O'Reilly's Irish Pub & Restaurant — Restaurant in Indianapolis

I personally feel I would be remiss if I did not write this review of something that was so outright. On 5-25-18 (this pass Friday) myself and a friend/co-worker went in to have basically have a business lunch. After choosen our order, which was the Fish & Chips a full conversation was had with an employee that gave her first name to be Brittany about the portions and cost, after having the conversation myself, and my friend/co-worker order the same thing but she ordered the lunch portion that was explained came with one piece of fish, I explain I could eat just a little more, so I would take two pieces of fish. After receiving our order we received the same amount of food. Myself and my Friend/Co-worker questioned it, and once received the bill I was charged more than she was for the same amount of food. When we questioned Brittany she stated that "She has never had anyone complain about getting more food". My friend/co-worker responded "Yes, but I DID NOT ask for it", and "You charged her more, and the lunch portion came with a drink for less because of the portion, and I had water (no drink). Myself, and my friend/ co-worker differ in race, and we both believe this was outright, especially since a "full" conversation re: portion and cost was had prior to placing our order. I have tried calling the business several to speak with the Owner Mr. Keith Reilly, and was told he was not available, and there was no known e-mail or additional contact number. I have written a letter to inform him of what occurred in his place of business, and in the letter I stated I would write a review and strong consideration of contacting BBB (Better Business Bureau). This is not about the cost (*honestly that was minor), it is the principal of something being so outright, especially when a full conversation was had prior to ordering. I am encouraging minorities to please be aware of this type of business occurring at O' Reilly Irish Bar @ 36 S Pennsylvania St Indianapolis, IN...

What a disappointing restaurant, upon arrival told there was no seating available except at the bar or outside despite the main dining floor being empty. So outside we went, only to get a strong recurring scent of Marijuana coming from some random dude hanging out in the patio area despite clearly not being a patron of this place. We were also interrupted 3 more times by random people walking through the patio area asking us for money. Never once saw an employee or manager even attempt to limit people from walking in the fenced off patio. The service, our waitress was OK but she was visibly stressed out and when she brought us our bill, told us we had to handle cashing out ourselves as she was to overwhelmed to take our credit card, process payment and bring it back to us. How bad is management that they can't help this poor woman out. Finally, the food. None of it was good, the appetizer O'Reilly's cheese dip, which should be great since it bears their name, was grainy in texture and lacked any smooth liquidity or rich cheesy taste. It also had chorizo sausage in it, which seemed really odd for an Irish restaurant. My partner had a reuben sandwich that she tasted and thought "someone needs to clean the grill" due to an odd flavor and smell on the corned beef. I had the Cottage Beef Pie, and the most flavorful part of that disaster were the peas. The corned beef was swimming in brown gravy which ruined both flavor elements, and the cheese was flavorless which is probably the good news. Finally even our drinks were subpar. My iced tea was severely diluted probably made from instant mix. My partner's Arnold Palmer was also diluted or possibly lacked any iced tea element at all, it really looked and tasted like weak lemonade despite our waitress' reassurance that it was an Arnold Palmer. In summary, poorly run establishment with zero atmosphere, bad food and drinks. Don't waste your time...

Update: I checked some other reviews with pictures and the only thing I can think of is people from Indianapolis don't know good food or have never been to any other Irish pubs. Good grief.

A lackluster Irish pub in downtown Indianapolis.

We came after a day walking around the city for a casual early dinner. We love Irish pubs and have found quite a few amazing ones in our travels all over the world, this was the worst one I've been too.

Overall it wasn't terrible for a bar, just below average. The beers were decent, although with all the breweries in Indianapolis I would have liked to see more local brews. The Guinness was good and poured correctly though. I had one beer and would have ordered more, but the service wasn't good.

It was quiet when we went. Maybe 3 other tables tops. Our waitress was good at first. Good greeting and helped us with the beers and menu. But once we ordered she barely came back and when she did, I didn't have time to ask for another beer.

The food was very meh. If we were super hungry from walking around all day we probably would have eaten less than we did. I was told the fries were good and Lowry season, they were plain and bland. As stated, we didn't get a chance to mention anything and we were hungry. The sandwich I had was fine but the Irish Nachos we had were really sad. Probably the worst Irish Nachos I've ever seen.

Overall with the amount of places nearby we made a poor choice but I wish them well. I hope this was just an off day or something, but I won't be giving them another chance.

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