I wrote this review a YEAR ago; in going through my review drafts for year-end Yelping, I realized that somehow, I never clicked post! Though the review was finished it just stayed as a draft. Sorry! Here goes: Bookmark this one! Irish family owned pub. No children allowed! Enjoy your grown up pleasure of smoking while you drink your grown up beverage. Nice big U-shape bar with purse hooks. Big dining room with fireplace. Little bandstand. Very clean bathroom where each stall has its own little sink. Friendly barmaid who may be an owner. Just four taps but lots of bottles including Harp and Guinness. Fish and chips special today (Friday) for $7.95. We each had this and I subbed sweet potato fries for regular. Both kinds were excellent. The coleslaw was creamy, finely shredded and perfect and the battered cod was very very good. Three pieces would have been better than two but hey, eight bucks. Rest of the menu looked good too. Would definitely return. read more

The best ribs that I've had in a long time. The sauce on my ribs was sweet and sour, which was an awsome change from traditional heavy barbecue sauces. In addition they were cooked so well that the meat came right off the bone using only a fork. As good as the flavor of my ribs was the price...$10.95 which included golden brown french fries, and the chefs very popular cucumber salad, as well as warmed dinner role. This entree was as good or better than you will find in many of Bethlehem's "fine dining" establishments. Don't overlook this local Irish bar...especialy for there friday and Saturday night dinner specials! read more

Mahoney's Irish Pub - Sweet and Spicy Ribs with fries and awsome cucumber salad! - Cheesesteaks Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

One of the friendliest bars in town, and an Eastside fixture for years. Mahoney's is often over shadowed by the larger "cellarette" down the street. Mahoney's offers smoking, and there are no persons allowed under 21. The service is very attentive and kind. Danielle does a great job behind the bar. The hidden gem here is the homemade soup. The food here is very good. The New England Clam Chowder I had was excellent. It did not need anything additional at the table. In the past I've had the Maryland Crab soup and that was a winner as well. One of the best chowders I've ever eaten, was the New England. Blair Weisner turns out some good specials daily out of the kitchen. I had the sausage sandwich with peppers and onions, and added provolone cheese. It was a well executed sandwich. The peppers and onions were cooked perfectly, holding the integrity of the vegetable. It was a good quality roll as well. The beer is cold, the food is good, soups are great, and the service and people are friendly. If you can tolerate some stale cigarette smoke, you will enjoy Mahoney's. read more

Mahoney's Irish Pub - Sausage sandwich Parmesan was excellent - Cheesesteaks Near Me - Allentown, Pennsylvania

TERRIBLE! DO NOT GO HERE!!!! We were both served spoiled flounder stuffed with crabmeat. It was aweful! I sent mine back & my friend just left hers as she was afraid to get anything else. We both violently vomited 10 minutes after leaving this dive hole in the wall! We were from out of town in Allentown for the weekend and this caused us to go home early and ruin our trip!! I emailed the so called restaurant and have yet to get a response. DO NOT GO HERE! The place is dark, dirty, old and serves bad/spoiled food! BEWARE...its just not worth it.....Trust me!!! read more

Yes, it's a smoky bar, but with good food. They ALLOW SMOKING, no kids under 18 ! They serve steamed clams, surf and turf (on weekends), good burgers, shrimp baskets, fried chicken, fish & chips, club sandwiches, etc.! The chef used to cook for another seafood joint in town, The Cove, before the owner retired... The bartenders are the owners' daughters, plus Natalie... they are all very nice! It's only smoky at the bar. They have music on weekends, and Irish specials for the St. Patty's Day celebration.... Yes, it's divey, but if you like to party a little, have some good food and drinks, I think you'd have a good time here! Probably the best place for food in the area with a smoking license (who would have ever thunk, you'd need a smoking license??). read more

I went in here for St. Pat's day thinking it was a decent restaurant, and not just a bar, since it describes itself as a "family restaurant." Leave the kids at home. This is your typical smoky bar. The crowd, like the decor, looked old and tired. I will not make the mistake of going there again. read more

If youre looking for a new place to go and have a few drinks with friends, go somewhere else. Smoking bars can be ok, but this one isnt because there are NO WINDOWS! You have to incubate in the second hand smoke of old regulars who are there to complain about their wives. Its reminiscent of your friends basement that he turned into a bar and when you go to visit him he blows smoke in your face. Food? I got the cheesesteak and couldnt finish it because it was disgusting, id be afraid to try anything else. The only reason this gets two stars and not one is because everybody was incredibly friendly. Just go to Stahleys. read more

Good atmosphere, good food, good jukebox, friendly staff, reasonable prices. What more could you want?

Came into Mahoney's when I was lost during Music Fest . Said playa, I'm a need me a drink cuz ya buses ain't runnin on time... please bear wif me mah dude! Three hours later I smoke a pack of Wings menthol n drank 8 pints of Moosehead lager... ya boy hit downtown 4 Music Fest upchuckin out windows... still came in n had a awesopme time!!! read more

Two of us ate there on 7/20/17. We each had a different special for dinner. They tasted great. Homemade, warm fresh bread, real cloth table cloths, tap beer was run through clean taps and the bathrooms were spotless. It is a smoking bar/restaurant but with limited smell. Bartender doubled as our waitress and she was great. Everything in the place is old but clean and maintained well. My first visit for dinner and I will go back. read more

First of all, the friendly staff, great selection of food and drinks at good prices. Yes, they allow smoking, I'm a non-smoker and It did not bother me! They have a private dining room for meetings and parties, Great place! read more

I've eaten at Mahoney's many times, and the food has always been good. Sometimes great. The people that work there are nice and will treat you right. Sometimes on Friday night they even have Shep, who plays and sings cover tunes from the 50's-80's. Fun crowd. One downside is smoking is allowed. read more

I have a very open mind when it comes to various pubs,bars,restaurants from 5 star ratings to 1 star.Mahoneys Irish Pub?One of the worse pubs i've ever visited in my life.First of all,no Irish Pub deserves to label themselves "Irish" without atleast 1 Irish type of beer on tap!!!!!They had a big fat "0"(nothing)Irish beers on tap.That was the first thing I looked for.And yes,they had Guiness and one other Irish beer in six pack form in a tiny cooler and you could get one of those poured into your glass,but now come on!First of all,tap beers taste better than the same brand out of a can!If I wanted a can of Guiness or other Irish beers,I could have went to Wegmans and bought a six pack for just another 2 or 3 dollars that Mahoneys charged for dumping one beer from a can into my glass!Next their menu:Very little if any Irish food that i could see on the menu.Perhaps if i took out a microscope,I might have spotted one item!Someone also commented either on this site or another that the cheesesteaks were the best they ever had!Boy,was this guy drunk or what?I tried their cheesesteak,again,with a very open mind. Trust me,without exaggeration...it was the WORSE I ever had!!!!!!!!!! The steak meat was slightly grissly,the steak roll WAS NOT completly fresh,or was definitely nothing more than plain jane.Sauce on the cheesesteak tasted like it came out of a Ragu bottle. And the bar itself?Very uncomfortable!Why?Well there is an elbow rest lining the edge of the bar which must be about 2 to 3 inches high.I can understand elbow rests,so that the customer does not dump his beer on his lap if he spills his beer,but that high of an elbow rest?And the elbow rest is not "smoothed"out or varnished very well.Its as if someone nailed a plank piece of wood with squared edges to the bar.Just terrible...trust me...I am not exaggerating! Yes,the barmaid(owner?)was Irish,but I still do not think that gives anyone the right to label a bar "Irish"without a good amount of Irish dishes and a atleast one or two Irish brews on tap! So in summary...little or no real Irish food and no Irish beers on tap and the bar was lousy! Hey....want the BEST cheesesteak in the Lehigh Valley? Go to the Fairview Hotel on Lehigh Ave. in Whitehall,Pa. Trust me...the best! read more