Best Pubs in Chinatown, Philadelphia County

Meetinghouse is one of my favorite neighborhood places. For the first time though I left a little sad because all of the burgers were sold out by 7:30. I’ve never experienced this before. I had planned to take my friend for months to try the famous burger and was really bummed to learn that we couldn’t enjoy them. Everything else was great as always.

Dinner was delicious, it was perfect too hold a great conversation.

The service was exceptional. The bartender was attentive, polite, and knowledgeable. We’ll definitely return.

I chose National Mechanics because it's near a performance space my part of three had tickets for after dinner and because it accommodates vegetarians and vegans. There are 12 vegetarian and 3 vegan items on the menu and some of the veg items can be made vegan. I ate and liked very much two of the three vegan dishes: the veggie burger, which is NOT a Beyond Burger (I don't enjoy faux beef) but a flavorful mashup of carrot, zucchini, squash, broccoli and mushroom topped with lettuce, tomato and onion on a vegan roll with cashew chipotle sauce; and a side for the table of a generous serving of plantain chips with guac, which were just as tasty as the burger. There's also vegan balsamic roasted vegetables — carrot, butternut squash, red onion, potato and Brussels sprouts with balsamic glaze — which I want to try next time. Beer selection is excellent. Service is excellent. Ambience is excellent. What more can I say?