Full Irish Breakfast / Irish bacon, sausage, two eggs, black and white pudding, grilled tomato, baked beans, breakfast potatoes, toast - 5⭐!
I traveled in Scotland in 2016 and ever since, a couple of times a year I seek out a full English/Scottish/Irish breakfast somewhere around LA. Turns out a lot of UK pubs serve them!
My visit to The Irish Times was the first time I had an Irish breakfast. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what the difference is. What is consistent with all of these meals is they are huge, filling and tasty and The Irish Times did not dissapoint in any category.
Black/white pudding is quite rare in Los Angeles. It was nice to see it as part of the one at Irish Times. While I'm not a super fan of the puddings, I do like it and ate these ones with gusto. The rest of the breakfast was fantastic. Irish bacon reminded me a lot of Canadian bacon. I think the US needs to reconsider baked beans with a hearty breakfast.
The pub was tucked in a quiet corner of West LA. I was there on a day when street parking was easy to find. The Irish Times might have a parking lot but if they do, it couldn't be too large. I was there for a brunch meal so it wasn't busy at all. The bartender was the server and he was great. Super helpful and friendly.
It is a pub so it was dark inside and had a pool table, full bar, and pub art. I sat in a big booth. I'm sure this place is rolicking at night and especially on St. Patrick's Day. They aren't just a pub. They have a full menu with lots of tasty looking pub food to...
Read moreCame here for St Patrick’s Day to try to have a good time, but was pretty shocked about how it turned out. $20 cover charge. Rudest drunkest guests stumbling into you with no regard. Bartenders over charging for everything. If you aren’t a local customer don’t expect to be taken care of. We were so hungry, but the kitchen had just closed. A bunch of people were still eating all around us. I begged for anything and a friendly bar back / employee offered me his side of fries. I was pretty surprised and happy. I offered to pay for them. The bartender jumped in and took my card and charged me $16…for a side of fries. He acted like he was doing me a huge favor since the kitchen was closed…What an absolute joke. Charge me $8 for side of fries. Not $16. All and all. Place needs to be redone and fixed up. Beer taste like warm pee here and place smells like sewage. Plenty of other great Irish bars, like Jameson’s that are real establishments and care about...
Read moreOverall I’d give my review 3.5 stars. The bartenders are nice and friendly. Drinks were good. The food was nothing special though. I had the corned beef sandwich and it was good, but nothing to write home about. The corned beef seemed a little dry and not fresh also. My wife had the chicken curry which the menu said it comes with vegetables but when it arrived it was only chicken curry with onions. We pointed it out in the menu that it said with vegetables but the man who delivered it to our table only answered with he’s not the chef. I asked him if he could ask the kitchen and they said they had no vegetables. Would’ve been nice to have a better resolution than “I’m not the chef”. Besides that we liked the pub and would return. But, don’t expect anything special...
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