Surprise, surprise, Jackson doesn't have a nightlife. But wait, an Irish Pub! That must be good. Nope. If you want to eat low quality food prepared hastily and with 12lbs of salt per serving, this is your place. Gentlemen, Ireland is about 4000 miles northeast. Give it a visit. It will only help us all. If your not hungry and just want a Guinness, stop by the ATM first because they are $6.50. Staff was very nice and plenty of parking.
Review Source:The side salad was truly out of this world! Amazingly fresh vegetables and my favorite Wishbone dressing made this a side salad to remember.
Unfortunately, I ordered other items. I got chili on an alleged boxtie that I still haven't found yet. The chili had enough salt to preserve it until Jackson becomes awesome during the Armageddon. At $6.50 a pop, warm Guinness helped me wash down all this salty goodness.
Save yourself about $70 and buy a few Celeste frozen pizzas at your favorite gas station instead.
Fenian's is a very authentic, very tasty Irish pub in downtown Jackson. We had a great meal:
- fried dill pickles
- sheppard's pie
- an irish potato
Everything was tasty & served fast! We were dining LATE so it was wonderful that they were still serving their entire menu.
The live music was amazing as well! A couple of guys an acoustic guitar - they had a great sound, and really seemed to have some fans there!
We came here two nights, it was packed on the second, there was a cop outside the bar cherrypicking drunks and drinking a dr pepper (we were hoping it was a beer but nope..altho maybe he had something mixed in hehe). Â big crowd, get the booth at the back with the cool mirrors near the phone booth.
fun, young place. Â had harp on tap.
Great little bar/restaurant that is non-smoking (maybe I should give it a 5 just for that!) We had Spicy Drummers, which are spicy battered fried chicken wings. They are listed as an appetizer but came with standard steak fries, carrots, celery and blue cheese. I thought the wings were decent sized and the batter didn't bother me much, as it was very light. They were very flavorful and served very temperature hot - but not all that spicy. We also had Shepards Pie, which was excellent but kind of a small portion. Â It was also served very temperature hot. In any event, we felt the quality of the food was high, and we're looking forward to returning to Fenian's.
Review Source:Great neighborhood place to grab a drink and run into friends. Â Most of the bartenders are longtermers, and can make a perfect cocktail/shot or just pour a nice beer. Â Pretty decent live music on the weekends, and now that its non-smoking, the crowded atmosphere is not nearly as lethal. Â A classic Belhaven establishment that is always a sure thing.
Review Source:AOK, but I didn't get the vibe of a good Irish pub...not necessarily Fenian's staff fault, as there were plenty of them, faults and staff.
Still, I was there early in the evening...no appreciable Irish pub vibe going on a Friday by 6pm...hmmm. To be fair, service was top notch, full bar, food was...well they have boxtys listed..none I've ever seen in any other Irish pub. (this must explain the reason for lack of that authentic feel).
What the food was...decent, so they shoot, they score...it's in the back of the net...counts as a decent place to go. Guinness is fresh too.
And did I mention the little train track dangling from the ceiling? Strange touch of decoration that I guess the other reviewers couldn't notice for reason of their much larger crowds.
For Jackson's lack of a bar scene, Fenian's Irish Pub is one of the more fun places to grab a few drinks. Â It's a great place to go during the weekdays because you can usually find a decent crowd on any given night.
Monday and Tuesday are solid  because of the Karaoke and Open Mic Night. Â
It's kind of difficult to get service on weekends because it's such a small bar and it can get overcrowded. Â It usually gets way fogged out with cigarette smoke too, but if you have enough jagerbombs you don't really notice it anymore.
Go with a group of friends, get there early, and snag a table and you'll probably have an awesome time.
Oh yea, they serve food too...
Jackson's only Irish Pub!
Set upstairs from a liquor store, it doesn't look like much from the outside. There's a balcony with some seating that fills up pretty quickly, but walk inside to a darkened pub atmosphere. There's tables and one large booth in the back corner, opposite of the stage area where musicians play for no cover price every night.
The bar is, of course, a full service one. Get Guinness on tap! Also order from their menu, which is pretty big for a bar. Scotch eggs and The Bookmaker are two things I'd recommend. For desert get the chocolate mousse cake and expect to share it with friends - it's large and rich.