Paddy's Old City Pub

Cool dive bar in Old City. Few beers on tap and a full service bar. Great prices too which was definitely welcomed. Our bar tender was really cool; she went upstairs to search for a shirt size for my husband to purchase. They have stickers and other stuff available for purchase too. They do allow smoking inside so be prepared for that

There is nothing redemable about this bar, poor service, lousy attitudes, inconvenient space. This place is a tourist trap for people who think the "Paddy's" bar on the TV series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is in any way related to this location - It's not! The bar on the TV show does not exist. Their beer selections are two or three dollars more than neighboring establishments and they are inconveniently cash only. I think at one time Paddy's Old City Pub might have been a legitimate Irish Pub, today is is an expensive tourist trap with merchandise to sell!

My friend and I were in from out of town, and we we’re looking for some bars to go to, we found that there are many very pleasant bars to go to in the surrounding area, but unfortunately this was not the case for paddy’s pub. Let’s put aside the fact that this dive bar is already very dirty and plagued with cigarette smoke because this seems to be a common theme with bars in philly anyways. As we came in the bartender seemed very swamped and wasn’t very welcoming to begin with, he uttered something that sounded like, I’ll be right with you or something along those lines. We took a seat at the table by the door, given that there were no available seats at the bar. We we’re deciding on what to drink and trying to give the bartender a few minutes before we approached him. After what seemed like 2-5 minutes the bartender cut the music and began yelling at us for our IDs. We we’re stunned by this because if he hadn’t seemed so grumpy and busy, we would have showed our IDs and ordered drinks right away. When we showed our Florida state issued IDs (not damaged or expired, valid, brand new) he took one look at them and actually threw them at us yelling about how he couldn’t accept them. We went to about 20 bars and 2 clubs during our stay and didn’t have a problem at any of those places by the way. We left immediately. Many of the customers seemed very uncomfortable and irritated by this encounter as much as we were. We we’re nothing but nice, never gave him a hard time, and left as soon as he asked us to. It seems that this place should attempt to hire employees with human decency that will handle the situation better. I’ve worked in the service industry since I was 17 years old and have also bartended for 3 years before I found a different line of work, and I’ve never treated people this way. There is simply no excuse, if you hate your job find a different one. I wouldn’t recommend this bar to anybody and wouldn’t return here even if it was the last bar on earth. I would give this place zero stars if I could. Utterly disappointing and upsetting.