Was wonderful. Excellent customer service. Delicious food Great drinks Peaceful atmosphere. Will definitely be back.
Alex
Highly recommend if you wanna have a good time with your friends! This is my favorite place to eat good food, drink beer, and listen to good music.
Laurie
We love Murphys. Our last visit, was on Christmas evening. Luckily we made reservations as the place was packed all along the bar, but our reserved table was all an oasis! Food as always was delicious. Our server was calm and attentive in spite of the crowd. We will be back again.
Alison
We had a reservation for Christmas Eve and arrived hoping for a warm, festive dinner. Instead, we were greeted by a “seat yourselves” sign and left to wander the restaurant trying to identify our reserved table. Anyone could have taken it. So much for a reservation. Unfortunately, the experience only went downhill from there. The “Hardy” stew arrived looking like gray, flavorless water with a few sad flecks of meat floating among aggressively oversized carrots and potatoes. It bore no resemblance to stew, let alone anything hearty. Thin, bland, and deeply unappetizing. The fish and chips were equally dismal. A meager offering of chips paired with flavorless fish, and the tartar sauce arrived yellow congealed into an unappealing mass that clearly had not been freshly prepared. The bangers and mash were the final insult. The mashed potatoes were stiff and congealed, with a texture closer to paste than food. Absolutely disgusting and inedible. The service was grim, the presentation was embarrassing, and the entire experience suggested a complete lack of care or pride in what was being served. We walked in hoping for a lovely Christmas Eve dinner and left feeling disappointed and deflated. Old Town Alexandria has no shortage of pubs that understand comfort food and hospitality. Murphy's Pub is not one of them. Subpar food, subpar service, and a complete failure to meet even the most basic expectations.
Andrew Indellicate
Great food. Wonderful service. There I sohch traffic through the door,(which alone tells you how good this place is) don't sit by the front door if it's cold outside. Minor nitpick, but loved this place. We will be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kim
Perfect pub experience in Old Town Alexandria. The service and food were excellent. Great Irish pub vibe.
Ingo Christ
I don't come for the food, but the entertainment. They have traditional music downstairs, something modern up top. Beer is great, all Irish favs. But it is kind of the same thing if you experienced it a few times, but still fun. And they will kick you out at 1:30am, regardless if you just got a drink.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Old Forge Homestead
It was fully packed on a Thursday night so we expected a wait; we were given a table right away, the server (didn’t catch her name, for the ownership’s benefit she was a very tall and nice girl who said she had only worked there for a few days so far) was great, she got our orders and beers quickly. Again, no apparent open tables in the place and thought our food would take a while, but we still got our order in under 10 minutes, and it was delicious. Not overly expensive for decent food in a busy city area. Enjoyed our visit!
Patrick Soisson
Great location, drinks were nice food was good. The stew was perfect for the cool weather
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
AlexandriaFamily1
We were celebrating a birthday and were seated near the fireplace, which made our visit even more festive! While it was extremely crowded on an evening mid-week, our table was ready for us as soon as we arrived. Service was very good despite the stress on the waiter. The only small negative was that one person in our table of five had to wait much longer for his dinner than the rest of us. But we had a lovely meal in any case, and everyone enjoyed what they had ordered. Kudos to everyone for keeping everything running as smoothly as possible on a busy pre-Christmas weeknight!
Did not eat. Drank Irish Beer. Went on a Saturday night. I was downstairs. They allow way too many people in there. Had to stand for a bit. Wait staff kept running into my group of four. Great atmosphere, acoustic guitar player singing fun songs. Finally sat down. Too loud to have a conversation. Just too many people to have fun. I’ve been there previously, during the week when it’s less crowded and had more fun.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 4
Steven Katz
We absolutely love this spot. It's a gem and highly recommend!
Was wonderful. Excellent customer service. Delicious food Great drinks Peaceful atmosphere. Will definitely be back.
Highly recommend if you wanna have a good time with your friends! This is my favorite place to eat good food, drink beer, and listen to good music.
We love Murphys. Our last visit, was on Christmas evening. Luckily we made reservations as the place was packed all along the bar, but our reserved table was all an oasis! Food as always was delicious. Our server was calm and attentive in spite of the crowd. We will be back again.
We had a reservation for Christmas Eve and arrived hoping for a warm, festive dinner. Instead, we were greeted by a “seat yourselves” sign and left to wander the restaurant trying to identify our reserved table. Anyone could have taken it. So much for a reservation. Unfortunately, the experience only went downhill from there. The “Hardy” stew arrived looking like gray, flavorless water with a few sad flecks of meat floating among aggressively oversized carrots and potatoes. It bore no resemblance to stew, let alone anything hearty. Thin, bland, and deeply unappetizing. The fish and chips were equally dismal. A meager offering of chips paired with flavorless fish, and the tartar sauce arrived yellow congealed into an unappealing mass that clearly had not been freshly prepared. The bangers and mash were the final insult. The mashed potatoes were stiff and congealed, with a texture closer to paste than food. Absolutely disgusting and inedible. The service was grim, the presentation was embarrassing, and the entire experience suggested a complete lack of care or pride in what was being served. We walked in hoping for a lovely Christmas Eve dinner and left feeling disappointed and deflated. Old Town Alexandria has no shortage of pubs that understand comfort food and hospitality. Murphy's Pub is not one of them. Subpar food, subpar service, and a complete failure to meet even the most basic expectations.
Great food. Wonderful service. There I sohch traffic through the door,(which alone tells you how good this place is) don't sit by the front door if it's cold outside. Minor nitpick, but loved this place. We will be back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Perfect pub experience in Old Town Alexandria. The service and food were excellent. Great Irish pub vibe.
I don't come for the food, but the entertainment. They have traditional music downstairs, something modern up top. Beer is great, all Irish favs. But it is kind of the same thing if you experienced it a few times, but still fun. And they will kick you out at 1:30am, regardless if you just got a drink.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
It was fully packed on a Thursday night so we expected a wait; we were given a table right away, the server (didn’t catch her name, for the ownership’s benefit she was a very tall and nice girl who said she had only worked there for a few days so far) was great, she got our orders and beers quickly. Again, no apparent open tables in the place and thought our food would take a while, but we still got our order in under 10 minutes, and it was delicious. Not overly expensive for decent food in a busy city area. Enjoyed our visit!
Great location, drinks were nice food was good. The stew was perfect for the cool weather
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
We were celebrating a birthday and were seated near the fireplace, which made our visit even more festive! While it was extremely crowded on an evening mid-week, our table was ready for us as soon as we arrived. Service was very good despite the stress on the waiter. The only small negative was that one person in our table of five had to wait much longer for his dinner than the rest of us. But we had a lovely meal in any case, and everyone enjoyed what they had ordered. Kudos to everyone for keeping everything running as smoothly as possible on a busy pre-Christmas weeknight!
Restaurantji Recommends
Best Irish bar west of Ireland!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Did not eat. Drank Irish Beer. Went on a Saturday night. I was downstairs. They allow way too many people in there. Had to stand for a bit. Wait staff kept running into my group of four. Great atmosphere, acoustic guitar player singing fun songs. Finally sat down. Too loud to have a conversation. Just too many people to have fun. I’ve been there previously, during the week when it’s less crowded and had more fun.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 4
We absolutely love this spot. It's a gem and highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Guinness burger was fantastic!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Great pub food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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