Lyon's Pub — Restaurant in Minneapolis

We stopped at this pub on the way to a Twins game. It wasnt super busy when we got there but got a littlr busier due to an event at the Target Center in addition to the ballgame. We ordered a couple beers and eventually mozzarella sticks. The mozz sticks are legit jumbo sized and were decent in taste. There was only one bartender there for a while but a second one came later on. I asked the original bartender if we needed to cash out and he said no because he wasnt leaving. We hung out for a while and noticed that our original bartender was now on the far side of the bar where we couldn't even see him. The new bartender didnt even look at us. Eventually we were leaving for the game and asked the new guy for our tab. He said he couldn't close it out because they dont share tabs. We had no idea the new guy couldnt even serve us if we wanted something. It made sense at that point why he looked through us the entire time. A few mins later I watched him tell our original bartender we wanted our tab. We waited over 20 mins and never got the check. I stood up to go over to the far side of the bar to ask again and The new guy says to me "I told him you wanted it" with an attitude. I said I know I saw you, but its been over 20 mins just for a check. He got belligerent and repeated himself then said they were busy. I said I get that. I just didnt understand why he couldnt print it out. He went over and told the guy again himself and it took 5 seconds to get the check. It was ridiculous that we wanted to pay our money but they couldn't close out the tab. The place was okay until the ridiculous attitude. Just be aware if you switch bartenders mid-meal, the new one cant help you according...

Decent pub, styled after an English pub, which they got passably correct. Unfortunately, they didn't have a single English style beer-- closest they had was Irish Guinness. There WAS a decent beer linup for the USA, not all IPAs, so you'll find something. But if you're going to market yourself as an English Pub, and have 20 beers, you could at least have 1 single English beer on tap or bottle.

Food was meh. I visited pub for dinner, then next day for lunch. Their chicken wings are billed as Chesapeake wings, which are just buffalo with Old Bay sprinkled on top... they forgot the old bay on mine, had to ask to get a cup of it separate. However, they DID cook them up extra crispy as asked, and they were excellent that way. Worth having, and the spice on side was actually better as I could put just right amount on.

Next day for lunch, I asked about the corned beef on reuben, and was told it wasn't thin sliced, more a slab, so I passed and ordered their french dip. Unfortunately, it also was just 2 slabs of thick, chewey, hard to tear apart beef. Supposed to be thin sliced beef, their chef should try one at literally any other place in the world... it was very hard to tear apart with teeth and eat, not good.

Overall good service and atmosphere, food was just not done to standard...

I'm giving them a 4 🌟 as I've had many many enjoyable evenings there with friends and co-workers for happy hours and work functions. This particular visit however was about a 2 🌟. A friend and I went there for there half off appetizer happy hour special. While the food taste great and the portions we're large and the bill was small.. the service was terrible. It was not busy by any means yet it took a painfully long amount of time from when we sat down until the time we were served (appetizers keep in mind). From that point the server filled our sodas twice then neglected us to the point I had to find him to ask for our bill as we had been sitting there empty glassed and clearly ready to leave for some time. Again the wait for the bill and the change and the box for our leftovers was abhorrently long. 85% of our time there was awkwardly spent waiting on our missing in action server. Thinking back now makes me upset that I didn't reach out to management. If I had to rate the service it would be 0 🌟. I know Lyon's Pub can do better though because it always has before and the food is great. Had this been my first time there and I experienced this awful service I would...