I've wanted to like Claddagh since it opened. The inside is so quaint!
Unfortunately, that's where it ends. Today though, the bad service and bad food really was the last straw. We were on the East Side to take the dog to the groomer. Don't judge... she is rather high maintenance and it's the only place I know can *really* groom a scottie dog.
Moving on... The boy and I were wandering aimlessly trying to kill a few hours waiting for the dog, and decided to get lunch. As we were driving past Claddagh, he said "I've never tried Claddagh". I kind of shifted uncomfortably... having previously lived on the East Side, and given the place a shot a couple times, I knew that the only thing they were good for was a drink... maybe a fried appetizer.
We were seated at 12:30. Knowing we had about 1.5 hours before we had to pick up said Scottish Terrier, we decided on some simple dishes: I ordered the caesar salad and french onion soup. The boy ordered the Irish Stew (it IS an Irish Pub, afterall...).
SO... we waited. And waited..... and waited some more. If you will notice, these are both dishes that would have been made that morning. Neither of these were being made upon order. Our waitress stopped by - only once - to say that she put the order in and she didn't know what was going on.
Finally, an hour later our food came out: COLD. Wth.
We spoke with the manager, who was a very sweet, apologetic man. I could tell that he was very disappointed in the service we received. He didn't charge us for lunch... and gave us a $30 gift card to try again. He tried to make it right. It was just sooo wrong.
We left hungry though...