Topside Tavern

Topside Tavern reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   Donna

   Philadelphia4 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 4 April 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Food was great! Our server was great however the food took forever to come out. It wasn’t even crowded. We were 1 of 4 tables. We had a 1:00 lunch reservation at 1:40 we still didn’t have our food!
   

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   Cinthya

   Unspecified1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 3 April 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Had an amazing meal! The service was top-notch, and the atmosphere was cozy and welcoming. Every dish we tried was delicious, especially the red duck curry bun along with summer high, which was outstanding. Highly recommend this spot for anyone looking for great food and excellent service. Can’t wait to return!
   

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   Susan

   Philadelphia16 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on 30 March 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   Had the misfortune of making our reservation same time as a large party. Food took forever to be served. 2 waitstaff didn’t seem to know what to do. Given only 1 menu to share between 3 people until I requested more. Served a dry waffle with their Virginia brunch meal. Companions lunch meals were good they said. Asked for a mimosas and was told the bar was closed. At the same time the large group was receiving them. One waitress (in a Temple tee) was excellent. She ran around putting out the fires the others caused and never lost her smile.
   

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   Stephanie

   Philadelphia9 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on 29 March 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   . The calamari app was frozen rings that they fried. Green papaya salad was tasteless. I had the three cheese grilled cheese with tomato soup. The cheese totally melted out of my sandwich so it was like eating two pieces of toasted bread and the “soup” tasted like pizza sauce. We each had a cocktail, and would have had a second round, but we were never asked, and the place was not busy. They do have a roof top that was crowded, from what we were told because when we asked to eat upstairs, we were told it was full. We also had food before we had our drinks. I would not recommend this establishment.
   

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   joan VIP

   Philadelphia22 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 23 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Delicious food and great service. There was a wonderful jazz group performing during brunch ~while the music was terrific the sound level was so loud you couldn’t have a conversation. Would love to enjoy the sound of jazz music, maybe at a larger venue or in the warmer weather when the doors are open to offset the volume .
   

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   Ruth

   Philadelphia3 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on 23 March 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   After having an excellent take out lunch from Topside, my family followed up with an in person brunch. The food was top notch again, very nice portion sizes and there was a greatly appreciated French press coffee maker left on the table. We had to leave for another commitment and so could only enjoy the first couple of tunes from the band, but we would have enjoyed staying to hear more from them for sure. It's nice to have a venue that offers live jazz for brunch! Nice place to come with a group or as a couple.
   

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   Jim

   Philadelphia5 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 20 March 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   I took my team from work for lunch. They were understaffed and only had one server working as far as we could tell. It took 45 minutes for the first food to come out -- 3 out of the 7 meals. The next 2 meals came out about 5 minutes later. The last meal came out yet another 5 minutes after that. The music was too loud for a Thursday at lunch time. It's unfortunate - the food was good, but they need more staff for the lunch rush and they need to read the room on atmosphere in a business district at lunch time.
   

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   Chip VIP

   Philadelphia29 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on 20 March 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 2

   Went with friends to watch NCAA basketball games on first day of the tournament. They had only one game on their TVs. Why show an old movie and replays of insignificant college football games instead? The sole server was overwhelmed although he tried his best. It seemed like they did not realize the tournament was starting. How could that be at a sports bar? Enjoyed our lunch which was quite good but then headed to Cavs. Will be back to try their brunch but not for sporting events.
   

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   Leslie

   Unspecified1 review

   4.0

   Dined on 2 March 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Overall, the restaurant was very nice. The menu is very limited with little option to substitute anything. We went there for brunch but and most of us had to pull together our own menu items to suit our palettes.
   

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    diane VIP

    Philadelphia101 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on 2 March 2025

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 2

    our bartender tried to be so nice but the beer menu was completely out of date the food was juat average the hush puppies were dry and bland the burger was average the mac and cheese was average
    

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