Martin O’Grady Irish Pub & Grill

Probably the WORST place to eat or go out to on the West side of Madison. The food is horrible and the service is even worse on top of the «late night» customers this place wildly unsafe. (the shooting last month speaks for itself) Dont bother stopping here it’s disgusting

This place needs to close… Enough said… This place has gone so far down hill since I’ve been here last and now it’s getting dangerous. The owners need to cut there losses and close.

I wasn’t expecting much and that’s basically what I got. Bar food and slow service.

I’ve been here for their Sunday Brunch; they forgot to open (unlock) the door in front so we thought they were closed. Came back a bit later and tried the side door which was open and they were thankful for us telling them about the front door being locked.
Brunch was ok. The next time we were looking for a bite before a movie at Point Cinemas, so we stopped in around 4pm on a Saturday. There were only two customers at the bar. We sat at a table. Our waiter was right there with our menus and soon had our drinks. We ordered a Cardiac burger with egg, bacon, Colby Jack cheese and hash browns and a Black n’ Blue Burger with Waffle fries. Both were excellent! The waffle fries were perfectly crispy golden brown… great with the mustard on the table. And I love being served by a gentleman who knows his stuff. We enjoyed our food and made it to our movie in time too thanks to the quick and thorough service… no having to keep asking for refills or condiments or more napkins… He was on top of his game as our server.
Definitely going to return for another meal before or after a show.

Guinness is always on tap and $ 5. (Except for when it’s less) That is what brought me here and keeps me coming back. I’m not a drinker anymore, but I love Guinness.
I enjoy the food here, though. Fried ‘Shrooms are amazing. Portobello mushrooms, battered and fried. Burgers are delicious and on the perfect bread. The fish fry is as good as any. Soups are great.

I like that this is one of only a handful of locally owned places available on the west side; the clam chowder is fantastic.

Food was decent. Service sucked cheese curds. Go next door to Pizza Hut. Coming from out of town, we wanted a true WI Irish pub experience. Didn’t get that. Beer was warm and the environment was dead.

O’Grady’s is wonderful. Very cozy and service is excellent. Great drink specials and really good deserts.

First of all, I don’t know why there are two of these on Unilocal when there definitely only needs to be one. Anyway, we went for the fish fry and it was really good! Nice breading, very light and crispy. The fries are out of this world! I forgot how good they were so I ordered the hash browns which were only okay. I do have to wonder why they don’t give you seconds on the sides during their all you can eat Friday fish fry. It seems that it would be cheaper to dole out fries as well as fish since potatoes are cheaper than seafood. Anyway, not sure why it’s not rated higher. I’m definitely willing to go again!

Service was solid, and food was priced reasonably. Spinach artichoke dip was tasty but that’s where things went wrong. Mandarin chicken salad tasted funky, Mike’s beef wrap was dry and strange. Not impressed by the food, but everything else was on par with what should be expected.
Bathrooms were clean though.

The only thing irish about this «irish pub» is they sever Guiness and have Jameson Whiskey. Otherwise there isn’t anything irish on the menu and no irish ambiance at all. Boooring.

I’ve always really enjoyed this place. Their fish fry is SO good and is «all you can eat.» So many places with a good fish fry in the Madison area have a super long wait on a Friday night. I have never had to wait for a table at O’Grady’s for longer than 10 minutes, and most of the time there’s no wait at all. Definitely give this place a try!

A nice clean sports bar.
For lunch had the grilled cajun tuna sandwich, the special, with hash browns.
The Cajun spice was understated, but this is the Midwest and one would not expect real spicy food. It came with a spicy mayo on the side. the mayo was interesting but not what I consider Cajun. The sandwich was good just not Cajun. The hash browns were homemade and very good.
The service at noon was good. The waiter did everything that I expected from a waiter.
I thought the pricing was in line for a Madison eating establishment.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE GOING TO CALL YOURSELF A $#$#@#$ IRISH PUB, SERVE IRISH FOOD ON MORE THAN JUST WEDNESDAYS. THANK YOU.
Also — our server did not know ANYTHING about the menu. Her exact words were, «I don’t know anything about the food, I just serve it». All I asked was if their ravioli were made fresh or frozen, and my fiancé’ asked if their French fries still had the skin on them. She didn’t know the answer to either question, and she didn’t offer to go find out.
Thankfully, I avoided the ravioli, but my fiancé’ ordered the fries anyway… and they came — with skins on.
So I ordered the rib eye, rare… it came perfect. Ordered with it, a bowl of clam chowder (was home-​made, yes, but under seasoned & tasted like a cream soup with clams instead of a clam chowder). I took a side of fresh fruit… what I got was 1 slice of pineapple… 2 slices of cantaloupe that were not ripe. and 2 dried out orange slices… quite depressing.
My fiancé’ ordered the grilled cheese w/​fries — again, fries came with skins on, so she had them sent back and asked for the fruit… she got more pineapple than I did, but her orange slices were dry, and her cantaloupe was not ripened enough.

I used to like to go to O’Grady’s. They used to make a pretty good burger. But over the last 3 years or so they’ve really slipped. I used to take my pops into here and we used to get burgers and have a few beers, but I wouldn’t take him here anymore. I’ve tried to eat here about 4 times in the last 3 years (I keep going back because I really used to like it.) The last two times I got a burger they were overcooked and not well seasoned. The service was also poor and slow. I also used to like the Mozzarella sticks with pretzels on the breading, but the last few times I ordered them they were overcooked as well.
I went in once and ¾ of the beer taps were not working.
At least they still have a decent bottled beer selections and some Irish beers on tap. I’ll go in for a beer late night or before a movie or something, but I don’t think I’ll be able to eat here again, which is sad. I hope they turn it around.

Have been their twice in the last 6 weeks. The food was just fine. Had appetizers the first time and burgers the next. No complaints.

Am still trying to get the metallic taste of the special meatloaf out of my mouth. I would never eat at this craphole if you paid me. Ugh. Anyone who posts a positive review of this dump has no taste buds.

I like the location as it’s easy to spot off of Mineral Point Road. However it didn’t seem very Irish to me. The food seems hit or miss. I do have to say I enjoyed the waffle fries. The service always seems to be lacking and it always smells like bleach and wet wood chips inside. Not sure I would go back…

Two words. Not irish.
It was a dive bar with dive bar food. I ordered a side of fruit here with my meal and I’m about 99% sure it was all fruit they took from the bar. All of it looked like it could be placed on the rim of my glass. The only good thing here was the cheese curds.
I agree with Ben. a former review… if you go here expecting run of the mill. you’ll be happy. I however, was hoping for an Irish pub. no luck there.

O’Grady’s always reminds me I’m home for the holidays. I love coming in here for a drink with friends to catch up. The bartenders are very friendly and it doesn’t take them long to remember your name. The atmosphere is pleasantly diverse with friends, college students, sports fans, and working class heroes.
The food here is great for a small pub. I love their wraps, burgers, and onion rings. During sports games and the weekend this place is busy, and the bartenders continue to impress with fast and effective service.
Don’t shy away from this place, it’s friendly and enjoyable.