The Twisted Shamrock

I really want to like this place because it’s close to home, there’s a good beer selection and the reasonable prices. So, why is it that my husband and I were charged different prices for the exact same order?
I ordered a Stoli-​raspberry with soda and an Absolute Vodka with Redbull and was charge $ 9 ($ 2 tip). My husband was charged $ 11 for the exact same order ($ 2 tip). Both are very affordable prices for 2 drinks. So, why the discrepancy? Perhaps because of gender? Or is it because my husband’s English is heavy accented and mine is not. Either way it is WRONG!
Also, one of the bartenders, the one who shifts back and forth from one foot to another like a figity junky, has no concept of customer service. He is transfixed with texting and I guess has no perifial vision to notice customers standing at the bar to order drinks and give him tips IF he provides fast and friendly service.
Owners need to focus on customer service! They seem to be more interested in using their place of business as their private watering hole/​performance stage instead of a money-​making-​business!

I’ve hosted two private events upstairs. The staff is friendly and courteous and catered to our needs to make it as pleasant as possible. The bar itself has beautiful wood throughout, best neighborhood tavern. Drinks are fairly priced and the bartenders will help you get a tasty drink.

This was the first time going to the twisted shamrock. At first glance it seamed okay. But when I tried to get serviced, I got ignored. I waited 15 minutes and the bartenders did even try to hide that they were ignoring me. Minorities are not allowed was clearly echoed. I left after 15 minutes.

OK first time going to this dump and country music with even worst country music waiting to get served and after 15 minutes walked out.
This is the first time that I actually felt that I was NOT welcomed in a bar.

Went to a private party last night and was impressed with the service and Guinness pours– done perfectly smooth.
First walked in and was asked by bouncer if we wanted the private party, he was cool and just said take the elevator upstairs, easy enough.
Nice décor in this place throughout, and looks clean. Private bathrooms upstairs are always a plus.
Bartender Katie was friendly and played along with the drunken shenanigans of some of the group, we all know that can be challenging. She also poured the perfect Guiness I mentioned.
Nice place for a drink, overall. Go check it out.

Nice!!! I love this place I come very often and the girls that serve you drinks are nothing but nice. Music is ok most of the time. They have a nice clientele and I got to say none of the other joints around can compare.

depending on the mood of the bartenders: different prices for the same drink. tried to do multiple events here being from the neighborhood and all was lied to and priced out. a prime location but they show no love to the neighborhood

Great neighborhood place to watch a game, or gather with some friends. The drinks are really reasonable and they have food as well. I haven’t had the food so I can’t review on that. The only complaint is that the place is kind of small so it tends to get crowded pretty quickly, and parking can be a bit of a bi*ch sometimes.

great bartenders bar is well kept only complaint is no food served but barring that its a great place to go

The place is super clean, there were only a few people in there when I went with the boyfriend.
Felt kinda out of place despite the fact that we’re college students like the few others who were there. Some one did take over the music so I paid for two songs and didn’t get to hear em by the time they closed.
Someone did come up to us and introduced himself and told us about the food they have on Wednesday.
I might go back but with a few more people.

The Shamrock is THE best place south of the tracks in the Clear-​Ridge area. Remodeled from it’s Vaughn’s days, it’s now Classy and clean with THE best tap selection in the area… and all of it ice cold. Good Bottled selection as well. No food, but recently they added a large chip rack (hey, better than nothing). They are not adverse to you bringing in your own food.
Upstairs is beautiful when it’s open (though it rarely is as it is usually rented for parties on weekends). Fairly clean bathrooms (though the Men’s room needs a stall divider and the door needs to be reversed on how it opens (everyone at the south wall table seats can see you pee when the door is opened).
A few big screens, though it’s almost always too loud to hear any of the TV’s when the music is playing.
Good sound system in the bar, and has the «Play Next» button on the Jukebox to break up someone taking control of the box with crap (We’ve seen the bartenders skip painful songs as well).
Lots of fun when they have entertainment, can only take a three piece max, but the place shines when there is entertainment.

Nicest neighborhood bar in the area. Friendly atmosphere that doesn’t attract the thugs. I’ll definitely be going back for a cold one. I prefer a bar that has a kitchen to fill my appetite, but beggers can’t be choosers. A bag of Jay’s Potato chips just don’t cut it.

The interior is alot better and more up to date than I thought when I drove past this place. It is way better than some of the other neighborhood dives in this Midway airport neighborhood. The sounds of the railyards on a warm windy night made this place kinda of spooky and it does have a look of some out of state strange area. I couldn’t beleive I was still in Chicago. This a a typical Irish bar and is really a neighborhood bar. The crowd was a all men and made me feel of an era of long ago where only men went to bars. A cool unusual place all Chicagoan bar hoppers should hop to once.

Btw, I don’t appreciate your bartender coming after me via Unilocal message… professional I think not.
I could post what Dawn C said if you’d like, but I’m not going to.

A neighborhood bar you can walk into without being worried all your vaccinations aren’t up to date.
They have done very well keeping the neighborhood trash out even with their generous drink specials and it’s withing crawling distance from home.
There would be more stars if they served food.

The Twisted Shamrock was a great ol’ bar called named Vaughan’s back in the day. As I spent my early 20s here, I saw great St. Patty’s nights here, watched Ireland beat Italy in the World Cup and good times all around with weekend music, etc. The place had character, but it was a dive. Vaughan’s shut down, and I drifted out to the suburbs.
Then I saw life at that corner, just like an early spring day or on St. Patty’s Day. A new bar came along, and a small group of us headed out to see what they did with «the auld place.»
Twisted Sham has a neighboorhood feel, but there is a clientele from the hotel complex near Midway. The bar focuses on Chicago Irish style, not trying to recreate an authentic pub experience. The space is totally renovated, and I approve the new W.Cs. The pint of Guinness is well-​poured and smooth, and there are great daily specials. If they had food… well, I don’t remember if they do or not.
If you’re looking for a decent place to tip one back before or after going to the airport (less than 5 minutes away), the Twisted Shamrock will suffice.

Finally a neighborhood bar I am not scared to walk into. The service is good, although the last time I was there they were putting their draft beers in plastic cups which I am not a fan of.
I’ll be back and I’ll bring some more friends with me.

Ok, so I never set foot in Vaughn’s.
Nor will I.
But this place is all right.
They have Woodpecker on tap with Magner’s on bottle, so if you want a snakebike, it’s gonna be 4.25 and Woodchuck.
A prerequisite for Adrian W to give any bar a four star treatment follows:
1) free rounds (notice, plural)
2) barstools
2a) a slight stand for your feet to rest on
3) a hook for a coat to rest on underneath your elbows (shady motherfuckers are everywhere)
4) obviously, service.
this bar reaches all those criteria and then some. Frozen glasses and a variety of beers on service, some thirty. I don’t know what the special was for tonight, but I didn’t care, since I don’t have to go to Quigley’s to get a decent snakebite.
New wood, fresh faces with some old peppered talkers in the mix makes this a repeat for me.

I havn’t changed my stars, but a few things have changed.
Beer specials, Wed. $ 1.50 domestics excellent
Got a free round excellent
New bartender has ginormous fakies, MEH
The upstairs is open on the weekends and I have heard it is pretty cool. Maybe I will check it out this weekend and let the Unilocalers know.

Only been here once so far, but here it goes–
You walk in and it SMELLS brand new. GOOD brand new, like new-​car smell. Outstanding. If you like construction/​home improvement, you’ll love the fresh paint, varnish, wood and plastic emitting fumes, etc. Beautiful place, everything new. Certainly a great selection of beer and booze. Great jukebox too. If you remember Vaughn’s, then this is 500% better. Vaughn’s used to run out of booze and toilet paper (ridiculous). The ONLY mind-​boggling thing is the Men’s Room. Vaughn’s old set-​up was crap, and you’d figure the improvements would be obvious. Well, as mentioned in the previous review, there’s a urinal and a toilet. Now, I never owned a bar, but it would seem to me that the idea would be to do a quick turn-​around with the customers. Spend more time drinking and less time in line, right? I mean, put in a line of urinals, or a trough. Basically, it’s for one person at a time because of the set-​up. WTF were they thinking??? It was closed forever and the new owners worked so long on this and they overlook the bathroom situation? At least section off the shitter. What? Is everyone going to be doing blow in the stall?
UGH!
Still to be seen is how the weekday nights are and weekend crowds. Used to be pretty good as Vaughn’s, let’s see what happens.