West 94th St. Pub
Phone: (919) 403-0025
This South Durham pub has karaoke every Friday, with a loyal following. Regular trivia nights, solid pub food and sports on TV make it a fun a comfortable watering hole.
Cuisines
- American
Hours
Monday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Friday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 2:00 AM
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Google Rating
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I wanted to like this place, but it was just so expensive for what it is. We spent over 96+tax for two standard meals and three sides (which we used as kids meals since they don't have any). Beer selection was good, but way more expensive than going across the street to the bar. On top of that, we didn't think the food was great either. The mozerella sticks were very greasy, the fish and chips were way over cooked, and the burger was fairly small. The waitress was very nice and attentive, but hard to make up for the rest.
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The fries were not the best, too greasy. I had the Ruben which was good and a couple of drinks which I think were too sweet
The staff and service was great -
We love it here! Great drinks, amazing food (best wings in Durham!!), and the friendliest people that always make it feel like home. And make sure you don’t miss trivia on Wednesday nights, it’s the best around! We couldn’t ask for a better neighborhood pub!
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We really wanted to like West 94th St Pub. Trivia has been the absolute best and the host Demetrius is amazing! However, over the passing weeks, we noticed our service gradually decline. We started arriving early to trivia due to their new policy that they can’t make reservations on trivia nights. We’ve ended up sitting for an hour before the waitress bothers to take our order — it’s the same waitress every week, who was way more on top of it when we first started coming. If we asked for anything extra, we probably weren’t going to get it. She stopped checking in on us until it was time for the check. Since we mostly come for trivia, we can tolerate it, but it definitely became annoying to deal with. We’ve brought guests who have decided not to come back due to the service our group would get.
Eventually, the waitress and the owner of the bar made their problem with our group obvious: they have repeatedly asked one of our friends to cover up more and not to cuss as much. As far as we know, no one else has been asked to limit their behavior like this. Other patrons have yelled out curses during trivia. I regularly wear revealing tops and they have not said anything to me. In fact, one day I wore a dress where my butt was at least somewhat out, and the owner complimented the dress!
Today, my friend was lectured by the owner for her outfit and told “you’re way more appealing when you cover up” and she “can’t have people dressed like that in a family business.” I want to emphasize this is a dive bar where the average customer is 40 years old.
My friend is black, and it definitely feels racially motivated, if not also a little misogynistic. They’re allowed to run their business the way that they want, but considering the kinds of people who mostly come to the bar (no families and left-wing), it feels counterintuitive. My friend made a joke that it sucks to be black to our friend group (not even directed at either of the employees), the waitress overheard, told the owner, and had her kicked out.
Also, the food is middling at best. Anything that isn’t bar food is abysmal - I got their specialty mac and cheese once and couldn’t even finish it. And they don’t know what a fried chicken sandwich is. -
I usually don't do this. I have patroned this pub for years. Last week was my last time.
It was a complete mess. The food tasted frozen or tasteless. The place smelled of people puffing.
The service was so bad and so slow I almost left without getting anything to be honest.
I don't mind how narrow and tight the place is but when you have countless people going in and out the back area it gets a little odd.
I guess unless you are coming to have a drink you are basically seen as expendable.
I have been a patron for years. My favorite thing about it was the customer service which is now gone.
If the restaurant owner had been there I would have told her all of this in person to be honest.
Been coming since 2019. A shame.
Mrs. Hayley M.
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