Primanti Bros. Restaurant and Bar State College

130 Hiester St, State College - 16801
209 reviews
Sports Bar American
(814) 862-9367

We love primanti's. I went to college near Pittsburgh and regularly stopped at the original in the strip. While traveling through state college my son and I decided to stop. We were seated.....and that's it. Place wasn't busy at all. Wait staff standing at the door talking. Another father and son come in and get drinks immediately....we're still sitting. Bartender notices we've been at a table for like 15 minutes, calls one of the wait staff and STILL no one even gets our drink order. We finally just walked out....past all the wait staff still standing by the door talking. It's got to be better...

The atmosphere was great, it is a cute little place. Our server was also pretty good. Food was fine, I don't know, every time I come to Primanti Bros. I can't find anything on the menu I really like. Food came out slightly wrong and it was blown off like it was no big deal.

Sports bar in a college town. While the wait staff were very patient and attentive do not expect the drinks and the food to be worth it.My steak sandwich came with soggy bread and over fried French fries. My whiskey sour was served in a 14 oz highball glass (what?).It’s not bad if you’re looking for a staple to hold you over but if you’re stopping here for the food or drinks than head elsewhere.The individuals working the restaurant were completely professional and attentive.

All I can say server was nice but dont think she was there to long. White pizza.was awful so much garlic salt on it that couldn't eat it. If I wanted to eat salt like that I would have poured it out of salt shacker .

I've been to 3 Primanti Brothers now and they never disappoint, food is always great. The only knock on this location would be its location. No close parking and it looked to be in the middle of a renovation, especially since it looked like the building was older. Food was still great and so was the service.

Last night we had a formal at P-man’s and this bouncer was completely inappropriate. He touched one girl inappropriately and started a fight with her boyfriend and knocked another girl to the ground. At the formal I told the manager and he was very nice and agreed it was inappropriate but he told me he would handle it but didn’t. We were simply leaving after the formal and he followed us out just to go up to the girls boyfriend and said, “I touched your girl what are you going to do about it.” This establishment should be ashamed they are letting people like this work there. A complaint has been filed to corporate.

My cheeseburger and my sons cheeseburger both very under cooked, he asked for a little pink. It was all pink except outer most edge was on grill for maybe a minute each side. Both of our fries were burned. Could not finish either if our plates.

Drinks, service and fried pickles were delicious. Main food was less than desirable. Meat was very chewy on the Philly cheesesteak. Didn't end up eating it.

Ordered a PB Reuben for delivery. It's a big sandwich, so I cut it in half. Knife would not go through. Inspected the sandwich and pastrami was rock hard. Didn't even take a bite. Called to let them know and they barely cared. 14 dollar sandwich in the trash. Will not be ordering again.

They took the tater tots off of the menu. We were seated for 10 minutes with no waitress to take any orders. Left the place and went to Federal Taphouse. Great service there.