Based on some of these reviews I was a little apprehensive about trying this place. I was pleasantly surprised, the bartender was nice, they played a nice variety of music and the drinks were good =]. The only drawback was that the women's restroom only had a swing door and people who have been drinking are not always cautious about knocking or asking about occupancy -_-
Review Source:I have had so much fun at this bar! My friend Curtis used to live down the street and everytime i came to seal beach this has been the place. The bartender have in the past been hit or miss, but mainly hit. I spent 9/12/01 at the bar in the most somber environment with the bar tender at the time and my friend. Spent the entire day drinking two drinks but talking about wha just happened in new york and d.c. - these people make this bar special. The clientel gets alot of military when they are in dock.
Review Source:The Irisher is a staple of Seal Beach. Â It is one of the two original bars in the area (the other is Clancy's a few doors down). Â It is windowless, dark, crowded, and has two pool tables. Â
It does have a nice fireplace area (is that a pre-req of Irish bars in the US?) and the drinks are cheap ($6 for a cosmo-but it was the size of a thimble, so...)
You do NOT go to The Irisher to:
1. Impress a first date.
2. Get dinner.
3. Get any kind of food at all, actually.
4. Feel "Irish"
You DO to to Irisher to:
1. Get cheap pitchers
2. Go to a bar without feeling "underdressed" in those sweatpants
3. Get leered at by older drunk gentlemen
4. Possibly pick up a foot fungus
5. Have an AWESOME time!
Irisher is not what anyone would refer to as a "classy" establishment- but with that being said, it is an awesome place to hang with friends to kick-start or end a fun night out in this laid-back beach town. Drink prices are great, the bartenders make great pours, the locals are friendly, there are two pool tables, a dart board, buck hunter, and golden tee, and a juke box with pretty decent selection. Not to mention- the HB "bros" that like to start fights about whose flat-billed cap or lifted truck  is cooler usually bypass Irisher on their way to Clancy's.
Also- if Ethan is pouring and you'd like to lose all sensibilities (and all feeling in your face), ask him to make you a "Yoda"
All-in-all a local gem of a dive bar, and we wouldn't have it any other way!
"Rumor has it" is a complete idiot. Owners of irisher and turcs are the same -- and you would've never seen the owner of irisher he doesn't work in there or hang out! He's nothing close to a meth head so don't throw those words around so loosely. You review turcs as great and irisher as horrible and the girls happen to all friends and sometimes work both bars. Girls are not skanks if you even knew them personally you'd know this you big db! Irisher has nice fun locals, good music and good drinks!... Its a dive bar so yah its dark and 'divey'. Â Sheesh, some people!
Review Source:Love this bar! Â Everyone that works there is so nice, and they pour great drinks! Â I love going there on Friday nights, and especially Saturday afternoons! Â My favorite bartender is Kara. Â She is always so full of energy, and she keeps the place bumping! Â Your face will hurt from laughing so hard! Â Music is always great also! Â Good times!!!!!!!!
Review Source:This is one of our stops on our bi-yearly pub crawl and sadly I get this confused with Clancy's but you know what both are good solid, dive bars. If you can show up with a group of 50 people and one bartender and a manager and they can handle the group. They are a-ok in my book. It takes some time to expedite through a group that big but by golly they get it done. And with decent pricing. We have done our pub crawl for a few years now and Irisher I promise you will stay on the list as for one of your neighbors.... not so much.
Review Source:Total dive bar. Â
Dirty and dim inside with carpets that made me glad it was not better lit. Â Pool and darts. Not very crowded on a Friday night. Â No reason to call it "Irisher" except to bring people in the door who love Irish pubs. Â I almost downgraded it to one star because of all the people smoking inside, but at least they had cheap beer (although not a great selection).
My visit to the Irisher was actually the first bar I've been to in Seal Beach, and it did not convince me to come back.
If I lived close by I'd visit regularly. It has that local feeling to it. Totally a dive but, a dive in a really great location. Friendly (female) bartender.
Beer selection is minimal. I asked for a blue moon (a second rate beer) but the tap was broken or possibly empty. It has a couple of pool tables and darts (electric)
bartender (male): Â hey, how ya doin today?
me: Â I am great actually! Â (already a bit drunk, definitely punch drunk full from eating @ Beachwood a few doors down)
bartender: Â awesome. Â what can I get for ya?
me: Â can I get four Dirty Car Bombs and a Jager Bomb?
bartender: Â hmm. Â (thoughtful pause) Â sure.
*bartender walks away*
*FIVE MINUTES LATER, bartender returns*
bartender: Â did you say you wanted some... ?
me: Â Dirty Car Bombs. Â you know, car bombs?
bartender: Â what's in a Dirty Car Bomb?
me: Â sorry man, I guess they're known as Irish Car Bombs, I just don't like calling them that. Â so yeah, four Irish Car Bombs and a Jager Bomb.
bartender: Â um... Â what's in an Irish Car... Â what was that again? Â Bombs?
me: (gives exasperated, incredulous look) uh... Â are you serious right now?
Without his pretty counterpart coming over to help me (and she didn't even put any Jameson's in the car bomb shots, at least it didn't taste like there was any whiskey in it), the bartender would have been the Irisher's completely epic fail vote from me. Â Oh wait, it still is. Â How the F do you go to a place called the Irisher and have a server (on the Saturday night before St. Patty's, BTW) who has no CLUE what a drink bomb is? Â Hey, honey, go back to busing tables and lifting weights in West Po-dunk Town, you ain't gonna make it on your dashing good looks alone.
To add insult to injury, the shots were $7 apiece. Â Really? Â In this joint? Â If voting to make St. Patrick's Day an official holiday is going to result in this kind of price gouging, I'm out!
Decent dive bar; women's restroom a little distressing, because only had one stall and that had a swinging door, that didn't lock. Â People tend to go outside to smoke on the patio. Â Seemingly friendly beach crowd in here, locals, thankfully, no annoying hipsters. Â Bottled beers and they make good mixed drinks. Â No frills, but felt comfortable here.
Also inexpensive, that's a plus. Â Bartender was very friendly. Â Most of the crowd seemed to be 30+ and up.
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