O'Reilly's Irish Pub & Restaurant

First time here, can’t say enough good things about this place! The service, the food, the atmosphere, all great! Highly recommend!!!

I was recently there (10/11/24) for a couple of drinks and a snack with my wife. The experience was fine and the service was ok. We sat at the bar and got drinks relatively quickly. Today (10/15/24) I got an alert from my credit asking if I left a 65% tip, which I certainly did not! I left a $5.71 tip on a $24.29 bill, but someone changed the $5.71 to $15.71. I’d avoid this place at all costs! There are many other places around with food and drinks….and probably honest servers. I guess I’ll have to call when they open. It’s probably too late at this point though.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Had a bad experience here. Service and atmosphere poor. There was a college football game on Peacock that I wanted to see. Asked bartender if they could change it and was immediately told they don't have Peacock. What sports bar doesn't have Peacock?
Also, bar has a terrible read on vibe and crowd. They were playing ELO music after ELO concert, which everyone loved. Some idiot working decided to change song midway through to rap. Everyone bood, but didn't change anything. I also paid to play music through Touchtunes app. Paid premium to have my song play next. A min into my song, the bar changed what was being played. Don't change music that people paid to listen to. Get a better read of your crowd. Many people left because of your unaware staff changing the music people wanted to listen to.

Paid $14.00 for a Rueben sandwich that collectively had about 1 oz of corned beef, cheese, sauerkraut & dressing. The bread, of course was about 2-3” thick. If you don’t mind paying $14 for bread, this is your place. The worst Rueben I’ve ever been served. These people should be ashamed!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Great food and atmosphere. Our waitress was wonderful, friendly and attentive. We went before the Fever game and I think it was underestimated how soon before the game a crowd would arrive. The 2 people working were very overwhelmed until more staff arrived. Would visit again. 9-5 -24

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

People inside, doors are locked well below closing time

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

What a disappointing restaurant, upon arrival told there was no seating available except at the bar or outside despite the main dining floor being empty. So outside we went, only to get a strong recurring scent of Marijuana coming from some random dude hanging out in the patio area despite clearly not being a patron of this place. We were also interrupted 3 more times by random people walking through the patio area asking us for money. Never once saw an employee or manager even attempt to limit people from walking in the fenced off patio.
The service, our waitress was OK but she was visibly stressed out and when she brought us our bill, told us we had to handle cashing out ourselves as she was to overwhelmed to take our credit card, process payment and bring it back to us. How bad is management that they can't help this poor woman out.
Finally, the food. None of it was good, the appetizer O'Reilly's cheese dip, which should be great since it bears their name, was grainy in texture and lacked any smooth liquidity or rich cheesy taste. It also had chorizo sausage in it, which seemed really odd for an Irish restaurant. My partner had a reuben sandwich that she tasted and thought "someone needs to clean the grill" due to an odd flavor and smell on the corned beef. I had the Cottage Beef Pie, and the most flavorful part of that disaster were the peas. The corned beef was swimming in brown gravy which ruined both flavor elements, and the cheese was flavorless which is probably the good news. Finally even our drinks were subpar. My iced tea was severely diluted probably made from instant mix. My partner's Arnold Palmer was also diluted or possibly lacked any iced tea element at all, it really looked and tasted like weak lemonade despite our waitress' reassurance that it was an Arnold Palmer.
In summary, poorly run establishment with zero atmosphere, bad food and drinks. Don't waste your time or money here.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

They wouldn't serve me food. Don't go here if you want to eat. Also, please be open when you're supposed to be next time I visit!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 1

We waited an hour for our food. Simple items, BLT- burnt to the point of inedible. The servers ran off before we could say anything and didn't return until the rest of our party had eaten. The restaurant was not super busy, so very surprised by the lack of service.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Bartendy told some story about how she met trump 40 years ago in Hawaii. Proceeded to say how she wished the shooter didn’t miss trump. Paid for my drink then left. She had purple hair, kind of an indicator of mental instability.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I am a frequenter of O'Reilly's Irish Pub but each time I visit it feels like the first time because of the service. The customers are at its core. Aura served me today and remembered my favorite salad and diet coke.

You can not think of O'Reilly's without thinking of Joel. If you have been you have more than likely been visited by this kind and thoughtful man.

Parking: Be careful about street parking. It does NOT end at 5pm like most cities.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Guinness Beef Stew

Pretty decent place. Was close to convention center for a GenCon lunch. I had the fish N Chips. Nephew had the grilled cheese which he inhaled in less than a minute some must have been good. Wife had some kind of Ruben I believe which she also liked. Plenty of room and friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Update: I checked some other reviews with pictures and the only thing I can think of is people from Indianapolis don't know good food or have never been to any other Irish pubs. Good grief.

A lackluster Irish pub in downtown Indianapolis.

We came after a day walking around the city for a casual early dinner. We love Irish pubs and have found quite a few amazing ones in our travels all over the world, this was the worst one I've been too.

Overall it wasn't terrible for a bar, just below average. The beers were decent, although with all the breweries in Indianapolis I would have liked to see more local brews. The Guinness was good and poured correctly though. I had one beer and would have ordered more, but the service wasn't good.

It was quiet when we went. Maybe 3 other tables tops. Our waitress was good at first. Good greeting and helped us with the beers and menu. But once we ordered she barely came back and when she did, I didn't have time to ask for another beer.

The food was very meh. If we were super hungry from walking around all day we probably would have eaten less than we did. I was told the fries were good and Lowry season, they were plain and bland. As stated, we didn't get a chance to mention anything and we were hungry. The sandwich I had was fine but the Irish Nachos we had were really sad. Probably the worst Irish Nachos I've ever seen.

Overall with the amount of places nearby we made a poor choice but I wish them well. I hope this was just an off day or something, but I won't be giving them another chance.

Not recommended.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 3

Came here to eat dinner before a Fever game and was not disappointed! Service was fast, kind, and the food was delicious. I got the fish and chips and my partner got the cheesesteak with sweet potato fries. Everything was super tasty. Will be returning!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was our first time in Indianapolis and we decided to visit this place and it was a disappointment. A lady who was the waitress treated us very poorly. We asked for a drink and made a disgusted face at us. She took the bill immediately and we were just sitting down. We had only ordered. The hebidas when he took the account very bad experience and it was barely 6pm