Casey's Irish Bar & Grille

04/07/08

nothing to write home about

by barbarianhr at Citysearch

I work near Casey's and decided to head there for lunch for the first time. I was excited because I am a HUGE fish 'n chips and Guinness guy. as we walk down the stairs (co-worker and I), I say to myself: "self, this place is nice".. little did i know the aesthetics of the pub itself would be the only positive attribute to the establishment.

we look over the menu as we're seated (i knew what i was getting before i even got there, but looked anyway..), and my co-worker ordered the "chicken caprese sandwich", while i got the fish 'n chips. when the food arrived, his chicken sandwich was slightly warm at best, so he returned it to get it reheated. it came back minus a pickle and it was as if they had toasted the bread rather than warm the entire sandwich. he asked for it to be reheated once more and was turned down because the manager "was not in".

in conclusion, given the cold chicken sandwich, mediocre fish 'n chips (talk about bad cut of cod), warm Guinness and servers with attitude problems, this place is, for lack of a better term, undesirable.

• Pros: Guinness, Harp and Smithwick's on tap, and Irish Pub atmoshphere
• Cons: pretty much everything else

07/25/07

Great downtown hangout

by leschnei at Citysearch

Casey's is a great place for a casual night out. The downtown working crowd heads there for after-work drinks, while USC students use it as a late night hangout. They have a jukebox! What more do I have to say!

• Pros: Good selection, laid-back atmosphere
• Cons: Limited parking

03/06/07

A WASTE OF A BEAUTIFUL SPACE

by girlcomesaround at Citysearch

Where do I start? Casey's had a chance to make it when they hired a new chef who created an inspired menu, but that was back in 2006. Now Casey's has reverted back to terrible, fried bar food with no originality or taste. Our waitress admittedly knew nothing and failed to credit me for my opentable reservation even though I explained to her the opentable system and the no-show issue. Even though the place was empty our waitress was inattentive while the food was bad and the bottled beer was not cold. I called the next day to complain because they still have the old (good) menu listed on their website which I felt was misleading. The person who answered the phone gave me the same excuse the waitress did the night before" Our website is under construction." Usually when a website is under construction it says so and it doesn't mislead with flat-out incorrect information about an establishment. I also complained about the fact that our waitress did not give me opentable credit for my reservation. First I was told that Casey's only uses opentable as a secondary means of making reservations (whatever that means) and then he said that his restaurant's short experience with opentable hadn't been good. I defended opentable as a long-time user and promptly complained to opentable about Casey's.

In addition: bathroom is kinda gross, must walk through smoking section to enter bar, they tout their huge music selection but unless you pay for the jukebox they don't plat music at all (3 plays for $2.00 is too expensive); tiny booths; disorganized.

Don't give this bar your time or money. It's a lovely bar, but that's it.

• Pros: Lovely bar
• Cons: gross bathroom, bad srevice, terrible menu, warm beer