O'Malleys Bar — Restaurant in Santa Barbara

I wish I could give 0 stars but as I can't I'll give it a 1. Grew up in SB always wanting to go to the Irish pubs in town and having walked past this one a thousand times I wanted to go in and check it out. Be prepared to be harassed about your ID photo if you didn't update it the previous day because the bouncers will not believe it's you. I provided three forms of identification including drivers license, work ID, and passport and I was still told that was not me. Keep in mind that original photos are taken when 16 and me being 21 obviously I don't look exactly the same as I did. Needless to say I was very disappointed, especially having grown up wanting to come here, and I will never try and go there again as Dargan's is hands down the best Irish pub on state. Thank you for nothing, and please update your bouncers on the legality of what constitutes...

This seems to be like any typical college bar, in your local downtown area. It's got an Irish name, but nothing inside or outside is remotely Irish about it. When we arrived, I immediately went to the bar and tried to order five Irish Car Bombs (a pint of Guinness and a shot of whiskey/Baileys). The bartender then explained that they do not have Guinness. Once again, I want to reiterate that a bar named O'Malley's does not serve Guinness. Nonetheless, we ordered some beers and AMFs and got the night started. The drinks are strong and the music was loud, as to be expected by a bar of this nature. There's lots of dancing and often times the entire bar can be shoulder to shoulder packed. By midnight it was tough to decide if I wanted to hang out on the back patio with smokers or inside with what only could be described as an odor of sweat...

Inertia is not everything. I know O'Malley's is a State Street institution, but it is falling on its laurels. Just left there after a confrontation with the cretin they hired for Fiesta security help. Someone parked their Mercedes in the middle of their lot, directly blocking my motorcycle from getting out. I politely asked the hired simian if someone could move the car parked in their driveway. He incisively judged me to be not as important as the Mercedes driver and therefore not worthy of consideration and proceeded to tell me lies about the parking being only for staff. The posted sign said "customer parking only". When I pointed this out, he continued to argue with me while the lame Mercedes owner moved his car. Never coming back to...