Phil's Bar & Grill

"If you want good food and company, go to Jammers instead, it's only a block away and the food is better quality. The only reason to go to Phil's instead is because the kitchen opens earlier, so if you're hungry before 6 pm, Phil's will do okay, but if you can wait til after 6 pm, you'll have a much better time at Jammers. The waitstaff at Phil's will see you sitting at the bar waiting to be served and ignore you for extended periods before coming to see what you want to order. And this includes during slower business hours. There are times when they are friendly and on top of it, but it seems like going there the service is slow more often than not. While the waitstaff are typically friendly when they do approach you, and I enjoy chatting with them, it does make it difficult to want to return when you have to wait a long time to get that service. The food isn't that great and tastes microwaved and not fresh, and while I don't expect fine dining at a bar, I do expect the food that I've waited a long time to be served to taste better than 5-minute microwaving. Again, if you want better food, wait til 6 pm for Jammers as their food is often much better. It's actually kind of sad, but the reason I went to Jammers in the first place is one of the staff at Phil's telling us about it, and honestly, it was worth the extra little bit of a walk. I know Phil's is currently up for sale, and that it may be a transitional thing, however it seems from past reviews I've read this is a common occurrence. TLDR: Go to Jammers, you'll have more fun."

"The lighting always seems brighter than necessary. I like a dark dive bar. Person opinion not reflection of their business and services."

"This place makes me want to move to Salem! Great food, good people, and the pool tables are exquisite!"

"Ok reviews are in...the rib eye steak was cooked perfectly. I'm pretty sure it was equivalent to James Tompkins steaks when he cooks em. The Chicken Marsala was great Chicken was tender noodles cooked perfectly. The Loaded Baked Potato was amazing bacon bits, Sour cream and shredded cheese yummy hard to go wrong. However the dish that failed was the Half Rack of Ribs I should not have to use a knife to cut up Ribs the meat should peel apart nicely. It fails! worse Ribs in town belong to Jake's Bar & Grill. Customer service award goes to Steve, he was amazing glad he showed up to work and actually worked and not stay home and collect unemployment. Had a lot of patience with everyone hounding him questions and filling their drink orders I could of tipped more if I didn't pay it forward earlier and pay for someone's gas oh well maybe next time!!"