McGrath's Pub

202 Locust St, Harrisburg - 17101
187 reviews
American Irish Pub
(717) 232-9914

If you want Irish pub food in Harrisburg, this place is probably your best bet. The food is tasty and generously portioned, and the menu samples heavily toward pub fare (fish and chips, bangers & mash, shepherd's pie) and Irish takes on bar food (Irish hush puppies have corned beef and cabbage in them, for example.) If you're hungry, get the short rib boxty- it's delicious.

The food here is outstanding, I smirk a little when people ask other bar tenders and they get sent here. Outstanding tap collection and the warm friendly atmosphere you'd come to expect from a public house."Here I sat I drank, forgetting and remembering. The faces and smells reminding me of life. Life lived. Life lost. Life begun. A swirl of souls, a few too many and a few to few. Ah, the sounds, the wonderful sounds of folks enjoying it all."

It was my 21st and our bartender was great (sorry I forgot your name dude) but I hope he got further in elden ring lmao. Great drinks decently priced, definitely coming back again!

I’m 1/3 Irish so I’m biased! BUT….THIS PUB IS MY FAVORITE! Their food is top notch and fast service!! Waitress was so fast and friendly. Gotta love their fish n chips (cod or salmon) also, Irish breakfast is good. My only complaint is no Irish music? That would make it 5 stars!!

Most of time I’ve come and drank here has been a pleasant experience but on a Friday night I went and was threatened by someone in one of the upstairs rooms, I had expressed to the gentleman that I had felt unsafe and wanted to have them removed or walked out by security. Instead of being believed and understood I was told it was my “own fault” I had “started drama before” and that “I was in a separate room and confronting them was unnecessarily and it was he said she said”.I am highly disappointed in this bartenders reaction towards my complaints and I don’t recommend coming here as a single person or with one individual friend. I’ve never dealt with a more ignorant and disrespectful individual in my life: it is unsafe and unwelcome to single women and groups of women looking for an escape.

Hung out upstairs in at the smoking bar which was great in itself. Food was delicious, really great Irish pub menu. The bartenders were super nice and friendly- very welcoming atmosphere. The whole upstairs set up is really awesome with the multiple rooms to hangout in, an outside deck which I’ll definitely be back to check out once it gets warmer. So glad we found this little bar.

I usually come here once a week. Food's great and with just an exception or two, the service is almost always better. Was here last week and Courtney, Mary Jane and Dawn were here and the three of them are always very welcoming! Highly recommend.

Went outside for a smoke, didn't have a light, guy downstairs in the alley threw his up to me, lit my smoke, I tossed it back down.10/10

This place was a recommended Irish pub. Since we love Irish music and food, we decided to try it out. First, we were disappointed that they didn't play Irish music but they had a juke box so we thought we would play our own. However, the TV was up so loud, we couldn't hear the music so we asked the bar tender and he said he would take care of it but never did. Second, our food was not the quality we expected. I ordered a Reuben Sandwich and Potato soup. The soup was very tasteless with no potatoes at all in it. The Reuben was dry and with very little dressing. When I told the server I didn't care for the soup and would like pub fries instead, she said I would have to pay extra. My daughter-in-law ordered a burger and it was raw inside. We asked our server and she spoke with her manager who never came to the table to talk to us until we flagged her down. She took half off our meal but didn't offer a chance to replace the food. We left hungry and disappointed. I would not recommend this place.

Friendly and fun. Downstairs in smoke free, but is allowed upstairs. Excellent beer choices.