Pittsburgh Improv

Reviews

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  Carmen Faustino

  2 days ago
  5.0
  Awesome place, very clean, organized and staff was nice. Mixed drinks seem a Lil expensive but everything else seemed priced ok.
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  Abigail Huchko

  2 days ago
  5.0
  Went for a coworkers retirement party! Longer review but truly would give 10 stars if I could. They were so inviting of our group even being the last couple folks seated in the venue. The staff engaged in us and made his night so fun! All of the event staff were a well oiled machines. Each server did their job and did it well, cleaning tables was efficient and never even felt like those folks were there. Food delivery was fast and the food was delicious! The anticipation of having our group for a photo, always being ahead of us by one step was so impressive by their FOH staff and techs. The audio and music levels were perfect! Truly such a fun night and will definitely be coming back by myself!!
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  Trish Alexander

  5 days ago
  4.0
  Venue is great, entertainment was awesome! Was disappointed I couldn't get a glass of water so we ordereddiet sodas ($7) and charged with refills even after ordering coffee and dessert. Ended up being pricey for food.
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  Leah Bee

  Nov 9, 2025
  2.0
  The 2 stars are for the food, server and the comedian, all of these were fantastic however the rudeness and egotistical cockiness of the "manager" ruined the rest. Having been to a myriad of comedy shows, I know the etiquette, don't heckle, keep conversations between your friends low if needed at all and don't be obnoxious. Having followed all these rules we still were told to keep it down even though all we were doing was laughing, I was in hysterics at some point because the comedian was HILARIOUS, and it was nothing crazy, I didnt have some insane laugh (in fact there was a man sitting behind us who had a far louder laugh than us) just was having the time of my life as I just got through a really stressful time in my life and was enjoying a night out. We didn't complain about the 2 item minimum and in fact ended up spending almost $200. But despite all this an attendant comes over and says "hey I know you're having a good time but we need you to keep it down"....so apparently there are conditions to laughing and you can only do so at certain levels, it certainly shut us up for about 10-15 min of the show and put a terrible damper on the mood we had, I just felt completely belittled and targeted for no reason, maybe because we were laughing at jokes that no one else was getting or were too disgruntled to get, I don't know but having been to many of comedy shows I've NEVER been told to keep my laughter down, that's the whole point of a COMEDY show! And I understand if you have some kind of attention-seeking obnoxious laugh that was not the case at all!! I wish we could have told the comedian that they're going around telling people not to laugh hard. I believe after that the comedian was referring to us when he had made a joke and glanced back to look at our faces and we were just stone cold and he ended up making a bit about it, wish I could have told him what happened. So then we VERY POLITELY talk to the manager about it after the show and just ask him what the problem was and why aren't we able to laugh at a comedy show? Right away he caught a major cocky attitude loaded with supreme being energy and proceeds to say "well.....I highly doubt it was just because you were laughing" among a variety of other defensive insults he hurled as well. So instead of apologizing and saying hey sorry if our staff got it wrong we really appreciate you coming out and spending $300 to come to our venue, especially in this economy, he proceeds to basically calling us liars. We were on our way out the door we weren't causing a huge scene we were just talking to him, so there was no reason why he couldn't save two customers by just saying, hey we appreciate your business we might have picked on you wrongly but we hope you still had a good time and come back and see us but with that big head of his it's going to take a while for unsatisfied customers to catch up to their business but when it does it's going to be bad for them. You can't just treat customers like you could care less if they come back or not ESPECIALLY in this economy and in the service industry you can't just have a take it or leave it attitude, I've worked a lot of years in the service industry and most of the time you have to act in line with the customer is always right unless they are being stupidly obnoxious, which we were not at all. We will not be back which sucks because the show itself was fantastic, but whoever owns this business is in for a rude awakening if you keep that manager around. I can't imagine working for that type of person.
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  Kori T

  Nov 8, 2025
  4.0
  First time attending this place. Came down for shows on Nov 6th and 7th. Venue was okay. Easy entry. I came alone and was not seated with strangers which is often the case with Venues like this. While there are waitresses, you can scan a code and order from your table. Wait staff Tracey (Thursday) and Nicole (Friday) were nice and attentive. Always checking in to see if their tables were OK and needed anything. It can be a bit of a hassle exiting as some folks want to meet the act and others just wish to exit but nothing major. I'll definitely keep up with the events calendar and will be back!!

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