O'Reilly's Irish Pub & Restaurant

Stopped in for a patty melt and a pint. Both were excellent. Even though the pub was very fairly crowded the service was great.

I've never done a Google review but this place deserves it. I've been attending FDIC for 14 years and have been to O' Reillys twice before this weekend. Indy definitely has a different vibe post FDIC, but the owner of O'Reilly's is a true stand up guy! He told us "in his opinion, Indy is a great place to raise a family". He took time to ask where we were from and gave us a lot of history of the city. When we were getting ready to leave he literally told my wife and I, "if you need anything during your stay, please reach out, I'm glad to help". This place is truly a family owned and run establishment that's worth the stop! Thank you to the owner who truly cares about his customers!

Update: I checked some other reviews with pictures and the only thing I can think of is people from Indianapolis don't know good food or have never been to any other Irish pubs. Good grief. A lackluster Irish pub in downtown Indianapolis. We came after a day walking around the city for a casual early dinner. We love Irish pubs and have found quite a few amazing ones in our travels all over the world, this was the worst one I've been too. Overall it wasn't terrible for a bar, just below average. The beers were decent, although with all the breweries in Indianapolis I would have liked to see more local brews. The Guinness was good and poured correctly though. I had one beer and would have ordered more, but the service wasn't good. It was quiet when we went. Maybe 3 other tables tops. Our waitress was good at first. Good greeting and helped us with the beers and menu. But once we ordered she barely came back and when she did, I didn't have time to ask for another beer. The food was very meh. If we were super hungry from walking around all day we probably would have eaten less than we did. I was told the fries were good and Lowry season, they were plain and bland. As stated, we didn't get a chance to mention anything and we were hungry. The sandwich I had was fine but the Irish Nachos we had were really sad. Probably the worst Irish Nachos I've ever seen. Overall with the amount of places nearby we made a poor choice but I wish them well. I hope this was just an off day or something, but I won't be giving them another chance. Not recommended.

Excellent. Stopped by for a bit to see eat and was not disappointed. Welcomed at the door and shown excellent hospitality throughout the stay. Decent menu options with some excellent Irish choices, the Bangers and Mash was especially tasty. Nice clean ambiance. Worth a stop and visit.

Food is absolutely delicious! The owner, Joel, is friendly and welcoming and knows his food! Our bartender Liz was friendly and awesome to talk to! Definitely recommended to eat and drink here, especially during FDIC!

This was our first time. We came to celebrate our friend’s birthday. I wish I would have remembered our server’s name she said she’d been there 19 yrs and she was superb. The fried pickles , buffalo chicken sandwich, fries , sweet potato fries, the dip and chicken sandwich wings were good.

I've never felt so unwelcome at a restaurant. We walked in, expecting to be greeted or at least acknowledged. Instead, we were completely ignored while several staff members walked right past us. Not even a "someone will be with you". To make matters worse, the waitress yelled at the party behind us for briefly holding the door open because the A/C was on. It was loud, awkward, and totally uncalled for. That same group asked if they could sit at an empty table outside and were rudely told, “You can sit there, but no one’s going to serve you.” Seriously? After standing there like idiots for over 15 minutes, with no greeting, no eye contact or even a fake smile, we left. Save yourself the trip. There are plenty of restaurants that actually want your business.

What a disappointing restaurant, upon arrival told there was no seating available except at the bar or outside despite the main dining floor being empty. So outside we went, only to get a strong recurring scent of Marijuana coming from some random dude hanging out in the patio area despite clearly not being a patron of this place. We were also interrupted 3 more times by random people walking through the patio area asking us for money. Never once saw an employee or manager even attempt to limit people from walking in the fenced off patio. The service, our waitress was OK but she was visibly stressed out and when she brought us our bill, told us we had to handle cashing out ourselves as she was to overwhelmed to take our credit card, process payment and bring it back to us. How bad is management that they can't help this poor woman out. Finally, the food. None of it was good, the appetizer O'Reilly's cheese dip, which should be great since it bears their name, was grainy in texture and lacked any smooth liquidity or rich cheesy taste. It also had chorizo sausage in it, which seemed really odd for an Irish restaurant. My partner had a reuben sandwich that she tasted and thought "someone needs to clean the grill" due to an odd flavor and smell on the corned beef. I had the Cottage Beef Pie, and the most flavorful part of that disaster were the peas. The corned beef was swimming in brown gravy which ruined both flavor elements, and the cheese was flavorless which is probably the good news. Finally even our drinks were subpar. My iced tea was severely diluted probably made from instant mix. My partner's Arnold Palmer was also diluted or possibly lacked any iced tea element at all, it really looked and tasted like weak lemonade despite our waitress' reassurance that it was an Arnold Palmer. In summary, poorly run establishment with zero atmosphere, bad food and drinks. Don't waste your time or money here.