September 23, 2009
Parking friendly place located in part of some kind of commercial mall. The place very big and probably sits around 100. Divided in a few sections it doesn’t feel so big. A large bar in the middle with about 30 seats around. Lots of tables. Depending on where you sit you can have a restaurant or a pub atmosphere. Like many large establishments the place has this overall too-clean franchise-like atmosphere, I prefer smaller pubs with a warmer feeling. When I was there the tap list was impressive with about 12 house-beers on tap and very few bland ones. Friendly waiter that offered me free samples of each beer I was interested in so I could make a good selection for the 2–3 pints to order. I didn’t eat there but saw many plates go by and they looked like above average greasy pub fare. I would recommend eating there. They sell 750ml bottles but they are pricey ($20 each). A few of these bottles are really worth it. I left with 12 bottles total of the 9 beers they had available in bottles ($240… ouch!). All in all you cannot be in that neighbourhood without stopping by for a few hours.

September 13, 2008
A great place if you don’t mind pricey food. The portions were disappointingly small for what we paid (pizza), but was delicious none the less. I didn’t try a beer I didn’t like there. The restaurant/bar areas are spacious and well-laid out, and they get good crowds for the food and the beer.

August 20, 2008
i found this a very enjoyable place. the beer was good the waiter very knowledgable about the food and beer. it was clean and the staff was friendly very open atmosphere i had the bbq chicken pizza that went very well with their ironbound ipa. i didn’t sit in the bar area but it seemed fine. i would go back when in the area.

May 27, 2008 [ Updated August 6, 2008 ]
I visited this place twice during a weekend trip to Philly for a wedding. It was directly across Bethlehem Pike from our hotel, and accommodated our 7 person family group extremely well. The restaurant itself features a big open bar area, with three different dining areas on either side. Very new, with nice design touches. Overall a very comfortable place. The food was good, we tried a wide variety of the menu and everything was nicely prepared. The beers are tasty, with a large number of rotating specials - I didn’t try the regular lineup. Service was always prompt and attentive.

January 18, 2008
My second favorite of the IH brewpubs (Newark, Wilmington, West Chester are the others I’ve been to). Service was super friendly, the bartender served us up some free pints after we set aside 4x$25 bottles of BA RIS. Head brewer also came out to talk to us. Food was good (like the other places), nice selection, solid quality.

November 29, 2007
Stopped by this place when I was in the area. The layout was great and it had plenty of room for everyone. Tried the sampler and was a bit disappointed with the selection. Nothing too extravagant and all medium-bodied and rather watered down taste to most of the brews. Light Lager, Raspberry Wheat and Red were all very undesirable. The flagship Pale Ale was probably the best they had. Porter was decent but had some metallic notes that I don’t like to see in a porter. They had a Belgian IPA and a Dubbel. The IPA had nice candied sugar taste with an odd Banana-like pehol in the aroma...still solid. The Dubbel was just plain bad, I would not suggest it. Nachos were great. I opted for a mini, two-course beer dinner. Ceaser Salad with the Light Lager (it tasted much fuller this time around, much better. Maybe it was a new keg or a great pairing!). The second course was a seafood stew which was quite good, paired with their Pale Ale, not a bad pairing but at times I thought the pale ale was a bit overwhelming with the seafood. If I stumbled on this again I would go but I’m dying to return. The waiter made an attempt at providing explanations of the servings but he wasn’t the most knowledgable or attentive.

October 10, 2007
I’ve been to the Iron Hill in North Wales on several occasions. Larry Horwitz does an outstanding job with training the staff, not to mention brewing great beer! The bar area is laid-out in a horseshoe fashion with plenty of seating even when moderately busy. The food is very good, and the service was even better.

July 26, 2007
Visited on the way back from Belgium Comes to Cooperstown 2007. Called ahead and found out they had some good seasonal and special brews, so stopped in for dinner. Large restaurant in a sort of strip mall area, inside is designed with dark stained wood and a lot of glass, a lot of open space, seems like a nice place to eat dinner, intimate enough but also large enough. Beer selection was decent, a lot of seasonals, but not a lot of really special brews, such as the Bier de Garde, wit, hefeweizen, etc. Vintage bottle list was fantastic but expensive, but that’s how it goes. Another time and I might have bought something off the vintage list. Food was ok, but I’m pretty sure I ordered something I shouldn’t have. Green onions, shrimp, bacon and gorgonzola on a pizza sounded really good, but ended up tasting like a baked potato or an omelet. Server was not so good, forgeting orders, bringing us the wrong sized glasses, acting like a "soft douche" - reminded me of the squirrely waiter from Office Space. Overall it’s a nice place and I can see myself visiting again if I’m in the area.

February 26, 2007
A decent place to get some pretty good food and grab some brews. The beers are good, especially the RIS. Nice, but don’t make a trek just to go here. If you’re in the area, it’s certainly worth a stop.

February 1, 2007
First time to this location, sat at the bar, not to packed on a Wednesday afternoon. Lots of seating, they had a nice selection of tapped brews, as well as a cask, and a nitro. There is no more smoking inside as of the 1st of january. I had wings and a brewski burger with fries, the food was really good, some of the beers they had here i had at the West Chester location. Overall this place was impressive, the service was excellent, my glass never sat longer than 5 seconds empty. Worth a visit.