Brennan’s Place

Nice Irish bar serving up some very good pub grub. I stopped by for a quick burger around 1:15 yesterday as I had an appointment and couldn’t linger, I ordered a cheeseburger medium with coleslaw and a beer. My cheeseburger arrived in a matter of minutes from the kitchen delivered by the cook; It was cooked perfectly just as I had ordered and could not have been cooked any better. The burger cheese combo was juicy and flavorful on its own but with the addition of a slice of ripened tomato and onion this burger was well on its way to the cheeseburger Hall of Fame. The coleslaw was not an after thought but was nicely done too with a hearty zesty spicy tang. Good job Brennan’s that was a dang good burger!

This is a good solid bar. Tasty drinks, good prices and a big menu with really good food. We were there on a trivia night and had a blast. The service was friendly and the food came out hot. It was a fun crowd, easy parking and good lighting outside the bar. I’ll be back no doubt.

A place is only as good as the owner. Solid person here. The place is a landmark in Holyoke. The food is standard pub fate and it’s good. But you come for the community here. Folks know each other and they are warm and we welcoming to others. Beers on tap are great as well. And if not sure where to be on St. Patrick’s day have no fear. This is the place.

How the hell does the place have only one other review?
Always enjoyed coming home and swinging by Brennans for a beer. I recently moved back to the area and have hit the place up for lunch on a couple occasions. Definitely nothing fancy… the epitome of pub food, really… but a good variety of burgers and sandwiches at pretty decent prices.

I wasn’t sure what to expect walking into a pub in the middle of downtown nowhere, Massachusetts. It was Friday after 5pm, the streets were pretty dead (as is generally the case as I understand it), and I expected to see nothing but factory rejects of some wannabe Hell’s Angels club. Yes, it was a buttock-​cringing moment as I walked into the place…
… and then… I noticed the very easy-​on-​the-​eyes brunette bartender… she was a dead-​ringer for Lara Flynn Boyle, but much hotter. The crowd was a pleasant, Cheers-​esque group of regulars that laughed and drank the day away. It could have been a pub in any-​city USA.
The great part? Among the beers on tap were the only 2 types I drink: guiness and weiss beers… LOTS of them. AND… the bartender was actually nice. She was totally cool. None of the yes-​I-​know-​I-​am-​hot attitude you find in big-​city bitches.
The food was awesome too. I had a buffalo-​wing salad, while my gimpy pal-​recovering-​from-​gout had a reuben sandwhich. We were surprised to discover that the place does not serve any processed foods, and everything, despite the pub-​grub stigma, was pretty damn good quality food.
2 beers, 2 large entrees set us back about $ 17-​ish, which I thought was a miscalculation because I pretty much pay double that in the city… and did I mention the cute bartender with no attitude?
Maybe not a diamond, but perhaps a sapphire or ruby in the rough. And yes, I’ll be back.