Tigin Irish Pub
“I arrived at the Jfk far too early for my flight so decided to walk around and stumbled upon Tigin's Pub.”
“I read that many people had slow service here so I actually put it to the test.”
“Heck if this place wasn't behind security I'd come again if I lived here!”
Tigin Irish Pub
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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This is probably your best choice of LaGuardia taverns/restaurants in the Delta Terminal….meaning it isn't as overpriced and crowded as other places….but it is still overpriced and crowded. I do however always appreciate Irish staff in Irish pubs.
Service was very bad. We were ignored for 10 minutes when we first came and didn't know where to sit. It wasn't crowded so not sure why. We ordered a burger and 2 beers. The burger was very good. The beers were a bit pricy but expected for airport restaurant.
The odoriferous smell of a dirty dishrag wasn't enough to sway me from Tigin Irish Pub, and it was really wreaking at 730am. After all, over several years, I've tried almost all the choices in terminal 4 of JFK, and my experience has been short, to say the least. The Irish bar was inspired in design, but the Americana influence is highly resident especially in the morning hours. The have a limited 3 item menu at breakfast: an all Irish Breakfast (served all day), an American Breakfast, and a Breakfast Sandwich.
Let me tell you peeps, the Breakfast Sandwich may be the best I've ever had. Eggs, Bacon, and Cheese, yeah yeah…but it's the bread that's AMAZING. Soft yet toasty and grilled, I wanted to eat it fast but at the same time, eat it slow to make it last. Served with a side of crispy homemade hash browns, this kicks my Irish-loving arse (5.0 stars, $12.95).
The service was shared amongst many tables, but the primary (Karen) was super responsive and on-top of things. I can't speak for the rest of the lunch and dinner menu, or if the smell subsides as the day goes on, but for breakfast, the Breakfast Sandwich is IT!
Located near the A4 gate and is a long walk from the B gates. They have a nice big bar area with lots of taps and plenty of seating.
I ordered the Fish n Chips which were awesome. The one bad thing I noticed was that the host/server (MD) could have used some help and that they were understaffed. He was a great server and the food was awesome, I'll be back!
My husband and I loved this place! It was definitely a pleasant surprise to have such good food at an airport.
The service was very nice and fast, which was great since we didn't want to get late to our gate. The food tasted awesome, I would say the food was just as good as any normal non-airport restaurant. And it gets better: price is quite fair!
I seriously recommend the chicken tender appetizer (very yummy seasoning), the pear salad, the bread pudding, and their iced tea. It was one of the fanciest iced teas ever! It comes with 2 cherries inside of the glass, 1 slice of lime and 1 slice of lemon for presentation.
I definitely recommend this restaurant and I hope they open a franchise in lots of other airports to save me from awful airport food.
Food wise, this place was okay – service was the real killer. We had a very long layover (and had been stuck sitting on the floor OUTSIDE security for an hour and a half because our cruise shuttle dropped us off more than 6 hours before our flight), our waitress never asked us if we had a tight flight or not, which most airport sit down restaurants do. Well, she barely asked us anything – we got a "Hello" and were then stared at when we asked for the sandwich board special from just near where we were sitting, $20 for a Guinness lager and a bacon cheese burger with fries. Eventually she figured it out and placed the order (I guess no one filled her in on re special?). It took FOREVER to get the food even though we were one of the only few people there. The table was sticky, we saw several men who appeared to be managers hanging around and fussing with lights or on their phones (which was actually a bit irritating when they just hovered near us fussing with the lights and complaining about ordering things), even though it stated to get busy and the one waitress was by herself (although she had NO hustle or customer service skills beyond being a person filling a space that I ever saw). Also, quite a few flies hovering about – so none of that helped – thankfully, the Guinness Lagers made it out fast, which eased the waiting a bit.
Once the food arrived it was tasty (burgers were overdone, but still a juicy well done and not dry), but then we SAT for over a half over once we finished with no sign of anyone to flag for a check. Once we did get a hold of our waitress, it took another 20 minutes easy for the check to arrive.
I really wanted to review this place better, but in an airport speed and service are needed more so than usual and Tigin just didn't deliver that (even if the food did help offset the nastiness that is JFK on principle of easing a hungry, travel tired belly).
Decent bar food for the JFK Airport.
Service was so friendly!!!! The waitress even winked and said she asked the bartender to put in extra alcohol. Get the mai tai- yummy!!
Wings are decent- nothing special– average bar food but for the airport it is not bad. It is located by the virgin america terminals. Not too packed and plenty of seats!
Decent food/drink when you're stuck in this part of JFK. There's plenty of bar/table seating, and the service is efficient and pretty friendly. Our waitress was attentive and got our orders correct, and offered drink refills when needed, so we definitely didn't have to worry about being forgotten had our flight been on time (it wasn't, so we were whiling away the delay over Guinness and wifi at one of their tables).
Food is A-OK and won't give you anything to write home about, but it ain't awful, either. The burgers were just fine, as were the salads. I'm not really sure how much clout one can give to airport food establishment reviews, since normally one only stops for airport food only if they're delayed (so they're pissed off) or they don't remember their food stop because they were whittling away a delay over alcohol (so who cares about the food).
But – if you do care – Tigin is "just fine" and a safe enough place to stop for some food and drink and conversation while in Terminal 4 at JFK. Prices are no worse than a standard airport pub/bar, so your wallet won't cry out in too much agony, and the Guinness isn't the worst I've ever tasted.