O'Connell's Irish Pub & Grill

Instead of standing in line and paying a cover at Howl at the Moon like my firends and I originally planned, we went across the street and walked right in to O'connell's. Downstairs was crowded in the shotgun style bar, so we headed upstairs where we found a table to sit down. No problem ordering rounds, though there were lots of people in this place.

Lots of selection, stiff liquor drinks, cold beer. They had ESPN on in the corner.

I know it's game day.  I know that most college youth are wasteful.  But dear god, please give me more than one napkin.  And are you serious about the little plastic cups for drinks?  I wanted a Coke before I started my drinking binge and they bring out this little yellow plastic cup that won't even hold a whole can of soda.

I enjoy O'connell's food, atmosphere and drinks.  I don't mind the crowds on game-days.  But once I do finally manage to get a table I want to enjoy my time sitting there eating my sandwich like a big boy.

This is a decent place to go for a drink while hanging out, or for Thursday nigh trivia night, but that's about it.  The food is just ok, very generic bar food that's a little over priced.  The wings are actually pretty good though because the sauce is tasty.  Just beware that they're over-sauced (I suggest asking for it on the side) and overpriced at about $1 per wing.  The drinks are ok, but they are regularly out of beer selections and their well options for liquor are terrible (common theme in Norman).  The service is also consistently terrible.  I usually visit with a group of 4 and each time we've had to wait for a long time for each stage of service, from greeting to ordering to paying out.  Usually the server drops the water at the table without a word and immediately walks off.  We've had to flag down our server after several minutes to inform her (somehow it's always a female, I'm not just biased) that we are actually going to order food.  Or drinks other than water.  If they didn't offer a decent trivia night from The Lost Ogle, I wouldn't visit at all.