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Waxy O Conner's Irish Pub/ Restaurant

  • June 16, 2006
  • Rated 3 of 5 by hagnel2 from Hamilton, Ontario
Waxy O Conner's Irish Pub/ Restaurant

This Irish pub located on the river walk offers a bit of a change from the plethora of Mexican eating establishments. We wandered in on a Saturday night, the patio on the river was full, but there are two more areas to the restaurant. The front part is themed as an Irish street. Hand built imported store fronts sport the names of McGrath & Doyle and instantly transport you to another world.

The rear of the restaurant is a cozy traditional pub area and it is there that live Irish music is performed. The whole restaurant melds together in dark woods; furniture, bars, and floors (the bars were constructed in Ireland).

Of course no self-respecting Irish pub would be complete without its selection of imported beers, they indeed know how to pour the Guinness and Neil pronounced it perfect.

I noted some of the specialties while perusing the menu. Fish and chips in beer batter, Potato encrusted salmon, shepherds pie and bangers and mash (imported Irish sausage) we couldn’t find anything to suit our non meat taste so we settled for potato skins thick with cheese and a large salad. The salad was a mixture of greens, peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes topped with wonderful vinaigrette dressing. We had plenty of room for dessert, and I opted for the traditional sherry trifle, and Neil the walnut cake with cream. We shared each dessert and my trifle was the best. Layers of pound cake drizzled with sherry, strawberry gelatin, and vanilla custard topped with real whipped cream ummm good.

Following supper a group of about twenty young people entered males and females, we spent a pleasant hour chatting with four of them. They had just graduated from the Army Medical Corps a fine group of young men and women. This pub was the fifth on their list of ten. They were an interesting friendly group, well behaved, and enjoying their time on the town.

Most of the clients in the restaurant were of mixed ages from old to young and the place was lively. We did note meal servings were very generous and the prices quite reasonable for a touristy spot.

We didn’t stay for the music instead we did our own pub-crawl along the delightful river walk— we had no trouble sleeping that night. Thank you Margarita.

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