Murray Avenue Grill — Restaurant in Pittsburgh

This is a small place but that adds to the charm but it was no problem getting immediately seated during the dinner hour.

This please seems to do a ton of takeout because there were good delivery services coming in all the time so it's clear a lot of people like what they have.

In terms of food it was it was decent. The fries were nice and salted heavily which I like but my daughter found them to be a bit too salty.

The wings we got were fried perfectly and the French onion soup was excellent.

In terms of the burgers we got, I would say they are pretty average and tasted a lot like a Whopper in that they had a heavy flame broiler taste. I like Burger King so I enjoyed the burger but it wasn't anything special and I have had better in the area but it's solid and was pretty dense, it satisfied my hunger with room to spare.

What I will say is if you are in a hurry this isn't the place for you. The service was very slow for what we ordered like 1.5 hours plus for 3 burgers, 12 wings and two bowls of French Onion.

They seemed to be placing priority on the carryout/food delivery service orders which I can understand but I definitely felt like dine in customers were last on the priority list which I guess makes sense as people ordering for takeout are going to expect faster times and sure their margins are better on take out then done in.

The staff we had was very friendly but we did have to flag them down a few times to get additional drinks and towards the end because we had been there a very long time I was ready to go but it seemed like they were really focused on getting those takeout orders filled.

Pricing wasn't too bad and about what I would expect for the area but for what I paid I would rather travel outside the area and spend the same for a better quality burger.

Again this place isn't bad it's just meh for me and my family so we won't repeat but if your in the area and want a burger and a drink this is a decent place to find that if you have time to kill and it's after 6 where you dont have to worry about the...

I'm a professor at Chatham University so I often take guests to Squirrel hill for dinner. On November 22, 2013 I arrived at the Murray Avenue Grill with a guest who was visiting from out of town. He is a distinguished professor who had just arrived after a 7 hour drive. We sat down at around 6:15 pm and ended up ordering about $80 worth of food. During the meal, we were catching up and discussing work. At around 8 pm I noticed that the server was pressuring us to leave. I asked her if this was true, and she did confirm my suspicion. She said that her manager was pressuring her to pressure us to leave. After we finished the meal, my guest ordered another iced tea, and behind his back, she gave me a dirty look. It was absolutely disgraceful. Needless to say, no iced tea arrived. We decided to leave because they made us feel so uncomfortable. As we were leaving my guest talked with the manager. The manager said "two hours is long enough for dinner." My guest informed me that he has never had such horrible service in his life. He has traveled the world and visited thousands of restaurants. It was an embarrassment to me and an embarrassment to your establishment. This restaurant doesn't care about the individual. They care about creating an assembly line (i.e. get people in, feed them, get their money, get them out as fast as possible, get the next person in). This is not good business. I will never go here again, nor will I recommend this...

There is a certain old world charm to Murray Avenue Grill which makes you feel like you’re back in the early 2000s. The menu is mostly all American with certain other western dishes here and there. There is booth style seating for more parts, but there are individual seats and tables as well for couples or solo Diners. I went on in a Sunday evening, expecting it to be very crowded, but the rain as well as the marathon. The restaurant was quite partly occupied and hence finding a seating was no trouble. The hostess was the sweetest ever, and the service in general was very quick and efficient and yet personalble. I couldn’t resist the French onions soup, which was the special of the day, and it was made perfectly with the right amount of onions and cheese. For my mains, I went for the Pittsburgh burger, which came with a mountain of fries which I had to take away because I could not finish more than half of it. The burger itself had bacon, cheddar, and tomato, onion, and lettuce. I asked mine to be done medium well, and the cook on the burger was perfect. It was very filling, and the portion sizes were more than enough for one person. Overall, a solid place for some good quality and...