Piper’s Pub

1828 East Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203

Piper’s Pub offers a selection of Irish, Scottish, and British food and drink, using “A Taste of the British Isles” as their slogan.  The beer selection is pretty extensive and supposedly changes weekly, though I would consider the prices a little high.  Moving along, here’s the menu description of the burger:

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With your choice of American, provolone or Swiss on a Kaiser roll with a side of garlic dill mayonnaise… 7.95. Extras: Rashers, Sautéed mushrooms, Sautéed onions, Irish cheddar or Stilton cheese .50 each

The burgers/sandwiches also come with your choice of either french fries.. err, chips, or cole slaw.  I ordered a burger with Irish cheddar cooked Medium with french fries.  Unfortunately for me, I went here with a group of 6 which means gratuity is automatically included, and thus service was pretty shitty.  Our server had a really weird attitude when we tried to order stuff, which I’m pretty sure is standard in a restaurant setting, so that automatically took my burger experience down a few notches. Anyway, service was ridiculously slow, and the worst of this was when my burger was brought out cooked WELL-DONE.  There wasn’t so much of a hint of pink in my burger, and all remnants of juice were cooked out of the patty.  Nothing can ruin a burger more than by being overcooked.

The garlic dill mayonnaise was a nice touch and added much needed flavor to a overcooked and worthless beef patty.   I would have sent it back had I not been as ravenously hungry as I was.  Instead, I just ate this burger angrily in silence.

Burger Ratings:

Burger:  6

This specific burger would be rated a 3 for a disappointment due to the whole aspect of being horribly overcooked, but when cooked properly this burger is a 6.

Side: 7

I really dig the fries here, as they are skin-on and crispy.  I am pretty sure they are frozen, but they’re good enough to make me not give a shit.

Environment: 6

As soon as you walk in the door, you’re in the bar section with a few side tables.  If you walk further to the back, there’s a larger dining room with a slightly different feel.  There are a few TV’s around with various sports being shown, so you kind of have different environments to choose from.

Value: 7

$8 for a burger and fries of decent quality.  Pretty good!

Piper's Pub
1828 East Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203
(412) 381.3977

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Listed Under: 6 - Good