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Wed., Fri., Sun. 4:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
CLOSED!
This place is now "Dullahan's". It looks remodeled.
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Roaches crawling around the bar. Check.
People who look like they're from the Beverly Hillbillies. Check.
Smelly and dirty craphole of a place. Check.
A lot (2 words) of low stars because...well, it is pretty lame.
It used to be cool, but charging $8 for McMurphy's is like charging $10 to get into McDonald's. Not worth it whatsoever.
I'd much rather go to Carmine's or down the street to the dirty diver (35er) for free.
I'm guessing others feel the same way as well.
The only thing it's got going for it is that it's an Irish Pub, which is the only place to go to during St. Patty's - and even then $20 to get in , or $40 to skip the line. You gotta be frigging kidding me.
Also, sometimes when you're forced to go to the bottom bar - after you've been carded and frisked (I actually told the guy "hey, at least buy me dinner first!" when patting my ass) - you walk down and then "oh hey, by the way there's a cover!" Now that I think about it - it's sort of sneaky. For people that have never been there, they wouldn't know about the cover until they've waited and gotten this far. There should be at least a sign or the cashier should be up there with the bouncer - so you know what you're getting yourself into. I've seen so many people get carded, then walk down - see an empty bar and laugh at the cover charge, and walk right back up and head down to Lucky Baldwin's, 35er, Barney's, Barney's Beanery, or anywhere else that doesn't have a cover and actual people inside.
Ugh... this place is chock full o' choads.
No wonder they call is McRoofie's.
What? An average of 2 stars?
Come on!!
This place rocks! Okay, fine, the crowd is kind of...bleh. Sometimes I come and its packed and really fun, but I think the other half it's kind of quiet. It's kind of like a glorified dive bar- you can always tell by the bathrooms. The great thing is, they have this cool patio upstairs with lots of room, and tables to chill around, and a little tiki- looking bar. It's a breath of fresh air when the music downstairs sucks.
It really doesn't hurt that the bouncer lets us in for free either. =D
Oh, oh! And the bartender made this really cool tropical fruity drink and it was soo good. And they have really hot girls with super long legs walking around with vodka shots.
Great for getting your groove on, it's never too crowded.
Sober Bar Crawl Stop #1
What in the world is wrong with me? I went on a bar crawl completely sober? Yes, well, I did and let me tell you, it ain't pretty.
My friend (definitely not sober) and I rolled up around 10:30 p.m. last night and the bouncer said he needed to check our IDs. I found this to be the theme the rest of the night. He was really cool.
It went downhill from there. The bar didn't smell which is what I was afraid of since it's so nasty looking. I'm not sure what makes this place "Irish"...the name alone?
There's a small bar and it was packed three people deep so we made our way over to the dance floor where there are a few tall tables on one side with a corner booth and on the other side was a vinyl-covered long bench. The DJ is in the corner trying is best to get people to dance to hip hop.
We sat down and felt we were at a high school dance where no one wanted to dance. My drunk friend tried to get me to dance but I wasn't having it. Ah, sobriety is nasty.
We sat observing the crowd and realized the guys were probably barely of legal age with groups of cougars doing whiskey shots. Woah, we found the cougar-frat boy hang out of Old Town!
Within minutes, we were up and out of there telling the bouncer we had to leave because the only cute guy there was him. He said he was going with us then! Ahahah.
Gross gross gross. I thought it was going to be a quiet night but my friend wanted to come see a cover band here. Okay, I walk in and doesn't smell like Jake's but the "white" walls or drywall for that matter with patching that was worse than a college dorm room did not look very appealing.
My friend decided to get me a shot from the shotgirl even though I protested.
Shotgirl: Do you know where your friend that bought you the shot is?
Me: Oh he didn't pay for it yet?
Shotgirl: No, he didn't.
Me: Ugh..
Friend #2: Here you go.
It's way too crowded upstairs in the patio and inside bar and way too ugly downstairs. Thank goodness we left shortly afterwards. Thanks friend #2 aka E.C. for paying that girl.
Is this supposed to be a bar? I went last night (Saturday) and they had two dance areas with pushy security.
A: What do you want?
Me: Vodka rocks.
A: He'll take a vodka rocks.
Bartender: What kind of vodka?
Me: Well.
Bartender: Is Stoli alright?
If I would have said anything it would have been disdainful. I didn't ask for Stoli, I asked for well. I'm already drunk, I don't give a shit what vodka I drink, I don't want any godam Stoli. So yeah, nine bucks for a Stoli rocks.
This is a bit esoteric, but the only way I could describe this is as a map from counter-strike. Those who play know what I'm talking about. Two rooms AND an alley, an alley where not everything is completely accesible, too!
The DJs weren't all that great, mixing stuff from Prince and other 80s to Darude to various hip hop in the same room. Wait, did I say mixing? No, there were times when the inside DJ would just change songs. Needless to say, people were clearing and rushing the dance area every so often.
So why four stars? I was able to smuggle my flask in, shitty, idiot door people. Oh yeah, they have a 'list,' wait, for that they get three stars. Fuckers.
Thank God for liquor.
This place cracks me up, I LOVE it!!
No, I don't mean I actually go inside. I haven't been here in years. Its gotten WORSE since last I've been.
I love walking by a line thats 90% guys, who are WILLINGLY WAITING to PAY money to go into a club thats 90% guys. And its not gay night. These are straight males. That shit makes me laugh.
The worst part is that when you peek inside through the door, or look at the girls in the line, the women are ...
Well I don't want to be negative or mean. Let's just say that I'm sure their parents think they are attractive.
The other funny thing is its an Irish Pub with strictly latin clientelle. Somewhere in Bizarro-world there's a Mexican restaurant full of Irish people only.
This place hasn't rocked since 2000-2002... wait that was my Mayan Club review. Ah, screw it! This place blows too!
I remember having the hook-ups back in the day. Unfortunately, my hook-ups were fired for hooking too many people up!
Bad service, bad crowd, BAD EVERYTHING!
ARCHIE, where you at?!
Having grown up in the little city of Monrovia, CA, Old Town Pasadena was a frequent hangout spot for me as a teenager, because that was the cool and fun thing to do. I quickly abandoned the place as soon as I started going to UCLA and stuck to Westwood to hang out. After UCLA and having to move back to said hometown, Old Town became an inevitable but oftentimes sub-par default just because most other places were just too far away.
McMurphy's is everything you expect from a bar with such a name, Irish in theme, dark, wooden interior, lots of neon and flat panel screens on one wall. I've been here several times when my firends' bands play, but never have I made a point to hang out this bar (until this summer, story to follow). They do have some pretty good lunch specials, but never tried it. They apparently also have a Happy hour that boasts 1/2 off appetizers and $2 beers (now carrying Anchor Steam), and this is where my story begins.
One exhausting day this summer, I took advantage of my earlier summer hours and joined a few coworkers for some happy hour suds. I was told we were going to McMurphy's for their $2 beer special. Only thing was, as we arrived at the pub, it was closed. WTF.
We did what any thirsty crew would do, we went to another place to quench our thirst, but when we were done with that place, we walked by McMurphy's again, and this time it was open.
One of my coworkers decided to voice her opinion of their kind of happy hour, and before we knew it, we were getting treated to a round of free shots. Then we were treated for a round of beers. And then another. We wound up paying $12 for 4 rounds of beer and some Purple Hooters...and even though it was supposed to be an early night for us most, we wound up sticking around because it was Monday night, and at McMurphy's that's karaoke night! The KJ was pretty fun and the song book is packed with some gems.
We did wind up going there again not too long after, and their pub grub is pretty good. Most notably, their beer battered onion rings are very, very good, and when getting them at half off during happy hour, they're totally worth it.
I would not even consider going there some club/weekend night, but when it's a little more laid back, it's a nice place to just decompress from the day. Staff is pretty friendly too (as evidenced by all the free booze that one day).
You wont find Paddy McMurphy or Tommy O'Malley at this spot....
This is a traditional Irish Pub in little ways off the OLD TOWN PASADENA strip. They got a large patio and a three bars to get your drink on.....I only went here on Sunday nights to listen to some banging house music in the patio.
The clientele is largely Latino with a few sprinkles of salt and pepper strewn in between.
Alex and Lisa who worked here used to hook me up sick with great service at the bar in the basement. Inside the place there is a bunch of chollos like Loco, Joker Sadgirl, Kartoon, Chino, etc... Its like a who's who of gangsters in there Esse.
Ok Homes!! Outside there is that patio ok loco? Sabes Que people out there get down some house music like the used to back in old days in East LA. You wont find any oldies bumping out here, just banging house music...Chollos are allergic to anything other than rap and Reggaeton, so they stay away and its too fast for that "Elbows out side to side crap" to. Drinks are 7 bucks a pop for mixes and like 3 or 4 for beers I think, no food
Crease up your Dickie's and wear your best wife beater and strut on up to McMuprhys buto....!!!! Thres out of 5 stars esse!!!!!
Was invited here to meet friends. Yikes.
I agree the crowd was odd for being in a pub, but seemed nice enough. My issues are with the beers served in plastic cups. What? I don't have much more to say about that. Also, there was a DJ and his microphone was so loud it literally hurt our ears and he was yelling into it. Two of the men in our group actually put make-shift napkin earplugs in.
We left as soon as it was not rude to leave the group, cause they are awesome people. I honestly would have like to get to know them better but I just couldn't take it.
pass-a-dena
Considering I'm givng this place four stars after so many other reviewers have pooped on it, I'm starting to wonder how lucid I really was that night? hmmm. We'll thats a story for another time...
This place is a bit confusing. When I heard of McMurphy's I was thinking more along the lines of traditional Irish pubs like O'Malleys in downtown L.A. But boy was this place the total opposite. McMurphy's reminds me more of a fusion Japanese restaurant where they try to mix and match different tastes and likes to please many. There is a hybrid like quality to mcMurphy's. It definitely doesnt feel like much of an Irish pub either. Between the large outside patio, the two sit down bars, and the mix matched music the play inside, frankly you dont know what the hell it really is.
All I can say is that the two times I've visited McMurphy's I've had a good time. To the reviewer who said it's only guys, he couldnt be any more wrong. We'll at least on the two nights I attended. Perhaps he went on the wrong themed night? The crowd or chicks werent stuck up, in fact was surprised as to how friendly they were. The only thing I really had a problem with was the Bartender. The drinks I got were weaksauce and it took forever for my buddy and I to get them.
The biggest problem I had was that they stop selling Liquor at 1am. The cover charge and lines are lame, but I guess its to be expected.
This place isn't much of a real pub but it can be fun to get loaded
here in the afternoon. I can't imagine being here on a weekend night would be fun but that is just me. They are really trying to improve the place and it is noticeable in the food and the crowd, it is better then before.
Come with low expectations and you will be fine.
Ewww...This place was horrid! Never again. I got in free because I had passes and it still didn't matter. If I got passes again, I'd get rid of them! This place use to happen before. I went this past Friday night, and let me tell you...(Barf) when I walked in the first thing you smell is vomit! I guess someone puked the night before and they forgot to clean it and left it to sit in the heat all day...it was gross. That is why most of the people were outside. That is tho only reason I'm giving this place one star....it actually had a DJ in the patio where it didn't smell.
They did have an awesome chick with the shots walking around. She gave me two shots for 10! Nice. Any who...I didn't really have a good time there. Music inside was horrid and music outside saved this place from getting half a star!
Eh this place is okay...I went a while ago but I haven't gone back. The line is exagerated when… Read more »
Yeah, this place really blows. I've been here a few times since I live a few blocks away and its been awful everytime. Hmm.. lets think of a few reasons why I hate this place.
-They've been out of half the tap beer everytime I've been there.
-They serve beer in washable plastic cups, which makes the beer taste like plastic... gross
-I got patted down out front like I was visiting an inmate in the state pen. Shit, what the hell goes on in this place?
-pretty much always dead inside, which can be a good thing, but not here.
-I'm irish and this is no irish pub. The place has a complete identity crisis, Irish pub?, Hard rock cover bands?, Karaoke?, Happy Hour?, Restaurant?, Shit hole?... I have no idea.
I could go on, but its not worth it.
Everyone I know who went to Art Center looks back at McMurphy's with fond memories but it doesn't seem like many new ones are being made now. I like their beer but find seating and atmosphere to be a problem. Last week I went in at 11PM on a Friday night and there were maybe five lonely-looking men staring off into space at the bar. Still, if you want a pitcher of beer and a patio, this place can give you both with a decent amount of privacy.
Step two in the 2008 St Pats Pasadena Pub Crawl:
The obligatory Irish bar - we mean business but does McMurphy's?! I took a look at their website and they are hawking t-shirts for the occaission for $25 bucks + which also gives free admission? Most of the reviews indicate suckdom but I reserve judgement to see if they can pull off a good st pats.
McMurphy's fate is in its own hands. Rock or suck?! Don't let us down this St Pats with cheap gimmerickery.
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How it turned out: It was worse that I thought and we bailed on the line to get in - not nearly worth the time to get in and stand in line for overpriced green beer - there were far better alternatives in Pasadena for St Pats! See List for more.
For great burger and beer, try McMurphy's. Get McMurphy's stout, it taste like Guiness yet a little less bitter and smooth. Great for sports fans. This place is a getaway from the g/f's and wives.
Around the corner from all the attraction on Colorado Blvd.
I walked in and the place smelled like a combination of cheese, bathroom cleaner, and dirty bar rag. Actually, when I'm drinking and looking to have a good time at a bar, things like suspicious odors don't usually bother me. I guess I've kinda learned to expect some puke stench here and there. Probably have contributed to it a few times too. However, it's kind of annoying and gross and just not-so-fun when your plastic pint glass full of Killian's tastes like sour cheese too. :(
It's kind of a weird clubby place for an Irish pub. I guess it's too much to ask for something that feels more like an authentic Irish pub in my local neighborhood. No, we have to deal with DJ Terribly Loud Hiphop on most nights, and some weird/terrible cover rock band some other nights.
I guess they have some kind of food menu too, but I have never seen anyone eat anything besides the pizza, which may explain the overwhelming cheese stench, I don't know.
Two stars (instead of one) because the girl bartenders are really cute and very friendly and make very good Bloody Marys.
This place is perfect if you want to get lame, retarded, drunk, and dance with creeps (under weirdly bright lighting) and feel regretful in the morning, while hoping nobody took pictures of you. Some people need that, which is fine by me. Personally, I'd rather go next door to the Old Towne Pub and relax over a Boddington's (plenty of Boddington's!)
isn't last call supposed to be 2am? on friday night, it was 1am. no bueno.
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apparenly i need to get out more, because i guess i was wrong. last i remember, bars were open til 2am, but we were standing in mcmurphy's at 12:45am on friday night and heard "last call".
oh, and i might as well give props to the door guy who after carding us and sending 12 of us downstairs only to find there's a $10 cover and come right back up, let us in the upstairs entrance to get a drink. besides the $10 cover, the other reason we came back up is because one guy didn't have his ID, and they wouldn't let him in.
Usually when i go to an Irish bar, there is a good mix of people of all types and professions. That trend is not followed here, the crowd here look like the people who call you over to sell some copied dvds out of the trunk of the caddy.
The thing that bothered me is that the people were not sociable at all, they were trying to hard to looking thugged out and everyone just mugs at everyone. I have partied in the slums and I gotta say there is no difference between a ghetto house party and this place.
Drink wise, it does seem like they have a good selection, but I would just get things straight and neat, I wouldn't gamble on the bartender knowing how to make a drink since they look like they turned 21 just the other day.
its one of those things someone had to introduce me to a few years ago. this place is gigantic and i wasn't aware a bar/club like this existed in pasadena.
its a bit on the rough side, its an irish pub, but the times i went there, it was full of hispanics and asians. which i think says more about the area than the pub itself.
i came here on a st. patty's day once. it was a blast and they had beer bars all over the place for people just looking to get a bottle of beer when the real bars were over crowded.
not bad pasadena.
Seriously, what happened to this place? In my opinion, it use to be the marquee bar in Old Town. Back in the day, this place was so cool that you could get a 22oz mug of beer. It was a solidified Pub & Tavern. Now, I'm not so sure the pint glasses are the standard 16 fl oz. And what's up with the cover charge? I'm sorry, but I'm not going to pay you money to hang out with those douchebags over there, over there, and over there. And to add insult to injury, you're going to make me wait in line with them?!?! Ridiculous...
Seriously, one of the worst places I have ever been to in my life. First they charge a cover? wtf? Second, they pat you down? That should have been the warning sign. You walk into the hellhole and it smells like a combo of skank and vomit. I also witnessed a girl spin this wheel outside on the bar and I guess she lost because the bar tender got all the bar mats and drained them of the liquid and put them into a shot glass, charged her $10 and told her to drink. My friend and I nearly threw up just watching this. In the end, we persuaded the confused drunk girl not to do it. The other bartender who was apparently a woman then proceeded to pick up the shot, yell at the girl to inform her she was a pussy and downed the shot of leftover bar mat... Oh yes and there was vomit all over the mens restroom. I'm wondering why the health department hasn't closed this place down.
Never again...
This place is trash. that is all.
what a dump. enough said.
cant say i like this place. i do think it has great potential to be an irish pub but it doesnt like up to its name. i dont know what it is like during the afternoon or early evening but my review is for a late weekend night.
good: multiple bars, chill downstairs area, large patio area
bad: cover charge, bad music, crowd is not mixed but rather one dimensional
if you can, stay away from this place. there are better places in old town.
This place can easily be summed up with the following statement: Popped collar douchebags. I'm only giving it one star because the beer was cold.
Jesus Christ this place sucks. I've been to McMurphy's a couple of times, never by choice. Don't be fooled by the name and decor, this is not an irish pub. There are better times to be had at way better joints in Pasadena. The crowd is filled with douchebaggery and sluts doing what they do best, slutting it up. Drinks are a bit pricey and I think McMurphy's staff make it a point, maybe even policy, not to clean their drink glasses. If you dig fat chicks with clothing three sizes too small and thugged out brohams and ese's, this place should fill your need to hang with mid to late twenty year old's still living out their senior year of high school. Props to the indoor DJ for spinning good tunes. Peace.
alot of low stars on this place... not sure why. ive always had a good time here. ya they charge $8 to get in on friday and saturday nights but go to hollywood and see what they charge. plus alot of the times i went there they were giving free drinks away every half hour if someone could guess what song was playing (for everyone)... there are 2 dance floors. one inside and one outside (for those hot summer nights). it suites me well. what can i say? gone.......
If i can sum up this place in a few here i blow (dont get too excited). You will find your quinessential meat head here, or your wanna be collar wearing hair faded stylin pretty boy. Bartenders are surprisingly cool. Lots of obese single mothers with boob jobs who think they are the shizo.
There is dancing and an outdoor patio. Prices are okay, however word to the wise some nights have an entrance fee, which would better be used tipping a midget stripper in bangkok. ps this isn't an irish pub, if you want an irish pub experience go to molly malones
this place is nice to just come and hang out with a few of your buddies, but it is not a place for too many people b/c this place does get packed and you do have to pay to get in.. it is ridiculous that you have to pay for places like this.. you can go there and leave in a couple of hours because it will get pretty busy.. and the people that hang out there are those that always get super wasted and stupid.. so yea.. the place might always have a faint smell of barf.and even though you have a outside patio and a downstairs dance floor, this place is pretty small.. so it is better just to go there for happy hour and leave before 10 to go party somewhere else.
i would NEVER pay to get in a place like this. food was meh....
service SUCKED. that asian cocktail waiter sucks. fire her.
music was good. +2 stars for my old roommates coming to visit me. :)
Not bad place to hangout drink and dance.. Havent been there since Fall started, but Summer time on Thursday nites were awesome!
In all honesty, I can't really rate this place based on being a patron. I worked here for about one week several years ago and had such a shitty time working with such shitty coworkers(no wait, that would implies people actually worked together, let me re-phrase) working with such shitty assholes, I quit over the phone and never went back to get my lousy 50 dollar paycheck.(keep in mind, I would have stopped in the middle of rush hour traffic on the 405 to pick up a nickel, I was so poor) So though I can't rate it on being a customer because I would never step foot into this rotting stinkin' hell-hole they like to call a Pasadena staple, my reasoning is, if they treat each other like crap, why would they treat you any different? If you need to go to an Irish pub, you are seriously better off hopping in your car, driving on the freeway during rush hour traffic to LAX, dealing with criminally minded security guards, who may or may not sniff/steal your underwear and the snotty attitude of airline stewardesses who will let you know without actually using words that you have ruined their day by asking them to perform functions of their job such as fetching you a pillow and find a decent pub on the other side of the pond. Or go to Lucky Balwins down the street.
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