First... Don't be fooled by the name and decor... Some people are under the misconception that painting the walls green, throwing some shamrock cutouts on the walls and serving Guinness makes the place an Irish Pub.. There is nothing irish about the place.
We went for lunch 2/27/11. The lines everywhere else in Rio were long and we were starved... Now we know why there was no line here. Of the four of us we ordered three burgers and on Shephards Pie.
The "Mushroom" burger had exactly 3 slices of mushrooms stacked in the middle of a burger patti with white goo that they said was cheese. The other two got had 2 slices of jalepeno on their pepper burgers. I had the Shep's Pie... For those who don't know what that is... It's ground beef, peas and carrots in brown gravy with a layer of Mashed potatoes on top. It's just easy, yummy comfort food. Unless you get it here. After I scooped the 6" of tasteless, dry, smushed boiled potatoes (not mashed or seasoned) there was 6 spoonfulls (I counted) of "meat filling" at the bottom. It had zero flavor! How to you screw up ground beef and brown gravy???!!!! I ate it because I was starved. This was a grave error in judgment.
After we paid the $80.00 bill for 3 mediocre hamburgers and a pot pie sized stew (+2 beers) we headed to continue with our day.
And now it turns out that it was the lunch that keeps on giving. I am still ill today.
Wait in the lines... Don't even think about it... Run, don't walk, away from this place!!!