I've always loved the Irish Embassy.... great "Irish" poutine may not be authentic, but wow is it delicious!!
My greatest problem was the lack of security or actual comfort offered by the staff. At one point in my last visit I had an individual come up to me and try and fight me and accuse me of being an Anti-Semite!!!! I was blown away. After shaking his hand and assuring him it was a misunderstanding, the bullying continued. He even went and hung out behind the bar with the staff and laughed while obviously still staring at me. It was extremely uncomfortable and never felt like I didn't belong in this city before now.
Like I said, the food was great and I regret that I will probably avoid this establishment in the future because of this incident. Ironically, I have written papers in the pro-Israeli variety in the past but that doesn't matter. What does matter is that I was simply bullied by an individual who seemed to be a "regular" and was well known by a staff that did nothing about it.