O’Neills Bars

I have been here on many occasions both lunch times with my mother who is 80 and with friends in the evening.
I have always found the food to be good ‘pub’ food and the service friendly and prompt
In the evening it has always been packed but the service has always been good the guiness excellent and the wine cheap. Along with excellent bands what more can you want.

average bar not as good as o‘neills in oxford, one redeeming feature was a decent pint of smithwicks beer and decent bar staff serving

i agree with previous reviewers that this place is mock-​irish.
still, the craic is good!
i like this place as it’s dimly/​atomospherically lit (depending on your point of view, mine’s the latter) and chockful of wooden flooring and panelling.
The food is ok, a bit different being irish-​style, but essentially bland.
the beer as you would expect is top notch.
good place to go after work but not for a whole night out.

As paul_​c below me says, yeah this is another fake Irish-​wannabe chain. That’s fine though. If you want proper Irish craic, go to Ireland. I don’t go to pubs to be transported to another land, and so recognising the pub’s gimmick doesn’t distress me particularly. I like this pub, or at least I like it as much as anyone can like a fairly soulless pub that looks like every other within the chain. The flatpack pub look brings a familiarity to the place which you can either see as a good or a bad thing. I wouldn’t take someone here to prove the charm of England (or indeed Ireland) but if I’m looking for somewhere to have a jolly drink with my lovely friends then O’Neills wouldn’t grasp me as a bad suggestion.
The drinks aren’t cheap but not overly expensive either. There are often live bands on the stage, one of whom I think are very good and keep meaning to find out their name, and if you’re looking for somewhere different to watch the football or other sporting event then this place is an option.
This pub isn’t something you’ll ever rave about, but I don’t find it particularly offensive either. A night out is generally about who you’re with so if you’ve got a good group of people around you, or perhaps a rather hot date, then the plastic Guinness signs on the walls become irrelevant.

Another fake plastic Irish theme pub from the conglomerate that is Mitchells and Butlers PLC.
This is not an Irish pub as Qype describe. Mitchells and Butlers PLC is a British company listed on the London stock exchange. I don’t know who O’Neill was if indeed he or she ever existed. As usual this pub doesn’t sell real ale like all the others, has heavies on the door and children are prohibited. Some great Irish welcome there!
If you want proper Irish craic then go to the Reading Irish club in Chatham street nearby. 96 – 104 to be precise, RG1 7HT.
Slainte!