Pound & Pence Pub and Restaurant
“It's in the financial district and has this dark, oaky feel that makes it a fun place for conversation.”
“I advise wholeheartedly to take a stroll in this undercover gem in wall street.”
“REALLY popular amongst the FiDi after work crowd, but it's a nice spot to chill in and never gets overly crowded.”
Pound & Pence Pub and Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Coat Check: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Has Pool Table: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Pound and Pence feels like it should be on the set of Wolf of Wall Street. It is in the cut in 55 Liberty, not quite your standard appearance of a restaurant. It is dimly lit and embodies the pub atmosphere. The food is average, with not much flavor but edible. The guinness shrimp had too much batter however the shrimp itself was seasoned well enough.
There are several beers on tap and you typically can't go wrong with a drink to help you take the edge off.
Good location for groups or a quiet meet-up with a friend.
Fond memories of this place. When I lived in NYC, my office was just around the corner from the restaurant. We spent a fair share of happy hours here. One of the most repeated stories between my friends and I includes an experience at P&P. On a recent trip, I took a colleague there for lunch and he really liked it.
I got the lunch special – French Onion soup and half a grilled steak sandwiches with a side of fries. Food was as I expected it to be – which is to say it was good, but not spectacular. I was more than happy with the meal overall, but did feel the fries were old. They definitely had been sitting out for a while or were fried in old oil.
Service was very friendly and quick. Just as lunch service should be. Great place, great vibe and would definitely come back!
This was my first time here for a business lunch and I loved it. I had a delicious grilled chicken sandwich with fries and pineapple juice. The service was quick and the location itself is very chic. I would definitely return!
Pound and Pence is a good middle of the road option for lunch in lower Manhattan.
The selection is a good mix of unhealthy and mildly healthy options. But, I think the most important quality of a sit-down lunch option is speed of service and the few times that I have gone I have been in and out within 1 hour.
I really liked the buffalo chicken wrap and the grilled salmon entree. I did not enjoy the beer battered shrimp at all though – too much batter.
I would recommend making reservations though since sometimes it can get very, very busy.
Nice bar / pub in the financial district. Multiple sections so that different groups can be seated separately. Seemed very quiet on a Wednesday night, but I guess that is to be expected.
I had my standard black russian which was made well. We also got some appetizers (calimari, wings, jalapeno poppers, etc.) All were good.
Service was good. Friendly but not too intrusive.
The upstairs is quite spacious for a 40 people gathering and the buffalo songs are delicious! I liked how the waitresses remembered whose orders they took in a standing crowd and stuck with it. So if you ordered a Stella but not from the waitress that is bringing out the drinks to her customers you can't just grab it. Nice and organized.
A couple coworkers and I were looking for a place to grab a quick lunch in the area so we went in. It's location may not be obvious because it's inside a fancy looking building. The place itself reminded me a Vegas casino in their heyday. *Not a bad thing, just different and kind of refreshing.
They have a decent selection of beers and wine. In terms of menu, I was unimpressed. I know that it's a pub but it didn't really seem streamline in the offerings. The food was alright, it did the trick. I don't necessarily think this is a place I would frequent. Great staff, but not my thing.
Not sure if everyone I was eating dinner with ordered the wrong items on the menu or if I'm too critical. It's probably a combination of both.
I came here on a Monday evening with two friends. The place was practically empty. The upstairs section feels like a strip club… velvet chairs, carpets, the works. The service was fine, with the exception of the waitress messing up one of my friend's orders. I asked for buffalo wing sauce on the side of my chicken dish, and he ordered the curry salad. Somehow, they showed up with buffalo wings for him. When we told them their mistake, they grabbed the wings and left to go prepare his salad. What were they going to do with the wings? Reserve them for the next people who order wings? Why couldn't they have just left them there?
My meal (chicken breast and "garlic" mashed potatoes") was bad. Just plain bad. Seasoning was off, mashed potatoes were flavorless and cold. My friend's salad was "weird" as he kindly put it. My other friend ordered a burger (is it possible to mess up a burger?) and it looked fine to me, although I didn't try it myself.
I wouldn't come back here for food, but I would possibly pop my head in for a drink if I was in the area (there really aren't many options over here).