Been here with a few friends a few times in the evenings for beers. Took my wife today for lunch and we'd never had any of their food. I ordered the Down South with a slice of swiss cheese, had the meat cooked slightly medium and it was one of the best burgers I've ever had in my life! The fries are all hand cut and made there. I don't see how the complaints for this place even exist. One commenter saying the tables and floor are sticky? It's a friggin bar not some upscale 5 star establishment. Back home in Weston, Missouri the Irish bar is under a cellar and it's extremely popular. It took a few minutes for the waitresses to see us but other than that the service rocked. We will definitely be back again!
Review Source:Whoa, put the Haterade down, y'all.
We arrived early on Saturday afternoon to have lunch. Â Nice little outside dining area.
The burger: one of the best I have had down here. Â Really, really good.
House made tortilla chips: salt those puppies up and enjoy.
The prices: pretty damn good for the quality.
The service: so friendly and attentive.
This is a really good place for some pub grub. Â Only ding is that there isn't any music on outside. Oh, and they had a West Ham banner up...GROSS!
Short Story: Mediocre to poor food, decent atmosphere, service... the bartender loudly called me a "dumbass" to another customer and was very rude.
Full Story: My wife and I bought a coupon book and this place had a couple coupons in it. I don't have the book with me right now but its $20-30 for a bunch of "BOGO" restaurant coupons in the charleston area. When I tried to use the coupon for some take-out, the bartender told me it was dine-in only because people usually order drinks and that's how they make money. I told him that A) it has to actually say "dine-in only" on the coupon for it to be dine-in only, and B) I had ordered a beer and appetizers and was planning on leaving a nice tip, so by eating take out I wouldn't be losing them any money. Many of the coupons in the book do say "dine in only" but nowhere on the Calder's Pub coupon does it say anything to that effect. The point is, if I had known that I couldn't use this coupon, then I would not have ordered a ($6!!! draft) beer or appetizers. When I use coupons, I usually end up leaving the coupon's value as a tip; I waited tables for 5 years, I know how it is. Anyway.
So I told the bartender that the coupon doesn't say "dine in only" and that I only ordered all this extra stuff because I had assumed the coupon would work. At this point the bartender, who I don't want to get fired so I won't name names, literally threw my debit card back at me, told me angrily that he would void the beer and told me to "do my thing", and then loudly called me a dumbass to another customer. He did void the beer but he was extremely rude. I work 12 hr shifts and I don't have time and/or don't feel like going out to dinner in between shifts, and I tried to be courteous by not just trying to use this coupon to my advantage (I ordered a beer and appetizers in addition to two entrees, which the kitchen forgot fries on). I tried to make my "take out" as "dine-in" as possible, just so the restaurant would not have lost any money, because based on the coupon it could be used for take out or dine in.
I can understand that your PR guy or whatever forgot to write "dine-in only" on the coupon, but I was not trying to take advantage of the coupon, don't call me a dumbass. You are not my friend or acquaintance and it is simply not right, especially since restaurants are supposed to be hospitable. Sure its a sports bar...but its on Isle of Palms right next to Target. This is not the type of place where a customer at a restaurant should expect to be cursed at. Besides, I have used several other similar "buy one get one free" coupons from the book to order take-out and have had no problems.
To top it all off, the wings were nothing special, although the hot sauce was pretty good. The chicken tenders were absolutely weak; sorry guys but frozen, flattened chicken nuggets do not pass as "buffalo strips". The potato skins were bland. If you want good chicken strips try kickin chicken and if you want good wings go to Norm's downtown. They make them differently than anywhere else - any "dumbass" can put wings in a fryer and toss them in sauce. If you want a good sports bar experience with good food there are about a million places around here that aren't staffed by rude, washed out people.
I used to go here all the time until I moved 2 yrs ago -and it was great. So, when I was back in Mt.P visiting I wanted to try again---but was disappointed. Ok came there for the wings-once I saw they are basically $1/per piece-scratch that. I ordered a terriyaki burger-had no flavor and had to ask for additional sauce on the side to dip in. My sis who came with me ordered a chicken ranch sandwich. Literally looked like a frozen chicken breast with those fake grill marks on them-luke warm with cold squirt of ranch on top-and they forgot the bacon. The onion rings were good-once I added salt. The fries were ok, but again barely warm. The french dip was good, but then its just beef and bread and dipping sauce-cant really screw that up right.
Review Source:My time at this pub was short-- about 30 minutes. Â On that Friday, my party of 3 arrived at 11:45 pm at night. Â The restaurant was dead but the bar had a decent number of people. Â In the brief time here, I honesty enjoyed my visit. Â The bartender was really funny in that sarcastic way. Â He busted my chops but it was all good natured. Â A friendly waitress chatted with us for a while. Â
Our bill was about $81 for 4 car bombs, 2 vodka shots, 2 grand marnier shots, and 3 beers.
Note: Blue Moon is not on tap. Â I would recommend Shock Top (it is on tap).
I will NEVER eat here again! Where to begin?
CLEANLINESS: I arrived shortly after the pub opened at 11 AM, a time where you would expect a dining establishment to be very clean. As I walked through the front doors (that looked like they could use a bottle of glass cleaner) I noticed my shoes sticking to the floor with every step I took. I took a seat at my table and immediately noticed that my elbows were sticking to the table. The empty appetizer plate brought to me to  dispose of my shrimp tails had some type of crumbs and soap scum on it. As I reached for a napkin, I saw multiple sauce stains and dust that covered the top of the dispenser. When I visited the bathroom to wash my hands it was no surprise that the bathroom was disgusting with a sticky floor and toilet that looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a week!
ATMOSPHERE: Walking up to this place I definitely thought it was an Irish pub. The shamrocks etched on the front doors and every window boast the fact they have Guiness, Harp, etc. When I walked in there were several flags hanging from the rafters of college sports teams and televisions mounted to the walls. Additionally, there were pictures on the wall of sports icons like Babe Ruth and Budweiser posters mixed with some Irish flare. Some of the televisions were mounted so close to the ceiling there is no way you'd be able to enjoy watching a game on them. Not to mention the high mounted televisions look like they were obtained from an old motel that just closed. It was obvious that the ownership doesn't know whether to make this an Irish Pub or a sports bar.
FOOD: I was interested to see what they had on the menu. Since it had green pages I instantly thought Irish food was on tap and was looking forward to some corned beef and cabbage or something, but the menu had nothing Irish at all. It was strictly bar food! Wings and burgers. I am fine with bar food, but if you are going to imply you are an Irish Pub, serve something Irish OTHER than beer! The chicken wings I ordered were good, but let's face it.... It is pretty hard to mess up wings! I also had some fried okra that tasted like it was cooked three days ago and left in a microwave: horrible! The sweet tea I ordered was extremely watered down and tasted sour.
SERVICE: I was the first customer of the day and when I walked in I was told to seat myself. After seating myself, it took at least five minutes for my server to bring me a menu. The server and the bartender were having a personal conversation about some party the bartender was at. I clearly heard the bartender say, "I wasn't drunk, I took four hits of acid." REALLY? Do what you want to do in life, but I'm quite sure the owner wouldn't appreciate statements like these being made in front of his/her customers. Really, I could care less since I will never again return. This is one of those places where most of the employees need to find a different line of work because it is obvious they don't care about the customer OR the owner!
CONCLUSION: By far the worst place I have ever eaten in Mount Pleasant! This place needs a major overhaul!
Despite my unpleasant first time experience, I continued to visit this bar in hopes of walking away with a different view. This, however, never happened. I officially am an avid anti-Calder's patron.
I have never experienced worst customer service anywhere in my entire life! The vibe I got from this pub was, we have enough local regulars to support our bar and/or are wealthy enough to continue running it without good customer service that we don't care to serve you. When there are 2 groups and about 8 people in a bar and 2 of the people are in your group, you wouldn't think it would be difficult to get the bartenders attention. Think again, even when she looks at you and looks at your empty glass and then continues her conversation with her friends, you must resort to holding your glass up, shaking it, and starring right at her, oh wait, that doesn't work either, now you must awkwardly yell to her in a pretty much empty bar and then receive strange, unfriendly looks from her and her annoying company that she cares more about than keeping customers and getting tips.
BTW, I am not the only one who strongly thinks this.
Stopped by last week for a couple of late night, outside beers. Â Service and selection were very good. Â Noticed they have NTN Trivia, so I asked about it. Â The waitress told me they do Monday night team trivia with house cash prizes, $50 for first, $20 for second and $10 for third. Â Monday is also half-price burger, half-price bottle of wine and 50 cent wing night.
The burgers are excellent. Â The wife and I both had the Down South burger. Â The patty was thick and juicy. Â The slaw, chili and pickles were fab.
Prior to ordering my burger, I checked the menu for other specialties. Â The front of the menu indicates that wings are what they do. Â I had to try 10 of them. Â They were pretty bad. Â The garlic were nearly flavorless, the hot BBQ were simply BBQ. Â Thankfully they didn't run me more than $5. Â The burger was less than that, I was still hungry, so I got me one of them.
The live trivia was fun if not a bit boring.
This is a nice place for a drink, serving the best burger I've had in town.
I was in town for my grandfather's 90th birthday party, and so were the rest of my 20 cousins. Â Our uncle Jimi set up a gig to play here on a Saturday night, and we had a blast. Â Second Honeymoon played beautifully, originals and covers, and the service was fantastic. Â Most of the bar was filled with people coming to the show, and our family members, about 35 of us, moved around as we chatted, but the servers didn't mind at all. Â There were only 3 waitresses on staff, as far as I could count, but it sure didn't seem like it. Â They earned their tips that night, doing a great job of making sure our beers never emptied without asking us if we wanted another, and that's hard for a huge crowd like we were. Â I was really impressed. Â They have a great variety of well-priced beers. Â I recommend the Woodpecker cider.
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