The Blue Shamrock

I would not really recommend this bar to anyone. First off, the place has a really grimy and dirty feel to it, like they dont own any cleaning equipment. However, the real reason is their horrendous staff. I have never received worst service anywhere else. The bartenders are rude, short tempered, and get their orders mixed up. I was charged for several drinks that I did not order. When I confronted them about this, I was yelled at, told that they would not refund me, and that I was being an asshole. It was also obvious because I was completely sober and just happen to meet up with a friend for TWO drinks! These people cannot even do the basic requirements for their job! If you want exceptional service, a friendly atmosphere, and a clean environment I would suggest taking you money down the street to a bar called The Old Court!

employees who work at the shamrock are drug addicts. a quick dollar will give them any reason to kick you out. employees are easily held under control through the management because there jobs are at risks

What sort of bar in New England doesn’t have Yuengling? I went in with a friend on a Friday night and it was probably the weirdest bar I’ve ever seen. It wasn’t terrible, but the whole time I just felt confused.

Place smells like piss so bad that you can smell it on the sidewalk when their doors or open. Close this eyesore. Would give zero stars if possible.

Another stop on a pub crawl… Busy the time we got here my fiancé and I were starving so we got some chicken fingers and mozzarella stocks to share they were so good. Don’t know it that had more to do with the large amount do drinking j had been doing or if in fact it was yummy!!! Either way had a great time

So before I decided to come to this bar tonight I read the reviews from Unilocal.Reading the reviews honestly made me a little worried on what to expect. Honestly I had a blast here! The DJ played a whole mix of dance music and he also played a few songs I requested which was awesome. The bartenders and staff were all pleasant and got me everything I needed. I had a great night. I’ll definitely be back.

This place is pretty filthy and gross. They had cheap drink specials that were good and the barstaff was friendly, but it was filled with sketchy people and smokers blowing butt smoke all over the outdoor dining area.

i don’t write bad reviews, i dont ever write reviews. i always give small growing shops the benefit of the doubt.
This place left me with such bad impression of it.
I walked in, and I know there is another place with cheaper beer down the road, but I thought to myself why not try this place out. My mistake…
There is a 15 $ dollar minimum they strictly enforce, which by the way is illegal. Legal minimum they can have is 10 $. File a complaint here if you like, i verified this with Visa.
I was held hostage until I met this requirement. (I had time to kill)
The second and most irking and disbelief I have against this bar. Was how one of the bartenders reacted when I replaced the Merchant copy with the Customer copy. I made an error, I caught my self being stingy over 0.50cents on the first reciept, so I rewrote it on the Customer Reciept for a full 20% tip. But a bartender, the really cute and friendly one, jumped at me swearing I ducked them over as soon as I swapped the receipts out. This is not an issue in most bars at all, including in this state. As long as there is a filled amount and a signature, they should be fine. But she jumped at me, held my wrist as I was making my way out the door. I asked her, reprint it out, I’ll rewrite it. But she shut out everything I had to say.
Honestly, I wouldn’t have minded coming back to this bar. I’m frequently in the area for two specific bars. The bartender that jumped at me, she was a doll; pretty, friendly and intellectual gal, I would of enjoyed coming back to this bar for a casual convo with her (of course tipping is implied). Until she did that as I was exiting, I was shocked and completely flipped, I regret not demanding I be charged the 15 minimum and the tip or no tip be the difference.

This bar is a joke. There was no one in there and it still took a half hour to get a beer. They screw you on the $ 15 card minimum. Their bartenders are lazy and incompetent. $ 8 for a dixie cup full of ice with well gin when I specifically asked for Tanquere. ¼ shots for the same price as full. Tried to give me Jim Beam instead of Jameson and denied that it was Jim Beam when I watched him pour it. This place is a scam, and it’s disgusting. Bartenders have the worst attitudes, and they way over serve people, probably just trying to get their money. Terrible place. Village Smoke House is a million times better.

Where to begin … the waitresses have little knowledge of serving alcohol but at least they are nice & friendly. Very small selection of draft and bottled beer, and they ran out of ½ the varieties after an hour so there weren’t many options left. Server was trying to convince me to switch to lime-​a-​ritas but she let it go after I explained those were most definitely not a type of beer.
The most annoying thing that happened is they told us there was a $ 15 minimum on cards. No problem, I tell the bartender, I’ll probably leave a tip to cover the difference (2 drinks were $ 9). When it comes time to close my tab though it turns out that I can’t leave a tip to bring the total up to $ 15 … and it’s past last call so I can’t get another drink (which I didn’t really want or need anyways). So no tip for anyone that night and the owner of this place who doesn’t even take the time to stock the beer makes some extra cash for no reason. This really ticked me off.
I went with a small group, and we did have fun. Lots of space around the pool tables and it’s only $ 1 to play. They probably don’t deserve 2 stars for that … the juke box machine was temperamental too, the songs we paid for didn’t get played.
They supposedly have «the best spinach pie in town» — but conveniently they were out of that too.

We went in here yesterday and the food, drinks and service were very good.
Our waitress was super friendly and accommodating.
She told us that they have a new chef, and a new menu, and we were very impressed!
We plan on going back later this month for a show upstairs in their Gemstones lounge!

could be an awesome dive bar, but it’s all dive and no character — it’s the people — maybe someday it will

The Blue Shamrock was a place we sometimes hit up when I was in college, but now — only when I am in the hammer zone would I likely return here, or if I was specifically meeting up with friends. If you’re looking for a chill place to talk with friends, there are some quieter places in the area.

After almost 20 years this place is growing on me. Still divey in a way that should never attract hipsters, (more geared towards the ballcap crowd). Good patio section.

They have cheap drinks and I know some of the regulars here. If your looking for food you should probably look somewhere else. I went here a few times for pitchers of cheap beer (bud light) and whatever else. I’ve been here 3 times and it’s alright for maybe ending the night here for last call. Aside from how it looks like a dive the bartenders here are surprisingly nice and helpful which is a plus. I’ve been to the club area upstairs (Gemstones) and it’s alright depending on what’s going on.
Overall it’s not a bad place but if your looking for a place to satisfy your drunken munchies you best be looking for somewhere else.
This wasn’t really the best introduction to the Lowell Bar scene since there are probably other bars in the area that most likely have food and better options but it’s not a bad place if I want to reconnect with high school classmates from the Lowell area.

I came here to see a show tonight. Keep in mind I cane for the show. If I was a restaurant patron I would have walked in, walked out and perhaps the memory would have faded in time. Filthy, dilapidated, and just disgustapating.
It’s like an md college town five put together by a frat house on a dare. Plastic disposable cups, foam plates and the food. Is there food? No one really knew. No menu and rotating prices. They really didnt know if they had food! Eventually I got a hideous burger with semi good fries.
Why the second star? The bartenders and such at really nice and really are trying to please the guests despite the confusion and poor working conditions.
I really wish i could upload the photos I took.

I went to an Afroman show the other night there and had one of the greatest nights of my life. The sound was excellent and everyone seemed to be having the same awesome experience. I have had nothing but positive experiences at this bar, the staff is really friendly now and there are some really good people who are regulars.
I like that the place is always getting a little better, it looked like they just painted and cleaned when I went in the other day. There’s beautiful women working there, and there’s beautiful women at the shows and on the dance floors, I’m not sure what else you could ask for but a big place with two floors and an outdoor area to party or relax at with great people.

Remember those seedy frat parties where they serve booze in flimsy plastic cups? Where the ground is really sticky and you can tell the walls have been painted over several several times?
Gross, shady, seedy, think high school/​early college. Sure there’s a pool talbe. Sure there’s a dance floor. Sure there’s an outdoor smoking area. Sure there are scary looking dudes with their scarier looking girlfriends.
But you can hop right across the street and find a tame, normal bar! That’s what we tried to do from the outdoor smoking area. Then the bouncer came back and yelled at us and said we couldn’t just hop the chain, but had to go back around the front door and exit that way. I guess we were being pretty seedy. But we just HAD to go. We hopped the fence anyways.

I’ve been to the Blue Shamrock a bunch of times. Some visits have been better than others, but 2 stars is pretty much the average. This bar tends to attract the thug-​life types of Lowell. The dirty bumping and grinding that takes place can make for some good people watching, but it gets old pretty quickly. The drinks used to be big and cheap here, which was my main draw to the place in the past but as time passes, they seem to be getting smaller and smaller.
I recently went here for a bit with some friends this past weekend, and it appears that they are trying to change their image. Instead of the booty-​dancing and hip hop videos that used to play on the huge screen backdrop of the dancefloor, they were playing 80’s music videos. They also put in some new booths including candles and all, where the tables and stools used to be. I liked the booths. the music was odd and not– good 80’s (Ratt power ballads, etc.) But the place was dead. I commend them for trying to spruce the place up a bit, but they need to change up the music. I’m not exactly sure what crowd it is that they are trying to cater to now, but I don’t think it’s going to work.

This bar is the pits. Two horrible experiences I had there:
–Drinking their ‘special’ beer, Shamrock Suds. $ 1. It tastes like a wounded soldier that been sitting with a lemon rind it for a few days. So terrible I actually returned it for a Budweiser.
–Hanging out with an extremely disabled (physically and mentally) man who required me to hold his SoCo for him as he drank it out of a straw. I don’t have anything wrong with helping the handicapped but getting them drunk is another thing.
Leon always likes to play pool at this bar when he comes to Lowell Folk Festival. They have two decent tables with lots of space to shoot. I’ve never been to Karaōke night but I’m sure it’s scary (who’s doing Limp Bizkit tonight?) If you are lady going here prepare to be surrounded by creeps. They do have outdoor seating and food, which I think isn’t half bad.
One one final note the front glass windows are usually smashed and covered by plywood. That’s rough.