Knew in advance, but still disappointing

Reviewed by HuanChu on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 16:07
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Review of Paddy O'Shea's
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Went to Paddy's last night for the Pub Quiz, and walked away quite disappointed afterwards.

I had been to the quiz once last year, and honestly thought it wasn't very good. But after it got an 'Outstanding' award for Best Pub Quiz, I thought I'd give it another go.

Unfortunately, nothing seems to have changed in the last 6 months. From a F&B point of view, IMHO, the bar seems lacking, with a limited selection of food, and an even greater limitation of non-alcoholic beverages. My DC was served chilled, however, my veggie burger was somewhat sloppily put together, and the French fries lacked any real taste.

Staff seemed quite attentive, but even during the quite evening, it took sometime to get served, or even get a menu.

As for the actual quiz itself, I have to admit I am very surprised it won an award, while others like Stumble Inn, took home nothing. Neither the quiz master, nor the competing teams, seemed to really take an interest in what was going on, and there seemed to be a real lack of anything resembling real organisation.

Maybe I'm just too used to the way things work at Stumble, and I'm sure there are people who love it, but for me, it's not really a place I'd want to go to again.

Comments

ilovexiaolongbao's picture ilovexiaolongbao Submitted by Guest on Sun, 06/12/2011 - 18:42

I don't know why people bother with the negative reviews of Paddy's. It is what it is and it's popular. That is, a best approximation of an Irish boozer you are going to get around here. Passable Guinness, a decent enough jukebox, greasy pub food, good sports screens, most importantly a good laugh with friendly people.

If you go there looking for impeccable service, decent vegetarian food and drinks like cognac then you clearly deserve to be disappointed and should go somewhere else. Bars like this don't need patrons like that in there anyway. It's not like your lack of patronage will close them down.

Aier2's picture Aier2 Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 11:15

ilovexiaolongbao wrote:
If you go there looking for impeccable service, decent vegetarian food and drinks like cognac then you clearly deserve to be disappointed and should go somewhere else.

Like the Stumble Inn.
Is it really so much to expect those things in Beijing in 2011?

I actually quite like Paddies but I can't deny the quiz award thing strikes me as questionable.

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