Ancient Spirits & Grillè

1726 Chestnut St, Philadelphia
(215) 478-8777

Recent Reviews

Lan Nguyen

The bartender was great and treated our group exceptionally well. The food was delicious - the only thing is that you can only order HH at the bar.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tracy Kudi

The food was good and the ambiance was 10/10. Melvin was really welcoming.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Ginger Duck Breast GF

The food was well paced, presented and very flavorful. We had the duck and octopus entrees and both were satisfying, we shared chicken tika flatbread and a chicken frittata app that were surprisingly juicy. I will return here

Pooshan Amin

The food was lower than average. The host was very rude, she greeted us when we got inside but ignored us when we called her. Would not recommend !!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Tandoori Chicken Flatbread, Falafel

AnnMarie Novak

My two hometown girls and I met here for a catch up. The service, was perfect. Our server Melvin (?) was attentive, yet gave us our space to chat and indulge in our dishes. The octopus was fantastic. We ended up hangin for almost 3 hours, without feeling like we were monopolizing real estate.The only criticism would be the slim selection of n/a beverages. Some crafty n/a cocktails would have bumped up that check average for them.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Organic Salmon, Medjool Date Creme Brulee GF

Seema Ghanchi

Ambiance are too good and the dinner meal is excellent. Must try saag panner and butter chicken.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Julia Legacy

Great food! I had grilled octopus and it was amazing and fantastic service! Ended up at this restaurant purely by accident and it was amazing!! Highly recommend!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We came with great expectations, the decor and atmosphere ,were great. However we left quickly after being served very unsatisfactory and unappetizing entrees. First off our waiter informs us that three items on the menu are unavailable, no sea food bisque , no lamb chops and no rabbit. OK but its 5:30 pm you can't have sold out, right? The salad was lack luster with some wilted leaves in my Caesar salad along with gobs of dressing floating on the top. My soup was over gingered with tired shredded carrots and weak stock. My wife's “ organic salmon” was undercooked covered with a heavy sauce and served with literally “ICE COLD” sweet potatoes that had clearly just been taken from the refrigerator . My kabob trio had literally inedibly tough dry chicken served at room temperature The ground lamb kabob was tough stringy also chilly to cold.The vegetable kabob was warm but its hard to mess up lightly grilled bell peppers and sliced onion? Our server was somnambulistic and uninterested in table, surprising as we were the only diners present! our entrees took 47 minutes to arrive at our table from time of ordering. Clearly big issues in the kitchen . We will not be back.

Andrea “Andrea F” Fitzgerald

This was one of my favorite restaurants while staying in Philly!! It’s beautiful inside, the service was wonderful, and food amazing!! The food was unique and high quality. Our waiter was so sweet!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Davonna Patterson

Our reservation was at 7 we received our entree almost 2 hours later at 8:54. Our server was great, wait for the food was too long and the food wasn’t even hot when we received it.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

chandra mouli

Today I had a dinner it’s pretty good ? and nice atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

CodiS

I visited on Valentine's Day and was not aware of the prefix menu. It was underwhelming to say the least. The main entrée had minimal flavor and was slightly warm, as if it had sat out for 15 minutes or more. I also believe the dinner came with a complimentary drink which was not communicated to us by the server. I might come for their happy hour as the samosas were flavorful, but I doubt I would revisit.

LoriE

My husband and I went here for lunch on Valentines day and loved it! The space is beautiful, cocktails absolutely exquisite and service very friendly. We really liked the mushroom soup, drinks and desserts but the chicken korma was a little bland- could use more seasoning and salt.

Chirag Shah

It was our first time dinning here and it was a horrible experience. The food didn’t came out for 45+ minutes. And when they finally brought it out, it was cold. When we complained about it, the chef served us really spicy food (with red chili powder) on the rest of our order. I would never recommend anyone to visit this place.

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Fish Curry

Karmen Nicole

Beautiful ambience, the server was attentive, and the food was presented beautifully and tasted amazing. I'll be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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