Dock Street

August 14, 2008
I am a huge fan of this place. Great ambiance, a bit rowdy for a wednesday night. Beer was solid, Pizza was out of this world. Be ready to throw down a nice bill, but it is definitely worth it. I plan to frequent this establishment on my trips to philly.

August 7, 2008
Fantastic pizza and great beer make for a pretty fine establishment. Some really creative ingredients and style interpretations. I like.

June 29, 2008
This place is pretty easy to get to but is in the middle of nowhere as far as Philly goes. Not a bad little place and the food was good. I got a burger and some pizza. The beer I had was solid but I wish they carried more of their beer. I understand they only have a couple taps but they could have more bottles. Overall a good visit.

June 26, 2008
I stopped in around 10:15 on a Tuesday night (they close at 11pm). Was it tattoo night? I swear that 80% of the people in their were tattooed and in the 20-30 age range, including the bartender. This place has sort of a small worn, european cafe vibe. Inside has a long bar, tables, and couches. Seating streetside is also available. I had 5 of the 6 beers on tap, all of which were good or better. They do have growlers to go as well. Food looked good, but I did not eat. Parking is not too bad, especially when compared to downtown. However, this borders a sketchy neighborhood and I would be careful parking too far off the beaten path at night. Even though I did not fit the look of everyone in the place, the bartender and patrons were very friendly. The bartender even served right up until close.I enjoyed brewpub and will return again, and possibly try the food.

June 6, 2008
I love this place. I love how it is un-centercityish. Located right next to the bike shop and coffee shop where I am sure many anarcho flyers and thoughts are swapped and put in practice. The food i.e. veggie burger and pizza are great. Had the portobello/gorgonzola pizza last time and I can’t say enough good things about it. Also the Rye IPA will keep you coming back. I think Dock St. has the best beer of the brewerybars in Philly. I have been there on weekend nights and it can be hard to get a table. I have not experienced service that was incredibly lacking once seated though. The bartenders have always been cordial when at the bar. This is where you take your hipster, punk or ex-punker friends and the 34 will take you right in front and back to center city if you don’t want to drive.

May 3, 2008
I was there with hopdog and his family...so see his comments below on the service. Bottom line is our server sucked! No other way to put it. In terms of the beer. I thought it was all solid. The Rye IPA is great! Hands down the best IPA brewed in Philadelphia. Hopefully they keep it on as a regular, they should bottle it too. All the other beers on tap were solid 3.5’s or higher. I had the burger and it was good. The Trio fries were really good too. I also had some of the pizza that we ordered for the kids and that was well done also. The atmosphere was lacking though, kind of run down looking on the inside.

May 3, 2008
All I can say is how much service can impact an overall experience. Went there at 1pm on a Saturday. They were not busy at all. Left at 3:30pm - notice how long that took. Waitress took our order (knew we were in trouble when she didn’t write anything down), came back 20-30min later to say, just to make sure I got it right, this is what you ordered. Guess what, she was wrong. To make things worse, our food took over an hour to come out and she still got it wrong. Oh yeah, I forgot to put in your order for fries. She also took a drink order for 2 beers and screwed that up. I honestly think she was stoned (if you get the waitress with black tattooes, beware and I have nothing againt tats as I have a bunch myself). A table behind us had to go up to the cook and get their own hamburger (and he high fived his table that we was finally able to get his food). I had high hopes, especially with the beers listed, but she completely f*cked up the experience...

December 22, 2007
Finally made it over here. Great building/space but kind of out of the way for those of us that live in center city Philly. The pizza was pretty good. Nice draft selection and there are growlers for purchase. The beers didn’t overwhelm me (I had a Barley Wine and an Imperial Stout) but they were good. If I lived in the neighborhood I would certainly hang out here a bit.

December 16, 2007
Wow, what a great place! Stopped by with a rather large group on a Friday night, and were seated right away. Enjoyable atmosphere, many students, but non-students added some diversity to the crowd. I ordered the sampler, and got a nice sized glass of each of thier six beers on tap. Some good selections, a kolsch, red ale, barley wine, helles, etc. The food was really quite good as well, I recommend the trio fries and the beer. Overall a great place I would like to visit again sometime soon.

December 1, 2007
I showed up on a Friday evening, and the place was packed with a pretty diverse crowd. Servers were quick to take our orders and get us beer and food. Selection was pretty good for a microbrew, five local brews on tap and two contract bottles available. Parking was easy to find. This is a place to go back to.