McAddy's — Restaurant in New York

My wife and I have been here on two separate occasions. we really want to love this place but both times we ran into something that to us, is off putting but might be ok with others. We are big Guinness drinkers. We frequent many Irish Pubs, dive bars, restaurants in the capital region but never seen Guinness served in regular 16 ounce generic pint glass. On both occasions we stopped here, (first time we thought was a fluke) we were served warm Guinness in a standard 16 ounce sierra Nevada pint glass. The whole bar is decked out in Irish theme with Guinness marketing everywhere. with a name like Mcaddys you would think the Guinness would be held to a higher standard. Its baffling. I witnessed others at the bar order Guinness and were served the same generic glass. Even an imperial Pint would be sufficient, not a standard pint glass. Maybe reach out to your distributor and ask for proper glassware. I'm sure the Guinness purists would thank you tremendously! Either than that, the mozzarella sticks were good, a tad bit over...

While staying at a nearby Airbnb, we stopped in for some quick take-out and enjoyed a beer while waiting. While the Caesar was fairly standard (but amply portioned with good dressing and croutons), the mozzarella sticks were ENORMOUS and melty throughout (even being take-out!) The bartender was friendly and attentive. We had such a good experience, I actually went BACK the next day for a turkey reuben, potato wedges and yet more mozzarella sticks. Different bartender, but equally friendly and on top of things. I wish I lived in Troy so that I could spend more time in the great neighborhood bar. It was a broad mix of ages and genders during my second visit (around 7pm during weekly trivia night) and I felt totally comfortable with my 17 year old, so I can imagine families stopping by earlier in the evening or a weekend afternoon. The brunch menu looks delicious...if we are ever back in town, I will...

I ate lunch here with my husband and found it came up lacking. Maybe it was an off day (they didn't have any tomatoes) or maybe it was the busyness (we were 2 of 4 total patrons inside) but I was disappointed.

I ordered a burger and he had the shrimp BLT (but - again - with no tomatoes). My burger, ordered medium with swiss, mushrooms, and bacon, was well done and had no bacon. The side of fries were large potato wedges and over seasoned. My husband's sandwich was just okay but nothing to write home about and he wished he had ordered something different.

I'm not compelled to go back and try again when there are still other places in Troy to grab a...