This place lacks its own identity. Its as if it wants to be a TGIF Fridays, an Irish bar, and a kid-friendly place all in one. Have been here a couple of times and have not been impressed with the food. Even the appetizers were weak.
But they have a lot of TVs and, together with cold beer, I can see it being a great place to watch a game. Just not a winner when it comes to food, in my opinion.
Kind of a strange place - it comes across as a sports bar for kids with all the TVs, lots of beer and tons of games. Â It was also completely dead when we went for lunch - but try the lunch chicken bowl, its a good value. Â Also can't complain about the happy hour, 2 bucks for a tall glass of Shock Top. Â
More importantly, I can finally watch the Beef O' Brady's Bowl every year and know who the heck Beef O'Brady is.
Was debating on where to go out for a night drinking with some chums on a Friday night. Sick of the overly loud music at Champions, we decided on Beef O'Brady's (BOB) since it's a sports bar after all, and most of my chums are jocks. We arrive at 22:00 expecting a lively place, but instead found it a ghost town. Our waitress seemed a bit surely as if she had preferred no costumers so she could just go home.
Our group ordered some beers, and some food. The food came out hot and that was good. But by the time I got home as designated, my one beer and some food made me crap like a crap-weasel. IDK if its a food borne illness or just a fluke stomach flu, but after some pepto and four TUMs,
I finally manged to get to bed. And while the food tasted ok, and the prices were ok, I expected a little more lively a place (note lively, not loud live bands) that what the scene was.Always have to wonder why a sports bar is empty on a Friday night.
This place is hit-or-miss. Sometimes when my family goes, we get good food (if a little generic) and perfectly acceptable service. On the other hand, we've also had a couple of very iffy experiences at Beef's that make me hesitant to recommend it.
A few times, we've gone and found them to be out of important ingredients. It's frustrating to get two adults and four kids settled down at a table only to have to leave when half of us can't get our preferred meal. Another time, we obeyed the "Please Seat Yourself" sign and sat ignored by the wait staff for 20 minutes before giving up.
If you get lucky, the food at Beef's is not at all bad and the atmosphere should be satisfying for kids and sports enthusiasts. But it's worth considering that this is the only restaurant in Frederick I've ever felt compelled to walk out of...and more than once, at that!
Oh, and if you're planning on patronizing the bar at Beef's, but aren't a beer fan, it's worth noting that they "don't serve much liquor" and thus while they have some on hand, it is crazy expensive!
My kids LOVE this place. Probably because Mommy has a few Guiness's and they get to spend $10 in the arcade. Â The menu of Beef's is okay. Â The previous Pugsley's place was fun to go to, but Mom couldn't find ANYTHING to eat. Â
We just went to Beef O'Brady's for New Year's Eve. Â We showed up with 10 guests (2 of which were under 2), got seated by a few running around to make it happen, we had a terrific waiter, and there was a NEW arcade game that caters to 6 year old girls! Â What more can you ask for?
The family and I tried Beef O' Brady's Family Sports Pub this weekend and other than having a name that sounds like some place Homer Simpson would eat, it was pretty good.
It's located in the same space as the recently closed Pugsley's over on Crestwood Blvd. The place is clean, spacious, smoke-free, and full of TVs showing just about any sporting event you can think of. Â
The place wasn't crowded, not sure if that had to do with the time (2:00 PM) or the falling snow, so we were seated right away.
The menu is pretty standard - sandwiches, burgers, and wings. I had the buffalo wings and my wife had a steak and cheese sandwich. The wings were very tasty, but I prefer them a little crunchier. My wife said her sandwich was pretty good, as well.
Our waitress was really nice and didn't rush us as we hung out to catch the end of the Maryland game (damn Dukies) and then feed the kid after her woke up from his nap.