McCabe’s Irish Bistro & Pub

We have been here a few times and it is hit or miss. The menu is a few dollars too expensive for the quality and quantity. I had the French onion soup and it had way too much salt to where I couldn’t finish it. The bathrooms still do not have changing tables for your little ones. The service has improved but the food needs to improve before I come back.

The sliders are really good! And I got the fish and chips was also very good specially the tarter sauce. My friend got the eggs over corn beef skillet. She said it was really good. Service was a little slow, we sat at the bar. There was only one person working. I def will go back.

I find this restaurant unappealing, food is average at best and expensive. The service can be terrible more times then not. What has ended my eating at this establishment is they somehow get away with allowing people to smoke on the patios upstairs and down. Thought it was against the law.

wow! I was enjoying an awesome burger and good atmosphere– until $ 13 each for double captain and diet!!! Is this a happening las vegas night club? Fenway park game 7 vs the yanks? I guess i should have asked for the price beforehand. Next time ill buy a bottle instead of 2 weak drinks. Good food tho

We stopped here on the way home from the airport. Every other restaurant in Southlands had a 45 – 60 minute wait. McCabes only had a 15 – 20 minute wait. There is reason for the short wait. The service sucks! I ordered Fish & Chips and the waitress only heard Chips. So, I just got the fries. It took another 20 minutes to get the right meal.
Once I got my fish it was more batter than fish. I didn’t think they could screw up fish & chips, but they did. Stay away!!!

shepherd’s pie = 4 stars
fried pickles = 3 stars
calamari = 3 stars
green beans = 2 stars
mashed potatoes = 3 stars
McCabe’s Amber Ale = 4 stars
Guinness Chocolate Chip Ice Cream = 4 stars
service = 4 stars

Very disappointing… after coming to this restaurant for years, the service is rapidly declining. Server gave the impression that her customers were a nuisance. Didn’t greet us by saying hello or stating who she was — just «what do you want to drink».
I ordered the Bangers/​Mash and was told that they were out. I understand that these things can happen, BUT we should have been informed PRIOR to being seated or a least when we were asked what we wanted to drink. I was contemplating what I wanted to eat and asked for a few minutes. Then they came back and said that someone just got back from the store and now they can complete our order. It was a little odd, I mean, where did they run to — the nearest grocery store?
My sons went to the restroom and came back to state their were no paper towels in the restroom. My husband walked up to the front and informed the manager. After a time, my husband went to the restroom and had the same problem. Who knows what the staff was using to dry their hands?
No complaints about the food. Just the service. Ordered coffee with cream/​sugar. However, the sugar bin showed up with 2 sugars. Had to ask for more sugar. Then had to ask for a spoon so I could stir in my sugar/​cream. It felt like we had to coordinate our own service if we wanted anything. When the food was delivered, instead of placing in front of us, it was placed on the end of the table and simply «pushed» to the person who ordered it and simply shoved aside all utensils in the process. Or, if they were on the end, it was handed to them. The tables next to us were empty so it should have been simple to walk around to that side to place their plate in front of them. I know this is not an upscale restaurant, but it’s not fast food either. When you go to any sit down restaurant, you expect a little better service.
Upon voicing our concerns to the manager, Dave, it seemed like our concerns fell on deaf ears. We finished our meal and received our bill. On the weekends, kids eat for $ 1.50 but when we received the bill, it was full price. And it’s not like we had to bargain hunt for this deal, it was advertised right on a plaque on the wall at the end of our table. So, again, we had to ask for things to be corrected. There was NO apology or ANY concern that all these issues occurred.

Great establish to preagame before seeing a flick. I’m considered a regular so they know my beer and have it ready for me when they see me walking in.

I heard it’s turning into a Buffalo Wild Wings soon. The Southlands mall could use a good sports bar with big screens. 1 star.

A friend and I visited today for lunch. I ordered the salad and potato leak soup and my friend ordered the fish and chips. Salad was great & was presented nicely, although I was only given about a tablespoon of dressing on the side. The potato soup was incredible! I tried my friend’s fish ‘n chips and the fish was great. The «chips» were so-​so, but I don’t care for crispy coated fries. If you like fries that way, you would probably enjoy them. The bottle of their house recipe ketchup that was on our table was empty and we borrowed one from a nearby table, which was also nearly empty. The ketchup was disappointing as it was runny, definitely no Heinz here.
Besides the ketchup, the other complaint I have is that both of us paid with cash and we were both short changed, as in NO coin was given to us, even though the coin for us both was more than enough for them to have bothered with giving back to us. In comparison, another restaurant I recently visited didn’t give me coin back, but rounded up in my favor.

We came here for dinner before a movie. Actually we came here cause it was the only restaurant type place in Southlands without a ridiculous wait time on a Friday night. We were seated in a few minutes and within in a few seconds of sitting (like 2 seconds) we were asked what we wanted to drink. We asked to see the drink menu… Was then handed the drink menu and was the literally asked again what we wanted to drink before we had a chance to even look. Like slow down… You are not one of those restaurants with a huge wait and you have to turn over tables quickly. And for this service I can see why. The waitress ended up doing the same thing with the food menu. The food was actually pretty good. We shared calamari which was cooked good and I had the fish tacos that were huge and tasty. But I wish I was given the choice of fries. I assumed they came with them cause that’s how I saw it come out to another table, but I got boring tortilla chips.
Our waitress was seriously in a rush with us. Also, I’ve gone to many Irish pub theme places to eat and drink before… But never have I’ve seen so many families with rowdy kids. Just made the place extra loud and not really an adult feel. Not the restaurant’s fault, just weird. We actually could have been seated immediately instead of waiting the extra few minutes, but it was next to a family with their kids crawling already on our side of the booth, so I declined.
I’d come back because there seemed to be no wait and the food was good. Drinks were good too.

I’ll start out with the good things here. The food and the drinks were decent. Not great but good. We ordered a calamari appetizer to start with which was cooked well. Unfortunately the sauce that came with it just wasn’t my thing. Later on near the end of the calamari we tried mixing the 2 sauces together and that worked really well surprisingly. The price for their meals was also decent.
Unfortunately the service needs improvement. The waitress seemed like a bit of an air head. Within 2 seconds of us sitting down she asked us if we wanted drinks. I asked to see the drink menu. She hands it to us and the. 2 seconds later asks us what we want to drink. I barely had a chance to glance at it before she had asked. The same thing happened with the food menu. She handed it to us and literally asked us what we wanted before I had even places it on the table.
I think the food came out really quick which was nice but I wish we had a better waitress.

I’ve come to McCabe’s two or perhaps it’s three times now here are my takeaways:
1– I do love the pub décor and atmosphere they have going on. It’s cozy. The have a couple more private dinning areas. I’ve come with just one of my friends (we sat at the bar upstairs) and with a larger group of six to eight (seated downstairs at a couple tables near the bar) and we didn’t feel like we were in the way. They do have both an upstairs and downstairs patio which I have yet to enjoy; I always seem to be here when the weather forces us to take seats inside. :(
2– The service is alright. Obviously seated at the bar with just one of my friends we were waited on very quickly and the bartender was eager to ensure that our glasses never go empty. With a larger group and being seated within arms reach of the bar, but not at it, we did have to wait a bit longer for refills.
3– I have tried several of the appetizers split among those I came with and they were all quite tasty. Nothing stands out as, «OMG amazing I must have this again and again.»
I’ll definitely be back at some point to give the patio area a whirl and catch up with some of my friends!

Stopped by for lunch, and decided to go for the specialities. I got the shepherds pie and my friends got the bangers and mash. We were both pleased with the meal. Only thing that pulled down on the experience was the drink. Regular coke, but the chlorine taste was really strong. As a Norwegian I’m not used to chlorinated water.

Wow… food has really gone downhill here.
Green beens have that rubbery frozen texture and the fish N chips was probably the worst I’ve had… the batter was not fully cooked so it had a milky texture.
Also, server had «NO COMMENT» when we told her the food was, «meh».
Sad to see the closest pub to our house go downhill.

Having held many different jobs in the service industry, I recognize that it can be a tough and unforgiving job, and am therefore usually pretty understanding.
However, having come in on a Sunday night when the restaurant was virtually empty– my date and I ordered 2 bloody marys, fish and chips, and a sandwich. Our drinks came out quickly and were delicious. That was one of the last times we saw our waitress, and after having waited AN HOUR for our food with no explanation, my date flagged down our waitress and asked what was going on and how much longer we should expect to wait. She said that «the kitchen is really crashing right now» and that our food should maybe be out in another 15– 20 minutes.
At this point we had to just ask to be billed for our drinks and leave hungry, as we had a movie to catch. Our waitress did nothing in the way of apologizing for the service or the ridiculously long wait, and there were no managers to be found.
Extremely disappointing, will not be back.

I went here on a Friday night and there was a 30 minute wait on a table for two. Once we were seated, I decided to check out their shepherd’s pie. I ordered the cottage pie (shepherd’s pie with beef in place of the traditional lamb — shepherd servers sheep) and the waitress didn’t understand, but oh well. It tasted about par for a cottage pie in Denver. The service wasn’t the best — my water glass went dry.

I have been here a few times. The service is good and the food is good but not great. I enjoy my meals but never think wow, that was the best thing ever. They are consistent in quality and service. The best thing I’ve eaten there was a bacon blue cheese burger. Pretty yummy.

I’ll start with the beer selection, I was expecting much more for a pub as far as a beer selection but was very disappointed. I would expect at a minimum of you are a Irish pub that you know how to correctly poor Guiness.
As far as the food, we went with the fish and chips thinking that would be a safe bet, the fish was super greasy, the coleslaw tasted like eating grass.
Overall, I definetly would not be back for dinner, maybe if they learned how to poor Guiness I would at least come back for some beer.

I just can’t see why this place doesn’t do better. The food is okay but the service is always slow and bad. After visiting the other restaurants in Southlands, who all had lengthy waits at 7 pm on a Friday, I called McCabe’s and no wait. That should have been our first clue. There were 3 tables seated in the main level dining area, including ours, and 2 young waitresses working. We were immediately asked for out drink choices, which was great, but then got our drinks and she disappeared. I could tell that was happening at other tables also as my husband went to the bar to get us another round and the table across from us did the same.
Our food came and my husbands burger was not what he ordered and he received fries, not chips. Again, she was no where to be found and he just ate it. There was nothing extraordinary about the food, but it wasn’t horrible either.
Again, this place has potential but every time we go the service lacks and the food is just… okay.