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96% ambiance
“live down the street from Brian O'Neills, and while it is a very beautiful bar, has a great atmosphere and the crowd is fun, I have never gotten a good or even fair margarita there.”
85% dessert
“full menu of huge flavorful salads, delicious burgers and authentic Irish food(Shepherds pie, fish and chips and cabbage and potatoes); they also have tons of beers and whiskey; the service was nice-our waitress was very nice and helpful, she kept an eye ”
67% drinks
“Not a bad place to drink with a group of men while ogling the local high-heeled divas.”
82% food quality
“The food is great, the servers are great (in many ways), and this is they have the coldest Guinness I've ever tasted.”
71% menu variety
“Surprisingly, they had an excellent menu.”
88% overall
“the best place for happy hour in rice village”
71% service
“The service was slow and the food inconsisitent.”
99% value
“This place has amazing specials on food and drinks-cant go wrong with $3 car bombs and $1 for a huge basket of their delicious Irish potato wedges!”
37% wait time
“Good place for happy hour; slow service”
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October 23, 2012
Classy place! I love it here and will be back for more! My friends recommended this and I was not disappointed. I will bring my family here.
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March 27, 2011
Place to Be After the Tutu Run.
Saturday brunch is pretty entertaining here. We were surrounded by tutu-wearing runners and heard live music from the parking lot next door.
You have to share the Monte Cristo sandwich bites ($5) and the sirloin Shepard's Pie ($9.99). It's also fun to take advantage of the 50-cent mimosas.
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November 25, 2010
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September 06, 2010
BEST GUINNESS BUT... They have the best Guinness at Rice Village, but the worst service during the day. The waitstaff who is working at lunch time,they are rude and careless. Dinner time is good, nice people, bartenders are also, but you guys need to get rid of the blonde ones..
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June 28, 2010
Awesome Irish Pub.
Great place to meet friends for happy hour. They have upgraded their patio with TVs and colloing misters. So even when it is 100 degrees the cool misters help a ton!
If you are looking for a place to watch the World Cup then this is it! I can't wait for the NCAA basketball March Maddness!
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March 29, 2010
More racist than I thought. They have never really had great service, but it seems like they just do not care. I do not know if this is undertone of The Village, but I definitely feel racism. I have been constantly ignored by service, and even profiled. Sad to say, I have been going here for years but I can no longer put up the the belittlement and lack of respect. It is not worth it. So to all m y brown skin people (African American and Hispanic) STAY AWAY!!! They will certainly take your money but not provide the service we deserve. Ask around. I am NOT the only person that feels this way :(.
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March 09, 2010
Pub's gone downhill.
5 years ago I told people to go to O'Neill's to get a good pint of guinness. Now I'd say they pour the worst pint. My guinness came with 1/8 of an inch head and had the carbonation of a coke. When I asked for another, it came the same way and the manager asked if it was better, which meant she didn't know what a guinnes should look or taste like.
Ordered my favorite sandwhich, a rueben, and it had one thin layer of corned beef over (maybe) 2/3 of the bread; should've called it a sourkraught sandwhich. Didn't bother sending it back, we just got out of there.
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February 10, 2010
Believe the (bad) hype.
Went there one Wednesday and it was awesome: chill but lively crowd, great music from Lauryn Hill to Tool, and decent drinks.
BUT
Went Tuesday night for their $2 long island (b/c I saw it on THIS cite) and they DONT HAVE IT. In addition yea no server even spoke to us. The drink was gross. The crowd was lame. Music was so lame I shut my ears and if the crowd got any more pretentious I was going to suffocate.
OVERALL: NO drink special on TUESDAY
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September 06, 2008
terrible layout, non-cover live music. Equally loud (but better) music than the Baker's St. Pub across the street. Haphazard seating and terrible flow/layout make any place an akward place, even the bar. The staff seems unconcerned that you exist, not that I would expect much better out of the joint. They have drinks, there's always that. All in all, a very average place surrounded by equal-or-better joints.
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August 20, 2008
WORST BAR IN THE VILLAGE!. This is hands down the worst bar in the village! Don't even think of ordering food here! You will wait for ever for a server to come to your table, only to order food that never arrives or is incorrect or unacceptable to eat. The service is HORRIBLE from the servers down to the managers! They don't even care that they are delivering horrible food and service!!!!Almost any bar in the village is better than this place!!! AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
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