General Manager Jesse was kind and super professional to respond to me asap and sent me a gift card. I really appreciated that gesture as it restored my faith in Blarney. So I am changing my review from 1 star to 4. Jesse made things so much better for me and gave me a better feeling about this experience. Thank you Jesse.
I drove all the way to Fargo to try this place that has great ratings but I was disappointed. (1) The music was blaring and I had to put my noise cancellation AirPods on, (2) I was told I could sit anywhere by one staff and then told I couldn't sit in 2 different sections by another, (3) The tables were sticky, (4) at 10pm (closes at 1am) I smelled dirty and old chlorine water when they cleaned the bar, (5) at around 10:30pm (closes at 1am) my waitress asked me if I wanted take out containers without telling me they were leaving for the shift so I though I had 3 dishes I ordered and tried to enjoy them and none were barely eaten at that point so I thought I needed to leave asap until I asked for clarification why and I said I would be happy to pay for the bill asap which I did and still paid them 15% for tip to be kind, (6) the waitress brought over a chair from another table to say they needed to put it at my table because it belonged there when they could have waited til I was done because they squished my foot in with the chair and didn't seem to notice or look before pushing it in there when my foot instinctively pushed the chair away because the table was too crowded with the 5 chairs, (7) the $13 Mac and Cheese was super dry and I asked nicely for extra sauce and all they gave me was a tiny container side of parmesan cheese so the Mac and cheese was still dry and got dryer by the minute so I had to bring it home to reheat and eat with my own added cheese sauce, (8) right before 11pm before the waitress left, I asked for 1 more cup of hot water and they said the hot water machine was already closed for the night (remember the place closes at 1am and there were like 15 people still at the restaurant drinking and eating and I didn't think it hurt someone to boil water for me that would take 3 minutes, (9) the corned beef was full of fat and had a very old meat smell to it as of no one boiled it or baked the fat off it before serving it so I took it home and boiled it for 2 hours and separated all the fat but especially to get the old meat smell and fatty oil off it (trying to be healthy in ND), (10) the butter was old and looked like it was sitting out in room temperature since days ago rather than kept fresh when they put it into a single serve container, (11) the bread was dry and not tasty, (12) I asked the waitress for some napkins and they gave me 1... I don't waste napkins and my fingers got oily trying to pick off the fat on the corned beef but one? I never was given 1 napkin by any food establishment in the 25 years I have eaten out ... so before the waitress left after being told I could have any more hot water I asked for several napkins bc the one they gave me I already used, and (13) I had to ask the waitress for a spoon to eat my bread pudding w ice cream bc all I got was the fork and knife. It's rare for me to have this many issues with any food place and paid $53 + 15% tip for.
Good parts: (1) Breaded pudding was good, crispy on the outside, ice cream w vanilla bean was good together along with the caramel, (2) mashed potato was good, (3) cabbage was ok. But it was a bit vinegary so I didn't enjoy it thinking I need to add more cabbage at home. The male bartender was very nice. read more