Irwin's
Venue Brief
Sicilian restaurant in a former classroom on the eighth floor of South Philly's Bok building, serving pasta, crudo and whole fish beside a skyline-facing terrace.
Venue Details
- Vibe
- Date NightScenicBohemianIntimate
- Age guide
- 25-45
- Dress code
- Casual Chic
- Cuisine
- ItalianMediterranean
- Demographic
- CouplesYoung ProfessionalsLocals
- Music genre
- Lounge/Chill House
- Price
- $$$$
- Open season
- Year-round
- Clientele
- LocalsAmerican
- Offerings
- Table Service
- Open times
- Mon ClosedTue ClosedWed 5 – 9:30 PMThu 5 – 9:30 PMFri 5 – 9:30 PM BestSat 5 – 9:30 PM BusySun 5 – 9:30 PM
- Vibe score
- 5.7 / 10
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About Irwin's
A former classroom of the Bok vocational school holds the dining room: enormous school windows, worn cream walls, exposed conduit, old tile, palms and Persian rugs, with a terrace outside looking over South Philly toward the Center City skyline. The cooking is Sicilian, built around a house focaccia that reviewers rave about, bluefin tuna crudo, eggplant caponata, fritto misto and pastas such as mafaldine and rigatoni, with a $90-per-person chef's tasting that can finish on a whole fish. Dinner runs Wednesday to Sunday from 5pm to 9:30pm, reservations are recommended, and Google puts spending at $50–100 a head. The 4.4 from nearly 400 reviews is driven by anniversaries and birthdays that went smoothly; the recurring gripes are small portions for the price and a server pushing extra dishes. Street parking around the building is tight enough that one diner worried about towing. Many guests start with a drink at Bok Bar across the same floor.
