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Bland food, poor service... but at least nobody got sick?
Posted by LMHdG on 01/12/2009
We had a poor experience. Walking into an empty restuarant at 9 pm on a Friday should have been a forewarning. Our waitress disappeared and we didn't see her for a good 20 minutes. She brought out our food and we were needing drinks, but didn't come back with them. Some of the food was cold so we had to wait to even be able to send it back. We had to alert another waitress to try and find our waitress. One dish was horrible and was sent back. The manager came out and did take it off of the bill, but not after demanding an explanation. The potato leek soup with crab meat was thin, flavorless, and the amount of crab it came with was laughable.
All said, the food is bland and something like what you'd find in a restaurant offering "early bird specials." Whilst walking out, we noticed a room off the bar in which our waitress and another were sitting at a table laughing -- they saw us looking in and tried to hide it. Poor, poor service.
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Irish pub on the waterfront, very dark and quiet ambience, friendly staff
Posted by akilgore42 on 02/08/2007
We were drawn in by the beautiful Irish decor, which seemed to be inspired by medieval castles and Irish folk-lore. It was sort of dark and mysterious, but felt a little artificial too. The staff were very friendly. We were a little surprised that this place offered restaurant-style seating but offered little more than expensively priced pub food. I ordered the Tir Na Nog shepherd's pie, which was something like $14 and not very good at all. It was a very bland and mushy bowl of ground beef with taste-less mashed potatoes on top. I don't know if this is the traditional way to cook shepherd's pie, but I've had better. In short, the atmosphere is fun, but the food was overpriced for what it is.
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Great Irish atmosphere!
Posted by amyyount on 10/21/2006
My husband and I went there on a Sat afternoon, and it was quite pleasant. I had the shephard's pie, and it was yummy. The service was quick and friendly. The atmosphere was great too. We would go there again!
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Great food & friendly service.
Posted by noonanneil on 09/12/2006
Me and my husband just went here over the weekend for lunch twice and dinner once! We love it. They made us feel so welcome. My husband had the Fish and Chips all three times! I had some different items including delicious Mussels. They had some irish bangers(?) chopped up in there that really made it tasty. The staff were great, they remembered us & bought us two Guinnesses for coming back for the third time in two days. It really made our getaway weekend.
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Finally a REAL bar in the Harbor.
Posted by mainistir on 08/23/2006
We have been waiting for a bar like this to hang out in the summer days for years. We were sick & tired of trying to hang out at bars that were pokey little bars with 5 or 6 stools, packed with people waiting for tables to open up. I'm glad to say, now we have it. Great beer, food & atmosphere. The staff are helpful, funny & out-going. Love this place. Great place to waych U of M play, great TV's.
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Poor Service
Posted by plainsman on 06/07/2006
Wednesday night, plenty of staff, no crowd. Placed a simple order for two with the following results - Our drinks were not delivered until after the entree was placed, the soup was served with no spoon.. and none available on the table. The server said he would come back with one, but never did. This is a place where the waiter takes the order, but others serve it. In this case it seems the staff that busses the tables, also serves the food.... and language skills were a barrier to good service as well. I would have mentioned these difficulties to the waiter, but he was not to be seen.
Food was okay. My $18 "Irish Stew" had nice chunks of lamb placed on a small bed of mashed potatoes with stew vegetables and very little broth to hold it together.
Overall - they did discount the bill for the problems, but I would try somewhere else.
