This place is a standard beer/sports bar. It's actually more inviting than it appears from the outside. The food and drinks are pretty cheap, and it looks like they have pretty good specials. The food was all pretty good. Their chicken sandwich was actually a lot better than I was expecting, and they have crinkle fries that were pretty good.
Review Source:I've given this place three tries. I travel a lot so when a place is recommended I'll check it out. Â The first time the food was horrible, if someone thinks it's great, they really need to get out more. Â The prices are fine, but maybe we just had a bad chef that day.
My biggest issue is the rudeness and deplorable behavior of the bartenders. Â Three times over the past two years, and it's still the same. Â The first time we sat at the bar for almost 15 minutes while some yahoo flirted with the guy across the bar, then hastily and with a BAD attitude poured our drinks. Â She made mine wrong, used the wrong liquer in fact and still wanted to charge me. Â So we left.
The second time, some long haired old bartender made the visit almost the same. Â NO ONE was in there, but for some reason it was just WAY TO Â Â DIFFICULT to pour a beer and make a whiskey sour. Â If you hate your job, find a new one. Â She was so rude I vowed to NEVER go back. Â
Then last night I was out with a friend and she wanted to pop in.  Besides  another RUDE bartender who lied to me about my drink,  she made it wrong, was rude to my friend when she asked for a lime, and in general should not be a bartender....there was like 4 other employees just floating around.....we had to wait about 10 minutes before being acknowledged.  She couldn't handle a bar with like 10 people, seriously.
at about 11:45 this fat guy comes out rings a bell and screams we need to drink em out, and get the hell out. Â This is not a college bar.....it was not called for. Â Then the twit of the bartender finally asks the people next to us if they'd like another drink. Â Ummmmm they've been waiting for 20 minutes, and now they have, after the time you get the drinks, 5 minutes to guzzle them down.
Waste of time, just don't go there. Â I have found some great irish pubs in Lexington and this place just needs to go away.
If you go to O'Neills website you can see their menu, which puts the irony on full display.
"Traditional Irish Pub" it says. Menu items? Southern fried chicken wings, quesadillas, nachos, etc...
By "traditional" I guess they mean normal American bar food with Irish puns in the name: "o'nachos" and "gaelic mushrooms." haha. Riiiiight.
This is not the pub I was looking for.
Got a keg table and absolutely loved it. We got in right before a band went on so we didnt have to pay a cover charge which is always nice.
Beer at the table was a tad pricey but who cares? We didnt have to wait in line at the bar! The live music added an extra touch to it all.
The crowd here is quite diverse. There was college kids and people old enough to be their parents there as well.
Nice people, very nice interior and furnishing, great food, good value.
Easy to find, just a short distance down Richmond Road, inside New Circle Road.
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Entertainment most nights, with a cover charge Fridays and Saturdays
Dine on the patio or on your own keg table.
Yes, plop down to your very own tap table and drink your favorite adult beverage to your hearts content. Pay for your beers by the gallon, or was it by the liter?
UPDATE 11/03/2011 - I understand that the restaurant is under new management which means nothing to me since i live 600 miles away. But - I was happy with the place as it was before, so best of luck to those who find them.
Just hoping the men's room got updated and fixed with the new owners.