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| - K, I don't get it. EVERYONE RAVES about this place. Despite appearing to be yet another homogenously authentic taste of Ireland located in a suburban strip mall near you, everyone tells me that the opening of this bar marks the dawn of Calgary's food and beverage revolution. WTF.
First time, it was cheap shrimp night, so I ordered. This was an assault to my wallet and taste. I fry frozen shrimp from time-to-time and I am amazed that this place couldn't exceed that. Yet again, I should blame myself for thinking an Irish pub in Calgary would serve good shrimp. Ok okok.
Second time, I went for wings with some friends. Our server was nowhere to be found (surprise surprise). So I went to the bar and ordered for everyone. My friend wanted some type of drink, I forget what, that required triple-sec. The bartender said "I don't have triple-sec, sorry". A patron at the bar, thinking "sorry" means "I really want to make this happen somehow, but I cannot do that", said to the barkeep "there's a liquor store 100 meters away! why don't you run out and get it for him?" For some reason, maybe thinking I was in Asia, I thought the barkeep could do that. It would mean a nice big tip for him. Buuuuut, because this is Calgary, the barkeep not only fell short, he actually got really upset, and I do not know if he was sarcastic or not, told the drunk (but not out-of-control hammered) patron that "this is (his) last warning". Oooohhhkayy? Although wildrose on tap is nice, it was a rip off ($7). The cheapest was their in-house piss/draft for *drumroll* $5 "on special". Ohhhhhhhhkayyy...
Then, as I am bringing the drinks, the server came over. To her credit, she apologized and, instead of TELLING us that she would take care of us, ASKED if she could wait on our table. I am legendary for making a scene by demanding self-service at bars when the waitress shows up at her leisure, but, because of her attitude, we went through her, and really, the service from her was very good despite it being a busy night.
The wings sucked. Assuming you had the same wings as I did, if you think Jamesons' wings are epic, you have terrible taste and need to get out a bit. I am not even going to waste my time describing these dry, frozen wings.
The only redeeming quality was the nice server. If I could give half grades, I'd give a 2.5.
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