P.J. Whelihan's Pub + Restaurant - Malvern — Restaurant in Charlestown Township

Because coworkers go here for after work gatherings, I’ve reluctantly been back here a few times since the poor reviews below.

Even if I gave it good reviews in the past, I’d recommend avoiding the place between 4:30p and 6:30p because the parking lot doesn’t have enough spaces to service all the businesses in the shopping center at this time. Even though there are about 400 spaces, on 3 occasions I’ve had to circle the lot with 10 to 15 other cars looking for an open space. It’s as bad as trying to find parking at KoP mall during Christmas.

————- Thx for response to my 1st review & hoping for a 5-star experience. Unfortunately your staffs’ interaction w me dropped my rating to “Avoid this place at all costs!”

Especially for groups. Go to nearby Twenty9 or the Office Bar & Grill for a place that can handle groups, and has better food, friendly waitstaff and managers, at the same price.

I was here with a large corporate group of 50 people. You should have set aside a section of the restaurant for us with a few tables. This is what you had done on several other times I was here with corporate groups.

The bar was not big enough to accommodate all of us who had purchased food and drink from the bar. Some of us needed to put a drink down to eat.

As a result some of us spread to one of the tables next to the bar so we could put our food down and eat it. There were many empty tables and booths throughout the restaurant, and no line at the door. The tables were unused. And the one time they seated customers at one, they asked to move away from the crowded bar area, and to one of the many other open tables in the dining room.

On 3 occasions 2 different people chased us away. The first person said she didn’t want to have to clean the table before seating people R it. The 2d said he had to keep the table for people who ordered from waitresses, not the bar. Yet the one time they tried to seat people at that table, the customers asked to move away from the bar. So the table went unused and they gave two sets of customers a bad experience.

If your dining room was full absolutely, then it makes sense. But when you have a large dining room with many open tables, no line at the door, and an overcrowded bar, with no place for your bar customers to put their food down and eat it, then give your bar customers time to eat chicken fingers at a table your dining customers don’t want to use.

These two were rude and unpleasant about it. They were more focused on getting us to move and showing they were in charge than in solving a customer’s problems. They offered no solution to the problem; we needed a place to set down the plate and our beer and eat the food we ordered.

So, I’m never coming back here again. And I’ll recommend my corporation stop using it for functions.

I recommend that you avoid this place is well. There are plenty of similar places in the area that are nicer to deal with and can handle corporate groups. Try Twenty9 that is 4 mins away on Route 29.

—— First review: It’s a big, loud space with fried food, lots of tv’s and a decent beer selection. A safe choice for...

This was my first time at this chain, so I wasn't sure what to expect. We ordered the salmon with jasmine rice and broccoli, bone-in wings, and California Crunch salad. The grilled salmon itself was delicious except for the surprise bones. The Jasmin rice was a sticky sushi-type rice, not a rice pilaf you would expect. The broccoli was great...not overcooked. The bone-in wings taste was good, but they were pretty skimpy, not meaty as we've had in other restaurants. The California salad boasted greens with chicken, avocado, dried cranberries, goat cheese and other yummy promises. On delivery, it was lots of beautiful greens, chicken that was ok..a couple of chucks of avocado and that was it. It was a disappointment. We waited a very long time (over forty minutes) for our food and were concerned it would take us a long time to get it if we sent it back. While our server was moderately attentive, she gave us our check without offering dessert, which we were really looking forward to. The required "uniform" for servers was short shorts made of spandex, which had to be uncomfortable and the men in our party felt they were inappropriate for...

I am not one for giving bad reviews but I took the time for this one.

Service was good, so I am rating that 5 stars Drinks. Stick to beers. Cocktails ordered around our table had a consensus that it was bad. They used some mango syrup that was not good. If they read this review, please don’t use that syrup. It even ruined a simple mint lemonade mocktail. If you are a meat eater, this place is for you. If you are a vegetarian, go elsewhere. You will only find fried appetizers and 1 or 2 main course sandwich/burger. If you want to call salad as an option, we can add that to the list, but to me salad as a vegetarian option is pity food. In this day and age restaurants need to learn how to cater to vegetarians. Your selection can be better. We had 4 vegetarians at our table. Ambiance is good

Overall, I only enjoyed my experience here because I had friends around that distracted me away from the lack of food.

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