Jameson's Tavern — Restaurant in West St. Paul

I am not exaggerating when I say this was the worst dinning experience that my party and I have ever experienced. I'm struggling to even find the words of how bad it was. I should've expected it when we first got out of the car in the parking lot and we're greeted by the smell of rotting garbage. My family came here for my birthday and not a single thing was correct. Let me just list the things I can remember:

-despite calling ahead (specifically for the endless crab) for a reservation a day in advance, our party was immediately told they were low on crab upon ordering. It was 6:45pm. The special runs 3-8pm, or 4-9, or 5-9 depending on which form of social media you check.

-When ordering, we were also warned they were down to one baked potato and one biscuit.

-Because we ordered 4 orders of crab (again, called ahead) they had to immediately inform the 3 other tables who were already in the middle of their endless crab, that they would not get any more crab. Plot twist, everyone was pissed.

-We ordered a gin martini and they LITERALLY forgot to put the gin in it. It was just olive juice. The second one came out normal.

-They had informed us they were down to just one baked potato and two biscuits (each of these come with the endless crab). We received 2 baked potatoes, three biscuits, and a bowl of French onion soup(???) ALL of which were bad. Biscuits rock hard, potatoes looked gross, and soup(??) sucked. Also was missing the cheese that always comes on top of french onion.

-When we got the crab, it was so cold and overcooked that literally everyone who ordered it didn't eat it and asked for their money back. In total 7 out of the 11 of us got our meals comped.

-We didn't receive silverware until we had to ask, way after being served. Even when we got them we weren't given crab crackers or napkins. We also never received a bucket for the shells that every other table had. Seriously??

-Everyone in my party that ordered fries as a side complained that the fries were salty af. Like, actually unedibly salty.

-The two people who ordered the walleye entree didn't receive the tartar sauce (that comes with the order) until they had to ask.

-Our server had to eventually come over and ask, "Did anyone actually enjoy their meal." And all eleven of us said "No."

-There was no manager on duty to handle our compaint, which I can understand because it was after normal business hours m-f, but the most senior employee who was filling the role of manager refused to even come to our table to talk to us about the service.

And finally, when we had accepted that this family birthday dinner was absolutely awful and we'd need to reschedule, we went out to the parking lot and noticed their entire parking lot is SPRAY PAINTED LINES AND HANDICAPPED ICONS. We LITERALLY FOUND THE SPRAY PAINT CANS IN THE GARBAGE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARKING LOT. Cutting corners in every single way.

This place is unreal. I've never seen any restaurant drop the ball, in actually, ACTUALLY, every single point of service. Completely ruined a birthday/family gathering. Do not go here. Although I can't imagine they'll be staying in business...

Jameson’s is an Irish Bar that replaced the legendary Cherokee establishment in 2019. Unfortunately, it is only an Irish ghost of the great establishment that was the Cherokee. And, an unfriendly ghost at that. When you visit the Jameson website it looks like a well-established restaurant with food created from an award winning chef, but don’t be fooled. This is not award-winning food and there is no award winning chef on hand.

Brie Cater is the catering company that now owns the Jameson. It would be best left as a catering only establishment, however you’ll see from my review they couldn’t even get that right.

I made reservations 20 days in advance for a party of 15 on a Friday. When I arrived, those working at the Jameson had no idea I was coming. My space wasn’t ready and the dining room was closed. In the front room there were two young gentlemen playing music that was loud enough to be on the main stage at first avenue. Nobody could talk over the music and it was only 7PM on a Friday. After sitting in the main bar for 20 minutes while they readied our space they escorted us back to a room without heat that was not private as other patrons could come and go walking right through our private space. I had to physically lock the doors and place chairs along the entrance to the room so people would stop walking through my private event. The room never warmed up and all the women had to sit with their coats on the entire time.

The drinks took forever to arrive. The cocktails were strong and unbalanced. The food was acceptable but boring and not special in any way. Beer was fresh. No pictures because there’s nothing here to see. Avoid this place.

The only good thing is that our server was really nice and attentive.

I would guess that Brie Catering has this place open daily to pay for operating costs but it’s really intended for a large scale catering event only like weddings or funerals. They certainly couldn’t cater for my party of 15 or didn’t even care that I was coming. When bars do things like bands over happy hour and comedy night it means they don’t know what they’re doing and they’re dying.

This place will/should be out of business within the year. I wonder if they'll be able to cater their...

I stopped over there two times once at 7:30. The person in the kitchen left early so I showed up at 5:30 at both times. No one was in the place except 3 to 4 people at the bar. The food is very memorable. It’s so disgusting. I wouldn’t eat it again at all. I had one bite of the chicken wild rice soup I think they put toilet water in it directly out of the toilet before. It was served me that fin couldn’t find the wild rice I don’t care it didn’t smell right and Anyway the walleye was fishy And bones couldn’t eat the coleslaw that was gross. The french fries were limb, and the onion rings were greasy and stuck together. I was hoping for mashed potatoes, but she told me because I asked they are instant not homemade. They have no ribs available off the menu! They have downsize their menu. The food stinks and when I put it in my car, it’s smelt like a dumpster. I don’t think he’ll be in business long and that’s too bad because back in the day that was the Cherokee,sirloin room! There is no Irish food at that place at all and for The price I recommend Mondays at Burger Mo’s on grand I forgot to say that the poor girl is working by herself, so she’s running the bar taking orders running a mock, but of course he wouldn’t staff more than one person because no one goes there. I recommend that you call first about the menu and before you buy any kind of group on a shop there I watched a couple walk in there. Sit there for a while and walk out again I’m very patient so I sat there for a very long time so I recommend before you buy anything walk in there and check it out. I hope the people that walked out, didn’t buy a Groupon like I did because I bought two of them. I’m not going back again not even...