Harry O’s

Went last night for a job party it was ok. It’s a typical neighborhood spot to get a drink It’s a reasonable size, TVs behind the bar area and food is available also. It’s near the 2,3,A and C line.

I was there last Monday to grab a few drinks before the Nets and Warriors game and had some good food and good drinks. Everything is priced reasonably the bartender really makes you feel welcome. If your ever in the area and want good food and good vibes then this is definitely a place where you can find it!

Good place for an after work drink.

First, before I go into the food or the drinks, I would like to touch on the staff of this establishment. Rarely have I gone to a bar/​restaurant where every tender, every waitress, and even the owners are so much a part of the draw to keep a visitor coming back. They are amiable, very much attentative, and never do I feel rushed to buy another drink just to enjoy their company at the bar. It’s easy to get on a first name basis with them, and best of all, they’ll remember your name (and what you drink) on your next visit.
As far as the food goes, definitely a step above your normal pub grub. You’d be hard pressed to find something to complain about. The food is fresh, tasty, definitely not overpriced, and best of all served with a smile. It’s hard to find a better deal than the $ 5 appetizers that are served between 5−7PM.
All in all, great people, great food, great place, great times.

The lemon chicken is pretty good but service is poor.
Waitress came over to our table to take our order and walked away as we started ordering saying she would come back when we were ready.
Rice was listed as an option with main course on the menu but waitress denied our request saying the restaurant was too busy and briskly walked away.

Yahoo! The weekend is here, heading down to Harry O’s for some good food, and lots of fun. Love this place, so many friendly people, the food is really good to, I could eat here every night.
Oh yeah and Bocci Ball was a good time too, even if I can’t play very well.

A coworker and I go here after work for a quick drink. We sat at the bar and it appeared to be happy hour by the sign in the front, but the bartender didn’t know what drinks/​appetizers applied to this. We finally placed and order for two whiskey sours (my default drink) and he gives us two whiskey cokes. We remind him of our order and he grunts and groans as he makes us the bitterest whiskey sour in life! It had an after tasted like they not only made the sours themselves, but they made it with way too much lime… bleh.
We finally get our appetizers (chicken tenders and potato skins), which were decent and ask for our bill. I presented him with my Discover card and seconds later he tossed it back on the bar with, «we don’t take this». Seeing my facial expression (and realizing what he did) he picked up the card and handed it to me with a pathetic smirk. My coworker paid and we made our way over to Hill Country Barbeque where the service was exceptional!!!
Professionalism and etiquette goes a long way when attempting to retain clientele.
They shall see me no more.

Great for what it is: and old school bar with decent food. No ambiance and no flash, but plenty of character and tons of regulars. Tuesday is buy one get one for burger and a beer.

I’ve hesitated on writing this review because I wanted to post a picture of the Fresh Turkey Club I had for my lunch here. Unfortunately, as soon as my order was placed in front of me, I forgot about my intent to write a comprehensive Unilocal review and devoured the sandwich immediately. I can’t even take solace in saying that it was my first time and I was just in a rush to see what the food tasted like because I’ve been here my fair share of times and each time had the Turkey Club. The best thing I can say for myself is that this was the first time I was there when they had the Fresh Turkey meat in addition to the lunchmeat Turkey.
My co-​workers, who introduced me to the place, swear by the Fresh Turkey, but I think you’ll be well off with both variations of their Turkey Club. There is both ample turkey meat and perfectly prepared bacon and everything comes together in a hearty, tasty sandwich. The sandwich also comes with a side order of fries, which are pretty good except… having the fries increases the odds you have to use ketchup and having to use ketchup at Harry O’s is an unpleasant experience since they insist on keeping their ketchup ice cold and impossible to serve. The ice cold impossible to serve issue extends to the butter served with the free bread placed at your table so it may just be a general anti-​condiment use thing.
I have only been here for mid-​day workweek lunches, but it’s usually never too busy and you get seated fairly quickly. The staff is attentive and you get your food without much of a wait, which is good, because eating the free bread and rock hard butter would be ill advised. The place could use a bit of sprucing up though because everything about the interior from the napkins to the furnishings looks old and dingy.

Came here for lunch a couple of times.
It’s a quiet place for lunch if you want to discuss business or be left alone and not deal with the hustle and bustle that surrounds metrotech at lunch time. There’s plenty of room here and you don’t feel like you are fighting with other patrons for a spot to put your purse /​coat.
The food is not exactly memorable but it’s consistently OK. I had the potato leek soup the other day and that was probably the best thing I’ve had there. They make solid salads and sandwiches and burgers, with reliable service.

I took a chance on Harry, and he didn’t steer me wrong. The front doors are nice, but on this dead-​end block of Lawrence St, you don’t even know if you’re going to find the place open, much less people inside eating and drinking.
It ain’t fancy here — kinda like smallish midwestern town adds dining hall onto some existing public structure. But the bar area is nice — it feels like the restaurant was an afterthought. Regardless, the chicken caesar salad is very good, and the server I had was friendly, fast, and just plain old knew how to take care of me in my rushed, glued-​to-​iPhone state.
I was thanked as I left, too, which I always like. And it doesn’t happen all that much. Props to Harry. You ain’t fancy, but you’re a swell fella.

I’m baffled as to why this place has 4 stars. This review is only for the bar, not the food. I’ve never seen anyone eating here. I’ve never even seen anyone in the dining room. Maybe it’s busier during happy hour?
Cons:
*the only patrons seem to be weird, old, drunk (read wasted) dudes
*shots are served in illusion shot glasses
*strange, inconsistent hours — maybe they’re only open on game nights? not open on some saturday nights?!
*if it IS a sports bar, there are only 3 (32″?) flat screens
Pros:
somehow they do have really cool bartenders
It sure would be nice if this bar stepped it up and the Brooklyner residents had somewhere close by that was fun to go to on the weekends, but alas… this place is not that place.

We were tourists, but this is not a tourist bar. That is why we went. We enjoy meeting the locals in a casual environment. We met a really nice guy named Dave. He made us feel welcome. The drinks were great and from what I could see, the food was very tasty.

The atmosphere is nothing special but the service and the burger here is great! My girlfriend and I were really in the mood for a cheeseburger so we dropped in and discovered that on Tuesdays the burger is 2 for 1 and decided to give it a shot. The burgers definitely didn’t disappoint when they showed up. It was a nice sized patty that isn’t too fatty but is still juicy and seasoned perfectly and the fries were perfect. Along with the attentive service we were convinced and have been back every Tuesday since and a few times besides when I’m in the mood for a solid burger. If you’re in the area definitely give them a shot.

I love it here! I went here quite a few times with one of my fellow interns because we’re both into low-​key, casual bar-​type atmospheres. The food is pretty damn good, but the service goes above and beyond. I came here once to order two slices of cake for two colleagues who shared a birthday. I got there right when they opened, but chairs were still up on the bar. They had my cake all ready to go when I got there and the guy working even threw in an extra slice of chocolate cake gratis. AND NOT ONLY THAT, but since I only had a credit card and they hadn’t turned the machines on yet, he let me take the cakes and come back at lunch to pay for them!
So that’s exactly what we did. And in that small act, they created life-​long patrons!

Harry O’s is neatly (or not neatly) tucked away on a construction filled block of Lawrence (and stands to make lots of business if the new building across the street becomes inhabited, as the new tallest building in Brooklyn).
Being so close to me that when I first looked for it I couldn’t find it because I didn’t think it was that close, I walked in on a Sunday afternoon to watch the games. There were several regulars in the spacious bar area, and the restaurant section is actually rather large, decorated very simply and old school, everything wood, white linen tablecloths, well lit, like something out of Bay Ridge or more suburban upstate.
I sat down at the bar and enjoyed a 3 dollar Yuengling and some cheap, really good chicken fingers (although I was hoping for some good sauces). The menu? Whatever was written on the chalkboard sign. The cook? Was the barback, which is awesome because he was just chillin’ like a villain with the other patrons.
The bartender was very sweet, she was being celebrity roasted by Hatch, a good natured (although I freaked him out about a dream I had about Troy Polamalu) Redskins fan that was big enough to play linebacker for them. I guess they were good with each other from a while back.
There was a Steelers couple to my left, and two older gentlemen came in later and starting cursing about jobs, honor, and friendship. The jukebox every once in a while popped on a Sinatra tune which was kind of weird.
All the games were on right in front of me, it was quiet (save Hatch’s grilling), and incredibly chill. While it doesn’t have the overall warm vibe that Cody’s has, it’s super relaxed and definitely hidden to most.
The funniest thing? Hatch must have had a late night the night before, because he totally fell asleep at the bar at around 4:25 in the pm. The place was so chill that everyone just let him take a nap for about 20 and he went back to watching the games as if nothing happened.

Sooo the food was great and the service was too. There are tables and a bar, so you can choose where you want to sit. They didn’t rush us out or anything, so that’s a good thing, because usually we run into rude service. Great place for a quick and cheap dinner, or lunch!

We went to Harry O’s for our post-​work Saint Patrick’s Day drinks and fare and it was, overall, not bad.
Harry O’s is divided into a bar area and two dining rooms. The bar area was the most crowded, and even then was still not impossibly crowded. It has a warm feeling and is brighter than most Irish pubs, with wood paneling on the walls and a standard offering of liquors and beers (some on tap including Sam Adams, Yeungling, Blue Moon, etc.). The dining rooms are a different story altogether and to put it politely, are simply not charming. The décor in them is relatively non-​existent and the «crowd» enjoying their Saint Patrick’s Day fare was relatively light.
Keeping in mind that I think this is a more popular lunch place than dinner place, and that we went for dinner, I won’t hold it against them. Service was prompt and courteous, and the menu does offer a wider assortment of fare than most pubs of this size do. There are the standard burgers, salads, meat dishes, etc. and on Saint Patrick’s Day, there was corned beef with cabbage and potatoes and Irish bangers and mash as well. I had the bangers and mash, and it was pretty good, and surprisingly presented well. The portions were pretty generous and the prices are overall very reasonable.
The only thing that surprised me was that there were no Irish beers offered (at all) on Saint Patrick’s Day. I ended up having Sam Adams, which was fine, but it was a bit unfortunate considering that it would be the one day in particular that I’d be looking out for some Irish beer.
Despite the rather shabby atmosphere, the crowd is pleasant and the food and service are good. If you’re in the Downtown Brooklyn area, this is at least a good place to have a drink and a small bite to eat if you’re not interested in the Fast Food Mile also known as Fulton Street Mall.