The Auld Dubliner

Fantastic place with excellent atmosphere. Dual dart boards included as well as televisions everywhere with the games on. Wait staff was friendly and prompt. Joey was a fantastic server.
We started with spicy potato balls. I had fish and chips and my wife had chicken boxty. Huge portion sizes and all dishes were very tasty. If you leave hungry, it’s your own fault. Highly recommended.

Pretty cool atmosphere! Really good food !
Great drinks! Drinks are a little more expensive than other similar bars but besides that it’s great!
My husband and I played darts which was a lot of fun to do. Small bar area and table seating. Great for a few people, not a large group.

This is an OK bar at the Lakes to have a few drinks. But only if the Mexican bar is too crowded. Which it was, so we didn’t have any choices. The bartender we had over Labor Day weekend was depressed and a total downer. It was actually insulting to pay casino prices here in this little pub where there were maybe 15 people and the bartender treats you like you’re a bother. Here you will pay $$$$ for your booze. $ 15 shot of Jameson. Thank goodness there was a decent singer for some touch of personality. Next time we visit The Lakes, we’ll make sure to get to the other bar sooner.

Jared and Joey are awesome! The wings I had were monumental. This bar has 24 taps ready to serve. I met Joseph, the GM. We talked baseball and he was a boss. I can’t wait to come back to this pub. Try the mussels you won’t be disappointed

Brought a group here for my wedding rehearsal dinner after-​party and it was great! They accommodated our whole group and everyone had a good time. Live music and drink specials were just what we wanted.

not bad — not awesome, worth a shot! «Irish pub» is very well over-​done, and a hard to survive or thrive theme in the sleepy far off suburban desert next to a fake lake– but not an entirely bad turn at it –not a bad place at all. decent.

… Ended up at this pub to kill some time, while waiting for a friend at lake Las Vegas. Ended up closing the place down. Jared the bartender is super knowledgable on beers, and gave me the best suggestions for the menu. Joey is super awesome as well, and he’s got a wicked sense of humor., the pastrami sandwich is heaven! If you come to lake Las Vegas, this spot is a must…

Not your typical pub grub! This place adds a nice culinary twist to your typical Irish dish or pub fav’s. You’ll never leave hungry with their large portions!
The service is great, and the beer is always cold! They have an amazing selection of craft beers on tap that change once in a while so you always have a new treat.
I recommend any of the burgers, especially the veggie! The boxy is to die for as well as the ahi tuna tacos! Of course you can never go wrong with the shepherds pie! Let’s talk wings… These are a meal them-​self! They are huge and so so good!
If you’re in Las Vegas, take a night away from the strip, and check out lake Las Vegas cause this place is a must!
Check them out on a Friday or Sat. Night for live music!
Great job everyone who works there! You rock!

Killer beer list and the veggie burger and fries were delicious! The service was great too. Food came super fast. It’s in a strange location at Lake Las Vegas. My parents and I kept saying we felt like we were in the Twilight Zone. Quite depressing actually… surrounded by vacant shops and the eerie Hilton Hotel. You have to park in the parking garage next to the closed down casino and walk through the corridor connecting the hotel and parking garage. I believe the corridor is on level 5. Or you can cut across the front of the casino that’s dark and weird as well and head down the outdoor staircase to the shops. Wouldn’t do it alone at night. The restaurants down there really need to put some signs out directing people.

AVOID IF IT ISN’T ALREADY OUT OF BUSINESS
Three problems we encountered:
1. DUMPSTER. This pub’s in a promenade immediately outside a casino. But the casino shut, and many of the other shops fled. So to reach this pub, you park in a mostly vacant garage, walk through the service entrance, past a giant reeking dumpster, and then past various shuttered establishments.
2. POOR VALUE. The Shepherd’s Pie costs $ 18. Given its quality (let alone the pub’s dismal surroundings), $ 12 would be appropriate.
3. WEAK SERVICE. On a Friday night, there appeared to be only one waitress. She was trying, but was very harried.

Awesome service! Our server was really nice and prompt.
Great food too. My husband had the reuben and i had the fish sandwich. Good portions and really nicely decorated place!

Fish and chips were excellent, full portion was enough and then some. Amazing Tarter sauce! Good selection of beers and good service at the bar. Nice place, too bad they are in a commercial area that is struggling.

Joey was Awesome! Yes it’s busy. And yes it’s Hot! And, def 4^th of July! Being in the service industry my daughter and, appreciate the running his b I try off he did. Thank you Joey great job with all the matienence peeps. We appreciated you. Thanks again. Amanda dawn and scarlet

My husband and I have been going to this resturant since it opened. It sad to say that the service has slowly declined and the food prices have increased. It’s unfortunate to think that the people that work there do not value you as a customer. I will never go back to this establishment and hope that the management make the staff and food changes soon. You just lost a loyal customer because you do not care about your patrons!

How many nights have a sat on one of their bar stools spending my paycheck? More often than I’d like to admit. From their illegally imported bottles of Paddy to the perfect pour of my Guinness… there were more memories forgotten than remembered.
So, you might ask, why the negative review? Poor service, bad attitude, etc. The problem with this Auld Dubliner is that it is the anchor of a dying resort area. This shelters them from actually having to compete for business. Over the years, plenty of time shares have been sold to this declining area. While most are content to venture to the Strip, a number of regulars confine themselves to the manmade monstrosity known as Lake Las Vegas. I have always pulled for the ol’ girl as it was somewhat fun when it was thriving. Now she’s as a sad as a truck stop escort.
This last time, we stopped in at 11:10 on a Sunday. Being our anniversary (17 years), we wanted to do something special. We had our little ones in tow in addition to invited friends with their children. Based on their current menu, this would easily be a $ 150 bill. Waiter stops us at the door & tells us they don’t serve lunch until 11:30, but we could sit at the bar. Mind you, there’s four adults & four children under the age of 4… the bar? After a beat, he seats us at a ‘reserved’ table. The high chairs provided were one step above toxic waste. Being parents of toddlers, we’re used to some nastiness on the high chairs, but I think someone had actually puked on the top one as the waiter took it away to clean it. True to his word, the waiter waited until 11:30 to provide us with menus. He mentioned kid menus which we then requested, but were never delivered. When questioned as to the menu in our hands versus the one posted online (and the 30% mark up), he just mumbled something about it being another location’s menu & that the one in front of us was «our menu». Really not all that customer service orientated.
Having eaten here multiple times before, the food is solid. Not the best I’ve ever had nor the worst. Unfortunately, we never made it to the actual eating portion of lunch as a larger party walked in. We felt the attention of our server shift to the easier all drinks party as we went from being the first group in the restaurant to a nuisance. Maybe it was a ploy to get us to leave as the mere thought of cleaning up after four toddlers wasn’t enough to justify the $ 30 tip or more he was going to receive. Maybe this isn’t fair to the Auld Dubliner, but from being a patron who has spent $ 15/​shot for Paddy, who has purchased a bottle of Jameson on more than one occasion, who has had food/​drink bills over $ 200…for two people, I feel like I am more qualified than most to either recommend or condemn.
The kicker was having to walk away from a perfectly poured Guinness…

I’m not quite sure what I was expecting from an Irish pub in a shopping center. First, the food
We ordered two chicken club sandwiches. They brought two bbq chicken sandwiches. The waitress was pleasant and admitted to the mistake. But I was starving and was half way through the sandwich and realized it was unlikely anything would be better so I kept it.
The chicken was dry and rubbery. The chicken completely lacked in flavor. The kitchen is probably accustomed to this observation and tried to cover it by dipping it in bbq sauce and probably maple syrup. Pretty awful.
My girlfriend ordered the chicken club which was also sub par.
Neither of us were sick at the end of the meal.
The beer selection is good. It has a nice patio with a man who plays the bagpipes intermittently throughout the day. It’s at a reasonable volume outside. Inside it is deafening.
Bottom line: I would get a drink here again and sit on the patio. I would not recommend ordering the chicken.

A PUB WHERE THERE ARE NO WORRIES
The Auld Dubliner is a touch of Ireland situated in a lakeside Montelago Village in the Las Vegas desert. When you step inside Auld Dubliner Pub, an Irish pub awaits. From the wooden fixtures to the bar and tables, imported Irish furnishings are a touch away. When David Copley created the Auld Dubliner he gave Lake Las Vegas an authentic Irish pub. It is more than furnishings that bring Ireland to Lake Las Vegas. It is the drinks, beer, wine and pub food including burgers and fish & chips.
The Daniel S-​pectation:
I walked into the Auld Dubliner to enjoy a cold one while watching sports before spending time outside along the Lake.
My experience of the Sunday, January 25 visit:
In similar style to today’s Lake Las Vegas Montelago Village, this was one laid-​back place. The majority of the patrons sat outside in the patio dining at the tables overlooking the Montelago Village. I was the sole bar patron. In the front of the house was a staff of two: the bartender and waitress. The waitress would complain to the bartender, who made the drinks in front of me, that certain customers were showing a lack of appreciation toward her job. She was a hard worker and personable to me. The bartender was really laid-​back and attentive. His catch phrase was «no worries.» When a customer complained about a drink glass, he fixed the problem with a, «No worries.» When the waitress let off some steam, his response was, «no worries.» When he checked on me and I said everything was good, his response was, «No worries.» And when I drank my pint of PBR, there were no worries.
Being Lake Las Vegas, they charge Las Vegas Strip prices. I was only having one beer. I was content sipping a $ 4 pint of PBR while watching professional golf on the large TV screen. If it had been a Football Sunday, I might of taken advantage of a Carlsberg Game Time Special where a Bloody Mary, Jim Beam Stag shot, or Margarita is $ 5. Then again I’d most likely have stuck to a beer. In the daylight I’d prefer to be spending most of my time outside in the beautiful lakeside Montelago Village in the desert.
Now if I had been here at night, I might of spent a few hours in a less laid-​back pub. Every night of the week there is a different event. Monday is kickball night. Tuesday is karaōke night. Wednesday is Gamer Night. Thursday is College and Ladies Night. Friday is Live Music Night. Saturday is DJ Dance Party Night. And Sunday is Service Industry Night.
Conclusion– 3 & ½ stars:
With the main casino shut down at the time of this review, Lake Las Vegas is in want of a bar scene. Gradually this might be changing with Brooklyns planned to open across the walking path. Meanwhile, The Auld Dubliner is a nice spot to experience the joys of an Irish pub in the lakeside Montelago Village in the desert. Concerning if I will return here, «No worries.»

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This is the only Irish bar I’ve frequented in the area and it is about the only good bar in Lake Las Vegas that isn’t a hotel bar. Definitely a made for tourists spot with over the top Irish décor but the food and drink are good. It seems to be one of the few busy things in this fairytale ghostland of a make believe village/​shopping area.

We were in the area and I was starving so my friend and I went here since there’s not very many options in Lake Las Vegas. Usually, when I’m starving, food tastes better and I finish everything on my plate.
The place wasn’t busy at all. The servers were quite friendly to the older men. The food came out 20 – 30 minutes after placing our order.
BBC Burger:
My friend loved this burger. It has pickles, bacon, chipotle BBQ sauce, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and onions. They have turkey options for their burgers if you don’t eat beef. The patty was tasty and juicy. The chipotle BBQ sauce was delish. This came with curry fries. ⁴⁄₅
Fish Sandwich:
This looked so good but doesn’t taste as good. It comes in a toasted brioche bun, tartar sauce, pickles, onions, tomato, lettuce and a huge piece of fried and breaded fish. No flavor though. ²⁄₅
Garlic Parmesan Fries:
Whenever I see garlic parm fries on the menu, I have to have it. No ifs, ands or buts about it. However, I was mighty disappointed with this version. It had no flavor to it. I sprinkled lots of salt just so I could eat this. Lots of oil, no garlic/​Parmesan taste. I couldn’t finish this. ¹⁄₅
This was a bad choice for a cheat meal and it made me so sad. I only ate half of whatever we ordered. It’s like they have something against flavor.

I had low expectations for the Irish pub, being that it’s in the middle of a basically desolate shopping center in Lake Las Vegas – but I was surprised.
The service was excellent, the two folks who helped us out were attentive and nice. Other servers made sure to check on us as well, just to make sure we were doing okay.
The fish sandwich, Reuben, and buffalo parm chicken fingers were all tasty (Beware: their fries have curry on them. Delicious but unexpected.) I’d avoid the parmesan fries, not worth the $ 2 upcharge.
Beer seems a little bit pricy and the happy hour isn’t really anything to brag about, but I’d place this pub in the «more than decent» category. Granted, it kind of has to be given there isn’t much choice if you’re in the area.