I went in for lunch. there were seats available at the bar but the regulars were protecting them with their life, started putting jackets and purses on the spare seats so I couldn't sit at the bar. Did not feel welcome at all. I ordered a burger with blue cheese, ended up being blue cheese dressing not actual blue cheese. it was okay, not great. Don't see myself returning. read more

Always descent food consistent and service always very good. Little hideaway place with great views would recommend for a pub style lunch or dinner great beer and liquor selection as well. read more

This is your neighborhood dive bar/ restaurant that you didn't know you needed in your life until you sat at the bar, ate their homemade chips, and drank cheap beer. The place is decorated with relics from the past as well as boat stickers and other memorabilia. Todd, our server, shared so many entertaining stories with us. I was also incredibly surprised by how well my steak came out. So... good food, cheap drinks, and personable staff will have us coming back for more! read more

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Hidden gem for great food! I was amazed by how good the food was there the first time I tried it years ago. Happy to report that it still gets high marks. I love the house made potato chips and usually get them with my fish and chips. I'm quite picky about my coleslaw and McKinley's does it right. It's so good that I'm always craving takeout from there. There are a few tables/booth type seating in one part of the place as well as outdoor seating when the weather is nice. Staff is very nice, and I haven't had a problem in the countless times I've been. Daytime, nighttime, weekday, weekend, all great times to visit! read more

The atmosphere, food and staff were great. We were visiting from out of town and enjoyed finding this gem.

Afternoon date with my hot girlfriend...Down to EG, the water. Nice. McKinley's! Place was empty--lazy afternoon. Ordered beers and chowder and clam cakes. Pop--bam--needle into the balloon! The beers (2) were warm. No cold glasses. Yuck. The chowder was "ok" as well as the clam cakes . $35+...don't think so. Off to the TRAP to save the day! And it did!! read more

Excellent! I don't understand the low reviews. I was in a party of 4, and all of us thoroughly enjoyed our food! We had boneless barbecue chicken wings, hummus platter, taco salad, Rueben sandwich, and chowder. Everything was excellent. The waitresses were friendly. I would highly recommend this Pub! read more

Great outdoor bar served by the outstanding Todd. Fantastic service, awesome coconut fried shrimp and a great view of the harbor. read more

McKinley's Pub - tables and umbrellas on a deck - Irish Near Me - East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Great service with a smile! Todd is the best. Enjoy the wings! Todd made a fantastic cocktail, Thursday is Tito's discount day!

Friendly staff with relaxed dive bar atmosphere. Located in a mariner overlooking Greenwich Bay. Food is ok but not worth writing home. Good spot to watch a football game. read more

Love the fish tacos. And the music bingo on Thursday nights was fun! The bartender was extremely busy because she was the only one working but she did an amazing job keeping up. read more

Best fish and chips! I love sitting outside, casual, picnic table vibe, soft rock playing in the background, a great place to decompress and try the best fried fish ever! read more

Awesome place Tod is a real professional bartender. The food is just what I like after a day out on the boat. I will return soon. read more

Nice place for a beer and sandwich. Good view of the marina. Fairly priced. I'm a big fan of the Rueben. The turkey (chicken) bacon wrap is good too. The chips come straight out of the fryolator to you. Have them as a side with the onion dip. read more

McKinley's has had a reputation of being a grimy dive bar and tonight definitely preceded its reputation. The place is big and the clientele is predictable. Behind the bar, there's a bucket of old apples sitting in liquor on display. The place is actually comical and is always full with entertaining people. Keep it up! Lol read more

McKinley's Pub - Irish Near Me - East Greenwich, Rhode Island

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Good place to have a cold beer and the Italian grinder was top notch. Inexpensive and the staff are very nice and friendly. Locals were pleasant as well. Definitely will return. read more

This bar has the potential to be a great local place. The interior is setup well and the atmosphere was comfortable. The issue here is that they seriously short pour mixed drinks. I ordered a jack and coke and watched the male bartender literally pour a 1 count into a pint glass. The drink was basically a 7 dollar glass of coke. I actually ordered a shot of jack and in front of the bartender poured it into my drink. So this drink cost me 12.50. I am not asking for a seriously strong drink, but this was just poor. So I thought maybe it was just a mistake, so I ordered another drink. It was worse then the first. I took one sip of the drink and literally pushed it back on the bar and ordered a beer. The draft beer was fine. The bartender didn't even ask me if there was something wrong. He just charged me another 7 dollars for a drink that I didn't drink. Go there for a beer, and hopefully you'll catch one of the nice female bartenders. Stay away from this lame male bartender. Good luck. read more

I love this pub! Good beer! Great food! Parking available, an outside deck, good bar staff and service. This is a good place to meet friends. read more

Definitely go here if you like: -An extensive selection of beers on tap -Small bars with big character -Watching $75K cars drive up to $500K boats Don't go here if you like: -Gourmet food read more

McKinley's Pub - Copper bar! - Irish Near Me - East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Waited over ten minutes with servers walking past our table looking directly at us. I will not be coming back or refereeing to anyone I know. We came and sat down followed by two other groups and we were never waited on while the other tables were given menus and drinks. The group waiting at the door had a reservation and weren't seated the entire time we waited and were still standing by the time we walked out and drove away. Get it together. read more

McKinley's Monster Went here with my girlfriend and two friends at about 10pm on 8/10. I have been here many times over the years and it has been one of my favorite EG bars to frequent for a night out. Everything started fine until a blonde woman (cringe worthy extensions) walked in screaming. She has two dogs with her. She promptly walked being the bar with the two dogs (RI health code violation which has since been reported). We even saw one of the dogs dig it's face into the ice well so patrons were able to get a little dog spit in their drinks tonight! My group and I went outside to the deck where we were the only ones out there...for a few minutes. The blonde woman with the dogs came outside shortly after and started spraying the hose for the dogs. Great, I love dogs. A little water splashed us and we ignored it. She quickly retorted "don't worry, I won't spray you guys". Fine. Great. Cut to 5 min later, the McKinley's Monster (blonde woman) legitimately sprayed my legs with the hose. I turned around and politely said "Excuse me, could you please not spray me with the hose" as nicely as humanly possible. Her response you ask? It was "actually I work here and I can do whatever the FUCK I want!". My friends and immediately left but not before she proceeded to call us assholes in front of the entire bar. She was clearly intoxicated and an employee of the bar. What kind of business runs like this? We have all filed complaints regarding the dogs behind the bar and I will be following up with management regarding this issue. It was Saturday night on a beautiful August night and the bar was dead. Having employees who blatantly insult customers forcing them to bring their business to neighboring bars could be the issue but what do I know? I don't own a bar. Would not recommend going here under any circumstance unless you want to get cussed at and harassed by the bar's employees. read more

Went to have a beer after work. 7 or so people at the bar.....2 bartenders, both saw me.......one on her phone, the other counting out her tips. I looked at my watch....waited 5 long, uncomfortable minutes then left..... disappointed. read more

Went here for a drink with a friend and sat at the bar. It's right on the marina at the very end of the street and easy to miss if you don't know it's down there. It was pretty lively inside for a Tuesday night, and I imagine it gets even more crowded on the weekends. The bartenders were pretty attentive and the food looked good too although I didn't try any. I ordered a dirty martini and a vodka cran and both were made well and pretty strong. It was also decorated for Halloween which is nice this time of year! They have an outdoor area as well that might be nice to sit in during the day. read more

McKinley's Pub - Dirty martini - Irish Near Me - East Greenwich, Rhode Island

The bar is full of staff and management with unprofessional behavior and rude interactions. The bar has trouble identifying if an ID is fake if the license is out of state. After looking at an ID for about 15 minutes, signing a book, the bar held a real ID from out of state and refused to look at alternate ID methods, so law enforcement was needed to be called to retrieve the ID from the bar. The bartender was unprofessional, asked random people at a bar if the ID looked real, reveling personal information to strangers, was inattentive when relaying the information to get coworkers creating a situation that could have been avoided. women are regularly over served here to the point of getting sick and the management does not see this as a problem. All the interactions with security are rude. Do not go to this bar if you want to have a positive experience and service receiving a product that you are willing to pay for. Go to any other bar in he area before this one. read more

Powerhouse drinks. Good staff. The place has been cleaned for Covid. Are you ready for a war?

Stuffed quahogs are soft breading, rubbery clam chunks, and heavy with one spice. Cocktails could not be worse and the Sunday night bartenders cannot make the most standard of drinks. Syrupy, sweet and cheap drinks. Nice but easily flustered staff. read more

no darts= not gonna do it. BRING BACK DARTS PETITION not needed, cmon man. replace darts with food board in corner? cmon man. lost 20 customers.....respect read more

The fiance and I came here on a chilly fall evening after going to the movies. We didn't really know what to expect, but we saw that it got decent reviews on here and that it was right on the water, so figured we'd give it a shot. It's literally right on the water, and it has an outdoor patio and bar area that seems like it would be THE place to be on a warm summer evening. It also has that quaint Irish pub feel that I love The interior is laid out somewhat strangely. There were only a few tables along the front wall, and then a couple more awkwardly tucked around the corner in this little annexed room. The few tables that were in there were occupied, so we sat at the nearly empty bar for our meal. My fiance ordered his beer, and the keg kicked about 3/4 of the way through the pour, so the bartender gave it to him free of charge since it was the bottom of the keg and possibly a bit flat (which it was), but he drank it anyway because even just a free partial beer is still free beer! He ordered his second beer and the same thing happened, resulting in another free, but mediocre quality beer. I'm trying to remember what I ordered for food. I'm pretty sure it was the fish tacos, but I'm not 100% positive. Typically I have a very good memory when it comes to delicious food, so I'm assuming this particular dish didn't do anything to stand out in my mind, although I also have a good memory when it comes to bad food, so this must have landed somewhere in the middle. Overall, the service was friendly and the location was pretty neat, but I wouldn't come back here again for dinner. I would, however, come back here in the warmer months to sip some fruity cocktails while siting on their outdoor patio by the water! read more

What's NOT to love about this place? Casual, yet you don't feel the need to bathe in hand sanitizer upon exiting. Sits among boats worth more than what you will earn in your life but never pretentious. The inside of the bar has the feel of an antique wooden sail boat. The range of the beers on tap runs from PBR to microbrews. The outdoor area is perfect for the summer months. There are a few TV's but it's not a sports bar by any means. The food is cheap but good bar food and has some great seafood selections. The crowd is always an awesome mix and you are guaranteed a good time. read more

excellent food great service, very cool bar good ambiance very nice views very Rhode island culture

An update; Went there in the early evening with a group of four. There were about a dozen to eighteen people and service was very good. Our Indian friend (non-drinker and vegan) was at a disadvantage. There were no vegan options for dinner and I am not sure there were any veggie options. The kitchen made him something and did not charge much, so kudos to them. Both beer drinkers (Long Trail Pale Ale and Double IPA) were fairly good. Service was very good and the atmosphere very pleasant. The meals were, by general consensous, very good pub grub. That are people going crazy in these reviews for the food here, which seems strange to me. It is good food - just not remarkable. The cajun seafood (special) was very good, tasted fresh and well cooked. Still my favouite pub in the area and only fails to get five stars as I am more miserly with them than most people. read more

To start with, my boyfriend and i came here because we were told this was a great dive bar and we just moved down the street a month ago. He is from New Jersey and I'm from Massachusetts so that is where both of our drivers licenses are from. So we get there an hour before they close and were told they were closing early so we had to make it a quick drink, which we were fine with. The bartender made sure to TRIPLE check both of our ID's and then accuse us of being underage (I'm 22 and he's 21), then she proceeded to tell us we had to "sign a book"? and that many people came there underaged and that they were ok with it but we had to put all of our information down? Even after explaining to her that we were both over 21 she just gave us a dirty look and we decided to leave. Don't waste your time! read more

Our waitress was the biggest fan of this bar and was super excited to help us -I wasn't even expecting table service. The bar food was okay and the beer was reasonably priced. I'll go back. Early in the night (about 8:00) this place was nice and cozy, at about 10:00 it started to get rowdy -act/attend accordingly. read more

Old Reliable. I have been going to McKinleys since I turned 21 and 6 years later I still go there. It usually is like a high school reunion i dont want to happen but always results in a god time. Drinks are moderately priced and they have a good beer selection. read more

McKinley's is in a funky location -- buried in the EG Yacht Club. Right now (since it's winter), it is surrounded by dry-docked boats. Totally a local place with solid on-tab beer selection. It is the kind of place that you reunite with old friends to catch up when you haven't seen each other in a while. Good music on in the background and friendly service. Not a huge place, but good for groups. Not sure what it would be like in the summer -- busy, I imagine, given the location by the Yacht Club. I wouldn't make it a regular spot (since I live a bit away from it) -- but I do like going there. read more

Four of us ended up here for lunch on a Saturday afternoon. We were quickly greeted and chose to sit at a high top near the bar so we would have a nice view of the water from the large window. We had come from a liquor tasting and after having whiskey and vodka I didn't want to add another liquor into the mix and asked the bartender/waitress what she suggested using one of those spirits. She mixed me a nice drink of blueberry vodka, cranberry vodka and soda. We started with the Irish nachos, which were made with their homemade potato chips. Thiese were a hit with all of us. I ordered a chicken Parmesan sandwich with chips on the side. You can get onion dip to go with the chips for an extra 50 cents. The sandwich was pretty good. Two at the table ordered the fish tacos and the portion size was enormous. They really enjoyed them. All in all it was above average pub food and reasonable prices. I don't get to this area very often, but I would definitely visit again. read more

Great bar with lots of great beer on tap and friendly clientele. Of course, I'm biased since it's my cousin's bar, but it doesn't mean it's not awesome. It's right on the water in Norton's Marina -- I can't wait to go in the summer! I'll be the girl drinking Newport Storm. The decor is great, with the wooden beams and copper bar. If you're down in Rhode Island you should give it a try! read more

I think my review is tainted slightly by the enormous amount of frustration I had in actually located it. Its address is "1 Division Street", however if you actually use Division Street to get there you will find yourself at 5 Division Street scratching your head wondering where #1 ran off to. Location aside the place is relatively clean and seems to have a slew of "regulars". Beer selections are somewhat limited if you're into craft brews, but there's just about something for everyone. I do have to say I found the place to feel cramped, which is funny as the building itself is certainly not small. The layout does not lend itself well to an open atmosphere, and I found myself bumping elbows just about everywhere I went - even if it was a Monday night. read more

Wasn't sure about this place when we first got there; it was at the end of a road surrounded by boats, and had only one other person in the bar. Apparently it was Trivia Night, though, and most people would be arriving later on. (In fact, by the time we left, the place was starting to get plenty of folks.) They had a good beer selection on tap, the wait staff was very friendly, and the food was quite good. Sure I didn't get anything too crazy, just a veal parmesan sandwich, but it was cooked well, and tasty - hit the spot! The prices were quite reasonable too. read more

Very cool, off the beaten path kind of place. We like to go after a day of sailing as we keep our boat at the marina where McKinleys is located. We can actually see our boat on the mooring from the table to the right when you first walk up the stairs, kind of neat! The food is a pretty standard "pub food" menu and everything we tried has been very good. Guinness is on draught and they pour a healthy glass of wine for the ladies. Now at night time and off season this place has a bit of an identity crisis, it seems every kid under 25 swarms the place and only want to hear Slayer, just awful. Stick to the Grateful Dead/Reggae song selections and it can be enjoyable even with all the slacker, hipster wanna-be's swarming the joint! Overall, good food and drinks, mixed crowd can be fun, but the Slayer has to go!!! read more