The Dingle House Irish Pub

The kilts just throw me off. Nobody in Ireland actually walks around wearing kilts all the time - especially not slutty short ones and especially not working at a bar. I think it's tacky.

Other than that the food is fine. It's a dark pub feeling atmosphere. Great big outside eating area. Stumbling distance (hard to find in West Chester).

Good place to go for beers and sit on the patio.

Fantastic place to eat and socialize. Staff is fantastic. Great outside view too.

From what I experienced, Dingle House is a pub, not a dinner spot.  

Ambiance: TVs...everywhere.  That part is fine, I wanted to watch the game.  If you're looking to keep the attention of the people you're with, good luck.  Also, The waitresses all wear short "kilts."  Think Hooters, but with short skirts.

Service: Good, quick, and attentive.  Granted it was expected since about only 3 other tables were full when the time we went.  The food also came out really quick, which is fine since it probably doesn't take long to fry some fish and make a shepherd's pie.

Food:  This is where it goes down hill.  I got the fish and chips. It is part of their "Irish" menu and something they bold a lot on their menu.  The fish and chips also comes with coleslaw.  The slaw is drenched in the dressing.  Every bite I had was about 3/4 dressing and 1/4 slaw.  I may be exaggerating a little, but hopefully you get the point.  The slaw itself wasn't too bad, but it would be a whole lot better if it was swimming in the dressing.

The fries were hot and thick.  Crispy on the outside..and...good on the inside?  I'm not sure how to describe the center of steak cut fries, but they were good.

Now the fish...  I got one large sized steak of their haddock.  When they say huge, it is probably the size of 2-3 normal fried strips of fish.  The haddock itself wasn't bad, the problem I had was with the batter.  It almost tasted like I was eating a stick of butter.  Half a day later it still feels like I ate a stick of butter, I just didn't taste much of anything else with the batter.  The other bad part about the fish is I now have a huge grease spot on my pants where i dropped it...but that's not the reason Dingle House gets two stars.

If you come here for a meal, try to reconsider, the food is just alright and fairly pricey for the lack of flavor.  The beer is also fairly expensive, $4.00 for a bud light.  If you want to come and watch a game and have a beer or look at waitresses in short skirts, give this place a try.  Otherwise I wouldn't suggest coming.