Horigan’s Tavern

I really love the atmosphere of this place but I’ve never had the best experience with the servers. We have been there a number of times and the food was great, enough to keep us coming back again and again. Just less than perfect service I think. Seems like if you aren’t well known as a regular you just kinda ignored.

Prime rib Saturday night… mmmmmm extra great. Cooked to perfection. Attentive staff.

Had a baby shower here. It was a breakfast brunch thing and these guys did an awesome job. You could really tell they puta lot of effort in and wanted to give us a great shower.
Food and service was great, highly recommend for small medium private functions.

The special today is absolutely phenomenal. Do yourself a favor, get one before it’s gone! Shrimp & crab stuffed fillet of sole topped with a shrimp cream sauce and a side of rice & fresh veggies… DELISH!
Always impressed with this place, food & staff are top notch!

I heard nothing but great things about this place and I can’t help but be very disappointed. Yes, the food is fine, but the staff and the waiting was just beyond awful.
We ages for food to even arrive, then absolutely every aspect of our orders was messed up, there was nothing at any time that was done correctly. We got out soup after out entrée and our side dishes for the entrée after the soup!!! We didnt even order anything complicated either, the 4 of us each had a burger, fries, then an additional side salad or soup. Easy, or so we thought. Each dish was missing a condiment, a side or two, or had additional toppings, all 4 of them! Correcting these issues took nearly as long as getting our food the first time.
On top of it the waitress seemed overwhelmed and really didn’t care at all. I paid extra for sweet potato fries (not worth the $ 2.25 btw) and so did my friend. I clearly got less than half as many as my friend did so I asked the waitress if I was going to be charged for a full order since I clearly did not receive a full order and her answer was «Well that’s what they gave me.» Ridiculous.
I could go on to fully list all 10+ things that they managed to mess up on out dinner order, but I’ll save you the time reading, but trust me when I say don’t go there with any expectations or a time frame and maybe you’ll have a better time than we did.
Oh, and real quick, don’t bother getting the French Onion Soup, it was nothing special at all. It was small, hardly any beef flavor, and so not worth $ 5.

This is probably the best restaurant in the worst neighborhood. Do let the urban decay surrounding this great restaurant detour you from coming here.

WOW! First time here and we came hungry. Ordered multiple items just to try. Big portions, attentive service, cute Irish décor.
French onion soup-​delicious plenty of cheese and onions.
Nachos-​multicolored chips, lots of cheese, tomatoes, scallions and a few jalapeños which were easy tire move if not wanted. Only downside we ordered with chicken which was a little dry. Also came with salsa, sour cream and guacamole. The guac was off it had lemon instead of traditional lime.
Chicken quesadilla-​superb! Tons of cheese, crispy shell, came with a side of salsa (hint of kick) and sour cream.
Black and blue burger– seasoned well, perfect cook and lots of good melted crumbled blue cheese served on a plump toasted bun, excellent!
French fries-​double fried, my favorite! Perfect amount of crunch, wish I had more room in my belly!
Will definitely be back if I ever return to the area.

Best food in Elmira! Great atmosphere,. The owners are always there. Very friendly. The food is amazing. Love their coffee. so smooth. Great family place.

Have to move this establishment into a higher star! This is the only place opened when we were starving and offered us GREAT beer from local brewery, homemade soup, and great shepherds pie!

One of the best places in the area. French Onion Soup is amazing! My husband’s go to is the scallops. Never fails him. Everything on the menu we’ve tried is great! When in doubt, order the special. Can’t go wrong. Great choice of music as well. #NOLA

I have visited this place over a couple dozen times over the last few years. Always great food when it arrives at your table. Depending on how busy it is will definitely dictate on the speed it arrives of course. If it’s packed you might as well have a few Smithwicks for the wait.

Went here on a busy Friday night. Was politely greeted by hostess & was told the length of my wait time. We were seated in a timely manner and got really good service by staff. Food came out and was tasty. I’d have to say this is the best dining establishment I’ve been to in Elmira. Friendly, lively, down to earth vibe with quite good flavorful food and attentive service.

I’m a bit of a food snob from New York City and did extensive research on where to eat in Elmira during a recent night stay. All the good review places were closed (we arrived 8pm on a friday) so we ended up here. Our expectations were low. I wanted to order the crab cakes, but my fear of food poisoning made me order the spinach salad, wontons and a frozen margarita. Out came some of the freshest and tastiest food of a 5 star restaurant that melted in our mouths. The freshest spinach salad perfectly garnished with delicious dressing, goat cheese, sweet potato and light bacon sprinkle, sided with golden bread that seemed to have come right out of the oven and the freshest wontons with delicious dipping sauce that were so amazing we immediately placed a second order. I don’t know what the deal is with the negative reviews on here, but I believe there must be a new chef in town. Supposedly he’s from the Bronx the waitress told us.

Ok, so Wednesday they advertise corn beef and cabbage. They were sold out by 7pm.
Also on Wednesdays they advertise live music after 8pm… It’s now 8:30 and no music. Beer came out warm, service is terribly slow with no personality. I would rank the food but we’ve been waiting far beyond an acceptable amount for it to come out. Being of Irish descent, I love visiting Irish pubs, but unfortunately Horigan’s would be the worst I’ve ever visited.

Had dinner at Horigan’s last night with family and friends. My first impression once I walked in the door was a typical bar. My family assured me that they served wonderful food.
We had a nice quaint booth in the back to ourselves, noise level around 6 PM was very pleasant. Much to my surprise by 8 PM it was standing room only and you could hardly hear the person talking seated next to you. It’s my understanding they have a wonderful following for trivia nights.
The food was far better than I would’ve expected from a bar kitchen, I had the seared salmon and my girlfriend had the peanut crusted chicken breast.
The portions were pleasantly sufficient, and they take great effort in presenting the food in an elegant way. Dinner prices were nicely affordable.
I would love to give Horigan’s four stars, however this is why they’re getting only three today. Service is everything!!!
We placed our wine and margarita orders at the same time as the waitress took our entrées order, first round of drinks were delivered promptly. Once the entrées arrived we ordered another round of drinks, we all finished our meals and even ordered and ate our desserts before the drinks arrived.
While waiting for our wine and margaritas we even requested glasses of water, it seems like we waited forever before the water arrived. We ended up canceling the round of drinks that never arrived. Bars and restaurants typically make more profit off the beverages than they do the entrées, not sure what went wrong here folks!
Our wait staff only received a 15% tip, I hope that our waitress was more upset with the slow to react bartender then at us.
I’m looking forward to returning to Horigan’s soon to give it another try and to experience the fabulous food and service I’m told they are known for. I will happily return and edit my review and give them four or maybe five stars if it’s a better experience!

Visited Horigan’s for the first time the other evening for dinner with my parents (who eat there often). The ambience was very nice and I was impressed with my filet mignon. Besides the green vinyl seats needing some repair I would definitely come here again, no doubt about it. It looks like they are pretty busy even on week nights.

Excellent food and service. Worth getting off the highway for some Elmira Irish hospitality!

This place is hit and miss for me. A month ago, I went here for lunch with a coworker and ordered a chicken breast sandwich that was ice cold and nasty. I refuse to come here for dinner anymore because the service is quite bad when they are busy. Mr. P and I were seated for dinner on two separate occasions and waited over 15 minutes before staff even acknowledged that we were even there… The waitresses just walked on by and smiled. Needless to say we got up and left.
My coworkers and I went to lunch here a few days ago and waited a whole hour for our lunch. I had to get my lunch «to go» because I had an appointment I didn’t want to miss. One of my coworkers decided to just go back to work and cancelled his order. My other coworkers stated that they had to get their lunch to go as well soon after I left because their lunch hour was up as well. My coworkers noted they did not get an apology or even an acknowledgement that they were running behind with their orders.
Walls and stuff are dirty with cobwebs etc. Wait staff seems to not know the menu and prices and will charge you different prices for add ons such as fries and such depending on what waiter/​waitress you get.
Some good things: They do have some pretty cool bands and musicians on the weekends The atmosphere is great to go and just hang out and have a glass of wine with some friends. They have popcorn to munch on too while you are there drinking. This place is the place to be on Saint Patricks day of course as well as after Jackals Hockey Games… have seen a few of the hockey guys hanging out there afterwards all decked out in their suits having a few drinks. Mr. P loves their Shephed’s Pie which they make with lamb and when it is made fresh is quite yummy. You can’t find that here in Elmira elsewhere.
The question is do I want to overlook the negatives in order to get the Shepherd’s Pie?
Overall…I really dislike this place. If it wasn’t for the convenient location and my coworkers and Mr. P’s influence when choosing somewhere to eat… I usually just try to suggest going somewhere else.

The service is friendly and the beer is cold. I was here for ash Wednesday, so u got to have the fish and chips, which is very good.

Good place for occasional live music and a generally friendly crowd.
The service has gone downhill the last few times I have been in town visiting a friend. The food is still quite good and reasonably priced, but they never refill your water and the food takes forever to come out even on slow nights.
Beers are a bit pricey for Elmira, but overall an ok bar/​restaurant.