If I were rating this place on my dinner, the service, or atmosphere alone I would give it 5 stars for sure. Unfortunately I have to factor in the beverages and that drops the overall score to 3 (and it would be 2.5 if I could give half stars).
First the good part. Cute waitress with a bubbly personality and a fireplace, I don't know how you could go wrong. The food outstanding, best fish fry I've had outside of the Midwest and only my grandma could make boxty that tasy.
Now the bad part. I ordered a Guinness and I haven't ever wondered what it would taste like if you let it sit out in the sun in the sun for 3 weeks after straining it through a pair of dirty socks?but now I know. So I asked to replace my Guinness with a Smithwick's and when I explained why I could tell the bartender had no idea what Guinness is supposed to taste like or that he was a indeed, a total assclown. My guess is that there CO2/Nitrogen system isn't working at all, isn't working properly, or is just non-existent. And even if it were working they probably don't use the 25% CO2 and 75% nitrogen Guinness recommends to keep the beer fresh.
Too bad the Smithwick's didn't taste much better. Probably suffering from the same problems as the Guinness. Although this one did have a pleasantly surprising soapy taste. Perhaps they didn't wash the glass properly. Lucky me. My girlfriend didn't want me to make complain again so I bit my tongue and drank it.
You may be thinking 'It can't possibly get any worse than this?' but it does. At the end of our meal I ordered some Scotch. How could you possibly go wrong with Scotch? Well if you thin it with rubbing alcohol, or some other cheap alcohol based yet not fit for human consumption liquid that tastes of gasoline, you can. Now this may just be a hunch, but I have had my fair share of many Scotches fine and not so fine and this particular glass was absolutely undrinkable. To test my hunch I held my glass up to the light and sure enough it was diluted.
Pros: everything but the drinks
Cons: the drinks
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