Micky's Irish Pub North Liberty — Restaurant in North Liberty

Frustrating option because it has so much potential. With all of the chain restaurants & cookie cutter brew pubs, Micky's offers something different. It simply needs to find where it's best potential lies & my advice to them is to be different than the local options.

It has a wide enough menu w/ a number of great options. Simply put, it does simple well. And that's not what the competition is doing. They overthink their menu, are too expensive & focus way too much on designer beer. Micky's keeps it simple & that's good.

Where it has challenges: not enough seating & hi top tables aren't for everyone. I would go w/ more traditional tables (w/ different seating) & get rid of the game area. I can't imagine you are making money there - people are turned away on busy nights. Bingo - love this concept. I imagine it works very well for you. But hosting it on traditional "football nights" like Monday, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday doesn't make sense. People come on those nights to watch & listen to the game. And bingo turns into a distraction or even an annoyance because you have competing customers. Tuesday, Wednesday are great nights for bingo & traditionally slow nights in the restaurant game. Play bingo then so you are busy every night. Parking - with more retail in the area, incl restaurants, parking is turning into an issue. By leveling off your crowds through pt #2 above, you help w/ the parking situation. Thumbs up in having a ton of tv's in the joint. But you need to pay more attention to what you are showing. Having the same game on an entire wall doesn't make sense. It's rare when the whole room wants to watch the same game. Every bar/restaurant is showing the same game. Be different. Since you have so many tv's, use it for the benefit of your customers & let them watch all the games. You'll attract way more customers...

Came here based on some great reviews. I was excited after reading the menu and settled on the French onion soup and the fish and chips. Didn’t think I could go wrong with that choice at a pub with great reviews. The French onion soup was cold. It had the taste of soup mixed with tap water. Some elements of the soup were good, however I suspect they took a little soup and mixed it with water and then put cheese on top. Then served it cold. Would recommend not getting the soup. The fish and chips was nothing special. Not up to par with other pubs, which probably should be a staple food item if you’re going to put it on the menu. You get 4 thinly sliced fish strips that will leave you wondering why you came here. Maybe they should re-think their menu to be more simple and just focus on...

Went here the day before St. Pattys thinking it would be too crowded but was seated right away. Service was pretty quick despite it being relatively full when we got there. Our table ordered the Irish egg rolls which definitely a highlight of our meal. My partner and I ordered the Fleetwood Mac and cheese and the fish and chips. The braised meat on the mac was super good but the mac itself didn’t stand out. The fish and chips were pretty good- nice and flaky, and the tartar sauce was good too. Standard crinkle cut fries, nothing special but not bad. You get a lot of food for what you pay for so I would say the prices are okay. It definitely feels more like a pub/bar than a restaurant. Overall pretty decent and...