Finnegan’s Wake
“The food ranges from standard bar fare to steaks, fish and chops and I have never had a bad meal here.”
“The burger here rivals JG Melon.”
“The waitstaff was fantastic, and the owner even came over and introduced himself and refilled our coffee.”
Finnegan’s Wake
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Great local restaurant and bar. Good for late night bar food. Food is great but I do have issues with the price vs quantity of mozzarella sticks. You only get 4!!!
I usually order the chicken pot pie. On a side note, a lot of the food is deconstructed. For example the pot pie comes with a triangular piece of phyllo on top (aka: not pie shaped). The grilled cheese is an open faced sandwich.
The BLT is also another favorite as is their clam chowder (when it is on the menu). I've had friends order the Beef Eater Steak and say that it is excellent for the price.
If you are a big fan of skinny fries, don't order them here. They have giant fat potato-y french fries. Though you can ask for gravy or cheese to drown them in.
The bartenders and waitresses are friendly and and service is good, even when you are sitting outside in the summer. You don't get the feeling that they have forgotten about you, no matter how busy it is.
Came here once with a friend in part to kill time and in part to get some food (and beer) in our bellies. We don't often spend time this far into uptown Manhattan, but we found this place using the Yelp app and it looked like it would do.
Our bartender was very friendly. They don't have much of a beer selection, but they've got all the classics so we each order weed dry Irish stouts.
As for food heir menu was your regular Irish breakfast/lunch fare. We opted to order cheese fries to share and decided we would grab more of a meal elsewhere.
When our bartender asked which cheese we would like out of American, cheddar and mozzarella I said all three sounded great and he didn't even bat a lash. About 5 minutes later, out came some delicious steak fries (my fave!) with three perfectly melted cheeses on top. I also asked for a side of ranch and ketchup came to the party as well. This bar is A-OK and I'd come back here again if I were in the neighborhood.
NOW this is an Irish Pub! Our waitress was definitely an Irish lass- she was absolutely incredible and everyone loved her. She even sat with one table for a bit – such great energy! The food was wonderful – we had crab cakes and then fish and chips – both were great. We finished off dinner with an Irish Coffee, which was perfect. This is a great place for dinner, drinks and fun!
Down-to-earth and friendly, this local Irish pub is a calm dot of patience in a very much gentrified area of the upper east, and a bastion for those of us just out for a simple drink, some TV, or pub food without music blasting us into small pieces. Aged wood and simple tables make for uncomfortable stints if you're there for more than three hours, but otherwise fairly tolerable.
Cheap and easy to slide in, don't expect to be treated like royalty. They're friendly and treat everyone basically the same. No special treatment, and they certainly frown down on the snotty
Will have to try the food – came just 5 min too late before the chef left at midnight.
Bathroom for the guys was tiny, and could use some cleaning, though.
Came here for Marathon Sunday and loved it. The live band was great and it's what lured us in. Small cups for bloody marys but it was probably due to the large crowd. The burger was really good! Cooked really well and juicy. Seems like they typically cater to an older audience, like any Irish pub. Seemed like management really had things under control for a crazy day. A good time.
What do you do when you are done with a doctor's appointment and you decided to take the rest of your friday afternoon off from work? You go to the nearest pub, duh. Stopped in here with a friend that came along for moral support and we grabbed a beer and a breakfast/lunchtime snack. Its like any typical Irish pub but it conveniently keeps out the bros and the upper east side deuchery pretty well. In here there were older folks and locals that seemed to frequent the bar on a regular basis and just wanted to sup on some grub and a cold one for lunch. I kind of liked that the most about the place. It had a certain amount of charm but definitely was lacking in the options of beer. Its a whiskey and soda kind of place, a guinness kind of place, or a smithwicks (which was my poison of choice) kind of place. After perusing the menu and the lunch specials we decided on splitting an order of cheese fries. When asked what kind of cheese we wanted from our friendly Irish bartender he convinced us into putting all three types of cheeses on it (American, cheddar, and mozz) as well as gravy smothered on the bottom of the well. He is so so very smart. The fries are steak frites and cut in nice large sizes. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. To complete the atrocity we were indulging in he gave us a side of ranch sauce. Can't complain. Good Irish pub with no gimmicks on the upper east side and they make some damn good cheese fries.
Very classic Irish pub – more restaurant than bar, full of old guys with brogues. You know, the works. There is nothing fancy about this place – they don't even have one micro brew on tap. But, they serve up traditional Irish food as well as standard pub fare that I'm sure is just fine.
Not sure if the name of this place is any indication of the type of people they like to hire, but I questioned whether the bartender had a pulse. He really was as interesting as watching paint dry. Too bad too, because he was pretty easy on the eyes.
I can't speak of the food that's served here for I only had one drink. And, yes I only had one drink because the musician was slaughtering songs like "American Pie" and "Brown Eyed Girl" so badly that my group had to depart. I couldn't believe how bad (and loud) the live music was. The bartender was friendly and the crowd appeared to be having fun; I guess I was just too sober.