The Pickled Onion

Steak tip sub with fries $ 14 but it was good. PBRs still a buck on draft. Nice selection of beer. Lots of TVs showing sports, popular with the young crowd and live music some nights.

As soon as I walked in We were greeted by a Irish man with a lovely Irish accent, everything he said sounded lovely. Me a a few friends grabbed a high top and our server came right over, she was sweat as could be, service was quick, food was good atmosphere was awesome. We were there to see friends of ours play in a band all in all the pickled onion is a great pub ! We rocked all night. Thanks for an awesome night. See you soon

Awesome place for good times, good food and ice cold beers. Love their Guinness.
Good pub grub and Irish faire. Great place to catch a game or try your brain at trivia.

I was in here a few weeks ago with some friends. I had a hard time getting my ID out of my wallet and in the process dislodged some large important checks for my business. ALL THREE CHECKS WERE RETURNED. The bouncer found one and looked for the rest and then remembered me somehow. Also a patron at the bar found one. Neither would accept a tip or a drink on me. So impressed. Great people, great place, fun atmosphere.

Wednesday $ 2 burgers. yum. was inebriated for the most of the visit, but I remember the burger was nice. Beers were standard price. My female server was not the most welcoming, the male server was nicer.
karaōke was going on behind me. I tried not to pay attention. hahah. asked the server to change the TV to the basketball game and they did!

This is the worst experience I’ve had. I felt disrespected by the employees for being the designated driver while my friends drank. Awful atmosphere, awful service, awful place. Are they promoting binge drinking and drunk driving purposefully?

The Pickled Onion is really second to none as far as value. They have really improved their whole vibe with the addition of several new televisions that makes this a great spot to watch a game. They have good food and great prices, not to mention a great beer selection. I would highly recommend.

If you’re in college and looking to drink a beer, but only have about $ 5 to your name, go to the Pickled Onion. You will be in good company there. However, if you’re looking to go out with some friends for a few beers and pub food and can afford to go literally anywhere else, you’d be better off finding a different watering hole. The food is thoroughly mediocre. It won’t kill you, but it’s nothing to write home about. The PBRs are cheap, but they taste like PBR.
They do have dance /​music nights, which are great if you enjoy being packed into a poorly-​ventilated, dark room surrounded by sweaty men hitting on trashy college girls. Some people love that stuff. Some people don’t.
Minimum charge on a credit card is $ 15, which can be difficult to accrue given the low prices, especially on Wing Night or half-​off appetizer nights. If you’re only looking to down a few PBRs and watch the game, bring some cash.

I go here all the time. A solid college bar with good specials throughout the week. The atmosphere is pretty laid back during the day and early night. The beer is always super cold and not that expensive. My only advice is don’t order mixed drinks here. They don’t know how to mix a drink with enough alcohol to save their lives. That being said the onion is a fun place to grab some beer and food. I’m a Fan

Okay this place was good before the staff started to not care about their own customers personal safety. Before i went here this place was alright, but this incident changed my opinion of the place. First of all, my boyfriend and his friend were here last night, and they were having a good time until they went to leave. He accidently bumps into someone im not sure how it started but whatever he did to piss these kids off was harmless, and they were intoxicated. And they jumped him and his friend. OF course the bouncers did jack shit about it and sat back and watched the whole thing. you think if this place cared about the saftey of their customers they would handle this better by calling the police and or holding back the other kid and intervening. But no they sat back as if at a movie with a box of fucking popcorn and did NOTHING.
How can you keep going to this bar when the staff doesn’t give a shit about their own customers? this fight could have easily escalded and i have a feeling the bouncers and staff will do nothing to stop fights like these happening. people get drunk and act foolish so TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY. as a result of thism, my boyfriend has a big fat lip and a black eye.
Thank you Pickled onion for great customer service. And for doing jack shit to stop any of these physical altercations outside or inside this place.
Please stop going here unless you want to get a black eye and a fat lip and possibly worse injuries.
THANK YOU FOR NOTHING

The food is okay, the waitstaff is average, and they have a full bar. It’s loud and can get cramped at times, but it’s not unbearable.
Two points of dissatisfaction:
–There’s a charge minimum of $ 15, so if you just get a burger and a beer, you have to use cash. There is an ATM in the restaurant, but it’s annoying to me to accept cards but set a minimum charge (which, by the way, is not LEGALLY permitted to be above $ 10 and is not allowed to be imposed at all if it’s a debit transaction or a card linked to a debit account).
–If you go while they’re running a special, like ½ price appetizers or $ 2 burgers, you cannot take a doggy bag once you’re done with dinner. Why? I don’t know, and I found it to be unfair. It’s food you paid for, right? I got a cheeseburger and fries (which was extra because I added cheese and fries, so it wasn’t just a $ 2 plate). I ate half of it and wanted to take the rest home but was told they don’t allow you to take food if it was a special.
Overall, I’d rather go somewhere else.

The Pickled Onion is every pub I ever went into in college. Cheap greasy eats, loads of cold brews on tap, and loud music many nights. If I were 21 this would be my watering hole. I’m a little too old to frequent this place without being that creepy person at the bar but I noticed a lot of those creepy people at the bar that were there watering their thirst. The good thing is that if you are here to drown your sorrows no one is going to judge you but, eww, who’s that old dude at the bar looking at my boobs?
This place gets loud several nights a week and on weekends with music and rowdy college students. Some nights I fall asleep to some drunk college age girl attempting to sing. It’s not pretty.

So I’ve lived within walking distance from this place for 6 years and never set foot inside. Come to think of it, I don’t even know why. Was I intimidated by the crazy neon sign? Was I confused by the Gaelic writing? Was I put off by some of the late night after-​hours college kid shenanigans that occur outside of this place on some weekends? Not sure… but whatever it was, I’m glad I’m over it.
Every once in a while, (like last night) when the wind blows just right, the smell of delicious fried food from this place wafts into my window and makes me crave french fries… So this morning I had a massive craving for a burger and fries.
…Which is why I went here for lunch. And I’m so glad I did.
I sat at the bar where a very nice server introduced herself and showed me the beer menu, which, by the way is much more extensive than what is listed on the web site. I chose a Hefeweizen (I forget which one, but it was delicious).
I also ordered a burger with my own chosen toppings: cheese, bacon, mushrooms, pickles cooked «pink in the middle». (You never know how a person will interpret words like, «medium» or «medium rare» these days, so I just describe the color).
The burger (which was massive, by the way) came out perfectly-​cooked (they even added lettuce, tomatoes, and onions). The fries were just as wonderful as I imagined they’d be — crisp, slightly salted, and not shoestring or encrusted in some weird batter.
The server also told me that they have $ 2 burger nights and that on those nights, they serve burgers of the same size. I can’t imagine how packed this place must get on those nights.
The other very cool thing is that the people there are really nice. The server was very nice and apologetic when the gentleman to my left told her that his burger was supposed to have bacon but didn’t. She immediately went to the kitchen and got him a plate with extra bacon on it. My server did not make me feel bad for paying with a credit card even though I had not spent the $ 15 minimum. Which is surprising because I had a pint of fancy beer, a huge burger, and side of fries for just over $ 12.
Everyone in the place must have been just as happy with their food as I was — Every plate that I saw the servers bring back were empty or near empty.
Bottom line — I will be back soon and often. I need to make up for lost time.

Man I’ve put writing this off for too long.
So the Onion, lets see. Its inconsistent, which makes this hard. More often than not its a fairly quiet and low key place you can go alone (gasp!) or with a few friends and have a good time. Whether it be for some dinner and drinks, or drinks for some live music it really doesn’t matter. The issue is when randomly, with no rhyme or reason, it is full of out of control fist-​pumping 21 year olds that cannot control themselves or keep from spilling booze all over you. Then again, whenever its like that I don’t even go in – there are usually a bunch if kids outside smoking and causing a scene shouting «dude, brah, sup.»
Otherwise, when its not like that, the place is great. I’m bummed they no longer have the $ 1 PBR pint but maybe that’s whats kept the obscene crowds away lately. The new tap system lends an extensive selection of beer and they taste way better than they did out of the old system. Food is good, no complaints, although nothing to really rave about – but for what you pay you really can’t complain. Service is usually pretty good; once again it depends on the crowd. When its full of stupid college kids service suffers. Friend the place on facey-​space, and you’ll get nearly daily updates on what band is playing and any specials they may be having.
For the most part its a chill place for a beer and a bite. If it looks like trouble from the outside, save yourself the hassle and come back another time.

The Pickled Onion is a fun, fairly low key place to hang out on a weekend night and see a band. $ 1 PBR’s for those who like that sort of thing :) And a few good beers (Long Trail, Sierra Nevada, Newcastle Winter IPA, Harpoon Winter Warmer, Loose Cannon) on tap for real beer drinkers. The place fills up with college students after 10 or so, so I felt old in my early 30’s, but had fun seeing the band play nonetheless.

Bathrooms are gross. Tends to get really hot and overcrowded. Any time there’s an event at Endicott, they start charging a cover (to get into one of the crappiest bars in Beverly). There’s usually a line. The live bands tend to suck.
But the PBR is $ 1, so I keep going back.
Oh, Pickled Onion. I don’t know how to quit you.

Oh the Onion. Half dive bar, half family restaurant. Strangest place in Beverly.
First off, my friends and I keep returning for the $ 1 PBR’s and wing night (20 cent wings). It’s really the deals that are worth coming in for. Like half price appetizer night, and my personal favorite $ 2 burgers on Monday nights. These are not some skimpy burger either. They have every fixing imaginable (cheese is just an additional quarter).
The staff can be a little forgetful, I’ve had to wait quite a while before for things as simple a ketchup. It isn’t the cleanest, nicest establishment but the deals are pretty great if you’re on a budget.

I’m really only reviewing this to say that despite what the info box claims, it is NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE. Well, it’s accessible if you don’t need a bathroom, but if you’re going to a bar, you need a bathroom.
The bathroom is too small to turn a chair in and it lacked grab bars. I couldn’t shut the door with my chair inside the bathroom unless maybe I backed all the way down a narrow corridor and backed into the room, which, you might imagine, I did not try. Even if that did work, there was still the no grab bars issue, so there’d be no way of getting from chair to toilet and back.
So, I was really miffed to head to a place claiming to be accessible, only to find out it wasn’t actually, and only once I had to pee. Poor form.

The Pickled Onion is different things to different people, and since I remember when this spot was «Freddie’s», I have experienced most of what The Onion has to offer.
When I was in my early 20’s, this was a nice place to go if you’re ok with 22 094 723 957 239 856 people crammed inside with blaringly loud music playing/​being performed. As eeeeeveryone in Beverly says, going here feels like a BHS reunion.
Luckily (I guess) for me, I’m now 30 and the reunion going on here is for the kids who were in sixth grade while my class was graduating. So, instead of coming here for drinks and trying to pretend it’s not weird to be 8 years older than everyone else in there, I come by here for an occasional dinner or a drink or two before the tables disappear and the kids start dry-​humping.
The food here is fine. Pub food with a mini-​twist. The greasy nachos/​wings/​skins that you’d expect to be solid at a pub are not so great. A sizeable portion that comes out fast, it’s just not very flavorful and some of it is way too greasy, even for greasy pub food. What is good are some of the entrees.
The steak tips here are very good. Judging from the taste of them, I’m pretty sure they’re marinated in Coke. A bit of sweetness to them, but nothing too strong. I’ve ordered them cooked to two different degrees, and I’ve been with people who have ordered them to every doneness possible, and they’ve been cooked perfectly every time. I’ve seen the same cook here for years (he looks like a white ninja darting around there) and I’m confident that he’s doing everything he can with what he has to work with.
The fish and chips and the Reuben toastie are also both very good.
The fish and chips come as a huge portion of fried goodness. The Reuben is what you’d expect and the «toastie» modifier modifies nothing. This is just a normal Reuben. Sauerkraut and corned beef and dressing and rye. Both of these come with fries and I urge you to choose «seasoned» when asked which kind of fries you want. They’re cooking with mediocre, frozen fries here and the unseasoned variety is bland. The seasoned version is once again a scenario where I feel the cook is doing his best with what he has.
The drink situation here is just ok. A full bar and a staff that can usually prepare most any cocktail you like. If you come here often, pick out the bartenders you recognize and stick with them. The full-​timers here are professionals who know what they’re doing. The fly-​by-​night people on the staff can be poor. The beer selection is very meh. 10 taps or so, but it’s mostly the stuff you can find anywhere. $ 1 PBRs are a great bargain. They recently started serving pitchers here, but when I tried to get a pitcher of PBR, I was told that only Coors Light was avaiable in a pitcher and all of the pitchers were in use. Umm, huh? Since the best use for a pitcher of Coors Light is to put out a fire, I passed.

What is this trash? Congratulations «Pickled Onion» as my first 1 star joint. You suck so hard.
Went there with buncha people for some cheap wings. It was cheap indeed. In price, in quality, in service, in atmosphere, in every possible way, it was cheap sauce.
It’s too crowded and filled with nub college kids who think they are cool. It’s just trashy. The waitress comes to you every 40min and when you order, they come to you 20min later, forgetting what you ordered. That’s how busy, loud and whack this place is.
And when you finally take a bite of those cheap wings, it just taste bad. I rather pay 10 times more and have good wings.
Finally, let me talk about the seating. It’s the worst possible seating setup I’ve ever seen. The owner probably lost a bet with someone and had to arrange seating that seats the least amount of people while taking up the most amount of space.
All in all, I will never go to this place though I live 2min away from it.