Topside Tavern

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

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   joan VIP

   Philadelphia22 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   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 4 days ago

   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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   Chip VIP

   Philadelphia29 reviews

   3.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   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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   Jim

   Philadelphia5 reviews

   3.0

   Dined 7 days ago

   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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   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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   Christina

   Philadelphia1 review

   2.0

   Dined on 18 February 2025

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

   according to our server, they didn't have any of the beers listed on the menu, so we had to walk over to the board to select from what was listed we didn't eat, so we can't speak to the food server was friendly, but could've passivley kept up with our needs, i.e., walking by and glancing/being visible for when we're ready to order, given there was one other table (2-top) aside from the 5 of us they need to get their hvac worked out as you could barely feel any heat on a 28* day, so we had to move by the 1 free-standing heater wish them luck (in what's not been a successful spot....ever?), but i wouldn't go out of my way to go again
   

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   William

   Baltimore1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 9 February 2025

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

   Awesome Super Bowl party thanks to Topside staff!!!
   

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   Megan

   Philadelphia1 review

   5.0

   Dined on 9 February 2025

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

   Great time celebrating the Eagles Super Bowl win here
   

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    Roger VIP

    Philadelphia7 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on 26 January 2025

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

    Great Sunday jazz brunch Delicious food Friendly
    

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