After I offered a bunch of fun downtown options of bars/restaurants to go for happy hour before a concert at the Q, somehow it was decided that Houlihan's would be it. I didn't realize that it's just a chain, and a boring one at that. The food was just ok. The service was just ok. Oh, and they have NO HAPPY HOUR! WTH? How does a place not have happy hour and even compete downtown?
They were offering half off bottles of wine, which is a good deal, and I guess they do every Tuesday, but the wine selection is nothing special, so it wasn't that exciting. Everything else was full price. I don't get it. I don't get why we went there. I don't get what place it has in Cleveland's culinary advancement.
And the much touted stuffed mushrooms were crunchy coated, fried, with little wet lumps of mushrooms inside. I'm about to talk myself into 1 star.
Our bill for wine, 3 appetizers and 2 light beers was $60 plus tip. Did I mention that was during HAPPY HOUR!!!