Cleary's Pub — Restaurant in Chelsea

I ordered a wrap off their specials menu, I think is was called Alan's Chicken or something. It was supposed to have sautéed mushrooms. They brought me a sweet and sour chicken wrap. It was OK, pretty small though. I told the waitress and she said they'd make the correct one but we'd already waited a while for food, so I told her I didn't want to wait for them to remake it. They still charged me full price though. I dont think I've ever been charged before in a restaurant when they brought me the wrong food. Plus I dont know if they ran out of fries, but the portion on my plate was what you'd expect in a happy meal, it was just like the tiny cut ends, there were maybe 3 full sized fries.. Also, I asked if they could put Alfredo sauce on my daughter's kids spaghetti instead of marinara. They did, but they charged me $3.00. It was already $6 for a pretty small portion of pasta that doesn't come with anything else (side/drink) so now I'm at $9 for a kids meal and my kid is still hungry afterwards. I don't mind paying but the waitress should have told me it was $3 extra and I'd have just ordered my daughter the adult Alfredo entree for $11. The wife had the blackened salmon sandwich which was very good, she wanted sweet potato fries which they have and she got a full plate of them which was great, but again there was an undisclosed upcharge of $2-3 dollars. The waitress was nice, but when you spend over $50 for 2 small bowls of pasta and 2 sandwiches and you get the wrong food and 3 out of 4 of you leave hungry, its not a...

Cleary's Pub is one of our favorite local restaurants. Their menu has great variety and the entrees never disappoint. In person the service was always good. We wanted to support them during Covid and they have been our main source for carryout. However, their desserts have been totally hit or miss. We really like the idea of getting a complete meal, including a dessert to top it off, but this area of the kitchen seems to really lack quality control. The first time I ordered bread pudding and it was completely burnt black I thought it was a fluke; when it happened a second time I emailed them with feedback and the owner generously mailed me a gift card. He said he would talk with the kitchen and subsequent bread pudding orders were improved. However, last night they were out of the pudding and my husband recommended the apple dumpling which he had enjoyed previously. We both ended up with truly disgusting servings of raw dough and uncooked apple, there seemed to be no effort to cook the dumpling at all. When we return to indoor dining the server could of course eyeball a plate and would presumably notice the glob of dough (and if not we would have sent it back), but for carry out it's been really disappointing to pay for and look forward to a special treat and repeatedly get something that was legitimately inedible. I'm glad they are busy and doing a good business, and I'm sorry to call them out publicly, but they really need to take more time making sure their desserts are up to par with the rest...

We have been to Cleary’s Pub several times and have really enjoyed the food. The fish and chips is normally served hot and delicious. The burgers are great. Today, it wasn’t good. We have no idea what the cook thought he was doing with the French fries. He cut the potatoes so thin that they were curling up. They were overcooked and translucent. The whole potato was ruined. Not one part of the “French fries” were soft. Every piece of potato was bad. We asked the waitress why he made them like that, and she said that’s how it’s been the last year. We have eaten there the last 3 months at least 5 times, and never had such bad fries. They normally look like fries and taste good. The fish was awful too. It wasn’t the traditional thick, white fish that the cook made in the past. It was extremely thin barely any fish, just a whole bunch of bad tasting oversalted batter strips. Why ruin a good thing? The hamburger was okay. My son asked for medium well and it still had some pink. The waitress took forever bringing over the check, and then we had to wait so long for the change. She finally comes back, and yells out is there anything else I can do for you? Like she really was so helpful. It wasn’t a good meal. We won’t be back again. It’s not worth $56 for some Pepsi and 2...