Sharkey’s Grill & Ale House — Restaurant in Philadelphia

The service wasn’t good. When we walked in no one greeted us, we had to walk up to someone and ask to be seated. The waitress didn’t write down our orders, when we ordered we asked for the mini crab cake appetizer, 20 wings, and the lump crab marinara or scampi, it states on the menu that the lump crab marinara or scampi comes with a soup or salad, The waitress didn’t ask us which one we wanted so I asked her what kind of soups they had, she replied with cream of crab and said it came with the dinner, I said I’d take that. The food wasn’t bad, but when we got our bill we were very taken back when we seen we were charged $16 for the mini crab cakes when the menu said they were $12, We were charged an extra $3 for the wings (They rung them up as two orders of ten vs. one order of twenty) in the menu it states 10 wings are $11 and 20 is $19. Also, we were charged $2 for the soup that was supposed to come with our $20 entree.. when we asked the waitress she had a attitude and excuse for everything. She stated they only sell wings by ten now, that doesn’t make any sense when it very clearly states on the menu that if you buy 20 it’s $19. Also for the soup and the crab cakes she said they change their prices all the time based off of what they see sit. I’ve worked in the restaurant industry and never heard of such a thing, there were no signs displayed and the menu wasn’t updated nor did the waitress tell us that the prices that were being advertised were false. I’m not a fan of people trying to greedily skim the pockets of hard working people under false pretenses. I would have had no problem paying the prices If I was told they were different or had a updated menu but the whole thing just seemed very sneaky and was very off putting. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone and would like to warn anyone that goes her to throughly look over their bill...

Pleasantly surprised by Sharkey's. We were in the neighborhood intending to go to the restaurant across the street but the wait there was over an hour. We walked across to Sharkey's and much to our surprise found plenty of seating available. I can't understand why this place wasn't full. The food was very good and the service was excellent. They have a huge full bar and outdoor deck seating both covered and uncovered.

We started with the Ultimate Nachos and Onion Petal appetizers. Nachos were crisp and loaded with cheese, chicken and jalapeños. The Onion Petals were lightly battered and not the least bit oily.

The Baked Ziti and Sausage dinner was quite good. A very generous helping of pasta smothered in sauce and cheese with an even more generous portion of Italian sausage. Very tasty. The Hot Brisket sandwich and Chicken Parm sandwich were equally as good. Both on bakery fresh kaiser rolls, the brisket was tender and came with au jus and perfectly cooked fries. The Chicken Parm sandwich was obviously homemade.... chicken breast pounded thin, dipped in real bread crumb (not cracker meal) and lightly fried.

Service was excellent. Our server was friendly and very attentive especially with soda refills....

The 2 out of the five stars is for the food. Otherwise there’d be no stars if it was allowed. It was pretty decent, especially the crab cakes. The waitress wasnt writing anything down. Food came back wrong. Asked for napkins she came and opened a package at the table while we were eating our soup. After I asked for a water she brought it and then proceeded to open my straw for me then put it on the table. Two big nono’s. Then after going to put the right order in she came back a bunch of times to “check and make sure” it’s what we ordered. It was a cheesesteak…steak cheese and bread. I’m sure if she was writing things down there wouldn’t have been so much confusion and wasted food going back to the kitchen. She was very apologetic though. No attitude or anything I’ll give her that. Overall the experience eh..probably won’t return due to the service; even though the food was...