Corby's Irish Pub — Restaurant in South Bend

Worst, hurtful experience ever! Their board outside the door has a list of reasons one cant get in. I get that, a lot of places have a dress code. excessively sagging pants is one of them… but instead of applying the rules, its used as a form of discrimination.

I drove 3 hours into town to visit family and have a good time with my boyfriend and cousin. As soon as we were about to approach the door I had my ID out with my cousin and boyfriend behind me. The Security points to my boyfriend (a darker hispanic) and says he is sagging and can not come in. The sign says excessively sagging. plus his pants were pulled up above his waist. He tried pulling them up even more , even though there was no reason for him too. Then the security said no they’re sagging and closed the doors in my face when i was politely telling him that makes no sense why we couldnt get in if hes not even sagging and we followed the dress code.

Shortly after i waited a little ways off from the door to see if the same rules applied to others…. A black man and two hispanic men were sent away … then came some white men.. some sagging and some with their pants to their waist as my boyfriends , yet they were let in.

Its sad to say we are in 2023 and yet business owners and their workers hold racism as a way to run their business, and discriminate against those that are not the same color as them.

Would not go here. So much for a “landmark pub for students, alumni, Notre Dame fans, locals and tourists.”

Your business should add into that line - “only if you are...

Corby’s Pub use to be a very awesome bar. Recently I went to the bar with my sister, my fiancé and her friends. I was wearing a gold chain, black jeans that were not sagging and a t-shirt. Which was a very similar dress code to what every one that was already in the bar was wearing. The best part is we got forcefully pushed out the bar which is fine and we were calm. however, the bouncers shoved, swung and hit my sister on her shoulder very hard, she bruised. A lot of people waiting in line saw what happen and were very upset making things escalate. Again my sister and I told everyone we weren’t with to step outside so we could talk to the bouncers. The bouncers were still very abusive threatening to pepper spray us for no reason other than them wanting to use excessive force. We were fine and even though that crowd started shouting racial slurs along with the bouncer following we still remained calm but the bouncer continued to use excessive force. I understand they are doing their job but it’s ridiculous to see a guy three times the size of a woman push, swing and punch someone. There are many reviews with similar situations occurring at this bar. I do NOT understand how the City of South Bend is not aware of the discrimination they have against women and use of excessive force they use at this...

The atmosphere is great, and though i didn’t try any the pizzas coming out they looked fantastic. On the other hand, service became absolutely terrible as more people started filing in. I took my first attempt to get one last beer around 11:30 and close my tab after being there for two hours. Stood there for around thirty minutes and left figuring I’d come back shortly after once they could get caught up. An hour later, the exact same thing occurred however this time I had the attention of a bartender and she ignored my request and proceeded to service numerous other patrons. I can understand the necessity of patience when things get cramped and there are an overflow of people, however the process of service drinks is literally running all of the place performing random serves. I had people being served before me that had just nearly walked up after I’d waited over ten minutes as well. Moral of the story is, we had to come back a third time near 3am as the place was closing down to finally close out. The experience stated out great and continued to get go down the drain as the night progressed. What started off as a great night turned into nothing more then frustration. I don’t think...