McGee's Pub
240 W 55th St, New York
(212) 957-3536
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Dependable and reasonably priced for a quick drink in upper Midtown. A lot of HIMYM fans.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 4
It's a nice place with decent choices for beers and food
I actually came here by chance when I was looking for something to eat and drink. It turned out that this pub is slightly inspired by How I Met Your Mother, the popular sitcom. There are nice touches that remind you of it, such as various signed posters and the familiar benches from the sitcom.
The food was okay, nothing to complain about, and the beer was fine. The service was also fine, and luckily they still had room for one more person :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Everything is Awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bald bartender was extremely rude
Great Irish bar, showing all the sports, great atmosphere, extremely friendly
Great place to stop, to rest up have a beer
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I visited this pub because I’m a fan of HIMYM and it was my first time in NYC. I ordered pineapple cocktail, it was tasty, nothing to complain about. However the service was really disappointing, the bartender seemed to be annoyed that I wanted to pay with Apple Pay instead of physical card, I wasn’t feeling good there, but the drink was good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Overall okay! Cider is good - food is just alright. I would try the potato skins, can pass on the mozzarella sticks. Good for a group get together
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 3
this review is specific to the one bartender the second floor as the rest of the servers were seemingly polite. ordered 2 moscow mules, showed our IDs, all normal until i hand my drink to one of my friends to hold as i look for something in my jacket. she immediately called my friend over to ask for her id from across the bar because i was “handing over the drink” and my friend walks up and realizes she forgot her wallet. understandably, the bartender says she needs a physical id when my friend asks if she can show a picture and she doesn’t get anything. the upstairs doesnt allow you to sit anywhere besides at the bar so we stand for a while across from it until we move closer to the bar area, which was smaller and we were a group of 4 so we stood close to each other, to which the bartender continuously made remarks like “i dont know why you’re at a bar when you don’t have your ID”, my boyfriend had a straw in his drink and since we were close to each other, she came over and said “i have my eye on you guys i know what you’re doing with the straw” and to “stop huddling”. ma’am, the bar area where we can stand is maybe 5 feet wide, where the hell are 4 people gonna stand?
she would purposefully pause while making drinks to watch us while we would literally just be talking to each other. above all, she wanted to make sure we felt watched in some odd attempt to scare us. people moved from the seats at the bar so some of us tried to sit down since we’d been there for about 20-30 mins standing, and she immediately and rudely told my friend not to sit. we proceeded to all keep standing because we didn’t want to sit directly in front of her as she kept hovering over us. quite frankly, she probably thought we were all underage as we were a group of 4 younger people, but was incredibly tense considering she didnt treat other customers who were just as young. it’s one thing to be careful if a customer doesnt have ID, and another thing to be disrespectful and rude. later on, as we quickly finished our drinks, a customer and her got into a spat where the customer called her an imperialist. so perhaps this is a recurring issue with this specific bartender, as i’d like to note that we were a group of mainly people of color, and possibly some of the only ones in the upstairs area. sad to see such a well revered bar to have staff that would treat customers so poorly. also, if you’re a how i met your mother fan, nothing special about this place other than a few posters and multiple copies of hamlet??
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 1
Just had the worst experience ever by being treated very bad by a waitress just because she didn’t like the amount of tip I gave her. Will never com back
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We had the buffalo chicken wrap, a burger, and sliders. The fries were the best fries I’ve ever had. They are the thick wedge style fries and they were perfectly crispy and so soft on the inside. It was amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I’ve visited this pub twice in the past year and both times were amazing. Specifically, I came last week with my dad and sister. We were so excited to visit the “home” of HIMYM. There were so many photos of the cast on the walls, it made all of us emotional lol. I’d like to highlight our bartender Andrew. Being from the south and visiting the big city, we never know how people will be or act towards tourists. Andrew treated us like family. He was so appreciative of our company, he made us belly laugh often, and truly made us feel so at home. I’ll never forget him. Regarding the drinks, we stuck to Guinness, Stella, and their MkGees beer. All were fresh and delicious. Notably, it was my sister’s birthday, so she got a beer on the house! Regardless of the pub’s popularity through HIMYM, it was a solid place to hang out and I wish this was my neighborhood bar! Thanks again andrew for your true hospitality.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Service was good but value was absolutely terrible. I paid $175+ for 5 sodas, 1 appetizer of French fries, and 5 entrees. Food was Mid, Tip was forced, CC Fee added, no refills on sodas ($5 per drink). Absolutely do not recommend and I rarely say that on my reviews.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
Came here for the 'How I met your mother'atmosphere! Great place! Food was really good. Enjoyed looking at the photos. Got a t-shirt!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great Irish pub with great burgers
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
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