Irish Bred Pub

I had a great time at the Pub, I had the best service by Alex Garner.

Watch your receipts when closing tabs or pay only in cash! I was double charged for my drinks and since it was a Friday night they couldn’t refund my card (what?) and I would have to wait for the general manager to call me to refund the money. Bartender didn’t really apologize for the mistake nor was the manager on duty apologetic. I can forgive a lot of things, bad food, sticky tables etc, but potentially scamming customers is something that I can’t tolerate.
Hard cider was good and the last time I ate there during the day the food was ok so two stars.

Clay Darity is the best bartender ever ! The food is good and the drinks are poured great.

The food isn’t anything extraordinary, but the great beer selection and excellent service make this bar worth going to.

Food pretty good. Staff more interested in socializing with each other than service. Mid day and had to wait to be acknowleged and be seated.

Great place! Taylor R took good care of us! Good food and drinks & nice folks.

Just had some excellent food at the Irish bread pub, accompanied by the best service I’ve ever had by the lovely Taylor R.

I’ve been eating at the Irish Pub for years. Love the good food, cold beer, and gray service by Taylor R. Thanks for a great experience!

Good place for food and drinks on the square. Eat the fish sandwich! Ansley was an awesome server. Very attentive and courteous.

I would eat here every day if I wasn’t trying to watch my waistline. I have never had a bad meal here. They have awesome burgers and fries and the French dip is excellent. Large portions so bring your appetite.

Good atmosphere and great food. Has a wrap around balcony that is great during the spring and summer. Not the best food on the Carrollton Square, but is still a unique atmosphere compared to everything else in Carrollton.

Maybe we are some of the fortunate ones? We have always been waited on promptly and been treated well by the staff so no issues there. I must admit we only have been here for lunch. Seems that, being a pub in a college town it could get «meh» for my tastes at night. I will make one comment that could be misconstrued for an old man comment — it seems to be run by the college staff. It isn’t bad, but just not as clean, or professionally managed, and doesn’t have that «something» that your get from a place where the staff is driven by pride. But again, that is not a unique problem in Carrollton dining.
Food is good. Some of it is just not my favorite but anything with the Guinness BBQ sauce is a must try. Corned beef and cabbage is good pub fare as is the shepherds pie. Sweet potato fries are my favorite side, but wish they had a savory sauce to dip instead of just honey.
We have friends from Chicago that come into town and ask to go here. They always comment on the solid food and lovely old building.

If you’re looking for an authentic Irish pub, this is not it.
My girlfriend and I, against our better judgment, decided to have a late lunch here. We walked inside. No host/​hostess in sight, with a sign telling us to wait to be seated. After a couple awkward minutes of standing about by the doorway we gave up and sat at the bar. Finally a bartender appeared.
I ordered a Guinness and their fish and chips. The bartender, God bless her, tried her best to do a proper pour of Guinness, but failed. It came in a plain straight sided pint glass with almost no head to speak of. Yes, I’m a Guinness snob. This is supposed to be an Irish pub. Everyone behind the bar should be able to pour a decent pint. No excuses. One good thing I’ll mention is their spirits selection was solid. Plenty of Irish whiskies, and some lesser known white whiskies from small distillers.
Then came my fish and chips. This was a HUGE piece of fish. It looked great. It came with seasoned fries, a big bowl of coleslaw, and mysteriously accompanied by garlic toast. Unfortunately it was not as good as it looked. The battered outside of the fish was rock solid. I attempted to eat the fish with my hands, but once broken, the batter just came off the fish. I had to resort to a knife and fork. The coleslaw was delicious, but arguably unnecessary for a simple order of fish and chips. I didn’t eat the garlic toast, because why is it even there? The flavor overall was not bad, the presentation was just weird for what should be a simple dish. If the coleslaw is the best part of your fish and chips, you’re doing something wrong. At $ 9.95 this was not at all worth it. Simplify it, maybe reduce portion size, and cut the price.
I gave 2 stars only because the staff were at least somewhat nice, and nothing tasted bad. I’ve avoided this place for years due to a bad experience I had with an incredibly rude server here. The staff have improved somewhat, but this is still not the traditional Irish pub that I crave.
And learn to pour Guinness!

Waiter threw away my $ 330 Invisalign trays. Looked for them for 5 minutes then had me look for them for 15. No offer to refund our food, much less pay for new trays.

Don’t come for the food. Decent at best. Atmosphere would be great if service was better.

Good times, cheap beer, ok food, good service. Food is important thus the 2 stars!
Came on St. Patricks Eve, and had good times it feels like Irish pub, tastes like Irish pub, it must be Irish pub! HA!

We went here late for dinner and drinks. Service was good and the food was delicious. I ordered the BBQ chicken meal with mashed potatoes, veggies and toast. It was a lot of food (2 chicken breasts) and for $ 8.50 I thought it was great.

Best late night atmosphere in town. Good to both the college student and the local.
Best beer selection in town with the game always on.
This business gives a lot to the local community, frequently hosting events on the historic square, live music regularly, and DJ performances often. The owner must be doing something right as long as they have lasted.
Cheers to the PUB!

Terrible place, smells like throw up the last two times I been here. Also discriminates against those that aren’t college kids. I’m 23 and didn’t have a college Id. I was able to get in before 11, then a few friends came in at 11:05 and they weren’t allowed in cuz they weren’t college kids with the college ID. Pretty dumb if you ask me… They wouldn’t let 50+ members of a car club with money in but a bunch of college kids.

This is my fave place to grab some brews out here in town. Most restaurants have come and died around here but not this one… it’s been here for a while now. I havent eaten much of their stuff but whatever I have tried, so far it is pretty ok. I havent had any bad experience with the staff or the place. Me n hubby usually come here with friends over pitchers of beer and a good time. They recently added a balcony on the second floor so that more people can sit outside and we enjoy it. They dont have a large selection of beer, but Im more of a domestic beer kinda gal so it is all good.
Now, on Thursday night this place can either be a fun or bad experience for ya. When I was a freshman in college this was the spot for me! haha, dancing and downing shots, and thats how other freshman kids feel about this place till this day. When you go here nowadays, the place is really loud and the upstairs dance floor is now smells like desperate sex and cigarette smoke… which depending on what night it is for you, this maybe fun haha. But nowadays, sometimes nights are better spent on a restaurant patio with good jazz music and some martinis…
but yeah. if ur in town. stop by, have a pitcher. it’s all good.