P & H Cafe

Reviews

• Katrina C.

  star star star star star 11 June 2026

  So listen up all you normals! First things first, this place is the realest. Any one who has ever lived, crashed, or had a one night stand in Midtown has wandered through here at LEAST once, even if you don't remember. I love it, you love it, there is profanity on the walls. It's great.
  But check it out: I have eaten at least a few hundred meals here. Traditionally the acceptable flat top burgers and totally reasonable grilled cheeses. Add steak fries with ranch to either, fat drunk kid's edible teddy bear. Last time though--oh, man. I start to get into my grilled cheese, expecting cheese that is grilled. Dipped the first few bites in the ranch before I realized there was some serious cheese that is grilled, happening. OMG IT STRETCHED. Stretchy cheese, perfectly grilled holy crap what is happening this is like an edible teddy bear made of cashmere! Was I so drunk that I was imagining this? A quick check of my pitcher (yes, pitcher. I had a rough day. Shut it.
  Robert and Matt asked me how I liked it, and I could see the mischief in their eyes. Those sneaky petes had changed the recipe to include--clutch your pearls, ladies--provolone and real cheddar. I was floored. The audacity! To throw off the long-respected tradition of the PnH as a greasy den of ill repute and totally reasonable grilled cheeses and make a pretty damn good one with pride...well, it's downright blasphemous. Light a candle for them.
  In all seriousness, the dudes are doing an excellent job of cutting out all the yuck and leaving the dive spirit of this place alive. I mean, they keep the TP stocked, FFS. Love the way it's going.

• Peggy O.

  star star star star star 4 June 2026

  Obsessed with P & H, as a Dive Bar connoisseur this ranks top 5 for me! Can't beat the prices of the beers and  my BLT was perfect and reminds me of when my mom used to make me them! The comedy show on Thursday was also amazing!

• Mark G.

  star star star star star 1 June 2026

  The best dive bar in the city if you want to have a good time on Thursdays and Fridays

• Renee E.

  star star star star star 31 May 2026

  I've been coming here for many years now, and I keep coming back because the people, crew and patrons, are family. They only serve beer, so if you want liquor, bring it with you! But definitely give them a chance if you haven't ever been in!!

• Shannon S.

  star star star star_border star_border 22 May 2026

  This is a large dive bar that stays open a bit later for drinks but finishes up serving food earlier.  I was informed by my local guide that it was a "very feminist bar" where they quickly throw dudes out for harassing women.  I didn't see any women that even looked like anybody would want to dare harass them but good for them for having a hipster safe space where they can chill out and do whatever they want if they think they need that I guess.  The two owner dudes are reported to be here all the time and I was told they bought the joint from an old lady that had owned it for years and made some "minor improvements" such as in the food while keeping most of the dive bar ambiance.  One of the dudes is a large bearded fellow with tats from head downwards on all visable places you can see while the other was a smaller fellow with no visible ink so an interesting yin and yang contrast.  Rumor says they are both "super sweet" dudes and very protective of their female clientele.
  
  Now that the rumor and legends as I was told them are complete I can focus on my experience.  I'm an expert on dive bars being from NOLA so I'm like a fish in water when I find myself in joints like this.  The only big complaint I would have about this being designated as a "dive bar" is that it was way too bright inside and I'm used to more of a dark haze but they were doing some filming in here so maybe they needed the brighter lights for that.  This place is also pretty huge for a dive bar so it lacks a bit of that intimate closed in feeling a lot of dive bars give off.  They had a nice beer selection that covered some dank craft local options along with the expected cheaper mass produced offerings.  The crowd seemed to trend more hipster than I would prefer as hipsters are just way too generic to me at this point.  The large bearded fellow with the ink served us along with providing friendly and attentive bantar with some local advice on happenings.  
  
  Overall this looks like a good spot to drink beer and if you get there earlier to sample the food.