Based on the great advertisement on-line for this place, drove with family and friends all the way from Dripping Springs to watch Nascar and eat fish and chips in this âIrish sports barâ. Arrived to find a pleasant place with the bar area full of late Sunday afternoon regulars. No one else there. They were out of most of the on-tap beers with the bar tender trying to get carbonation sorted out on one of the few beers they had. My wife wanted a Chardonnay from a long listing of wine they had â they only had one bottle of white at all. We ordered food â no fish and chips or most of the other foods on the on-line menu. Settled for Shepardâs pie after we order Bangers and Mash that never came (only to find out an hour later they donât serve Bangers and Mash). The Shepardâs pie came and looked like strained Beefy Campbellâs soup wedged between 2 scoops of HEB microwaved mash potatoes.
We asked the bartender to turn on the Nascar race with the many TVs in the bar. He was only permitted to change the channel on one of the TVs in the dining room as to ânot disturb the locals.â So, we sat with drinks that were not wanted, some attempt at looks nothing like Shepardâs pie, and trying to watch a muted TV with the race while the locals at the bar swapped loser lies on a Sunday afternoon.
My wife decides to download the app and play juke box. She loads $20 of credits and picks out all the songs. As the music starts, the volume was instantly turned down. We inquired and the volume was returned to a reasonable, listening level. Soon the volume went almost off â again inquiring, we see that one of the locals at the bar had control of the volume via a remote. The locals evidently didnât like the songs or volume as it probably interfered with their great live stories that were being swapped. The young bartender told us to call the company of the juke box for a refund.
At this point, weâd had enough. A couple yells/screams at the locals and we were gone.
This place is a joke compared to the great advertising from their website. Highly recommend that you pay for overpriced beer and food that isnât advertise elsewhere â at least the atmosphere...
   Read moreWow! Walked in for a drink after an event we were at tonight. Stood at the bar, while the bartender talked to people and then made about three drinks for some other customer. She got done and walked to every person at the bar...purposely going around us and asked them if they needed anything and then went to picking up empty glasses. She never said hi. She never acknowledged us and never asked us what we would like! WTH! Unless you are a regular, NEVER GO HERE!!! Do not waste your time!
Update: I cannot speak more highly of the owner of this establishment. He reached out to me through here and by email to make things right right away! He was so kind and friendly. I look forward to meeting him and shaking his hand. My husband and I will be going back on in the next few days and I will be sure to update you all on our second visit. I have updated the 1 star to 4, because of the effort Bill made. If we have a fantastic experience, I will update it to 5. :)
Holy buckets!!! This place is the JAM! Iâm not just saying this. We stopped in tonight 7/10/19 and I am so grateful that the owner reached out to me and asked us to come back. The patrons welcomed us with open arms and we had a blast at karaoke! The bartender treated us like family. Please give this place a go anytime you get a chance! Maybe we will see...
   Read moreVery friendly staff & other customers where very nice & welcoming. Bar tender Jen was amazing & helpful!
Update: I had to come back an update my review. So now that I've been in TX for 3 years, I'm now a regular here. Staff at the bar is still great-- Alicia (gorgeous blonde) & Chandler are my favorite đ. Inta (not Russian) is a very hard working owner who I consistently see going above and beyond. During the holidays (starting Halloween) the place is nicely decorated. Has great seasonal themed parties! Karaoke night's on Wednesday (Dan's my favorite) and Friday's. Drinks are reasonably priced given it's Lakeway. I do miss our old KJ's (Marrissa and Jon) on Friday nights. Sometimes we get young kids trying to get in for under age drinking/ fake id's. That's normally caught right away by staff or us the regulars, as we don't like kids coming in and let's say not being able to handle their alcohol. This place is Ike our very own CHEERS. I can't say enough about this little hidden treasure...
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