If you want good food and company, go to Jammers instead, it's only a block away and the food is better quality. The only reason to go to Phil's instead is because the kitchen opens earlier, so if you're hungry before 6 pm, Phil's will do okay, but if you can wait til after 6 pm, you'll have a much better time at Jammers.The waitstaff at Phil's will see you sitting at the bar waiting to be served and ignore you for extended periods before coming to see what you want to order. And this includes during slower business hours.There are times when they are friendly and on top of it, but it seems like going there the service is slow more often than not.While the waitstaff are typically friendly when they do approach you, and I enjoy chatting with them, it does make it difficult to want to return when you have to wait a long time to get that service.The food isn't that great and tastes microwaved and not fresh, and while I don't expect fine dining at a bar, I do expect the food that I've waited a long time to be served to taste better than 5-minute microwaving.Again, if you want better food, wait til 6 pm for Jammers as their food is often much better.It's actually kind of sad, but the reason I went to Jammers in the first place is one of the staff at Phil's telling us about it, and honestly, it was worth the extra little bit of a walk.I know Phil's is currently up for sale, and that it may be a transitional thing, however it seems from past reviews I've read this is a common occurrence.TLDR: Go to Jammers, you'll have more fun.Parking: There is plenty of parking, often because the bar is nearly empty unless its pool league night. I'd say its pretty empty due to the poor quality of food and service, and not because there is actually a huge parking lot.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fries
Glenn M
Great food and great pool tables..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Nachos
Robert Thorp
Good staff, good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Deziray Brink
Tons of great memories here
Ima Ontour
The lighting always seems brighter than necessary. I like a dark dive bar. Person opinion not reflection of their business and services.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 5
Bob M
Great French dip sandwiches...
franky b
Roughly a dozen diamond ? pool tables....but on league nights, they are all in use. Great place with awesome staff and decent food. Great place to take older kids to play pool.... there's an area for minors(until 9pm).
Cerridwen Myth
Such changes since I was here last. Came for the pool league. Made a little money at the machines and even gitctovtry the nachos.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Nachos
Sonya Lopez
The chicken strips were very salty. The onion rings were good, though .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Yung Z
Great place to play pool, has a jukebox. If they had other games like foosball or ping pong it would be AWESOME!!
This place makes me want to move to Salem! Great food, good people, and the pool tables are exquisite!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Philly Cheese Steak w Chips
Kaden Henshaw
Quiet and comfortably lowered lights around so that the tables' lights focused on your game. A mature population gather as regulars. Expect that on league nights your comfort is not considered by them. You will see small children run in and the environment radically changes with no thought to those already there. Prepare to get pushed out.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Queen
I really like this place. 3rd time there still clean, friendly, & community based. Everyone seemed to kno everyone & were lighthearted & welcoming.. I plan to make this my daily sneak away spot feom now on. Didnt try food, snuck in real late.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
* “Simply_Sara”
Don't ask for Picante Clamato in your beer... you may well get a hearty smile and, "SURE I can do that!" But what you'll get is Bloody Mary mix instead...I'm confused as to why something so blatantly simple would be lied about but hey.... maybe I'm just way to pickyThe chicken fried steak n eggs & !/2 order of BnG was adequate and compensative enough to earn them my 4
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Gravy
John McCormick
Phil's was a great little bar, with a great staff. They have pool tables and great drinks and some decent food.What we liked about Phil's is that it had a nice, bright atmosphere and it wasn't filled with drunks, but rather a bunch of regular folks.The food wasn't five-star (which requires a lot to get that rating from me), but it was good and a decent value. I particularly liked the chicken strips on the sampler plate...in fact, I liked the entire sampler.I would definitely recommend Phil's for a fun night of drinks, pool, and snacks with friends. Since we only had the snacks, I can't tell you anything about other foods they serve, so that could bring my rating up...but we did like what we had!
If you want good food and company, go to Jammers instead, it's only a block away and the food is better quality. The only reason to go to Phil's instead is because the kitchen opens earlier, so if you're hungry before 6 pm, Phil's will do okay, but if you can wait til after 6 pm, you'll have a much better time at Jammers.The waitstaff at Phil's will see you sitting at the bar waiting to be served and ignore you for extended periods before coming to see what you want to order. And this includes during slower business hours.There are times when they are friendly and on top of it, but it seems like going there the service is slow more often than not.While the waitstaff are typically friendly when they do approach you, and I enjoy chatting with them, it does make it difficult to want to return when you have to wait a long time to get that service.The food isn't that great and tastes microwaved and not fresh, and while I don't expect fine dining at a bar, I do expect the food that I've waited a long time to be served to taste better than 5-minute microwaving.Again, if you want better food, wait til 6 pm for Jammers as their food is often much better.It's actually kind of sad, but the reason I went to Jammers in the first place is one of the staff at Phil's telling us about it, and honestly, it was worth the extra little bit of a walk.I know Phil's is currently up for sale, and that it may be a transitional thing, however it seems from past reviews I've read this is a common occurrence.TLDR: Go to Jammers, you'll have more fun.Parking: There is plenty of parking, often because the bar is nearly empty unless its pool league night. I'd say its pretty empty due to the poor quality of food and service, and not because there is actually a huge parking lot.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Fries
Great food and great pool tables..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Nachos
Good staff, good
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Tons of great memories here
The lighting always seems brighter than necessary. I like a dark dive bar. Person opinion not reflection of their business and services.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 5
Great French dip sandwiches...
Roughly a dozen diamond ? pool tables....but on league nights, they are all in use. Great place with awesome staff and decent food. Great place to take older kids to play pool.... there's an area for minors(until 9pm).
Such changes since I was here last. Came for the pool league. Made a little money at the machines and even gitctovtry the nachos.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Nachos
The chicken strips were very salty. The onion rings were good, though .
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 5
Great place to play pool, has a jukebox. If they had other games like foosball or ping pong it would be AWESOME!!
Restaurantji Recommends
This place makes me want to move to Salem! Great food, good people, and the pool tables are exquisite!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Philly Cheese Steak w Chips
Quiet and comfortably lowered lights around so that the tables' lights focused on your game. A mature population gather as regulars. Expect that on league nights your comfort is not considered by them. You will see small children run in and the environment radically changes with no thought to those already there. Prepare to get pushed out.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
I really like this place. 3rd time there still clean, friendly, & community based. Everyone seemed to kno everyone & were lighthearted & welcoming.. I plan to make this my daily sneak away spot feom now on. Didnt try food, snuck in real late.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Don't ask for Picante Clamato in your beer... you may well get a hearty smile and, "SURE I can do that!" But what you'll get is Bloody Mary mix instead...I'm confused as to why something so blatantly simple would be lied about but hey.... maybe I'm just way to pickyThe chicken fried steak n eggs & !/2 order of BnG was adequate and compensative enough to earn them my 4
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Gravy
Phil's was a great little bar, with a great staff. They have pool tables and great drinks and some decent food.What we liked about Phil's is that it had a nice, bright atmosphere and it wasn't filled with drunks, but rather a bunch of regular folks.The food wasn't five-star (which requires a lot to get that rating from me), but it was good and a decent value. I particularly liked the chicken strips on the sampler plate...in fact, I liked the entire sampler.I would definitely recommend Phil's for a fun night of drinks, pool, and snacks with friends. Since we only had the snacks, I can't tell you anything about other foods they serve, so that could bring my rating up...but we did like what we had!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5