I visited Stout with a friend last week, and was impressed. Â The interior is beautiful, and the selection of brews was pretty decent, though they could certainly offer more craft beer varieties to suit my snobby taste ;). Â The bartenders were very friendly and welcoming. Â We did not eat anything so I cannot comment on the food offerings. Â However, from my limited experience there, I think Stout is a great addition to an otherwise struggling area of Oakland Park. Â Hopefully it will be successful, as Ft Lauderdale needs less Flanigans-Duffys-Ale House type chains and more places like this.
Review Source:Went to Stout last night for the first time after driving by it to/from work for quite some time. Â Don't know what it looked like before the renovation, but its very nice inside afterwards. Â Pretty loud in the bar area. Â Lots of TVs for sports fans.
I ordered a chef salad with chicken, since I had had a big lunch and wasn't that hungry. Â Was a standard salad, but they forgot the chicken and brought it out right away. Â It was warm and very moist. Â Was told by a friend that he liked his burger and fries.
I would return and try other things on the menu.
I live right by this place and my neighbor use to own it when it was Biddy Early's. I also like McSorley's (which is the same owner) so we decided to try it and I had previously been there a few times. Â The food has always been decent and the service is okay, but went there on a night when the Heat were playing in the finals and it was packed and ithere was no seating, t was standing in the bar only. Â Â
After standing at the bar for awhile I went up to the hostess stand to try and get a table for after the game. Â I figured it would clear out and we could finally sit and eat so I went up to the hostess stand and there was a guy standing there, which I am assuming was the manager. Â He completely ignored me and after ten minutes of me standing there, I finally had to falg him down to get his attention and when I did he was incredibily rude and acted put out that I would ask for a table. He then told me in a rude tone that they weren't seating anyone for the rest of the night. Â Really???
so when the place dies down at 10:00 and their are empyt tables you aren't going to seat those tables? Â
I work in the restaurant business. Â I know how it works and I understand when a places is that busy that people tend to get a bit cranky, and I aexpect it from a waiteress or a bartender, but not management. Â That really pissed me off and I haven't been back there since and probably won't. Â There are to many bars out there with better food and better prices for me to put up with someone talking to me like I'm an idiot!
Mediocre food, less than mediocre service. Â The place has a good feel to it...clean, hip and open, but to me, that is where the good ends. Â I went on a night when it was not busy, but for some reason the parking lots were all full. Â Hard to find a space on a slow night, so I can't imagine what it would be like on a busy night. Â Menu selection for an irish pub was decent and predictable. Â My friend had the fish and chips, which I tasted, and it was very good. Â I had the corned beef and cabbage, and it was terrible. Â The meat was stringy and it was in a flavorless broth, making for a wet mess. Â FYI - the table next to us ordered bangers and mash, and we overheard them telling the waitress that the "mash" was ice cold. Not sure how that happens. The service was really bad. Our waitress, who was not busy, was never to be found when we needed her. Â Plus she was not friendly. Â Not really rude, just so plastic and inattentive and seemed annoyed with any standard requests...like drink refills when drinks were empty for 10 minutes. Â Also, our bill was $39. Â I gave a $100 bill, and my change was a $50 bill, $10 bill and $1 bill. Â So, of course, I had to ask for change to give a tip, which took forever to get back. Â Always a pet peeve of mine. Seems like this place has potential, but I will not be back, until that potential is realized.
Review Source:I went there with my Wife and a couple of friends. A lot of TVs in the spot and some good sports on the tube. Just wish they would show UFC fights there. If they did that, I would be there for every UFC fight. The decor is great and the tables are really nice. The booths are real cool. The one issue, there isn't enough to choose from on the menu. I understand a small menu makes it easier, but this menu was REALLY small. That's the only negative. The food was good though. Can't go wrong on a burger.
Review Source:This place looks really attractive from the outside, the new owners did a fantastic job renovating this from the previous Biddy Early's. Â So I figured to give it a try, also being in Oakland Park. Â Parking can be tricky if you are unfamiliar with the terrain, I got a spot right up front. Â As soon as I walked in, I was immediately impressed with the interior. Â Great atmosphere! Â Plenty of TV's and hard wood flooring.
The service from the beginning was excellent, not to mention we got a really cool and attractive server as well as seated next to some hot 30 somethings at the bar there for some after work cocktails. Â
I decided to go with the burger, being I was starved from my slave labor job. Â The beef is supplied from a local Oakland Park landmark butcher shop named Smitty's, on Floranada rd. Â Well from the taste of the burger, the quality of the beef was present....excellent by my standard. Â Not too salty like Charm city can be, not that there is anything wrong with that....maybe for health reasons. Â The cheese I ordered (i forgot the name of it), pepper something......was creamy and have a very rich taste to it, great topping to accommodate the burger. Â The waffle fries are just as good as Chick-fil-A's, which is a huge bonus!!
  Of course I had to order a Guinness,  I'm not one of those guys that feels compelled to order one just because it's an Irish pub, but I think it might have been the sign logo out front of that street that made me unconsciously desire a Guinness!!  It took a few minutes to pour, but it was sweet as a NUT!!
Service was great, food was great, I'm sure to be back for happy hour!!!!
When first approaching Stout you are greeted with a gorgeous Chicago brick style facade. Hanging Ivy, drop mood lights, and outdoor music will draw you into the newly remodeled bar. Upon entering, you are welcomed by accommodating and friendly employees. One could opt to sit in the bar/lounge area which is a great spot for people watching or viewing their plethora of flat screens TVs (some booths have their own personal flat screens). Or, you could choose a more quiet area in their vast dining room which also houses some personal booth seating that are very intimate and cozy.  Stout has the versatility to offer a bar or dining experience, either of which are up to the patron. The menu offers classic American fare, (I personally recommend then spinach dip) or select Irish specialities, ( try the Guinness broth shepherds pie) There is a big bar scene which means loud music, if you are dining in the dining room and it is too loud  simply ask one of your servers to lower the music and they will be more than happy to. To typecast Stout as a true Irish pub would be incorrect, as well as to consider it an American bar. Stout has a little bit of both, each should be experienced and appreciated. This is a go to for sports, they show every game imaginable and even show boxing matches with no cover. For those who may be confused, there is no valet parking and the bar is open to 2am on weekdays and 3am on Saturday. There is a full liquor bar as well as 20 beers on draft. This is a new place, so give it a chance and I'm sure you'll enjoy it just as much as my friends and I have.
Review Source:Great place! The inside is gorgeous and the bartenders are very friendly. Â There are TVs everywhere so we always catch the current Miami game, the game in Detroit, and the Buffalo Sabres all at the same time. Â This is going to be our stop for football seaons! Â My finance had the burger and loved it! Also, lots of beer selections...including Banana Bread beer!
Review Source:I came to Stout for the first time last week with a few of my girlfriends. I heard it had been taken over by the same owners as McSorleys and I knew I wanted to check it out. We had been here multiple times when it was Biddy Early's and I was pleasantly surprised to see what they had done with the place...it no longer smells of smoke and there are huge tv's everywhere, including in many of the booths. The atmosphere is intimate and comfortable. The menu has some great Irish specialties like shepherd's pie, corned beef and cabbage (which they also do on sandwhiches and flatbreads!) and bangers and mash. They also have burgers, sandwhiches, salads, and unique daily specials...lots of choices. The beer list is huge! They have tons of great drafts and you can get a pint or a huge mug they call a "Mighty Mug". They also have some interesting craft beers to choose from along with a pretty nice wine list and a full bar. I ordered the corned beef of course, and my friends had the fish and chips and the shepherds pie. We all shared, and everything was done very well. The portions were great, especially for the prices. Very affordable. The service was great and everyone is really friendly. I love that there is a new place to come and eat and drink, that doesn't require such a long drive to get to, since I live west of I95. Andrews Ave needs more places like this that the locals can come and enjoy. It's going to be my regular spot to watch games, for sure.
Review Source:My friend had a groupon (or one of those deals) for $40 credit for $20 so we tried it out. Â We went on a Tuesday around 12:30 pm and it was not really busy. The place is new inside and was renovated for a sports bar, with tables,booths, lots of TV's and yes, rather loud music. We were greeted warmly and seated quickly. The menu is short, but there was a mix of dishes. I agree that there are only 4-5 Irish dishes, the common ones like fish and chips, corned beef and cabbage, bangers and mash. The rest are hamburgers, salads, sandwiches - like what you get at every American restaurant. The beer selection is huge and they have a full bar and some good wines by the glass.
Prices are all under $20 except for a few dishes so very reasonable. I had the coned beef and cabbage plate (minus the cabbage - and they didn't laugh when i asked for no cabbage) and my fried had the liver and onions. We ordered quickly, but it took a while for the food to come out- and I mean it was 35 mins before our food was brought. Not good if you are trying to bring in a lunch crowd and get people in and out in an hour. It wasn't that busy, and the corned beef had to have been made in advance, and how ling does it take to pan fry a liver with onions?
I was a bit irritated as the server was nice, but since we were drinking water and not alcohol, she didn't check back on us very often and I had to ask twice for more water.
When the food came, it was good. My corned beef was fresh and very moist, and the potatoes and carrots were cooked perfectly - most places under-cook them and they are partially raw. It was plated well and was a good portion of food. My friend loved the liver and onions, but hated the thick salty gravy they poured over the mashed potatoes. I looked at other peoples food and it looked good. Â
I would come here again to try something else. My friend would order the liver and onions again, but ask for no gravy. I never came to the previous restaurant and it's nice to have a new restaurant on Andrews.
The parking is limited and I would not want to be here on a Friday or Saturday night, but I would stop in again. However, I would tell them if I was in a rush, and I hope they can figure out how to get people in and out during lunch.
Seeing as how we have Stout listed twice, being also as Stout Irish Bar & Grill, and since they are one in the same, this review is rather identical to the other.
When this place started off, it started off with a bang as Biddy Early's Irish Pub. It was Fort Lauderdale's first up to date modern styled Irish pub having current top of the line Irish styling and design. However, that didn't last long. The once wonderful herb imported bangers and mash soon became a banger mush, the Shepherd's pie, shepherd slop, the fish and chips, a fishy tasting yuck what once started off as a spotless Bristol fashion environment became dirty, disheveled, and disorderly and to my nose, men's room/stale beer smelly.
Hence, I was thrilled to walk in and see how the place has now been reviewed and brought back to life as Stout. Once again the fish and chips are of fresh fish, good quality, and proper preparation; perfect to lace over with a touch of lemon and malt vinegar. It has now all been repainted, put back into proper order and generally as inviting as it once had been.
The service too is now professional, friendly and attentive along with a daily specials and a decent menu listing.
The only downside seems to be the background music. Maybe I'm just not with it anymore, but having loud rap background music in an Irish bar while dining on a traditional Irish fare, even though drinking a Newcastle, seems a slight out of place to me.
I've been there twice since the change, and am not sold.
Positive comments first: Â The remodel is beautiful! Â It is rich and technologically advanced. Â It is an Irish themed sports bar. Â It looks Irish and the food they serve is Irish too.
Negative: Â The music is too loud and too hip-hop/urban/house. Â To go into an Irish themed pint place to watch sports and have to suffer through the music makes it not work for me. Â The corned beef was fatty and chewy and the drinks are pricey. Â $6 a pint is outta my range for a local bar.
I would not recommend this place to my friends.
This was my first time there and it was really great! I had lunch with a friend, he had the fish n chips and I had the Shepherds Pie.
The food was wonderful. The fish n chips had a very nice light batter and the fish itself was flaky and delicious. My Shepherds pie was very tasty and well made.
Good quality food
The staff were friendly and attentive.
The bill was very reasonable..
The chef came out and asked us how it was, nice touch.
I'll go back soon to try more.
I was skeptical when I saw the short menu, but we gave it a shot.
I'll start with what's good - HUGE beer selection, as you'd expect from an Irish pub. The decor was very nice, TVs everywhere but still had a nice warm ambiance. They have daily specials, so they're at least trying to keep things fresh.
As for the menu, the only "Irish" things I saw were bangers and mash, shepherds pie, and corned beef sandwiches. I happened to luck out that their soup of the day was lamb stew, but it's not a regular menu item, nor is the typical potato leek soup I've come to love at other Irish restaurants. The rest of the menu was typical upscale bar food - burgers, flatbreads, pasta and fish dishes. I was a little bewildered seeing conch chowder as a regular menu item.
I ordered a salad and a bowl of the stew, my father had a pastrami sandwich. The salad was fresh and nothing special (but I didn't expect it to be). The lamb stew was thick with a good rich lamb taste but SO SALTY I could barely eat it. It had good chunks of meat, potatoes and carrot but the salt was just so heavy I ended up just fishing out the meat and leaving the bowl 2/3 full. The pastrami was tasty, but the sandwich was pretty mediocre in size for the price we paid. The waffle fries were a bit dried out.
We had a nice waitress but she was a bit hard to get near the end once we had stopped ordering beer and switched to water. It was a Sunday afternoon and we were almost the only ones in there, so it wasn't like they were swamped. When she cleared our plates she asked if I was done with the stew and I explained that it was too salty to finish. A man came by to pick up the rest of the dishes and I believe he may have been a manager. He asked how things were and I again explained the stew saltiness and he said he'd talk to the kitchen.
After waiting quite a while for our check, we never got an apology for the overly salted stew, nor did they offer to take it off the bill. Considering I barely ate 1/3 of it and the only other thing I had was a $4 side salad, I think it would have been appropriate to offer something else or at least comp us.
There was nothing else on the menu to tempt me into giving them another chance. I suppose if you're heavily into beer, this is the place to go, but we're more interested in the food and they just didn't warrant another visit.
The McSorley's Beach Pub folks recently opened this gem at the location where Biddy Early's Irish Pub used to be, but the comparison ends there. The new joint is huge, clean, re-painted, remodeled, and gorgeous! They have a nice menu and serve some Irish fare as well as American faves. The steak ($20) was a home run, so was the spinach dip.
I like this place because it has some nice sized- and private booths, great for confidential business dealings. I run a social media marketing company and restaurants act as a virtual office. Nice, new furniture, and brick throughout. They also add a smoking snug out back. You can smoke out front too, if you choose. My new fave hangout.
Dawn and Heather, Sara and Brittany are all and consummate pro-bartenders. Check out the video review: <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F5639tLyjaMM&s=96902744271bfd282482956e4fe21a88d2196580f54d0eb3e5e5c53d6a75889c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/5639tLyj…</a>
Cabeza OUT, see you at STOUT!
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