The absolute BEST burger! I got the Shroom burger, cooked to how you like it and the brioche bun…read morewas outstanding! Just the right amount of umami and saltiness making it crave for more! Bartender also recommended their chicken Caesar wraps and their salads! I'll need to try those next!

I went for brunch with a few friends!! Two of us got the el toro burrito. I subbed bacon in mine. I…read morewish I had gotten the sweet potato tots instead of the hash browns. It was good but a little greasy. Personally I would skip the donut holes, I thought they were gonna come out with a crunchy outside but they were just soggy. The staff was super nice. We sat down right away.

Phenomenal atmosphere. Great bar food - this is a shrimp dinner on a Friday during Lent. Ice cold…read morebeer, cash only (atm in the back). Attentive bartenders. All for a great price

great food awesome bartenders and cash only! love the atmosphere here!!!! wings are great the…read moreburgers are good too!

12/6/2025 Ate list:…read more The Natoli - 8.6 One of my new personal favorites in Lawrenceville. In a popular area like this, you want a more affordable option that has a good vibe and makes great food. Service was great. My sandwich was HUGE, my sandwich and fries were lunch and a late night snack. Was very impressed with the menu options, will definitely be back!

Instant fan. Amazing bar/restaurant away from the madness of Butler Street. This place gets busy…read moreand with good reason. Friendly staff, attentive managers, killer cocktails, solid draft list and amazing food. Pricing reasonable and their burgers are fantastic. Highly recommend.

I was amazed by the beauty of this place when I visited it with my friends. After ordering some…read moredrinks and leaving our IDs with the bartender, we headed to the dance floor to enjoy the great atmosphere created by the DJ. We were excited about participating in open mic night and had planned to sing a duet of \

This place is very, very Pittsburgh, through and through - reasonably priced, welcoming, rough…read morearound the edges, and blunt. It's not touristy at all, which is the reason why I like going every time I visit but might put you off if you go in expecting it to be. All in all, it's exactly what it says in its name - an ultra-dive bar where you're bound to make a new friend or two, hear hyperlocal city gossip, and have the bartender tell you a story about getting into a fight with a pigeon at a bus stop. Highly recommend their Dark and Stormy and Twisted Palmer cocktails. Side note, on a long enough timeline you'll hear from someone else at least once about how ridiculously short their bathroom stall is - can confirm, as I am 5'7 on a good day and was taller than it.

There shouldn't even be reviews for a place like Gooski's. It's a Pittsburgh institution. By far my…read morefavorite bar, and the standard by which I measure every dive joint. It's been a while that I've moved out of Pittsburgh; I've found other bars that I like, but nothing has quite replaced Gooski's in my heart. I make a point to pay my respects every time I return here. Hardly anything has changed on the interior in the last 30 years. And I hope it never does. It's dark, it's grimy, it's smoky, it's quintessentially Pittsburgh. Crowd has always been an effervescent mix of ages and walks of life. The beer selection is wide and affordable. And the food is just right for intoxicated palates.

Every city has a famous dive bar and while I'm not sure if Gooski's is Pittsburgh's divey…read morerepresentative, but if it's not, it should be. What a damn good bar! First, I wish I would have bought a Gooski's shirt. I have no idea if they had them when I visited but I totally forgot to check when I was there. It feels like the kind of place that if you're wearing this shirt in your hometown a Pittsburgh native would stop you on the street to tell you, "Gooski's is legendary." I wish I was there for the cheap ass drinks and edgy vibe when a band was playing as I love a punk rock vibe, but I think I was there too early in the day for that. The staff was cool, the drinks were exactly what you'd expect, and it's the kind of place that I'd spend way too much time in if I lived in Pittsburgh.

This is one of my favorite bars to go to and just relax. Everyone is super friendly and depending…read moreon the night you go you can end up meeting a bunch of cool people. It's not a restaurant anymore so don't expect food, but everything else it offers more than makes up for it. The bartenders are super nice and honestly add to the whole vibe of the place. Definitely worth checking out if you're looking for a new dive bar to frequent.

One of the only legit , cool , laid back dive bars left in the city! Don't forget they have an…read moreupstairs and cheap beer !

Cheap drinks, efficient service, vintage ambiance. Dive bar star.... fun times, smoky views,cloudy…read morememories. Come here for that vintage, real yinzer, blue collar experience. Good times all day everyday. Enjoy...

Dive! An older bar that's clean and smoke free. Very much a little local dive which is a-ok with…read moreme. Prices are cheap and staff friendly. What more could you ask for? I'll definitely be back.

It was our first time there and we will definitely go back. The food was delicious, and we had the…read morebest server. Everyone was very friendly.

Came here for the AMBOY Filipino popup and was so happy at the result!…read moreWe loved the food! We greatly enjoyed the servers. They were kind and fun, obviously skilled at their jobs. Let's get the one problem out of the way: Our only issue was that the host was incredibly cold and seemed very irritated with us, which we were not used to. We tried to joke and interact in an upbeat way, but they almost seemed to be repulsed by us and annoyed that we were talking to them. We had a reservation, so we really didn't have a choice. I suggest Spirit find a different position for that host, as good of a person as I am sure they are, they don't seem to like people at all. I am taking off a star because of the host being a complete buzzkill to the beginning of our experience. Who you hire matters! Where is 3D Mark or someone who loves to play and makes you feel like family? As for the food, five stars. We loved Chef Raf's pop-up! We loved that it felt like a beautiful combo of Spirit's pizza kitchen with Raf's high quality filipino flavors! The drinks were good. We were delighted at the vegan options and all of the cool nonalcoholic drinks. LOVE. The atmosphere was also super cool. Lots of plants, a moose horn, a bear head mascot mask thing, windows with natural light that slightly look out onto the street. It's not that big of a space in the room we were, but there's one big booth in the back that can sit maybe 7 people if you squish.

Oh man to give this place a higher rating would defeat the purpose of what it is:…read more From the outside an unassuming front that looks like a house. Often referred to as "the bar with no name" because of the exterior. Walk into a small but nicely sized neighborhood bar that would fall in the 'dive' category. It's super clean and doesn't smell. Built-in local crowd that's super friendly to others from the hood whether it's your first visit or tenth. Definitely a shot and beer joint with prices to match it. Extremely affordable! Talk about a city neighborhood gem... Woohoo!

5 stars for the generosity of the owners and their friends. This bar is the epitome of a dive bar…read more Lots of locals and an interesting blend of people. We enjoyed our visit because everyone there was so welcoming.

Pleasant slightly punky/alternative dive bar and music venue smack in the middle of a sleepy…read moreresidential street. I had spent a lot of time since moving to Pittsburgh looking for somewhere comparable to my old haunts (926 and Waterworks) that I used to frequent in Tallahassee. Cattivo was it. Namely, a friendly bar where you can go to dance to all the classics and weird music for sensitive, artsy types of a darkly poetic inclination, admirers of the likes of the late Anne Rice's (R.I.P.) Lestat and the crew from The Lost Boys. A place to feel the energy of '80s New Wave and Post-Punk, classic Gothic Rock, Darkwave and Industrial, and so on. The features of the first-level bar are pleasant. Quality sound system, at least two pinball machines, a digital jukebox, round bar table lined with illuminated glass tiles, and decent selection of cheap beers and standard bar cocktails at about the prices you'd expect. Bartenders are pleasantly cheery and talkative, and will sometimes cue up a series or movie on Netflix (another similarity to my former haunts of long ago that I appreciate) to provide background visuals. Much like one of the former haunts I was looking for a substitute for, Cattivo has an ambiguous and possibly vestigial reputation for being a space that attracts LGBT+ clientele. On that: a few of the reviews here are slightly old and from a time that Cattivo advertised itself as a gay bar oriented mainly towards women dating/seeking women. To my knowledge this is no longer Cattivo's "main thing", although it is at the very least queer-friendly and does still sometimes sporadically host events intended for people who date or are seeking others of the same sex. Should anyone ask, however - I have no idea at present even from hearsay what someone's chances would be of hooking up with someone or finding a one-night stand here based on their own gender and sexual orientation, or the gender or sexual orientation of who they might be looking to meet. Another review by another reviewer may be able to speak to that. The upstairs/main floor mostly hosts dance nights of the types mentioned above. The downstairs hosts a variety of events, ranging from EDM nights packed with people wearing kandi and glow necklaces to local DIY punk acts. As a result the main level/upstairs (chill and laid-back) and downstairs (always filled with a raucous din) give off two completely different energies. As a bit more of a hobbit than a dwarf, let me say I greatly prefer the creature comforts of the upstairs to the party animal attitude of the downstairs. This is clearly going to be a matter of individual inclination, however. At the moment Cattivo is open relatively limited days/hours and the kitchen is closed. That may be subject to change in the future. If this place sounds like somewhere that matches your energy, highly recommend.

This must be a joke.. 4 stars? The bathrooms are disgusting. Rings around the water lines. Looks…read morelike it hasn't been properly cleaned in a while. Be warned - smoking bar.