Kildare's Irish Pub

This place is beyond awefulllllll! The service is horrible. The hostess was annoyed that we came in while she was on her phone texting. As we waited for her to get done then she sat us. Our waitress had no idea what Patron tequila was when we ordered a margarita and she looked at us as if I were speaking another language when we ordered a Manhattan on the rocks. She came back and said they don't have that in bottle or draft. We explained to her what a Manhattan is. She then came back and said they were out of Makers Mark and Knobb Creek. I decided to just get a Jack and coke when she then said THEY WERE OUT OF JACK DANIELS!!! On a Friday night at 9:00???! At this point we were about to just leave when we decided to just tear this place apart. After that I ordered a Belvedere and soda with a lemon. The cocktail came back with a old piece of fruit that looked like it was rolling around the bars floor for two weeks and I was not drinking Belvedere by the way. Even though I was charged for it. We also ordered food. We kept it simple a Cobb salad and a Medium rare burger. Burger was not medium rare. It was well done and the chicken on our Cobb salad was under cooked. The manager came by an older guy who was very nice. He comped both the meals and offered dessert. We said no to the dessert and he offered a drink on the house. We told him that his establishment was out of Jack Daniels, Makers Mark, Knobb Creek and did not have Patron. He was EXTREMLY embarrassed as he told us he was sorry the ceiling started leaking this really bad smelling liquid. We got up right away and the manager then told us if we would bring in our dry cleaning bill they would reimburse us. I felt very bad for him. My girlfriend and I are also in the bar business as we know some things are out of the managers control. But this was ridiculous. He told us he was sorry again and again. This place is a very wired one. There TRING to be an upscale bar and grill on a college campus when really there just a college campus bar. Stay far away from this place. But then again if they can't afford to keep the basic liquors in stock I can't imagine they will be in business for long. STAY AWAY

Stopped here after the Freedom to Yelp event. The guy (owner/manager?) had a table set up at the event with some pretty good pulled pork and let us know that on Thursdays everything behind the bar is half off. He made sure to tell us "we're not a typical college bar". Since the event wrapped up pretty early, we decided to check out Kildare's, right across from the Film Center.

8:30 on a Thursday and this place was DEAD. For having drinks half off all night long, I expected it to be a bit busier. Their menu boasts a pretty impressive list of half-n-half beers, so I decided to try a Black Velveteen (my first), which was half Guinness, half Hard Cider. It was okay. Started tasting weird by the end but maybe I'm just not a fan. I promptly switched to Lagunitas Lil Sumpin' Sumpin' when I saw they had bottles. Awesome that they have this! And at half off, a super great deal. Also, the bartender was more than happy to hand out pretty large samples of their draughts, so that was cool.

We were going to eat here but nothing on the menu really screamed at us and we were a little weirded out by the lack of people, specifically no one eating. We stuck with beers.

The manager came back, recognized us from the Yelp event and started selling us on all of their frequent visitor programs. Kind of too informative when all I wanted was to relax. I ended up getting a free card, tried to register it online and it didn't work. So... thanks?

I guess we had been sitting at the bar, backs to the door, for a long time. I headed upstairs to the bathroom (quite tipsy at this point) and realized it was PACKED with college kids dancing, grinding, and basically just being 19. When did these people even get here?! We immediately decided we were too old to be here on a Thursday, paid and left.

Would get two stars, but for 8 good beers totaling $24 because of their half-price Thursdays, three stars it is.

Stopped here after the yelp event across the way.  The bartender, Jess, was great.  She gave us a few samples to help us decide on drinks (during which I discovered Timmermans beer and fell in love)

Seemed like a nice atmosphere with really nice staff.  I enjoyed my 20-30 minutes there :)