Short version: wish we had just stayed home.
Long version: the second we walked in the hostess screamed (because the music was mind numbingly loud) "It's ladies night, here" and shoved a plastic cup with warm champagne in it. Should have listened to my gut but we stayed.
We ordered quickly, hoping that if we got out of there quickly we'd avoid permanent damage to our ears. It's one thing to have loud music...I routinely crank my car stereo all the way up and scream along to Otep or Slipknot (I'm not a fuddy-duddy) but this is a bar and restaurant not a night club. The man and I barely spoke a word to each other the entire meal cause we couldn't scream loud enough to hear one another.
The pickle fries were nothing special, the breading fell off almost every pickle so we were basically left with cooked pickles, but the dipping sauce was pretty good. He ordered the mac and cheese burger which is what bumped the score up to 2 stars from 1.
When visiting an Irish pub there are two dishes that should always be standouts; shepherd's pie and fish and chips. I ordered the fish and chips which were supposed to be served with shoestring potatoes instead of chips, which is the reason I chose to order the fish. I got soggy undercooked frozen fries instead. The fish was not good. The batter was so greasy it turned soggy after a couple of minutes. The fish smelled fishy, which it shouldn't, but I peeled off the batter and sopped up the grease a bit and got through a few bites just for the pure fact that I was starving.
The service was atrocious. It doesn't take much to keep me a happy girl when it comes to service but when you ignore our table and when we ask someone to let you know we need something and you come to the table with a pissed off look on your face you definitely make me cranky too. It's not really that hard to fake a smile.
If you read most of my other reviews I'm more likely to write a glowing review than a bad one but sometimes experiences are so bad you can't ignore them. THE only reason this is a 2 star review is because my guy liked his burger.