McGillacuddy's Sports Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Portland

My husband and I have been here before and thought the food and service wasn't bad, however this last time, it was definitely not good.

We wanted to try the all you can eat breakfast, so we arrived on a Saturday at 10:30am. The breakfast goes from 9am-12pm. When we arrived, it took a while for the server to notice us, despite it being dead in the restaurant. He was a younger guy with tattoos, chewing on a toothpick with a MAJOR attitude. Not polite or friendly in the slightest, he acted like he had no interest in being at work.

We went to the serve yourself area of the bar and were very disappointed. Everything was cold, despite being in warmer trays. There was no sausage and only 2 pieces of ham left. The eggs were rubbery and the home fries were poorly seasoned and burnt. Bacon was crispy, but again, 0 flavor. The biscuits were rock hard and very tough to cut. The gravy was the only thing I genuinely thought was yummy.

We asked for two waffles, since they're made to order and we figured we'd at least be able to eat those. They were fine, but nothing special, definitely a waffle I can make at home. The syrup container was empty, so I had to ask for more. The guy seemed really annoyed when I walked up to the bar to ask.

My husband decided he wanted toast (its included on the all you can eat menu) and said to the server "I think you mentioned the toast is made to order just like the waffles are, so could I get an order of toast?" The response was "I didn't say that but sure" and then he walked away. Weird reply.. and then my husband never got the toast. In fact after that we never saw the server again until we walked up to the bar to pay.

There was also a super drunk guy at the bar that was loudly talking about animal poop for about 10 minutes. So that was interesting.

If you're in the area, I'd skip this place for breakfast. Our mediocre waffle was not...

I've been coming here for years. The service has been so bad the last time couple times. My mom waited 15 minutes when the place was dead to get a gift certificate and was ignored u til she left. She was going to spend hundreds of dollars. Im glad she didn't now. I dont want to support this place anymore. This waiter tonight after 10 minutes never even spoke to us. Walked by and looked at my husband and acted like we didn't exist. We finally walked out after we seen him go outside to smoke. To top that off we had to walk through a cloud of his smoke because he was smoking right at the door where he wasn't supposed to be. It's actually against the law. I don't know what happened to the other servers but I'm gonna stay away from this place after this. I've brought at least 50+ people here over the years and last time I was so embarrassed. The food was inedible and I said it must have been a fluke. Sad to see what this place has come to. It's apparently constant that the service is terrible. They won't card you though so feel free to go do some underage drinking. Good...

We were very excited to try this spot and were extremely let down by the experience. We went with the intention of having a few drinks and apps on a Friday afternoon. The restaurant was not at more than 25% capacity with 3-4 staff members moving about checking on various patrons. Outside of the initial order upon sitting down, we had someone check on us only twice in a 2.5 hour period, we weren't asked if we wanted a menu or food/had to pull a menu from another table, and saw the staff check on other customers multiple times that they knew by name who happened to be seated at tables next to us. It became clear that if you didn't know the staff, you weren't worth the time. Besides the uncomfortable glares we were given from people at the bar upon walking in, the only real attentiveness shown was when it came time to pay, which was a real bummer. Unfortunately, I don't believe we will be coming here again, which sucks because with family from Ireland and a familial association with the name, McGillacuddy's, I truthfully wanted to...