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| - Cool space, nice bar. Lighting was way to bright when we walked in, which was weird at 8:30 at night. Bar was pretty full, but only a couple of tables were occupied.
Decent service, and the waitress was attentive enough.
The food, however, lets this place down big time. The dishes we had were a 3/10, and that was being generous.
I always order fish and chips at an "Irish" bar as my litmus test. If they can't do that right, then chances are the rest of menu is going to be equally disappointing. Fish was greasy and flavorless. Fries were limp, soggy and also devoid of any taste. Coleslaw was fresh, but again, flavorless. And for some reason, my fish and chips was served with a ramekin of ranch dressing, not tartar sauce. Talk about attention to detail...
Also ordered a pretzel, which was absolutely wretched. The outer edges were barely passable (dry and very chewy), but towards the center was doughy and under cooked. Came with 3 sauces, none of which were any good, and one of which (sweet honey puke) was absolutely disgusting.
Prices for these sub-par offerings were way more than they should have been. There's a bunch of Irish pub-type places that get it right, like Rosie McCaffreys', Seamus McCaffrey's, Tim Finnegan's and George & Dragon. Sadly, Irish Wolfhound thinks they can get away serving poorly prepared, under seasoned and over priced dishes because the senior-heavy crowd is less discriminate.
It was karaoke night, and as soon as they started firing up the speakers, every table cleared out (including ours). Definitely not the appropriate venue for drunken singing on a week night, given the place had the energy of a quadriplegic in a deep coma.
Chalk this up to a disappointing miss. I won't be back...
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