was a nice croud and we were starving. I ordered the crab fries and a plate of white mussels. I was'nt in the mood for liquor so I decided on white zinfendel. The cheese dip was amazing with the perfect thickness required for dipping fries. I should of skipped on the crab seasonings because it made them too saulty. I enjoyed the mussels and although they had just a hint of flavor, the fun was in the opening of the shells.' The waitress was nice to us and accomodating although she was a little heavy on the "checkins". Overall I had a nice time because the atmosphere was exciting to experience and the booth we sat in was perfect for Janice and I to LOL to funny crack-ups.
(3)
Meg A.

GREAT place to watch the game!!!! And that is about it! Crab fries... Yeah. They are tasty, but all they are is (admitedly decent) fries with Old Bay Seasoning on them. Not all that magical. The muscles are good - and spicy. In fact, just about everything on the menu is spicy. I understand that the goal of the menu is to sell beer, but come on! Not everyone wants one spicy dish after another! It becomes too much. My friend who cannot handle spicy food was there with us to watch the game. And that was when we found out she did not like spicy food. We never knew this before. So, because she was not eating , she opted to only drink soda (drinking on an empty stomach is not smart, after all). The bill came and they charged her for every soda. Classy. But a GREAT place to watch the game!!! FRIGGING WOOT!
(2)
Ramon F.

The service is just ok, food is good, but not great. I go for the atmosphere, which is great for watching a game. Try the lobster cheese steak or the mussels, they go great with beer ;)
(3)
Marcello D.

It doesn't matter to me that there's typically a long wait at Chickie's or that the food comes out as it's ready or that the menu leaves a bit to the imagination. When you come to Chickie's & Pete's it's for a specific reason. You want crab fries, mussels, to watch a game, or maybe to see a sports show being taped. You could meet a local athlete or a server might forget your sandwich. You win some, you lose some. As long as your got your crab fries, everything's OK.
(4)
Beth R.

This place must make a fortune. If there is any kind of mildly interesting game on, they are packed with a wait list for a table. Even when there isn't any notable game on, they are still pretty crowded. If it's a significant game, you may not be able to get in the door at all. People love the crab fries, I'm more about the peel and eat shrimp, served cold with old bay seasoning. The moz sticks are just ok... more like slabs than sticks, and they seem to have more seasoning on them than I remembered. I am obsessed with the TAXI CRAB (funny) which goes back and forth from C&P's the the stadiums on game days.
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Gina L.

My last job occasionally required a couple days here and there in Philly. Sadly, on those trips I rarely had the opportunity to eat, let alone get burgered and beered. So this one time (at band camp lol) the regional director (my boss) suggested that he and I take some of the underpaid and overworked Philly warehouse employees to a night of fun! Right away I cringed. Really, drinking and partying with work people? You don't understand at that point I was praying for a miracle because there was NO way I was having a good time. Well, I pony up and schlep from my hotel to Chickie and Petes. Thank Buddha for this place! I walked in and like sighed and cried because I saw a place that I could have fun at by myself if need be. So the fact that work people were there didn't phase me anymore. I never, repeat NEVER fraternized with people from work before. I always took myself wayyy to seriously in a suit. This is the kind of place where people can kick back and mingle. I could hear the people at my table but also hear the music in the background and the 2 noises were in perfect harmony. It wasn't like too quiet or too loud but just right. The apps were killer! We had about 10 laid out between 15 people. I ate about a million crab fries before I knew they were crab fries and than ate a million more. The beer jugs on the table with the spout were perfect. We opted for Yuengling. I bought myself a couple bottles of Stella when I got my pork sangwich. It was mehh. Maybe I ate too many crab fries, who knows. I guess I can chalk it up to that. I was saddened that there wasn't a shwag dance floor waiting me so I can get my Elaine on. Oh well, I don't have that job anymore so I probably won't be going back anytime soon. But I would if I were in this area of PHL again with some friends.
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Jose A.

This place is an awesome experience, it's huge, it's an awesome place to catch a phillies or eagles game, and they have pretty decent food as well. The atmosphere and size alone earn this place 5 stars easy... out of towners, you should check this place out...crab fries
(5)
Whitney B.

Love the crab fries, but the new sweet potato crab fries just don't do it for me. Stick to the original fries and delicious cheese sauce. Great place to watch a game, but can get crazy crowded.
(4)
Le L.

yummy king crabs, snow crabs, crab fries, mussels, and buffalo wings. It can get pretty busy here on the weekends.
(4)
Rich H.

A good friend invited me to Flyers game last night. He suggested C&P for pregame meal and i thought great idea as fries at CBP always good. Ok I'll admit I'm a bit of a foodie. My motto is pretty much "Life is too short to eat bad food". I liked everything about C&P except what I ordered. Crowd was good, beer was good and waitress was doing a great job in a very crowded pre game condition. I ordered the Chicken Italian. Chicken, cheese and red peppers. Roll was great. The rest was an indescernable mess. Piles of gooey tasteless cheese on top of tasteless chicken with the thinnest of roasted reds on top. $7 I believe. I did get the sweet potato crab fries and they were outstanding. So I guess I ordered the wrong sandwich but that should be a pretty easy sandwich to do much better than that. Meat to bread ratio wrong.Either more meat or less bread. Need better grade cheese and not a gooey slop. More and bigger roasted reds. I'm not trying to be a jackass, and perhaps other dishes were much better than mine but that was perhaps the worst chicken sandwich I've ever had
(2)
Sally f.

i really wanted to write this review for play2, attached to chickie and petes. chickie and petes was pretty cool, but nothing too out of the ordinary for an insanely huge sports bar. but play2 made my night extra special. we have a group of 12 and for $40 an hr, we had our own private group space for gaming, complete with a lounge space with a table. IT WAS PERFECT for a work happy hr. we had a waitress and a game guide. we ordered food and drinks and ROCKED OUT with rock band. we danced our asses off with dance dance revolution. we all had aching faces from laughing and smiling sooooo hard... it was an incredible night. and the food and booze is incredibly cheap....i was amazed by the bill at the end of the two hrs we spent there. need to go back soon!!!!!!!!!!
(5)
John K.

If you have to go here, stick with the beer. The food is mass-produced, defrosted, salty nastiness. It's basically like being at the game, without the benefit of actually seeing any of the action.
(2)
Jackson G.

First off, the Chickie's and Pete's I went to is not on Packer, it's "the original" on Robbins ave. Second off, it's a good sports bar with friendly service and delicious crab. A very down-to-earth type place. The crab is their claim to fame - snow crab and king crab are both winners. They have original "crab fries" - french fries with seasoning and some sort of cheese dip on the side. Also, in a move that must be unique to Philly, they put fries on top of their salad. Nice. Good tomato pie as well. Chickie's and Pete's is a place I always stop by when in Philadelphia, a tradition I intend to continue.
(4)
Best place to watch a game if you can't be there live! Great atmosphere, great fries, and video games right next door.
(5)
Vanaro C.

The place to go watch the game and have a beer n wings
(3)
John V.

Horrible service, cold fries, overpriced beer... stay away!
(1)
Rodge B.

Huge double bars. Good scenery. Reasonable drink prices. The overpriced fries...? The cheese sauce is good, however, I wouldn't even call the "Crab fries" "Old Bay fries" since the house seasoning is obviously a bootleg. (Too much salt and not enough paprika...) Better yet, bring your own Old Bay, order regular fries, and save yourself a few bucks. Granted, the crinkle cut fries are decent, but since I know better, I just don't see how they can just slap a crab connotation on their flagship product. (Kudos to the marketing department.) I guess just happening to serve crabs that might actually come nowhere near the fries makes it okay... Real crab fries have crab dip AND Old Bay on them. Now for THAT, I would gladly pay what you have to pay for these fries.
(3)
raquel s.

Never Again. This is the type of place where the workers are so disconnected from their owners that they do not care about you or your business. It is not staffed by the brightest or happiest people in the world.. i.e. straight out of south philly 18-year-olds who's most important thing in their life is talking to each other about the customer's the are waiting on. For example, after refusing to seat us in a booth at 3:30 even though we only wanted to eat lunch- not stay there all day, we were told NO, FLAT OUT, the only open booth was being reserved for the Wing Bowl. Wing bowl starts at 5pM. Please don't tell me the management or even the servers at this place would have any problem telling someone to get up if they needed the table. I have heard a lot of stories from friends about the waitresses telling people if they wanted to drink to get up and go to the bar so she could have higher checks. Eventually the hostess signaled for us to come back to the front after we remained standing where she told us to wait. She very nastily said FINE about seating us in a half booth, half regular chair area near the front. Her verbal attitude was one thing but what really got us was how she "cleaned the table." She sprayed one spray of cleaner on the table and wiped it in the most half assed way I've ever seen. So much so that my boyfriend went and got the spray and wiped it off for us himself. That really killed my mood. I went out to eat to have a nice afternoon.. not to have to deal with the attitudes of some kids that grew up here but never left. (I am from South Philly, too.. but hear all of the time that you would never know it...some behavior needs to be left in high school. Just sayin'.) We were really looking forward to mussles and drove from the other end of the city to go there. We are not the type of people to just get up and walk out but we did here because the service was that bad. It's a shame I guess because my boyfriend thinks the food is good, but it isn't to me because no food is worth the aggravation when there are so many other great places in the city. It's one thing to get walked on in life, and a complete other to be walked on by people you are paying.
(1)
Christine A.

C&P has turned into a Philly staple. The food is standard and they have a decent selection of beer. Their crab fries - crinkle fries with a special seasoning recipe, though no crab meat - with the cheese dipping sauce are often referred to as 'crack fries' because of their addictive nature. (I find them to be on the salty side.) But these aren't the reasons you go to C&P. You go there for the Philly sports watching experience. Whether it's the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, Sixers, Soul, etc... you're bound to find a good, energetic crowd. If you can, get up to the original C&P location in Mayfair.
(4)
Abby I.

I LOVE Chickie's and Pete's crab fries at the Linc but why don't they taste as good at the restaurant? Perhaps it was the terrible service. The waitress was..."slow". Windexed the table next to us and sprayed windex on me (thanks). Waited forever for refills and by then we were dying of thirst and frustrated. Why do you hire such horrible waitresses?! Still #1 fries in my heart but from now on, only during the Eagles games at the Linc!!
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Natalie D.

#1. It IS NOT Old Bay seasoning people!! Old Bay fries & Crabfries taste completely different, which you would know if you ate enough Crabfries then tasted the other. Anyways... This is definitely a neighborhood go-to place for me and most of my friends. It's within 2 blocks of my house, has good food, and I can catch several games at once. I often come here when there's no game on since I love the Chickie's Cutlet sandwiches and wings. The music is good albeit a bit loud for normal conversation, and during big/important games they only play it during commercial breaks. There are three bars excluding the new addition of Play 2, and all the bartenders have been quite friendly, especially since getting to know me. You can't wear your hat backwards which I guess could be annoying, but I don't think you'll die. Chickie's is definitely a place where it's commonplace to yell, jump from your seat, do a victory dance in the aisle, boo - almost anything sports related you can think of - and not be looked at funny, even if you're the only one cheering (I know, I've been That Girl numerous times). No, they don't show EVERY game, but that's to be expected. Sure, if you're an opposing fan of certain teams, you might get taunted just a bit, but nothing to warrant staying away or even to ruin a meal. Heck, I've even worn opposing team stuff for certain occasions and never once had an issue. So they don't have fancy schmancy beers someone made in their basement in a bathtub rescued from the sidewalk somewhere. Must every place have these to be of value? Will something more mass produced kill you to drink it for two hours? I don't think so. Sports snobbery, as in why the the Phillies are better than _______, is accepted; beer snobbery, you're in the wrong place. So kick back, have a Miller Lite, and enjoy the game. Also, the photo shown for this location is wrong - that's the original in the NE. This one is in a strip mall and quite huge.
(4)
Timothy C.

Lazy waitresses, stale beers, bad music, horrible food. Yeah... Pretty much the worst place ever.
(1)
Anony-mom C.

This is my second favorite Chickie's location (first is Warrington). This location is so much better than the Boulevard. On the Boulevard you always wait, no matter what time you go! Here, you never wait, no matter how crowded, because the place is huge and the servers are great. Food is always delicious. After doing something near the sports / entertainment complex this is always our stop.
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Christopher R.

When I get dragged to a sports bar, due to my low tolerance for bro-ness, I like it to be one that doesn't have, like, Bacon Jalapeno Cheddar Slammers!!! on the menu. Enter Chickie & Pete's. If you're not at the game itself, this is where you come to revel with Philly's finest. (I use that term very, very loosely in this this context.) There's a billion flatscreen tv's--rough estimate--and they're all turned to the game. When we're winning, the energy in the room is palpable. When we're losing, the mood turns from excitement to execrable. That's Philly fandom for ya... As for the food, its certainly not gourmet but they really nail the bar food standards. There's the Old Bay fries, of course, and its safe to say that no more (digital) ink need be spilled for their cause. You'll be ordering a huge basket of them or why are you even at Chickie & Pete's? The wings and pizza are also great options for soaking up the alcohol.
(3)
Tina F.

Visited Philly for business and my corworker wanted to go someplace to get her first authentic Philly Cheesesteak. Thanks to Yelp for helping us find Chickie and Pete's. Went to the location near the stadium and it was only about 15 min from the airport at lunchtime. I am sure that it is a neat bar scene when it is gametime. Pretty dead at 2pm on a weekeday! They brag about the "crab fries" and we just didn't get all the hype. They were fries that had some crab boil seasoning shook on them. TOOOOOOOOO Salty. But the cheese dip that came with them was amazing! The cheesesteaks here are good, but I don't have much of a base to compare them too. If trying to eat healthy for the new year, avoid this place. Absolutely nothing healthy on the entire menu.
(4)
Gordon C.

Love comin' home and checking out this bar while watching the Phillies or Sixers. There's nothing like Philly sports fans, the most passionate in America. The food is good and the service is great! Would give them 5-stars if they had larger tv's for better viewing....you have to go next door to Play2 for that which is a cool place within itself.
(4)
Erin W.

I came in with friends after submitting to an endless assault of "You've NEVER BEEN TO CHICKIE'S & PETE'S?!", a crime they found inexcusable given my status as a life-long, born and raised Philadelphian. I ordered a roast beef sandwich and ended up getting food poisoning so awful that it provided for the worst 24 hours of my entire life. I'll spare you the gory details, but needless to say I can't even SMELL the Krabby fries at Citizen's Bank Park without reflexively retching. Anything that is served with a generous smothering of white, congealed "cheese" sauce (which at this place seems to be everything, from the sandwiches to the fries) should be avoided. I learned my lesson.
(1)
Evan C.

The only reason why this place didn't get 4 stars was the service. The gf and I went before a Phils game we had tickets for, so it was pretty crowded. We were able to get a table, and it took a long time just to get a waitresses' attention just to get beer. We flagged one down, and she told us our server would be right with us... "Right with us" wasn't right with us. We eventually got someone to take our order, beers and crab fries. Beers were... Beer. The crab fries were wonderful per the usual. I understand that they're going to be busy before a game - but it wasn't too busy to completely forget about a table. Points for dropping us off at the game in the crab van though. Nice we didn't have to walk.
(2)
Phillip Y.

Forget about getting food at McFadden's near the sports stadiums. This place is the best place to hang out for its atmosphere and food. We have always gone here for farewell parties with co-workers. I have always enjoyed the chicken cutlet sandwiches as well as the crab fries. I have often met up with friends here since the food is terrific here. You will actually get great sesame rolls toasted with your chicken cutlets.
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marie m.

First off, let me be clear that this review is only for the crab fries as eaten at Citizens Bank Park. I couldn't find a separate listing for the ballpark concession, and so thought it made more sense to review the fries within the context of the restaurant vs. the ballpark. And I'm a Brooklynite; we were there to see a Mets / Phillies game, so I wanted to add some non-native perspective to what seems to be a great local fondness for these fries. I wonder if it really isn't EXCLUSIVELY a local thing: I'd heard so much about these fries and was definitely curious, but as we were waiting on line to get some, the more rational part of my mind kept telling me, Wait a minute, do you really wanna do this... you see, the all-pervasive aroma wafting from the concession stand was... well, weird. And when we got our order and actually tasted them, I found they tasted very bizarre, too. Just a very salty, very strongly-flavored spice mix that might work on crabs (I don't eat crabs, so I couldn't say), but to my palate, is ABSOLUTELY WRONG for French fries. I'm reminded of the celery salt sprinkled on the Chicago-style hot dogs at Shake Shack at CitiField, another bizarro pairing that doesn't work at all. I guess you have to be a Philadelphian. This New Yorker says WTF?!?! to crab fries.
(1)
Jay M.

If you love crab you'll love chickie and pete's! We had king crab legs, crab fries and mussells and loved everything. The place is loud, but it's a sports bar so what would you expect? We laughed the rest of the night after leaving as we gave the waitress 2 CC's and asked her to do 2/3 and 1/3 for the check. She didn't know what we meant. Really? We aren't being mean.... just it cracked us up!!!
(4)
Andy G.

There's a whole lot to be said about Chickie's and Pete's, but I'm going to try and make this short and sweet. Chickie's and Pete's is an absolutely huge sports bar. This particular building is just off of Broad Street on Packer Avenue, about a mile away from the Philadelphia Sports Complex. The building just finished undergoing renovations earlier last year, which added a gaming room along with some extra seating and an additional bar. The gaming room features about 30 huge LCD TVs, all equipped with video game consoles and modern day hit video games. For as much as a regular as I am to Chickie's, it seems as if I never venture out to new things on the menu. In the amount of times I've been there, I think I've only ever had their wings, Buffalo Chicken Sandwich, Cutlet Sandwich, Buffalo Cutlets, Chicken Parm Sandwich, and a salad. Oh, and the world famous Crab Fries, which are amazing. My favorite item on the menu is the buffalo chicken cutlet sandwich. An easy selection whenever I don't feel like trying something new. The bread used at Chickie's is very unique to the taste of their sandwiches. While the beverages from the bar, beer specifically, can be a little bit pricey, the food is definitely on the cheaper side. A recommended place to eat if you're looking to watch the game, get a bite to eat before heading to the game, or just looking to grab lunch or dinner with prospective clientele, family, and friends.
(5)
Ivan B.

I had a great time here. We came for the Bulls game and got a bad seat at first. One of my coworkers was kind of a dick about it to the waiter, but the waiter was cool, and moved us to better seat. He even put the game on a larger screen. He was professional about it and never put the brakes on the quality of service. Chickie's is everything I would expect a sport bar to be. Plenty of flat screens and a great seating set up. You can see the t.v.'s from just about anywhere. They had great food and a huge bar. I ordered the muscles which were okay, but the fries and philly cheese steak nachos were awesome. Their cheese steaks and burgers looked great too. The service was quick and our glasses were kept full. At least on a weeknight, this it the place to be. Highly recommended.
(5)
Joseph P.

I have been going to Chickies & Petes for a while(roughly 8 years) and they always have been consistently good. Excellent food, great service and a well respected sports bar in its location. Very clean restaurant and there is always a hostess to greet you at the front door. Great for large groups, and have late hours on weekends. I highly recommend getting the buffalo wings and the mussels in white. FYI if you are going to Chickies and Pete's on a game night, be prepared to wait a bit long to be seated. Other then that, it's a great place to go!
(5)
Pauline N.

Coming from Philly and living 2 minutes away from this Chickies location, theres no other place that makes you feel so close with my fellow philadelphia sports fans. There are a MILLION TVs, so anywhere you sit, you'll have a great view of one of the TVs. The place is pretty huge. the crab fries are obviously a must when you go. I have enjoyed just about everything I have ordered here including the calamari, cheesesteak, mussels marinara, wings, etc. A bar that actually plays the games' on the speakers instead of music, then when a commercial hits during the games...cue the music! They have weekly specials for beers and on big game days.
(4)
Donna A.

Great sports bar. Try the crab fries and it should go without saying it gets busy. Super busy!
(5)
A A.

If you are craving sysco crinkle cut french fries with old bay thrown on them then this place is for you. Service SUCKED this sunday at the S Philly location. Apparently they make all thier money off of suing any restaurant on the east coast that uses the words crab and fries to describe a menu item.
(1)
Harry E.

On game nights, this place gets crazy. We were here on game 3 of the Penns Flyers game. Good apps, over priced drinks.
(4)
Jenny L.

Been here a couple of times and it's never bad. Crab fries are always a good choice, but I think they might want to try to remake the cheese so that it doesn't harden so quickly for dipping. Awesome sports bar for the guys and the place is always packed. I love the atmosphere. Can't ever go wrong with their huge portions of mussels for such a good price! Got the chickie's riverboat clams before, not really worth the money and they were okay. chicken parm sandwich is alright. The magooby sounds weird (contains shrimp, pickles, fries, onions, cheese), but it was actually a very interesting combo and i liked it. the lobster cheesesteak is alright (lol doesn't really taste different from the regular cheeseteaks though) will be back from time to time!
(4)
Julia N.

I recently embarked on a journey to Sportsadelphia. On a pre-Phillies-game trip to Chickie & Pete's, I felt like I was on safari to a place very different from the one where I spend most of my days and nights. Here, the beer selection was awful, the drinks were weak and it took a good long time to get them (thankfully, I was there for a coworker's free happy hour). But. The crab fries were tasty and addictive, the many locals were friendly and full of title-clinching joie de vivre, and I found myself caught up in a wave of utterly uncharacteristic baseball enthusiasm. If you're looking for an escape from precious BYOs and fancy frozen yogurt stands, this is an ideal location for loading up on cheap beer and getting way stoked about sports with hundreds of your newest, closest friends.
(3)
Nicole W.

My family hated the new sweet potato fries. Why mess up a good thing?The service was ok. Our sodas were flat, the cocktails tasted like they had no liquor in them, and the burgers where dry and way overcooked(she didn't ask us how we liked them). My sister and dad liked the chicken tenders ($8 for 4 tenders is a rip-off) and my brother and I greatly enjoyed the crab fries. The best food was the birthday cake we brought in for my dad... I wouldn't bring my younger siblings or any other children to this place and it's way too expensive for what you're getting. But I'll probably be back one day in the far future for the crab fries. At least the guy who was staring at me from the bar was cute.
(2)
Danny N.

I was eating here before I could talk. The smell of crab fries owns prime real estate in the oldest plot of olfactory memory banks in my brain, a smell I would catch whiffs of years later, thousands of miles away, and have no idea why I'd suddenly almost shat my pants with happiness for seemingly no reason. It wasn't until returning to Chickie's & Pete's years later that I was able to connect the dots. It was around that time that I found myself disappointed to continually discover that I couldn't go to just any city and expect to find bulk seafood joints. This style of dining is awesomely hard to find and seldom affordable where it exists. Of course, who wants a belly full of gulf oil nowadays anyway. Eat the crab, mussels, steamers, peel and eat shrimp (hot or cold), craaab friiies, really anything that was once swimming... and crab fries... and beer. Have you seen all those cans?
(5)
Janelle M.

Chickie's and Pete's is a Philly favorite and has three locations - the original on Robbins Avenue, the ones on the Boulevard, and in South Philly (on Packer Avenue) by the stadium. I've only been to the one by the stadium after a game. I mean it's not top-notch stuff, it's bar good that compliments the whole game day experience. They're known for their Crabs and their Crab Fries. I don't eat seafood, but their Crab Fries are off the hook. Well done, crinkle-cut fries, doused with old bay and complete with a cup of liquified American cheese on the side. My arteries are hardening as I type, but you gotta try 'em. Besides the food, they have a full bar and TVs that are all things Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers. If you're not from Philly or don't like their teams, here's some advice - don't tell 'em!
(3)
Dan L.

Philly staple... I'm just gonna break it down quick: - Mussels - Crab fries - Drinks All of the food is great. Service is usually very quick. BUT NO HATS TURNED BACKWARDS - remember that - or you will be yelled at.
(5)
Matthew C.

Great place to eat and drink. Everything on the menu is awesome. Peetza is worth it! Crabs - mussels off the charts good
(5)
Taylor A.

Crab fries, crab fries, CRAB FRIESSSSS!! ;-) Every time I am in the mood for some good drinks and AMAZING food....this place is always at the top of my list!
(5)
Aaron T.

The first restaurant I've ever been to with a sink in the dining room. Apparently to wash your hands after a messy crab meal. The bartenders are old-school Philadelphia. Lots of characters and of course crab-fries. One of the better sports bars in Philly. I'm sure I'll be back.
(4)
Winston C.

I don't know, outside of a cold beer and some crab fries, I'm just not sure what else this place has to offer. The muscles aren't bad but the everything else I have had here seems to lack flavor. I would go back before a game, but I probably wouldn't pick this place outside of convenience.
(3)
William D.

OK so this is a sports bar? Had to beg them to put on 1 of there 50 or more TV's the #1LSU vs. #2Bama game????.....cant get Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State or South Carolina vs. Arkansas???? Excuse? They don't know how to change the channels ....even the bartender is apologizing...at least they have on the Pitt vs Cincinnati and mizzou vs Baylor game....come on...u guys don't even know what big games are playing?
(1)
Cliff C.

Buffalo Wings and Crab Fries are the best reasons to be here. The place is huge and I think if the Schwab of ESPN comes here he might have this as a Mecca. Nice people and staff situated on the pedestal of souvenirs. Do not come here wearing a NFC Rival jersey(Cowboy fans take heed) you will probably be booed thats how green this place bleeds.
(5)
Blake F.

it is what it is: the quintessential philly sports bar. while not a place i personally choose to frequent, it's a popular spot for before, after or, if you don't have tickets, during the game. i headed here for the 2nd time ever in my 16 years in philadelphia following a recent day game win for the purpose of waiting out traffic before leaving the lot. as a veg, i wasn't expecting to find anything on the menu for me other than the infamous crab fries, which i don't love like most philadelphians do. don't get me wrong, i adore the old bay seasoning & cheesy dipping saucy, but the crinkle fries themselves are kinda weak - tasting more processed than potato. but i digress.... there were also jalapeno poppers & mozz sticks, neither of which we ordered as i imagined they'd be of the frozen variety, not made in house. instead, we got beers all around, plus an order of fries, a cheese pizza & my carnivorous compadres shared the cheesesteak nachos (of which i will admit to sneaking the meatless chips from the bottom). the pizza was thin crust as advertised, and appeared to be all sauce, no cheese, until you bite in and discover it's underneath. not the best pie by any stretch, and overpriced at $12, but certainly edible along with a pint of your favorite brew. decent list of local & imported draughts & bottles, tho not nearly as extensive as the gastropubs in town. but like i said: it is what it is - don't expect C&P's to be something it's not, and you won't be disappointed.
(3)
Sara B.

I only have two words to say: LOBSTER PIZZA. Try it. (okay, the crab fries rock my world too!) Man I miss Philly and C&Ps!
(4)
Joe L.

Sports bar through and through. I had mussels in a red sauce. Smaller mussels, but the fact that you get 35 of them makes up for it! The sauce was perfectly spiced as well. The crab fries for an appetizer are a perfect start as well. If you are in the area to see a Phillies, Sixers, or Eagles game, this place is a must see if you like sports bars.
(4)
ELITIA L.

Chickie's & Pete's is a link in small Philly chain of sportsbars, with cheap foodstuffs like appetizers and fried barfeed. This one's in a big open room with sprawling bars and deep dining area. They have a lot of brews on draft, mostly corporation styled lagers and light beers. Maybe you could get a Blue Moon or Bud American Ale if you are feeling fancy. The food is cheap enough, though. It's not a bad place, but not really my style: To paraphrase Frank Costanza, this bar . . . this is not my kind of bar. I might note that Caitlin C.s posted pic is of another location. This ones in a strip mall.
(3)
Mike D.

Went here after a Phils game and went right to the bar instead of waiting for a seat. We schmoozed the waitress into letting us sit in her section even though we didn't put our name in. She was very nice but with the right attitude to handle us. We ordered the norm for my family, even though it was just me and pops. Something new I ordered were the cheesesteak nachos which were really good only because they used melted white American cheese and not cheese whiz. I HATE cheese whiz on nachos or steaks for that matter, you'll never catch me getting a whiz wit....ewwwww. It seemed pretty busy but the service was fast and the food perfect post Phillies game buzz.
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Tom A.

IT JUST SIMPLY AMAZES ME WHEN I READ THESE REVIEWS WRITTEN BY THE SILVER SPOON RESIDENTS OF THE SUBURBS. LAUGH OUT LOUD. Ok, so you've read the reviews about the food, etc but this is quite simple folks. This is the #1 Sports Bar in the United States of America. Period. The ambience is 5 platinum stars. Anytime there is a goal, touchdown, etc the bells, whistles and horns will blow off like your in the 1st row of the stadium in person. The music is upbeat and sets a motivating tempo to party. Friday and Saturday nights in C&P is the epitome of brotherly love. The commoratore is SECOND TO NONE. Trust me folks, I've been to sports bars all over the country. This is numeral uno. Wether your there to watch sports or party and eat this place accommodates everything. Please for the love of God will people from the suburbs stop coming here and rating it. They only write sub par reviews because genetically they are nerds and wouldn't know a good time if it landed on their main line boring heads
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C P.

I had my first experience here on a Friday night at around 10 pm during a hockey game. The food was decent, the crab fries were pretty well seasoned and hot, but overpriced and did not live up to the hype. I enjoyed the beer selection and the service was good. Way. Too. Loud. I understand that it was Friday late night and I am all for a party atmosphere, but the music was at an eardrum shattering level (and the disco/hip hop mix did not do it for me). There were three of us seated at a table, and we had to lean in and yell to hear each other at all.
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J R.

Fun place. The game room has for different groups, golf, boxing, rock n roll, etc.. Pick your game and enjoy with family & friends. Great seafood, awesome drinks, can't go wrong coming here.
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india r.

not even happy with this place. here from out of town. came to see our team play. stupid white girl hostess gave. my table to another party because since we were all black she thought they were with me. REALLY!! so after three loud complaints and LOTS of B.S our game 30 minutes later is on . not happy at all. i will not be back nor will i EVER reccommend:-(
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anthony b.

Chickies and Pete's is the spot. Nothin beats Crab Fries. No way you go to Philly and pass this spot up. Hit 'em up at the Linc as well.
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Jessica S.

I miss crab fries! They are so yummy with the cheese sauce. It's a great atmosphere to come with friends and have a good time. They have towers of beer (it does get a little foamy), but it's still cool. I don't really like seafood so I can't really rate it, but all my friends and family enjoy going. I like the one on the Blvd better for the atmosphere, the original is more neighborhood-bar like. They have kareoke on Tuesday nights. Fun!
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Chris L.

AWESOME place to go chill at when watching a football game, especially if there's an Eagles game going on. Gotta get the crab fries there. So good!
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Andrew Z.

As you walk in to Chickie's and Pete's, you are surrounded by dozens of big screen plasma TVs playing everything Philly sports. As you walk in, the beautiful hostesses gain your attention with a smile, and if you're lucky, walk you to your table without that much of a wait. This place is huge, so huge you just have to see it to believe it. Chickie's is perfect on game nights for a great atmosphere. Be mindful of when games start and end if they're being played across the street. Chickie's gets mobbed during these times, so good luck getting a quick table. The waitresses are babes, and by babes, I mean the typical fake hotties from the Northeast or South Philly. Back tattoos, booty pants, and enough fake breasts to get Pamela Anderson jealous. Now for my recommendations: Chickie's is known for their crab fries. These are french fries covered in old bay and other seasonings. They're really good, and it's pretty much a prerequisite to order them. Now for the seafood. I HIGHLY recommend the mussels. You get a HUGEEEEE plate of very large mussels in red or white sauce. I recommend the red but the white is delicious too. You could easily eat this as a meal, but I eat it as an app. For dinner I generally get the hardshell crabs. Hope you're ready to get messy! You get 3-4 crabs in a garlicky seasoned sauce that is delicious. You need to crack, rip, and suck to get the meat out of them. It's a lot of work, but the end result is worth it. If you're the lazy type, or just not in the mood to work that night, I recommend either the roast pork or the cheesesteak. If you still have room in your stomach, you're in for a treat. Termini Italian bakery is in the same shopping center. If you've came early enough to catch them, they have the best cannolis in the city!
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Jeff P.

There's a plaque at the entrance that says, "I would rather eat at a bar then drink at a restaurant". This is a sports bar with lots of TV's showing Philly sporting events. If you're wearing a Mets, Giants, or Cowboys shirt, enter at your own risk. Not much on the menu is any good, but what is good is VERY good - the crabs, the wings, and the crab fries (seasoned with C&P's own Old Bay-like blend and served with cheese sauce). The burgers and sandwiches are mediocre. I have never tried the pizza. If you like crabs, this is the place. Sizes and prices vary by season and availability. They are meaty and seasoned to perfection. The wings are also meaty and just spicy enough. The crab fries are legendary. The service is very attentive. This is a great place to watch a game, as long as you're a Philly fan!
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Nikki B.

Overrated. Everything on the menu is fried. They are known for the crab fries, which is nothing more than french fries with old bay on them. The portions are average. The BF ordered an extra marinara sauce for the mozzarella sticks when we got the bill there was a $1.00 charge when questioned about it the waiter said if I could take off the $1.00 I would. (the waiter didn't tell us there was an additional charge nor was it posted on the menu) No problem the $1.00 gets deducted from your tip.
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Juliana S.

Chickie's and Pete's is a fun sports bar to pregame at before heading to whatever sporting event happens to be going on just down the street. We were walking from the stadiums down to Chickie's when we were picked up by a party bus going straight there. The driver stopped the bus, opened the door, and told us to hop on because that's where he was going. He even gave us his number to call him when we wanted to go back to the stadium. Kind of awesome. Who knew Philly had party buses??? I love to walk into a bar that literally has an entire wall of liquor. There's a ladder to get to the stuff at the top. It brings new meaning to top-shelf. Their food was kind of awful though. Apparently the only reason to go to Chickie's is to eat crab fries. My friend claimed there are crab bits on the fries but there aren't. It's just french fries with old bay seasoning. And they were so salty my mouth hurt. Our table also had nachos, wings, and shrimp. They were nothing to write home about and they were also entirely too salty. I'm pretty sure the only reason everything is so heavily salted is to make you exceptionally thirsty. Which is where the beer tower steps in. The beer tower, which is pretty cool (read: novel), is basically a clear PVC pipe filled with 2 pitchers of beer and equipped with a tap so the table can serve itself. It was kind of fun and really the only redeeming thing about this restaurant.
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Kevin S.

I recently checked out Chickie's and Pete's for the first time on the way to a Phillies game. It's about three blocks from the Pattison subway stop, and it's relatively cheap and convenient. We had a few beers and an appetizer, and a good time was had by all. The fries were good, but not amazing. Perhaps they were a little dry and salty, but you have to understand that the fries are just a vehicle for the cheese sauce that comes with it. It's a great combination. This place is huge, but the way it's partitioned, it doesn't feel too cavernous. The service was good, as there is plenty of staff and multiple bars. The staff was pretty attentive too. No complaints in that department. The atmosphere inside was terrific. There are flat screen televisions everywhere, and great music. The crowd was pretty good too. One girl in our group didn't have a ticket, and we managed to find a guy who was selling extras for just five bucks. Also, while it's well within walking distance to any of the stadiums, Chickie's and Pete's operates a free shuttle to and from the stadium on gameday. When we were done pregaming and stepped outside and it was right there. We were in front of the Citizens Bank Park in five minutes. Conclusion: Chickie's and Pete's is a great place to have a few drinks and a bite to eat before a game. This could easily become part of my gameday ritual.
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Jeff D.

When in Philly, eat a cheesesteak. And I did while sitting out a layover in the airport. It was good and messy, but a bit small for the price. Yes, I know it's an airport but still...
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Elizabeth B.

Chickie's & Pete's is ok. It's always very clean and seems to be well staffed. Servers are really friendly and prompt. The food and beer are good -- you won't find any culinary wonders here, but I don't think that's what they're aiming for. Your standard sandwiches, fries, some seafood -- it's basic and well prepared and very decent. If you've never had crab fries, please go for it. My only complaint: I came here for lunch when my foot was broken and I was on crutches -- it's one of a few places near center city with a parking lot. It was a Saturday or Sunday and no popular sporting events were happening, so the place was pretty vacant. The hostess seated us waaaaay in the back where you have to climb a couple steps to an elevated dining area. I am hobbling along about 20 paces back and then had to hoist myself up. She couldn't miss seeing my crutches and I know there were tables available in other more handicap-friendly sections. What was that all about?
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Toby L.

Once again Chickie and Pete's delivers the goods. We get up to this place at least twice a year while in town on business. Had the cheesesteak and the famous crabby fries with white American cheese sauce. Co-worker ordered wings and they were phenomenal as well. Our waiter Nicole was phenomenal and she hooked us up with outstanding service. We WILL return again soon and we'll be sure to sit in Nicole's section!
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Rob S.

I guess being there with a lot of fairly friendly people that love this bar made me feel pretty snobby. But there's not too much to like about this place other than it's proximity to the sports stadiums... "Beer tower of Bud Light?" "I'm sorry, no thanks." I looked for the only craft brew on the menu. "Can I have a Hop Devil please?" "We don't carry Victory anymore." Ugh. Actually, even the hot wings disappointed too and I thought I remembered them being better. My "silverware" was plastic? The salad has french fries in it, which is kind of tasty in principal. But if if I want fries, I'd just order them and not a salad... I even think the fries are overrated. I guess this place is what it is, and it's a bit overpriced even for what it is. And I suppose it just caters to it's clientele. Which isn't me. Since, maybe I'm a snob...
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Jonathan B.

Love the fact that they made me turn my hat forward before sitting down. Crab fries were good but not awesome. Id probably go again just because the location is such a Philadelphia staple - but I won't roll into the city and go, "YO - I need to go to Chickie's And Pete's!"
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Gabriel D.

I am giving a very low review, because their service tends to not be very good. A lot of the time if you go during a game you won't get a table and can barely enjoy a beer. The wings are good, when you can actually order them , And lastly parking is very very bad and sometimes you have to drive around in circles to get a spot.
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Eric A.

Lobster cheesesteak was amazing, The Cheesesteak was good but the creamy lobster on top just finished it off. Crabfries were seasoned well, and you just crave more of it as you eat more of it.
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Beca M.

This is -the- spot to be before any major Philly sports game (note: if you intend to dine or get a few drinks before any match, I suggest you arrive at Chickie's at least 2 hours before the starting time, and I mean at least, the locale is large but fills up quickly). Believe it or not, Chickie's actually serves as a neighborhood bar as well as a sports bar, so if you brave beyond your dining table towards the bar section you're likely to run into a few South Philly natives. The food is good, and splendid if we're talking crab fries (5/5 stars), I dream of crab fries and the ooey gooey cheese they come with. The crab fries served at the CBP and Comcast center stands just aren't the same. Other food is good too, but it's your typical bar food. I usually opt for the chicken tenders sandwich (3/5 stars), I wish it came with lettuce, or something other than fried chicken, mayo, cheese and bread... but I'm usually busy filling myself with crab fries while and before ordering it anyway. Drinkwise, I'm no beer drinker and the cocktails are alright, they're made from concentrate and mixes so nothing fancy like homemade simple syrups here, but they do the trick (if you don't like sweet drinks, you won't like these, they're extremely high in the sweetness factor). I appreciate the fact that most of the staff are brunettes (more power to us), and they're usually very friendly albeit extremely busy. I gave Chickie's 5 stars because its a Philly sports staple for me, and as a Phillies partial season ticket holder (3 years now), I can assure you that this is where the official pregame is at, the energy here before a game is electric (Flyers games get a good turnout too).
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Art S.

If it weren't for the fact that they have a million TVs everywhere, there would be absolutely ZERO reason to come here. The crab fries... suck. The rest of the food... sucks. The service... S-U-C-K-S. I went here in March to check out the NCAA tournament, and by the time the first half of the first game was over, I wanted to pay my bill and leave. I say "wanted" because it took the bartender almost 25 minutes to bring me my check and swipe my credit card. I couldn't get out the door fast enough. I ended up going to Fox & Hound in Center City and had a great time there. Now I know where to go when I want to watch multiple sporting events at once. Crab fries? Why is this a big deal? They're just crappy fries with old bay on them. This place is an absolute joke and an embarrassment to a city I love.
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shane p.

Awesome Crabs! They have one that is HUGE. Its like a foot long. Its AWESOME! Great Atmosphere as well.
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Britt M.

Had a great time here! Went on a Thursday night for a beer-tasting lesson group sponsored by Budweiser. Probably half the reason why I loved it so much was because we got free food/beer with the lesson.. but still.. it was great. The crab fries and wings were outstanding -- best wings that the bf and I have had in Phila. We also noticed these things that people were ordering called "towers of beer" -- where it's literally a huge tube of beer that they put on your table and there's several pitchers worth in each one. We already made plans to go back for the bf's birthday because of the great time we had!
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Russ C.

Beer towers + mussels red + crab fries + wings + big TVs = Chickie's and Pete's. When I have a day to kill, I kill it in Chickie's and Pete's ordering apps, drinking beer and watching sports. C&P is a also a great place to eat and drink before heading to a sporting event. There is plenty of parking and is large enough that a wait for a table is manageable. The wings and mussels are amazing (dip your bread in the sauce), but I do agree that the crab fries are completely overrated. Service is friendly and quick. Prices are average and acceptable. If you have a day to kill, head down to South Philly while the sun is out and head home (via desinated driver of course) under the stars.
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Anastasia B.

We came to Philly to watch exhibition Phillies game and planned to go to some fancy place for dinner afterwards. But it got so cold and Phillies were losing by 3 runs! So my husband asked if I wanted just to get out and have couple of beers at this famous bar. The coolest Taxi Crab picked us up and took us there. I loved it from the first second I stepped inside. They must have like 200 HD tvs everywhere-heaven for a sports lover! All the staff was really nice and friendly and outgoing. They had $2 special for Yeungling and I got one right away. The menu wasn`t big but it`s OK cause I got the feeling that all of it is good. My husband got lobster cheesestake and I got mussels in white sauce and OF COURSE famous crab fries (they were the best fries I`ve ever had). The food was plainly outstanding! We also had 4 beers each and our bill came to just $45!!! Sucks I don`t live in Philly otherwise I would be there every Friday.
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fred m.

If you are looking for good food, don't go here. Mediocre at best. Salty, expensive and boring.
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Pug P.

Love this place, although don't ever go in here without a flyers, sixers or eagles shirt on!
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Jenn W.

go there to meet up with friends, pictures are little confusing , that pic, looks like the one in Northeast corridor, by Talcony Palmyra bridge, I have been to that one, one of the originals, smaller, street parking only , but Yes crab fries ..A must!! The other food OK, bar food..but nothing to die for..most people go for drinks ..its good salads are Huge!!! They did open one up in Bordentown, nj..for those who don't like crossing over the bridge.
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Fatty D.

Typical Philly..anointing an eatery which is far from anything special. The Crab Fries? ummm fries with Crab seasonings. ooo, wow BIG DEAL! Who cares? Nothing special.. Its an over priced bar with lousy service. Fun place to watch football but then again so is many other places.
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ray p.

The original Chickie and Pete's is the only one i will occasionally visit, the one in south Philly is god awful. during games or on weekends this place is PACKED to the brim with trashy bimbos and total miller lite guzzling meat heads. The food at this location is overpriced, slow, and boring. Famous crab fries?! you have to be kidding me, there is something seriously wrong with you if you rave about this mess in a basket. Its always a total pain in the ass to get a drink from the bar because of the mindless idiots who are trying to hit in the bartenders, and forget about trying to hear yourself speak during a football game, its not happening. The beer selection blows and the atmosphere is even worse, if i had to spend more than 10 minutes in there on a weekend id jab one of those "famous" crab claws deep into my temple and pray for death.
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Brynn D.

don't hate a place for the patrons! this is a great place to grab some crab fries, crabs (get baltimore style!!), peel & eat shrimp and a few beers before a game - or not. i can admit to having traveled all the way to south philly without so much as a game to go to... just to get some crab fries. service is quick, food's good, decor's comfy - you could practically show up here in your PJs.
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Meredith L.

Crab fries + mussels red + yuengling - is there really anything better? I moved to Texas many years ago, and this place still makes me homesick. And, you know, my parents...I miss my parents, but I really miss Chickie's and Pete's.
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Edward I.

I've got to agree that it's one of Philly's secrets exposed. The buffalo wings are great along with the hot shrimp, dip their bread in the spicy sauce when you get the chance. People go there for the Crab Fries which has the seasoning powder still stuck to it when you dip it in the sauce, goes great with the beer that they serve from a funnel. The place is huge, and finding parking isn't too bad. Downside is that it's popular and when there's a game at the stadium, it's really packed. Expected wait time for a table for 5 is about 30 minutes when there's a game.
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Dennis C.

I do not go to Sports bars. Especially bars with a bunch of green faced, neanderthal, hooligans.
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Boris B.

Great place to go out and have a couple beers. It's loud and usually packed with people during any sport event. The fries are absolutely epic and totally deserve a try. Only thing is that on a friday/saturday night it can be pretty tough to get a drink, but really, what can you expect?
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Sarah D.

Great place to watch a game... Decent food, beer galore. First time at the location by the stadium I had probably the bitchest bar tender ever! I think she might of been pregnant so that makes her the most miserable pregnant person ever! However after we moved down the bar we found a spot with a super nice guy bar tender and the experience was wonderful. I was in the mood for lite beer and I'm not a bud girl... Was happy to know that the miller lites are $2.00 during the game! The crab fries are delicious.. my new obsession is getting the mix... regular crab fries and the sweet crab fries. Oh so yummy.
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Steph M.

I'm not really a sports bar kind of girl. But that's OK, because in my mind, Chickie's & Pete's is a CRAB bar. Yeah, there might be flat panel TVs all over the joint showing the testosterone fest du jour, but my eyes are on the real prize--big, meaty dungeness crabs dripping in spicy broth (ask for a side of bread to sop up the delicious soupy stuff). The blue crabs are good too, and having grown up eating these smaller crustacean cousins I do occasionally get a hankering for them. But if you're going to put in the effort to crack the crabs and dig out every tasty morsel, the larger dungeness ones are certainly a more efficient choice. Start with a basket of crab fries, seasoned with Old Bay (or something equivalent) and served with a gooey side of melted white cheese. And if you have a few thirsty folks at your table, order a tower of lager so you can tap your own drinks instead of waiting for a waitress to scurry by whenever you're on empty. There's no dessert on the menu, but that's fine because you'll leave full even without it. When my mom visits, she always wants to go to "that seafood place--the one with the crabs." I don't have the heart to tell her it's really a sports bar.
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Adam P.

I love this place! Great food & loud sports atmosphere! Love the mussels, lobster tails, crabby fries, and wings! To avoid huge crowds go when the Philly sports teams are not playing at home. Also go to Termini Bakery after wards!
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Poker B.

I know I am back in Philly when my salad comes with crab fries piled on top. I absolutely love Chickie's. The crab fries are delicious and the bar is a great place to watch the game.
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Kristine F.

There is a bunch hype for this place. My food was good, it wasn't great. Prices are good too. For the area it's a very good place to eat dinner before a game/show.
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S. L.

crab fries are meh. typical sports bar. nothing more worth noting,
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Ben E.

The crab fries are so-so but not quite all they were cracked up to be. I've never had cheese steak nachos and was surprised at how awesome they were. That dish pulls my rating up to three stars, largely for the originality although cheese steak and guacamole are a strange combo). We were here before a Flyers game and the waiter got us in-and-out in time for the game. Very impressed with his speed. This is a great place to watch a game, but I wouldn't put it in the "must-visits" if you're taking a weekend trip to Philly.
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Kristina M.

Best crab legs in the worldddddddddddddddddddd. Every time I am home I HAVE TO go to Chickie's. Crab Fries Mussels Crab Legs Heaven
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Jacki G.

Chickie's and Pete's is ok; there's really nothing remarkable about the place. The mussels in red sauce are really good, though; the red sauce is a nice combo of garlicky and sweet at the same time, so it has kind of a unique flavor. The tomato pie is really good as well. Meh to the fries; they're really nothing special. If you've had them once, you don't need to have them again; they're fries. The service has got to be the slowest and most jumbled restaurant service I've ever seen, though; our table had food coming out at various times (non apps), and each item was expedited by a different person. The atmosphere in the dining section (separate from the bar) is so loud that you can't hear yourself think. If you want decent food, slow service and a mediocre sports bar, then Chickie's is for you.
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Rich G.

OMG - the best sports bar I've ever been in! The wings were incredible! And the live sports show after the Phillies game was fun to watch.
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Carrie E.

Two very important words that will change your life: Crab Fries. They are tasty and delicious and the excitement I achieved by cramming a full order down my piehole made me forget what else I ordered. A sawbuck says it was some sort of sandwich. But that's not important. Crab fries, people. Crab fries. Fries with Old Bay seasoning. Don't forget it.
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Becky S.

This place is always good (but crowded) on game days. It is a good crowd and makes watching fun. They also built out a game center to play wii and rockband which is awesome. There is a good selection of beers on tap. As for food - I like the chicken and the apps are great - nachos, onion rings, etc. The hummus app is terrible though. Also - people die for their crab fries but I dont care for them. This is probably just me though bc everyone loves them.
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Dave G.

Cool sports bar in South Philly, not far from the stadiums. Pros: If you use their valet parking, you can catch a ride to whatever sporting event you're going to via their "Taxi Crab" bus. That being said, valet parking is $15 - which is the same as parking for a Phillies, Flyers or Sixers game, but it's cheaper than Eagles parking, which is $25. Service is usually very fast! Their crab fries & hot wings are really good. Sometimes they have some good beer specials. Cons: Their "dress code" consists of not wearing baseball caps backwards, so just be aware that if you walk in with a baseball cap on, turn it frontways. Seems a bit unnecessary, but the rules are rules.... For a place in South Philly, their bread isn't that good. So, if you get a cheesesteak, be advised that it's not the standard Philly bread you might be used to (nice crust on outside, soft on the inside), but rather a generic roll that tends to fall apart if you don't eat your cheesesteak immediately! Their cheesesteaks are good though otherwise.
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P L.

The place is huge, they have a variety of food items on the menu, crab fries are good (but c'mon they're french fries with old bay, big whoop). Service is slow and staff is unfriendly.
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Brianne C.

3.5 stars. Chickie's and Pete's is a friendly sports bar, particularly for women, and it has lots of seating for Sunday games. I appreciate the sound booth in the sky, as it means that (admittedly bad) music is played during the commercials, along with special themes for Eagles fans. And, the place seems to be smoke free. But, I am not impressed by the famous crab fries, which are crinkled, lightly fried, and seasoned with garlic, chili pepper, and salt. Something about the congealed cheese sauce detracts from the entire experience, and I also prefer my fries to be piping hot. However, there are towers of beer available (complete with taps), which is pleasantly tacky. With loads of space, booming sound, cute servers, and rowdy fans, Chickie's and Pete's is a perfect place to catch a game.
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Jen M.

Walked in with hubby and 2 year old & was seated immediately...right next to a rack of silverware that my son would get into. No kids menu, no kid friendly cups. Crab fries not bad, but don't be fooled. They're actual fries made with potatos, not crab, and just seasoned with something that I assume is supposed to be seafood seasoning. Tried to order a burger & was told it would take too long. Waitress suggested Philly cheesesteak, so I ordered it. Big mistake. Liquid cheese sauce, bland meat. Didn't even come with fries. Chicken finger appetizer we ordered for our son was better. Hubby ordered lobster roll sandwich, which he said was really good. Overall, not impressed. I wouldn't make any effort to return.
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Marc C.

went there with a bunch of friends after a Flyers game. place was surprinsingly dead! i had heard that it was a crowded place and good for late night food and drinks probably is a great place to go watch sporting events live, because there are a LOT of TV screen which is great beer was pretty good and not overpriced for this type of place, BUT our main complaint was with the food... if you don't like seafood you'll be very disappointed, the choice of Â«regularÂ» food is ok (go for the safe choice and order wings) but the quality in general was below average (all of the sandwiches had bread that seemed not very fresh). the fries were good and the only great meal that was served were the succulent marinara mussels (the sauce was amazing) since i'm not from Philly i would only be back to Chickies on Sunday afternoon to watch football and have beer (i intend of coming back to Philly and overpay for an Eagles game, even tough they stink, specially the DB's!)
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F C.

I go for the crab fries and the awesome bartenders. thats about it. I could do without the crowd of know it all fans (who don't know shit) and the Jersey Shore stunt doubles. Other than that the place is very big, clean, and tastefully decorated. A solid place to watch a game just not too intimate. My fallback when I don't feel like sitting in a smoke filled neighborhood dive.
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Marty W.

If you are looking for a big sports bar that serves great food this is it great fast service excellent food and you have to try the crab fries
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Jim H.

Y' know that feeling you get when you are supposed to meet friends at a bar. There are so many people in the room and you scan the crowd for a familiar face, careful not to make direct eye contact with anyone. You dont want to seem like a lost puppy, so you walk with purpose but the bigger the place, the bigger you are screwed. Im now calling this " Chickie and Pete's Syndrome" or CPS. I came here to meet friends , there was no major sporting event but it was pretty packed. i cant imagine what its like for a playoff game from any philly sport. Months earlier, I had made an aborted attempt to come before a regular season Flyers game and couldnt find parking. I like me some sports, I like me some wings, and I like me some fries, so this place is a winner in that respect. i may be allergic to the fries though as I enjoy eating them but they make me blotchy and ill afterwards. I eventually did find my friends. But not before walking the wrong way to a dead end,and being jostled by patrons. I advise you all to stick to pitchers as opposed to the "cool" beer towers. Think about it. Can they really clean those things out effectively on a regular basis? Things that make ya go HMMMMMM.
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Peter L.

After a 4 year hiatus from Philly, I returned last night for a business trip, Chickie's & Pete's was a perfect place for a welcome back dinner. Living in Seattle, we eat plenty of crab and seafood, so I immediately went for things we can't get in the Pacific Northwest, which included 4 pints of Yuengling's, crab fries (fries with a wicked cheese/crab sauce), a cheesesteak, and lots of sports (witness the Sonics move to Oklahoma). OK, this doesn't have quite the neighborhood charms of some of the classic Philly joints, but it sure is spacious, clean, efficient, and tasty.
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Eileen R.

We stopped by here for lunch before a game last month. We were seated right away, although soon after you could see folks having to wait for tables...but it didn't seem to terrible of a wait. The waitress was really attentive even though it was packed. They seem to have a good staff to table ratio. The place can't be beat for sports. There are TV's in every direction. We both had a classic cheese steak with crab fries. It was very good. Folks at the next table got the mussels and they smelled amazing. Will try those for sure next time. Overall a solid sports bar worth visiting.
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Theresa L.

Well for living in Philly over a year and never stepping foot in the actual establishment is rare. Ive had some of their food at games and the airport but never actually had experienced the real chickie and petes. I finally got around to the place for the PSU vs. TEMPLE game. Definitely a hoppin place for sports. My room mate and I probably looked like the fattest little asian girls in the place, we had a serving of crab fries, 2 HUMONGOUS servings of the mussels with white sauce and a dozen wings..... we finished every last bit! Crab fries are a MUST, and the mussels are pretty dayum good for a sports bar. Other than that I didn't get to try much, the wings were ehhh nothing to rave about. And sweet potato fries are not that great, the sauce they come with are wayyy too sweet. The beer towers bring back lovely college memories at champs sports bar at penn state...... ahhh that was the life.
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Ti L.

I was all hyped to overdose on crab fries at my little cousin's birthday party at Chickie's & Pete's (so much so that I overlooked the thought... why are we celebrating a 14th birthday in a bar?... granted we are irish...). When I arrived, however... Holy Wii! The hostess told me to go to "Play 2" in the back. Confused, I followed her directions, which led me to a back room with a mecca of game console "pods." In addition to restaurant space (and a bar), C&P's has mini rooms with flat screen TV's and access to Wii or Xbox 360 Kinect to play your choice of games with friends. $5/hour per person! And if you get bored, they'll switch the game for you! Plus, you can still watch any sporting events on nearby flat screens at the bar and order food & drinks. Where have I been? Great for kids, but I'm planning MY birthday party here next year.
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Kathy D.

Best way to enjoy C&P is on an off night, or when you are able to score or attend a free happy hour. I LOVE going there and getting a big booth and eating the crab fries, a staple which you must get, mussels, lobster tails and crabs. Crab fries are a MUST and supposedly there's a secret ingredient in the cheese dip... Those big towers you'll see are filled with beer and are great for a table of people...or two really big drinkers. There's definately a South Philly vibe in here, varies by night as it can be a Blavat dance party, WIP post game or Eskin live, or a young crowd mixed with some neighborhood people. You will be told to fix your backwards hat in here. You will stink like garlic for the rest of the night, but the crabby Taxi Crab driver won't mind. If you're late for the bus, he'll label you "Paris" or "Britney".
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Andrew B.

Decent steaks here, but awesome fries. Try the Crab Fries, just do it. Their bar selection is excellent, even for a bourbon snob from Kentucky like me. Be prepared for a little wait, but the Crab Fries are worth it.
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Jenn H. H.

Say whatever bad things you want to say about this place, but don't you dare utter a bad word about their crab fries. Yes, they're world famous for a reason, cuz they're f'in tasty. Perfectly crispy crinkle fries dusted with seasoning and with two sides of their cheese sauce. I could just eat these as the meal. Their crabs are good too, so is the seafood chowder (a bit spicy), as are their cheesesteaks. I've only been to the original NE location and now this one. This restaurant is so big, I could get lost in it. They have sinks in the middle of the restaurant so you can wash the crab guts off your hands. And the sinks in the bathrooms are made out of crab pots. How cute is that? Oh, and they have a "Taxi Crab" that will take you to and fro from the stadiums. The size of this place is a little overwhelming, but the food is always good, quite affordable, and it's fun. Just leave any pretentions at the door. It's a Philadelphia sports bar institution.
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D J.

Worst service ever. It's not crowded at all and the waitress hasn't been by our table in an hour. this pace has gone down hill and they don't seem to care at all. do everyone a favor and close.
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Danni S.

All i gotta say is CRAB FRIES!!!!!!
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Siobhan S.

New to the area and looking for a good sports bar to watch the Iggles, I heard of this place from quite a few people and yelp. For a sports bar, it is pretty big and not some hole in the wall. Great views of the tvs no matter where you sit, but it did get crowed with a lot of "fake fans": people who were there to be seen and to socialize. Not my kind of crowd; I like to watch the game with people who actually like to watch the game. While the crab fries were delicious, my sandwich was so bland and was seriously lacking in flavor (I can't even remember what it was it was that memorable...) On top of that, everything was ridiculously overpriced-seriously, my $10 sandwich doesn't come with fries?!? What kind of bar is this?! So not impressed overall; this place is incredibly overrated!
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Lisa Q.

It's OK if you want to watch a sports game in a loud bar with mediocre food. The menu is hardly vegetarian-friendly and is over-priced. I ordered french fries and the dip they came with had something nasty floating in it. The food is mostly fried and mass-produced. The "cook" just nukes things in the microwave before they're sent out. The bar tender was rude and seemed argumentative whenever we asked a question. It's so loud in there that you can't hear your friends across the table/bar. If you want to watch an out of network game, they will be showing it, but on mute. I will go elsewhere to watch a game from now on. Also, the crowd is pretty white trash if you ask me, if that's something you care about.
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Jocelyn P.

Chickie's & Pete's has become a must-go after sporting events when we don't have the kids. Our waitress two visits ago turned us off of the table taps, instead showing how a cup of ice in pitchers saves money AND keeps the beer colder. I'm another addict of their fries, and their mussels marinara are FABULOUS. The servers are a little slow on busy nights, but usually friendly, and the manager even accomodated our request to get the Wings on the big calendar!
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Tip W.

I dont really like this location, we always end up going to the chickie and petes on the boulevard or on broad st. The crab fries are theeee best. generously seasoned with old bay and they now serve you with 2 cups of warm cheese instead of 1.. these are WAY to addictive. I like the dungeoness crabs for when I feel like getting messy, if I dont feel like doing much work for the crab meat then opt for the king crab. Very meaty and very good. I usually just get them cooked regularly with the butter sauce and their seasonings..but recently we tried our crabs baltimore style (steamed and then pulled out and sprinkled with old bay) I'm beginning to like it alot more this way, depends on preference. Anyways good place for crab fries, crab and a game!!
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Iris I.

So although I've been in Philly nearly my whole life I just go around to going to Chickie's for the first time on Friday. I loved it! The crab fries are very good! And my daughter loved the mussels. Our waitress (forgot her name) was great and made sure we had everything we needed. I will be back!
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Thien N.

PLENTY of seating, dinner on a Thursday night was quite interesting. Very awkward music (club/house/electro) for a sports bar. Aside from that the "ultimate tailgate" (crab cake on burger) was alright. I was thoroughly impressed by the crab-fries, specifically the dipping sauce that came with it (def made the meal) Very formidable beer selection, I was not disappointed. All in all, it was ok food at an ok venue. The food seems trumped by the over-the-top atmosphere.
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Sonya F.

Came here for dinner with hubby...I haven't been here in years and I've been jonesing for some crab fries, it's been far too long since I had some. Well the service was fast and my waitress was very friendly. The crab fries were good as long as they stayed hot. I ordered the lump crab cake, 3 in a order and no side...and for $22 I think they could've been bigger. The fries got salty as they got colder. Wasn't too impressed this go around. I don't think I'll be back sadly.
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N L.

Expensive Crabs were over cooked and mushy. Lobster pizza came with shrimp and the manager told us "we use a different kind of lobster." Really! One of our party ordered a sandwich that came 15 minutes after the crabs. Our waitress said, "our sandwich area is backed up tonight." Really!
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Thomas A.

Crab fries were good but my buffalo sandwich was just alright. Service could have been better. I tried this restaurant in the airport and figured if give it another shot since it was near where I was working but not that impressed. Maybe I gotta get a different sandwich.
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Camela W.

Went here Saturday night expecting good things. We ordered the crab fries. mussels in red and king crab legs. The crab fries were good, but not as good as it was hyped up to be although the accompanying cheese sauce was a nice touch. Mussels were delicious and the crab legs were seasoned well, but I expected a lot more. The drinks were okay. First round was pretty good, but when I re-ordered my Flyin Hawaiian, it was wayyy too strong. I would still suggest checking the place out. A lot of the other items on the menu definitely looked intriguing.
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Daniel T.

If you need salt, then this is your place! There must be a salt mine under the restaurant, even the air in there smells of salt. This place is ready for a "Restaurant Impossible" makeover. There were 7 of us in two different cars. The second car was delayed by 10 minutes so we arrived first and told the hostess that we're a party of 7, but she refused to seat us until our whole party arrived. The place was mostly empty, with staff just standing around. We should have left... If they sat us, we would have all ordered drinks and at least 2 apps, but instead they lost on that sale. The interior is an attention deficit disorder's dream come true with flashing lights and weird noisy decor, a visual hurricane of bad design sense and beer lights. Like someone threw a hand grenade into a Fridays chain. Once seated on the sticky fishy smelling uncomfortable kind of damp chairs, looking at the menu it was impossible to find anything that wasn't fried. Even the salad comes with french fries on top. I asked our server if they had any grilled chicken, she said it was a slow night and the kitchen could "Probably grill something". All the beers were your typical beer flavored watered down beer brands like Coors Lite and Bud Lite and Light lite, now without the taste! The clients were mostly middle aged pot bellied men, holding beers and looking like they were all wondering where their lives went. There wasn't a pretty girl in the place really. Why would a pretty girl want to go there anyway? Figuring since we were in South Philly I ordered a cheese steak. My gal pal ordered a salad without fries, and the children with us ordered a pizza to share. All standard fare for South Philly, one would think... right? There's no way all of these Italians in South Philly could fuck up a pizza and a cheese steak, right? Wrong. The pizza was an Ellios frozen pizza, I kid you not. It was so bad that hungry children wouldn't eat it. I've never seen a kid not eat pizza before! I tried a bit, it was totally inedible. It was also wet. Not like greasy pizza wet, but like someone dropped it in the sink wet. My cheese steak was also wet. Like the pizza, not like greasy cheese steak wet, but soggy roll wet with cheese dripping out. I thought the cheese was so hot that it was melting, but it never solidified. I asked my server and she said it was "cheese sauce" which is apparently cheese flavored water, with extra salt. My colleague ordered a Buffalo Pizza Steak, which also came with wet salt sauce and extra salt, and his wife got crabs with crab fries and salt. For the uninitiated, crab fries here means "orida frozen fries with old bay sprinkled on top", not fresh cut fries with actual chunks of crab meat as one would expect from a restaurant. Overall, avoid this dingy, horrible place until the "restaurant impossible" make over is done with it, or it falls though the Earths crust due to the salt mine under it.
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Cara T.

This place gets PACKED. Luckily, we stopped by while there was no Philadelphia sports team playing as this location is right by the sports complex. Chickie's crab fries were one of the first foods I was introduced to upon moving to Philly and it pretty much changed my life. The white cheese sauce? Fantastic! Sure, it may not look or feel like cheese, but it makes the fries melt in your mouth. Pete's Pizza wasn't as tasty as I had hoped. Clearly pizza is not one of their hot menu items. I would stick with the crab fries and cheesesteaks for a more authentic experience.
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Karen T.

I just don't see the appeal compared to so many other rave reviews. Past few times people have wanted to meet here pre-Flyers game, and I've never been wowed. Servers have been nice/fine, food was OK, but just seems like you can have better either eating at the game itself or going to some place that isn't as crazy before hand? Nice that the list out all of the beer that they have on tap (good variety of mega beers vs. others), but the parking lot is always ridiculous, I am waiting for the time before a big game where there is going to be an incident of people fighting over a parking place. The van to the game is a nice touch, but since you can't park there in the lot without paying them ($15 when we were there, which is the same as the regular parking fees), not sure what the appeal is? It will be interesting to see how they do compared to Philly Live at the Stadium complex when that opens in the spring.
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Danielle P.

5 stars, as far as sports bars go. Awesome atmosphere with tons of TVs, high ceilings which allows for huge projectors to show games, great service, prices and food. For my gluten free eaters, the tortilla chips and fries are both gluten free. They also use a separate fryer from their breaded goods, so no cross contamination! Try the Buffalo Chicken nachos... the chicken is grilled, so no worries there. It is covered in cheese sauce and bleu cheese, too. I opted for extra buffalo sauce for more balance between hot and cheesy. I got the bacon cheeseburger with no bun, which was made from high quality sirloin. It was incredibly good! Their mixed drinks didn't skimp on the alcohol either. High recommended. Can't wait to go back!
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Donna K.

Stopped in at the end of the Phillies home opener for dinner with my sister-in-law and our kids. We won't be back. The waitress was loud and rude and mixed our drinks up. Didn't really matter because they tasted the same anyway, cheap. The crab bisque with lump crab meat barely had any crab and it certainly wasn't lump. Pizza was OK, wings were OK. The meal was cheap and we got what we paid for. Then the hockey game came on and forget about hearing anything over the TVs. Not worth the hype.
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Bill S.

It seems as if their food as fallen off a bit. It's not what it used to be. Their crab Fries were the best. Now the last couple times my ram y and I were there, they were soggy like they were sitting out for a while. The beer hasn't been down to temp (warm). I don't know what it is about the sandwiches I can't really pinpoint it, but they aren't as good as the past.I have to give it to them for their king crabs they are always great. The service has seemed to be falling off. Maybe in a whole the food quality and service reflects the management. I'm not sure. I just hope they get back to the way things were in the past.
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VikÃ©ndios N.

Our extended family brought us here for some hangover therapy. ATMOSPHERE: Its a huge sports bar with big windows, wood everywhere and more TV's than a Vegas kino parlor. And they have THE coolest restroom decor I've ever seen! FOOD: Crab Fries - Apparently their specialty. The fries were average but the dip is to die for! Not sure why its named that way as there's no taste of crab. Cheesesteak Nachos - Huge portion with a good amount of toppings. Very good. Lobster Cheesesteak - Meat, fresh lobster & cheese sauce. This isn't the best cheesesteak I've had, but maybe if it came with real cheese it would've complimented the flavors better. Mussels Marinara - A family member's dish, so I just tried one. Tender & lots of flavor but I'm not a big mussel fan. Dungeness Crab - Tried a portion from my hubby. It's good but mainstream. Nothing unique. SERVICE: We walked in at lunch time and got seated in about 15 mins. Our female server wasn't the friendliest of people but she did check on us throughout our meal. OVERALL: This is the place to be if you're a sports fan or if you just want some great bar food.
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Mark M.

Service is great there! The bartenders do a great job and they work hard to get there food & drinks on the table.
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Steve W.

Finally made it out to Chickie & Pete's, must say for all the hype regarding this place I was pretty underwhelmed. The place is essentially a large sports bar with mediocre food. Lots of TV's so its easy to see the sports action from virtually every seat in the house. Had the pepperoni pizza. Didn't like it at all. The sauce tastes like Ragu sauce poured on a thin but doughy crust. Not appealing at all. The crab fries are good but hardly enough to recommend a visit just for them. The service is a bit slow even though the place was only half full and not friendly at all. All in all with Xfinity just down the street at the stadiums you're better off going there.
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Jay P.

I like the fried calimari and the baby lobster tails
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Nicole H.

After a game or on a weekend, there might be a long wait. Prices are good. The Crab Fries are a must (since no place else in the city is allowed to serve them!). But seriously, the white cheese dipping sauce is delicious. I could eat it without any fries! I think this place is better for snacks and drinks than dinner. All the food comes out when it's ready, so some people have food while others are still waiting. It can be a little awkward depending on the group.
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Jingle A.

One of my favorite places to grab a quick bite to eat. The crab fries with cheese dip is a must! So ridiculously good!
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Jack N.

It's always a great time when the games are on and you're hungry! The crab fries will blow you away. Never been a fan of the sweet potato fries, but it's not bad. The white mussels are the best. Also, the service here is great. Chickie's is your stop for a taste of Philadelphia.
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RoSella O.

Typical sports bar food, I was not impressed. However, that crab cake burger almost made me punch my boyfriend in the throat. DAMN! Who knew something so simple could insight violence?! He ordered it, I didn't but I had a bite of his and I didn't want to give it back. I was mad as hell. I'll come back just for that.
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Max S.

5 stars for the cheese fries, 4 stars for the sandwiches, 1-2 stars for the service at this location. I'm not into hairy Dungeness crabs so I don't get my crabs here. So I cant rate their crabs, which they're known for. So I give Chickie's and Pete's 3 stars. It seems like the hostesses put us in the most remote location every time we go the the restaurant, even when window booths are available. So I'm forced to beg for a window booth. Overall, really good sports bar, but they got me on a bad rating-day.
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Bill M.

When you go through a 2 year tradition of watching the insanely off kilter experience that is Wing Bowl you find yourself needing a fun place where a good sized group can imbibe by the TOWER pour. And, although you just watched 12 people devour (and a few likely puke) chicken wings by the 100s, a place that serves good food is an absolute must! and for both categories Chickie's & Pete's is a spot that's solidly unmatched. On both occasions I've been even though it was helluva crowded around 9:30-10am, Chickie & Pete's where able to serve our group of 20+ with zero hangups. And when it comes to maintaining all the food that we probably should of thought better of ordering, multiple orders of crab fries, ~how many shots did our tables just order?~, and TOWERS of beer we ordered; lets just summarize that its not an easy feat to accomplish. and lets back up on that food and those TOWERS! The gravity bong like contraption that the TOWER consists of is far from your typical container of beer, and that's why its perfect for when you're not on your typical kind of day. and since it hooks up the perfect pour for at least 8-10 people it gets the job done! And whether you order the Baltimore style blue claws, the juicy pork sandwich with broccoli rabe, the staple crab fries with cheese (get at least 2 baskets!), the crazy good chicken wings, and then some; you're in for some seriously good eats that go well beyond that of your usual sports bar. Bonus points for when your group is able to lineup their shuttle to the next destination, and you're able to watch some Jackass: The Movie along the way!
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Megan W.

We went here before a Sixers game and ate some delicious shrimp. I like that they just bring the food out as it's ready, instead of some dishes sitting around while the others finish. Especially since we were all sharing anyway. I do have to say that my friend said she wanted a beer that was like a Blue Moon (wheat) and he brought her an IPA. CLEARLY he doesn't drink beer because he must have thought that because they kind of look the same so they must taste the same. UH NO. Fail.
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Annie L.

Love certain dishes and their cold beer!
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Joe M.

When visiting Philly, my GF and I were told to go there and try it out. Plus it was during the time when my GF's friend could get away and have a beer with us, no kids. She started off by saying the had crab fries. WOW!! Parking was a challenge, but parked around the corner in a residential street. Walking in, I really liked the set up and small bar feel. We walked up some stairs and found a spot for the three of us. The bartender was the one who took our order. On the menu I saw Baltimore style crab legs. Never had it, so I'm there. Odered some beers and chilled. Got the food in a timely fashion. The crab fries were not what I expected, I guess I took the name a little to literially. All and all, they were tasty. The presentaion was not fluffy at all and I didn't mind it. The atmosphere was the perfect place to hang out and have crab and beer.
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Shakur G.

Been here few times. Food is always good and for how packed this place be the service is pretty good too.
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Nicole I.

Perfect place to go if you are looking to hang out, relax and watch the game while eating some great chicken and seafood. This C&P, in particular, has a new expansion that truly makes it fun and amazing for both the man-child or just the child, with an entire game center of video games to keep you entertained. I also have to say I love the camaraderie here. Obviously, I'm a Flyers fan, and it was funny to me to see some Rangers fans get boo'd out of the place before they could even sit down. I know some will find that rude, but it's Philly-you should know how serious the sports fans are here. That being said, if you are with a "mixed party" (i.e. Flyers fans with opposing team friends/fans) don't go here to eat. ;) I've never been disappointed with the service or the food. We go here again and again.
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Kamilah B.

I like C&P overall! It is a fun place great for groups or two or even one. We ordered pizza the last time and I was actually surprised that it was so good. My husband was too. Boys loved it. The crab legs were good, as well as the crab fries. Who doesn't love them?! Service was ok, not bad. I really would love to check it out on a game night, and I'm sure their happy hours are great.
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Ken M.

One of my favorite go-to-spots to watch sports. My favorite Chickie's spots are the South Philly and Robbins Ave locations. 1) When watching a Phillies or Eagles game, the crowd at Chickie's is always comprised of hardcore, Philadelphia sports fans and nothing but Philadelphia fans. I like being surrounded by my 'own kind' when watching the games. 2) Ever go to a 'sports' bar in Philly or Jersey where the game is being played on the TV and the bar doesn't have the sound turned up so you can hear the game? At Chickie's, you best believe the sound is going to be cranked up over the entire bar/ restaurant. No need to ask them to do so, it's understood. 3) As far as the food is concerned: I have had better elsewhere in regard to certain items from the menu. Though, overall, I like the food. I like Chickie's Mussels in red (better than the white in my opinion). I also like the Chickie's hot style shrimp. (make sure to dip your bread in the broth, you'll get a nice hit of garlicky goodness). Chickie's crab fries are very good. Though, I haven't been in the mood for them on my last couple of visits, not sure why. As for the hardshell crabs, sometimes they are real good, sometimes they have been overcooked. (especially when they are served during special all-u-can eat events/packages.... guess due to high volume?) 4) They have a fairly decent beer selection. (not alot of craft beer though). At the South Philly location, I like sitting at the 'Piano bar'. I won't mention any names but get to know the bartender who sort of looks like Woody Harrelson as well as the other gent who wears shorts, even when it is cold out. They are good guys.
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Eric W.

The fam stopped in before the Phillies game the other night. I had been here prior to Eagles games, mainly for the crab fries and beer. Tonight we stopped for dinner. Must have been a bad night(really, really bad night). Had to wait about 20 minutes while looking at multiple open tables. Finally sat down and ordered. We had a Chicken cutlet sandwich, cheese steak nachos, wings and a burger(didn't say we were eating healthy!). Chicken sandwich came out first, all by itself...about 5 minutes before the nachos...then the wings....then the burger. 4 items, 4 different food runners at 4 different times. Cutlet sandwich was a couple tenders, tossed in hoagie roll drizzled with honey mustard. Nacho chips were very soggy from the moment they arrived. Wings were so-so at best and the burger was simple but the bun was crusty, literally hard crust on the outside. Our waiter was energetic but when returned with the bill and my credit card, he literally tossed it. Our table and walked off. I'm in no hurry to go back.
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Valerie B.

Beware of overcharging! Worst racket ever. Got 2 drinks from one bartender and the price was $8.50, got the same 2 drinks from another bartender and the price was now $9.25!!! At a different bar inside, Play 2 the bartender did the same thing. We called her out on charging $6.00 for a $3.00 beer and gave her the option of getting a manager or taking money out of her tips. She chose the 2nd option.
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Bart D.

Great food, great atmosphere, great service. Crab fries, Philly steak sandwiches and a cold draft...Life doesn't get much better than this. A must stop if you're in Philly
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Seve' M.

Went here for a party in the other side of the main restaurant. They have these little cubicles with whatever game system you would ever want. Can't say anything new about the food so I won't... I'll have to go the the service. If the entire experience was dependent on the one bartender that I initially had serving me at the bar, I would have given the place 1 star. He was dismissive, ageist, and confrontational. When I decided that he wasn't going to person I wanted handling my food I took a seat in a 2 seater booth and my waitress totally changed my opinion of the place. That happens, sometimes so I'm glad I didn't just storm out of the place. She was attentive and very helpful. Gave me great recommendations and didn't rush me even though her shift was ending. I wish I wrote this review fresh because it was 4 months ago during March Madness and I can't remember either of their names.
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Candice H.

Okay really, I'm no sports fan. Really, I don't think I looked at the screen more than twice. But, there are SO MANY TVs, you wont have any issues from any seat. Needless to say, I am still a fan. If I had to go watch a game with my boy again, this would be it. I tried their specialty shrimp and crab fries. Eh...crab fries are definitely no the best fries but worth a try shrimp was garlicy (yum!) but oily. Sports bars with seafood, ample seating and space gets 4 stars. These are not rated on fine dining experience. Ratings on Sports bars experience only.
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Agent W.

Please, please, Where is the delicious cream of crab for the crab fries. I was so , so, disappointed with the food from this restaurant. Nothing is what you would expect. Don't fall for the freshly made each order bull sh*t. The famous crab fries are minus crab and hard as rocks,loaded with salt and old bay so, don't risk your health , trust me! This place is way over priced for the food and the drinks are watered down but, if your here for the game and a few shots they have great screens and so,so music. They are so sticking it to every one whom gets served here! You'd be better off going to red lobster to sea food differently....which up until my visit to chickies was a joke about there small portions, but if you really want small portions just order chickies & peas 3 crab cake entree ( not served with fries or salad) for $21.00 and awful tasting. Bone petite! Not!
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Jess D.

I'm going to keep this short and sweet. I am a sports fanatic. I've traveled all over the country and I've never found a better sports bar. Now I may be slightly biased because I am a Philadelphia sports fan but I really don't think that is the case. The crab fries are a must-have. Leave your computer now and go try them if you haven't. If you haven't had them before you haven't lived. The crab legs are a seafood and garlic lovers dream. The chickie's cutlet italian always hits the spot for lunch or dinner. There are TVs everywhere and sports fans galore. This is where the real fans hang out and watch the games. The service is wicked fast (yes I said wicked). I could go on forever but then I'd be taking away precious time that you could be spending at Chickie and Pete's and I wouldn't want to do that... The only bad thing about Chickies- you will usually have to wait for a table during peak times which happens to be when I go most often.
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Ayana P.

On our way to The Lakes for a quick lap or two, my sister and I drove past Chickie and Pete's. She then proceeded to describe, in great detail, how mouth-wateringly awesome their crab fries were. Needless to say, during my run at The Lakes, crab fries were on my mind the entire time. So on our way home we picked up an order of buffalo wings and their famous crab fries. Oh yes, the crab fries were finger-licking good. Their goodness surprised the hell out of me. They were a little too salty, but the old bay helped to balance it out a bit. Unfortunately, the buffalo wings weren't that good. Chickie and Pete's is too well known of a sports bar to have just ok buffalo wings. They need to do something about that. I'm sure I would have a good time here having crab fries over a game of soccer (do they show soccer there?).
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Devon L.

Crab fries + mussels + crabs + ice cold Yuengling + 300 million TVs and projectors to watch any sports programming available = one of my versions of heaven. Get here early though, if it's a big game night it gets packed pretty quick and you'll be waiting an hour for a seat.
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Christian S.

They say this place is good for watching sports and having a beer. I am not usually here for sports purposes as I am a fan of the SuperBowl Championship NY Giants, and 27 time championship NY Yankees. I am usually here for after work get togethers or lunch every two months. It's crazy but this NY'er is not turned off by the pizza. I think it is pretty damn good, and makes for a pretty good snack after PSSC softball games. To all my die hards, please accept my apologies but the crab fries are overrated. They are way too salty, and the cheese dip is nasty. Everything else is pretty much your regular bar food wings, burgers, chicken sandwiches, etc. Off course you are going to have your cheesesteaks and the chicken sandwiches come in different variations. What shocked me here was the mussels and the crab legs. They are better than some seafood places. If you're not afraid of shellfish order the mussels in white. If you are trying to avoid carbs; suck it up. Order extra bread and dip that that sucker in that bowl end enjoy!!
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Gina M.

Now I am a Pihilly girl..Chickie's and Pete's is just in my blood. But this particular location, NO. It is always packed! And if you actually want to hear the person next to you, forget it. Now I get it, all of the locations are loud, but this one takes first prize. It is obnoxious in there. But you know, the food is great and the prices are not bad. Alot of times, sports fans will come here before heading to one of the stadiums so you get alot of young drunks in there. I can live without that! But I cannot stress enough, the food is amazing. Everyone needs to try the Crab Fries and the Tower of Beer!
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Lindsay H.

Oh Chickie's and Pete's, you are the perfect place to watch some sports and indulge. No doubt this is not the best food I've ever had but, if you can get a seat, grab some beer with mussels red and crab fries, there's no way not to thoroughly enjoy this place during a game or any time you're down by the stadiums. My favs are the crab fries, mussels red (white is overloaded with garlic that I can't always take it), the spicy pull and peel shrimp, steamers, and if the mood is right the blue crabs (it's a lot of work but tasty). This place also makes getting down and dirty with your food easy. There are sinks all over so you can rinse the mess off your hands once you're done....good touch. To sum it up, Chickie's and Pete's is a Philadelphia institution and always a good time. I strongly suggest going at least once to enjoy the experience. Please note: Make sure to remember two things before coming during major sporting events. 1. You'll never get a table and 2. You'll deal with a ton of drunk people. I've absolutely been one of these people before and we can get annoying unless you're in the right frame of mind. :)
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Alissa F.

Crab cake sandwich was awesome! Aioli on the side was spicy and delish. Crab fries with cheese dip were yummy and plenty for 4 gals to share. Friends got philly cheesesteak and buffalo chicken cheesesteak-very good. Saw several kids and families there on a Saturday evening. Service was good....they serve as the food is ready so one of us was just getting our food while the others were almost done....no biggie but just be aware. Would definitely return.
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Britty H.

OK- so it's not hard for a native Californian to realize that they have bomb cheese steaks and crab fries. However, the 'dress code' is hilariously awful. No backwards hats boys. This isn't some 5 star fine dining in NYC or Beverly. Its a sports bar in south Philly. The service was nice, however we got our cheese steaks literally two minutes after we ordered and waited a few more minutes for water. When it came time for the bill, we had to flag down our waitress after waiting. Sorry but in Cali we are free to do as we please at a place of this caliber and a dress code at some bar just doesn't do it for me (even if it doesn't pertain to me)! Side note: my boyfriend was wearing a 76'ers hat...a PHILLY team. And he and his dad were/are professional athletes themselves. HAH...maybe that's why I found this so comical...this sports bar thinking they have authority when real athletes laugh at people that take this crap seriously. I will never understand the lack of common sense in this city.
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Paul P.

There's no better atmosphere for me than a sports bar in a major city packed with fans about to head out to the game(s) who are getting ready for it by eating and drinking and bonding. Chickie's and Pete's, just around the corner from the Philadelphia sports complex that houses the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers and Sixers is the ideal spot for all pregame festivities. It's one of my favorite sports bars ever. (And I've been to many) With plenty of beer, food, TVs and passion among the fans of the Philly sports scene, it is very intense and a lot of fun even if you don't love the Philly teams. This place is famous for its crab fries, which are thin crinkle cut fries dusted with Old Bay seasoning and served with a side of white cheese sauce. They are served in a large tub, so sharing is encouraged. Pregame snacking doesn't get much better than this. And if you miss out on them here (or need more) you can also get them at the Phillies game. Another great option are the mussels in either a red or white sauce that are extremely tasty, along with shrimp, lobster, clams and crab options! Not exactly standard sports bar fare. But, of course, there's also the standard bar food choices such as wings, burgers, sandwiches, various appetizers and, of course, plenty of beer and drink options. You like sports bars and sports teams? If you visit Philly and plan to take in a game, (or even if you don't) go see Chickie and Pete first to get yourself ready.
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Steve Z.

Came here for the worst culinary disappointment of my entire life. My friends raved about these "crab fries" which I assumed would be some unique concept of fried crab meat made their own secret way served with thier own secret sauce. Instead out came these fries with seasoning on them to which my reaction was "WTF?!" First of all, seafood seasoning does not belong on french fries. I tried them and was not impressed, especially for the price I paid. Try ketchup or cheese wiz Chickie. They are possibly the most over-hyped food in the entire Philadelphia region.
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Jusyin W.

On 12/31/2013, my girlfriend and I went to your S. Philly location to get lunch. It was 1130 in the morning and the restaurant was pretty scarce. We were seated in the back room of the restaurant, where one other 4 top was seated. There were numerous servers and with 2 parties in this back room. Fifteen minutes after being seated not one member of your wait staff or management had been by our table. On a busy day this time table would be alright but there were servers and a female manager both standing by the back bar not actively involved in work. Ironically when I asked the hostess sitting in the back if we had a server, instead of your female manager getting involved, she continued to look at her cell phone and then turn her back as to act as if she didn't hear us. Through this whole experience this manager could be seen walking throughout the restaurant on her cell phone rather than engaging with her employees or better yet the guests of your establishment. I did have to laugh a bit watching this for two reasons. First right by the front door there is a sign that reads "no cell phone use" and secondly, while I was managing a Chuy's restaurant in college, I would never imagine being on my cell phone in the front of the house. With that said, the hostess in the back tried to locate our server which was even more comical to watch. The table next to us even commented "now they are going to argue over who is going to serve you." Again very laughable because again in my past restaurant experiences on a slow day my servers would be fighting for tables to make extra money not fighting not to work. Instead of waiting for the servers in the back to decide which one would serve us, we decided to make their choice easier and just go sit at the bar in the front part of the restaurant. I can say that both bartenders were great they promptly took our orders and when we explained what we witnessed in the back, one rolled their eyes and goes oh geez. Now, on to the adventure of food. I ordered a chicken cheese steak and my girlfriend ordered a chickie signature salad with chicken. Both pretty simple items for a kitchen to prepare. My sandwich arrived within 5 minutes of ordering. Unfortunately the salad took over 25 minutes to arrive. Again, in a busy restaurant setting, a time frame within reason, not a time frame in a restaurant with 20 people at the most. Also as I would imagine like most your commercial kitchen set ups, your salads are made in a different part of the kitchen than your steaks. However my sandwich came out and sat in front of me for 20 minutes while we waited for a simple salad to be made. While watching the manager zoom around the restaurant on her cell phone, it was very easily to see what was causing the delay in the restaurant. When your kitchen staff is in the front of the house watching the replay of the flyers game instead of making food ticket times will be long. Overall this experience started bad and ended worse. I feel the lack of attention by your manager is probably the direct cause of our experience. She obviously was more interested in her phone then what the employees of the restaurant were doing. Also she lacked the motivation to take initiative when she clearly heard that we had been seated 15 minutes and no one had been by our table to check in with us. Now you may ask why didn't we ask to speak to the manager while we were there? We asked, but were told they were busy at the moment. Of course whatever was going on in her cell phone conversation was more important than customers sitting in her restaurant at that very moment. I understand restaurants can be busy, and things happen. Unfortunately, through my experiences in the hospitality industry I did not notice one reason for our experience today.
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Ian M.

Chickie's and Pete's aka "The Greatest Place on Earth." *Warning* I am from the Philadelphia area and had to move away. So this review may be a little biased because I miss C&P so much, but it is still such a wonderful place to go to if you ever visit Philly. This particular one is a little far south of the city but right next to all of the stadiums. The atmosphere is always jumping and the staff is always on point. They have a HUGE bar and it really is not difficult to get a drink. Try the YARDS beer. Deliciousomaculet (just made that word up). The ridiculously large projection screen in the corner for sporting events is a wonderment of awesomeness. Come hungry, be happy, and you will have the time of your life. The best things on the menu that you have to buy: Crab Fries, CRAB Fries, then more CRAB FRIES dipped in the cheese sauce. Mussels (in red), little neck clams, and the renovated Chickie Wings. You also have to get a beer tower (size: two pitchers worth). It is gaudy and annoying to have on the table, but it is just a tradition.. So do it!. LOL. Tip: Get there a good hour before any big game. Wait can be up to 90 mins and the place is really big.. Plan ahead. Enjoy!! -Ian M.
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Todd C.

Chickie and Pete's is one of my favorite sports bars in the entire city. I usually go before or after Philly sport events since the stadium is so close. I order the crab fries as well as the muscles in red sauce. Obviously the crab is great, although I usually stick with the muscles and fries
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Mike M.

Last time I was here was a long time ago. My friends and I played our oletimers touch football game nearby. We stopped by here afterwards and spent over $100. As we were down to our last pitcher, we talked about ole time for 10 minutes. For whatever reason, one of the managers stopped over and just about kicked us out, as if we were tying up one of his tables on Saturday night. It was about 6 o'clock. I guess he didn't appreciate the $100 that we already spent, and needed that table badly. I found the food OK, nothing you can't get around the corner, but more expensive. Overall, this is a decent place, but overrated. And honestly, I didn't care for their corporate attitude. Give me one of the smaller, local cheaper places in South Philly, where aren't in a hurry to get your table.
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Clarke G.

I really wanted to love CP's.. The atmosphere is terriic. Beyond that I thought that the service was slow and the food mediocre. I have been here three times. Fun place on the way to the game, but not my first choice as a dining destination.
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crystal e.

Crab Fries were delicious. Fries with Old Bay Seasoning served with cheese sauce. The Lobster Philly Cheesesteak was grub:) The Steak nachos we're pretty good too. I'll pass on the calamari. Good selection of beer. Would definitely go back.
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Will H.

Last time I went here I got mussels which were pretty on-par for this city. This last time I got a burger. Had to be one of the worst I have ever had in my entire life and that is not exaggerating. You would think a kitchen that doesn't have to worry about pushing the whole table out at the same time (each plate comes out as they are ready) would have a potentially higher quality. Nope. Lets start with the cheese: The cheese was all not on the burger and was burned from the hotplate and so it was this huge black thing stuck to the side of my bun. Literally no cheese left unburnt. Why order a cheeseburger if I don't get any un-burnt cheese? The bun: ruined by the burnt cheese for some reason. The meat: overcooked to heck. they didn't let me choose how I wanted it done (I prefer medium-rare), so they cooked it overly overly well-done. Not sure why you can't get the whole table at once when there are only 15 other people in there during lunch... The rest: it came with tomato, onion, lettuce which were just ok. Bottom Line: do not get burgers here. They are absolutely a waste of money and are disgusting. Good thing I had some fries, those are always somewhat good. If I were to go back, which I probably will, I will get the mussels or clams I guess.
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Peter R.

It's good for what it is. The food isn't great - save for a few standouts like the mussels and crab fries - but it's bar food so your expectations can't be that high. It's a great place for grabbing a bite before a game at The Bank. There's plenty of seating so it's usually not a long wait even before game time.
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Ed C.

This has got to be one of the worst places to go to in the entire city. I came with friends here and hated everything about it. First of all, they had hardly any vegan food options. I ended up getting a pizza without cheese and fries. The beer selection sucks, unless you think Budweiser is a high-quality beer. The place is full of fat, disgusting heathens with grease dripping from their mouths staring at the servers breasts, who looks like she might as well work at Hooters. Seriously, this place is foul. I hated everything about it, including the name.
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Mike I.

This is a great place to stop in before any game in the Philly area. The place is huge and has plenty of seating. They expanded this one to make it even bigger so you will likely be able to get in depending what day and time you are visiting. If it's a playoff game or big game in general and the game has already started I would expect a wait. The food here is your basic bar food wings, beer and some really great mussels. They serve everything as it's ready so if you are expecting an appetizer then dinner and so on you will not like this place. If your mussels are ready before your chicken sandwich then you are getting it in that order. They also have no dessert menu so don't go looking for any ice cream. This is a great place to go and party and they frequently have Philly area sports media and players in the place to meet. Everything is fairly cheap in the place too so that's a major plus. If you need any suggestions I would get some Crab Fries, Magooby sandwich and some Mussels in red sauce. They also have some pretty cheap endless crab legs and other endless food entrees that you can get. If you can't have fun in this place you are either an out of town fan or just not able to have fun. Would definitely make this a place to visit if you are in Philly for a game and want to eat somewhere not in the stadium.
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Joycelin W.

Came here late on a Friday night after catching a free jazz concert and fireworks at Penn's Landing. I had pretty high hopes for this meal because the two friends I was with had been talking about taking me there to celebrate my graduation since I got my diploma in June. We ordered two baskets of crab fries for the three of us, and although we all have big appetites and were starving when we arrived, we couldn't finish them. The fries were wayyy too salty! I was told by J that they usually aren't, and judging from the pictures that others have uploaded, our crab fries were obviously very over-seasoned. A spent half the meal shaking the seasoning off each individual fry before eating it. I did like the cheese sauce but overall I was disappointed that the crabfries did not live up to the hype. I also had the Magooby--a sandwich with jumbo shrimp, pickles, onions topped with crab fries and cheese sauce. The funny name caught my attention (I should've asked where it came from!), and I ordered it even though it sounds like a weird combo, because weird combos usually turn out to be absolutely delicious, right (i.e. anything from Little Baby's)? Here, not so much. It wasn't bad--but it wasn't good, either. My biggest qualm with it was that the sandwich was cut in half before the fries and sauce were put on top, which made it difficult to actually separate the two halves without making a mess. Maybe I'm being picky, but I just don't like getting cheese sauce all over my hands! J enjoyed his buffalo cheesesteak (you can't really go wrong with that), but A thought his white mussels were just so-so. I was also pretty shocked (in a bad way) when we got the check. The hostesses were a little standoffish, but our server (I think her name was Nicole?) was wonderful! The sports bar atmosphere is pretty cool, but I'm not a sports fan at all so I probably won't be back.
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Tracey S.

Chichie & Pete's is a great place to come for good finger foods and they have the best fries ever! When you get a chance to stop by for some good eats, be sure to sit in JT's section. Not only is he awesome at what he does, he's not bad on the eyes ladies.
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Scott S.

The food is great and the service is usually exceptional. It;s a fun place. The lobster dishes are excellent. The PIZZA IS MY FAVORITE. I like the fries like everyone does. They refill soft drinks and the staff is great. All TV's show everything. Can get crowded but that is because it's GOOD! AND the management is friendly! Caters well to out of town visitors!
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M G.

Shame on them. mobile.philly.com/busineâ€¦
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AJ M.

A good place to find yourself, not necessarily one to plan for. I used to occasionally end up here after work and never had a bad time. Crab fries are all they're trumped up to be, beer flows freely and pretty cheap and...well, the game is on. It's a pretty standard sports bar with a great marketing campaign and some official partnerships. It is just fine, and you probably won't regret spending an hour or 2 there. My only beef is that they asked me to turn my hat around, but I supposed they were concerned about the glare from the indoor lamps getting in my eyes and causing an accident or something, so it was probably for my own good...or whatever. It couldn't have been a need to maintain a dress code in a place where jerseys are predominantly worn. Anyway, don't go out of your way for C & P, but if your co-workers invite you or you want to kill some time before/after a game, why not?
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Roe M.

A favorite!!! Always a good time and always enjoy great food from the crab fries to wings to mussels to pizza.....all outstanding! Personal favorites of mine are the buffalo wings, mussels white, crab legs, and of course the crab fries!
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Sara V.

We were here for an event honoring 9/11. I had the salad (surprise surprise) with grilled chicken. The chicken was salty I couldn't even touch it. My mouth watered after taking the first bite it was so strong. The fries were yummy though. We also sampled their pizza. No flavor whatsoever, but we had to eat. The actual venue and the servers are great! So two stars there.
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Mika G.

Just attended my Fantasy Football Draft here...the staff was AWESOME and the amenities they offered our group were fantastic!
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S W.

Ate at the airport location. Not only was the food good but our server,Terri, was wonderful too. Gave us a great recommendation. She was so sweet. Highly recommend eating there when at the airport. Gate E
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Michelle P.

Based on the outstanding reviews of crab fries, I hustled my ass here to try what people said was a must have. Ah... I've had better and wouldn't waste my money or time trying to do this again. Sorry Y'al, but the fries reminded me of seasoned fries you can get anywhere, and the cheese dipping stuff, while decent, was no where near a repeat in my book. Definitely not something to write home about. Give me Garlic Fries at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles ANYDAY over these puppies. The crab fries left me wondering what I missed.
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Nate L.

This is your classic sports bar and restaurant. The space is huge and open with many tvs lining the walls as well as a couple bars. Conveniently located near the stadiums. Definitely get some of the crab fries. They are much better at the restaurant than the stands at the stadiums. I ordered a ham and cheese sandwich with maple sauce and it was actually pretty good - a nice sized portion of ham. The beer menu is large so I'm sure you will find something you like. The lobster cheesesteak was pretty tasty as well. Fun place to hang with friends watchin the games
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April B.

I was thinking three stars but due to my server, Chandler, two is more fitting. She checked on us once without being stopped. Other than that refills, plates for appetizers, utensils, check, pick up the check, etc we stopped here. With all of us being first timers to the restaurant she made no suggestions. NONE! I found out they are known for the fries due to yelpers (thanks guys). She didn't bring our checks in a check holder nor did she make sure she gave the right credit cards to the right person (she just placed them on the table). My friends said I was being picky about that part but somethings should just happen at a restaurant and making sure you give the right person the right credit card should be one of them. Now to the food. I ordered the chicken buffalo Philly and wasn't impressed. It was shredded chicken with buffalo sauce check and ranch. Nothing special. One friend got the regular nachos. Only had a tablespoon of sauce maybe one and half but definitely not enough to the nachos. Overall he was happy. Another friend for the chicken nachos. She cleaned her plate so I can say her food was food. The last friend got the bbq chicken pizza. That was the best! Of all the food at the table that is something recommended.
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Steve B.

Venue: Chickie's & Pete's Decor: Sports Bar ish Service: Decent, not where it can be Environment: Good Crowd Food: American, Seafood Prices: Very good Debbie Downers: Sometimes the service, the servers have a broad street bully attitude in 'em...not feeing that Conclusion: CRAB FRIES!!!! CRAB FRIES!!! CRAB FRIES!!! The best in the business. So Friggin good and definitely a must have to take on the go before you cruise up Broad Street to snack on. WTF is in the seasoning? Whatever it is - it is simply AMAZING. Love the mussels and crab legs from this place. Not many sports bars can pull it off the way they do. Don't forget the lobster pizza - Official!!! Love this place because they have unique food items I LOVE you can't really can't get in most sports in this country. If the service was as great as the food, Straight A's for sure! Overall: B+
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Mike S.

I like this Chickie & Pete's the most because of the size. Usually go here to attend a Sports radio show of some sort. The crab fries and wings are delicious as is the Roast Beef Sandwich. Always has some sort of drink special. Great place to catch a game as they have tons of TVs. After a game lets out there can be a little bit of a wait but what do you expect because of the close proximity. If you want you can park your car here and take the Taxi Crab to the complex. A great way to avoid the traffic and grab a bite to eat.
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Maria W.

Great place to hang with friends and enjoy some cocktails and food Atmosphere is inviting and fun
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Paul A.

I ready do enjoy the vibe and the people at Chickie's & Pete's. The food was good (Philly Cheesesteak) what else would you order in Philly.... and I had a great time. What more can I say. Have at it. Paul
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Jessica N.

This place probably would have gotten three stars if the waitress actually had interest in being our server. Visiting from NYC and looking for a place to grab lunch, I skimmed reviews of places in the area and kept seeing something called "Crab Fries". I searched a little online and found chickie's and petes. This was about a 17 minute drive from where we were staying, at the Hilton Penn's Landing. I called ahead to ask if they had high chairs and were child friendly and they said yes. So my boyfriend, our toddler and I took the drive over. The place itself is exactly what I would want in a sports bar/restaurant. Beautiful huge bar, ample space, ample TVS. The hostess stand in the front is eleveated and about three or four girls were standing there and no smiles, or hellos were given as we walked in. Took them about 25 seconds to register us being in front of them. Finally someone says hello and we get a table. The waitress informs me that everything on the menu is al a carte and the food is made to order, so dishes come out as they are ready and they can not guarantee dishes being served together. If you aren't into seafood, your entree choices are limited to either sandwiches or a burger. Also, they do NOT offer a kids menu. The crab/shrimp dishes looked yummy, but we didn't want to spend an arm and leg on lunch. My boyfriend asked how big the burgers were, and the waitress said "I don't know...I guess I can ask and find out " but never told us. We ordered an order of sweet potato fries, an order of crab fries a mushroom swiss burger and the "double double burger" which is a burger with roast beef on top. The fries came out first. The sweet potato fries were delicious and the crab fries were way too salty. They were seasoned with what seems to be some type of house mix and maybe my batch was just too seasoned? but the cheese dip was great. Hated the fact that the place had cheap napkins on the table (you know the kind in the little square dispenser?) the fries were so seasoned, so my fingers were a mess and our waitress never gave us and utensils (normally I would pick at the fries with a fork) so we literally had a pile of used napkins on our table. The burgers came and they were bland. The swiss cheese had a weird tang to it and the mushrooms were resembled canned ones. My boyfriend asked the waitress how big the huge TV was out of curiosity. She said " I have no idea, its a projector" with an annoying tone. I get it, being a waitress is tough work, but if you really hate being here - find another job. If I lived in the area I would probably come back to give it another shot ONLY because the space was amazing and they seemed to have some great beer specials.
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Nick D.

This review is based on one thing and one thing only... WORLD FAMOUS CRABFRIES. Honestly, that's all you need haha. These fries are so good and seasoned so deliciously, and the dip is just a cherry on top. I could eat buckets of these fries and it's now a must when I visit Philadelphia
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Michael L.

This place is awesome,,if you have never been here you must get here,,staff is very professional and very funny and really make you feel at home,,the beers are ice cold and your food is nice and hott,,and you never and I mean never have to wait long for your food,,the mussels in white,,lobster cheese steak,pepperoni pizza,,fried shrimp are my favorites,, and you can't go there and not order the CRAB FRIES,,THEY ARE YUMMY,,as all the food is,,and the price is very affordable,, and if your a sports nut like I am there is no better place to watch your favorite team,,drink cold beers and eat yummy food,,take it from me MIAMIKE ,,you owe it to yourself to check this place out,,you won't be disappointed,, you will defiantly keep coming back here to chickie&Petes,,and did I tell you they have shuttle service to and from the games,,they are THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!
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Vincent S.

One of my favorite places to eat, but be careful when paying the tab. One of the blonde waitresses named Cait "claimed" we only left $20 in cash for the check and a $25 charge on a credit card when we left the whole bill plus a twenty percent tip for average service. Either she's a thief or one of her co-workers are.
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T P.

4.5 stars. Service and crabs legs we LOVED. Snow and Dungeness crabs were off the hook. Our server was incredibly helpful and nice. The (curly haired) hostess, however, who worked that night of August 22 can use some serious training. She was really off putting and not welcoming.
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Sylvia K.

We ended up here with the family one night for dinner and watched the USA World Cup Match. It's a really nice sized, sports bar and grill. Lots of Tvs everywhere, and from the sound of it, the crowd was filled with great fans cheering for the teams. We all shared an order of the crab fries and cheese dip which were delish! I ordered the lobster tails which were a great size and much more than i had expected. My sister got a hearty lobster roll and her husband got snow crab covered in garlic marinade. My parents shared the white pie that should have easily fed the entire family. We all enjoyed our meals and the atmosphere.
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R. K.

On my way out of town we stopped by to a must visit place in Philly. Had the famous chicken cutlets and crab fries before our flight out of town. Great place for a quick bite and a cold drink.
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Lenny Z.

Chickie's and Pete's is an artery clogging experience. They are known for their crab fries. They taste super good. And, they are accompanied by melted cheese. The crinkle cut fries are cooked just right. But they give you so many fries, you might gain ten pounds and have a heart attack in one sitting. Part of me feels they'd be better off giving not so generous portions. As good as they taste in the beginning, they start making you feel like a pig by the end. And, man, that salt kicks in and all of the sudden you start asking yourself, what am I doing to myself. So yeah, eat a little, you're alright. Down a whole serving, you're hurtin' for certain.
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Elisabet R.

Such good crab legs!! Yum!! Gotta get the Chickies style with garlic butter-- SO good! Both the snow crabs and the king crabs are amazing!! And if you like mussels, the ones in white sauce are delicious too!! Not to mention that they give you a bowl with more than 3 of us could even finish!! So much garlicky juice to dip out bread in-- complete heaven.
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Nancy N.

My favorite C&P's location. The service isn't always great but there's so much room and seating, you really never need to wait for a table. Love their crab and sweet potato fries combo, they give you his maple dipping sauce. It's so tasty! The wings, cutlets, mussels, and pizza are all good. They have such a huge draft selection and they have daily specials. We went before a Phillies game and was able to make happy hour. $4 craft draft beers, $5 white or pepperoni pizza. Delicious!!!
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Steve M.

A very unprofessional staff organizing the crowd. Felt like it was the first time there was an event. Sometimes success is curse- not a grateful nor humble establishment.
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Nakia Y.

I went to chickie and petes last night for dinner and it was the WORSE experience EVER. Now don't get me wrong I have been to chickie and petes on several occasions and it was a great experience BUT last night made me feel like I was on a bad episode of BAR RESCUE. 1. when we walked in (party of 3) the women at the hostess booth were so busy in their own conversation to even acknowledge that someone walked in. we waited for about 1 minute before even being acknowledge (STRIKE ONE) 2. after being seated the waitress came right over and asked us what were we drinking. didn't give us a minute to even look at the menu. after ordering the drinks (which came out very fast) we order our appetizers. the appetizers came out very fast which was great. but we finished the appetizers and waited a good 10 minutes before the waitress came over and took our ENTREE order (STRIKE TWO) 3. Entrees come out (which were pretty good) and we finished them. the waitress never not once came over and asked us how are we, did we need anything, she basically never came to check on us. when she finally came over we asked for boxes because we couldn't eat the rest of the food. she brought us the boxes and left. for another 15 minutes before we flagged her down and asked her for the check. (which she should of brought when she gave us the boxes). (STRIKE THREE) **oh did I mention that it wasn't crowded? so there was no need for the POOR customer service. bottom line -- the FOOD here is GREAT, but the customer service SUCKS ASS BIG TIME. The waitress we had was very lazy, unprofessional, and act like she was intimidated by us. My company does a lot of business with sports bars in Philadelphia and because of last night I will have them reconsider their relationship with CHICKIE and PETES. I will take GREAT customer service with mediocre food ANY DAY -- over POOR customer service and GREAT food..
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Lucy K.

Came here with my family for dinner and caught the USA World Cup Match. We had a ton of fun. The waitress was on it and attentive. Everyone at the bar was super into the game, there were USA chants, high 5s and lots of hollering - i loved it! Made for a perfect place to watch the game. We ordered a bunch of different things. The crab fries with that cheese dip is so ridiculously good. I ordered the lobster roll which surely doesn't skimp on the lobster. I could see whole claw meat as well as other parts. It looked like at least a pound of lobster meat in it. I would have liked it to be dressed a little mroe with a little bit more in the flavor department but it was still great. My husband got the snow crab which was covered in a garlic marinade that he loved. My sister got the baby lobster tails which weren't as small as we had epxected. My parents shared the lobster pizza which could easily feed 3-4 people, its a white pie studded with large chunks of lobster.
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Ed H.

Worst front door staff ever. Putting singles on four tops, so many tables open and people waiting 20 or more minutes. These girls define the term dumb blonde.
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Gabrielle M.

Crab fries are a must!!
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Camille S.

Visting from Florida with my husband. Had dinner here with my brother and his family. All I can say is YUMMY! Our server Ashley was great and put up with our shenanigans without missing a beat. This is was my second time here and as with the first it did not disappoint. We shared baby lobster tails , chickie's style hot shrimp, crab fries, and chickie's riverboat. Everything was delicious but if I had to pick a favorite I'd say it was......who am I kidding I can't pick a favorite. Definitely will be returning my next visit to Philly.
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Cynthia F.

I love this place!!!! Usually I go to the Roosevelt Boulevard location. This was my first time at the South Philly location. The servers were nice and the place was clean. The crab fries are awesome! I had their new pork sandwich which they topped with their signature cheese and it was delicious. My only complaint is I don't like their pizza. It's nasty. Other than that I definitely recommend this place.
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Russell M.

The Crab Fry's are a staple here and are ok with the spice. But I'd skip the lobster bisque, as it seemed burned. The blue crabs and crab cakes were ok, but not too impressive. Above average Bar Food with a nice environment.
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Angie T.

What a great sports bar! This place is huge and has several television screens throughout the restaurant and the best thing is that they have steamed seafood! And I love my blue crabs which they had perfectly seasoned and delicious! I got to eat my crabbies while the bf watched his games. A winning combination!
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Hali R.

I like it here but nothing is amazing about the food. The draft beer selection is excellent! Its a great place to go for a sporting event. The food reminds me of an Applebee's or another chain. I don't like old bay so crab fries are not my thing. I loved their crab legs. I've tried their lobster roll and wasn't impressed. I'll be back to drink and snack!
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Cordell s.

Good drink awesomeness on the seafood.. Plz u gotta get the crab fries to dye for good music watch sports game bcuz I bleed greennnn... E.A.G.L.E.S.ssssssssss
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Leanna A.

My boyfriend is a Philly native, and on our first Philly trip together he was adamant about visiting Chickie's & Pete's. For Caleb, Chickie's & Pete's brings back nostalgic memories of his childhood; particularly the crab fries at the Flyers games. But since my other half is legitimately the pickiest, most predictable eater in the world (meaning everywhere we go he gets chicken fingers and fries) and will claim sandwiches from a convenience store (Wawa, albeit) are the best things he's ever eaten in his life, I was skeptical of how amazing he proclaimed Chickie's & Pete's to be. Alright guys, let's be real. Chickie's & Pete's is an alright (but not great) sports bar. This particular location is nestled a hop-skip and a jump away from the three major Philly sporting arenas, which makes it nice for those going to and from games, or for those who want to watch the games on their gigantic screens while still getting somewhat of an "at the game" experience. The restaurant itself is decent in size, and the few times we went there in Philly we never had to wait. On both occasions we visited, our servers were nice and helpful. The made a bit of small conversation, were very knowledgeable about the menu, and brought drink refills on time (which is a huge plus for us). The food was very hit or miss. Their crab fries and cheese sauce are seriously to die for. My boyfriend and I order our own baskets. No sharing in this relationship- paws off. Like I mentioned before, he loves any kind of chicken finger or cluck thrown infront of him so he always orders the buffalo chicken tenders, or whatever their rendition is called. And loves them. I on the other hand, had two underwhelming entrees the two times I was there. They have a mushroom burger that was decent, but left much to be desired. It came with just mushrooms, a slice of cheese, and a very overcooked patty on a bun. I don't have much room to complain about the meat, because I love it as rare as can be and understand that they have to cook to standard temperatures, but for me it was a bit unappetizing. I slapped a bunch of mayo, thank goodness for mayo, onto the burger and then it wasn't half bad. But still. The second time we came, I ordered their Chickie's Signature Salad, and it was truly not great. The lettuce came in unreasonably large pieces, was not fresh, and all the salad was was just lettuce, grated cheese, and grape tomatoes. Literally three ingredients. I could understand if it was a Caprese, but a salad with a bed of lettuce and tossed-on toppings isn't really palette-able. They have a great beer selection, though. As always, I ordered an Angry Orchard (queue the girly beer jokes). It was served cold and as expected. The price is very reasonable for similar sports bars and grills, which made it bearable. If it wasn't for the good service and amazing crab fries, Chickie's & Pete's would be in the 1-2 star range for me. Seriously. Luckily, those two components saved the day, and whenever back in Philly I will return simply just for their fries.
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Chef Binta M E.

So far a two, its been a while since Ive been here went to a Phillies game with my nephew had to feed the kid, aitting waiting on fries and the smell from the carpet is turning my stomach currently 10:37
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Max O.

Not bad place for some seafood. Crab fries are overrated however the lobster tails are a must try and must have! I will come again!
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Simon A.

Coulda Shoulda Woulda Can't Rate This old Old OLD Philly Home City Favorite Anything But The Max! Gets It On Memories & Traditions Alone Wow But Sure Didn't Disappoint Me Nor My Taste Buds & Palate In Anyway I Came In Essentially Starving After Only A Small Bite To Eat Before Flying Now I'm Stuffed & I'm Going To Blame This Condition On Ms Kelly & The Great Cooks In The Back :) I Had What Is Essentially A Meatballs Bread Bowl & Thetr Wete So Many In It Was Incredible! As Always Made New Good Memories & The Place Looks Great Actually Upscale Which Is A Good Thing Just Across Broad & The Ball Parks On Packer. Awesome Awesome Experience Cheers & TGIF Go Eagles Yes I'm Baaack To Enjoy
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Stephanie K.

Came here after the auto show and were pretty shocked to see that it wasn't busy at all. Especially for lunch time on Super Bowl Sunday. We came in with our kids and thankfully they placed us away from everyone. The food was great, the kids enjoyed it and our waitress was very good. I would go back again in a heart beat. Also, one serving of fries fed our family of 4. We took home our pizza and fries, since we couldn't finish it all.
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Joe S.

Yeh the food is ok...good selection even. But the fact they don't have desserts is kinda weird. Also as with usual local tradition they screwed up my order. And the past couple of times I've been here,they bring out the orders for everyone else at the table except for mine and I have to sit and watch them eat. They claim they 'bring it out in the order they were cooked'...ever hear of timing the order out so they're ready at the same time? It's not like I ordered well done steak or something...I ordered wings and they ordered mussels,about the same stuff.
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Steven F.

WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!!! all we wanted was to have an onion loaf as a side dish with our lunch. When we asked the waitress about this she replied " That's not Happening" So we cancelled the onion loaf I then went to ask the manager why this wasn't possible and he replied "that's not our style" Needless to say we got up and walked out. bottom line if you want good service DON'T GO TO CHICKI'S AND PETE'S
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Mike A.

The single best sports bar I have ever been to. Amazing atmosphere, unbeatable specials and like 400 TVs. Good luck finding a parking spot!
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Sean B.

My favorite Fries in philly, the crab fries are just to die for with the cheese sauce that they come with, it's a must stop every time I'm in town and i am never disappointed. The Philly Cheesesteak and Crab itself are also awesome. Can't really wait to go back!
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Margaret W.

First time there and was looking for some King Crab legs. Found 'em. My waitress was awesome and walked me through some of the other C&P faves. I opted for the crab fries which were nice but too heavy for me and the quantity was too much. The crab legs though were HUGE. I topped it off with a beer special and had a wonderful evening. I will be back and this would be a great place to bring my family and catch a game on the many large tvs.
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Luanne S.

Had a terrible time at Chickie & Pete's tonight. As soon as we sat down I ordered the crabfries combo because I had skipped lunch and I was famished. 35 minutes later we still hadn't received them. Restaurant wasn't even crowded, lots of empty tables. Two tables who were seated after we were received their entrees before we received our appetizer. Only got our crabfries appetizer AFTER I complained to the Manager. My husband's entree came before the fries. He was almost finished his meal before the fries arrived. My meal and the crabfries appetizer came within a minute of each other. We had a terrible waiter, he dropped off my meal, didn't even notice our empty glasses. The Manager stopped by to check on us and we had to ask him for a second round of drinks. I then had to flag down a random waitress to get a fork. Absolutely terrible service. We have been to C&P numerous times and this was definitely an off night for them, the service is usually very good.
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J P.

MUST GO if you're at a sporting event in Philly. We went here before going to WWE Royal Rumble. First, the service is amazing for such a busy place. We made reservations on opentable.com and were seated immediately. The food is soooooooo good. They have tons of massive TV's showing literally every sporting event going on at the time. The crab fries are to die for. Just get them. The mini lobster tails were amazing and the crab legs were hot/fresh/tender. BONUS: they have a shuttle back and forth from the Wells Fargo Center. How much better does it get?
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Matthew W.

I love chickies but I prefer the original. This one does a great job on the food. I'd say it's just as good as the original. I personally always get the cheesesteak and crab fries. The crab fries are a must here. This location also has a larger menu than the original. Service here is good. I have never had a problem. Every time I come to the city for a game I eat here. You can't go wrong. Beers are a tad expensive off special. I spent $7/pint for yuengling.
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Jet J.

the food is always consistently good. bar food done well. nothing cutting edge but a good sports bar to enjoy the brew with fellow sports fans. service is all over the place, sometimes attentive and nice and other times I gotta chase the waiters down just for a drink. I usually just sit at the bar. an energetic, rambunctious scene.
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Ali C.

My friends and I ate at Chickies in south philly last night. I didn't expect it to be so crowded and to have a wait since it is a fairly large restaurant. We were 4 people and were told it would be a 45min wait. They took our cell phone and said they would text us when the table is ready. I think that texting is a great system because you are free to go wherever you want while you wait. The wait ended up being less than 45 min. Our waitress came to our table right away for drink orders, which she filled in minutes. Then we ordered our food when the waitress returned with the drinks. The food came out relatively quickly. Their fries are always the first thing to come out. Usually mussels come out quickly but they took longer than usual. Everything was great. We ate the crab bruschetta, fries, and mussels in red sauce. We really like their roasted pork sandwiches and crabs too (just didn't get them this time) Yummy! Will definitely return!
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Sari G.

We eat here a lot. Probably too much. It's always an option because we live close by, we have never had to wait and there's a parking lot. Fries are the bomb as everyone knows any they come out fast. Drinks and all of the food usually does as well. My big gripe with the place is the miserable waitresses. I don't believe we have ever had a nice one. They always seem to be bothered with being there and seem like they are waiting for their shift to be over. A bit cocky They know nothing about the extensive beer collection and once we had a waitress lol at us like we had three heads when we asked if there was anything seasonal on draft. Wow. I mean, we spend a fair amount of time and money here and have NEVER had a good, nice, personable waitress. Ever. That's saying a lot. When I used to eat crabs, Chickies were by far my favorite. Better than any fancy crab place here it at the shore. They just are. Perfect temperature. Perfectly garlicky. They were amazing. Hubs always gets the red mussels which he loves and a chicken sandwich which he is fond of as well. We did once find a very large piece of plastic bag in an order of crab nachos once. The manager covered our meal and was very apologetic but still. I also tried a new salad the tossed Bruschetta the other day. It was the worst salad I've ever had and I eat a lot of them. A lot. Hardly any bruschetta at all. Very bitter. Very little lemon dressing and super bland. And again, when I asked the waitress pointing to the photo (which looks like there's cheese in it) kindly not to put any cheese, she snapped and said it doesn't come with it. "To just look at the picture." There's just a nicer way to go about things. That same night my husband pinned to a beer on the menu and asked the waitress about it. She responded with saying "I can't see it. I don't know what you are taking about. I don't have my glasses". And never wound up answering him anyway. Rude and rude. She kind of refined our meal. They all need some training. I really feel they just hire anyone. . The cool thing about this location is the video games and the back room. But if it's snowing or rainy, you may have to wait for a pod. I didn't know that you cold red ever these until after I called for info on them, promised my daughter we would play and then they were booked when we hit there. So call in advance. Another cool thing is the Taxi Crab shuttle to the ball parks. Very nice touch and definitely a great marketing tool. Nice work.
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Eric G.

The fact that it's a bar, with sports all over, loud music, with families dancing to Nick Jonas, and they have to literally climb a ladder to get to the top shelf liquor, I give it 3 stars. As for the food and service maybe a 1. the bar was full, so they sat me a high table which was kinda awkward. Table was oddly high. Ordering was quick and easy. Snow crabs came, I'm expecting big absorbing napkins, or towelettes, and a bib. Nope. Who eats crab without towelettes? they let me use the sink which was right behind a lady sitting at another table. I know she got wet. crab was in their crab juice, which was new to me. not bad, but lots and lots of garlic. Crab was overcooked, it was mushy. Waitress passed by me twice with a glance, but never stopped and checked on me once. I did leave a tip, although she really didn't deserve it. I'm going back for game 1 of NBA Finals. If it's not playing, I'm walking out.
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Damon D.

So I'll just keep this is damon Daniels another been to your own beagles own restaurant before this is my first time won't be coming for the summer there to eat as look like your castle best food in there and I'm not a fan I'm a Green Bay Packer fan I hope you all like to Green Bay Packers or please I ain't are you from Green Bay Green Bay Packer fan I'll still come from Philadelphia I used to love the Eagles and it something to tell me it's time to change over to another team in more def more fast runners on the Green Bay Packers this is my comment to the restaurant the restaurant is good if this I see the fool how it is some people do love seafood some people do not like seafood a lot of regular food all people don't eat seafood all the time the food do look good I'll try not to this is my thing this is king Daniels no more
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Jacqueline O.

One of my favorite places to grab a quick bit to eat. I have only been to locations in the airport and stadiums. The crab fries are one of the most amazing things you will ever try. The wiz is litteraly liquid gold (be sure to buy an extra one). Beware of the other food on the menu... it is typically just greasy bar food. Stick to the crab fries and you will be golden!
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Nicky H.

Crab fries with cheeseeeee please and snow crab legs. Hits the spot!
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Cherise J.

Love their chicken philly! The shredded chicken absorbs the flavor perfectly. One sandwich is big enough for two people. Quick customer service! Staff was nice Good location in the airport. I will definitely be back!!
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Kevin J.

All in all, this is a good choice for pregame fare down by the stadium. I tried the pork sandwich with broccoli rabe and was not pleased with how soggy it was, and the size of it was not as big as I remembered. I think I'll go back to the chicken cheesesteaks. However, the crab fries are always fantastic and plentiful, and the fried calamari with jalapenos on top was surprisingly delicious. $2 Yeungling specials on Tuesday all-day, and Thursday nights.
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Phillip L.

Well. Perhaps I wasn't drink enough, but from their industrial process cheese sauce and fries to their fatty burgers and bland chicken cheesesteak this place is a DIVE of the worst kind! Philadelphia has better places o eat. Avoid it!
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Mikael C.

Excellent food. Excellent service. Excellent experience. There was an Eagles game yesterday and we wanted to have a great experience watching the game. We drove from DC to Chickies to watch the game. We were not disappointed. It was so awesome to watch the game around Eagles and not Redskins fans. The crabfries were awesome! Def. Coming back A+++
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Susan D.

My husband Rick and I were going to come here before going to a Phillies' game but instead we opted to eat lunch here. And it was a good thing we did too. It was crowded enough already--imagine what this place is like before a ballgame! Chcikie's & Pete's is well known for their seafood--particularly shellfish. I ordered the Jumbo Lump Crab Cake sandwich, one of the best I've ever eaten, but man-o-man, "Jumbo" is right. Good thing I was able to walk it off afterwards! Rick wnated t do the touristy thing and order a Philly Cheesesteak. Well he went for the lobster topped Philly and did it ever look good too! And yes we did split an order of their famous Crabfries!
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Bill K.

Great shrimp, great bread to dip in broth, excellent crab fries w amazing cheese, very big bar area, actually lots of bars, a little pricey if not happy hour. Always a crowd, can't get in during Phillies/Eagles games. Great for young children due to large menu and incredible game area. Lots of TVs, always sports on.
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jennifer v.

I've been here a bunch of times ... The service is usually good but tonight it was so off. I don't expect anything special here as it's very casual and everything is served as it comes up/is ready, but tonight's service just sucked. It wasn't crowded at all but our server was working as if she had a ton of tables! It took almost 10 minutes for her to come over to us to start... And then she would let long intervals go by before coming back to check on us. When she did come back, she'd ask if we're okay then run off! As for the food: the crab fries are always good and were tonight, but the Buffalo chicken cutlets were terrible!! They were dry and hard...I can't explain it other way... Definitely not the way they used to be before! Overall the food was really below standard. Will not rush to come back here anytime soon.
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Maria E.

So if I was into sports, this would be the place to go watch a game. It's huge, roomy and has lots of TVs. Good beer selection as well. I just came here to get some grub and have a few beers. The food was hit or miss. The baby lobster tails were awesome! Crab nachos - just OK. Magooby sandwich - not so good. I wasn't really expecting anything exceptional here so I was cool with it. So if you like sports, beer and decent food, you'll love it here.
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Val R.

Busy spot esp on a game night. Fries were good and the crabs were good. Server was friendly. Some food took longer than others which we were told might happen bc the kitchen was slammed. They even sang happy birthday to our friend which she said they don't usually do. So that was nice.
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Stephanie S.

Go eagles! This is "THE" Philadelphia sports bar. Watch an eagles game here, you can see any of the million flat screen TVs from any angle. They play the sound on the Eagles game throughout the bar, and play music during commercials. They even play the Eagles fight song after every touchdown!! Sing with the rest of the fans! Join the fun! It gets packed on game day, which is the best part. There's a free shuttle bus to take you from Chickie's to the football stadium. There are probably 100 tables inside, so even if they quote you a 20 min wait, it never takes that long. Food is average, bar food. But a few quality items that I love - the CRAB FRIES! Ripple cut french fries with old bay seasoning and cheezy whiz dip on the side! Classic! I really like the crab bruchetta also. People love the mussels, but I've had better. The hoagies are average, good if you're drinking heavily watching the game! The pizzas are really good, and a better value than getting hoagies. You can even order a tower of beer that sits on your table and you pour it yourself from the tap. This is my favorite Eagles bar in the city. I much rather come here than the new Xfinity live complex. Avoid the over-crowded over priced Xfinity and come to Chickies!
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Colleen V.

I have always loved this place all of the locals are great the original in the NE is the best. BUT......I just saw on Action News 6 that the owner has been taking tips from the servers. I had to find a public forum to say how disgusted I am. Pete the owner you are a horrible Human being....there is no one in the world that can put a positive spin on this. So don't bother with the " complex federal pay regulations". The public is not stupid. I think the readers of Yelp need to know this.
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Koya W.

The food is good! Quick service.. Sometimes the staff is funny acting smh! But overall I usually have a time time! It's a spot great for entertainment big groups and couple to dine.. I LOVE THE CRAB FRIES. Tonight the wings was way to salty and so was the muscles ... Yuck had to send then back!! But the spicy shrimp was good and so was the Dungeness crab!! JT the bartender had the BEST attitude And wonderful customer service!!! DANNY the bartender SUCK!! bad attitude not friendly At all
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Beth M.

I wish I could give this place no stars... MY HUSBAND GOT FOOD POISONING!!! When I called the next day to complain, they offered me a gift card, like I'd want to return after the VIOLENT THROWING UP FOR 24 HOURS that we had to endure. When I explained that I had no intention in returning and I would be agreeable to a refund of the offending dish (MUSSELS, BTW) I was told that "it isn't our policy to refund in this situation". The fact they HAVE a policy in this situation is enough explanation for me. I hope the Health Department shuts them down.
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Shane J.

I have been going to Chickie & Pete's for years. This is definitely a Go-To Place to watch sporting events if you can't watch the Game in person. How can you not enjoy the atmosphere where the TV's are everywhere and everyone in the place is ready to have a good time. Chickie & Pete's is the kind of place you have to take "out of towners" who are sports nuts so they can see how Phildadelphians Love Our Home Teams - it's nothing like seeing the looks you get because of the intensity that is shared by Philly Sports Fans!! Now, the food - of course - you have to have the Crab Fries with melted cheese. The other selections of seafood, wings and yes the Lobster Cheesesteak are items that keep you coming back to sample other things on the menu. Without a doubt - on Game Day - it's a FUN Time, and other nights - its a good place with good tasting food.
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Danielle A.

Crab legs and crab fries, that's all you need! On Wednesdays they do all you can eat crab legs for $30 and it's totally worth it. Can't wait to go back.
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William S.

Great Sports Bar in heart of south Philly...Lots of screens One of best place to watch an Eagles game... Family friendly too...so bring your kids to celebrate the Eagles win...Every time I'm in philly ...I hit this spot ... Crab fries to die for... Friendly servers and good eats and great screens
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Joey M.

Big place! Didn't get to spend too much time here BUT I would like to go back! If you're into sports, good food and beer I def recommend it!
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Katie R.

Came here while in Philly for what everyone raved about, their crab fries. I will say, although the atmosphere is really quite nice the food was just salty and greasy. The bar is geared towards sports fans and has about 400 TV's with every game known to man on. You can order your choice of decent craft beers and a full menu of food. The famous crab fries were really just fries with melted provolone (maybe?) cheese and what tasted like Old Bay seasoning sprinkled on. I was not a big fan. I didn't care for the after taste in my mouth, but then again I personally hate hate hate Old Bay seasoning. So, you might enjoy them. After eating some of the food here, I swear you can hear your blood pressure spike! The service was great though as was the atmosphere. It felt a bit touristy (and I was a tourist so no biggie) but I do think if you're in the neighborhood you should experience it at least once. Also as a side, you can get a limited menu offered from Chickie & Pete's in Citizens Bank Park where the Phillies play!
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Austin G.

This is a staple for any Philly sports fan. There's some serious character in this place. Crab fries with melted cheese on the side are an absolute must. The mussels are succulent and garlic-laden like you wouldn't believe. There are few pleasures in life like the moment your soggy piece of bread emerges from the rich white wine mussel juice. Oh- and the lobster white pizza, ace.
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Jodi C.

I've gone back and forth with giving this place 4 or 5 stars, I am settling with 4 only because of the pain in the tail service we had when we first arrived. I was told by all my Philly friends that I had to go here for crab fries when I was town. Friday night during the Phillies game we went to Chickie's and Pete's, we were immediately seated at a two top table. While delivering our beers and crab fries, the server asked us if we were ready to order. We explained that we would be there for the game and we were pacing ourselves and her response was "the whole game, well you better be constantly ordering if you are going to take up my table." I totally understand her concern, and we assured her that we would in fact be ordering beers and food throughout the game. A few moments later she walked through her section complaining and cussing about the $1.00 tip she received from her table, again, I understand her concern, but there is a time and a place. She then cleared a table and came to take the order of the people next to us, and placed the dirty plate of shrimp peels on the table, gross. While our beers sat empty she sat down a few tables near us and had a 10 minute conversation with her friends that were dining there. Another table sat down and again we heard the same speech about not talking up her tables and that they had to order all night (glad it wasn't just us). At this point, our beers had been empty for 20 minutes. My friend went over to the bar, found 2 empty chairs and I asked her for our check. She knew we had planned to stay all night and asked why we were leaving, and I was happy to tell her that we were not going to take up her table. Our check was $14.00 and I left $24.00 hoping that she would take that act of kindness and extend it to the poor patrons who had to deal with her next. Now.... Onto the experience at the bar... TOTALLY AMAZING. The bar staff that was working on Friday 4/19/13 made our night. They were friendly, informative, suggested what yumminess to order on the menu! Over all, those 4 gentlemen negated the unfortunate experience on the other side of the restaurant. The food by the way... the crab fries... yum'tastic! My friend ordered the "red" mussels and I had the "bleu" mussels. I feel like we ate all night long and never put a dent in them. Absolutely amazing. If I am ever back in Philly... I will 100% be visiting the bar at Chickie's and Pete's!!
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Daanyaal K.

Not your average sports bar, especially when their's a 100 inch screen in the middle of the place. It's located in some strip mall right off the highway, their's other stores there but the entire parking lot is for Chickie's. My friend and I came here after the Knick's got their ass kicked by the 76'ers. The wait we were told was 45 mins or so they sent me a text to my phone for a way to track my seating, in less than 20 mins I was ready. I feel a lot of restaurants may try to add extra time to the wait list just to make it less crowded and or give the employees a breather. I ordered the crab fries right away, to only be disappointed real fast, its just old bay seasoning on crinkled fries, not a big deal. Had they put crab meat with old bay with melted cheese, then we're talking! We both ordered crab legs cause apparently their seasoning is different which it was! I don't know what type of spice it was but you can definitely tell the difference between old bay and whatever they used, it had a nice kick to it. The menu said a pound and a quarter per order but I felt it may have been less or maybe I was just too hungry. Their's a lot of stuff on the menu that I want to try next time. Its def the second place you visit in Philly after you get yourself a cheese-steak!
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Nando F.

Every one knows the deal with Chickie's , so I will not try to sound repetitive here. Great , clean establishment, great service, beautiful bars, beautiful women serving you with that South Philly attitude we all know and love. If you are not familiar with the area along with that "swagger" some might think this is odd, a bit rude I over heard a table say. I laugh at that, thinking they have no clue with their suburban mentality how things get done around here. Not familiar group asked: Excuse me waitress what kind of cheese comes on the burger? ( on the menu it says "American" ) Waitress: a slight pause... looked and said "American" what else were you looking for? There is your answer, you don't question it , its how they do, you either want cheese or not basically. The list goes on and on with all the great ways to enjoy the C&P rush you get with Play 2 located thru the corridor you can't go wrong here. Wings here are absolutely phenomenal, meaty wings perfection I must say. If you do , no better yet when you ask for the wings ask them to make it crispy, keep it in the fryer a little longer . Trust me you will like this , I am a trained veteran in this area. We also tried the Buffalo chicken Nachos, amazing I must say, who doesn't love nachos with the shredded chicken, chunks of blue cheese with the melted American to add to the mix making it a nice blanket of covered goodness . I also went with the ultimate tailgate cheese burger as my main course. 2 words.. GOOD LORD, this was delicious, a marvel to enjoy. The " Albert Einstein" of genius I must say, E=MC2 (Eat More Chickie's ) The crab cake on top of the burger was delicious with the added compliment of the juicy burger underneath cooked medium with the right amount of cheese. I was gonna add bacon to the party, even though you can never, I mean NEVER go wrong with bacon I figured I would rock out the bacon party on the next visit. Now I can't wait for the next visit to South Philly so I can peruse this adventure. (Next Tuesday before work ! ) Great crab fries with the lovely cups of melted American cheese for you to dip, or if you are not into the seasonings go with the sweet potato fries with that delicious dipping. Be bold mix it, go half and half if you want, half crab, half sweet, bickitty BAM ! that is good stuff. They do have regular fries also if you just want to be a "plain Jane". No pun intended to the Janes out there, I am sure you are all not plain. Great atmosphere for the sporting fan, my lovely wife loves this place, great service, clean, TVs' everywhere so you don't miss a beat. Beer towers to enjoy, Lobster tails, lobster pizza, crab and or lobster cheese steaks.. of course crab legs I mean the list goes on and on of just a great place to dine. Mussells red, white , Shrimp, ok I gotta stop because I will never finish this review.
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Zach Q.

Chickies is a pretty good sports bar. I've never eaten anything but snacks here, but people say good things about the food. They have a decent beer selection and the coolest thing is that victory brewing brews a special beer just for them. It's called crabby ale and it's pretty tasty.
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Robert G.

Get the crab fries.
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Jonathan G.

The drink selection seems great, and the pure amount of Philly fans seems like a great atmosphere. However, the staff treats the customers like prisoners. You can't turn your Phillies' hat around backwards - they have a dress code! Not sure what that beer is? The bald bartender doesn't have the time or patience to explain them. Is the restaurant half-empty, and you want to sit at a table? No! The tables are only for customers that are ordering food. I consider myself a hardcore Phillies fan, and would love to watch a game with my fellow Phans, but I refuse to reward lousy staff attitudes. I'll go to McFadden's instead, or drive somewhere after the game.
(1)
Tony C.

By far one of the best if not only sports bar and daily regular hang out for me back when I still lived in south Philly !!!!!!!!!! I was there hanging out for lunch ad dinner and partying til closing nearly 20-30 hours a week at least. Great place to catch the games, mingle with people and the friendly staff. I'm sure if management or Pete himself reads this and sees my profile pic he would remember me. If owner Pete is reading this ....."yo Pete you should consider opening a CP out here in Vegas all the Philly people that live here and there is quite a lot to be honest love and miss CPs . Recommendation to people is def try the crab fries. Many of te items on the menu are great. Been 3 yrs since I moved from south Philly to Vegas but I'm guessing there's been a lot more added to the menu? I really hope to one day be visiting back home and will def want to come back to CPs. I miss the overall experience atmosphere, food, service and most importantly the people of CPs as that's what really makes me love the place and is key to any business to retaining clientele returning. Hope someone that remembers me reads this and messages back on yelp. Would so seriously love a CP franchise location in Vegas for all us Philly natives and such out here. Plus Vegas could use the most popular voted sports bar in the nation at the biggest sports betting capital in the world here in sin city. Love you all at CPs Tony Lance Chiu Tough Tony
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Amanda G.

Went to Chickie's yesterday after the Flyers game for my sister-in-law's birthday. I was worried about the cheese for the cheese fries being different because of a recent review I read, but all was good. The fries tasted like they always did. One thing I *hate* about this place is that they won't seat you without every member of your party present. So, if 4 out of 7 are here, you won't just seat us at a 7-seat table and let us get some drinks? Or if someone is visibly in the parking lot you won't acknowledge us until they're IN THE DOOR? It's so irritating. Anyway - the food last night was good. I got the seafood soup. It was pretty spicy, which I wasn't expecting, but luckily I like spice. It also had clams and mussels in the shell. The one thing that disappointed me was that there really wasn't much seafood in the soup. Someone I was with got the mussels in marinara - and what came out of the kitchen was gigantic. I'd recommend it if you're hungry. Service was super slow, but they were busy, so I won't complain about it too much. Overall, this is the go-to place after/before a game, but other than that I wouldn't be making any efforts to make the trip.
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Lauren C.

We came here to watch 3 Sunday football games at once... The Eagles, Pittsburgh and the Ravens. We were shocked by how empty the place was. We asked to have them change a TV so we could see the Ravens game, but they wouldn't do it, so our resident Baltimorian was a bit bummed. I guess X-Finity has impacted their game-day traffic. I was pleased that we sat right down though.... and that nobody chased force fed us our food, and chased us out of our booth. We got to enjoy a full football game at a table, which had never happened to me at Chickies before. We grazed, and ate good food and watched great football. Bud light was $2, but i noticed that the glasses had false bottoms which was kind of annoying... i mean a pint is a pint is a pint... but they try to save a few ounces? Really? I love the crab fry salad. As a vegetarian, that's my trusty stand-by here. I had a fine experience, but I guess i'm just bitter about being so grossly mistreated here before. The staff isn't particularly warm and nice... but I think that's almost partof the charm of the place. I'll be back... but my craving of crab fries isn't as strong as it used to be.
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Amy B.

The food at this place is amazing! Besides the famous 'crab fries', I've had and loved: mussels red and white, roast beef sandwich, crabs, shrimp, baby lobsters, pizza, lobster pizza, clams casino, and wings. This is above average sports bar food, I love coming here and ordering a lot of things to snack on. I think they have some of the best wings in philly, small and crispy with a great sauce. I also need to share a crazy story about the attentive wait staff. It was my birthday dinner with my SO and his parents, we were seated in a booth, we had just ordered and there was a family in the booth behind us who had just finished up. The kids were messing around and smacked their table sending a whole bowl of empty shells and crab juice all down my back. They were so apologetic and I assured them it was totally ok and I went to the bathroom to clean up. The waitress brought me a chickies shirt to the bathroom so I could finish the meal without being greasy. She then felt so bad about what happened she ran to the termini bros. bakery in the shopping center to buy me a cupcake for my birthday since they do not offer dessert. She was great and I wish I remembered her name to thank her again!
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Lili B.

I have been to this location so many times and I always stick with the same thing: Crab fries and crab nachos (these nachos are amazing!) ! The combination of both is just awesome; add a beer on top of that and it is just perfection! I think that if I loved sport I would just be there all the time haha
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Susan M.

Stopped in last Saturday for the Flyers game. I was shocked by how empty it was, but I haven't been here since before Xfinity Live opened. I'm sure that has significantly impacted their business. Fast and friendly service, sound on for the entirety of the game and $2 Coors. Nothing really to write home about, but substantially less Bro-Centric than their Comcast owned counterpart which gets them points in my book! Plus, who doesn't love crab fries?!
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Fransisca M.

I wasn't even a sport fan to begin with, but I converted to a Chickie's &Pete's fan! :) The first time I came here was sometimes during high school. My friend's grandmom lived near there and she told me about a "secret passage" to get to this good place to eat which involved guessing which little street had a passable wall under the I-95 to get there quickly. Service: super friendly wait staffs and seating hosts (well, many of them went to my high school but still, they would be just as friendly to anyone). Food: With the exception of seafood allergy, you have no excuse not to have their crab fries. The rest is up to you, but I would totally recommend their Ultimate Tailgate sandwich and Lobster cheese steak.
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Jessica C.

Tried the muscles for the first time and I was highly impressed. I'm normally a white-muscles type girl, but the red sauce was to die for! Obviously, crab fries are a MUST when you come here.
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Dave S.

I was there last night to watch Italy's World Cup game with a friend. Our food & drinks were great but the service was HORRIBLE!!! We were there for over 2 hours & our waitress only came back to the table ONE TIME after bringing our order. I would've had more food & beer but never had a chance to. We left as soon as the game was over & won't be going back. This isn't the 1st time I've had bad service there but it was def the last.
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Tara K.

Very long wait for table, but busy tonight with Billy Joel and other concerts in town. We are 8 people; when finally seated, some dinners were brought out before all the appetizers. My son's dinner (only a sandwich) was forgotten. We asked when the last entrees were served and were told it is coming right up. That was 35 minutes ago-we just got the bill, but still no sandwich for my son! At least we weren't charged for it, but how could they charge for something they forgot? TWICE?
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Malinda B.

Inexcusable kitchen practices! You don't send out one sandwich to a two top and make the other person wait 27 mins for their sandwich. They comp my sandwich, but I'll have to wait to see if it's any good,been here two hours going home!
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Scott D.

Tower of beer had mold in it. Sent it back after the waitress argued about it with us. They sent us back 2 pitchers with more mold in it... Waitress had the nerve to argue with us again and cast doubt on us. Asked to speak to the manager and she tried to talk us out of that too. Manager was nice enough and took this off our bill. Left without any beer and disappointed. Only saving grace was the food. Be wary about the beer, they need to clean the keg lines or something. Two stars because the food was good.
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Christopher R.

One word. Amazing. Great beer, great food, great prices. I would visit Philly just to go back!
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Jonny R.

Fun place to watch football. $2 Bud during pro football games. Fly, Eagles, Fly! (Didn't try the food, but did snack on a buddy's crab fries--passable.)
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N.J. W.

If you want to be in the area of the Philly Sports Complex but you don't want to pay all the money for tickets, this is a great place to go. The signature crab fries are great and the chicken wings are great also. The environment in the restaurant on game night is like none other, so I'd recommend going here if you're a philly sports fan.
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Len C.

Always have a great time here. The atmosphere during all sporting events is phenomenal. Great drink specials during sporting events, excellent food. The service is as great as it could be considering how crowded it can get there. If you want to see a game full of local fans, you will enjoy every moment here.
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Alick W.

I'm not usually a fan of chickie's and pete's for games or dining, but it is a great place to have fantasy draft parties. They offer different packages that include a 4 hour open bar with food on a limited menu. They gave us 3 different options and we chose the cheapest one which was $50 a person that included Bud light, Budweiser and well drinks. The food was decent with the mussels and cheesesteak nachos being my favorite. They also gave us a draft kit and t-shirts. The only complaint I have is that all the t-shirts were XXL which fit no one in our group. Our waitress did a very good job handling our everlasting orders of food and beer, This is our 4th year having a fantasy draft at Chickies and Petes and they have always treated us well and has been a pleasant experience.
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Lauren S.

I do not even know where to start! This place was awesome. It was so close to the stadiums and it was spacious too. We were looking for a bar to have some appetizers in and we found Chickie's and Pete's! How lucky! We were able to sit at the bar be served right away. They have a large beer and drink selection. The menu was large too. We ordered the Buffalo Chicken Wing Nachos and Jalapeno Poppers. Being from Western New York and living in Buffalo for four years I know my chicken wings (and I love nachos). I have to say the nachos were out of this world. They were cooked just right, not soggy, full of flavor, just enough blue cheese and shredded chicken to make it perfect. I remember licking the plate clean. The jalapeno poppers were good, definitely go with the nachos though. They are famous for their crab fries, but we didn't try them. The service was fantastic too! The bartenders were on top of their game as soon as they saw our glasses empty they came over and checked in on us, but not in an annoying way. It is a great place to go for dinner, for a game, before a game or after a game. They also had a shuttle to the stadiums as well.
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Ryan S.

Every time we are in town this is a must stop for the family. The baby lobster tails the spice shrimp, the beer tower, oysters, and clams. This place has a lot of TVs to watch your favorite sports. Perfect for hang out and eating and watching your favorite team. Great for families when we were there the last time they had trivia night. It was pretty cool. This is a must stop.
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Richard W.

world famous crabby fries!!! terrible. frozen fries sprinkled with old bay. no crab meat!!! please dont advertise crabby fries and not have crab meat on the fries. terrible.
(1)
D D.

The food was pretty good. We had philly nachos, chicken parm sandwich, lobster philly cheesesteak and crab cakes. Everyone was happy with there food. Just make sure you talk to the right hostess as the man at the front thought I couldn't read. He kept telling me me my name wasn't on the list even after I received a text message stating my table was ready. He insisted to the hostess that I must have gotten the initial text message. The funny part was he wouldn't even look at me or speak directly to me although I was right there trying to speak to him. Wonder what that was all about? Our waitress was super friendly and quick.
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Jonathan P.

Chickie's used to be my favorite spot to go to in all of Philly. The sports bar atmosphere, tons of seating, beer specials, and great food (Crab Fries at the top of the list) were all apart of the Chickie's culture that many Philadelphians loved even more than their first-born. I mean where else could we all openly talk about how it was the Eagles year to win it all, or how Peter Forsberg would finally take the Flyers to the cup. (There's plenty more of these could-have-beens in this town). Well, years have passed since this location opened and while many of those great attributes remain, the quality (and quantity) of the food has declined greatly. First of all, they add new items to their menu about once every 3-4 years but I can get over that pretty quickly. They really haven't needed to be innovators because of their incredible location by all of the Philly Stadiums and the Walt Wit Bridge. The food is the main reason why I stopped coming here- they serve less of it for the same (or increased) prices and I always seem to have a problem with it; whether it came out cold or sloppily put together. Specifically, all of the menu items with chicken cutlets on them have gotten smaller in the past few years. I'm not picky, but it's easy to notice when you visit pretty frequently. The burgers are plain and nothing exciting, the salads lack flavor too, and loading them all with crab fries seems to be the go-to method for sparking some appeal in these boring bowls of green abyss. I could go on but you get the point, the food is just mediocre and if they didn't have Crab Fries they would be the same as any other large-scale sports bar on the east coast. (thinking of CHAMPS, Buffalo Wild Wings, etc.). It's not only that Chickie's food quality has started to slightly decline, it's the fact that so many new places with just as many TV's, just as many seats, better beer specials, and 10x better food are opening up all over the Philly region. Pete has become more concerned with franchising out, making bank on each new location that opens up (can't blame him), but there comes a point when you have to look at your creation and say "Is this the best that I can do? Is this the best product I can put out there with my name branded all over it?" Right now I think the answer is a big, resounding "NO!" But once they have some fresher ideas for menu items (thinking sandwiches tied into Philly legends), and better quality food to choose from... I"ll be back, and they'll have me as a regular once again.
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Manish P.

crab fries over hyped. great place to watch a game though. spacious, lots of TV's. good beer selection.
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Bob I.

Met a friend for a few beers and some appetizers. Service was very good with the waitress being friendly but giving us our space. The appetizers were good, not great. We had chicken nachos, boneless chicken wings, and riblets. The ribs had too much wet sauce on them, the nacho had the artery clogging cheese, and the chicken was OK. The beer choices were very good. The place was somewhat noisy as you would expect at a sports bar. It was extra noisy from time to time due to Quizzo; this takes place on Thursdays.
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Nate L.

This is your classic sports bar and restaurant. The space is huge and open with many tvs lining the walls as well as a couple bars. Conveniently located near the stadiums. Definitely get some of the crab fries. They are much better at the restaurant than the stands at the stadiums. I ordered a ham and cheese sandwich with maple sauce and it was actually pretty good - a nice sized portion of ham. The beer menu is large so I'm sure you will find something you like. The lobster cheesesteak was pretty tasty as well. Fun place to hang with friends watchin the games
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Elisabet R.

Such good crab legs!! Yum!! Gotta get the Chickies style with garlic butter-- SO good! Both the snow crabs and the king crabs are amazing!! And if you like mussels, the ones in white sauce are delicious too!! Not to mention that they give you a bowl with more than 3 of us could even finish!! So much garlicky juice to dip out bread in-- complete heaven.
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April B.

I was thinking three stars but due to my server, Chandler, two is more fitting. She checked on us once without being stopped. Other than that refills, plates for appetizers, utensils, check, pick up the check, etc we stopped here. With all of us being first timers to the restaurant she made no suggestions. NONE! I found out they are known for the fries due to yelpers (thanks guys). She didn't bring our checks in a check holder nor did she make sure she gave the right credit cards to the right person (she just placed them on the table). My friends said I was being picky about that part but somethings should just happen at a restaurant and making sure you give the right person the right credit card should be one of them. Now to the food. I ordered the chicken buffalo Philly and wasn't impressed. It was shredded chicken with buffalo sauce check and ranch. Nothing special. One friend got the regular nachos. Only had a tablespoon of sauce maybe one and half but definitely not enough to the nachos. Overall he was happy. Another friend for the chicken nachos. She cleaned her plate so I can say her food was food. The last friend got the bbq chicken pizza. That was the best! Of all the food at the table that is something recommended.
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Steve B.

Venue: Chickie's & Pete's Decor: Sports Bar ish Service: Decent, not where it can be Environment: Good Crowd Food: American, Seafood Prices: Very good Debbie Downers: Sometimes the service, the servers have a broad street bully attitude in 'em...not feeing that Conclusion: CRAB FRIES!!!! CRAB FRIES!!! CRAB FRIES!!! The best in the business. So Friggin good and definitely a must have to take on the go before you cruise up Broad Street to snack on. WTF is in the seasoning? Whatever it is - it is simply AMAZING. Love the mussels and crab legs from this place. Not many sports bars can pull it off the way they do. Don't forget the lobster pizza - Official!!! Love this place because they have unique food items I LOVE you can't really can't get in most sports in this country. If the service was as great as the food, Straight A's for sure! Overall: B+
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Mike S.

I like this Chickie & Pete's the most because of the size. Usually go here to attend a Sports radio show of some sort. The crab fries and wings are delicious as is the Roast Beef Sandwich. Always has some sort of drink special. Great place to catch a game as they have tons of TVs. After a game lets out there can be a little bit of a wait but what do you expect because of the close proximity. If you want you can park your car here and take the Taxi Crab to the complex. A great way to avoid the traffic and grab a bite to eat.
(4)
Maria W.

Great place to hang with friends and enjoy some cocktails and food Atmosphere is inviting and fun
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Paul A.

I ready do enjoy the vibe and the people at Chickie's & Pete's. The food was good (Philly Cheesesteak) what else would you order in Philly.... and I had a great time. What more can I say. Have at it. Paul
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Jessica N.

This place probably would have gotten three stars if the waitress actually had interest in being our server. Visiting from NYC and looking for a place to grab lunch, I skimmed reviews of places in the area and kept seeing something called "Crab Fries". I searched a little online and found chickie's and petes. This was about a 17 minute drive from where we were staying, at the Hilton Penn's Landing. I called ahead to ask if they had high chairs and were child friendly and they said yes. So my boyfriend, our toddler and I took the drive over. The place itself is exactly what I would want in a sports bar/restaurant. Beautiful huge bar, ample space, ample TVS. The hostess stand in the front is eleveated and about three or four girls were standing there and no smiles, or hellos were given as we walked in. Took them about 25 seconds to register us being in front of them. Finally someone says hello and we get a table. The waitress informs me that everything on the menu is al a carte and the food is made to order, so dishes come out as they are ready and they can not guarantee dishes being served together. If you aren't into seafood, your entree choices are limited to either sandwiches or a burger. Also, they do NOT offer a kids menu. The crab/shrimp dishes looked yummy, but we didn't want to spend an arm and leg on lunch. My boyfriend asked how big the burgers were, and the waitress said "I don't know...I guess I can ask and find out " but never told us. We ordered an order of sweet potato fries, an order of crab fries a mushroom swiss burger and the "double double burger" which is a burger with roast beef on top. The fries came out first. The sweet potato fries were delicious and the crab fries were way too salty. They were seasoned with what seems to be some type of house mix and maybe my batch was just too seasoned? but the cheese dip was great. Hated the fact that the place had cheap napkins on the table (you know the kind in the little square dispenser?) the fries were so seasoned, so my fingers were a mess and our waitress never gave us and utensils (normally I would pick at the fries with a fork) so we literally had a pile of used napkins on our table. The burgers came and they were bland. The swiss cheese had a weird tang to it and the mushrooms were resembled canned ones. My boyfriend asked the waitress how big the huge TV was out of curiosity. She said " I have no idea, its a projector" with an annoying tone. I get it, being a waitress is tough work, but if you really hate being here - find another job. If I lived in the area I would probably come back to give it another shot ONLY because the space was amazing and they seemed to have some great beer specials.
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Nick D.

This review is based on one thing and one thing only... WORLD FAMOUS CRABFRIES. Honestly, that's all you need haha. These fries are so good and seasoned so deliciously, and the dip is just a cherry on top. I could eat buckets of these fries and it's now a must when I visit Philadelphia
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Michael L.

This place is awesome,,if you have never been here you must get here,,staff is very professional and very funny and really make you feel at home,,the beers are ice cold and your food is nice and hott,,and you never and I mean never have to wait long for your food,,the mussels in white,,lobster cheese steak,pepperoni pizza,,fried shrimp are my favorites,, and you can't go there and not order the CRAB FRIES,,THEY ARE YUMMY,,as all the food is,,and the price is very affordable,, and if your a sports nut like I am there is no better place to watch your favorite team,,drink cold beers and eat yummy food,,take it from me MIAMIKE ,,you owe it to yourself to check this place out,,you won't be disappointed,, you will defiantly keep coming back here to chickie&Petes,,and did I tell you they have shuttle service to and from the games,,they are THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!
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Vincent S.

One of my favorite places to eat, but be careful when paying the tab. One of the blonde waitresses named Cait "claimed" we only left $20 in cash for the check and a $25 charge on a credit card when we left the whole bill plus a twenty percent tip for average service. Either she's a thief or one of her co-workers are.
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T P.

4.5 stars. Service and crabs legs we LOVED. Snow and Dungeness crabs were off the hook. Our server was incredibly helpful and nice. The (curly haired) hostess, however, who worked that night of August 22 can use some serious training. She was really off putting and not welcoming.
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Sylvia K.

We ended up here with the family one night for dinner and watched the USA World Cup Match. It's a really nice sized, sports bar and grill. Lots of Tvs everywhere, and from the sound of it, the crowd was filled with great fans cheering for the teams. We all shared an order of the crab fries and cheese dip which were delish! I ordered the lobster tails which were a great size and much more than i had expected. My sister got a hearty lobster roll and her husband got snow crab covered in garlic marinade. My parents shared the white pie that should have easily fed the entire family. We all enjoyed our meals and the atmosphere.
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R. K.

On my way out of town we stopped by to a must visit place in Philly. Had the famous chicken cutlets and crab fries before our flight out of town. Great place for a quick bite and a cold drink.
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Lenny Z.

Chickie's and Pete's is an artery clogging experience. They are known for their crab fries. They taste super good. And, they are accompanied by melted cheese. The crinkle cut fries are cooked just right. But they give you so many fries, you might gain ten pounds and have a heart attack in one sitting. Part of me feels they'd be better off giving not so generous portions. As good as they taste in the beginning, they start making you feel like a pig by the end. And, man, that salt kicks in and all of the sudden you start asking yourself, what am I doing to myself. So yeah, eat a little, you're alright. Down a whole serving, you're hurtin' for certain.
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Nancy N.

My favorite C&P's location. The service isn't always great but there's so much room and seating, you really never need to wait for a table. Love their crab and sweet potato fries combo, they give you his maple dipping sauce. It's so tasty! The wings, cutlets, mussels, and pizza are all good. They have such a huge draft selection and they have daily specials. We went before a Phillies game and was able to make happy hour. $4 craft draft beers, $5 white or pepperoni pizza. Delicious!!!
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Steve M.

A very unprofessional staff organizing the crowd. Felt like it was the first time there was an event. Sometimes success is curse- not a grateful nor humble establishment.
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Nakia Y.

I went to chickie and petes last night for dinner and it was the WORSE experience EVER. Now don't get me wrong I have been to chickie and petes on several occasions and it was a great experience BUT last night made me feel like I was on a bad episode of BAR RESCUE. 1. when we walked in (party of 3) the women at the hostess booth were so busy in their own conversation to even acknowledge that someone walked in. we waited for about 1 minute before even being acknowledge (STRIKE ONE) 2. after being seated the waitress came right over and asked us what were we drinking. didn't give us a minute to even look at the menu. after ordering the drinks (which came out very fast) we order our appetizers. the appetizers came out very fast which was great. but we finished the appetizers and waited a good 10 minutes before the waitress came over and took our ENTREE order (STRIKE TWO) 3. Entrees come out (which were pretty good) and we finished them. the waitress never not once came over and asked us how are we, did we need anything, she basically never came to check on us. when she finally came over we asked for boxes because we couldn't eat the rest of the food. she brought us the boxes and left. for another 15 minutes before we flagged her down and asked her for the check. (which she should of brought when she gave us the boxes). (STRIKE THREE) **oh did I mention that it wasn't crowded? so there was no need for the POOR customer service. bottom line -- the FOOD here is GREAT, but the customer service SUCKS ASS BIG TIME. The waitress we had was very lazy, unprofessional, and act like she was intimidated by us. My company does a lot of business with sports bars in Philadelphia and because of last night I will have them reconsider their relationship with CHICKIE and PETES. I will take GREAT customer service with mediocre food ANY DAY -- over POOR customer service and GREAT food..
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Hali R.

I like it here but nothing is amazing about the food. The draft beer selection is excellent! Its a great place to go for a sporting event. The food reminds me of an Applebee's or another chain. I don't like old bay so crab fries are not my thing. I loved their crab legs. I've tried their lobster roll and wasn't impressed. I'll be back to drink and snack!
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Cordell s.

Good drink awesomeness on the seafood.. Plz u gotta get the crab fries to dye for good music watch sports game bcuz I bleed greennnn... E.A.G.L.E.S.ssssssssss
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Jay P.

I like the fried calimari and the baby lobster tails
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Lucy K.

Came here with my family for dinner and caught the USA World Cup Match. We had a ton of fun. The waitress was on it and attentive. Everyone at the bar was super into the game, there were USA chants, high 5s and lots of hollering - i loved it! Made for a perfect place to watch the game. We ordered a bunch of different things. The crab fries with that cheese dip is so ridiculously good. I ordered the lobster roll which surely doesn't skimp on the lobster. I could see whole claw meat as well as other parts. It looked like at least a pound of lobster meat in it. I would have liked it to be dressed a little mroe with a little bit more in the flavor department but it was still great. My husband got the snow crab which was covered in a garlic marinade that he loved. My sister got the baby lobster tails which weren't as small as we had epxected. My parents shared the lobster pizza which could easily feed 3-4 people, its a white pie studded with large chunks of lobster.
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Ed H.

Worst front door staff ever. Putting singles on four tops, so many tables open and people waiting 20 or more minutes. These girls define the term dumb blonde.
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Gabrielle M.

Crab fries are a must!!
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Camille S.

Visting from Florida with my husband. Had dinner here with my brother and his family. All I can say is YUMMY! Our server Ashley was great and put up with our shenanigans without missing a beat. This is was my second time here and as with the first it did not disappoint. We shared baby lobster tails , chickie's style hot shrimp, crab fries, and chickie's riverboat. Everything was delicious but if I had to pick a favorite I'd say it was......who am I kidding I can't pick a favorite. Definitely will be returning my next visit to Philly.
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Cynthia F.

I love this place!!!! Usually I go to the Roosevelt Boulevard location. This was my first time at the South Philly location. The servers were nice and the place was clean. The crab fries are awesome! I had their new pork sandwich which they topped with their signature cheese and it was delicious. My only complaint is I don't like their pizza. It's nasty. Other than that I definitely recommend this place.
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Russell M.

The Crab Fry's are a staple here and are ok with the spice. But I'd skip the lobster bisque, as it seemed burned. The blue crabs and crab cakes were ok, but not too impressive. Above average Bar Food with a nice environment.
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Angie T.

What a great sports bar! This place is huge and has several television screens throughout the restaurant and the best thing is that they have steamed seafood! And I love my blue crabs which they had perfectly seasoned and delicious! I got to eat my crabbies while the bf watched his games. A winning combination!
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Leanna A.

My boyfriend is a Philly native, and on our first Philly trip together he was adamant about visiting Chickie's & Pete's. For Caleb, Chickie's & Pete's brings back nostalgic memories of his childhood; particularly the crab fries at the Flyers games. But since my other half is legitimately the pickiest, most predictable eater in the world (meaning everywhere we go he gets chicken fingers and fries) and will claim sandwiches from a convenience store (Wawa, albeit) are the best things he's ever eaten in his life, I was skeptical of how amazing he proclaimed Chickie's & Pete's to be. Alright guys, let's be real. Chickie's & Pete's is an alright (but not great) sports bar. This particular location is nestled a hop-skip and a jump away from the three major Philly sporting arenas, which makes it nice for those going to and from games, or for those who want to watch the games on their gigantic screens while still getting somewhat of an "at the game" experience. The restaurant itself is decent in size, and the few times we went there in Philly we never had to wait. On both occasions we visited, our servers were nice and helpful. The made a bit of small conversation, were very knowledgeable about the menu, and brought drink refills on time (which is a huge plus for us). The food was very hit or miss. Their crab fries and cheese sauce are seriously to die for. My boyfriend and I order our own baskets. No sharing in this relationship- paws off. Like I mentioned before, he loves any kind of chicken finger or cluck thrown infront of him so he always orders the buffalo chicken tenders, or whatever their rendition is called. And loves them. I on the other hand, had two underwhelming entrees the two times I was there. They have a mushroom burger that was decent, but left much to be desired. It came with just mushrooms, a slice of cheese, and a very overcooked patty on a bun. I don't have much room to complain about the meat, because I love it as rare as can be and understand that they have to cook to standard temperatures, but for me it was a bit unappetizing. I slapped a bunch of mayo, thank goodness for mayo, onto the burger and then it wasn't half bad. But still. The second time we came, I ordered their Chickie's Signature Salad, and it was truly not great. The lettuce came in unreasonably large pieces, was not fresh, and all the salad was was just lettuce, grated cheese, and grape tomatoes. Literally three ingredients. I could understand if it was a Caprese, but a salad with a bed of lettuce and tossed-on toppings isn't really palette-able. They have a great beer selection, though. As always, I ordered an Angry Orchard (queue the girly beer jokes). It was served cold and as expected. The price is very reasonable for similar sports bars and grills, which made it bearable. If it wasn't for the good service and amazing crab fries, Chickie's & Pete's would be in the 1-2 star range for me. Seriously. Luckily, those two components saved the day, and whenever back in Philly I will return simply just for their fries.
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Chef Binta M E.

So far a two, its been a while since Ive been here went to a Phillies game with my nephew had to feed the kid, aitting waiting on fries and the smell from the carpet is turning my stomach currently 10:37
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Max O.

Not bad place for some seafood. Crab fries are overrated however the lobster tails are a must try and must have! I will come again!
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Simon A.

Coulda Shoulda Woulda Can't Rate This old Old OLD Philly Home City Favorite Anything But The Max! Gets It On Memories & Traditions Alone Wow But Sure Didn't Disappoint Me Nor My Taste Buds & Palate In Anyway I Came In Essentially Starving After Only A Small Bite To Eat Before Flying Now I'm Stuffed & I'm Going To Blame This Condition On Ms Kelly & The Great Cooks In The Back :) I Had What Is Essentially A Meatballs Bread Bowl & Thetr Wete So Many In It Was Incredible! As Always Made New Good Memories & The Place Looks Great Actually Upscale Which Is A Good Thing Just Across Broad & The Ball Parks On Packer. Awesome Awesome Experience Cheers & TGIF Go Eagles Yes I'm Baaack To Enjoy
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Stephanie K.

Came here after the auto show and were pretty shocked to see that it wasn't busy at all. Especially for lunch time on Super Bowl Sunday. We came in with our kids and thankfully they placed us away from everyone. The food was great, the kids enjoyed it and our waitress was very good. I would go back again in a heart beat. Also, one serving of fries fed our family of 4. We took home our pizza and fries, since we couldn't finish it all.
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Joe S.

Yeh the food is ok...good selection even. But the fact they don't have desserts is kinda weird. Also as with usual local tradition they screwed up my order. And the past couple of times I've been here,they bring out the orders for everyone else at the table except for mine and I have to sit and watch them eat. They claim they 'bring it out in the order they were cooked'...ever hear of timing the order out so they're ready at the same time? It's not like I ordered well done steak or something...I ordered wings and they ordered mussels,about the same stuff.
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Steven F.

WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!!! all we wanted was to have an onion loaf as a side dish with our lunch. When we asked the waitress about this she replied " That's not Happening" So we cancelled the onion loaf I then went to ask the manager why this wasn't possible and he replied "that's not our style" Needless to say we got up and walked out. bottom line if you want good service DON'T GO TO CHICKI'S AND PETE'S
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Mike A.

The single best sports bar I have ever been to. Amazing atmosphere, unbeatable specials and like 400 TVs. Good luck finding a parking spot!
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Sean B.

My favorite Fries in philly, the crab fries are just to die for with the cheese sauce that they come with, it's a must stop every time I'm in town and i am never disappointed. The Philly Cheesesteak and Crab itself are also awesome. Can't really wait to go back!
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Margaret W.

First time there and was looking for some King Crab legs. Found 'em. My waitress was awesome and walked me through some of the other C&P faves. I opted for the crab fries which were nice but too heavy for me and the quantity was too much. The crab legs though were HUGE. I topped it off with a beer special and had a wonderful evening. I will be back and this would be a great place to bring my family and catch a game on the many large tvs.
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Luanne S.

Had a terrible time at Chickie & Pete's tonight. As soon as we sat down I ordered the crabfries combo because I had skipped lunch and I was famished. 35 minutes later we still hadn't received them. Restaurant wasn't even crowded, lots of empty tables. Two tables who were seated after we were received their entrees before we received our appetizer. Only got our crabfries appetizer AFTER I complained to the Manager. My husband's entree came before the fries. He was almost finished his meal before the fries arrived. My meal and the crabfries appetizer came within a minute of each other. We had a terrible waiter, he dropped off my meal, didn't even notice our empty glasses. The Manager stopped by to check on us and we had to ask him for a second round of drinks. I then had to flag down a random waitress to get a fork. Absolutely terrible service. We have been to C&P numerous times and this was definitely an off night for them, the service is usually very good.
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J P.

MUST GO if you're at a sporting event in Philly. We went here before going to WWE Royal Rumble. First, the service is amazing for such a busy place. We made reservations on opentable.com and were seated immediately. The food is soooooooo good. They have tons of massive TV's showing literally every sporting event going on at the time. The crab fries are to die for. Just get them. The mini lobster tails were amazing and the crab legs were hot/fresh/tender. BONUS: they have a shuttle back and forth from the Wells Fargo Center. How much better does it get?
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Matthew W.

I love chickies but I prefer the original. This one does a great job on the food. I'd say it's just as good as the original. I personally always get the cheesesteak and crab fries. The crab fries are a must here. This location also has a larger menu than the original. Service here is good. I have never had a problem. Every time I come to the city for a game I eat here. You can't go wrong. Beers are a tad expensive off special. I spent $7/pint for yuengling.
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Ali C.

My friends and I ate at Chickies in south philly last night. I didn't expect it to be so crowded and to have a wait since it is a fairly large restaurant. We were 4 people and were told it would be a 45min wait. They took our cell phone and said they would text us when the table is ready. I think that texting is a great system because you are free to go wherever you want while you wait. The wait ended up being less than 45 min. Our waitress came to our table right away for drink orders, which she filled in minutes. Then we ordered our food when the waitress returned with the drinks. The food came out relatively quickly. Their fries are always the first thing to come out. Usually mussels come out quickly but they took longer than usual. Everything was great. We ate the crab bruschetta, fries, and mussels in red sauce. We really like their roasted pork sandwiches and crabs too (just didn't get them this time) Yummy! Will definitely return!
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Sari G.

We eat here a lot. Probably too much. It's always an option because we live close by, we have never had to wait and there's a parking lot. Fries are the bomb as everyone knows any they come out fast. Drinks and all of the food usually does as well. My big gripe with the place is the miserable waitresses. I don't believe we have ever had a nice one. They always seem to be bothered with being there and seem like they are waiting for their shift to be over. A bit cocky They know nothing about the extensive beer collection and once we had a waitress lol at us like we had three heads when we asked if there was anything seasonal on draft. Wow. I mean, we spend a fair amount of time and money here and have NEVER had a good, nice, personable waitress. Ever. That's saying a lot. When I used to eat crabs, Chickies were by far my favorite. Better than any fancy crab place here it at the shore. They just are. Perfect temperature. Perfectly garlicky. They were amazing. Hubs always gets the red mussels which he loves and a chicken sandwich which he is fond of as well. We did once find a very large piece of plastic bag in an order of crab nachos once. The manager covered our meal and was very apologetic but still. I also tried a new salad the tossed Bruschetta the other day. It was the worst salad I've ever had and I eat a lot of them. A lot. Hardly any bruschetta at all. Very bitter. Very little lemon dressing and super bland. And again, when I asked the waitress pointing to the photo (which looks like there's cheese in it) kindly not to put any cheese, she snapped and said it doesn't come with it. "To just look at the picture." There's just a nicer way to go about things. That same night my husband pinned to a beer on the menu and asked the waitress about it. She responded with saying "I can't see it. I don't know what you are taking about. I don't have my glasses". And never wound up answering him anyway. Rude and rude. She kind of refined our meal. They all need some training. I really feel they just hire anyone. . The cool thing about this location is the video games and the back room. But if it's snowing or rainy, you may have to wait for a pod. I didn't know that you cold red ever these until after I called for info on them, promised my daughter we would play and then they were booked when we hit there. So call in advance. Another cool thing is the Taxi Crab shuttle to the ball parks. Very nice touch and definitely a great marketing tool. Nice work.
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Jet J.

the food is always consistently good. bar food done well. nothing cutting edge but a good sports bar to enjoy the brew with fellow sports fans. service is all over the place, sometimes attentive and nice and other times I gotta chase the waiters down just for a drink. I usually just sit at the bar. an energetic, rambunctious scene.
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Phillip L.

Well. Perhaps I wasn't drink enough, but from their industrial process cheese sauce and fries to their fatty burgers and bland chicken cheesesteak this place is a DIVE of the worst kind! Philadelphia has better places o eat. Avoid it!
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Mikael C.

Excellent food. Excellent service. Excellent experience. There was an Eagles game yesterday and we wanted to have a great experience watching the game. We drove from DC to Chickies to watch the game. We were not disappointed. It was so awesome to watch the game around Eagles and not Redskins fans. The crabfries were awesome! Def. Coming back A+++
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Eric G.

The fact that it's a bar, with sports all over, loud music, with families dancing to Nick Jonas, and they have to literally climb a ladder to get to the top shelf liquor, I give it 3 stars. As for the food and service maybe a 1. the bar was full, so they sat me a high table which was kinda awkward. Table was oddly high. Ordering was quick and easy. Snow crabs came, I'm expecting big absorbing napkins, or towelettes, and a bib. Nope. Who eats crab without towelettes? they let me use the sink which was right behind a lady sitting at another table. I know she got wet. crab was in their crab juice, which was new to me. not bad, but lots and lots of garlic. Crab was overcooked, it was mushy. Waitress passed by me twice with a glance, but never stopped and checked on me once. I did leave a tip, although she really didn't deserve it. I'm going back for game 1 of NBA Finals. If it's not playing, I'm walking out.
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Damon D.

So I'll just keep this is damon Daniels another been to your own beagles own restaurant before this is my first time won't be coming for the summer there to eat as look like your castle best food in there and I'm not a fan I'm a Green Bay Packer fan I hope you all like to Green Bay Packers or please I ain't are you from Green Bay Green Bay Packer fan I'll still come from Philadelphia I used to love the Eagles and it something to tell me it's time to change over to another team in more def more fast runners on the Green Bay Packers this is my comment to the restaurant the restaurant is good if this I see the fool how it is some people do love seafood some people do not like seafood a lot of regular food all people don't eat seafood all the time the food do look good I'll try not to this is my thing this is king Daniels no more
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Jacqueline O.

One of my favorite places to grab a quick bit to eat. I have only been to locations in the airport and stadiums. The crab fries are one of the most amazing things you will ever try. The wiz is litteraly liquid gold (be sure to buy an extra one). Beware of the other food on the menu... it is typically just greasy bar food. Stick to the crab fries and you will be golden!
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Nicky H.

Crab fries with cheeseeeee please and snow crab legs. Hits the spot!
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Cherise J.

Love their chicken philly! The shredded chicken absorbs the flavor perfectly. One sandwich is big enough for two people. Quick customer service! Staff was nice Good location in the airport. I will definitely be back!!
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Kevin J.

All in all, this is a good choice for pregame fare down by the stadium. I tried the pork sandwich with broccoli rabe and was not pleased with how soggy it was, and the size of it was not as big as I remembered. I think I'll go back to the chicken cheesesteaks. However, the crab fries are always fantastic and plentiful, and the fried calamari with jalapenos on top was surprisingly delicious. $2 Yeungling specials on Tuesday all-day, and Thursday nights.
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Susan D.

My husband Rick and I were going to come here before going to a Phillies' game but instead we opted to eat lunch here. And it was a good thing we did too. It was crowded enough already--imagine what this place is like before a ballgame! Chcikie's & Pete's is well known for their seafood--particularly shellfish. I ordered the Jumbo Lump Crab Cake sandwich, one of the best I've ever eaten, but man-o-man, "Jumbo" is right. Good thing I was able to walk it off afterwards! Rick wnated t do the touristy thing and order a Philly Cheesesteak. Well he went for the lobster topped Philly and did it ever look good too! And yes we did split an order of their famous Crabfries!
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Bill K.

Great shrimp, great bread to dip in broth, excellent crab fries w amazing cheese, very big bar area, actually lots of bars, a little pricey if not happy hour. Always a crowd, can't get in during Phillies/Eagles games. Great for young children due to large menu and incredible game area. Lots of TVs, always sports on.
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jennifer v.

I've been here a bunch of times ... The service is usually good but tonight it was so off. I don't expect anything special here as it's very casual and everything is served as it comes up/is ready, but tonight's service just sucked. It wasn't crowded at all but our server was working as if she had a ton of tables! It took almost 10 minutes for her to come over to us to start... And then she would let long intervals go by before coming back to check on us. When she did come back, she'd ask if we're okay then run off! As for the food: the crab fries are always good and were tonight, but the Buffalo chicken cutlets were terrible!! They were dry and hard...I can't explain it other way... Definitely not the way they used to be before! Overall the food was really below standard. Will not rush to come back here anytime soon.
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Maria E.

So if I was into sports, this would be the place to go watch a game. It's huge, roomy and has lots of TVs. Good beer selection as well. I just came here to get some grub and have a few beers. The food was hit or miss. The baby lobster tails were awesome! Crab nachos - just OK. Magooby sandwich - not so good. I wasn't really expecting anything exceptional here so I was cool with it. So if you like sports, beer and decent food, you'll love it here.
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Val R.

Busy spot esp on a game night. Fries were good and the crabs were good. Server was friendly. Some food took longer than others which we were told might happen bc the kitchen was slammed. They even sang happy birthday to our friend which she said they don't usually do. So that was nice.
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Stephanie S.

Go eagles! This is "THE" Philadelphia sports bar. Watch an eagles game here, you can see any of the million flat screen TVs from any angle. They play the sound on the Eagles game throughout the bar, and play music during commercials. They even play the Eagles fight song after every touchdown!! Sing with the rest of the fans! Join the fun! It gets packed on game day, which is the best part. There's a free shuttle bus to take you from Chickie's to the football stadium. There are probably 100 tables inside, so even if they quote you a 20 min wait, it never takes that long. Food is average, bar food. But a few quality items that I love - the CRAB FRIES! Ripple cut french fries with old bay seasoning and cheezy whiz dip on the side! Classic! I really like the crab bruchetta also. People love the mussels, but I've had better. The hoagies are average, good if you're drinking heavily watching the game! The pizzas are really good, and a better value than getting hoagies. You can even order a tower of beer that sits on your table and you pour it yourself from the tap. This is my favorite Eagles bar in the city. I much rather come here than the new Xfinity live complex. Avoid the over-crowded over priced Xfinity and come to Chickies!
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Colleen V.

I have always loved this place all of the locals are great the original in the NE is the best. BUT......I just saw on Action News 6 that the owner has been taking tips from the servers. I had to find a public forum to say how disgusted I am. Pete the owner you are a horrible Human being....there is no one in the world that can put a positive spin on this. So don't bother with the " complex federal pay regulations". The public is not stupid. I think the readers of Yelp need to know this.
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Koya W.

The food is good! Quick service.. Sometimes the staff is funny acting smh! But overall I usually have a time time! It's a spot great for entertainment big groups and couple to dine.. I LOVE THE CRAB FRIES. Tonight the wings was way to salty and so was the muscles ... Yuck had to send then back!! But the spicy shrimp was good and so was the Dungeness crab!! JT the bartender had the BEST attitude And wonderful customer service!!! DANNY the bartender SUCK!! bad attitude not friendly At all
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Shane J.

I have been going to Chickie & Pete's for years. This is definitely a Go-To Place to watch sporting events if you can't watch the Game in person. How can you not enjoy the atmosphere where the TV's are everywhere and everyone in the place is ready to have a good time. Chickie & Pete's is the kind of place you have to take "out of towners" who are sports nuts so they can see how Phildadelphians Love Our Home Teams - it's nothing like seeing the looks you get because of the intensity that is shared by Philly Sports Fans!! Now, the food - of course - you have to have the Crab Fries with melted cheese. The other selections of seafood, wings and yes the Lobster Cheesesteak are items that keep you coming back to sample other things on the menu. Without a doubt - on Game Day - it's a FUN Time, and other nights - its a good place with good tasting food.
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Danielle A.

Crab legs and crab fries, that's all you need! On Wednesdays they do all you can eat crab legs for $30 and it's totally worth it. Can't wait to go back.
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William S.

Great Sports Bar in heart of south Philly...Lots of screens One of best place to watch an Eagles game... Family friendly too...so bring your kids to celebrate the Eagles win...Every time I'm in philly ...I hit this spot ... Crab fries to die for... Friendly servers and good eats and great screens
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Joey M.

Big place! Didn't get to spend too much time here BUT I would like to go back! If you're into sports, good food and beer I def recommend it!
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Katie R.

Came here while in Philly for what everyone raved about, their crab fries. I will say, although the atmosphere is really quite nice the food was just salty and greasy. The bar is geared towards sports fans and has about 400 TV's with every game known to man on. You can order your choice of decent craft beers and a full menu of food. The famous crab fries were really just fries with melted provolone (maybe?) cheese and what tasted like Old Bay seasoning sprinkled on. I was not a big fan. I didn't care for the after taste in my mouth, but then again I personally hate hate hate Old Bay seasoning. So, you might enjoy them. After eating some of the food here, I swear you can hear your blood pressure spike! The service was great though as was the atmosphere. It felt a bit touristy (and I was a tourist so no biggie) but I do think if you're in the neighborhood you should experience it at least once. Also as a side, you can get a limited menu offered from Chickie & Pete's in Citizens Bank Park where the Phillies play!
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Lauren C.

We came here to watch 3 Sunday football games at once... The Eagles, Pittsburgh and the Ravens. We were shocked by how empty the place was. We asked to have them change a TV so we could see the Ravens game, but they wouldn't do it, so our resident Baltimorian was a bit bummed. I guess X-Finity has impacted their game-day traffic. I was pleased that we sat right down though.... and that nobody chased force fed us our food, and chased us out of our booth. We got to enjoy a full football game at a table, which had never happened to me at Chickies before. We grazed, and ate good food and watched great football. Bud light was $2, but i noticed that the glasses had false bottoms which was kind of annoying... i mean a pint is a pint is a pint... but they try to save a few ounces? Really? I love the crab fry salad. As a vegetarian, that's my trusty stand-by here. I had a fine experience, but I guess i'm just bitter about being so grossly mistreated here before. The staff isn't particularly warm and nice... but I think that's almost partof the charm of the place. I'll be back... but my craving of crab fries isn't as strong as it used to be.
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Beth M.

I wish I could give this place no stars... MY HUSBAND GOT FOOD POISONING!!! When I called the next day to complain, they offered me a gift card, like I'd want to return after the VIOLENT THROWING UP FOR 24 HOURS that we had to endure. When I explained that I had no intention in returning and I would be agreeable to a refund of the offending dish (MUSSELS, BTW) I was told that "it isn't our policy to refund in this situation". The fact they HAVE a policy in this situation is enough explanation for me. I hope the Health Department shuts them down.
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Jodi C.

I've gone back and forth with giving this place 4 or 5 stars, I am settling with 4 only because of the pain in the tail service we had when we first arrived. I was told by all my Philly friends that I had to go here for crab fries when I was town. Friday night during the Phillies game we went to Chickie's and Pete's, we were immediately seated at a two top table. While delivering our beers and crab fries, the server asked us if we were ready to order. We explained that we would be there for the game and we were pacing ourselves and her response was "the whole game, well you better be constantly ordering if you are going to take up my table." I totally understand her concern, and we assured her that we would in fact be ordering beers and food throughout the game. A few moments later she walked through her section complaining and cussing about the $1.00 tip she received from her table, again, I understand her concern, but there is a time and a place. She then cleared a table and came to take the order of the people next to us, and placed the dirty plate of shrimp peels on the table, gross. While our beers sat empty she sat down a few tables near us and had a 10 minute conversation with her friends that were dining there. Another table sat down and again we heard the same speech about not talking up her tables and that they had to order all night (glad it wasn't just us). At this point, our beers had been empty for 20 minutes. My friend went over to the bar, found 2 empty chairs and I asked her for our check. She knew we had planned to stay all night and asked why we were leaving, and I was happy to tell her that we were not going to take up her table. Our check was $14.00 and I left $24.00 hoping that she would take that act of kindness and extend it to the poor patrons who had to deal with her next. Now.... Onto the experience at the bar... TOTALLY AMAZING. The bar staff that was working on Friday 4/19/13 made our night. They were friendly, informative, suggested what yumminess to order on the menu! Over all, those 4 gentlemen negated the unfortunate experience on the other side of the restaurant. The food by the way... the crab fries... yum'tastic! My friend ordered the "red" mussels and I had the "bleu" mussels. I feel like we ate all night long and never put a dent in them. Absolutely amazing. If I am ever back in Philly... I will 100% be visiting the bar at Chickie's and Pete's!!
(4)
Daanyaal K.

Not your average sports bar, especially when their's a 100 inch screen in the middle of the place. It's located in some strip mall right off the highway, their's other stores there but the entire parking lot is for Chickie's. My friend and I came here after the Knick's got their ass kicked by the 76'ers. The wait we were told was 45 mins or so they sent me a text to my phone for a way to track my seating, in less than 20 mins I was ready. I feel a lot of restaurants may try to add extra time to the wait list just to make it less crowded and or give the employees a breather. I ordered the crab fries right away, to only be disappointed real fast, its just old bay seasoning on crinkled fries, not a big deal. Had they put crab meat with old bay with melted cheese, then we're talking! We both ordered crab legs cause apparently their seasoning is different which it was! I don't know what type of spice it was but you can definitely tell the difference between old bay and whatever they used, it had a nice kick to it. The menu said a pound and a quarter per order but I felt it may have been less or maybe I was just too hungry. Their's a lot of stuff on the menu that I want to try next time. Its def the second place you visit in Philly after you get yourself a cheese-steak!
(4)
Jim H.

Y' know that feeling you get when you are supposed to meet friends at a bar. There are so many people in the room and you scan the crowd for a familiar face, careful not to make direct eye contact with anyone. You dont want to seem like a lost puppy, so you walk with purpose but the bigger the place, the bigger you are screwed. Im now calling this " Chickie and Pete's Syndrome" or CPS. I came here to meet friends , there was no major sporting event but it was pretty packed. i cant imagine what its like for a playoff game from any philly sport. Months earlier, I had made an aborted attempt to come before a regular season Flyers game and couldnt find parking. I like me some sports, I like me some wings, and I like me some fries, so this place is a winner in that respect. i may be allergic to the fries though as I enjoy eating them but they make me blotchy and ill afterwards. I eventually did find my friends. But not before walking the wrong way to a dead end,and being jostled by patrons. I advise you all to stick to pitchers as opposed to the "cool" beer towers. Think about it. Can they really clean those things out effectively on a regular basis? Things that make ya go HMMMMMM.
(3)
Peter L.

After a 4 year hiatus from Philly, I returned last night for a business trip, Chickie's & Pete's was a perfect place for a welcome back dinner. Living in Seattle, we eat plenty of crab and seafood, so I immediately went for things we can't get in the Pacific Northwest, which included 4 pints of Yuengling's, crab fries (fries with a wicked cheese/crab sauce), a cheesesteak, and lots of sports (witness the Sonics move to Oklahoma). OK, this doesn't have quite the neighborhood charms of some of the classic Philly joints, but it sure is spacious, clean, efficient, and tasty.
(4)
Eileen R.

We stopped by here for lunch before a game last month. We were seated right away, although soon after you could see folks having to wait for tables...but it didn't seem to terrible of a wait. The waitress was really attentive even though it was packed. They seem to have a good staff to table ratio. The place can't be beat for sports. There are TV's in every direction. We both had a classic cheese steak with crab fries. It was very good. Folks at the next table got the mussels and they smelled amazing. Will try those for sure next time. Overall a solid sports bar worth visiting.
(3)
Theresa L.

Well for living in Philly over a year and never stepping foot in the actual establishment is rare. Ive had some of their food at games and the airport but never actually had experienced the real chickie and petes. I finally got around to the place for the PSU vs. TEMPLE game. Definitely a hoppin place for sports. My room mate and I probably looked like the fattest little asian girls in the place, we had a serving of crab fries, 2 HUMONGOUS servings of the mussels with white sauce and a dozen wings..... we finished every last bit! Crab fries are a MUST, and the mussels are pretty dayum good for a sports bar. Other than that I didn't get to try much, the wings were ehhh nothing to rave about. And sweet potato fries are not that great, the sauce they come with are wayyy too sweet. The beer towers bring back lovely college memories at champs sports bar at penn state...... ahhh that was the life.
(3)
Ti L.

I was all hyped to overdose on crab fries at my little cousin's birthday party at Chickie's & Pete's (so much so that I overlooked the thought... why are we celebrating a 14th birthday in a bar?... granted we are irish...). When I arrived, however... Holy Wii! The hostess told me to go to "Play 2" in the back. Confused, I followed her directions, which led me to a back room with a mecca of game console "pods." In addition to restaurant space (and a bar), C&P's has mini rooms with flat screen TV's and access to Wii or Xbox 360 Kinect to play your choice of games with friends. $5/hour per person! And if you get bored, they'll switch the game for you! Plus, you can still watch any sporting events on nearby flat screens at the bar and order food & drinks. Where have I been? Great for kids, but I'm planning MY birthday party here next year.
(5)
Kathy D.

Best way to enjoy C&P is on an off night, or when you are able to score or attend a free happy hour. I LOVE going there and getting a big booth and eating the crab fries, a staple which you must get, mussels, lobster tails and crabs. Crab fries are a MUST and supposedly there's a secret ingredient in the cheese dip... Those big towers you'll see are filled with beer and are great for a table of people...or two really big drinkers. There's definately a South Philly vibe in here, varies by night as it can be a Blavat dance party, WIP post game or Eskin live, or a young crowd mixed with some neighborhood people. You will be told to fix your backwards hat in here. You will stink like garlic for the rest of the night, but the crabby Taxi Crab driver won't mind. If you're late for the bus, he'll label you "Paris" or "Britney".
(4)
Andrew B.

Decent steaks here, but awesome fries. Try the Crab Fries, just do it. Their bar selection is excellent, even for a bourbon snob from Kentucky like me. Be prepared for a little wait, but the Crab Fries are worth it.
(4)
Jenn H. H.

Say whatever bad things you want to say about this place, but don't you dare utter a bad word about their crab fries. Yes, they're world famous for a reason, cuz they're f'in tasty. Perfectly crispy crinkle fries dusted with seasoning and with two sides of their cheese sauce. I could just eat these as the meal. Their crabs are good too, so is the seafood chowder (a bit spicy), as are their cheesesteaks. I've only been to the original NE location and now this one. This restaurant is so big, I could get lost in it. They have sinks in the middle of the restaurant so you can wash the crab guts off your hands. And the sinks in the bathrooms are made out of crab pots. How cute is that? Oh, and they have a "Taxi Crab" that will take you to and fro from the stadiums. The size of this place is a little overwhelming, but the food is always good, quite affordable, and it's fun. Just leave any pretentions at the door. It's a Philadelphia sports bar institution.
(4)
D J.

Worst service ever. It's not crowded at all and the waitress hasn't been by our table in an hour. this pace has gone down hill and they don't seem to care at all. do everyone a favor and close.
(1)
Danni S.

All i gotta say is CRAB FRIES!!!!!!
(5)
Siobhan S.

New to the area and looking for a good sports bar to watch the Iggles, I heard of this place from quite a few people and yelp. For a sports bar, it is pretty big and not some hole in the wall. Great views of the tvs no matter where you sit, but it did get crowed with a lot of "fake fans": people who were there to be seen and to socialize. Not my kind of crowd; I like to watch the game with people who actually like to watch the game. While the crab fries were delicious, my sandwich was so bland and was seriously lacking in flavor (I can't even remember what it was it was that memorable...) On top of that, everything was ridiculously overpriced-seriously, my $10 sandwich doesn't come with fries?!? What kind of bar is this?! So not impressed overall; this place is incredibly overrated!
(2)
Lisa Q.

It's OK if you want to watch a sports game in a loud bar with mediocre food. The menu is hardly vegetarian-friendly and is over-priced. I ordered french fries and the dip they came with had something nasty floating in it. The food is mostly fried and mass-produced. The "cook" just nukes things in the microwave before they're sent out. The bar tender was rude and seemed argumentative whenever we asked a question. It's so loud in there that you can't hear your friends across the table/bar. If you want to watch an out of network game, they will be showing it, but on mute. I will go elsewhere to watch a game from now on. Also, the crowd is pretty white trash if you ask me, if that's something you care about.
(2)
Jocelyn P.

Chickie's & Pete's has become a must-go after sporting events when we don't have the kids. Our waitress two visits ago turned us off of the table taps, instead showing how a cup of ice in pitchers saves money AND keeps the beer colder. I'm another addict of their fries, and their mussels marinara are FABULOUS. The servers are a little slow on busy nights, but usually friendly, and the manager even accomodated our request to get the Wings on the big calendar!
(4)
Tip W.

I dont really like this location, we always end up going to the chickie and petes on the boulevard or on broad st. The crab fries are theeee best. generously seasoned with old bay and they now serve you with 2 cups of warm cheese instead of 1.. these are WAY to addictive. I like the dungeoness crabs for when I feel like getting messy, if I dont feel like doing much work for the crab meat then opt for the king crab. Very meaty and very good. I usually just get them cooked regularly with the butter sauce and their seasonings..but recently we tried our crabs baltimore style (steamed and then pulled out and sprinkled with old bay) I'm beginning to like it alot more this way, depends on preference. Anyways good place for crab fries, crab and a game!!
(5)
Iris I.

So although I've been in Philly nearly my whole life I just go around to going to Chickie's for the first time on Friday. I loved it! The crab fries are very good! And my daughter loved the mussels. Our waitress (forgot her name) was great and made sure we had everything we needed. I will be back!
(4)
Rich H.

A good friend invited me to Flyers game last night. He suggested C&P for pregame meal and i thought great idea as fries at CBP always good. Ok I'll admit I'm a bit of a foodie. My motto is pretty much "Life is too short to eat bad food". I liked everything about C&P except what I ordered. Crowd was good, beer was good and waitress was doing a great job in a very crowded pre game condition. I ordered the Chicken Italian. Chicken, cheese and red peppers. Roll was great. The rest was an indescernable mess. Piles of gooey tasteless cheese on top of tasteless chicken with the thinnest of roasted reds on top. $7 I believe. I did get the sweet potato crab fries and they were outstanding. So I guess I ordered the wrong sandwich but that should be a pretty easy sandwich to do much better than that. Meat to bread ratio wrong.Either more meat or less bread. Need better grade cheese and not a gooey slop. More and bigger roasted reds. I'm not trying to be a jackass, and perhaps other dishes were much better than mine but that was perhaps the worst chicken sandwich I've ever had
(2)
Sally f.

i really wanted to write this review for play2, attached to chickie and petes. chickie and petes was pretty cool, but nothing too out of the ordinary for an insanely huge sports bar. but play2 made my night extra special. we have a group of 12 and for $40 an hr, we had our own private group space for gaming, complete with a lounge space with a table. IT WAS PERFECT for a work happy hr. we had a waitress and a game guide. we ordered food and drinks and ROCKED OUT with rock band. we danced our asses off with dance dance revolution. we all had aching faces from laughing and smiling sooooo hard... it was an incredible night. and the food and booze is incredibly cheap....i was amazed by the bill at the end of the two hrs we spent there. need to go back soon!!!!!!!!!!
(5)
John K.

If you have to go here, stick with the beer. The food is mass-produced, defrosted, salty nastiness. It's basically like being at the game, without the benefit of actually seeing any of the action.
(2)
Jackson G.

First off, the Chickie's and Pete's I went to is not on Packer, it's "the original" on Robbins ave. Second off, it's a good sports bar with friendly service and delicious crab. A very down-to-earth type place. The crab is their claim to fame - snow crab and king crab are both winners. They have original "crab fries" - french fries with seasoning and some sort of cheese dip on the side. Also, in a move that must be unique to Philly, they put fries on top of their salad. Nice. Good tomato pie as well. Chickie's and Pete's is a place I always stop by when in Philadelphia, a tradition I intend to continue.
(4)
Best place to watch a game if you can't be there live! Great atmosphere, great fries, and video games right next door.
(5)
Vanaro C.

The place to go watch the game and have a beer n wings
(3)
John V.

Horrible service, cold fries, overpriced beer... stay away!
(1)
Boris B.

Great place to go out and have a couple beers. It's loud and usually packed with people during any sport event. The fries are absolutely epic and totally deserve a try. Only thing is that on a friday/saturday night it can be pretty tough to get a drink, but really, what can you expect?
(4)
Sarah D.

Great place to watch a game... Decent food, beer galore. First time at the location by the stadium I had probably the bitchest bar tender ever! I think she might of been pregnant so that makes her the most miserable pregnant person ever! However after we moved down the bar we found a spot with a super nice guy bar tender and the experience was wonderful. I was in the mood for lite beer and I'm not a bud girl... Was happy to know that the miller lites are $2.00 during the game! The crab fries are delicious.. my new obsession is getting the mix... regular crab fries and the sweet crab fries. Oh so yummy.
(3)
Ben E.

The crab fries are so-so but not quite all they were cracked up to be. I've never had cheese steak nachos and was surprised at how awesome they were. That dish pulls my rating up to three stars, largely for the originality although cheese steak and guacamole are a strange combo). We were here before a Flyers game and the waiter got us in-and-out in time for the game. Very impressed with his speed. This is a great place to watch a game, but I wouldn't put it in the "must-visits" if you're taking a weekend trip to Philly.
(3)
Jacki G.

Chickie's and Pete's is ok; there's really nothing remarkable about the place. The mussels in red sauce are really good, though; the red sauce is a nice combo of garlicky and sweet at the same time, so it has kind of a unique flavor. The tomato pie is really good as well. Meh to the fries; they're really nothing special. If you've had them once, you don't need to have them again; they're fries. The service has got to be the slowest and most jumbled restaurant service I've ever seen, though; our table had food coming out at various times (non apps), and each item was expedited by a different person. The atmosphere in the dining section (separate from the bar) is so loud that you can't hear yourself think. If you want decent food, slow service and a mediocre sports bar, then Chickie's is for you.
(3)
Rich G.

OMG - the best sports bar I've ever been in! The wings were incredible! And the live sports show after the Phillies game was fun to watch.
(4)
Carrie E.

Two very important words that will change your life: Crab Fries. They are tasty and delicious and the excitement I achieved by cramming a full order down my piehole made me forget what else I ordered. A sawbuck says it was some sort of sandwich. But that's not important. Crab fries, people. Crab fries. Fries with Old Bay seasoning. Don't forget it.
(4)
Becky S.

This place is always good (but crowded) on game days. It is a good crowd and makes watching fun. They also built out a game center to play wii and rockband which is awesome. There is a good selection of beers on tap. As for food - I like the chicken and the apps are great - nachos, onion rings, etc. The hummus app is terrible though. Also - people die for their crab fries but I dont care for them. This is probably just me though bc everyone loves them.
(3)
Dave G.

Cool sports bar in South Philly, not far from the stadiums. Pros: If you use their valet parking, you can catch a ride to whatever sporting event you're going to via their "Taxi Crab" bus. That being said, valet parking is $15 - which is the same as parking for a Phillies, Flyers or Sixers game, but it's cheaper than Eagles parking, which is $25. Service is usually very fast! Their crab fries & hot wings are really good. Sometimes they have some good beer specials. Cons: Their "dress code" consists of not wearing baseball caps backwards, so just be aware that if you walk in with a baseball cap on, turn it frontways. Seems a bit unnecessary, but the rules are rules.... For a place in South Philly, their bread isn't that good. So, if you get a cheesesteak, be advised that it's not the standard Philly bread you might be used to (nice crust on outside, soft on the inside), but rather a generic roll that tends to fall apart if you don't eat your cheesesteak immediately! Their cheesesteaks are good though otherwise.
(4)
P L.

The place is huge, they have a variety of food items on the menu, crab fries are good (but c'mon they're french fries with old bay, big whoop). Service is slow and staff is unfriendly.
(2)
Kristina M.

Best crab legs in the worldddddddddddddddddddd. Every time I am home I HAVE TO go to Chickie's. Crab Fries Mussels Crab Legs Heaven
(5)
Nikki B.

Overrated. Everything on the menu is fried. They are known for the crab fries, which is nothing more than french fries with old bay on them. The portions are average. The BF ordered an extra marinara sauce for the mozzarella sticks when we got the bill there was a $1.00 charge when questioned about it the waiter said if I could take off the $1.00 I would. (the waiter didn't tell us there was an additional charge nor was it posted on the menu) No problem the $1.00 gets deducted from your tip.
(2)
Brianne C.

3.5 stars. Chickie's and Pete's is a friendly sports bar, particularly for women, and it has lots of seating for Sunday games. I appreciate the sound booth in the sky, as it means that (admittedly bad) music is played during the commercials, along with special themes for Eagles fans. And, the place seems to be smoke free. But, I am not impressed by the famous crab fries, which are crinkled, lightly fried, and seasoned with garlic, chili pepper, and salt. Something about the congealed cheese sauce detracts from the entire experience, and I also prefer my fries to be piping hot. However, there are towers of beer available (complete with taps), which is pleasantly tacky. With loads of space, booming sound, cute servers, and rowdy fans, Chickie's and Pete's is a perfect place to catch a game.
(3)
Jen M.

Walked in with hubby and 2 year old & was seated immediately...right next to a rack of silverware that my son would get into. No kids menu, no kid friendly cups. Crab fries not bad, but don't be fooled. They're actual fries made with potatos, not crab, and just seasoned with something that I assume is supposed to be seafood seasoning. Tried to order a burger & was told it would take too long. Waitress suggested Philly cheesesteak, so I ordered it. Big mistake. Liquid cheese sauce, bland meat. Didn't even come with fries. Chicken finger appetizer we ordered for our son was better. Hubby ordered lobster roll sandwich, which he said was really good. Overall, not impressed. I wouldn't make any effort to return.
(2)
Erin W.

I came in with friends after submitting to an endless assault of "You've NEVER BEEN TO CHICKIE'S & PETE'S?!", a crime they found inexcusable given my status as a life-long, born and raised Philadelphian. I ordered a roast beef sandwich and ended up getting food poisoning so awful that it provided for the worst 24 hours of my entire life. I'll spare you the gory details, but needless to say I can't even SMELL the Krabby fries at Citizen's Bank Park without reflexively retching. Anything that is served with a generous smothering of white, congealed "cheese" sauce (which at this place seems to be everything, from the sandwiches to the fries) should be avoided. I learned my lesson.
(1)
Evan C.

The only reason why this place didn't get 4 stars was the service. The gf and I went before a Phils game we had tickets for, so it was pretty crowded. We were able to get a table, and it took a long time just to get a waitresses' attention just to get beer. We flagged one down, and she told us our server would be right with us... "Right with us" wasn't right with us. We eventually got someone to take our order, beers and crab fries. Beers were... Beer. The crab fries were wonderful per the usual. I understand that they're going to be busy before a game - but it wasn't too busy to completely forget about a table. Points for dropping us off at the game in the crab van though. Nice we didn't have to walk.
(2)
Phillip Y.

Forget about getting food at McFadden's near the sports stadiums. This place is the best place to hang out for its atmosphere and food. We have always gone here for farewell parties with co-workers. I have always enjoyed the chicken cutlet sandwiches as well as the crab fries. I have often met up with friends here since the food is terrific here. You will actually get great sesame rolls toasted with your chicken cutlets.
(5)
Beth R.

This place must make a fortune. If there is any kind of mildly interesting game on, they are packed with a wait list for a table. Even when there isn't any notable game on, they are still pretty crowded. If it's a significant game, you may not be able to get in the door at all. People love the crab fries, I'm more about the peel and eat shrimp, served cold with old bay seasoning. The moz sticks are just ok... more like slabs than sticks, and they seem to have more seasoning on them than I remembered. I am obsessed with the TAXI CRAB (funny) which goes back and forth from C&P's the the stadiums on game days.
(4)
marie m.

First off, let me be clear that this review is only for the crab fries as eaten at Citizens Bank Park. I couldn't find a separate listing for the ballpark concession, and so thought it made more sense to review the fries within the context of the restaurant vs. the ballpark. And I'm a Brooklynite; we were there to see a Mets / Phillies game, so I wanted to add some non-native perspective to what seems to be a great local fondness for these fries. I wonder if it really isn't EXCLUSIVELY a local thing: I'd heard so much about these fries and was definitely curious, but as we were waiting on line to get some, the more rational part of my mind kept telling me, Wait a minute, do you really wanna do this... you see, the all-pervasive aroma wafting from the concession stand was... well, weird. And when we got our order and actually tasted them, I found they tasted very bizarre, too. Just a very salty, very strongly-flavored spice mix that might work on crabs (I don't eat crabs, so I couldn't say), but to my palate, is ABSOLUTELY WRONG for French fries. I'm reminded of the celery salt sprinkled on the Chicago-style hot dogs at Shake Shack at CitiField, another bizarro pairing that doesn't work at all. I guess you have to be a Philadelphian. This New Yorker says WTF?!?! to crab fries.
(1)
Jay M.

If you love crab you'll love chickie and pete's! We had king crab legs, crab fries and mussells and loved everything. The place is loud, but it's a sports bar so what would you expect? We laughed the rest of the night after leaving as we gave the waitress 2 CC's and asked her to do 2/3 and 1/3 for the check. She didn't know what we meant. Really? We aren't being mean.... just it cracked us up!!!
(4)
Andy G.

There's a whole lot to be said about Chickie's and Pete's, but I'm going to try and make this short and sweet. Chickie's and Pete's is an absolutely huge sports bar. This particular building is just off of Broad Street on Packer Avenue, about a mile away from the Philadelphia Sports Complex. The building just finished undergoing renovations earlier last year, which added a gaming room along with some extra seating and an additional bar. The gaming room features about 30 huge LCD TVs, all equipped with video game consoles and modern day hit video games. For as much as a regular as I am to Chickie's, it seems as if I never venture out to new things on the menu. In the amount of times I've been there, I think I've only ever had their wings, Buffalo Chicken Sandwich, Cutlet Sandwich, Buffalo Cutlets, Chicken Parm Sandwich, and a salad. Oh, and the world famous Crab Fries, which are amazing. My favorite item on the menu is the buffalo chicken cutlet sandwich. An easy selection whenever I don't feel like trying something new. The bread used at Chickie's is very unique to the taste of their sandwiches. While the beverages from the bar, beer specifically, can be a little bit pricey, the food is definitely on the cheaper side. A recommended place to eat if you're looking to watch the game, get a bite to eat before heading to the game, or just looking to grab lunch or dinner with prospective clientele, family, and friends.
(5)
Ivan B.

I had a great time here. We came for the Bulls game and got a bad seat at first. One of my coworkers was kind of a dick about it to the waiter, but the waiter was cool, and moved us to better seat. He even put the game on a larger screen. He was professional about it and never put the brakes on the quality of service. Chickie's is everything I would expect a sport bar to be. Plenty of flat screens and a great seating set up. You can see the t.v.'s from just about anywhere. They had great food and a huge bar. I ordered the muscles which were okay, but the fries and philly cheese steak nachos were awesome. Their cheese steaks and burgers looked great too. The service was quick and our glasses were kept full. At least on a weeknight, this it the place to be. Highly recommended.
(5)
Joseph P.

I have been going to Chickies & Petes for a while(roughly 8 years) and they always have been consistently good. Excellent food, great service and a well respected sports bar in its location. Very clean restaurant and there is always a hostess to greet you at the front door. Great for large groups, and have late hours on weekends. I highly recommend getting the buffalo wings and the mussels in white. FYI if you are going to Chickies and Pete's on a game night, be prepared to wait a bit long to be seated. Other then that, it's a great place to go!
(5)
Pauline N.

Coming from Philly and living 2 minutes away from this Chickies location, theres no other place that makes you feel so close with my fellow philadelphia sports fans. There are a MILLION TVs, so anywhere you sit, you'll have a great view of one of the TVs. The place is pretty huge. the crab fries are obviously a must when you go. I have enjoyed just about everything I have ordered here including the calamari, cheesesteak, mussels marinara, wings, etc. A bar that actually plays the games' on the speakers instead of music, then when a commercial hits during the games...cue the music! They have weekly specials for beers and on big game days.
(4)
Donna A.

Great sports bar. Try the crab fries and it should go without saying it gets busy. Super busy!
(5)
A A.

If you are craving sysco crinkle cut french fries with old bay thrown on them then this place is for you. Service SUCKED this sunday at the S Philly location. Apparently they make all thier money off of suing any restaurant on the east coast that uses the words crab and fries to describe a menu item.
(1)
Harry E.

On game nights, this place gets crazy. We were here on game 3 of the Penns Flyers game. Good apps, over priced drinks.
(4)
Jonathan G.

The drink selection seems great, and the pure amount of Philly fans seems like a great atmosphere. However, the staff treats the customers like prisoners. You can't turn your Phillies' hat around backwards - they have a dress code! Not sure what that beer is? The bald bartender doesn't have the time or patience to explain them. Is the restaurant half-empty, and you want to sit at a table? No! The tables are only for customers that are ordering food. I consider myself a hardcore Phillies fan, and would love to watch a game with my fellow Phans, but I refuse to reward lousy staff attitudes. I'll go to McFadden's instead, or drive somewhere after the game.
(1)
Jenny L.

Been here a couple of times and it's never bad. Crab fries are always a good choice, but I think they might want to try to remake the cheese so that it doesn't harden so quickly for dipping. Awesome sports bar for the guys and the place is always packed. I love the atmosphere. Can't ever go wrong with their huge portions of mussels for such a good price! Got the chickie's riverboat clams before, not really worth the money and they were okay. chicken parm sandwich is alright. The magooby sounds weird (contains shrimp, pickles, fries, onions, cheese), but it was actually a very interesting combo and i liked it. the lobster cheesesteak is alright (lol doesn't really taste different from the regular cheeseteaks though) will be back from time to time!
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Julia N.

I recently embarked on a journey to Sportsadelphia. On a pre-Phillies-game trip to Chickie & Pete's, I felt like I was on safari to a place very different from the one where I spend most of my days and nights. Here, the beer selection was awful, the drinks were weak and it took a good long time to get them (thankfully, I was there for a coworker's free happy hour). But. The crab fries were tasty and addictive, the many locals were friendly and full of title-clinching joie de vivre, and I found myself caught up in a wave of utterly uncharacteristic baseball enthusiasm. If you're looking for an escape from precious BYOs and fancy frozen yogurt stands, this is an ideal location for loading up on cheap beer and getting way stoked about sports with hundreds of your newest, closest friends.
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Nicole W.

My family hated the new sweet potato fries. Why mess up a good thing?The service was ok. Our sodas were flat, the cocktails tasted like they had no liquor in them, and the burgers where dry and way overcooked(she didn't ask us how we liked them). My sister and dad liked the chicken tenders ($8 for 4 tenders is a rip-off) and my brother and I greatly enjoyed the crab fries. The best food was the birthday cake we brought in for my dad... I wouldn't bring my younger siblings or any other children to this place and it's way too expensive for what you're getting. But I'll probably be back one day in the far future for the crab fries. At least the guy who was staring at me from the bar was cute.
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Danny N.

I was eating here before I could talk. The smell of crab fries owns prime real estate in the oldest plot of olfactory memory banks in my brain, a smell I would catch whiffs of years later, thousands of miles away, and have no idea why I'd suddenly almost shat my pants with happiness for seemingly no reason. It wasn't until returning to Chickie's & Pete's years later that I was able to connect the dots. It was around that time that I found myself disappointed to continually discover that I couldn't go to just any city and expect to find bulk seafood joints. This style of dining is awesomely hard to find and seldom affordable where it exists. Of course, who wants a belly full of gulf oil nowadays anyway. Eat the crab, mussels, steamers, peel and eat shrimp (hot or cold), craaab friiies, really anything that was once swimming... and crab fries... and beer. Have you seen all those cans?
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Janelle M.

Chickie's and Pete's is a Philly favorite and has three locations - the original on Robbins Avenue, the ones on the Boulevard, and in South Philly (on Packer Avenue) by the stadium. I've only been to the one by the stadium after a game. I mean it's not top-notch stuff, it's bar good that compliments the whole game day experience. They're known for their Crabs and their Crab Fries. I don't eat seafood, but their Crab Fries are off the hook. Well done, crinkle-cut fries, doused with old bay and complete with a cup of liquified American cheese on the side. My arteries are hardening as I type, but you gotta try 'em. Besides the food, they have a full bar and TVs that are all things Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers. If you're not from Philly or don't like their teams, here's some advice - don't tell 'em!
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Dan L.

Philly staple... I'm just gonna break it down quick: - Mussels - Crab fries - Drinks All of the food is great. Service is usually very quick. BUT NO HATS TURNED BACKWARDS - remember that - or you will be yelled at.
(5)
Matthew C.

Great place to eat and drink. Everything on the menu is awesome. Peetza is worth it! Crabs - mussels off the charts good
(5)
Taylor A.

Crab fries, crab fries, CRAB FRIESSSSS!! ;-) Every time I am in the mood for some good drinks and AMAZING food....this place is always at the top of my list!
(5)
Aaron T.

The first restaurant I've ever been to with a sink in the dining room. Apparently to wash your hands after a messy crab meal. The bartenders are old-school Philadelphia. Lots of characters and of course crab-fries. One of the better sports bars in Philly. I'm sure I'll be back.
(4)
Winston C.

I don't know, outside of a cold beer and some crab fries, I'm just not sure what else this place has to offer. The muscles aren't bad but the everything else I have had here seems to lack flavor. I would go back before a game, but I probably wouldn't pick this place outside of convenience.
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Blake F.

it is what it is: the quintessential philly sports bar. while not a place i personally choose to frequent, it's a popular spot for before, after or, if you don't have tickets, during the game. i headed here for the 2nd time ever in my 16 years in philadelphia following a recent day game win for the purpose of waiting out traffic before leaving the lot. as a veg, i wasn't expecting to find anything on the menu for me other than the infamous crab fries, which i don't love like most philadelphians do. don't get me wrong, i adore the old bay seasoning & cheesy dipping saucy, but the crinkle fries themselves are kinda weak - tasting more processed than potato. but i digress.... there were also jalapeno poppers & mozz sticks, neither of which we ordered as i imagined they'd be of the frozen variety, not made in house. instead, we got beers all around, plus an order of fries, a cheese pizza & my carnivorous compadres shared the cheesesteak nachos (of which i will admit to sneaking the meatless chips from the bottom). the pizza was thin crust as advertised, and appeared to be all sauce, no cheese, until you bite in and discover it's underneath. not the best pie by any stretch, and overpriced at $12, but certainly edible along with a pint of your favorite brew. decent list of local & imported draughts & bottles, tho not nearly as extensive as the gastropubs in town. but like i said: it is what it is - don't expect C&P's to be something it's not, and you won't be disappointed.
(3)
Sara B.

I only have two words to say: LOBSTER PIZZA. Try it. (okay, the crab fries rock my world too!) Man I miss Philly and C&Ps!
(4)
Joe L.

Sports bar through and through. I had mussels in a red sauce. Smaller mussels, but the fact that you get 35 of them makes up for it! The sauce was perfectly spiced as well. The crab fries for an appetizer are a perfect start as well. If you are in the area to see a Phillies, Sixers, or Eagles game, this place is a must see if you like sports bars.
(4)
ELITIA L.

Chickie's & Pete's is a link in small Philly chain of sportsbars, with cheap foodstuffs like appetizers and fried barfeed. This one's in a big open room with sprawling bars and deep dining area. They have a lot of brews on draft, mostly corporation styled lagers and light beers. Maybe you could get a Blue Moon or Bud American Ale if you are feeling fancy. The food is cheap enough, though. It's not a bad place, but not really my style: To paraphrase Frank Costanza, this bar . . . this is not my kind of bar. I might note that Caitlin C.s posted pic is of another location. This ones in a strip mall.
(3)
Mike D.

Went here after a Phils game and went right to the bar instead of waiting for a seat. We schmoozed the waitress into letting us sit in her section even though we didn't put our name in. She was very nice but with the right attitude to handle us. We ordered the norm for my family, even though it was just me and pops. Something new I ordered were the cheesesteak nachos which were really good only because they used melted white American cheese and not cheese whiz. I HATE cheese whiz on nachos or steaks for that matter, you'll never catch me getting a whiz wit....ewwwww. It seemed pretty busy but the service was fast and the food perfect post Phillies game buzz.
(3)
Tom A.

IT JUST SIMPLY AMAZES ME WHEN I READ THESE REVIEWS WRITTEN BY THE SILVER SPOON RESIDENTS OF THE SUBURBS. LAUGH OUT LOUD. Ok, so you've read the reviews about the food, etc but this is quite simple folks. This is the #1 Sports Bar in the United States of America. Period. The ambience is 5 platinum stars. Anytime there is a goal, touchdown, etc the bells, whistles and horns will blow off like your in the 1st row of the stadium in person. The music is upbeat and sets a motivating tempo to party. Friday and Saturday nights in C&P is the epitome of brotherly love. The commoratore is SECOND TO NONE. Trust me folks, I've been to sports bars all over the country. This is numeral uno. Wether your there to watch sports or party and eat this place accommodates everything. Please for the love of God will people from the suburbs stop coming here and rating it. They only write sub par reviews because genetically they are nerds and wouldn't know a good time if it landed on their main line boring heads
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C P.

I had my first experience here on a Friday night at around 10 pm during a hockey game. The food was decent, the crab fries were pretty well seasoned and hot, but overpriced and did not live up to the hype. I enjoyed the beer selection and the service was good. Way. Too. Loud. I understand that it was Friday late night and I am all for a party atmosphere, but the music was at an eardrum shattering level (and the disco/hip hop mix did not do it for me). There were three of us seated at a table, and we had to lean in and yell to hear each other at all.
(2)
J R.

Fun place. The game room has for different groups, golf, boxing, rock n roll, etc.. Pick your game and enjoy with family & friends. Great seafood, awesome drinks, can't go wrong coming here.
(3)
Andrew Z.

As you walk in to Chickie's and Pete's, you are surrounded by dozens of big screen plasma TVs playing everything Philly sports. As you walk in, the beautiful hostesses gain your attention with a smile, and if you're lucky, walk you to your table without that much of a wait. This place is huge, so huge you just have to see it to believe it. Chickie's is perfect on game nights for a great atmosphere. Be mindful of when games start and end if they're being played across the street. Chickie's gets mobbed during these times, so good luck getting a quick table. The waitresses are babes, and by babes, I mean the typical fake hotties from the Northeast or South Philly. Back tattoos, booty pants, and enough fake breasts to get Pamela Anderson jealous. Now for my recommendations: Chickie's is known for their crab fries. These are french fries covered in old bay and other seasonings. They're really good, and it's pretty much a prerequisite to order them. Now for the seafood. I HIGHLY recommend the mussels. You get a HUGEEEEE plate of very large mussels in red or white sauce. I recommend the red but the white is delicious too. You could easily eat this as a meal, but I eat it as an app. For dinner I generally get the hardshell crabs. Hope you're ready to get messy! You get 3-4 crabs in a garlicky seasoned sauce that is delicious. You need to crack, rip, and suck to get the meat out of them. It's a lot of work, but the end result is worth it. If you're the lazy type, or just not in the mood to work that night, I recommend either the roast pork or the cheesesteak. If you still have room in your stomach, you're in for a treat. Termini Italian bakery is in the same shopping center. If you've came early enough to catch them, they have the best cannolis in the city!
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Jeff P.

There's a plaque at the entrance that says, "I would rather eat at a bar then drink at a restaurant". This is a sports bar with lots of TV's showing Philly sporting events. If you're wearing a Mets, Giants, or Cowboys shirt, enter at your own risk. Not much on the menu is any good, but what is good is VERY good - the crabs, the wings, and the crab fries (seasoned with C&P's own Old Bay-like blend and served with cheese sauce). The burgers and sandwiches are mediocre. I have never tried the pizza. If you like crabs, this is the place. Sizes and prices vary by season and availability. They are meaty and seasoned to perfection. The wings are also meaty and just spicy enough. The crab fries are legendary. The service is very attentive. This is a great place to watch a game, as long as you're a Philly fan!
(4)
Juliana S.

Chickie's and Pete's is a fun sports bar to pregame at before heading to whatever sporting event happens to be going on just down the street. We were walking from the stadiums down to Chickie's when we were picked up by a party bus going straight there. The driver stopped the bus, opened the door, and told us to hop on because that's where he was going. He even gave us his number to call him when we wanted to go back to the stadium. Kind of awesome. Who knew Philly had party buses??? I love to walk into a bar that literally has an entire wall of liquor. There's a ladder to get to the stuff at the top. It brings new meaning to top-shelf. Their food was kind of awful though. Apparently the only reason to go to Chickie's is to eat crab fries. My friend claimed there are crab bits on the fries but there aren't. It's just french fries with old bay seasoning. And they were so salty my mouth hurt. Our table also had nachos, wings, and shrimp. They were nothing to write home about and they were also entirely too salty. I'm pretty sure the only reason everything is so heavily salted is to make you exceptionally thirsty. Which is where the beer tower steps in. The beer tower, which is pretty cool (read: novel), is basically a clear PVC pipe filled with 2 pitchers of beer and equipped with a tap so the table can serve itself. It was kind of fun and really the only redeeming thing about this restaurant.
(2)
Kevin S.

I recently checked out Chickie's and Pete's for the first time on the way to a Phillies game. It's about three blocks from the Pattison subway stop, and it's relatively cheap and convenient. We had a few beers and an appetizer, and a good time was had by all. The fries were good, but not amazing. Perhaps they were a little dry and salty, but you have to understand that the fries are just a vehicle for the cheese sauce that comes with it. It's a great combination. This place is huge, but the way it's partitioned, it doesn't feel too cavernous. The service was good, as there is plenty of staff and multiple bars. The staff was pretty attentive too. No complaints in that department. The atmosphere inside was terrific. There are flat screen televisions everywhere, and great music. The crowd was pretty good too. One girl in our group didn't have a ticket, and we managed to find a guy who was selling extras for just five bucks. Also, while it's well within walking distance to any of the stadiums, Chickie's and Pete's operates a free shuttle to and from the stadium on gameday. When we were done pregaming and stepped outside and it was right there. We were in front of the Citizens Bank Park in five minutes. Conclusion: Chickie's and Pete's is a great place to have a few drinks and a bite to eat before a game. This could easily become part of my gameday ritual.
(4)
Nando F.

Every one knows the deal with Chickie's , so I will not try to sound repetitive here. Great , clean establishment, great service, beautiful bars, beautiful women serving you with that South Philly attitude we all know and love. If you are not familiar with the area along with that "swagger" some might think this is odd, a bit rude I over heard a table say. I laugh at that, thinking they have no clue with their suburban mentality how things get done around here. Not familiar group asked: Excuse me waitress what kind of cheese comes on the burger? ( on the menu it says "American" ) Waitress: a slight pause... looked and said "American" what else were you looking for? There is your answer, you don't question it , its how they do, you either want cheese or not basically. The list goes on and on with all the great ways to enjoy the C&P rush you get with Play 2 located thru the corridor you can't go wrong here. Wings here are absolutely phenomenal, meaty wings perfection I must say. If you do , no better yet when you ask for the wings ask them to make it crispy, keep it in the fryer a little longer . Trust me you will like this , I am a trained veteran in this area. We also tried the Buffalo chicken Nachos, amazing I must say, who doesn't love nachos with the shredded chicken, chunks of blue cheese with the melted American to add to the mix making it a nice blanket of covered goodness . I also went with the ultimate tailgate cheese burger as my main course. 2 words.. GOOD LORD, this was delicious, a marvel to enjoy. The " Albert Einstein" of genius I must say, E=MC2 (Eat More Chickie's ) The crab cake on top of the burger was delicious with the added compliment of the juicy burger underneath cooked medium with the right amount of cheese. I was gonna add bacon to the party, even though you can never, I mean NEVER go wrong with bacon I figured I would rock out the bacon party on the next visit. Now I can't wait for the next visit to South Philly so I can peruse this adventure. (Next Tuesday before work ! ) Great crab fries with the lovely cups of melted American cheese for you to dip, or if you are not into the seasonings go with the sweet potato fries with that delicious dipping. Be bold mix it, go half and half if you want, half crab, half sweet, bickitty BAM ! that is good stuff. They do have regular fries also if you just want to be a "plain Jane". No pun intended to the Janes out there, I am sure you are all not plain. Great atmosphere for the sporting fan, my lovely wife loves this place, great service, clean, TVs' everywhere so you don't miss a beat. Beer towers to enjoy, Lobster tails, lobster pizza, crab and or lobster cheese steaks.. of course crab legs I mean the list goes on and on of just a great place to dine. Mussells red, white , Shrimp, ok I gotta stop because I will never finish this review.
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N.J. W.

If you want to be in the area of the Philly Sports Complex but you don't want to pay all the money for tickets, this is a great place to go. The signature crab fries are great and the chicken wings are great also. The environment in the restaurant on game night is like none other, so I'd recommend going here if you're a philly sports fan.
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Len C.

Always have a great time here. The atmosphere during all sporting events is phenomenal. Great drink specials during sporting events, excellent food. The service is as great as it could be considering how crowded it can get there. If you want to see a game full of local fans, you will enjoy every moment here.
(5)
Amy B.

The food at this place is amazing! Besides the famous 'crab fries', I've had and loved: mussels red and white, roast beef sandwich, crabs, shrimp, baby lobsters, pizza, lobster pizza, clams casino, and wings. This is above average sports bar food, I love coming here and ordering a lot of things to snack on. I think they have some of the best wings in philly, small and crispy with a great sauce. I also need to share a crazy story about the attentive wait staff. It was my birthday dinner with my SO and his parents, we were seated in a booth, we had just ordered and there was a family in the booth behind us who had just finished up. The kids were messing around and smacked their table sending a whole bowl of empty shells and crab juice all down my back. They were so apologetic and I assured them it was totally ok and I went to the bathroom to clean up. The waitress brought me a chickies shirt to the bathroom so I could finish the meal without being greasy. She then felt so bad about what happened she ran to the termini bros. bakery in the shopping center to buy me a cupcake for my birthday since they do not offer dessert. She was great and I wish I remembered her name to thank her again!
(5)
Lili B.

I have been to this location so many times and I always stick with the same thing: Crab fries and crab nachos (these nachos are amazing!) ! The combination of both is just awesome; add a beer on top of that and it is just perfection! I think that if I loved sport I would just be there all the time haha
(5)
Susan M.

Stopped in last Saturday for the Flyers game. I was shocked by how empty it was, but I haven't been here since before Xfinity Live opened. I'm sure that has significantly impacted their business. Fast and friendly service, sound on for the entirety of the game and $2 Coors. Nothing really to write home about, but substantially less Bro-Centric than their Comcast owned counterpart which gets them points in my book! Plus, who doesn't love crab fries?!
(3)
Austin G.

This is a staple for any Philly sports fan. There's some serious character in this place. Crab fries with melted cheese on the side are an absolute must. The mussels are succulent and garlic-laden like you wouldn't believe. There are few pleasures in life like the moment your soggy piece of bread emerges from the rich white wine mussel juice. Oh- and the lobster white pizza, ace.
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Zach Q.

Chickies is a pretty good sports bar. I've never eaten anything but snacks here, but people say good things about the food. They have a decent beer selection and the coolest thing is that victory brewing brews a special beer just for them. It's called crabby ale and it's pretty tasty.
(4)
Robert G.

Get the crab fries.
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Fransisca M.

I wasn't even a sport fan to begin with, but I converted to a Chickie's &Pete's fan! :) The first time I came here was sometimes during high school. My friend's grandmom lived near there and she told me about a "secret passage" to get to this good place to eat which involved guessing which little street had a passable wall under the I-95 to get there quickly. Service: super friendly wait staffs and seating hosts (well, many of them went to my high school but still, they would be just as friendly to anyone). Food: With the exception of seafood allergy, you have no excuse not to have their crab fries. The rest is up to you, but I would totally recommend their Ultimate Tailgate sandwich and Lobster cheese steak.
(5)
Jessica C.

Tried the muscles for the first time and I was highly impressed. I'm normally a white-muscles type girl, but the red sauce was to die for! Obviously, crab fries are a MUST when you come here.
(4)
Dave S.

I was there last night to watch Italy's World Cup game with a friend. Our food & drinks were great but the service was HORRIBLE!!! We were there for over 2 hours & our waitress only came back to the table ONE TIME after bringing our order. I would've had more food & beer but never had a chance to. We left as soon as the game was over & won't be going back. This isn't the 1st time I've had bad service there but it was def the last.
(2)
Tara K.

Very long wait for table, but busy tonight with Billy Joel and other concerts in town. We are 8 people; when finally seated, some dinners were brought out before all the appetizers. My son's dinner (only a sandwich) was forgotten. We asked when the last entrees were served and were told it is coming right up. That was 35 minutes ago-we just got the bill, but still no sandwich for my son! At least we weren't charged for it, but how could they charge for something they forgot? TWICE?
(1)
Malinda B.

Inexcusable kitchen practices! You don't send out one sandwich to a two top and make the other person wait 27 mins for their sandwich. They comp my sandwich, but I'll have to wait to see if it's any good,been here two hours going home!
(4)
Scott D.

Tower of beer had mold in it. Sent it back after the waitress argued about it with us. They sent us back 2 pitchers with more mold in it... Waitress had the nerve to argue with us again and cast doubt on us. Asked to speak to the manager and she tried to talk us out of that too. Manager was nice enough and took this off our bill. Left without any beer and disappointed. Only saving grace was the food. Be wary about the beer, they need to clean the keg lines or something. Two stars because the food was good.
(2)
Christopher R.

One word. Amazing. Great beer, great food, great prices. I would visit Philly just to go back!
(5)
Jonny R.

Fun place to watch football. $2 Bud during pro football games. Fly, Eagles, Fly! (Didn't try the food, but did snack on a buddy's crab fries--passable.)
(3)
Alick W.

I'm not usually a fan of chickie's and pete's for games or dining, but it is a great place to have fantasy draft parties. They offer different packages that include a 4 hour open bar with food on a limited menu. They gave us 3 different options and we chose the cheapest one which was $50 a person that included Bud light, Budweiser and well drinks. The food was decent with the mussels and cheesesteak nachos being my favorite. They also gave us a draft kit and t-shirts. The only complaint I have is that all the t-shirts were XXL which fit no one in our group. Our waitress did a very good job handling our everlasting orders of food and beer, This is our 4th year having a fantasy draft at Chickies and Petes and they have always treated us well and has been a pleasant experience.
(4)
Lauren S.

I do not even know where to start! This place was awesome. It was so close to the stadiums and it was spacious too. We were looking for a bar to have some appetizers in and we found Chickie's and Pete's! How lucky! We were able to sit at the bar be served right away. They have a large beer and drink selection. The menu was large too. We ordered the Buffalo Chicken Wing Nachos and Jalapeno Poppers. Being from Western New York and living in Buffalo for four years I know my chicken wings (and I love nachos). I have to say the nachos were out of this world. They were cooked just right, not soggy, full of flavor, just enough blue cheese and shredded chicken to make it perfect. I remember licking the plate clean. The jalapeno poppers were good, definitely go with the nachos though. They are famous for their crab fries, but we didn't try them. The service was fantastic too! The bartenders were on top of their game as soon as they saw our glasses empty they came over and checked in on us, but not in an annoying way. It is a great place to go for dinner, for a game, before a game or after a game. They also had a shuttle to the stadiums as well.
(5)
Ryan S.

Every time we are in town this is a must stop for the family. The baby lobster tails the spice shrimp, the beer tower, oysters, and clams. This place has a lot of TVs to watch your favorite sports. Perfect for hang out and eating and watching your favorite team. Great for families when we were there the last time they had trivia night. It was pretty cool. This is a must stop.
(5)
Thien N.

PLENTY of seating, dinner on a Thursday night was quite interesting. Very awkward music (club/house/electro) for a sports bar. Aside from that the "ultimate tailgate" (crab cake on burger) was alright. I was thoroughly impressed by the crab-fries, specifically the dipping sauce that came with it (def made the meal) Very formidable beer selection, I was not disappointed. All in all, it was ok food at an ok venue. The food seems trumped by the over-the-top atmosphere.
(3)
Sonya F.

Came here for dinner with hubby...I haven't been here in years and I've been jonesing for some crab fries, it's been far too long since I had some. Well the service was fast and my waitress was very friendly. The crab fries were good as long as they stayed hot. I ordered the lump crab cake, 3 in a order and no side...and for $22 I think they could've been bigger. The fries got salty as they got colder. Wasn't too impressed this go around. I don't think I'll be back sadly.
(3)
N L.

Expensive Crabs were over cooked and mushy. Lobster pizza came with shrimp and the manager told us "we use a different kind of lobster." Really! One of our party ordered a sandwich that came 15 minutes after the crabs. Our waitress said, "our sandwich area is backed up tonight." Really!
(1)
Thomas A.

Crab fries were good but my buffalo sandwich was just alright. Service could have been better. I tried this restaurant in the airport and figured if give it another shot since it was near where I was working but not that impressed. Maybe I gotta get a different sandwich.
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Camela W.

Went here Saturday night expecting good things. We ordered the crab fries. mussels in red and king crab legs. The crab fries were good, but not as good as it was hyped up to be although the accompanying cheese sauce was a nice touch. Mussels were delicious and the crab legs were seasoned well, but I expected a lot more. The drinks were okay. First round was pretty good, but when I re-ordered my Flyin Hawaiian, it was wayyy too strong. I would still suggest checking the place out. A lot of the other items on the menu definitely looked intriguing.
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VikÃ©ndios N.

Our extended family brought us here for some hangover therapy. ATMOSPHERE: Its a huge sports bar with big windows, wood everywhere and more TV's than a Vegas kino parlor. And they have THE coolest restroom decor I've ever seen! FOOD: Crab Fries - Apparently their specialty. The fries were average but the dip is to die for! Not sure why its named that way as there's no taste of crab. Cheesesteak Nachos - Huge portion with a good amount of toppings. Very good. Lobster Cheesesteak - Meat, fresh lobster & cheese sauce. This isn't the best cheesesteak I've had, but maybe if it came with real cheese it would've complimented the flavors better. Mussels Marinara - A family member's dish, so I just tried one. Tender & lots of flavor but I'm not a big mussel fan. Dungeness Crab - Tried a portion from my hubby. It's good but mainstream. Nothing unique. SERVICE: We walked in at lunch time and got seated in about 15 mins. Our female server wasn't the friendliest of people but she did check on us throughout our meal. OVERALL: This is the place to be if you're a sports fan or if you just want some great bar food.
(4)
Mark M.

Service is great there! The bartenders do a great job and they work hard to get there food & drinks on the table.
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Steve W.

Finally made it out to Chickie & Pete's, must say for all the hype regarding this place I was pretty underwhelmed. The place is essentially a large sports bar with mediocre food. Lots of TV's so its easy to see the sports action from virtually every seat in the house. Had the pepperoni pizza. Didn't like it at all. The sauce tastes like Ragu sauce poured on a thin but doughy crust. Not appealing at all. The crab fries are good but hardly enough to recommend a visit just for them. The service is a bit slow even though the place was only half full and not friendly at all. All in all with Xfinity just down the street at the stadiums you're better off going there.
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Nicole H.

After a game or on a weekend, there might be a long wait. Prices are good. The Crab Fries are a must (since no place else in the city is allowed to serve them!). But seriously, the white cheese dipping sauce is delicious. I could eat it without any fries! I think this place is better for snacks and drinks than dinner. All the food comes out when it's ready, so some people have food while others are still waiting. It can be a little awkward depending on the group.
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Jingle A.

One of my favorite places to grab a quick bite to eat. The crab fries with cheese dip is a must! So ridiculously good!
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Jack N.

It's always a great time when the games are on and you're hungry! The crab fries will blow you away. Never been a fan of the sweet potato fries, but it's not bad. The white mussels are the best. Also, the service here is great. Chickie's is your stop for a taste of Philadelphia.
(5)
RoSella O.

Typical sports bar food, I was not impressed. However, that crab cake burger almost made me punch my boyfriend in the throat. DAMN! Who knew something so simple could insight violence?! He ordered it, I didn't but I had a bite of his and I didn't want to give it back. I was mad as hell. I'll come back just for that.
(3)
Max S.

5 stars for the cheese fries, 4 stars for the sandwiches, 1-2 stars for the service at this location. I'm not into hairy Dungeness crabs so I don't get my crabs here. So I cant rate their crabs, which they're known for. So I give Chickie's and Pete's 3 stars. It seems like the hostesses put us in the most remote location every time we go the the restaurant, even when window booths are available. So I'm forced to beg for a window booth. Overall, really good sports bar, but they got me on a bad rating-day.
(3)
Eric W.

The fam stopped in before the Phillies game the other night. I had been here prior to Eagles games, mainly for the crab fries and beer. Tonight we stopped for dinner. Must have been a bad night(really, really bad night). Had to wait about 20 minutes while looking at multiple open tables. Finally sat down and ordered. We had a Chicken cutlet sandwich, cheese steak nachos, wings and a burger(didn't say we were eating healthy!). Chicken sandwich came out first, all by itself...about 5 minutes before the nachos...then the wings....then the burger. 4 items, 4 different food runners at 4 different times. Cutlet sandwich was a couple tenders, tossed in hoagie roll drizzled with honey mustard. Nacho chips were very soggy from the moment they arrived. Wings were so-so at best and the burger was simple but the bun was crusty, literally hard crust on the outside. Our waiter was energetic but when returned with the bill and my credit card, he literally tossed it. Our table and walked off. I'm in no hurry to go back.
(1)
Valerie B.

Beware of overcharging! Worst racket ever. Got 2 drinks from one bartender and the price was $8.50, got the same 2 drinks from another bartender and the price was now $9.25!!! At a different bar inside, Play 2 the bartender did the same thing. We called her out on charging $6.00 for a $3.00 beer and gave her the option of getting a manager or taking money out of her tips. She chose the 2nd option.
(1)
Bart D.

Great food, great atmosphere, great service. Crab fries, Philly steak sandwiches and a cold draft...Life doesn't get much better than this. A must stop if you're in Philly
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Seve' M.

Went here for a party in the other side of the main restaurant. They have these little cubicles with whatever game system you would ever want. Can't say anything new about the food so I won't... I'll have to go the the service. If the entire experience was dependent on the one bartender that I initially had serving me at the bar, I would have given the place 1 star. He was dismissive, ageist, and confrontational. When I decided that he wasn't going to person I wanted handling my food I took a seat in a 2 seater booth and my waitress totally changed my opinion of the place. That happens, sometimes so I'm glad I didn't just storm out of the place. She was attentive and very helpful. Gave me great recommendations and didn't rush me even though her shift was ending. I wish I wrote this review fresh because it was 4 months ago during March Madness and I can't remember either of their names.
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Candice H.

Okay really, I'm no sports fan. Really, I don't think I looked at the screen more than twice. But, there are SO MANY TVs, you wont have any issues from any seat. Needless to say, I am still a fan. If I had to go watch a game with my boy again, this would be it. I tried their specialty shrimp and crab fries. Eh...crab fries are definitely no the best fries but worth a try shrimp was garlicy (yum!) but oily. Sports bars with seafood, ample seating and space gets 4 stars. These are not rated on fine dining experience. Ratings on Sports bars experience only.
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Agent W.

Please, please, Where is the delicious cream of crab for the crab fries. I was so , so, disappointed with the food from this restaurant. Nothing is what you would expect. Don't fall for the freshly made each order bull sh*t. The famous crab fries are minus crab and hard as rocks,loaded with salt and old bay so, don't risk your health , trust me! This place is way over priced for the food and the drinks are watered down but, if your here for the game and a few shots they have great screens and so,so music. They are so sticking it to every one whom gets served here! You'd be better off going to red lobster to sea food differently....which up until my visit to chickies was a joke about there small portions, but if you really want small portions just order chickies & peas 3 crab cake entree ( not served with fries or salad) for $21.00 and awful tasting. Bone petite! Not!
(1)
Jess D.

I'm going to keep this short and sweet. I am a sports fanatic. I've traveled all over the country and I've never found a better sports bar. Now I may be slightly biased because I am a Philadelphia sports fan but I really don't think that is the case. The crab fries are a must-have. Leave your computer now and go try them if you haven't. If you haven't had them before you haven't lived. The crab legs are a seafood and garlic lovers dream. The chickie's cutlet italian always hits the spot for lunch or dinner. There are TVs everywhere and sports fans galore. This is where the real fans hang out and watch the games. The service is wicked fast (yes I said wicked). I could go on forever but then I'd be taking away precious time that you could be spending at Chickie and Pete's and I wouldn't want to do that... The only bad thing about Chickies- you will usually have to wait for a table during peak times which happens to be when I go most often.
(5)
Ayana P.

On our way to The Lakes for a quick lap or two, my sister and I drove past Chickie and Pete's. She then proceeded to describe, in great detail, how mouth-wateringly awesome their crab fries were. Needless to say, during my run at The Lakes, crab fries were on my mind the entire time. So on our way home we picked up an order of buffalo wings and their famous crab fries. Oh yes, the crab fries were finger-licking good. Their goodness surprised the hell out of me. They were a little too salty, but the old bay helped to balance it out a bit. Unfortunately, the buffalo wings weren't that good. Chickie and Pete's is too well known of a sports bar to have just ok buffalo wings. They need to do something about that. I'm sure I would have a good time here having crab fries over a game of soccer (do they show soccer there?).
(3)
Christian S.

They say this place is good for watching sports and having a beer. I am not usually here for sports purposes as I am a fan of the SuperBowl Championship NY Giants, and 27 time championship NY Yankees. I am usually here for after work get togethers or lunch every two months. It's crazy but this NY'er is not turned off by the pizza. I think it is pretty damn good, and makes for a pretty good snack after PSSC softball games. To all my die hards, please accept my apologies but the crab fries are overrated. They are way too salty, and the cheese dip is nasty. Everything else is pretty much your regular bar food wings, burgers, chicken sandwiches, etc. Off course you are going to have your cheesesteaks and the chicken sandwiches come in different variations. What shocked me here was the mussels and the crab legs. They are better than some seafood places. If you're not afraid of shellfish order the mussels in white. If you are trying to avoid carbs; suck it up. Order extra bread and dip that that sucker in that bowl end enjoy!!
(3)
Gina M.

Now I am a Pihilly girl..Chickie's and Pete's is just in my blood. But this particular location, NO. It is always packed! And if you actually want to hear the person next to you, forget it. Now I get it, all of the locations are loud, but this one takes first prize. It is obnoxious in there. But you know, the food is great and the prices are not bad. Alot of times, sports fans will come here before heading to one of the stadiums so you get alot of young drunks in there. I can live without that! But I cannot stress enough, the food is amazing. Everyone needs to try the Crab Fries and the Tower of Beer!
(3)
Lindsay H.

Oh Chickie's and Pete's, you are the perfect place to watch some sports and indulge. No doubt this is not the best food I've ever had but, if you can get a seat, grab some beer with mussels red and crab fries, there's no way not to thoroughly enjoy this place during a game or any time you're down by the stadiums. My favs are the crab fries, mussels red (white is overloaded with garlic that I can't always take it), the spicy pull and peel shrimp, steamers, and if the mood is right the blue crabs (it's a lot of work but tasty). This place also makes getting down and dirty with your food easy. There are sinks all over so you can rinse the mess off your hands once you're done....good touch. To sum it up, Chickie's and Pete's is a Philadelphia institution and always a good time. I strongly suggest going at least once to enjoy the experience. Please note: Make sure to remember two things before coming during major sporting events. 1. You'll never get a table and 2. You'll deal with a ton of drunk people. I've absolutely been one of these people before and we can get annoying unless you're in the right frame of mind. :)
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Britty H.

OK- so it's not hard for a native Californian to realize that they have bomb cheese steaks and crab fries. However, the 'dress code' is hilariously awful. No backwards hats boys. This isn't some 5 star fine dining in NYC or Beverly. Its a sports bar in south Philly. The service was nice, however we got our cheese steaks literally two minutes after we ordered and waited a few more minutes for water. When it came time for the bill, we had to flag down our waitress after waiting. Sorry but in Cali we are free to do as we please at a place of this caliber and a dress code at some bar just doesn't do it for me (even if it doesn't pertain to me)! Side note: my boyfriend was wearing a 76'ers hat...a PHILLY team. And he and his dad were/are professional athletes themselves. HAH...maybe that's why I found this so comical...this sports bar thinking they have authority when real athletes laugh at people that take this crap seriously. I will never understand the lack of common sense in this city.
(3)
William D.

OK so this is a sports bar? Had to beg them to put on 1 of there 50 or more TV's the #1LSU vs. #2Bama game????.....cant get Oklahoma State vs. Kansas State or South Carolina vs. Arkansas???? Excuse? They don't know how to change the channels ....even the bartender is apologizing...at least they have on the Pitt vs Cincinnati and mizzou vs Baylor game....come on...u guys don't even know what big games are playing?
(1)
Cliff C.

Buffalo Wings and Crab Fries are the best reasons to be here. The place is huge and I think if the Schwab of ESPN comes here he might have this as a Mecca. Nice people and staff situated on the pedestal of souvenirs. Do not come here wearing a NFC Rival jersey(Cowboy fans take heed) you will probably be booed thats how green this place bleeds.
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Jusyin W.

On 12/31/2013, my girlfriend and I went to your S. Philly location to get lunch. It was 1130 in the morning and the restaurant was pretty scarce. We were seated in the back room of the restaurant, where one other 4 top was seated. There were numerous servers and with 2 parties in this back room. Fifteen minutes after being seated not one member of your wait staff or management had been by our table. On a busy day this time table would be alright but there were servers and a female manager both standing by the back bar not actively involved in work. Ironically when I asked the hostess sitting in the back if we had a server, instead of your female manager getting involved, she continued to look at her cell phone and then turn her back as to act as if she didn't hear us. Through this whole experience this manager could be seen walking throughout the restaurant on her cell phone rather than engaging with her employees or better yet the guests of your establishment. I did have to laugh a bit watching this for two reasons. First right by the front door there is a sign that reads "no cell phone use" and secondly, while I was managing a Chuy's restaurant in college, I would never imagine being on my cell phone in the front of the house. With that said, the hostess in the back tried to locate our server which was even more comical to watch. The table next to us even commented "now they are going to argue over who is going to serve you." Again very laughable because again in my past restaurant experiences on a slow day my servers would be fighting for tables to make extra money not fighting not to work. Instead of waiting for the servers in the back to decide which one would serve us, we decided to make their choice easier and just go sit at the bar in the front part of the restaurant. I can say that both bartenders were great they promptly took our orders and when we explained what we witnessed in the back, one rolled their eyes and goes oh geez. Now, on to the adventure of food. I ordered a chicken cheese steak and my girlfriend ordered a chickie signature salad with chicken. Both pretty simple items for a kitchen to prepare. My sandwich arrived within 5 minutes of ordering. Unfortunately the salad took over 25 minutes to arrive. Again, in a busy restaurant setting, a time frame within reason, not a time frame in a restaurant with 20 people at the most. Also as I would imagine like most your commercial kitchen set ups, your salads are made in a different part of the kitchen than your steaks. However my sandwich came out and sat in front of me for 20 minutes while we waited for a simple salad to be made. While watching the manager zoom around the restaurant on her cell phone, it was very easily to see what was causing the delay in the restaurant. When your kitchen staff is in the front of the house watching the replay of the flyers game instead of making food ticket times will be long. Overall this experience started bad and ended worse. I feel the lack of attention by your manager is probably the direct cause of our experience. She obviously was more interested in her phone then what the employees of the restaurant were doing. Also she lacked the motivation to take initiative when she clearly heard that we had been seated 15 minutes and no one had been by our table to check in with us. Now you may ask why didn't we ask to speak to the manager while we were there? We asked, but were told they were busy at the moment. Of course whatever was going on in her cell phone conversation was more important than customers sitting in her restaurant at that very moment. I understand restaurants can be busy, and things happen. Unfortunately, through my experiences in the hospitality industry I did not notice one reason for our experience today.
(1)
Paul P.

There's no better atmosphere for me than a sports bar in a major city packed with fans about to head out to the game(s) who are getting ready for it by eating and drinking and bonding. Chickie's and Pete's, just around the corner from the Philadelphia sports complex that houses the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers and Sixers is the ideal spot for all pregame festivities. It's one of my favorite sports bars ever. (And I've been to many) With plenty of beer, food, TVs and passion among the fans of the Philly sports scene, it is very intense and a lot of fun even if you don't love the Philly teams. This place is famous for its crab fries, which are thin crinkle cut fries dusted with Old Bay seasoning and served with a side of white cheese sauce. They are served in a large tub, so sharing is encouraged. Pregame snacking doesn't get much better than this. And if you miss out on them here (or need more) you can also get them at the Phillies game. Another great option are the mussels in either a red or white sauce that are extremely tasty, along with shrimp, lobster, clams and crab options! Not exactly standard sports bar fare. But, of course, there's also the standard bar food choices such as wings, burgers, sandwiches, various appetizers and, of course, plenty of beer and drink options. You like sports bars and sports teams? If you visit Philly and plan to take in a game, (or even if you don't) go see Chickie and Pete first to get yourself ready.
(5)
Ian M.

Chickie's and Pete's aka "The Greatest Place on Earth." *Warning* I am from the Philadelphia area and had to move away. So this review may be a little biased because I miss C&P so much, but it is still such a wonderful place to go to if you ever visit Philly. This particular one is a little far south of the city but right next to all of the stadiums. The atmosphere is always jumping and the staff is always on point. They have a HUGE bar and it really is not difficult to get a drink. Try the YARDS beer. Deliciousomaculet (just made that word up). The ridiculously large projection screen in the corner for sporting events is a wonderment of awesomeness. Come hungry, be happy, and you will have the time of your life. The best things on the menu that you have to buy: Crab Fries, CRAB Fries, then more CRAB FRIES dipped in the cheese sauce. Mussels (in red), little neck clams, and the renovated Chickie Wings. You also have to get a beer tower (size: two pitchers worth). It is gaudy and annoying to have on the table, but it is just a tradition.. So do it!. LOL. Tip: Get there a good hour before any big game. Wait can be up to 90 mins and the place is really big.. Plan ahead. Enjoy!! -Ian M.
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Todd C.

Chickie and Pete's is one of my favorite sports bars in the entire city. I usually go before or after Philly sport events since the stadium is so close. I order the crab fries as well as the muscles in red sauce. Obviously the crab is great, although I usually stick with the muscles and fries
(4)
Mike M.

Last time I was here was a long time ago. My friends and I played our oletimers touch football game nearby. We stopped by here afterwards and spent over $100. As we were down to our last pitcher, we talked about ole time for 10 minutes. For whatever reason, one of the managers stopped over and just about kicked us out, as if we were tying up one of his tables on Saturday night. It was about 6 o'clock. I guess he didn't appreciate the $100 that we already spent, and needed that table badly. I found the food OK, nothing you can't get around the corner, but more expensive. Overall, this is a decent place, but overrated. And honestly, I didn't care for their corporate attitude. Give me one of the smaller, local cheaper places in South Philly, where aren't in a hurry to get your table.
(2)
Will H.

Last time I went here I got mussels which were pretty on-par for this city. This last time I got a burger. Had to be one of the worst I have ever had in my entire life and that is not exaggerating. You would think a kitchen that doesn't have to worry about pushing the whole table out at the same time (each plate comes out as they are ready) would have a potentially higher quality. Nope. Lets start with the cheese: The cheese was all not on the burger and was burned from the hotplate and so it was this huge black thing stuck to the side of my bun. Literally no cheese left unburnt. Why order a cheeseburger if I don't get any un-burnt cheese? The bun: ruined by the burnt cheese for some reason. The meat: overcooked to heck. they didn't let me choose how I wanted it done (I prefer medium-rare), so they cooked it overly overly well-done. Not sure why you can't get the whole table at once when there are only 15 other people in there during lunch... The rest: it came with tomato, onion, lettuce which were just ok. Bottom Line: do not get burgers here. They are absolutely a waste of money and are disgusting. Good thing I had some fries, those are always somewhat good. If I were to go back, which I probably will, I will get the mussels or clams I guess.
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Peter R.

It's good for what it is. The food isn't great - save for a few standouts like the mussels and crab fries - but it's bar food so your expectations can't be that high. It's a great place for grabbing a bite before a game at The Bank. There's plenty of seating so it's usually not a long wait even before game time.
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Ed C.

This has got to be one of the worst places to go to in the entire city. I came with friends here and hated everything about it. First of all, they had hardly any vegan food options. I ended up getting a pizza without cheese and fries. The beer selection sucks, unless you think Budweiser is a high-quality beer. The place is full of fat, disgusting heathens with grease dripping from their mouths staring at the servers breasts, who looks like she might as well work at Hooters. Seriously, this place is foul. I hated everything about it, including the name.
(1)
Mike I.

This is a great place to stop in before any game in the Philly area. The place is huge and has plenty of seating. They expanded this one to make it even bigger so you will likely be able to get in depending what day and time you are visiting. If it's a playoff game or big game in general and the game has already started I would expect a wait. The food here is your basic bar food wings, beer and some really great mussels. They serve everything as it's ready so if you are expecting an appetizer then dinner and so on you will not like this place. If your mussels are ready before your chicken sandwich then you are getting it in that order. They also have no dessert menu so don't go looking for any ice cream. This is a great place to go and party and they frequently have Philly area sports media and players in the place to meet. Everything is fairly cheap in the place too so that's a major plus. If you need any suggestions I would get some Crab Fries, Magooby sandwich and some Mussels in red sauce. They also have some pretty cheap endless crab legs and other endless food entrees that you can get. If you can't have fun in this place you are either an out of town fan or just not able to have fun. Would definitely make this a place to visit if you are in Philly for a game and want to eat somewhere not in the stadium.
(5)
Devon L.

Crab fries + mussels + crabs + ice cold Yuengling + 300 million TVs and projectors to watch any sports programming available = one of my versions of heaven. Get here early though, if it's a big game night it gets packed pretty quick and you'll be waiting an hour for a seat.
(4)
Alissa F.

Crab cake sandwich was awesome! Aioli on the side was spicy and delish. Crab fries with cheese dip were yummy and plenty for 4 gals to share. Friends got philly cheesesteak and buffalo chicken cheesesteak-very good. Saw several kids and families there on a Saturday evening. Service was good....they serve as the food is ready so one of us was just getting our food while the others were almost done....no biggie but just be aware. Would definitely return.
(4)
Clarke G.

I really wanted to love CP's.. The atmosphere is terriic. Beyond that I thought that the service was slow and the food mediocre. I have been here three times. Fun place on the way to the game, but not my first choice as a dining destination.
(2)
crystal e.

Crab Fries were delicious. Fries with Old Bay Seasoning served with cheese sauce. The Lobster Philly Cheesesteak was grub:) The Steak nachos we're pretty good too. I'll pass on the calamari. Good selection of beer. Would definitely go back.
(4)
Joycelin W.

Came here late on a Friday night after catching a free jazz concert and fireworks at Penn's Landing. I had pretty high hopes for this meal because the two friends I was with had been talking about taking me there to celebrate my graduation since I got my diploma in June. We ordered two baskets of crab fries for the three of us, and although we all have big appetites and were starving when we arrived, we couldn't finish them. The fries were wayyy too salty! I was told by J that they usually aren't, and judging from the pictures that others have uploaded, our crab fries were obviously very over-seasoned. A spent half the meal shaking the seasoning off each individual fry before eating it. I did like the cheese sauce but overall I was disappointed that the crabfries did not live up to the hype. I also had the Magooby--a sandwich with jumbo shrimp, pickles, onions topped with crab fries and cheese sauce. The funny name caught my attention (I should've asked where it came from!), and I ordered it even though it sounds like a weird combo, because weird combos usually turn out to be absolutely delicious, right (i.e. anything from Little Baby's)? Here, not so much. It wasn't bad--but it wasn't good, either. My biggest qualm with it was that the sandwich was cut in half before the fries and sauce were put on top, which made it difficult to actually separate the two halves without making a mess. Maybe I'm being picky, but I just don't like getting cheese sauce all over my hands! J enjoyed his buffalo cheesesteak (you can't really go wrong with that), but A thought his white mussels were just so-so. I was also pretty shocked (in a bad way) when we got the check. The hostesses were a little standoffish, but our server (I think her name was Nicole?) was wonderful! The sports bar atmosphere is pretty cool, but I'm not a sports fan at all so I probably won't be back.
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Tracey S.

Chichie & Pete's is a great place to come for good finger foods and they have the best fries ever! When you get a chance to stop by for some good eats, be sure to sit in JT's section. Not only is he awesome at what he does, he's not bad on the eyes ladies.
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Scott S.

The food is great and the service is usually exceptional. It;s a fun place. The lobster dishes are excellent. The PIZZA IS MY FAVORITE. I like the fries like everyone does. They refill soft drinks and the staff is great. All TV's show everything. Can get crowded but that is because it's GOOD! AND the management is friendly! Caters well to out of town visitors!
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M G.

Shame on them. mobile.philly.com/busineâ€¦
(1)
Cara T.

This place gets PACKED. Luckily, we stopped by while there was no Philadelphia sports team playing as this location is right by the sports complex. Chickie's crab fries were one of the first foods I was introduced to upon moving to Philly and it pretty much changed my life. The white cheese sauce? Fantastic! Sure, it may not look or feel like cheese, but it makes the fries melt in your mouth. Pete's Pizza wasn't as tasty as I had hoped. Clearly pizza is not one of their hot menu items. I would stick with the crab fries and cheesesteaks for a more authentic experience.
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AJ M.

A good place to find yourself, not necessarily one to plan for. I used to occasionally end up here after work and never had a bad time. Crab fries are all they're trumped up to be, beer flows freely and pretty cheap and...well, the game is on. It's a pretty standard sports bar with a great marketing campaign and some official partnerships. It is just fine, and you probably won't regret spending an hour or 2 there. My only beef is that they asked me to turn my hat around, but I supposed they were concerned about the glare from the indoor lamps getting in my eyes and causing an accident or something, so it was probably for my own good...or whatever. It couldn't have been a need to maintain a dress code in a place where jerseys are predominantly worn. Anyway, don't go out of your way for C & P, but if your co-workers invite you or you want to kill some time before/after a game, why not?
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Roe M.

A favorite!!! Always a good time and always enjoy great food from the crab fries to wings to mussels to pizza.....all outstanding! Personal favorites of mine are the buffalo wings, mussels white, crab legs, and of course the crab fries!
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Sara V.

We were here for an event honoring 9/11. I had the salad (surprise surprise) with grilled chicken. The chicken was salty I couldn't even touch it. My mouth watered after taking the first bite it was so strong. The fries were yummy though. We also sampled their pizza. No flavor whatsoever, but we had to eat. The actual venue and the servers are great! So two stars there.
(2)
Mika G.

Just attended my Fantasy Football Draft here...the staff was AWESOME and the amenities they offered our group were fantastic!
(4)
S W.

Ate at the airport location. Not only was the food good but our server,Terri, was wonderful too. Gave us a great recommendation. She was so sweet. Highly recommend eating there when at the airport. Gate E
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Steve Z.

Came here for the worst culinary disappointment of my entire life. My friends raved about these "crab fries" which I assumed would be some unique concept of fried crab meat made their own secret way served with thier own secret sauce. Instead out came these fries with seasoning on them to which my reaction was "WTF?!" First of all, seafood seasoning does not belong on french fries. I tried them and was not impressed, especially for the price I paid. Try ketchup or cheese wiz Chickie. They are possibly the most over-hyped food in the entire Philadelphia region.
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Tony C.

By far one of the best if not only sports bar and daily regular hang out for me back when I still lived in south Philly !!!!!!!!!! I was there hanging out for lunch ad dinner and partying til closing nearly 20-30 hours a week at least. Great place to catch the games, mingle with people and the friendly staff. I'm sure if management or Pete himself reads this and sees my profile pic he would remember me. If owner Pete is reading this ....."yo Pete you should consider opening a CP out here in Vegas all the Philly people that live here and there is quite a lot to be honest love and miss CPs . Recommendation to people is def try the crab fries. Many of te items on the menu are great. Been 3 yrs since I moved from south Philly to Vegas but I'm guessing there's been a lot more added to the menu? I really hope to one day be visiting back home and will def want to come back to CPs. I miss the overall experience atmosphere, food, service and most importantly the people of CPs as that's what really makes me love the place and is key to any business to retaining clientele returning. Hope someone that remembers me reads this and messages back on yelp. Would so seriously love a CP franchise location in Vegas for all us Philly natives and such out here. Plus Vegas could use the most popular voted sports bar in the nation at the biggest sports betting capital in the world here in sin city. Love you all at CPs Tony Lance Chiu Tough Tony
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Amanda G.

Went to Chickie's yesterday after the Flyers game for my sister-in-law's birthday. I was worried about the cheese for the cheese fries being different because of a recent review I read, but all was good. The fries tasted like they always did. One thing I *hate* about this place is that they won't seat you without every member of your party present. So, if 4 out of 7 are here, you won't just seat us at a 7-seat table and let us get some drinks? Or if someone is visibly in the parking lot you won't acknowledge us until they're IN THE DOOR? It's so irritating. Anyway - the food last night was good. I got the seafood soup. It was pretty spicy, which I wasn't expecting, but luckily I like spice. It also had clams and mussels in the shell. The one thing that disappointed me was that there really wasn't much seafood in the soup. Someone I was with got the mussels in marinara - and what came out of the kitchen was gigantic. I'd recommend it if you're hungry. Service was super slow, but they were busy, so I won't complain about it too much. Overall, this is the go-to place after/before a game, but other than that I wouldn't be making any efforts to make the trip.
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Richard W.

world famous crabby fries!!! terrible. frozen fries sprinkled with old bay. no crab meat!!! please dont advertise crabby fries and not have crab meat on the fries. terrible.
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D D.

The food was pretty good. We had philly nachos, chicken parm sandwich, lobster philly cheesesteak and crab cakes. Everyone was happy with there food. Just make sure you talk to the right hostess as the man at the front thought I couldn't read. He kept telling me me my name wasn't on the list even after I received a text message stating my table was ready. He insisted to the hostess that I must have gotten the initial text message. The funny part was he wouldn't even look at me or speak directly to me although I was right there trying to speak to him. Wonder what that was all about? Our waitress was super friendly and quick.
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Jonathan P.

Chickie's used to be my favorite spot to go to in all of Philly. The sports bar atmosphere, tons of seating, beer specials, and great food (Crab Fries at the top of the list) were all apart of the Chickie's culture that many Philadelphians loved even more than their first-born. I mean where else could we all openly talk about how it was the Eagles year to win it all, or how Peter Forsberg would finally take the Flyers to the cup. (There's plenty more of these could-have-beens in this town). Well, years have passed since this location opened and while many of those great attributes remain, the quality (and quantity) of the food has declined greatly. First of all, they add new items to their menu about once every 3-4 years but I can get over that pretty quickly. They really haven't needed to be innovators because of their incredible location by all of the Philly Stadiums and the Walt Wit Bridge. The food is the main reason why I stopped coming here- they serve less of it for the same (or increased) prices and I always seem to have a problem with it; whether it came out cold or sloppily put together. Specifically, all of the menu items with chicken cutlets on them have gotten smaller in the past few years. I'm not picky, but it's easy to notice when you visit pretty frequently. The burgers are plain and nothing exciting, the salads lack flavor too, and loading them all with crab fries seems to be the go-to method for sparking some appeal in these boring bowls of green abyss. I could go on but you get the point, the food is just mediocre and if they didn't have Crab Fries they would be the same as any other large-scale sports bar on the east coast. (thinking of CHAMPS, Buffalo Wild Wings, etc.). It's not only that Chickie's food quality has started to slightly decline, it's the fact that so many new places with just as many TV's, just as many seats, better beer specials, and 10x better food are opening up all over the Philly region. Pete has become more concerned with franchising out, making bank on each new location that opens up (can't blame him), but there comes a point when you have to look at your creation and say "Is this the best that I can do? Is this the best product I can put out there with my name branded all over it?" Right now I think the answer is a big, resounding "NO!" But once they have some fresher ideas for menu items (thinking sandwiches tied into Philly legends), and better quality food to choose from... I"ll be back, and they'll have me as a regular once again.
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Manish P.

crab fries over hyped. great place to watch a game though. spacious, lots of TV's. good beer selection.
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Bob I.

Met a friend for a few beers and some appetizers. Service was very good with the waitress being friendly but giving us our space. The appetizers were good, not great. We had chicken nachos, boneless chicken wings, and riblets. The ribs had too much wet sauce on them, the nacho had the artery clogging cheese, and the chicken was OK. The beer choices were very good. The place was somewhat noisy as you would expect at a sports bar. It was extra noisy from time to time due to Quizzo; this takes place on Thursdays.
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Daniel T.

If you need salt, then this is your place! There must be a salt mine under the restaurant, even the air in there smells of salt. This place is ready for a "Restaurant Impossible" makeover. There were 7 of us in two different cars. The second car was delayed by 10 minutes so we arrived first and told the hostess that we're a party of 7, but she refused to seat us until our whole party arrived. The place was mostly empty, with staff just standing around. We should have left... If they sat us, we would have all ordered drinks and at least 2 apps, but instead they lost on that sale. The interior is an attention deficit disorder's dream come true with flashing lights and weird noisy decor, a visual hurricane of bad design sense and beer lights. Like someone threw a hand grenade into a Fridays chain. Once seated on the sticky fishy smelling uncomfortable kind of damp chairs, looking at the menu it was impossible to find anything that wasn't fried. Even the salad comes with french fries on top. I asked our server if they had any grilled chicken, she said it was a slow night and the kitchen could "Probably grill something". All the beers were your typical beer flavored watered down beer brands like Coors Lite and Bud Lite and Light lite, now without the taste! The clients were mostly middle aged pot bellied men, holding beers and looking like they were all wondering where their lives went. There wasn't a pretty girl in the place really. Why would a pretty girl want to go there anyway? Figuring since we were in South Philly I ordered a cheese steak. My gal pal ordered a salad without fries, and the children with us ordered a pizza to share. All standard fare for South Philly, one would think... right? There's no way all of these Italians in South Philly could fuck up a pizza and a cheese steak, right? Wrong. The pizza was an Ellios frozen pizza, I kid you not. It was so bad that hungry children wouldn't eat it. I've never seen a kid not eat pizza before! I tried a bit, it was totally inedible. It was also wet. Not like greasy pizza wet, but like someone dropped it in the sink wet. My cheese steak was also wet. Like the pizza, not like greasy cheese steak wet, but soggy roll wet with cheese dripping out. I thought the cheese was so hot that it was melting, but it never solidified. I asked my server and she said it was "cheese sauce" which is apparently cheese flavored water, with extra salt. My colleague ordered a Buffalo Pizza Steak, which also came with wet salt sauce and extra salt, and his wife got crabs with crab fries and salt. For the uninitiated, crab fries here means "orida frozen fries with old bay sprinkled on top", not fresh cut fries with actual chunks of crab meat as one would expect from a restaurant. Overall, avoid this dingy, horrible place until the "restaurant impossible" make over is done with it, or it falls though the Earths crust due to the salt mine under it.
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Bill S.

It seems as if their food as fallen off a bit. It's not what it used to be. Their crab Fries were the best. Now the last couple times my ram y and I were there, they were soggy like they were sitting out for a while. The beer hasn't been down to temp (warm). I don't know what it is about the sandwiches I can't really pinpoint it, but they aren't as good as the past.I have to give it to them for their king crabs they are always great. The service has seemed to be falling off. Maybe in a whole the food quality and service reflects the management. I'm not sure. I just hope they get back to the way things were in the past.
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Karen T.

I just don't see the appeal compared to so many other rave reviews. Past few times people have wanted to meet here pre-Flyers game, and I've never been wowed. Servers have been nice/fine, food was OK, but just seems like you can have better either eating at the game itself or going to some place that isn't as crazy before hand? Nice that the list out all of the beer that they have on tap (good variety of mega beers vs. others), but the parking lot is always ridiculous, I am waiting for the time before a big game where there is going to be an incident of people fighting over a parking place. The van to the game is a nice touch, but since you can't park there in the lot without paying them ($15 when we were there, which is the same as the regular parking fees), not sure what the appeal is? It will be interesting to see how they do compared to Philly Live at the Stadium complex when that opens in the spring.
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Danielle P.

5 stars, as far as sports bars go. Awesome atmosphere with tons of TVs, high ceilings which allows for huge projectors to show games, great service, prices and food. For my gluten free eaters, the tortilla chips and fries are both gluten free. They also use a separate fryer from their breaded goods, so no cross contamination! Try the Buffalo Chicken nachos... the chicken is grilled, so no worries there. It is covered in cheese sauce and bleu cheese, too. I opted for extra buffalo sauce for more balance between hot and cheesy. I got the bacon cheeseburger with no bun, which was made from high quality sirloin. It was incredibly good! Their mixed drinks didn't skimp on the alcohol either. High recommended. Can't wait to go back!
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Donna K.

Stopped in at the end of the Phillies home opener for dinner with my sister-in-law and our kids. We won't be back. The waitress was loud and rude and mixed our drinks up. Didn't really matter because they tasted the same anyway, cheap. The crab bisque with lump crab meat barely had any crab and it certainly wasn't lump. Pizza was OK, wings were OK. The meal was cheap and we got what we paid for. Then the hockey game came on and forget about hearing anything over the TVs. Not worth the hype.
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Michelle P.

Based on the outstanding reviews of crab fries, I hustled my ass here to try what people said was a must have. Ah... I've had better and wouldn't waste my money or time trying to do this again. Sorry Y'al, but the fries reminded me of seasoned fries you can get anywhere, and the cheese dipping stuff, while decent, was no where near a repeat in my book. Definitely not something to write home about. Give me Garlic Fries at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles ANYDAY over these puppies. The crab fries left me wondering what I missed.
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Bill M.

When you go through a 2 year tradition of watching the insanely off kilter experience that is Wing Bowl you find yourself needing a fun place where a good sized group can imbibe by the TOWER pour. And, although you just watched 12 people devour (and a few likely puke) chicken wings by the 100s, a place that serves good food is an absolute must! and for both categories Chickie's & Pete's is a spot that's solidly unmatched. On both occasions I've been even though it was helluva crowded around 9:30-10am, Chickie & Pete's where able to serve our group of 20+ with zero hangups. And when it comes to maintaining all the food that we probably should of thought better of ordering, multiple orders of crab fries, ~how many shots did our tables just order?~, and TOWERS of beer we ordered; lets just summarize that its not an easy feat to accomplish. and lets back up on that food and those TOWERS! The gravity bong like contraption that the TOWER consists of is far from your typical container of beer, and that's why its perfect for when you're not on your typical kind of day. and since it hooks up the perfect pour for at least 8-10 people it gets the job done! And whether you order the Baltimore style blue claws, the juicy pork sandwich with broccoli rabe, the staple crab fries with cheese (get at least 2 baskets!), the crazy good chicken wings, and then some; you're in for some seriously good eats that go well beyond that of your usual sports bar. Bonus points for when your group is able to lineup their shuttle to the next destination, and you're able to watch some Jackass: The Movie along the way!
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Megan W.

We went here before a Sixers game and ate some delicious shrimp. I like that they just bring the food out as it's ready, instead of some dishes sitting around while the others finish. Especially since we were all sharing anyway. I do have to say that my friend said she wanted a beer that was like a Blue Moon (wheat) and he brought her an IPA. CLEARLY he doesn't drink beer because he must have thought that because they kind of look the same so they must taste the same. UH NO. Fail.
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Annie L.

Love certain dishes and their cold beer!
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Joe M.

When visiting Philly, my GF and I were told to go there and try it out. Plus it was during the time when my GF's friend could get away and have a beer with us, no kids. She started off by saying the had crab fries. WOW!! Parking was a challenge, but parked around the corner in a residential street. Walking in, I really liked the set up and small bar feel. We walked up some stairs and found a spot for the three of us. The bartender was the one who took our order. On the menu I saw Baltimore style crab legs. Never had it, so I'm there. Odered some beers and chilled. Got the food in a timely fashion. The crab fries were not what I expected, I guess I took the name a little to literially. All and all, they were tasty. The presentaion was not fluffy at all and I didn't mind it. The atmosphere was the perfect place to hang out and have crab and beer.
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Shakur G.

Been here few times. Food is always good and for how packed this place be the service is pretty good too.
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Nicole I.

Perfect place to go if you are looking to hang out, relax and watch the game while eating some great chicken and seafood. This C&P, in particular, has a new expansion that truly makes it fun and amazing for both the man-child or just the child, with an entire game center of video games to keep you entertained. I also have to say I love the camaraderie here. Obviously, I'm a Flyers fan, and it was funny to me to see some Rangers fans get boo'd out of the place before they could even sit down. I know some will find that rude, but it's Philly-you should know how serious the sports fans are here. That being said, if you are with a "mixed party" (i.e. Flyers fans with opposing team friends/fans) don't go here to eat. ;) I've never been disappointed with the service or the food. We go here again and again.
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Kamilah B.

I like C&P overall! It is a fun place great for groups or two or even one. We ordered pizza the last time and I was actually surprised that it was so good. My husband was too. Boys loved it. The crab legs were good, as well as the crab fries. Who doesn't love them?! Service was ok, not bad. I really would love to check it out on a game night, and I'm sure their happy hours are great.
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Ken M.

One of my favorite go-to-spots to watch sports. My favorite Chickie's spots are the South Philly and Robbins Ave locations. 1) When watching a Phillies or Eagles game, the crowd at Chickie's is always comprised of hardcore, Philadelphia sports fans and nothing but Philadelphia fans. I like being surrounded by my 'own kind' when watching the games. 2) Ever go to a 'sports' bar in Philly or Jersey where the game is being played on the TV and the bar doesn't have the sound turned up so you can hear the game? At Chickie's, you best believe the sound is going to be cranked up over the entire bar/ restaurant. No need to ask them to do so, it's understood. 3) As far as the food is concerned: I have had better elsewhere in regard to certain items from the menu. Though, overall, I like the food. I like Chickie's Mussels in red (better than the white in my opinion). I also like the Chickie's hot style shrimp. (make sure to dip your bread in the broth, you'll get a nice hit of garlicky goodness). Chickie's crab fries are very good. Though, I haven't been in the mood for them on my last couple of visits, not sure why. As for the hardshell crabs, sometimes they are real good, sometimes they have been overcooked. (especially when they are served during special all-u-can eat events/packages.... guess due to high volume?) 4) They have a fairly decent beer selection. (not alot of craft beer though). At the South Philly location, I like sitting at the 'Piano bar'. I won't mention any names but get to know the bartender who sort of looks like Woody Harrelson as well as the other gent who wears shorts, even when it is cold out. They are good guys.
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Chelsea P.

Reasons why Chickie's and Pete's ROCKS MY SOCKS. 1) Crab fries with warm dipping cheese 2) Philly sports & their crazy-a$$ fans that I know and love (I am one of them) 3) Beer towers 4) Big screen tv's 5) CRABS and SHRIMP seasoned to perfection 6) Did I mention the crab fries? 7) DJ music between baseball innings Ah, this is one of the reasons I love Philadelphia.
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Stephen K.

Will never go back. This place is all hype, if that's your thing. I went here before a game and waited about 45 minutes for a table for 2. I watched about 7 tables sit empty the entire time, and even pointed them out to the staff. The food was eh. They are known for their crabs fries. They are good, but not worth everything else. If you just want a beer, while standing around a bar to chat with friends while a game is on, then this is your place. CHEESESTEAK RATING: C+ I had the lobster cheesesteak, so this could be skewed a little. The sauce and lobster did not add to it. Even without the sauce and lobster, it still was a small cheesesteak and not anywhere comparable to the best of them.
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Jesse C.

Cheap beer and free shuttle to the CBP. They were showing some bullshit sport like minor league golf or something on most of the TVs despite real sports being on. WTF?
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Amy S.

I went here for my first time tonight, and I was blown away! I'm a big fan of sports bar/restaurants so this place definitely fit the bill. Their buffalo wings were DELICIOUS! And I've heard so much about these Crab Fries, I had to try them... they rocked too! Give this place a shot, I'll definitely be back.
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Andrew R.

I come here for the food first and the sports scene second. I now live in Seattle and go here every time I come home. We always get: Mussels in red sauce Crab fries Pizza- honestly my favorite pizza in the entire country... no lie! Lots of sauce on top of the cheese baked to the textured crust. Amazing!
(5)
German S.

Since we were disappointed witht he Phillies lost to the Mets we left at the 7th inning and hit Chickies and Petes to watch the Flyers game againt Pitts. This place was mobbed but like always I worked my magic and we were seated within 5min. My friend Steve loves this place and dont even look at the menu anymore. I told him to order as he wanted so this is what he ordered.. Shrimp pizza , lobster pizza, wings, crabby fries, and ofcourse a round of cold beverage..I could not believe that 4 people ate all that food. it was a great time with great company.
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Carlo D.

I really enjoyed the food..... A++++++
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Matt D.

While I was in town for business, my cousin said that we had to come here to get the truly Philly fan sporting experience since it's located right next to the Philly sports park. While waiting for her to arrive, I was reading Yelp reviews and realized that the crab fries were a must. I ended up splitting an order of those and going with the Philly Cheese Steak which turned out to be great as well. Atmosphere was a little loud since they were launching Corona on tap and this is the first place to serve it in the US. TVs were also everywhere which made watching any NBA game possible.
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John Q.

I'm not sure if there is anyone out there who can say they don't like Chickie and Pete's. What's not to love? Their crabfries are the stuff of legends. Their mussels are served in a red sauce that makes me wish I had an Italian grandma. Their sandwiches are served on the best rolls I can find in Philly. I'm also a fan of their hot shrimp (must love garlic) and their crab legs (must really, really love garlic). Aside from the food the atmosphere here is one of the best. Even if you aren't a Philly sports fan, you have to admit that this is one of the top 3 sports bars in the country. The beer towers are always flowing here and they sometimes have decent specials. The local sports radio stations and tv sports stations broadcast from this location on occasion. Locals and tourists frequent this spot so it can often get crowded during the weekends or before/after big games. Go early if you want a seat. Without a doubt, Chickie's is the best place to watch a Phils, Flyers, or Eagles game or any other sporting event.
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Kerry B.

One of my favorites. I like everything, but of course, the crab fries are my fave. The wings from here are also one of my favorites. I used to love the mussels but then started to make my own, which I think are better so, I pass on those. I always take visitors here when it's cold for a cheesesteak, I actually love the provolone cheese sauce, so I prefer it to the big names down the street.
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Kathy R.

What can I say!!!! Best Mussels anywhere!! The only decision is whether to get Red or White... Last several visits .. Been RED!!!!! I cant even bring myself to order Mussels anywhere else!!!! Latest visit yesterday My sons birthday coming from a Flyers game.. and excited to watch the Seahawks I'm a fan from way back and wanted to experience the win on Chickies huge TV!! Of all my numerous visits I never realized they have a secret section all the way in the far corner with really nice cozy booths!!! Our waitress Melanie was very accommodating and also had the TVs in our section fixed for us to watch the Football game. .. Her service was excellent .. The food was awesome including Clams, Mussels, roast pork and a parm sandwich everyone was pleased .. No Crab Fries this time !! Maybe since I had to wait 30 minutes at the Eagles game in line freezing for them last Saturday!!!!! Only complaint for the appetizer was not enough chips for the overwhelming toppings on the cheese steak nachos... When I asked if could purchase extra chips I was told $9.99..NOT..Next time ill bring my own! LOL........Chickies is an awesome good time and always exciting atmosphere!!! Great place to watch a game, celebrate a Birthday or just stop for a quick bite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(4)
Amy H.

Had our company party there. I am very pleased, food is good and hot. Got drinks within reasonable time. Best of all, they have all the fun games here. Love It!
(4)
K T Y.

Salty, overly salted food. Crab fries need to be smothered in ketchup to counterbalance the salty seasoning. The "sauce" for shrimp and crab=salty. Crab cakes were good.
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Steve S.

Review update is in order now. Boy, is it ever in order! I decided to have a bunch of friends here to help me celebrate my 40th birthday recently. Now, I will always say that this place has plenty of good things going for it. Yes, the crab fries are awesome. Yes, they have some good sandwiches. Yes, they have plenty of beer. Yes, they have lots of TV's which is great for a game. Yes, they also have some very cool bartenders who were very cool to me on my big night. So overall, my last visit made me happy. I have always wanted to like this place and fully embrace it. But something always happens to change that... So why the two stars? Simply put, one of the waitresses committed a cardinal sin in my book. Now granted, it turns out there may have been a miscommunication that caused this. We had a large group by the bar, and a couple of my friends asked if they could get a table near the bar to have place to order some appetizers for people in our group. At first, a member of the staff told them they could. I think they misunderstood us, or my friend didn't communicate it right. Nevertheless, this situation ended with the waitress for that table shouting angrily at one of my friends. I don't know how it escalated to that point. But one of the things she said was that they couldn't sit there at her table because they weren't going to order enough food and she would lose out on tips. It all happened too fast for me to really get what happened, and I never got the waitresses name to complain to any management (it was a Saturday night, and the table was by the back bar for the record). But, I don't care what the situation is. Not only it is inexcusable for a staff member to yell at a paying customer, it is a major failure to even imply denying service for any reason because of tips. She may have been really busy or had a bad night. It doesn't matter. It's rule #1 of customer service. Even if the customer is angry, which in this case they weren't, you don't get angry back. People get fired for that. And I know for sure that my friends did not yell at her back because she did all the yelling. It made for a pretty hilarious Facebook picture later I must say when someone in my party captured a shot of her yelling at my friend. All in all, quite the memorable scene. Plus, I did sample the crab legs on this occasion. Sorry guys, I have had better. It's supposed to be your signature dish, and they weren't that great. As I said in a previous review, they slip a lot here. But the crab fries are still awesome, and many in my group were happy with the food they ordered. I will say that for the most part, I had a great time here. But this place suffers from a little too much success.
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Jason W.

This is an awesome sports bar. It's pretty damn big and they dish out the typical bar food. Had a philly cheese steak myself. It was ok, I figured rolling into the land of Philly Steaks would present myself with some foodgasmic times. Nope. I gotta say it was just average. That said, I still liked this place. I could see how this would be an awesome spot to watch a game. There is tons of room, several large screens and dozens of flat screens all around you. Overall I gotta say if you are looking for a place to watch a game, get loud, have some drinks, and chomp on some avg food; this your spot!
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Michael J.

Went to Philly with my boys this weekend yo watch the Braves take on the Phillies on sat and let me tell you I feel in love with this place. From the moment you step in and greeted by like twelve girls to the moment you waking over to your seat. This place is beautiful. Huge place with TV's everywhere. They also have booths with huge TV's and Rock band Drums and Guitars. Place is awesome! Our friend who's a local told us to have the crab fries. They were really good. I had a cheese steak. Prob not the best place in Philly but it was good enough. C&P also has every bottle of liqs ever made. Kid you not! It was like an alcoholics heaven. I had beers and a couple shots of Jamison. We all had lots to drink and the bill at the end of the night was pretty light. Being from NYC the people at this place showed us love too. The waitress spoke to us a lot. I wish this place was in NYC. I'm hating big-time. C&P beats out any Sports Bar in the city. Will be going back soon.
(5)
annie w.

Crab fries Buffalo tenders Decent service What's up with the leggings? Clean bathrooms Interesting sinks in the bar area Hyoooge Taxi crab for 10$ Not too far of a walk to the ballpark
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Collin S.

There are plenty of landmarks in the city of Philadelphia, but this place should be on the National Registry of Historical Places too. There are few bars that define a culture as well as Chickie's. It's just massive, they have a signature item (the ungodly amazing crab fries), and no place wraps up the passion of the Philadelphia sports fan better. Plus the prices, while not exactly cheap, don't break the bank either. If you can't actually attend, this is without a doubt the best place to watch a Phils, Flyers, Sixers, or Eagles game on the planet. Tons of TV's with great sound, plenty of waitresses, and an atmosphere that won't shun you when you scream at the Birds offensive line for GETTING VICK KILLED BECAUSE THEY PASS PROTECT LIKE A DAMN POP WARNER TEAM!! (emphasis mine). I had a four hour layover at the airport last weekend with a friend who's a born and raised Florida girl. We went to Chickie's (not the lame one in the airport either) and met my cousin for a few drinks. My friend thought it was ok, but nothing special. She's not from Philly, so she didn't get it. She doesn't live and die with her teams the way you're supposed to. She doesn't understand the passion of people that were born here have for sports. And that's fine. Just give your seat at Chickie's to the girl in the Victorino shirt. She'll appreciate it.
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Matt G.

This place is huge! TVs everywhere...and we rolled on a Monday with a group of 15 people...and they delivered a solid experience. We ordered like 8 apps....timed right and food got there when a good dent in those were done. Tower of Beer: Best Thing Ever.
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Andrew W.

Heyyy I just ate here recently for the first-time in a very long time. It's pretty sweet here. I am totally going to go back. The sweet potato crab fries are awesome with the cheese sauce and the hot applesauce dressing. I think the applesauce dressing could be an aphrodisiac? I was all horny after an hour of eating that stuff. Like legit.
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Michelle C.

There isn't too much to say that hasn't already been said. This particular location is clean, nice-looking and always packed with fun-loving people. Once in a while, you will run into people from the local sports scene, which is always fun. My most recent visit was on Friday night, after the Flyers' disappointing overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens. When my friends and I arrived shortly after the game, Riley Cote and Arron Asham were already seated and drinking beers with a group of people. How these guys showered and got over there so quickly remains a mystery. Is there an underground tunnel that leads from the Flyers' locker room to Chickie's main bar? In addition to the lively crowd and local sports figures, there were also Amstel Light girls giving out free beer. Score!
(5)
Alexx I.

Disappointed
(1)
Tina C.

Crab fries are to die for!! Can't beat the price for how great they are!!! Who would have thought a little old bay and white cheddar dipping sauce could be THAT great!! Rest of the food is mediocre and not that great. Great place to watch a game but be prepared to wait, it is always packed! It' is a lot of fun there. Wonder hoiw there business is doing now though with the opening of XFinity Live!
(4)
Michelle O.

Natives recommended I try the crab fries, which to me tasted like soft, hot barbecue potato chips. They were pretty good and would have garnered a 3-star review. I added another star though for Play2. Being a huge gamer, I was pretty blown away that this place had big pods to rent out where you and friends can drink and play XBOX on a big screen. I wish there were places like this in Southern California. If there are, there aren't any nearby me so I'll have to stick to my home Rock Band parties/booze fests. As for the atmosphere of Chickie's & Pete's, the front area was to be expected. Very much a sports bar and crab shack sort of feel. However, our hostess led us to the back where the Play2 area is housed. I felt like I walked into a gay dance club. Techno music was thumping loudly from above and I couldn't hear anything my bf was saying sitting across from me at the table. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the atmosphere, as the walls were lit up and club lights sort of flashed around me. It was a little weird to not see people dancing in such an environment, though once a group of girls got trashed enough, they did attempt to get guys to dance with them in front of their table. They were unfortunately unsuccessful in that venture. There were a few big screens on the wall showing camera footage of people dancing or playing plastic instruments from the gaming pods. Cute.
(4)
Maratino S.

Just came back from lunch at chickie and pete's and everything was excellent. My son and I took my mother for her birthday. We had the lobster white pizza which was out of this world. We had the little lobster tails which were delicious. Fried calamari was excellent, son had a bbq burger which he said was very good and of course we had the crab fries. waitress was very nice and friendly. Love this place! Excellent customer service and food!
(5)
Queen Amina S.

My bestie and I went to Chickie's and Pete's on Friday night. It was a nice croud and we were starving. I ordered the crab fries and a plate of white mussels. I was'nt in the mood for liquor so I decided on white zinfendel. The cheese dip was amazing with the perfect thickness required for dipping fries. I should of skipped on the crab seasonings because it made them too saulty. I enjoyed the mussels and although they had just a hint of flavor, the fun was in the opening of the shells.' The waitress was nice to us and accomodating although she was a little heavy on the "checkins". Overall I had a nice time because the atmosphere was exciting to experience and the booth we sat in was perfect for Janice and I to LOL to funny crack-ups.
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Meg A.

GREAT place to watch the game!!!! And that is about it! Crab fries... Yeah. They are tasty, but all they are is (admitedly decent) fries with Old Bay Seasoning on them. Not all that magical. The muscles are good - and spicy. In fact, just about everything on the menu is spicy. I understand that the goal of the menu is to sell beer, but come on! Not everyone wants one spicy dish after another! It becomes too much. My friend who cannot handle spicy food was there with us to watch the game. And that was when we found out she did not like spicy food. We never knew this before. So, because she was not eating , she opted to only drink soda (drinking on an empty stomach is not smart, after all). The bill came and they charged her for every soda. Classy. But a GREAT place to watch the game!!! FRIGGING WOOT!
(2)
Ramon F.

The service is just ok, food is good, but not great. I go for the atmosphere, which is great for watching a game. Try the lobster cheese steak or the mussels, they go great with beer ;)
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Marcello D.

It doesn't matter to me that there's typically a long wait at Chickie's or that the food comes out as it's ready or that the menu leaves a bit to the imagination. When you come to Chickie's & Pete's it's for a specific reason. You want crab fries, mussels, to watch a game, or maybe to see a sports show being taped. You could meet a local athlete or a server might forget your sandwich. You win some, you lose some. As long as your got your crab fries, everything's OK.
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Jessica S.

I miss crab fries! They are so yummy with the cheese sauce. It's a great atmosphere to come with friends and have a good time. They have towers of beer (it does get a little foamy), but it's still cool. I don't really like seafood so I can't really rate it, but all my friends and family enjoy going. I like the one on the Blvd better for the atmosphere, the original is more neighborhood-bar like. They have kareoke on Tuesday nights. Fun!
(4)
Chris L.

AWESOME place to go chill at when watching a football game, especially if there's an Eagles game going on. Gotta get the crab fries there. So good!
(5)
Gina L.

My last job occasionally required a couple days here and there in Philly. Sadly, on those trips I rarely had the opportunity to eat, let alone get burgered and beered. So this one time (at band camp lol) the regional director (my boss) suggested that he and I take some of the underpaid and overworked Philly warehouse employees to a night of fun! Right away I cringed. Really, drinking and partying with work people? You don't understand at that point I was praying for a miracle because there was NO way I was having a good time. Well, I pony up and schlep from my hotel to Chickie and Petes. Thank Buddha for this place! I walked in and like sighed and cried because I saw a place that I could have fun at by myself if need be. So the fact that work people were there didn't phase me anymore. I never, repeat NEVER fraternized with people from work before. I always took myself wayyy to seriously in a suit. This is the kind of place where people can kick back and mingle. I could hear the people at my table but also hear the music in the background and the 2 noises were in perfect harmony. It wasn't like too quiet or too loud but just right. The apps were killer! We had about 10 laid out between 15 people. I ate about a million crab fries before I knew they were crab fries and than ate a million more. The beer jugs on the table with the spout were perfect. We opted for Yuengling. I bought myself a couple bottles of Stella when I got my pork sangwich. It was mehh. Maybe I ate too many crab fries, who knows. I guess I can chalk it up to that. I was saddened that there wasn't a shwag dance floor waiting me so I can get my Elaine on. Oh well, I don't have that job anymore so I probably won't be going back anytime soon. But I would if I were in this area of PHL again with some friends.
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Jose A.

This place is an awesome experience, it's huge, it's an awesome place to catch a phillies or eagles game, and they have pretty decent food as well. The atmosphere and size alone earn this place 5 stars easy... out of towners, you should check this place out...crab fries
(5)
Whitney B.

Love the crab fries, but the new sweet potato crab fries just don't do it for me. Stick to the original fries and delicious cheese sauce. Great place to watch a game, but can get crazy crowded.
(4)
Le L.

yummy king crabs, snow crabs, crab fries, mussels, and buffalo wings. It can get pretty busy here on the weekends.
(4)
Rodge B.

Huge double bars. Good scenery. Reasonable drink prices. The overpriced fries...? The cheese sauce is good, however, I wouldn't even call the "Crab fries" "Old Bay fries" since the house seasoning is obviously a bootleg. (Too much salt and not enough paprika...) Better yet, bring your own Old Bay, order regular fries, and save yourself a few bucks. Granted, the crinkle cut fries are decent, but since I know better, I just don't see how they can just slap a crab connotation on their flagship product. (Kudos to the marketing department.) I guess just happening to serve crabs that might actually come nowhere near the fries makes it okay... Real crab fries have crab dip AND Old Bay on them. Now for THAT, I would gladly pay what you have to pay for these fries.
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raquel s.

Never Again. This is the type of place where the workers are so disconnected from their owners that they do not care about you or your business. It is not staffed by the brightest or happiest people in the world.. i.e. straight out of south philly 18-year-olds who's most important thing in their life is talking to each other about the customer's the are waiting on. For example, after refusing to seat us in a booth at 3:30 even though we only wanted to eat lunch- not stay there all day, we were told NO, FLAT OUT, the only open booth was being reserved for the Wing Bowl. Wing bowl starts at 5pM. Please don't tell me the management or even the servers at this place would have any problem telling someone to get up if they needed the table. I have heard a lot of stories from friends about the waitresses telling people if they wanted to drink to get up and go to the bar so she could have higher checks. Eventually the hostess signaled for us to come back to the front after we remained standing where she told us to wait. She very nastily said FINE about seating us in a half booth, half regular chair area near the front. Her verbal attitude was one thing but what really got us was how she "cleaned the table." She sprayed one spray of cleaner on the table and wiped it in the most half assed way I've ever seen. So much so that my boyfriend went and got the spray and wiped it off for us himself. That really killed my mood. I went out to eat to have a nice afternoon.. not to have to deal with the attitudes of some kids that grew up here but never left. (I am from South Philly, too.. but hear all of the time that you would never know it...some behavior needs to be left in high school. Just sayin'.) We were really looking forward to mussles and drove from the other end of the city to go there. We are not the type of people to just get up and walk out but we did here because the service was that bad. It's a shame I guess because my boyfriend thinks the food is good, but it isn't to me because no food is worth the aggravation when there are so many other great places in the city. It's one thing to get walked on in life, and a complete other to be walked on by people you are paying.
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Christine A.

C&P has turned into a Philly staple. The food is standard and they have a decent selection of beer. Their crab fries - crinkle fries with a special seasoning recipe, though no crab meat - with the cheese dipping sauce are often referred to as 'crack fries' because of their addictive nature. (I find them to be on the salty side.) But these aren't the reasons you go to C&P. You go there for the Philly sports watching experience. Whether it's the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, Sixers, Soul, etc... you're bound to find a good, energetic crowd. If you can, get up to the original C&P location in Mayfair.
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Abby I.

I LOVE Chickie's and Pete's crab fries at the Linc but why don't they taste as good at the restaurant? Perhaps it was the terrible service. The waitress was..."slow". Windexed the table next to us and sprayed windex on me (thanks). Waited forever for refills and by then we were dying of thirst and frustrated. Why do you hire such horrible waitresses?! Still #1 fries in my heart but from now on, only during the Eagles games at the Linc!!
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Natalie D.

#1. It IS NOT Old Bay seasoning people!! Old Bay fries & Crabfries taste completely different, which you would know if you ate enough Crabfries then tasted the other. Anyways... This is definitely a neighborhood go-to place for me and most of my friends. It's within 2 blocks of my house, has good food, and I can catch several games at once. I often come here when there's no game on since I love the Chickie's Cutlet sandwiches and wings. The music is good albeit a bit loud for normal conversation, and during big/important games they only play it during commercial breaks. There are three bars excluding the new addition of Play 2, and all the bartenders have been quite friendly, especially since getting to know me. You can't wear your hat backwards which I guess could be annoying, but I don't think you'll die. Chickie's is definitely a place where it's commonplace to yell, jump from your seat, do a victory dance in the aisle, boo - almost anything sports related you can think of - and not be looked at funny, even if you're the only one cheering (I know, I've been That Girl numerous times). No, they don't show EVERY game, but that's to be expected. Sure, if you're an opposing fan of certain teams, you might get taunted just a bit, but nothing to warrant staying away or even to ruin a meal. Heck, I've even worn opposing team stuff for certain occasions and never once had an issue. So they don't have fancy schmancy beers someone made in their basement in a bathtub rescued from the sidewalk somewhere. Must every place have these to be of value? Will something more mass produced kill you to drink it for two hours? I don't think so. Sports snobbery, as in why the the Phillies are better than _______, is accepted; beer snobbery, you're in the wrong place. So kick back, have a Miller Lite, and enjoy the game. Also, the photo shown for this location is wrong - that's the original in the NE. This one is in a strip mall and quite huge.
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Timothy C.

Lazy waitresses, stale beers, bad music, horrible food. Yeah... Pretty much the worst place ever.
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Anony-mom C.

This is my second favorite Chickie's location (first is Warrington). This location is so much better than the Boulevard. On the Boulevard you always wait, no matter what time you go! Here, you never wait, no matter how crowded, because the place is huge and the servers are great. Food is always delicious. After doing something near the sports / entertainment complex this is always our stop.
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Christopher R.

When I get dragged to a sports bar, due to my low tolerance for bro-ness, I like it to be one that doesn't have, like, Bacon Jalapeno Cheddar Slammers!!! on the menu. Enter Chickie & Pete's. If you're not at the game itself, this is where you come to revel with Philly's finest. (I use that term very, very loosely in this this context.) There's a billion flatscreen tv's--rough estimate--and they're all turned to the game. When we're winning, the energy in the room is palpable. When we're losing, the mood turns from excitement to execrable. That's Philly fandom for ya... As for the food, its certainly not gourmet but they really nail the bar food standards. There's the Old Bay fries, of course, and its safe to say that no more (digital) ink need be spilled for their cause. You'll be ordering a huge basket of them or why are you even at Chickie & Pete's? The wings and pizza are also great options for soaking up the alcohol.
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Tina F.

Visited Philly for business and my corworker wanted to go someplace to get her first authentic Philly Cheesesteak. Thanks to Yelp for helping us find Chickie and Pete's. Went to the location near the stadium and it was only about 15 min from the airport at lunchtime. I am sure that it is a neat bar scene when it is gametime. Pretty dead at 2pm on a weekeday! They brag about the "crab fries" and we just didn't get all the hype. They were fries that had some crab boil seasoning shook on them. TOOOOOOOOO Salty. But the cheese dip that came with them was amazing! The cheesesteaks here are good, but I don't have much of a base to compare them too. If trying to eat healthy for the new year, avoid this place. Absolutely nothing healthy on the entire menu.
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Gordon C.

Love comin' home and checking out this bar while watching the Phillies or Sixers. There's nothing like Philly sports fans, the most passionate in America. The food is good and the service is great! Would give them 5-stars if they had larger tv's for better viewing....you have to go next door to Play2 for that which is a cool place within itself.
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Jonathan B.

Love the fact that they made me turn my hat forward before sitting down. Crab fries were good but not awesome. Id probably go again just because the location is such a Philadelphia staple - but I won't roll into the city and go, "YO - I need to go to Chickie's And Pete's!"
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Gabriel D.

I am giving a very low review, because their service tends to not be very good. A lot of the time if you go during a game you won't get a table and can barely enjoy a beer. The wings are good, when you can actually order them , And lastly parking is very very bad and sometimes you have to drive around in circles to get a spot.
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Eric A.

Lobster cheesesteak was amazing, The Cheesesteak was good but the creamy lobster on top just finished it off. Crabfries were seasoned well, and you just crave more of it as you eat more of it.
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india r.

not even happy with this place. here from out of town. came to see our team play. stupid white girl hostess gave. my table to another party because since we were all black she thought they were with me. REALLY!! so after three loud complaints and LOTS of B.S our game 30 minutes later is on . not happy at all. i will not be back nor will i EVER reccommend:-(
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anthony b.

Chickies and Pete's is the spot. Nothin beats Crab Fries. No way you go to Philly and pass this spot up. Hit 'em up at the Linc as well.
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Beca M.

This is -the- spot to be before any major Philly sports game (note: if you intend to dine or get a few drinks before any match, I suggest you arrive at Chickie's at least 2 hours before the starting time, and I mean at least, the locale is large but fills up quickly). Believe it or not, Chickie's actually serves as a neighborhood bar as well as a sports bar, so if you brave beyond your dining table towards the bar section you're likely to run into a few South Philly natives. The food is good, and splendid if we're talking crab fries (5/5 stars), I dream of crab fries and the ooey gooey cheese they come with. The crab fries served at the CBP and Comcast center stands just aren't the same. Other food is good too, but it's your typical bar food. I usually opt for the chicken tenders sandwich (3/5 stars), I wish it came with lettuce, or something other than fried chicken, mayo, cheese and bread... but I'm usually busy filling myself with crab fries while and before ordering it anyway. Drinkwise, I'm no beer drinker and the cocktails are alright, they're made from concentrate and mixes so nothing fancy like homemade simple syrups here, but they do the trick (if you don't like sweet drinks, you won't like these, they're extremely high in the sweetness factor). I appreciate the fact that most of the staff are brunettes (more power to us), and they're usually very friendly albeit extremely busy. I gave Chickie's 5 stars because its a Philly sports staple for me, and as a Phillies partial season ticket holder (3 years now), I can assure you that this is where the official pregame is at, the energy here before a game is electric (Flyers games get a good turnout too).
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Art S.

If it weren't for the fact that they have a million TVs everywhere, there would be absolutely ZERO reason to come here. The crab fries... suck. The rest of the food... sucks. The service... S-U-C-K-S. I went here in March to check out the NCAA tournament, and by the time the first half of the first game was over, I wanted to pay my bill and leave. I say "wanted" because it took the bartender almost 25 minutes to bring me my check and swipe my credit card. I couldn't get out the door fast enough. I ended up going to Fox & Hound in Center City and had a great time there. Now I know where to go when I want to watch multiple sporting events at once. Crab fries? Why is this a big deal? They're just crappy fries with old bay on them. This place is an absolute joke and an embarrassment to a city I love.
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shane p.

Awesome Crabs! They have one that is HUGE. Its like a foot long. Its AWESOME! Great Atmosphere as well.
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Britt M.

Had a great time here! Went on a Thursday night for a beer-tasting lesson group sponsored by Budweiser. Probably half the reason why I loved it so much was because we got free food/beer with the lesson.. but still.. it was great. The crab fries and wings were outstanding -- best wings that the bf and I have had in Phila. We also noticed these things that people were ordering called "towers of beer" -- where it's literally a huge tube of beer that they put on your table and there's several pitchers worth in each one. We already made plans to go back for the bf's birthday because of the great time we had!
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Russ C.

Beer towers + mussels red + crab fries + wings + big TVs = Chickie's and Pete's. When I have a day to kill, I kill it in Chickie's and Pete's ordering apps, drinking beer and watching sports. C&P is a also a great place to eat and drink before heading to a sporting event. There is plenty of parking and is large enough that a wait for a table is manageable. The wings and mussels are amazing (dip your bread in the sauce), but I do agree that the crab fries are completely overrated. Service is friendly and quick. Prices are average and acceptable. If you have a day to kill, head down to South Philly while the sun is out and head home (via desinated driver of course) under the stars.
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Anastasia B.

We came to Philly to watch exhibition Phillies game and planned to go to some fancy place for dinner afterwards. But it got so cold and Phillies were losing by 3 runs! So my husband asked if I wanted just to get out and have couple of beers at this famous bar. The coolest Taxi Crab picked us up and took us there. I loved it from the first second I stepped inside. They must have like 200 HD tvs everywhere-heaven for a sports lover! All the staff was really nice and friendly and outgoing. They had $2 special for Yeungling and I got one right away. The menu wasn`t big but it`s OK cause I got the feeling that all of it is good. My husband got lobster cheesestake and I got mussels in white sauce and OF COURSE famous crab fries (they were the best fries I`ve ever had). The food was plainly outstanding! We also had 4 beers each and our bill came to just $45!!! Sucks I don`t live in Philly otherwise I would be there every Friday.
(5)
fred m.

If you are looking for good food, don't go here. Mediocre at best. Salty, expensive and boring.
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Pug P.

Love this place, although don't ever go in here without a flyers, sixers or eagles shirt on!
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Jenn W.

go there to meet up with friends, pictures are little confusing , that pic, looks like the one in Northeast corridor, by Talcony Palmyra bridge, I have been to that one, one of the originals, smaller, street parking only , but Yes crab fries ..A must!! The other food OK, bar food..but nothing to die for..most people go for drinks ..its good salads are Huge!!! They did open one up in Bordentown, nj..for those who don't like crossing over the bridge.
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Fatty D.

Typical Philly..anointing an eatery which is far from anything special. The Crab Fries? ummm fries with Crab seasonings. ooo, wow BIG DEAL! Who cares? Nothing special.. Its an over priced bar with lousy service. Fun place to watch football but then again so is many other places.
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ray p.

The original Chickie and Pete's is the only one i will occasionally visit, the one in south Philly is god awful. during games or on weekends this place is PACKED to the brim with trashy bimbos and total miller lite guzzling meat heads. The food at this location is overpriced, slow, and boring. Famous crab fries?! you have to be kidding me, there is something seriously wrong with you if you rave about this mess in a basket. Its always a total pain in the ass to get a drink from the bar because of the mindless idiots who are trying to hit in the bartenders, and forget about trying to hear yourself speak during a football game, its not happening. The beer selection blows and the atmosphere is even worse, if i had to spend more than 10 minutes in there on a weekend id jab one of those "famous" crab claws deep into my temple and pray for death.
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Brynn D.

don't hate a place for the patrons! this is a great place to grab some crab fries, crabs (get baltimore style!!), peel & eat shrimp and a few beers before a game - or not. i can admit to having traveled all the way to south philly without so much as a game to go to... just to get some crab fries. service is quick, food's good, decor's comfy - you could practically show up here in your PJs.
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Meredith L.

Crab fries + mussels red + yuengling - is there really anything better? I moved to Texas many years ago, and this place still makes me homesick. And, you know, my parents...I miss my parents, but I really miss Chickie's and Pete's.
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Edward I.

I've got to agree that it's one of Philly's secrets exposed. The buffalo wings are great along with the hot shrimp, dip their bread in the spicy sauce when you get the chance. People go there for the Crab Fries which has the seasoning powder still stuck to it when you dip it in the sauce, goes great with the beer that they serve from a funnel. The place is huge, and finding parking isn't too bad. Downside is that it's popular and when there's a game at the stadium, it's really packed. Expected wait time for a table for 5 is about 30 minutes when there's a game.
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Dennis C.

I do not go to Sports bars. Especially bars with a bunch of green faced, neanderthal, hooligans.
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F C.

I go for the crab fries and the awesome bartenders. thats about it. I could do without the crowd of know it all fans (who don't know shit) and the Jersey Shore stunt doubles. Other than that the place is very big, clean, and tastefully decorated. A solid place to watch a game just not too intimate. My fallback when I don't feel like sitting in a smoke filled neighborhood dive.
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Marty W.

If you are looking for a big sports bar that serves great food this is it great fast service excellent food and you have to try the crab fries
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Steph M.

I'm not really a sports bar kind of girl. But that's OK, because in my mind, Chickie's & Pete's is a CRAB bar. Yeah, there might be flat panel TVs all over the joint showing the testosterone fest du jour, but my eyes are on the real prize--big, meaty dungeness crabs dripping in spicy broth (ask for a side of bread to sop up the delicious soupy stuff). The blue crabs are good too, and having grown up eating these smaller crustacean cousins I do occasionally get a hankering for them. But if you're going to put in the effort to crack the crabs and dig out every tasty morsel, the larger dungeness ones are certainly a more efficient choice. Start with a basket of crab fries, seasoned with Old Bay (or something equivalent) and served with a gooey side of melted white cheese. And if you have a few thirsty folks at your table, order a tower of lager so you can tap your own drinks instead of waiting for a waitress to scurry by whenever you're on empty. There's no dessert on the menu, but that's fine because you'll leave full even without it. When my mom visits, she always wants to go to "that seafood place--the one with the crabs." I don't have the heart to tell her it's really a sports bar.
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Adam P.

I love this place! Great food & loud sports atmosphere! Love the mussels, lobster tails, crabby fries, and wings! To avoid huge crowds go when the Philly sports teams are not playing at home. Also go to Termini Bakery after wards!
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Poker B.

I know I am back in Philly when my salad comes with crab fries piled on top. I absolutely love Chickie's. The crab fries are delicious and the bar is a great place to watch the game.
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Kristine F.

There is a bunch hype for this place. My food was good, it wasn't great. Prices are good too. For the area it's a very good place to eat dinner before a game/show.
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S. L.

crab fries are meh. typical sports bar. nothing more worth noting,
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Marc C.

went there with a bunch of friends after a Flyers game. place was surprinsingly dead! i had heard that it was a crowded place and good for late night food and drinks probably is a great place to go watch sporting events live, because there are a LOT of TV screen which is great beer was pretty good and not overpriced for this type of place, BUT our main complaint was with the food... if you don't like seafood you'll be very disappointed, the choice of Â«regularÂ» food is ok (go for the safe choice and order wings) but the quality in general was below average (all of the sandwiches had bread that seemed not very fresh). the fries were good and the only great meal that was served were the succulent marinara mussels (the sauce was amazing) since i'm not from Philly i would only be back to Chickies on Sunday afternoon to watch football and have beer (i intend of coming back to Philly and overpay for an Eagles game, even tough they stink, specially the DB's!)
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Jeff D.

When in Philly, eat a cheesesteak. And I did while sitting out a layover in the airport. It was good and messy, but a bit small for the price. Yes, I know it's an airport but still...
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Elizabeth B.

Chickie's & Pete's is ok. It's always very clean and seems to be well staffed. Servers are really friendly and prompt. The food and beer are good -- you won't find any culinary wonders here, but I don't think that's what they're aiming for. Your standard sandwiches, fries, some seafood -- it's basic and well prepared and very decent. If you've never had crab fries, please go for it. My only complaint: I came here for lunch when my foot was broken and I was on crutches -- it's one of a few places near center city with a parking lot. It was a Saturday or Sunday and no popular sporting events were happening, so the place was pretty vacant. The hostess seated us waaaaay in the back where you have to climb a couple steps to an elevated dining area. I am hobbling along about 20 paces back and then had to hoist myself up. She couldn't miss seeing my crutches and I know there were tables available in other more handicap-friendly sections. What was that all about?
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Toby L.

Once again Chickie and Pete's delivers the goods. We get up to this place at least twice a year while in town on business. Had the cheesesteak and the famous crabby fries with white American cheese sauce. Co-worker ordered wings and they were phenomenal as well. Our waiter Nicole was phenomenal and she hooked us up with outstanding service. We WILL return again soon and we'll be sure to sit in Nicole's section!
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Rob S.

I guess being there with a lot of fairly friendly people that love this bar made me feel pretty snobby. But there's not too much to like about this place other than it's proximity to the sports stadiums... "Beer tower of Bud Light?" "I'm sorry, no thanks." I looked for the only craft brew on the menu. "Can I have a Hop Devil please?" "We don't carry Victory anymore." Ugh. Actually, even the hot wings disappointed too and I thought I remembered them being better. My "silverware" was plastic? The salad has french fries in it, which is kind of tasty in principal. But if if I want fries, I'd just order them and not a salad... I even think the fries are overrated. I guess this place is what it is, and it's a bit overpriced even for what it is. And I suppose it just caters to it's clientele. Which isn't me. Since, maybe I'm a snob...
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Address : 1526 Packer Ave
Philadelphia, PA, 19145
Phone (215) 218-0500
Website https://www.chickiesandpetes.com
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Opening Hours

Mon :11:00 am - 2:00pm

Specialities

Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch, Dinner
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Loud
Music : Background
Good For Dancing : No
Alcohol : Full Bar
Happy Hour : Yes
Best Nights : Fri, Sat, Sun
Coat Check : No
Smoking : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : Free
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : Yes

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1526 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19145

Chickie’s & Pete’s Menu

Starters

Starters - Chickies Wings

Starters - Nachos

Soups & Salads

Sandwiches

Sandwiches - Chickie Cutlet Sandwiches

Sandwiches - Philly Style Hot Roast Beef Or Roast Pork

Philly Cheesesteaks

Mussels & Calms

Shrimp & Lobster

Crabs

Pete-zza

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Starters

Starters - Chickies Wings

Starters - Nachos

Soups & Salads

Sandwiches

Sandwiches - Chickie Cutlet Sandwiches

Sandwiches - Philly Style Hot Roast Beef Or Roast Pork

Philly Cheesesteaks

Mussels & Calms

Shrimp & Lobster

Crabs

Pete-zza

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