What a great experience!! The atmosphere is fun and up beat.... My server was on the money.... And the food?... ohhh the food is GREAT!! I order a small buffet as I was starving. An order fish and chips, Reuben sandwich plate, French onion soup, fried mushroom appetizer. Everything was spot on! If I had to pick one thing the fries needed another minute to be crispy. As it was I left with a major food baby All in all I'm glad I don't live local as this restaurant could be an issue.... But that's a big compliment!! read more

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Stopped in tonight, waited 15 min, no one came to our table. 2 girls were wrapping silverware watched us walk right out. Used to love this place, not any more. read more

Good food. Good service. Good staff. We had a Rueben, French onion soup, fried mushrooms, Mac-n-cheese and fish & chips. All scrumptious and warming on a chilly evening. The leftovers were just as good, too. read more

Food and service are fine, but this is yet another credit card surcharge business I will steer clear of in the future. Why? Because such places pass along the credit card charges because they can, NOT because it reflects an honest comparison between credit card and cash costs. Plenty of great places around that don't insult the majority of customers by doing this, and virtually no fast food places do this. Try calling them and asking if they will deduct 5% since you aren't using their sit down dining facilities that likely costs them 5% of their revenues. read more

I would like to think Mike would consider putting the Southwest Steak Bowl on the main menu . It is truly the best dish I've had at Shawn's ! Truly a mouth watering experience ! Thank you Mike ! read more

This is a solid go to bar to watch all sporting events. The staff quickly gets to know you and makes sure you feel welcomed. If you're the kind of person that likes to feel like a regular, this is your place. The food is yummy too! read more

Shawn's Irish Tavern - French Onion Soup - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Waterville, Ohio

Good food and good service. Clean and close to home. We enjoying going sometimes just for drinks.

We grabbed lunch with a group of 8 before a show at the Stranahan. The food was fine, though at least one entree came out cold in the middle. (No server visit to check in or ask for a replacement until most of us were finished eating). We were there for 90 minutes, it took a long time for food to come out. Because we were on our way to a show, we asked for the checks as soon as the food came out. We got them, but we didn't see our server again for quite a while. We might go back, but not with any time sensitivity. read more

Great food and environment! Great place to watch a game with friends. Great portion sizes. Menu has some unique choices. We had Rueben balls for an appetizer for example. Real good. Service was good as well. read more

Shawn's Irish Tavern - a plate of salad - Beer, Wine & Spirits Near Me - Waterville, Ohio

I would recommend Shawn's in Waterville great service and good food would definitely recommend them and I will keep cold

A group of us were here for a football game and it was packed. Great place and atmosphere to watch any sporting event. We order appetizers and a pizza and neither of them disappointed us. It's a flair of bar food and a Irish mix. We will definitely be back. read more

Attempted to order online and their system was down. Attempted to call, server picked up.the phone and set it down. After 10 minutes of listening to her take reservations. I hung up and called back. This time they didn't pick up. Won't waste my time or money there again. read more

Had a bad experience tonight at this Tavern. Wife ordered corn beef sandwich and fries were cold and the sandwich was constructed poorly. Sauerkraut on one side, corned beef on the other side. I ordered the hand breaded yellow perch. Far from hand breaded, had it several years ago and was delicious. This came from a freezer and was over cooked. Vegetable of the day was atrocious. Excellent service and drink pricing was very fair, would have to think seriously about going back. read more

They redeemed themselves tonight. Tortilla soup was delicious and hot. And the ciabatta was very good. And Mike did a great job taking care of us. That's the Shawns we're like to see. read more

Shawns is always great. It's a local favorite for us. Very busy on Fridays and when there are events at the Stranahan.

Absolutely the best wing's around! Service is always good and the food is always good. I live in Florida now and when I come to visit I have to go here for the wings ! Love this place!! read more

I have to agree 100% with Hannah P.'s review of Shawn's in Waterville. I almost feel like I should just copy her response and use it as my own, because I lived her experience. My friend and I came to Shawn's because we were in the area and we love Shawn's on Bancroft as well, so why wouldn't it be just as great here? First the positives: It was clean, the server was friendly and the Bread Pudding is still the freaking bomb! Sadly the rest is not so good. It took our friendly server at least 10 minutes to make their way over to the table to get our drink order- it was within an hour and half till closing and the place was not busy, not sure why it took 10 minutes to acknowledge us and take drink order. The server never came to refill us on their own, we had to hunt them down or wait until they returned to the table. We ordered Mushrooms for appetizers. When they came out 20 minutes later- they were lukewarm and incredibly over fried, you could tell by their appearance. I am not sure what the breading was on these mushrooms, but neither of us were fans and lukewarm fried mushrooms are gross. Both of us were disappointed- we have now invested 40 minutes into being here and we knew we were not in our regular Shawn's environment. Our food finally came out probably another 20+ minutes after we got our appetizer- which if we had ordered big dinners might have been ok, but my friend ordered a chicken wrap with tots and I ordered the chicken bacon ciabatta with onion rings. (BTW this was the moment you had to ask for a refill, because otherwise you might not get anymore because you wouldn't see the server again until after the meal, so it was probably a good thing we asked) My friend swapped out the ranch dressing that was supposed to come with her wrap for Ceaser dresssing- they upcharged her an additional .80. Not a huge deal, but it was never mentioned there would be an additional charge for swapping. My friend said her wrap and tots were good. But I was sadly disappointed in my Ciabatta and rings. My Ciabatta was clearly sitting under a heat lamp for awhile or something because one side of my Ciabatta was rock hard and the other side was fresh and soft. The ingredients in it were plentiful and tasty but the bread itself ruined the sandwich. Now can we just talk for a minute about the $2+ extra for the onion rings instead of the chips? I gladly paid the extra because I was going to share some of them with my friend and we love Shawn's onion rings- but I was not prepared for 5 onions rings. Tho be it they were delicious- really 5 onion rings? I struggled to share with my friend there were so little, she's lucky I like her. We now come to the end of our meal and both my friend and I ordered the famous bread pudding bites. I swear these need to be sold in multiple restaurants all over the city- they are absolutely amazing. Fried beautifully on the outside, hot and gooey on the inside and the drizzle over the top and soaking at the bottom is heavenly. When I finished eating, I deeply regretted my mushrooms and Ciabatta - but couldn't walk away totally disappointed with Waterville Shawn's, because they did get the bread pudding right. Update: In all fairness I did not address the issues with the server or staff- therefor they were not able to correct the wrong. I appreciate the manager commenting and I will always address the issues before posting, it's the right thing to do. read more

Mixed here; Pizza is so good, ribs great. Baked potato, how can that be messed up? Chewy skin, barely warm inside. French fries, a teenage boy tasted one and left them (if you never had or were a teenage boy, this DOESN'T happen). Food was all warm....sort of. Ordered a side salad, got mashed potatoes and gravy, with no apology or offer to make it right. The high point is cold beer. Also took over one hour before food came out. Really disappointed I surpassed may better options. read more

Positive: if your looking for cold beer this is a great place. Negative: the kitchen is notoriously slow and tonight reached a new level My wife loves their pizza and chicken ciabatta sandwich. So we got there early and hoped for the best. I order the French dip. How can the kitchen send out the sandwich without the dip? Numerous times the waitress came to the table and could not get the kitchen to produce the dip. Ended up just taking my almost the entire sandwich home and making my own dip. Terrible!! 2 for the cold beer. Kitchen is truly the problem. read more

I've been a Shawn's Waterville customer for years. I understand we're talking bar food at best, and usually it's very good. Tonight was the exception. The service was fantastic and the beer was cold, the fish fry was served hot...everything pointed to a nice meal. That was until we tried the fish. It was nicely breaded but it absolutely was cross contaminated with the French fries and whatever else Shawn's fries. Or worse it was day or days old oil. Total disappointment. There's no mistaking reused deep frying oil. We get higher prices in every aspect of our economy and we'd rather pay more for a freshly deep fried meal than be served tonight's meal. Again, we reiterate this was reused deep frying oil. Yuck. We'll be back at some point, but not anytime soon. Hate to say it, but in the meantime Shawn's can serve and re-serve used oil entrees and most of their customers won't even know the difference. Maybe it's a tried and true practice...but it's disgusting. Please do better. We have so limited choices in this area. read more

We ordered the fish and chips and they served us burnt fish sticks. We were told they were authentic Irish fish and chips. Horrible food. Plus they don't serve Harp beer!! This is NOT an Irish bar!! read more

I just wanted to make sure that Micah, a server at Shawn's, knows that he is doing a FANTASTIC job! His Customer Service is on POINT. His attention to customer needs is beyond belief! BRAVO . read more

I don't know about the others, but this is a go to place. The waitresses and staff are GREAT! The food is really, really good and our service has always been fast. Maybe if folks thanked them for being there in tough times they would get better service....we always do! The chili is fabulous, the beer cold as they come...no complaints...none! read more

French Onion soup was really good...but the shepherds pie is terrible ...dry and no flavor. Very casual bar/grill. Service is very slow...waited 10 min for someone to take our order. Why can't servers at least drop off water when they first greet you? read more

The place seemed very clean and followed all the COV 19 rules. The sever was very friendly and fast I don't think I ever had to even ask for a drink refill. I ordered the Greek chunks and hand cut fries they where ok it was good but wasn't what I thought they was going to be next time I will try the shepherd pie because they are a Irish pub. I gave them 5 stars because I have ate there a few times and normally never disappointed. I will return to this restaurant. read more

Great service, nice sports bar atmosphere, good food, but few healthy options. Pizza, ciabattas, entrees, fish and chips are excellent. Never had a bad meal there. Very good beer selection. read more

We stopped coming here several years ago after a couple really bad experiences involving both the food and the wait staff. However, tonight everyplace else was crazy so decide to try again (rather than cooking). WOW! WTG, Shawn's! Really upped your game, even with a cooks wanted sign out front!! I had chicken breast dinner, he had meatloaf and both were wonderful! Our waitress, Macey, was attentive and very helpful. I'd give her a ten out of five if I could! Try Shawn's again, you won't be dissatisfied!! Yay read more

I had the poor mans steak and it was excellent. Service was very good with a friendly and efficient waitress. I'm very happy with my experience there. read more

You are only a stranger once. The staff and the owner are a highly committed bunch who treat guests like family, and not just any family but the ones that they like! The food is good and the service is great. Seasonal taps are consistently changing so you can always try something new or maybe a favorite will come back. Daily lunch and dinner specials are consistant and priced well. read more

We have been there many time and it is alway the same. Food is decent, but they just are not friendly or attentive. The bartenders go out of their way to avoid eye contact. This goes back to pre-pandemic days. I think it's a culture thing.... I want to love it there but I have a hard time going because I know EXACTLY what it will be, ok food and mediocre service. On the upside that are open on Monday, which many places are not. read more

Shawn's is a great small town restaurant/bar. Never had anything I didn't like there and the beer is always cold and flowing. Wonderful staff (Katie!!) The place fills up fast so get there early or plan on waiting. Also great place to watch whatever sport your into read more

I came here with my family hoping to get the same excellent service as the Shawn's on Bancroft but we were disappointed. The service was so slow that I had go and find the waitress to get refills because we hadn't been checked on in over 15 minutes. When we finally got our food, it was just barely warm and then had to wait another 10 minutes to be asked if we needed condiments, or any extras. The food, although not hot, was decent. Overall, we'll stick to the one one on Bancroft. read more

I don't see how people are rating this place 5 stars for food. It's average bar food with an average selection bar. Waterville needs better options so bad. read more

After not coming here for the past 6 months because my past 3 meals were severely over cooked. So today I order the chicken noodle soup, what could go wrong... think curry powder, it did nothing but degrade what would have been a decent bowl of soup. read more

Used to be good service and food. Didn't recognize a server today. Nothing went right. Its like they forgot how to be a restaurant.

We had the best food again tonight so good my husband reordered his ribeye steak again!!!! We love SIP!!!! read more

Absolutely love it here. My girl friend & I have been coming here for years, and nothing has changed. Still the same great pizza we come here for! Both Taylor & Dana are excellent, friendly bartenders who remember what we order, and always make time for us! Give it a shot! read more

The food is acceptable here, but for some reason they have NO IPA on tap. It sounds like they would rather promote some seasonal beer from their distributor. So until it runs out, no IPA. Not very considerate to regular patrons. read more

We stopped in here after hearing from several friends how delicious the food was. We happened to dine on the day the burgers were on special, so we went with that. OMG, best burger, hands down! The waitress was extremely friendly as was the other waiter who passed by and noticed I might need a soda refill soon so he took care of it! Having been to this location when it was other bars/eateries, the renovation looks fantastic. Love the big bar in the center. Also noticed the hooks all along under the bar where customers can hang their purses. This is great! We will be back and hope to check it out after dark when it's more of a bar and not so much a restaurant. read more

Out for a ride on the Motorcycle and stopped for lunch. Glad we did. The joint was clean. Just a few seats available at the bar. Seemed like the place to sit. TV's everywhere. Several games on. Music playing. Staff was friendly and moving around with urgency. Had the cheddar burger and fries. It was picture perfect and yummy. Large beer selection. The cook came out to the bar for a soda and was kind enough to say hello. Then he went on to be sure we were satisfied. Nice work! read more