O'Donaghue's Irish Pub — Restaurant in Miramichi

Really liked the atmosphere but the food was overpriced and horrible. Waiter we had was nice but needs to stay focused an should know enough not to linger too long...especially when your not saying anything...personal space. As far as the food we had.... worst ....shepherds pie I've ever had! The potatoes on top looked fancy but forget any semblance of flavour and decent ingredients beyond greasy ground beef and over cooked mashed potatoes that have been squeezed thru a chef's decorating tube. Seafood soup or bisque was also a let down. I'm thinking came from a can at least partly. Also, its the Maritimes....why is seafood soup of all things as expensive as it was and I'm sure still is? A complaint was made to our waiter and I had forgotten all about the experience until Google maps prompted me for a review. Get a new chef and or revamp the shepherds pie and seafood soup. I'm not from the area but my father is and ive lways cherished my time there when and if I get to go back. The experience at your establishment was very unpleasant. I'm just glad the old man didn't vocalize his criticisms like he usually does. Thus didnt want to flame the discontent..That said....4 years ago this August I went to your establishment for the first time with an acquaintance and had, from what I remember, a decent burger and had nothing to complain about. Nor was I prompted by this app with which I'm writting my review. Thus am letting you know now. Would love to give you and any establishment in the area my business but not when someone is charged as much as they are for piss poor quality. Sans your burgers. Decor and atmosphere is important and you've hit the nail on the head...now put more effort into your dishes. I gave you 3 stars based on both experiences combined. Otherwise I'd...

I rarely write negative reviews, as I always try to support local businesses. Normally, my experiences at O’Donoghue’s are great—the food is usually delicious, and the service is solid. Unfortunately, my visit on August 27th with 8 coworkers was the worst restaurant experience I’ve ever had.

We sat down at 12:18 pm. It took 20 minutes just to get water, and our orders weren’t taken until 12:55 pm. By 1:35 pm, the server told us our food would be another 20–30 minutes, even though we had already been waiting nearly an hour. At 2:00 pm, I had to go inside multiple times to ask about our meals. Our food didn’t arrive until 2:18 pm—two full hours after sitting down.

When it finally came, my Pubhouse Club was cold, dry, and somehow also soggy. The bun had no mayo or sauce, and the sandwich was extremely disappointing. At that point, we had no choice but to grab takeout boxes and rush back to work. Some of my coworkers food was STILL not ready and had to leave without food and hungry...

What made it worse was that our table was essentially forgotten. The server never checked on us during the long wait, and after all that, we were only offered a 15% discount. For two hours of waiting and such poor quality food, that felt completely inadequate.

I understand that busy days happen, but a two-hour wait for lunch service is unacceptable. This experience left me very disappointed, and I hope management takes it seriously, because it was nothing like the O’Donoghue’s I’ve come to know. This restaurant is capable of better, and I hope this was just an exception rather than the...

Had not been there for years as if there wasn't a problem with the food it was the service... on August 1st/21 had family in from out of town gathering for the long weekend. Called as soon as they opened on Sunday morning to make a reservation for 6 PM for a group of 15 people for dining INSIDE (which I specified at the time)was told no problem but with such a large group we would have to be seated in the upstairs. Perfect. No problem. Got there at appointed time and was told they had to bump my group to outside dining as they gave my table away to a group of 20 people - without a reservation- who had just showed up. Found my group had been seated outside. Not enough room for me. Finally had to ask to have another table brought over. Filthy dirty table (with ants crawling all over it)was placed down in front of me by same guy who had given away my reservation, who then without even wiping down the table walked away.... I finally had to ask for someone to wash down the table. Our waitress was good. The food was good. Good value for the money however, I will NOT be back. If I would have wanted to share my meal with ants, flies and mosquitoes I would have saved myself the trouble and the money and would have had a pb&j sandwich on my own patio. Actually, there are no ants...