Hops at the Paddock — Restaurant in South Whitehall Township

Management needs to address pizza quality or current pizza cook. I hate to leave this updated review, but facts are facts, the pizza has gone way downhill. The Paddock built their reputation on their bar style pizza, cooked well done, cheese to the edge with no visible crust. Crispy and delicious. My last two pies (add bacon and onion) over the last 3 months (after 8pm) were a wet, undercooked mess. Overly cheesed. Cheese not to the edge. Minimal toppings. After my first substandard pizza in October I told myself I'd give it one more chance, as my waitress advised there was a new pizza cook.

My pie last evening was equally below the standards I'm used to. Floppy and wet. Cheese not to edge. Under topped and over cheesed (Did you tell the waitress? No, I wasn't willing to wait for them to re-fire a pizza. Did you eat the whole thing? Obviously. It's pizza) So... sadly I'm done with this place unless they can get the pizza back to the level that made this place an Allentown institution. Maybe this can open a dialog that will eventually improve their signature item. As always, the staff was wonderful.

Previous 4 Star review posted mid 2022. Get the pizza. Bar pie with cheese to the edge. Augment it with bacon. Come on a Friday night and you might rub shoulders with a past Mayor. Good selection of craft beer. No...

A nice low key atmosphere with great bar bites at a reasonable price! Homemade wing sauces, condiment sauces, etc

FOOD: Bar Pie 12" - great pie at a great price (📸 in comments)

Cheese fries - I love potato wedges but my mom was expecting fries, she hates wedges, so she was unhappy. I was very pleased though 🤣 the cheesy blend on the wedges was to die for (📸 in comments)

Wings - comes with 10, lots of sauces to choose from! (we counted 5 wings and 5 flats) We got Smokin Hot, which was like their hot but with a smokey essence. It was the move!!! The wings were a little dry, and were breaded. Served with blue cheese and celery. The blue cheese was homemade. (📸 in comments)

Sweet potato tots - yummy little puff balls of sweet potato goodness! They taste almost maple syrupy in flavor! They did not come with something to dip in... I recommend to ask for ranch or BBQ sauce. (📸 in comments)

DESSERT: (Ordered TO GO) - Peanut Butter Pie - frozen comes topped with choc syrup and crushed nuts! At the restaurant they heat it up for a little then serve it. Our waitress told us to heat it for 40 seconds at home. It was enough for all 5 of us to each have a few bites, very filling, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! (📸 in comments)

They also have a great craft beer selection here (📸 in comments - craft selection board...

Food was amazing, so was the service. The complaint is when it comes down to their drinks. The bar needs to start testing what they're sending out three different drink's and only one was tolerable . Unfortunately the drinks that were tried and not finished still had to be paid for . So customer service is probably at a level 3 considering they were told to taste the drinks they were sending out to understand they were not trying to be paid for and we're definitely not drank at all.We still didn't find one that we liked. There was one And only one mixed drink that we would finish and we each only had one after trying many.. At a establishment from this level I would expect service at all levels to stand up to the standards of the food. The food was absolutely amazing. Hands down, not one complaint. Our server was very attentive and patient with us when trying to figure out drink arrangements that were suitable due to the ussues...