O'Connell's Irish Pub & Grill

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  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.

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  Posted on 12.06.12 Greg L.

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  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.

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  Posted on 09.10.12 Jack O.

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  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.

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  Posted on 08.15.12 Elise P.

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  I think O'Connell's is a good place for the bar scene and such. I like that they give you plastic cups that you can keep. I love their Wings deal on Monday! 50 cent wings. You can get a good amount of food for a pretty good price! And their wings are big!! Not like the ones from BBW. I like their original sauce. They have a spicy sauce too, but I really didn't like that one. It just tastes like tabasco sauce to me.... Their original sauce is better and good enough to eat, but definitely on the sweet side. They give a hefty pour of sauce on their wings and their is definitely no need to dip it more so in it. But like I said, its a good deal and filling.

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  Posted on 08.03.12 Uyen P.

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  Great service and the beer was the coldest in town.

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  Posted on 07.13.12 Rene H.

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  This used to be one of my favorite places to get a burger when I was a student at OU.  I was recently back in town and headed to what some call "NewConnell's' since they moved from the old location I knew.
  
  Downgrade #1 -- The sodas no longer come in souvenir cups.  Lame, I used to love having a free cup after every time I went there.
  
  Downgrade #2 -- I was going sans bacon, so I did not order my usual ranch hand burger.  Instead I went with a burger that the mention clearly stated had 'onion rings / cheese / bbq sauce'.  That's it.  Oh, and I ordered it with regular fries.  The burger came out with curly fries and bacon.  Double lame.  At least I could remove the bacon myself, and the curly fries were decent.  And fortunately, the server didn't seem to concerned about the wrong things being brought out, so at least she wasn't sad or anything.
  
  The burger was just okay, not as good as I remember.  The service was good on the refills, and other than the apparent lack of caring about my screwed up burger, it was generally attentive.
  
  In the past, this place was a definite 4 star, but based on the recent experience, it's a 3-er.

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  Posted on 09.10.11 Bryan B.

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  This new O'connell's on campus corner may be my favorite bar in Norman.  It's great to come with a few friends, have a $3 burger on Wednesdays, and through back some $1 pints.  After happy hour they have about the best priced pitchers on campus corner, $5.50.  It's quite enough to hang out with some friends, but lively enough to have some fun.  There is also shuffleboard and air hockey available to play if you get bored.

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  Posted on 07.24.10 Jordan K.

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