Players Retreat

03/26/12

AM I in the right place?

by vabchgrl

So i heard it was the best burgers and a cool bar...we finally decided to stop by. I hate to say it wasn't the best experience. It wasn't crazy busy but still took a long time just to get water and a beer. The food was i guess common pub food. Cheesesticks, potato skins, fried goodness. We got some apps. IF it was fried or baked it was overdone. Everyone i was with that got a burger said it was pretty good though. I never got to eat my turkey shelia sandwich. Probably because our server forgot to even put it in. She seemed a little distracted, personally. I thought getting a sandwich would get me fed faster... not at all. I like the feel of the place though. Like hangin' in someones den or game room. Sports at your fingertips. Cool nic nacs all around.

I will go back again. Everyone has an off day. Second time's a charm, right? BTW, does anyone know how the turkey shelia is?

01/20/12

BEST BAR IN RALEIGH!LOVE THIS PLACE!

by gettingreal

My friend and I go to the PR at least 4 times a week. We have made great friends there with the regulars and the servers. Everyone is so real and very down to earth. The food is always yummy and the beverages are always cold! You better run, don't walk to this bar. It has to be the BEST BAR IN RALEIGH. Not your everyday boring sports bar at all, loaded with hospitality and personality! Love you PR! And thank you Gus, the owner, for keeping it in the same spot for over 60 years! WOW!

01/12/11

It's the reason I am on this earth!

by CSMobileUser3

My Mom and Dad met at the P.R. they took me there as a baby to meet their friends and my friends and I still love to visit today. The P.R. is my favorite place to take company when they visit from out of town and it is the reason I am who I am. My first memory of the place was when I was 4 years old, after soccer my friends and their families would all head to the P.R. for dinner and the parents would drink. Now it is where those same friends and I gather to do the drinking and laughing. The P.R. is a place filled with wonder for me and I will cherish my time in those dark walls for the rest of my life. If you think the P.R. might just be the place you are looking for to call "home" trust me.... IT IS!

10/29/09

Best bar in Raleigh

by HarryNut

You can always find a seat at PR. It's filled with people not out to impress everyone. Solid bar food, specials are okay, but I usually go with the canned PBR.

01/26/09

Old school bar

by mkathrynp

PR has great lunch specials--very affordable, ample parking in the lot across the street, which is amazing considering it's location so close to NCSU campus. They also have good drink specials--recommend martini special, which is on Thursday I believe. Great outdoor seating with TV's chained to the restaurant (ha). Inside, it's a little bit dark and sketchy--hasn't changed since my Dad hung out there in the 70's--pool tables, darts, fish tanks, mix of old and young. Wouldn't recommend sitting inside if you don't like to breathe in cigarette smoke. OH and the sign that says popcorn is not self-serve on the pop corn machine is EXTREMELY serious, DON'T TOUCH IT!

I go here pretty regularly--order the stir fry over rice--and lately the service has sucked, which is a shame. It's always a fun place to go see the Canes! but the service is definitely taking a nose dive--sitting around 20 minutes with an empty beer meanwhile the waitress has disappeared, etc.

• Pros: Good food and drinks, inexpensive, great location
• Cons: Mean old man bartender, extremely smoky, gross bathrooms