An Irish pub and restaurant in Gloucester City, NJ, offering craft beer, Guinness, scratch-made food, and live music.
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AmericanModerateLunchDinnerCasualLive Music
Last updated: 9/3/2026, 3:09:32 AM
Key Information
Holy City Publick House is a local Irish pub and restaurant in Gloucester City, NJ, known for its craft beer selection, Guinness, scratch-made food, and live music. It's a favorite among South Jersey locals, honoring the traditions of Gloucester City.
Customer Perception
Customers perceive Holy City Publick House as a solid local bar with a good selection of beers and decent pub grub. It's considered a 'gem' by many, particularly noted for its 'best wings'.
Additional Details
The establishment is known for its 'Famous Chiodi Wings' and provides both eat-in and take-out options. They accept credit cards and cash.
We had a great experience at Holy City Publick House! The wings were delicious, and the burnt ends were also awesome. The atmosphere was great, and the service made the visit even better. Our waitress, Trish, was fantastic—friendly, attentive, and made sure we had everything we needed. Can’t wait to come back!
Solid local bar serving a good selection of beers and decent pub grub. I see why they won best wings! The wings are great with the chiodi sauce. Sweet heat with some garlic... delicious. Great friendly service and the bar has a great local 5 star dive bar feel.
2
This was our first time trying Holy City. We were so excited to try the wings and the Chiodi sauce we’ve heard so much about. The wings and sauce were AMAZING. Unfortunately everything else wasn’t. We arrived about 11:40, first customers in the place. We placed our order for wings and Irish nachos. We waited about 40 minutes before the Irish nachos came out mushy and cold. No crunch at all, just soggy chips soaked in grease. We’re assuming they just sat in the kitchen for a while. Our waitress wasn’t attentive at all. Especially considering at this point it was just us and one another table. She was more worried about her phone and her name being announced for something. Our wings came out about 10 minutes after our Irish nachos. A total wait time of 50 minutes for our wings. The table behind us that arrived about 25 minutes after us, also received their wings at that time. If it wasn’t for the Chiodi wings being so good, I would have rated this place 1 star. Very bad customer service and the St. Patrick’s Day decorations hanging from the ceiling should be cleaned or removed. It was kinda gross eating and staring at the dust and cobwebs hanging from them.
5
Some of the best wings in Jersey. The maple hot and the chiodi were as good as advertised. We'll definitely be back to try some more.
4
This place has the best wings I have had in a long time. The reason I gave four stars is, this was our first time getting food here. We called for takeout and ordered maple bbq wings and an order orange marmalade wings. When we got home they had packed the maple bbq no orange marmalade instead they gave us hot wings. So that was a bit disappointing and when we called they said sorry and that was it. Hopefully if we order again it will be right.
