Jergel’s Rhythm Grille

My review is based on two excursions on Saturday nights. Fun place to hang, although my friends and I are considerably younger than the usual clientele-​30s, 40s and up. Great place for people who want to dance, drink and have fun, but don’t want to deal with young’uns like myself-​I assure you, we don’t crowd the place in the least! Unfortunately, that’s part of the problem, for me-​that besides my crew and I, there really aren’t many other 20-​somethings that come here. Good concert venue, but it’s too loud inside. The smoker’s lounge is glorious, even though I don’t smoke! It was awesome. Good mix of popular music and classics. The drinks are pretty decent, haven’t had any super bad ones, but I’ve never asked for anything too complex-​typically appletinis and such. Only thing I haven’t tried is the food, though I’ve heard it’s good.
Pros: close to Wexford/​I-​79, good DJ, large dance floor, lots of space inside and outside-​the patio is great in warm weather! Nice smokers lounge.
Cons: way too loud indoors, clientele usually mid-​30s and older.

When you first attempt to find Jergel’s Rhythm Grille it may be hard to find, but after you discover the hidden location it’s easier to remember. I would recommend getting there before 8pm to avoid a cover charge on some days since they have live bands performing.
Should be noted that Jergel’s Rhythm Grille is not a country bar but a folk music bar. Once you do manage to get inside you’ll notice they do have a small stage and a 2^nd level up stairs which works out nicely when it gets crowded. Jergel’s has a fire pit outside so for the casual smoker it works out nicely in the winter or late at night. They do have a VIP section for those of us who like a more comfortable atmosphere.
The food selection isn’t small, and they do have Guinness and other assorted beers on tap. To be honest I would consider this to be a country bar then a folk music bar given the welcoming atmosphere and music selection you get to enjoy.

Fantastic food, and great music! LOVE this place! If you’re into seafood, they have the absolute best Lobster Mac & Cheese!

As long as Father Time isn’t playing its a great time. Worst choice of music to get a bar going.

I’m on a mission to not eat at a restaurant that I have eaten at before in Pittsburgh. Luckily, my friend has complied. hahah Anyway, we have seen this place a number of times on Unilocal and decided to finally stop in. We came on a Tuesday night and to our delight, it was Bike Night. They will be having Bike Night until about mid August. It was pretty crowded already around 7:30pm. Bite the Bullet was performing. they were pretty good. Definitely, different from our usual evenings.
I had buffalo wings… half hot and half hot cajun. I think about half of them were really crispy which is the way I prefer them so I don’t feel like I have a mouth full of fatty skin. The rest of them were kinda soggy… so maybe, next time, I’ll order them with the sauce on the side.
I didn’t get a drink but many others did and they looked like they were enjoying them.

Both as a live music venue and a food/​drink place, I think this place is right in the middle. There are definitely places that I like better (Club Café immediately comes to mind), but there are definitely worse places (never been a fan of Altar Bar).
My husband and I went to see the Gin Blossoms there last night. We had free tickets, which was awesome, so we lined up early to get in. Once in, you seat yourself and there are a lot of options — upstairs at tables, downstairs at tables, at the bar or in the general admin section in the middle. We chose a table at the far end of the first level. We didn’t have a waiter approach us for a long time. When he finally did, he took our drink order, never gave us menus and wandered off. As we were going to be there for hours before the show started, it wasn’t a big deal, but it was weird. J ordered a long island ice tea which he described as really just a screwdriver with maybe more kinds of liquor in it. I ordered a shirley temple that had more grenedine in it than sprite — and it should have had ginger ale, but I digress. After our second round of drinks (J ordered a more palatable hurricane which they seemed to know how to make), our waiter asked if we wanted menus. A million years later, he brought them to us and I asked what the chipotle dip was. He said dip with chipotle, it’s good. I asked if it was cheese based, sour cream based, salsa based. He didn’t know. I asked what color it was, he didn’t know that either. I said that my husband doesn’t like cheese or sour cream, so I didn’t want to order it if I was going to have to eat the whole thing. He then went off to find out. A million years later, he reappears and asks us if we are ready to order. No mention of the dip. I order the nachos with cheese on the side. We added chicken. When it comes out, they are the saltiest chips man has ever consumed, have 4 pieces of dry chicken on them and a mouthful of olives, jalepenos and tomatoes. While this would have normally been when I stopped ordering, we were still stuck there for several more hours before the show started. J ordered a meatball hoagie and I ordered the philly cheese steak — the waiter asks if mozzarella is ok on that, even though the menu says it comes Philadelphia style with wiz. When our food comes out, mine has the wiz and J’s is a bunch of meatballs in a bowl — the app, not the hoagie. We made do and both were pretty decent.
By this point, the bands start. The sound is a little choppy — the opener too loud, the main act too quiet. The main act’s mike was off at the beginning and didn’t get turned on until much too late and then was way too quiet. Robin, the lead singer, also asks for the lights to be turned down which never happened. Despite all of this, the show was good, the venue was good for a small show and I would be tempted to return for another concert — I would just make sure to likely eat elsewhere beforehand.

Saw Donnie Iris and the Brighton Boys here awhile back and had a great time. Really unique set up and decent drinks. Not the cheapest but all in all a good time.

When I go here I’m just going for the cigar section of the building as they’re the only game in town. The experience depends on the staff, the bar tender on tuesday is friendly and attentive which makes for a great experience. Other times, sundays in particular is a horrible experience. I was sitting in the back of the cigar lounge and when I wanted to order a drink, food, get the check, refill, whatever I had to walk to the bar because the bar tender was too busy loudly talking with her friends about any number of inappropriate or insulating things. After a 20 minute discussion on sex acts she’s performed or would like to she then told a story about getting in trouble for using a homophobic slur complete with the story that included said slur. Since the majority of this conversation occurred «with or near her manager» I’m going to assume this attitude is the standard at this establishment. Another time a few friends of mine and I went to have dinner/​drinks/​cigars and we were informed, after ordering drinks and lighting a cigar, that the place was closing early that night and we’d have be allowed to finish our cigar but then we’d have to leave.
Another time the «band» on stage was playing so loudly that the wall against which the couch I was sitting on was vibrating so hard it made me nauseated. However, the food is good and some of the staff is good at their job.
If there was another place to smoke a cigar in cranberry I’d go there, but since there isn’t I’ll be stuck going here.

Great time at this bar… We rented a VIP room and couldn’t be happier with the service! Definitely and expensive night but well worth it! Drinks were great!!! And not on the watered down stuff! Def worth checking out

I visited Jergel’s to see a concert a couple of weeks ago (Gathering Field). My only previous experience with Jergel’s was when I went there previously on a random weekday night and there was a (steep) cover charge so we turned around and left. I did not have an opportunity to eat here so this is solely a review on the concert venue. There is a large «dance floor» area in front of the stage. There is an upper level area for seating too that overlooks the stage. There is a bar on the lower level and one on the upper level. It’s easy to get close to the stage too. I thought this was a decent venue for a smaller concert and would recommend checking it out in the future. They typically have Pittsburgh bands, not a ton of national touring acts.

I have been back to Jergel’s several more times, primarily for blues music venues — Women of the Blues and so forth.
Food is fine for this style of music venue; excellent bar menu and decent beers; bartenders have been fast and helpful.
Setup staff for music venue has always been supportive; they do such a volume in the music business that their staging and stage management is rather good.
Thinking about the back of the stage and how it might be more «in the dark» would help photographers a bit — draping the setup equipment and sound reinforcement would also clean up the lines a bit.
Excellent parking by the way and easy to find.
All in all, a fan.
f8 and be there.

I love coming here. The bike nights are a ton of fun. The concerts are great. I always get the same thing to eat because it is literally one of my favorite dishes, Ahi Tuna. My brother is handicapped and they were very accomodating when we brought him in.

Great food and bar service. Jimmy always makes sure your glass is full. Big bar with different bands every night. Bike night is always crowded.

I went herr the other day to go to the gin blossoms concert. I was surprised at how open and spacious the venue was. The sound was good as was the opening act. The only thing I wish I had known ahead of time what’s to come 2 hours early to be able to get a seat.
Regardless of that, we had a great time. Our waitress was superb. We had the pretzels and beer cheese soup, which was full of salty deliciousness. Basically a good time was had by all.
I will definitely be going back here for the next show that I recognize. It’s a great time, oh and it’s no smoking

We came here with my family for dinner on a weekday. There was a concert scheduled for later in the evening, but we got in before the rush. The restaurant was very roomy and we were given a table right away. I liked the layout with the large projected screen up front. It seems like this would be a cool place to be for sporting events.
Our table was right up front, and next to the speakers. It was louder than I would have liked for the music they were playing. It seemed as though the audio could have been balanced better — some songs were louder than others and the bass was up a bit too high. Don’t take me for a scrooge, I appreciate a good volume on music, but there becomes a point when it’s just too much.
The food here was good, and portion sizes were large. I got the big fish sandwich and wasn’t able to finish the whole thing. I would like to see them rename either the Big Fish Sandwich or the Big Fish Dish. We ordered one of each but received both as the fish sandwich. With the volume level it was probably tough for the waiter to hear the orders, but if they weren’t named the same thing this wouldn’t have been an issue.
This was our first experience here and I’d give it a 3.5 star rating if I could. –0.5 for the noise and –1 for the incorrect order. Definitely worth checking out if your in the area, but could use some improvements.

Great place for food and live music. Service was ok, but the live music was outstanding. The Tubes rock!

Great spot on the weekends for a night out with music and dancing. They have a great menu and the service isn’t too bad considering how packed it gets.
We went a few weeks ago to see a close friend, Tony Janflone. Man can this guy throw down on the electric guitar. His melody and freestyles are unbelievably amazing. He’s full of soo much energy that he even comes on the dance floor and plays right in front of the audience and while people are dancing.
So they have seating to the left of the stage as well as above it on the 2^nd floor. There are two bars on the right. One on the first floor and one above it on the second. They have a decent menu that advertises both vegan, vegetarian and gluten free items. We ordred two salads. I got the cobb and he orded a black bean and corn salad. The blue cheese and vinaigrette dressing were pretty good as well.
They have private rooms upstairs for parties as well as several VIP sections for an upcharge. I would love to celebrate a birthday here whenever a really decent band plays. If your looking for a fun evening with live entertainment then get some friends together and have a good time here.

This was my first time trying their new location and I was quite impressed. Plenty of room to park. This place was packed on a Monday night. The food is much better than I expected. The wait staff was very helpful and our food came quickly.

We tried this place for the first time last night for happy hour. How can you not like half price drafts and appetizers? So I’m already predisposed to give it a favorable rating. Got there around 5:45 and managed to find two seats at the bar — luckily someone had just left. The place was getting packed — not a surprise given that it was Friday. Got a couple menus and with a powerful thirst and a hearty appetite, we began to drool over what appeared to be a wonderful selection of appetizers. Not your standard bar fare and a welcome change. But first the beer order. With 18 beer on tap, it would seem that there had to be some great choices. But, 3 of the taps were WASTED on light beers. You know how I feel about that! Demerits. I’m an IPA fan and the only IPA on tap was one I hate — Dogfish Head 60 minute. Garbage. So I managed to salvage it with an Arrogant Bastard. But beyond that I was stuck for another choice. My wife got Newcastle Brown so she was good to go.
On to the appetizers. We thought we’d give it a full try and order a bunch of stuff. So, mussels, fish tacos, meatball sliders, and walleye bites — bring it on! Regrettably they all came out at the same time so that was a bit unpleasant. Plus it crowded our bar area and raised a few eyebrows from the other patrons! Who ARE these people??? The mussels were spectacular. Loved them. And for $ 5 at happy hour? Next time I’m getting two orders and calling it dinner! The sliders were a huge disappointment. Virtually tasteless (except for the one that was sausage). The other two had essentially no taste — more like breadcrumbs than anything else. I would steer clear of these things. You could eat sawdust and feel more satisfied. Yuck.
Fish tacos were two generous tacos with a vinegar-​based cole slaw on them and were quite good. But know ahead of time that it will have a distinct taste of vinegar. I happen to like that but others may find it sour. I’d order these again no question. The Walleye bites were what I was looking forward to the most and were perhaps the biggest disappointment. I love walleye. LOVE IT. And the promise of them served with a spicy jalapeño sauce — bogus. It was a basic tartar sauce which I despise. Hate mayonnaise in any form. The bites were essentially tasteless. Would not recommend these at all.
The atmosphere is promising and I think this place will do well. I can’t attest to the concert venue but it looks like a great place for bands and I know they get packed. The open air bar and outdoor seating make it a great place for warm weather. I’ll be back as the weather improves but it will only be for happy hour. I hope the beer menu improves. Maybe they’re still feeling their way out. And you can bet that I won’t be ordering walleye or sliders. Look for the guy with the TWO HUGE bowls of mussels and come over and say HI!

We stopped by for dinner on a Thursday night. We were greeted right away by our super friendly server Stephanie. She provided incredible service for the entire evening.
She advised us that they were still in Happy Hour, all drafts and appetizers are half price from 5 pm to 7 pm. So, of course, we hit the appetizer menu pretty hard. We started with the thick cut onion rings with chipotle ranch. Next BJ got the PEI mussels. We love them both! For his meal, BJ got the Meatball Slider Trio and I got the Thai Chicken sandwich with a side of sweet potato fries. Everything was very tasty and very fresh. Also, the menu covers a lot of terriority. Burgers, pastas, salmon, walleye and a couple different steak choices.
The best thing going on at Jergel’s is the space. This place is huge! They even have a cigar/​scotch bar. Two stories, 17,000 square feet. Our server encouraged us to tour the upstairs. Second bar, VIP lounge, 4 VIP/​private booths and a banquet facility. Amazing! Can’t wait for summer, the patio has two fire pits. And they have live music! Their stage is 35 feet with state of the art sound and lighting.
We hope this place does well. We tried to stop by on Saturday night, but there were a lot of parking lot surfer looking for spots, so we decided to come back on a week day night.