Given his proximity to Hopkins this is for all intents and purposes a college bar, but that doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing. Even years after I graduated, i still have really fond memories of the times I had at Charles Village Pub ( CVP ), getting a blue moon with an orange slice and watching sports on tv, or ending my night out back at my home Pub here and getting a plate of fries that I don't think I'll ever taste better parentheses maybe because I was always drunk when I had them haha) Don't get me wrong, you'll also see a healthy mix of locals at this bar as well. This bar is essentially on the edge of where the off-campus college buildings were, and further down the road you start to see most of the residential row homes and such. read more

Looking for a no frills, laid back spot--here it is. Nothing fancy, chills local bar. Bring a jacket though, because in the summer, the air is BLASTING! The food is good and reasonably priced. My fries are always fresh and hot. They usually aren't too too busy but outside tables are hard to come by--the smoker crowd takes these up fast. read more

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The food is outstanding and the people are like family. Their happy hour is fantastic!

Listen. If you need a big menu and decent food then this is your place. The bar is always full and the vibes are always up. Plus they are open pretty late. They do need to clean tho.... The roof is full of dust and so are the walls. Anddd don't order the chicken tenders. But that's about it. read more

Pint of Guinness served in 12oz /Coca Cola glass. Waited over 20 minutes to place an order at the Bar... CVP was practically empty. We walked out. Bartenders must have hearing loss... Music excessively loud.,.. headache loud. Bottom line.. CVP Baltimore on St. Paul Street, is a Torture Chamber read more

Charles Village Pub - Pint of Guinness served in 12oz Coca Cola glass... At a Pint price. - Pubs Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

I really dig this spot. This past Sunday was my first time here, and enjoyed a nice burger for lunch and some natty boh drafts. Cool neighborhood spot with a lot of TVs. Perfect for NFL Sundays. Staff were friendly and welcoming. Hope to come back soon. read more

Ambiance: A little run down, small but cozy pub, it is something that I expect in a college town. The focal point seems to be the bar where most folks sit with a TV, chatting with bartenders who are super friendly, also waited our booth table. There are a couple high table by the window and the rest are booths. Food & Beverages: They have some good selection on drafts and I had the weizen beer which was good. Regular pub menu with salads and sandwiches, all very delicious at the college price point. Service: Super friendly bartenders, no fuss, get you what you need, refill your water without having to asked, etc. I left my phone at the table and didn't realize it for about 10 mins after we left, ran back to the pub and the lady immediately handed back to me. I realized this could skew my impression of this pub but knowing that these are good people with decent beers , food and service, wouldn't you want to go back? read more

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I used to come here for a cocktail after class when I did my Masters degree at UB... actually was known as a singles bar when I was there.

We arrived and waited more than 30 minutes to try getting our orders. We ended up leaving because they served other tables first even when they saw that we've been waiting first. read more

There was one table available left outside. We nabbed it. There was seating inside. I think it was every other table blocked for Covid spacing. Honestly surprised that a bar bathroom was as clean as it was! All staff were wearing masks. I ordered the 8 oz burger and fries. Waiter didn't hear me and I got chips and sour cream and onions dip. I'm glad he made the mistake. The chips and dip were delicious. The fries, were very good. They were a little over salted and peppered for my taste but if you're drinking a beer to wash it down, then they're salty enough for you to order another beer. The burger was outstanding. Quite tasty. Service was speedy for a busy lunch on Memorial Day. Soda refills came without needing to ask. read more

Charles Village Pub - Eating on St. Paul St. - Pubs Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

Worse service I've ever experienced. Waitress with light brown hair, braid, striped long sleeve shirt, and black jeans needs an attitude fix. She took our orders with an obvious short temper and served our drinks with intense eye rolls. She even said "get out of the f*cking aisle" when one of my friend's shoulders was in the way. Rudest person I've met, maybe ever. read more

I met up with a friend here on a Thursday night after my flight into Baltimore. I arrived at 11pm and was happy to see that the kitchen didn't close till 1am. CVP reminds me of the show Cheers it seemed like everyone knew each other's name. The atmosphere was very friendly and you could tell a lot of locals frequent this quaint pub since most of them seemed to have walked to get here. There are a few televisions so definitely a great spot to watch the game at if you can snag a seat at the bar or a table. Our bartender Jackie was amazing, she was very friendly and everyone loved her so much that as the regulars walked in they would not sit down before giving her a hug. She makes a great lemon drop martini and based upon that and and the love she gets from the customers I'm sure every thing else she makes is great as well. I had been craving for a Maryland Crab Cake for some time now and this was my first stop during my visit so I ordered one. I'm a advocate for sticking to what a restaurant specializes in and bars and pubs you typically stick with the basics. My Crab Cake was broiled, a tad burnt but very large. I would not recommended the crab cakes here, if you are a Baltimore native like me you probably know several spots to get a well made one but this satisfied my desire on a late Thursday night. The fries that came with the Crab Cake were good. I was impressed with CVP. This little hole in the wall on St. Paul Street has lots of character. read more

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Ordered for delivery came as ordered and tasted really good. I love that they do beer battered fries. Wings were so crispy and had loads of flavor. I do think that their prices are too high but it is above average bar food. Would love to enjoy in person someday. read more

This place has *the best* chicken tenders with honey ranch. Yes, house made honey ranch. Sit at the bar, order a Boh and some tendies with extra ranch because you will want one to take home with you! Atmosphere is fun and the bar tenders are all super friendly and personable. Happy to have this little local bar in our neighborhood! heart u Charles Village! read more

Hopping bar with tons of food flying out of their kitchen. We sat near the kitchen and cash register. Thoroughly entertained by the staff. TNF game on the tube in addition to some hockey. We can hear each other. Natty Boh on tap! Delicious authentic unadulterated buffalo wings which was a nice change for our upstate New York Veteran selves. The little hottie staff kept doing dirty dance moves which was pretty funny. They really lightened up the mood and kept it fun. Kudos to them for having fun! We will be back, a lot! read more

I have nothing bad to say about this place. I keep coming back because of all of the staff and how they remember my name and pour my drink before I even ask. The food is great, the drinks are affordable and the regular local crowd makes if welcoming. I keep coming back again and again and again. read more

I've been in the Charles Village area for about 5 years, and CVP has always been a constant friend. I use to live in Old Goucher and CVP was just my "let me chill here while I'm doing laundry" but now CVP is my "let me go see what the local crazies are up to today"...and yes, I'm including myself in the Crazy Crowd. CVP is definitely a home away from home. Great people. Good food. Great drinks. I'm happy to be apart of this scene. read more

Everything about this place was great. What a wonderful neighborhood place with great service and tasty food.

Unassuming bar with good fries cooked to perfection. We added cheese sauce and it was just like whiz...quite good addition. Sitting outside we got to watch a few of the locals and regulars interact with the clientele. It was quite entertaining. read more

So I need to update this review. Barring my experience with the aforementioned bartender (maybe we can bury the hatchet sometime) my experience here is usually a good one. Charlie, Anthony, Zach, and whoever else are on staff are great and treat us well. The food is good and very reasonably priced, and the people are down to earth. read more

Tasty treats for a Towson University Tigers event. Very patient staff. Will certainly return to try more of the fun light menu & wine selection. read more

For some it's a place to have a quick family lunch or dinner. For some it's a sports bar. For others it's a great place to eat and drink with friends. It's called the Charles Village Pub. In my family we know it as le Pub. My granddaughter always orders the chicken fingers (with honey ranch for dipping). My daughter orders the Greek salad with grilled chicken. What do I order? What would I recommend? Well, there's the shrimp salad. On the plate, or as a sandwich, it's the best I've ever eaten. My nephew and I agree, the chicken salad is the best, ever! Thank you Chef Joe, Chef Eddie, and Eddie's mom!!! What else? Let's see, there's the chicken cheese steak and the cheese steak, the Catonsville club, the Goucher club, delicious burgers and baby back ribs. Of course, this is but a small portion of what's on the menu. Check it out. Expect good food, good service, well managed! read more

Love this neighborhood bar! Drinks and eats are super affordable. Please bring back the tuna steak!!!

Amazing ambiance, perfect bartender!! Thank you for an amazing time with great service!

Very good bar food, good drinks, great service, friendly locals. Hard surfaces make for high noise level.

I used to come here all the time for lunch. I'm not sure if it changed hands due to C19 or what but what a disappointment. 2-3 things so far that are featured on their more condensed menu don't even resemble the description. They have a BLT with Avocado which was always so delicious. These days it's actually served without the Avocado which makes no sense and the flabby uncooked pork meat served instead of bacon is inedible. How can you serve an inedible uncooked sandwich to someone and charge $16? It's a disappointment and this was not a one-off unfortunately. I can't justify going back, not at those prices and fir such poor product. read more

The Food is delicious, though every time I've been there, they have seemed understaffed. Whether it's a relatively quiet afternoon or a packed evening, it seems like there are hardly any servers around. Great for smaller groups (2-6 people) if you don't mind a wait! read more

Visited while in town for an event at Hopkins and easily my top choice to catch lunch while watching the Ravens game. Good pub food and game specials. Service was very efficient during the game. read more

I've been going to CV pub for several years. Despite the fact that the staff there recognizes me I've never had a friendly greeting or a kind word. I went there today and it was more of the same. I'm done with this place. Nothing but tired old farts there anyway. read more

This place is utterly cool. Here you are at the door step of one of the best and most expensive schools in America and you have a gritty cool sports pub that could be in any neighborhood in the city. A lil divy but not really divy at all. Lots of sport stuff on the walls including Os, Ravens, and Hopkins LAX. They have an old style pull the handle cigarette machine. The staff is super friendly. We entered with our 8 year old and ask with concern if he could be there. A drippy, happy yes. Extremely good service the night we went. Wife had fish and chips which were ok, slaw was great. I had a rib dinner that was delish but really pub ribs and not a BBQ shop style. The wings were fab. Seriously. Ask them to mix BBQ sauce and their hot sauce and you get a GREAT sauce. Good beer selection. Had a Monument City Rye 51 IPA which is becoming a choice of mine. Great pub...good atmosphere...nice people...diverse crowd. read more

Went here for the first time for lunch on a Monday. Both bartenders were friendly but Amanda B. was most impressionable. I didn't know what booze concoction I wanted so she suggested a tequila sunrise. She did a good job in preparing it and she recommended the buffalo chicken sandwich with blue cheese. The sandwich was above what I expected for the price I paid. It was grilled and dipped in buffalo sauce, topped with blue cheese, and sandwiched between a soft bun. The meal came with a side of potato chips and onion dip. People say this is a seedy area but I felt perfectly safe. read more

Charles Village Pub - Compliments of Amanda B. - Pubs Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

Community really comes together here. Everything comes out of a can or a bag or was frozen and it's amazing. The wait staff earns your respect. All the other patrons look like B list celebrities. The nachos come in a bowl. Need I say more?! read more

Great local bar & restaurant serving good food & good drinks. Got an 8oz cheeseburger medium. Outstanding beef flavor, roll & lettuce & tomato. Comes with fresh crispy chips & a side of French onion dip! Awesome! read more

Charles Village Pub - 8oz cheeseburger w/lettuce & tomato cooked medium. Very good beef flavor, soft roll & fresh lettuce & tomato. Chips very crispy. - Pubs Near Me - Baltimore, Maryland

I have been coming to this bar for almost a decade now and although I have and always will love CVP, I am just now compelled to write a review. THEY HAVE A NEW COOK!!! And OMG what a difference he has made. They food has always been just ok. Something to coat your stomach for the awesome drinks the bartenders pour. I had the buffalo wings and they were delicious! I'm sincerely using delicious to describe the food at CVP, I would have never imagined! I'm so looking forward to the new menu, which will only enhance the already awesome bar atmosphere they have going. Heavy pours, great crowd, and now yummy food! *Ask for Anthony by far my favorite bartender! read more

A true classic. Great dive bar feel, awesome beer selection and a vast menu that should meet or beat everyone's expectations. It's bar food, but it's above avg. bar food. Always a good go to place when in the vicinity or when kitchens are closing elsewhere. Great service, decent food, I've never left disappointed. read more

Definitely very divey, very much a neighborhood bar with many regulars and a lot of characters. Beer (and cider and mead!) selection is great for a dive bar and prices (especially HH and late-night) are quite reasonable. Food is "serviceable" bar standards that aren't at all bad but aren't at all exciting. Their mixed drinks are often *terrible* so I'd stick to beer/cider/mead or shots. Definitely the kind of bar where you can meet colorful local characters, but not worry about a fight breaking out. A refreshingly non-yuppie bar despite being right next to the college. read more

The bartenders were incredibly rude. A group of people (including me) at the bar ordered six shots, at which point we told the first bartender we will need them split up between a couple tabs (3 to be exact). The bartender immediately passed the order onto the second tender, who, after delivering the shots, let out an exacerbated sigh at our request. After dividing them, he said we were missing one, though we were not, and explained this to him, apparently he didn't listen. At the end of the night when closing out, one tab was (surprisingly) overcharged. The bartenders were both arguing, and ended up actually raising their voices at us. It has been 4 days, the charge still hasn't been updated to reflect the correct amount. This is a place for people who want rude bartenders, shit drinks, and a terrible time. read more

Looking for a place to play pinball when I discovered that Charles Village Pub has two pinball machines. I excitedly hopped on my bike and cruised on down the road with a stack of quarters jangling away in my pocket. I approach the pub and see two beautiful pinball machines (Ripley's Believe It or Not and Elvis) right in the front window, beckoning passers by to come in and have some fun. I excitedly order a draft and approach the machines. I pop a few quarters in to Ripleys and within moments I come to find that there are many mechanical issues with the game rendering it virtually unplayable. I am quite dismayed but figure that I can at least satiate my craving for the silver ball with The King by my side. I move over to Elvis and a quick inspection of the playfield tells me that I probably shouldn't get my hopes up. The inside of the machine looks more like a dirt bike track than a pinball machine. I decided to take her for a spin anyway. That spin lasted about 15 seconds before the machine registered that I had lost my ball while it was still in play. I was able to play long enough to discover that one of the flippers didn't work and the thing was an overall POS. THE WORST PART is that when I reported that the pins didn't work to the bartenders, they didn't care and did not even offer me a refund. Honestly, I consider the Charles Village Pub guilty of false advertising. Do not put bunch of pinball machines in your front window if they are broken and you have no intention of fixing them this is false advertising and a ploy to STEAL YOUR MONEY. I will not be returning. read more

CVP has changed over the years. And that's for the better. You would think that this type of bar would have mediocre food, but I have to give it to CVP, they've changed my mind. They have some very decent solid food. I can't speak for everything on the menu, but as far as I can tell the things I've had (burgers, sandwiches, wraps) are decently made. Nothing amazingly spectacular, but better than you'd think. An exception from the list of things i've had are the nachos. They're just store bought nacho chips with cheap melted cheese and conglomeration of the usual veggies, etc. Not cohesive..nothing that truly brings it together. One qualm I have is that most of their stuff comes with ruffle chips ..and it's about a 2$ charge to add fries. The fry portions are large though so maybe share with a friend. Their big daddy pub burger (13 ounces), if you are just looking to get destroyed by a hunk of red meat, is good and gives you a laugh thinking about it afterwards. They often don't cook it to your desired temp because of the thickness..they have a hard time with ti...but it's hit or miss. The quesadilla! Cheese and jalapenos ON THE OUTSIDE as well as the cheese on the inside. The cheese on the outside creates a nice crust. What a simple, yet genius idea. Half off munchies 4pm-6:15 I believe ...but i'm not sure what days (This also excites me because they never had food deals really) Call to figure out when they have this deal (This week they had it on a monday and then to my surprise on friday ...but not sure if it's consistent) Munchies are mostly fried appetizer kind of things. Chicken tenders, 12 wings, egg rolls, etc Good drinking food. All for about $4 during this munchie happy hour deal. Some things do stay the same. They are busy during normal pub hours because of it's location where there is a lack of bars for the students/charles villagers. The waiters/waitresses are accommodating but can be so busy (ratio of workers might need to be adjusted) that they can take 5-10 minutes longer than normal (normal even for busy hours). But it's fine. Chill, drink, munch and talk with friends. All in all, it is Charles Village's pub, it gives off that environment, has the right kind of buzz, not obnoxious, a good mix of different type of people (older, students, everyday charles villagers. This place does the pub thing right! read more

Nothing special in terms of decor, but that really isn't tops my list. You know what is? Stiff drinks, cheap beers and personable staff. Check, Check, Check. Here's a tip, go when Joey's cooking, and if he is ,get his special. If Steve's cooking get the chicken quesadilla. Josh & Tony are great bartenders. They'll take care of ya. All the waitresses are good people too. Oh yeah, and Joe Leahy washes a mean dish. Down side: It's next to JHU so yeah that crowd sucks. But there's typically a divide. It's best in the summer when they're all back living with their parents. read more