Just went to Mannion's to celebrate St. Patrick's day, the staff was extremely rude and rushed everyone to sit and then leave your table when your time was up. Â The hostess came over to us and rudely said you need to leave your table within 10 minutes. Â We hadn't even received our check yet!, Â never again!
Review Source:After three stops at Mannion's, two things stand out. Â 1:Their musical act have always been good and well suited performers for a pub. Â 2: It's a good place to drink. Â
I would have liked to try their food, but to date all that I've had are beers and martinis. Â A side order of fries is an amazingly difficult thing to do at Mannion's. Â They serve fries on their menu, but since it's not an appetizer or a side option they won't do it. Â I've been told their menu is fixed and that the staff is powerless with the kitchen in this regard. Â As for the beer and martinis, beer is beer and the martini was very good. Â It was light on the vermouth and not too dirty.
A friendly but yet casual Irish bar on the west side of downtown Somerville. You could get Killians, Guiness, Harp and Smithwicks for starters. Their Fish and Chips, which were by far the best i have ever had. The guiness batter used was very tasty, not greasy and the fried shell had the right taste. The fish used, probably cod... was very fresh and tasty. Between Kilkenny and Fish N Chips should be your first drink & meal combo at this bar before trying else. All in all, a great bar to go to.. prices are right (except Yuengling, its $4 a pint) but parking isn't that great so try to carpool during peak hours at the bar if you can. On a more recent visit, it got it's 5th Star. Kilkenny Beer was excellent (no longer served sadly) and the Coley's Irish Stew was delicious.
Review Source:First, a quick note to start this review. Â I have NEVER had the food here. Â Ever. Â
I have drank here. Â The beer selection is good enough and the bartenders are friendly. Â Wait....I think I had some fries once when I drank too much...maybe I have eaten here...
Anyway.
What I really love about this place is the crowd that hangs out here. Â This is the friendliest bar in New Jersey. Â Every time I have been there I have made friends with someone. Â The vibe in this place is relaxed and the music isn't so loud that you can't hear your friends talking to you or make friends with the guy sitting next to you.
This place is worth going to for an after work drink and a chat with your pals. Â I would absolutely recommend going there and just hanging out. Â I promise you will have fun.
Came here recently on a Friday night with a group of 14. The male manager was nice and helpful during happy hour, but once we moved to tables to order food after happy hour, it all changed. We asked for separate checks (4 checks) and after hemming and hawing, the waitress finally said yes. 5 minutes later she came back with a female manager who said that their computers weren't capable of doing separate checks, and besides, it was Friday night. Mind you, it was after 7 and the bar was dead - except for 2 guys sitting at the bar, we were literally the only people in the room. There were maybe 2 or 3 other tables total in the other two rooms. She wasn't nice about it, either. We were ordering food and drinks for 14 people, bringing them a bunch of business on a clearly slow night, and she wasn't at all accommodating. We've been there before on much more crowded nights, and they were fine with separate checks, so I don't know what the problem was. Doesn't matter anyway - the food isn't that great (my Chicken Murphy came drowning in brown gravy), and after the treatment our group got, we're not returning. There's plenty of friendlier restaurants nearby that would be happy to have a large crowd on a slow night.
Review Source:I've grown up going to this place since it opened I think around when I was 8 or 10 (maybe circa 1996?). Â My parents would eat here and the food was always meh. Â Then we had a family friend who played in an Irish band that would regularly perform here about 10 years ago. Â Eventually she held her daughter's sweet 16 here and then this same girl eventually worked here as a server. Â Now that I've come home after graduate school my friends and I go here since it is a somewhat central location and we do like Guinness a lot. Â This past Saturday night four of us had dinner and sat at a booth. Â Our server was a bit rude and terse with us even though we didn't ask for anything special or any modifications (I know how to deal with this-I've worked as a server at two restaurants before). Â
Then after we settled the bill 2 of my girlfriends went up at different times and bought 2 shots at a time-one for one of themselves, one for one of us. Â I then went up to do the same, and the bar was FULL of OLD PEOPLE-everyone was at least 45 years old. Â A great majority were in their 50s, that was the average I would say...some in their 60s like my parents!!! Â (Weird!) Â Now, I understand central Jersey doesn't really have many young professionals. Â But I was put off by how intense and aggressive these older patrons were-fighting to buy drinks from the three over-taxed bartenders. Â It made me feel like I was in a college bar all over again, except for the fact that I was battling for the attentions of the bartender amongst much older customers. Â In addition to this, the band was not all that great, and they were not singing any traditional Irish ballads-it was mostly some recent pop rock selections, but since they were not that skilled at projecting their voices, hard to discern. Â This made speaking with one of the bartenders even more difficult.
After about 15 minutes, I the one female bartender on duty came over to me. Â I told her I wanted to buy 2 shots and she said she needed to see all my friends' IDs and have them come up to the bar. Â I said "ok" and simply returned to my friends, told them what happened, and asked to leave. Â I was appalled and offended. Â I definitely do look super young for my age-often people have thought I am skipping school, when I explain that I am in my mid 20s-but this was absurd. Â Having the whole table come up to accompany me when I request a purchase of 2 shots? Â I think you may have just lost my business for good now. Â It is a real shame because Somerville needs a place like this and Mannion's has real potential. Â But I think I would just rather prefer to drive further to either Morristown, New Brunswick, or up to North Jersey somewhere.
What a shame! After coming here for years was looking forward to another St. Patrick's Day feast. I called to make a reservation and the woman answering the phone was very rude, like I was wasting her time. Made the reservation anyway for St. Pats day but had to call back to cancel and came back the day before, luckily a different pleasant voice. Â Â
We arrive and order and then feel like we are rushed as the apps came at the same time as entree's and the servers had not a care in the world when I asked why? And of course during the meal not once did she ask if everything was allright. The bathrooms are a joke, you think with the money they bring in the owner can have someone clean them or maybe upgrade them! And to top it all off as we were leaving the hostess can see that we are leaving, would it hurt her to say thank you and have a nice evening! Last time we go to this dump! There is a new restaurant taking the place of Cryan's called Willie McBride's in North Branch,NJ and we are there!!
The only good thing to be said I that the wings are very good but no beer specials on Tuesday nite (for a party of 12)? C'monnn man! This place is an Irish dungeon and the upstairs is the Somerville townie lair. Oh, and they play the soundtrack from Shutter Island on repeat. Summary - great for wings, better for suicide.
Review Source:This is really 2.5 stars, but I'll give it 3 since they do pour a nice pint of Guinness. The wings are very good, the burgers are generally okay, but the quality is inconsistent. Sometimes the burgers are pretty good, other times they are greasy, soggy ickburgers. The shepherd's pie is good, not great, again inconsistent in quality.
A few days ago, the fiance and I went there to grab a bite to eat and a drink. We had the wings, which were very good. Big and flavorful. He got the steak/shrimp combo and I got the fish and chips. His steak was thin, small and grey and the shrimp was dry. My fish and chips was just awful. The first piece of fish I tried was horribly done, a gross mess, over cooked and exceedingly greasy. Yes, I know it's fried, but the fish itself shouldn't be greasy and should be flaky yumyum. I tore it apart trying to find a tasty bite, but couldn't. The second piece was better, but not good, by any stretch of the imagination. It made me sick to my stomach, literally.
Our waitress wasn't very good. It was pretty crowded because it was halfway to St Patrick's Day, but she forgot to bring the fiance a Guinness that he ordered and then we had to wait about 20 minutes to get our check.
That all being said, Tatiana is a wonderful bartender and she makes it worth the trip. When I go there just to have a drink and wings, I'm rarely disappointed. I also like that the Willie Lynch Trio (an awesome Irish band) plays there a lot, and that there are Irish step dancers and bagpipers on special occasions.
Go for a Guinness, have some wings, don't expect too much, and you'll be fine.
As far as Irish pubs go this was a big disappointment. Â Fish and chips were greasy and not appetizing. Â Crab cake sandwich was fair at best. Â The decor was run down and more like a man cave basement than a proper Irish pub.
Sad that it wasn't nicer. I've heard about this place for years and was looking forward to finally getting there. Â Now that I've been I can't say I'd go back.
Wow, tough crowd !!!
Glad I didn't read the reviews prior to stopping in with the Sis.
Back story -- been going here since it was the NewsRoom, or the Snooze as it was called by the Newspaper folk who dominated the bar. Back in the day, it was THE place for a burger and beer.
Stopping in the other week with the Sis, was part of my walk down memory lane. Granted the restaurant and bar was near empty of this very cold and windy eve.
Our Server was great, absolutely great. Pleasant and helpful without being pushy, and invited us to stay as long as we wanted when told we might camp out for quite a while.
The food was good, hot, and served to temp.
Prices cheap.
If you want a hopping bar atmosphere, I'm sure there's better out there, but for a burger, and a bowl of Irish Stew, it was A-OK in our book
Thanks for the Hospitality !!!!
Going to an Irish Pub I dont expect much but cold beer and some good tunes. When I went on Saturday night, the beer was indeed cold but you could hear a pin drop! No music just light voices in the background from the Giants/Jet game. The food was...not edible! It sucked. Needless to say, never going back!
Review Source:My wife likes this place, but I have refused to go back.  We tried it two or three times for  lunch.  Burgers, fish and chips, a round of beer.  The food was ordinary, the service was maybe a bit spotty, the place looks dated.  Not for me.  Go to Cafe Picasso or Bank 34 instead.
Eight taps, four domestic and four Irish. Â I stopped by for a brew today so the tap count is up to date.
Decent Irish pub...staff is very friendly and attentive. Decor is a little dated and needs a good cleaning overall. Not saying the place is dirty by any means, as we did stay for lunch. The place just looks tired.
It was Sunday when we ate here...lunchtime and it was dead, which was surprising to me. But I guess this is the norm for Somerville as everything downtown was pretty quiet compared to a Saturday. Â I'd like to go back in the evening or on a Friday/Saturday night to see how things are in there...as I think there is probably a lot more going on!
Food is OK. Nothing to write home about. Typical Irish fare...fish and chips, Sheppard's pie, burgers, etc. I had the fish and chips...I guess the fryer was not up to temp as the meal was just blah...fries were under cooked and the fish was not as crisp as I had expected. I am sure this was the case because it was very slow in the kitchen due to no customers. Definitely a good place to get a pint of Guinness or the like.
If you are in downtown Somerville and looking to take a break from shopping or just a pint...this is a good place to start. As mentioned...we will have to hit the place during peak hours to see how it really is. :)
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