It was weird a year ago...and still is. Â Awesomely decorated and from the looks alone gives the impression it's a great time.. Problem is that was about the only thing good about the place. Â Weak drinks, weak staff and a price point a little to rich for the experience. Â
If you do happen to go...check out the table they made out of all the fake ids they confiscated.
Stopped in while giving the "downtown Charleston tour" to some family/friends visiting... was busy, service was kind of slow, but food turned out to be good. Â Nice place to go if you are from the Midwest (like we are) and want to catch a game on TV that normally wouldn't be available in Charleston.
Review Source:Friends stopped by while we were in Charleston. Â Seemed like your typical sports bar with pub grub - the type of place where you can't really tell if it's a chain or trying to be one.
The Good:
* There was a $2 IPA special on a Saturday night - that was awesome!!
* Service was great for a big group - there was a spill and the cleanup was prompt.
The Bad:
* Empty for a big place during dinner time on a Saturday night. Â Something about the atmosphere was just lacking. Â Sort of like the decorations came from a "pub/sports bar" package.
* The food. Â We were really disappointed by just about everything we ordered that wasn't alcohol. Â All of us had either run the Charleston half marathon or a 5K that morning, so we were in the mood for unhealthy pub grub. Â The nachos were mediocre at best - they didn't have nearly enough cheese or toppings, so we ended up eating half a plate of plain tortilla chips. Â And the fried mac n cheese balls were hot and greasy without any flavor.
Gets the three stars instead of the two because of the great drink specials - especially for the steep prices all over this part of Charleston.
Good choice for a bar if you don't want to be surrounded by tourists. It appears several locals come here and make it a casual environment. There is also a back outdoor area with a bar and games. The front area drew us in with the live music although it only lasted until 9pm then it switched to dance music on the inside.
Review Source:We were visiting here on New Years Eve and had a COMPLETE blast. It was your average, bar-bar with normal drinks and a fun crowd. We popped a bottle of champagne, drank too much, kissed at midnight, and wandered off to our hotel after midnight.
When we make it back to Charleston, we will definitely stop by for a drink!
I used them for the comfy couches and $2 beer of the month while I was catching the Aggie women win the SEC while on vacation (Whoop!) .
I think they have 16 or so TVs on site, and the staff was really awesome about setting up whichever game we wanted to watch.
If I'm ever in CHS again and needing to catch a game, this is the place I'm going to.
Haven't tried the food, but it was a cheesecake factory sized menu - so I'm sure you could find some bar grub no, problem.
Love that they have a $2 beer of the month. They also have many TVs and are very willing to change the channel to whichever sporting event you want to watch. Service is friendly as well. Make sure you check out the front table with all the confiscated fake IDs. Some of the Texas ones were laughable.
Review Source:The BF and I stopped here for a late lunch/snack after walking the parks, rainbow row, etc. We just sat at a bar table and the girl who served us was cute and friendly. They have a nice beer selection but were out of a few of the go-tos. We ended up each ordering a Chimay and splitting a cheeseburger and fries. The food was fine - kind of typical bar food. Nothing to complain about.
Review Source:I like Mac's. It's not amazing by any standards, but every time I go it's damn good. Sweet potato tater tots. Need I say more?? Well, okay then - Good beer. I love sweet potato fries, and there's something about the "tot" variation that takes it to the next level, and good beer always improves my view of a place.
Service has been slow a couple of the times I have been, but it's never been bad. The bartenders and waitresses are always really nice. They have a killer $10 burger and a pint deal on Wednesday nights. They play some decent indie tunes, but I'd rather have some Irish punk and drinking songs blasting through the room. That's just me though.
This is a good place to grab a beer and enjoy some average bar food at reasonable prices.
We had Alligator bites as an appetizer, which was pretty cool (tasted fine), but it was part of a 'special menu' for the SEWE event that was in town that weekend. Â The rest of our food was alright. Â The wraps were decent, but the chicken was low quality. Â The only bad thing was the house chips. Â They were burnt and just didn't taste good.
Our server was good, but after taking our orders, he was very robotic (not a terrible thing), so his personality dropped. Â We received our food and drink in a timely fashion, but there was no connection with our server.
The thing I enjoyed most about this restaurant was they served the Sweet Potato tots with some type of honey cinnamon butter. Â It was awesome!
Overall, a decent place, but you wouldn't be missing out if you couldn't squeeze it in to your trip.
I liked this place, although there wasn't anything too standoutish to really comment about it. It was a bar. It had alcohol. There was a band, and they weren't so loud that you couldn't hold a conversation. Why that is such a hard combination to find in Charleston is beyond me, but alas, this place had it. I liked the tap handles on the ceiling--nice touch.
Review Source:Our waitress was such a sweet-heart!  I always say, the service seriously either makes or breaks your dining experience.  The food here is mediocre.  But because the waitress was so nice, it made it better.  The one dish I thought was pretty awesome... Sweet Potato Tator Tots.  Yes, tator tots.  Nostalgia, with a twist.  And they serve it with this unusual honey butter dip.  Good... but not a fan.  The tots  though were awesome, hot, and made fresh to order!!!! Â
It was a pretty empty bar... but Charleston itself was pretty empty so not sure if it's always like that or if things pick up at other times. Â But definitely a good bar to go to if you're into sports and want to watch a game.... tvs everywhere!
This could be a pretty cool place, if it weren't for the service. I just politely offered to help the bartender find a football game and she actually threatened to punch me in the face. Seriously, what the fuck? Also, two bartenders for a 35 foot bar on a Saturday night during college football season.... Talk about slow service.
Gave a second star because the service last night was reasonable, with a different staff.
We stopped in for some drinks and appetizer while hanging out in downtown Charleston. They have a wide selection of beer, including Labatt Blue ( hey I am from Buffalo and miss Canadian beer). The server was great, accommodating requests to put a soccer game on the TV and overall friendly. My boyfriend got a chicken finger wrap and thought it was the best one he had since we moved down south and I had the pepper jack stuffed pretzels with marinara, soo good.
Review Source:This pub is on East Bay St in the middle of all the action. Â Trivia was going on that Thursday night while I was there from approx 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm. Â It had a good size crowd without being too packed. Â The music (between trivia questions) was loud but you could still here people across the table. Â Never a wait at the bar. Â No one in my party of 7 ordered food.
Beware: Shots vary on the bartender. Â We ordered 4 rounds of lemon drop shots. Â Several times we got girlie shooters (vodka and sour mix shot) and others we got straight up vodka shots. Â The cost was the same. Â
You are carded at the door so don't forget IDs!!
Our group of 4 adults came here for lunch during a quick trip to Charleston. We were planning on buying tickets for a harbor tour and then getting lunch, but when we learned that the last tour of the day was at 1:30 we went straight to the harbor. So, by 3:30pm we were starving. Mac's was the first place we found that was open (most restaurants were closed from 2pm-5pm, between lunch and dinner).
The service was extremely slow. Our basic order of water and sodas took forever to come out. Though we originally thought about ordering a few beers later, our server came back so infrequently that we were glad we did not. Our original attempted food order was: mac and cheese bites for appetizer, southern cuban sandwich, fish and chips, and two fish wraps. The waitress came back after a while and said they "were all out of fish." This seems like a terrible thing to happen to any restaurant, let alone a restaurant in any coastal city. We changed our order to: two southern cubans, a mac and cheese  sandwich and some sort of chicken sandwich. The appetizer was delivered promptly and was alright. The other sandwiches took about 45 minutes to come out, and even then we we told that the kitchen had gotten confused and threw away one of the cubans when we changed our order since they were out of fish. Our friend's replacement sandwich took another 20-30 minutes to come out. After we were all done eating we had to wait yet again to get our bill. And the entire the time the place was no where near "busy" -- there were only a few people at the bar and maybe one or two tables other than ours.
All of the wait and lack of fish may have been worth it if the food was amazing, but sadly it was marginal at best. The meat was dry and the toast for the sandwiches was not good. I do not recommend anyone go here. I am very sad that this was the only meal that I had time to catch while I was going through Charleston.
I've been here a few times, and I like it less and less every time. Â The high point is obviously the insane number of TVs. From almost any vantage point in the bar, you're looking at at least two HDTVs, and it's usually more like five.
That said, every time I come here now, the service gets worse and worse. The place was way understaffed. It's got a huge bar and a lot of tables, and they probably had 3 to 4 bartenders on and 2 waitresses for the whole place. Â We found a table, and the only time we saw a waitress in 30 minutes is when she came to clean the table. Â We ended up just taking a spot on the couches and ordering anything we needed from the bar. Â The drinks were OK, and the food was average. Â It has all the trappings of an Irish place: the beers, the obligatory shepherd's pie on the menu, the decorations. That said, aside from that, it's basically downtown Charleston's very own Applebee's. I mean, it's not trying to be fancy, but it's not even as Irish as Tommy Condon's.
This place could use some more staff like no one's business. I told a bartender about broken rocks glass on the floor, and it was still there when we left 45 minutes later. Â It actually had a newly broken beer bottle on top of it by the time we left.
The place definitely has potential, but right now it's not really a good spot.
cool place... watched the brewers beat the diamondbacks here and had some Firefly vodka with lemonade... if u haven't had it.. definitely try it cuz u can't taste any alcohol but gave me a buzz after 1 drink... well i had a few beers before it but damn its some good stuff ... the atmosphere is chill with video games and a couple dart boards... and tv's a plenty
Review Source:We ducked in here because it was so hot and humid outside. Â The A/C was up high and felt great. Â It's basically a bar with food service. Â There were booths along the side and we had lunch. Â We were with 2 small kids and they handled us without any issue. Â It was decent pub grub with burgers, chicken fingers/sandwiches, mac and cheese sandwich, some salads, etc. Â They had a pretty good selection of commercial beers. Â They even had Red Stripe which is great on a hot summer day. Â There were plenty of TVs around with all kinds of sports on them. Â Our waiter was great and the service fast. Â There was an area up front that looked like it was setup of bands at night. Â Overall, this was a decent rest stop to get a beer and a burger and not spend a lot of money or time. Â Great job!
Review Source:It was hot as hell (triple digits with 90% humidity) and we stumbled upon Mac's where the AC was on full blast, the selection of drinks was great, the drinks were cold and they were showing a good selection of sports (I was on a couch watching Women's World cup). Good place to beat the heat.
Review Source:My wife and I were on our way back from the haunted jail tour. We passed this bar on the way to our parking garage. Looking for somewhere simple to sit down for a meal, Mac's fit the bill as a simple burger sports bar and grill. Maybe we were a little hesitant because it was singer/songwriter night. It is quite loud in there even with the folk acoustic music and I am not really a fan of the typical whining about some girl and what she did to you music which is what was being played. That said, there were sports options on the tv and the music created a collegiate feel.
The bar, itself, has a semi Irish theme. With just a few Irish inspired menu items, I wouldn't call it an Irish bar. They do have Guinness on tap though. Always a plus!
This is probably one of the only true bars, in downtown Charleston, with a small section of the menu for kids. Otherwise, the menu is filled with burger options and solid sides.
We started with an appetizer of 12 mild wings. The mild wings are fairly standard Buffalo wings. They aren't standard bbq wings with a semi sweet sauce. These are true hot wings. If you have a complete aversion to such things, stay away from them or just ask for naked wings. As it were, the wings weren't overly hot. They were just right. They had a decent amount of meat on the bone and were prepared just right.
My wife ordered her meal off of the appetizer menu. She got chicken fingers and fries along with a soda. I got a cheeseburger with fries and a Guinness which, of course, one is never enough.
My wife enjoyed her chicken fingers. They were standard sports bar fare. The fries were absolutely tasty.My burger was prepped just right and was very good.
All in all, the food is what you will find in a sports bar. There were interesting menu items such as sweet potato tots, Irish nachos, and the mac and cheese.
Overall, it was a good dining experience. We needed a place to rest our weary feet and get out of the heat. Our waitress was one of the highlights of the experience. She was quick to serve us, and very friendly and warm engaging in conversation and accommodating.
The price might have been a little high. But, you don't go to downtown Charleston if you are looking for Mcdonalds. We left with about a $40 bill for both of us before tip. But I must say, most restaurants and bars will cost about the same in Charleston. I recommend Macs for the casual diner.
We dropped in with our small kids on a Sunday afternoon for a quick lunch on our way out of town. Downtown Charleston is a cornucopia of gastronomic delights, but is woefully ill-equipped to cater to our small people in that there are tons of fine dining and bars around, but not too many non-chain places appropriate for the preschool set.
Mac's doesn't have any high chairs or booster seats, and since it is primarily a bar, that is understandable. Because we are parents of the year, we took our babies into the bar because it didn't look like there was a wait for a table. Ann, our server, offered up the couch and table area in the front, and it suited our needs well.
The food was a notch above typical pub grub, and will most likely help prevent or cure a hangover by lining your belly with some grease. The most exciting menu item was a Macaroni and Cheese Sandwich, which I'm told was a college invention of the owner of Mac's. I agree with the menu, it was exactly how it sounds. It was glorious comfort food, and I enjoyed every bite of its carb-laden, cheesy goodness. Sweet Potato Tots and Honey Butter also standout in what was previously a pretty quiet art gallery on East Bay Street.
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