McGirk’s Irish Pub

All i have ever eaten here is their burgers which are awesome. The first time my wife and i came here and there was a little mistake but the owner made sure it was corrected and every time i am in binghamton i make sure i stop here for lunch or something. I recommend it to anyone.

Great casual hangout! The staff is super friendly and the food is great! I didn’t particularly like the steak salad but everything else I’ve had is good. It’s bar good… wings, burgers etc. Parking has never been an issue and I can’t remember exactly how it works but they give these tokens that keep you drinking there all night!

McGirk’s has excellent wait staff and bartenders. Portions, including drinks, are generous. Plus, there is nothing I have ordered that was less than excellent.
The owners and managers stop at the tables to ask about your meal. They provide appropriate and interesting entertainment in the dining room. Love McGirk’s. It always tops the list of where I take out of town visitors.

There were few options for lunch. We ordered two apps and two entrees. The apps were the pretzel bread and twice baked potato soup. The bread was very good and so was the soup except for the fact that the soup arrived cold and with far too many chives on it. The burger was excellent but the rueben was disappointing. The description in the menu said it was pilled high with pastrami but this sandwich at most had 3 slices of meat in it and the bread was all soggy. To be honest I would not recommend going there until some controls are in place in the kitchen.

Great food friendly staff and patrons Best pub in the area.

This was a reunion for the Traveling Heckleberries. We all had the Shepherd’s pie. It’s a bit noisy, but the food is good and the staff are friendly. The band was okay. This seems to be aopular place.

I used to frequent this place with my ex gf once a month, getting drinks and eating food there. Driving a good distance to get there. The food can be hit or miss, but remember you are walking into a country bar, and when it’s good it’s very good. Homemade bread for burgers and sandwiches, and the Irish food is good too. I don’t venture to far outside what I previously ordered as we have had food there that wasn’t good.
I give it four stars because it’s out in the middle of nowhere, a small town with not much, and although it might not be consistent, more of my meals have encouraged this long drive for an out of the way meal and conversation with a loved one.
There’s no pretentious attitudes either, it’s just a country bar serving people from the area probably for many many years. I hear locals talking about their lives, seeing them off work, or dressed up with a date. It’s sort of nice to see this sort of thing while the rest of the world seems to sprawl and grow, defining itself by the cars they buy. One rushes towards the future, while this place is just in the present all the time.
I guess I got a bit thoughtful at the end. I suppose seeing all my old places across this nation explode with traffic, strip malls, it’s great to be in areas that haven’t tried to catch up with the rest of the world.

Fun hang out. Didn. t try the food.

We at at McGirk’s Friday evening. Now, I’ve eaten there before — a couple of lunches, a couple of dinners. I’ve never been blown away and I’ve never rushed back. It’s also fair to say, It’s never been awful, so it’s relatively safe.
Friday evening was a little more disappointing than my previous visits however. We ordered wings and oddly, they came with the sauce on the side. They were crispy, which was good, but I still don’t understand the sauce on the side.
We ordered side salads… and here’s my pet peeve with salads — I do NOT want to do the work for them. Like Mitch said, ‘we know they have knives out there, why don’t they use them!?’ If you’re bringing me a salad, for god’s sake, please be sure it’s ready to eat. I had pieces of lettuce the size of my plate.
I ordered a burger — medium. The burger was overcooked and dry. Oddly, there was like a corner of it that was still medium… if the whole burger was less cooked, it might have been good, but I could barely tell from the small portion that wasn’t.
Mitch got fish and fries. He’s still on the search for a Utica equivalent Fish and Fries. He said the fish was actually really good — so that was the best part of our meal. However, it was a pretty small portion of fish.
Last complaint… there was an Irish singer. That’s all ok… but, we sat as far from him as we could, hoping it would be like background music. Unfortunately, there was a speaker in close proximity to our table and as we looked around, we realized, there were speakers in close proximity to all of the tables. We asked if they could turn it down, but no dice. It was incredibly difficult to talk at all. We were literally shouting to each other and we could still barely hear.
The meal took over 2 hours, which normally, we’d be fine with, we’re slow eaters. But, with the agitating music and the fact that we were eating pub food, not high-​class, it seemed a bit excessive.
I’m sure if we have to, we’d still go back, but if we have other options, we’ll probably take those or try something new first.
Too bad, because the place is nice looking and their menu has appealing items on it.
Total bill with 2 beers, 2 sodas, 1 appetizer, 2 salads, fish fry and burger and tip = $ 52. Not too bad price-​wise, if only it was yummier.