Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub

Worst.Service.Ever! When we’d get really lucky and a server would come to take our drink order, it was still 20 minutes before you got it. Terrible terrible don’t waste the time here

Tried the Mini Yorkshires that were awesome! Had the fish and chips. They were hot and tasty. And the gravy was a great choice for the fries.
The staff was very friendly and attentive. A great pub!

Went here after a long day of touristsy things in edmonton was nice cause it was right next to our hotel. I got the small shepherds pie and my bf got a lamb shank. My pie was aamaazzzzing! My first time having it and I wasn’t disappointed! My bf on the other hand didn’t really like the lamb shank, to much sauce on it for his taste. But it was a quiet cozy little meal we shared after a long day. I would recommend this place to anyone! Small menu, HUGE portions for cheap! Waitress was very polite and helpful with the menu (cause I didn’t know what to get)

I like it here. Service is pretty good. Food is decent. Prices are ok. But I prefer to sit at the bar and unfortunately at this location it means listening to the wait staff gossip and complain– not just occasionally. Every time I come here and sit at the bar I end up having to leave because I feel annoyed and stressed out by their bitching and complaining. I’m not suggesting they shouldn’t feel free to vent– just that they should do it in the back or something.
I tried making a joke to the bartender about it and I think he mentioned it — which I really appreciated.

For a pub, I thought were was quite a bit of hearty food choices on the menu. I was attending an evening conference at the Holiday Inn and decided to pop in here for a quick bite with my two friends. We weren’t overly hungry so ordered something lighter.
My friend asked for genuine draft and was told they don’t have that so that was a bit surprising for a pub. Their «happy hour» price for 1 lb. of chicken wings were $ 8 so I ordered medium hot. The wings were average size and it came with carrot sticks and blue cheese dip. One friend had the french onion soup which looked like how it should and she really enjoyed it. My other friend had the smaller-​sized chicken pie with salad. That size was enough to fill her up and she also really enjoy the food.
There are two locations in Edmonton and I definitely want to go back and try some other things. Our waiter was super friendly and helpful too with our menu inquiries. We received fast and great service!

If it was not for the SEBA event that was held here, I wouldn’t have known that this place was even here. We were on the patio, which is warm until the sun dips behind the hotel across the street. The service left something to be desired… Maybe had we just gone up to the bar and got it ourselves it would have been faster. The fresh fruit platters were delicious but the rest of the food was not consistent and lacking.

went just for drinks. ok beer selection with specials on domestics. was a Monday night so was very quiet which was nice. our server was great and friendly. nothing overly special and definitely not the top of the list for irish pubs in the city. the thing that really turned me off and why I wouldn’t go back is the washrooms. i think they’re technically the conference centers responsiblity but 2 co-​ed single stall that the moment you walk in smelled like urine and the seat was covered in stale piss. disgusting! didn’t look like they had cleaned it at all since the weekend.

Popped in on a Saturday night because we couldn’t find anywhere else to go for dinner. Had potato nachos and chicken curry, based on the recommendation of the server. Even the girl running the food was excited about my curry. For a pub, I was skeptical, but it really was decent curry and jasmine rice! Between the starter and entrees, the portions are fine for the money. Drinks were constantly topped up. I found very little to complain about, although having to go out into the attached Holiday Inn to use the washroom is a little odd.

Salmon dish was tasty but small portion. Was still hungry after. Friend had fish and chips. Big portion and very tasty. Chicken grill bread was a great sharing platter.

Went there last night, had atrocious service! What’s with this sort of thing recently?
Our server, Lisa, didn’t decide to grace our table until we went inside and asked for someone to take our orders. Overall, it took about 15 minutes to get our orders done from when we sat down, got rowdy about nobody showing up, asked for a server, and when she finally arrived. We both worked as servers before, so we are pretty understanding and forgiving for people in the industry.
She plopped down menus and asked what we wanted. Uhm… maybe if you give us a minute to look we’ll know?
We sort through the menu in quick order and decide on food and some drinks. Notice nobody else around us is getting service either. Another ordeal of waiting, having to go ask for the server, her coming over like she’s the freaking pope gracing us with her presence. It was late already, and having to have waited so long for service we weren’t willing to wait around for food to show up anymore so we just asked for beer. That didn’t sit well with the server, who scoffed and left, arriving with our beers after, what I assume due to how long it took, to be a walk straight to the brewery in Calgary to retrieve them. A good inch and a half of head to our pints, but whatever, beer is beer. Took forever to pay, too, and the server just snatched the machine and walked back without a word. Have a good night? :\
Overall, it was nasty but it was late and we were going to watch a movie, so we just stuck with it and kept pestering people for service. If we weren’t, we would’ve left far before the point where we asked for a server and definitely would’ve just left without paying for how long it took for us to get our bill and actually pay. Two pints shouldn’t be an hour and a half ordeal.

Last night I went there with high hopes, I love this restaurant in other cities. Last night I had the lamb shank, the potatoes were so dry they crumbled, the grilled veg was salty and cold, and the shank wasn’t as good as it should. They served me wine in a tumbler glass, and when I went up to the bartender and asked for a wine glass he told me he only had one left, I told him I didn’t care and to give it to me. This particular restaurant is bad, it’s in a bad location, if it were on the west end I think I would thrive with more workers and it would be better. Oh they get that one star up there because they have free oysters on Friday.

Not many Edmontonians know this qaint irish pub with tasteful food and of course beer. Guiness Burger is a delight along with a starter of their famous Blarney Chips.

This place has very friendly and helpful staff. They will help you pick out anything on the menu. The burgers are pretty good, which says something because I’m definitely not a burger person. I really enjoyed the thinly sliced potato chips that came with my burger however, I was not a fan that when they gave me the options for substitutes to fries they left out the part where my potato chips were $ 3 more. Oh well.
Location isn’t easy to get to but it would be great for anyone who is staying at the Holiday inn or even the Delta. This pub didn’t seem too busy which was nice but it also wasn’t dead.
Beer was good, but when isn’t it. I wouldn’t say Fionn MacCool’s is anything special but it’s nice if you are looking for comfort. Fionn’s is comfortable, it kind of reminds you of home, in a sense.

This is somewhat of a random place. It has a distinct franchise-​feel, though I don’t know of more locations in the city. This one is attached to the Holiday Inn, which leads me to assume its primary patrons are travelers and that’s why few Edmontonians know about it. I was here with a big group on a weeknight, so the restaurant was nearly empty. Service was decent and the food was ok, but nothing special. I think they’re trying for atmosphere and just miss the target. It feels unauthentic and a little forced. Not a bad beer selection and the fish & chips was delicious, but the odd location and boring atmosphere makes me think I probably won’t end up here again.

Love this place. I’m a regular of sorts and I love the food quality and portion sizes. The staff is super friendly and love to talk to each client as the come in. The drinks are top notch. It’s still a new Pub, being open since May 2012, which explains why it isn’t busier.
Love the lamb shank, Veg burger, and the flat iron beat salad.

We had a Groupon for this restaurant. Hubby had a tender and delicious lamb shank with gravy, $ 19. It was so good that he’s lucky I didn’t eat it all. It came with average tasting mashed potatoes and properly cooked vegetables. I had the meatloaf sandwich, $ 13 which was quite tasty, but I personally would have preferred a cranberry chutney rather than a tomato chutney to really offset the flavours of the meatloaf, bacon and cheese. It came with decent steak fries. We tried the seafood chowder and it was very good. The service was friendly and efficient.

Well it’s better then the Lion’s Head…
Great uniforms and generally keen and friendly wait staff that will bring you the thing you order in a reasonable amount of time with a minimum of snark. Maybe almost too attentive in some cases as all three time’s I’ve been the wait staff has missed the cues to stay away until a conversation is finished. Hardly a complaint.
Good selection of beer. Try the Erdinger!
Food tastes like it was designed for humans to eat and is generally high end pub food. Various meat/​fish pies are excellent, sandwiches are great, mini yorkshires are decent, but the chowder is a straight up tragedy.
In all, great for lunch or drinks in a casual atmosphere.

An eager-​to-​please waitstaff working in pleasant surroundings is let down by a slightly overpriced and underwhelming menu. In my humble opinion, the kitchen would do better to offer fewer items and do a top flight job executing each offered item. But that’s just the opinion of this reviewer.