Celtic Crossing Irish Pub & Restaurant

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You cant bring your gun in but they allow smoking on the patio. So there ok with you getting cancer but no protecting yourself.
The food is just ok. Noting great. The patio is nice part is covered with a bar and tvs.
I would say skip it there’s better places around here to eat.

This is not the Irish pub I was looking for. We went hoping for a low key pub and walked into a dance party. The music got louder the farther in we went.
It wasn’t even ghosted music, «boots and pants and boots and pants». Club Celtic is not the place for us.

Celtic Crossing is a decent Irish pub-​kind eatery in Memphis, and there are not many to pick from. I go to Irish pubs once I go out of town, and while this definitely isn’t one of the better ones, it is still quite great. The menu is not the greatest Irish menu I Have ever seen nor is the food the finest Irish-​like food I Have ever had.

I love this place! I especially love sitting outside on the patio on a cool summer evening. They have great beers on tap and their food is pretty good. I’ve never ordered anything here that I didn’t like. They are very popular during brunch on the weekends. But I usually like to go on a week night when they aren’t too crowded. I do not recommend coming here on a Friday night. The place usually gets packed with college kids. But otherwise, I’m a fan.

This really is only one of our favourite spots to go when we see Memphis. They’ve a good veranda and adore his Irish Pub. Later in the evening, they even have a DJ that plays popular music. It is certainly an excellent spot to really go in case you would like to simply relax with friends.

So my first visit was last night for a friends birthday. I enjoyed the atmosphere, which was dark and romantic. I also found the bartenders friendly, yet clearly over worked. The bar is relatively large and could easily accommodate 3 bartenders, and from the crowd last night it seems it would be justifiable to have 3. I liked the live DJ, but I didn’t understand the point of having him there. There was barely elbow room in there and no where to dance, so why play dance music? It just encourages drunk people to attempt to dance in a very crowded place. I love dance music, but on nights with DJ’s maybe they should sacrifice some tables to allow more room. I’d like to go back on a weekday as a date night with my husband and try it again.

Loved this place– everything was very good, the scotch eggs and the fish and chips. The sweet potato fries are dusted with a cinnamon/​sugar mix that will make you eat every fry. Ambiance is nice and the place is just the right mix of restaurant/​bar/​pub.
Parking is limited so be prepared to hunt some.
My only complaint was that the 10% Unilocal discount threw the staff/​manager for a loop. First, they acted confused as if they’d never seen it. Then, they tried to tell me it had expired. I said no, this is my first visit and I don’t live in Memphis. I was finally given the discount.
Food was great and I’ll definitely return.

Absolutely wonderful environment! They have the bar area, outside patio, and a more private room ideal for a first date (which is where my boyfriend and I had ours). The servers are so sweet and funny and genuinely care about your experience!

Great place to chill, food awesome!!! Service is chilled. Friday night all the cute girls come out !!!

Amazing eggs Benedict as always! Love love love the brunch here. Great coffee and bloody Mary’s.

This was a neighborhood bar when I lived in the area. The food was always decent, the staff were friendly, and it was reasonably priced.

Food was great. Service was stellar. Tanner was my server tonight and was so helpful. Joe has been my server for lunch. Both are great! Great service always makes the food better! Thanks you Celtic Crossing for making this woman of a certain age feel younger!

Came here with a group of friends last night to celebrate a friend’s birthday. I hadn’t been to Celtic in years, and I will say that I was majorly impressed with how far they’ve come! The bar converts into more of a nightclub scene as the night keeps going. The DJ had great music choices and kept the night very lively. Even with how busy the bar was, our server continued to be very attentive and did a superb job in multi-​tasking! However, they do have very limited seating on their busier nights and I didn’t care for the seating outside due to all the smoking. And the interior seating can get pretty crammed, which calls for awkward hugging and caressing of strangers… But that’s expected of most bars on a Friday night! Overall, great place to meet up with friends and drinks! Didn’t try their food – so can’t vouch for that part!

I’m a fan for sure, but Celtic is far from my favorite midtown bar. I’ve only gone to Celtic at night, and haven’t had the food, so my review is on night life aspect. I’ll get my biggest gripe out of the way first and that is the smoke on the patio, which is enclosed in the winter for warmth. We sat out there at first because there were no open tables inside, but non-​stop coughing and the chance of lung cancer made us quickly change our minds. So we went inside where the atmosphere is nice but the space is lacking. So we stood for a while trying to not get in the way of the servers. A few seats opened at the bar so we took those. The bartenders were great– very polite and professional. They have a good selection of local beers and their Guinness mixes (black & tan, etc.) are always good.
A suggestion would be for them to not allow smoking in an enclosed patio. I think they lose more business than they retain by doing that, and it’s just detrimental to everyone’s health. It gets pretty cramped inside sometimes, but hey, that’s just a sign that people want to be there!

This was our first visit to Celtic Crossing, but it will not be our last. We were lucky to have Natayla as our wait person. She made us feel at home. We had some great drinks followed by the Dublin duo and fish and chips. The food was great and I enjoyed working my way through most of the Guinness blends. Half and Half was probably my favorite. Thanks for a fun evening!

Celtic has been a staple in the midtown nightlife scene for years, but their brunch puts that to shame. Such fantastic food. If the weather is nice, sit on the patio (covered and heated when necessary) and enjoy a little live Irish music. The eggs Benedict with corned beef subbed for the Canadian bacon is great. Oh, and I can’t help but think there’s some pure magic mixed into the little potato pancakes that come with it. Lovely service, as well.

I have been to pubs in Belfast and this pub is better than some of those! Nice employees. Greeted when we entered and acknowledged when we left. Guinness was as expected and the food was really good. Pimento cheese app was terrific. Could sit and drink Guinness with the Pimento app alone. Will absolutely visit again.

Came here with a group after going to Zoo Boo. I’ve never been before so I was excited to try something new. My friends tell me it’s the only place you can get authentic pub food and since I love authentic stuff I am so glad they picked here. Apparently they used to have beer kegs as tables but now it’s pretty fancy. It really felt like a classy place to visit.
Since we were dressed up as pirates (and one cowboy) we drew a ton of attention but none was really terrible. The place was busy but not packed and had live music outside. It was a great atmostphere and we were able to really hang out. We shared a couple of appetizers and then they all got the same thing, Shepherd’s Pie, while hubby and I split a Crème Brulee since we had eaten dinner before going to the Zoo.
I know bar food usually sucks and is greasy but apparently pub food is completely different. I really enjoyed everything I got, even the beer! Surprisingly I even enjoyed their Goat Cheese Dip. I usually dislike goat cheese. Or at least I haven’t liked it in solid form. I had no idea the Delicious Dublin Duo was shrimp so I was pleasantly surprised to eat that. It also comes with fries underneath (which may be why it’s called a duo haha) though none of us expected it to. The Magnus beer was also amazing and I’m so glad I got to have it! Hubby and I both loved it.
Liked:
— Crème Brulee
— Delicious Dublin Duo
— French Fries
— Goat Cheese Dip
— Magnus (hubby liked)
Ok:
— Mushroom’s O’Connel
Disliked:
— Shepherd’s Pie

I could go on and on about this place and talk about the 4 glorious years of our undergrads we spent here drinking our problems away but it wouldn’t do it any justice. Celtic is home.
Monday Pint nights to weekends to Sunday brunches with the soccer games — I mean this place is literally where it all started. The car bombs, the Jamesons, the endless Guinness and Kronenbourg pints!
It’s got a great patio outside for those summer nights and has a super cool vibe. This place is always filled with a sea of people on weekends. Tara usually does a great job behind the bar and has been doing so for nearly a decade now. I came here after almost 5 years and a lot of the faces have changed but the place has not. I mean yes, they’ve added a lot more materialistic stuff — couches, tables, TVs and such but the soul of this place is untainted! If you fancy a pint, go here! Slainte!

My experience here was below average. I came here with a group of friends for trivia night. The trivia was fun, but the patio was extremely crowded and anytime anyone wanted to leave several of us had to stand up and move our chairs. I will say that the food was decent though — I ordered the Shrimp and Sausage Coddle. Unfortunately there was a group right next to us that was smoking so much that my meal seemed to be seasoned by cigarette smoke.
Lastly, I think we must have had a new waitress because it took literally 30 minutes from the time we asked for our check to when we got it. She just up and disappeared for that whole time. None of the other staff really knew what to do when we asked them about it.
While the food and the trivia were good and fun, the overall experience was uncomfortable for me and most of my group.

Tara was as usual wonderful. She has been a part of the Celtic Crossing bar since roughly 2005. This place rocks the Irish bar feel and has done so since it opened.
My biggest complaint is the awful and intensively hot bathrooms. You could cook a turkey in the men’s room.

So… the owner (D.J. Naylor) of Celtic Crossing on Cooper St. threw me and my friends out of his restaurant a little while ago simply because I FOUND HAIR IN MY SALAD and he refused to make a new one. I brought this to our server’s attention (who by the way was very incompetent) and she snatched it out of my hand and returned to the kitchen. She then brought another plate out and said that they had re-​plated it aka they put the SAME SALAD ON A DIFFERENT PLATE. By this time I’m completely done.
After seeing that the salad was NOT remade, I handed it back to the server and asked for her to just take it off my check. I had lost my appetite and was content to sit and fellowship with my friends until they finished eating. A couple minutes later, the owner rushes to our table and in an accusatory voice says, «We had this same problem with y’all about 7 months ago. I’ve been here since Friday and we haven’t had a plate come back yet!» We were confused at first because we didn’t understand what the problem was, who he was, and was trying to figure out who «ya’ll» was. He was so rude and insulting, that it took a minute for it to register that this was actually happening.
While we tried to explain the situation, he over talked us and then yelled at us and told us to «GET THE HELL OUT!» at no fault of ours in front of everyone! Mind you, we were THE ONLY TABLE OF BLACK PEOPLE AT THE RESTAURANT. He told us that they would cover the check and continually YELLED AND CURSED at us to leave. He then came out after we had walked away «apologizing» to the other (white) patrons for throwing us out. This is a restaurant that we eat at frequently and normally order the same thing with no problems, so we were regulars.
I am LIVID about this experience and embarrassed that this happened to my friends and I. I’ve been a server. I know what goes on in the kitchen of restaurants. (My stories would shock you!) So I’m understanding and offer grace when I do go to restaurants.
But none of that mattered. Our professional attire meant nothing. Our nice cars that we drove there meant nothing. Our accolades or accomplishments meant nothing. Nor the amount of degrees attained between us. All this racist owner saw was the color of our skin and pegged us as a bunch of black women looking for a free meal. We didn’t fit the demographic of his restaurant so he wanted us gone. My only regret is that I did not get a picture nor video footage of this incident, but it escalated so quickly and I was in complete shock.
I almost never post statuses on here, but I had to share this because I’m tired of instances like this. I will NEVER step foot in Celtic Crossing again and encourage others not to dine there as well. We have to STOP PATRONIZING BUSINESSES that treat customers this way. Black or white, what this owner did was wrong, humiliating, and insulting!

I decided to try out Celtic Crossing after hearing of their new «grand opening» following a renovation.
My rating is three stars because while nothing was terrible, nothing about our experience was fantastic.
When we arrived we were seated promptly, however the entrance was chaotic. The table we were seated at was VERY cramped. So much in fact, that when customers sitting at the tables on either side of us needed to get out, we had to move our table over.
The service was decent, I could tell that the server had a lot going on. She seemed rushed but still pleasant when taking our order and bringing our food. No real complains there.
The food was decent as well. The menu included a variety of Irish fare. I order the shrimp and sausage coddle which was not bad, but I would try something else next time. My boyfriend had the fish and chips, which we both tried and both agreed was delicious.
My biggest complaint was the lack of space and loudness of the restaurant. My boyfriend and I barely had conversation due to having to yell at each other. We basically just gave up and watched the game together. I understand that this is a sports bar, but it’s hard not to feel disappointed when I cannot have conversation during my dinner. I did visit during their grand opening, so this might not be the case all of the time. I would maybe check it out again in the future.

My wife and I came here after our visit to Graceland. Everything was excellent. The service was spectacular (thank you Joseph). The beer was ice cold. Then, finally the food came… it was so good I asked if we were in some sort of accident and this was what the food in heaven tasted like. I had the shepherd’s pie, which was unlike any I have ever eaten before. My wife had the corned beef, which was served like steak, and tasted better. My boys had the fish and chips, which was the best I have ever eaten anywhere.
The restaurant was located in a neat little part of town, and you would honestly be one of the most foolish people ever to not include the Celtic Crossing in your meal plans while in Memphis. I can tell you, we will probably drive back through here just to eat again.
Eventually, the bill came, so I knew we were not in heaven. But the food at the Celtic Crossing might be the closest you can get here on earth!
Slainte!

I had an epiphany last night as I was taking shots at Celtic for St. Paddy’s Day (what a party)…I think perhaps I’ve been a little too hard on Celtic in the past… especially considering the fact that I come here at least once a week. So why did I give them two stars previously?
You see, I really do love their patio. I hate that they allows smoking (inside and outside)…but that is precisely why my friends and man friend love it and come so often… because they are smokers (gross).
I also really truly love that Celtic has live music. And more importantly GOOD live music… Jeremy Stanfill is a staple here and he is phenomenal. Another reason why I come here so often (he plays most Sunday nights).
Another observation while taking a harder look at why I haven’t been a fan of Celtic in the past… they are a beer and whiskey joint and I’m a Prosecco/​wine girl. Add that to the list of reasons my friends love it and I’ve been so-​so (they are beer connoisseurs).
Bottom line: 1) they have the best patio in Memphis 2) they allow smoking 3) awesome live music 4) they do beer and whiskey well

I came to Celtic Crossing because I had a Groupon and the menu online looked great. Unfortunately when I got there, I found that their menu had a significantly smaller selection than it did online and the prices had been increased. When I mentioned it to the waitress, she snapped back with «what we have is what we have.» Not a great start.
The restaurant itself was dark and extremely smokey so we opted to eat outside.
I had the shepherd’s pie – it was okay, but was definitely nothing special. The tiny piece of Irish soda bread they served on the side was dry and flavorless. I’ve had good Irish soda bread before and this was far from it.
My boyfriend had the fish and chips, which were way too greasy. It was as if they had deep fried it 3 times before serving. The batter did not have a good flavor and the fish was extremely dry. The fries were generic but okay.
All in all, I had a very mediocre experience here and don’t think it’s worth coming back. Spend your money somewhere else!

This is one of the best Patios in Memphis for people watching. On Sunday’s they have live music in the warmer weather months. Trivia night on Wednesdays is great fun. I also had my first date with my fiancé’ here so it will always be special for me.
We visited on a recent Tuesday. Tip: they have $ 2 off wines by the glass, $ 5 off bottles and $ 3 drafts, also two for one fish and chips. Pretty good deals!

I love this bar. Just wanted to start with that. Cozy Irish pub inside. Spacious covered patio outside. Possibly my favorite place to grab a pint and catch a soccer match. World Cup time is mayhem (in a good way).
Tara behind the bar is always smiling and quickly serves folks while helping maintain the great vibe of the place. Other staff have been friendly and great at navigating the crowds when needed as well.
Food wise. I’ve only had the fish and chips and as a New England native I have to say it’s the best in town. Love it.