Xiao Z.
Yelp
Tir Na Nog, despite its voluminous spacing and in-numerous television screens fails to deliver based on its lack-luster services, food quality, and frequent mistakes.
Must get: maybe the Irish breakfast?
Meh: Roast pork sandwich
Missed out: I don't know
My wife and I came here for brunch, looking for an authentic Irish brunch experience. While the menu certainly contains the aforementioned items, the only similarity is by name alone. The service started out great, with a friendly waitress describing the menu and drink items, however, that quickly fell apart as each of the beverages requested were later found to be gone (and this was only 11:30am). My wife was all set on the Irish breakfast, containing fried eggs, toast, beans, bangers, and black pudding. I decided to go for a more lunch meal and figured to stay safe with the roast pork sandwich. I will say that having lived in Philly, I've come to have high expectation of the roast pork sandwich, and I will say confidently that Tir Na Nog does NOT do it any justice. The sandwich was served in half, with a very large portion of the sandwich unfilled with any meat or vegetables. The provolone on top of the meat was a thick layer of cool rubber by the time it came to our table; the roast pork was the greatest insult, as it was both dry and also reminded me of a water-blanched protein that's been soaked in the same leftover water from the blanched and tasteless broccolini. Oh yeah, the bread was also mushy on the bottom without any flavor contributions. As for the Irish breakfast, I thought it was subpar with its (what I presume to be canned-)beans, mushy bangers, and generic white toast. There was truly nothing spectacular about this brunch.
Finally, the last nail on the coffin was when we were billed for an extra drink that we never ordered and had to wait 15 minutes for the waitress to talk to her manager about the yelp 15% coupon. At the end of the day, unless there is a major overhaul with the management, kitchen, and services, I will recommend other brunch establishment for local Philadelphians.
Food: 1 star
Service: 1 star
Ambiance: 2-3 stars
Price: 1 star