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    Hennessey's Tavern

    3.5 (465 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    HENNESSEY'S TAVERN ATMOSPHERE

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    Moderate noise
    Live music
    Casual
    Good for kids

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    Smashburger ThursYAYs
    Jessica L.

    Ummmm best deal in town in 2026... $7 smash burger and fries!???? Delish! My dog loved the fries too, shhhh. What more could you ask for.

    Lots of cute, genre correct decor.
    Clayton T.

    Holy smokes, the people of Carlsbad are lucky! We have practically nothing like this, within reasonable driving distance, on our Santa Barbara Central coast area. Wifey and I were in town for a couple of days and started to explore. We went to dinner one of the nights and afterwards wandered the old town area and found this gem. The ambiance is fantastic. Having lived a few years in the UK, this place gave me welcome chills of memories of yesteryear. Since we had already ate, we had a few drinks and were served by Guy at the bar. Besides the old-world ambiance, Guy was on-point and poured Wifey and I a couple of good ones before we split to head back to the hotel. The clientele was mature, no drama, initial observations revealed a coordinated & harmonious staff, and we saw plates coming out of the kitchen that made us regret not making Hennessey's our original destination. Our adult "kids" love a good Irish/English themed pub, so we plan on coming back with them in 2025 to knock down some ice-cold adult sodas and take in the wonderful location and attentive staff.

    Fish N' Chips
    Kristina M.

    I've been missing a strong Irish pub. So, I am on the hunt. This was number three on our recent track in North County. It reminded me of Dicks Irish Bar in Maui. Full bar. Full kitchen. Full sports. Nice outside area. I ordered the shepherds pie, TallGirl had the fish and chips. She sent the plate back, clean as a whistle. My plate was about 1/2 finished. I prefer more potatoes in my shepherds pie.. I'm Irish.. potatoes are a thing! The ratio of potato to meat seemed off. Like 2/3 meat with "some" peas and 1/4 (or less) potato. If I were to go again, I'd try the burger of the month. If you go after dark, have enough adult libations or focus on the sports you won't see the wear in the carpet. It could be refreshed, but doesn't take away from the food. Service was great! The waitstaff was quick, friendly and got all the things right!

    Birthday pickle back shots
    Candice M.

    Great service and great food. I love the Irish feeling and of course the pickle backs are notch! This place is a must stop dinner spot if in the downtown Carlsbad areas.

    Bloody mary
    Madison H.

    good comfort food and fun to be around for games. we had problems coming in during games

    Bomb BOM! (Photo from the menu)
    Pete T.

    Four of us popped into Hennessey's Tavern for some drinks and to check out the Burger of the Month. We were celebrating my birthday. (Shameless self-promotion) None of us were overly hungry and we had food plans for later so we asked if they'd split the BOM into fourths, which they happily obliged. We also shared an order of Frings. The BOM was pretty bomb. Burger patty, garlic aioli, smoked cheddar cheese, grilled mushrooms, A1 Sauce, tomato, lettuce, fries, and a pickle wedge. I enjoyed my quarter of the burger. For the frings they simply added three onion rings to the fries for the four of us to share. LOL. It was my birthday so I got to have the pickle wedge. I really liked the burger. Had I been ready for dinner, I could've crushed a whole one. Good service on the covered patio in the back.

    Frisco Burger.... Nice
    Peter I.

    Fun local lunch spot with a nice patio, great back patio and bar/restaurant inside. You want breakfast? No problem. Lunch? Dinner? All kinds of Irish type dishes and drink specials all day long. Great service, today was Michelle who took good care of us. Tuna melt, good.... Chips were worth the trip. Frisco burger was perfectly cooked and fries great. Overcast today so it was quiet, but great when it warms up. Fun spot!

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    7 months ago

    Excellent food and Service and Smack burgers melt in your mouth . Love going here once a week for great price burgers

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    Leila is awesome, and so is the crew! We are treated so well when we come in. Great environment and family friendly staff!!

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    8 months ago

    Yummy breakfast and great service by Sophie! Will definitely be back for Sunday football!

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    10 months ago

    Great hamburger and fries. Love the Tuesday special buy one get one free. Huge hamburgers with numerous options. Service was excellent.

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    Leila is the best! Great server! She is all time! Nicest server and crushed it! Served 4 of us and the beers were crisp!

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    Queen Leila is the best server, my wife and I love the Cobb salad! She didn't think I could split the G, and in her defense, I didn't.

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    Best bar food and service. It's a little divey but that's the charm. The place has ample seating inside and out.

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    Leila was and always so amazing! She has great energy and gave the best recommendations. Will definitely come back because of her.

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    Great casual food in a nice setting. Interesting specials, attentive service, great well drinks.

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    I will have to say Zoe gave us the best service. A ray of sunshine ! Great food and Great atmosphere !

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    Leila was so amazing! Took care of us in such a busy St Patrick's Day night! A great experience.

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    I have been to Flying Pig before about 8 years ago on the East coast during a work trip, and was so…read morestoked to see it in Oceanside. I recall it being a delicious and a wonderful dining experience. I have been looking forward to bringing my family and friends here all week. I am giving this restaurant 3 stars, because their food is still AMAZING and their staff is super nice and I believe deep down inside that they just had a REALLY OFF night. We had reservations for a party of 9 last night. The table was set up nicely and accommodated a few extra if needed, which I thought was cool. We started with some adult beverages: an Old Fashion, some Hotel Nacionals, a Fashionably Late, and a couple of beers. Everything started great. Dennis, our server was very cool and friendly and gave great suggestions. We ordered the mac and cheese sides and they were delicious with huge pieces of savory bacon in them. We also ordered the brussel sprouts which we never received and didn't even realize it until the very end when we received the bill because of all the other issues we had... but we'll get to that in a moment. But let's talk about what did go well... the delicious food we did get. We ordered the Pig burger which was sooo good and came with crispy fries. The fish for the fish and chips were 2 huge pieces and were delicious, came with yummy seasoned waffle fries and the tiniest tartar sauce and malt vinegar. I had to request 4 more for that amount of fish, but no big deal. Dennis brought out as much as we needed. Their ranch sauce is really good too. Don't judge just because it's a little peachy'ish and looks thousand island'ish. lt's still some very good ranch. My son said he really tasted the bitterness of beer in the fish batter but maybe it was just in that piece he had; I could not taste it in the piece of fish I ate. The short rib was really tender and delicious... the sauce was just a tad salty for my taste, but the mashed potatoes it sat on sort of balanced it out a little. The fried chicken thighs were really cooked well, juicy, crispy and seasoned perfectly. We ordered two Teres Major steaks. One rare with mashed potaoes, one medium rare with grits. The rare one came out medium and without any mushrooms, took FOREVEEERR to remake (the rest of the table was almost done with our meals...& not sure why it took so long since the restaurant wasn't that busy and it's a RARE steak). The one with grits came with mashed potatoes instead of grits. Dennis was super nice and apologetic and corrected both mistakes when we let him know. He then brought us a big bowl of grits. The manager (blonde gal) came over and apologized for the mistakes tonight, letting us know that usually does not happen, and let us know she'd be comping one of our steaks and would be bringing a dessert on them. We thought that was very nice of them. However, as nice a gesture. we never did receive that dessert. My husband handed Dennis his credit card before the bill arrived (before our friends could try to pay the bill) and not sure why but our bill never came, and we never saw Dennis again either after he boxed up our leftovers and took the card. We had to ask another server for our bill because we had been waiting for quite a while... and needed to head out as we were already late to meet friends at a lounge. The other server came back with my husband's credit card, the bill (that's when I finally noticed the brussel sprouts sides we never got but were charged), and let the server know. He immediately apologized and took it off the bill. So I'm not sure what happened last night at Flying Pig...missing and charged brussel sprouts, steak overcooked, missing mushrooms, mashed potatoes instead of grits, then a comped dessert promised but never delivered. WOW. I had to apologize to my friends. I was totally hyping up this place and it underdelivered. They automatically got their 20% gratuity for our party of 9 but anyone that knows me knows how much I absolutely love great service combined with exceptional food and that could have easily been a 30-35% tip had they been on their A game! We only come to Oceanside once a year. Maybe we will try again next year. Maybe not. This trip was about trying out a bunch of different restaurants and giving honest reviews on dishes/businesses we haven't tried before, or in a long time. Do better guys.

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    I think this is the first time I started my review, before even getting my food. That's how slow…read morethe service is, they were crazy packed (65% capacity maybe) but looks like they only had 3 people working 1) For all waiters/waitresses reading this. A PEPSI is NOT the same as a COKE, a Hot Dog is not that same as a Corn Dog.... AND Sweet n Low is NOT the same as Splenda. If I would have known they only have Splenda, I woulda ordered a Coke. But she said "yeah, we have sweet in low" Now we wait for our food and I'll continue the review. Mozzarella sticks were okay. Oil might be old cause they looked darker than normal but the batter was good and cheese sorta melted. 3.5 stars Ordered carne asada fries based of the waitress recommendation. It was okay. Fries were good, cheese was good and good amount, sour cream and guac was good. Carne asada was mid and amount was not that much. Being generous 4 stars Tea was good 4 stars. Philly was decent (wife got it, it's her review). 3,5 stars Below is reviews from my son who was STARVING and just finished a 10 day wrestling camp. Mac & cheese 2 stars. Cheese is viscous and strong Armenian cheese flavor Burger was 3 stars. Needs to be bigger and more juicy Mozzarella sticks 2 stars We not from here so won't come back for sure. Service wasn't great. She was nice but I think over whelmed with customers The Cheese Cake however, saved the day. 5 stars as in I would get it again and again. Once it died down, waitress did come by more often. Over all 3.5 stars but I don't feel right giving this place a 4 so I have to go with 3 And then we get the check and there is a 3% Green Fee (not on the menu but on the check) So that dropped the waitress tip from $30 to $15. But they earned that $5 Green Fee

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