Great place! Stopped in while traveling and staying at a nearby hotel stopped in for a beer and a meal! Awesome service! Bartender was super nice and handled a busy bar like a boss!! My glass was empty and she was on it by the time it was almost gone! Lots of seating at the bar as well as table seating and lots of great outside seating that's covered so no worries of rain they have big fans circulating the air and it was very comfortable. Menu is simple food is good and reasonably priced!! If you are looking for drinks and a fun atmosphere and a meal they have you covered! read more

Shenanigans Pub - Bar area! Lots of TVs! - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

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This place has a lot of potential, the food was really tasty, until I bit into a piece that didn't taste right. There is a food quality issue here, they used rotten lettuce in the wrap. Be careful eating here, I hope I don't get food poisoning. To the restaurant: The wrap otherwise was delicious! Just improve your quality control and this would have been 5 stars, poor food quality like rotten produce could potentially kill someone. It's very serious. I know I swallowed some, so I hope I don't get sick. read more

Shenanigans Pub - Rotten lettuce in the CHICKEN RANCH WRAP. - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

Atmosphere on point! Food is great! People are chill, staff is is amazing. What more could you ask for! Buffalo cheese fries are killlerr. Go see Alicia! read more

This was, without question, the worst restaurant experience I've ever had. Our family and friends came to Shenanigans expecting a nice dinner, and it turned into a complete disaster. The food that did arrive first was cold. Then we waited another **30 minutes** for some of the remaining meals, and **45 minutes** after that for the rest of the food. By the time everyone had something to eat, no one was eating together, and the quality of the food was disappointing across the board. The service was just as bad. We had to repeatedly ask for water refills, and when we were finally ready to leave, we even had to ask for our check because no one came back to our table. When we asked why everything was taking so long, we were told they **didn't have any clean plates** and were waiting for dishes to be washed before they could serve food. To make matters worse, when we expressed how unacceptable the experience was, we were told there was **no manager working that evening**, nothing could be done about the bill, and essentially, "it is what it is." Long waits can happen, but cold food, extremely delayed meals, poor communication, inattentive service, and zero effort to make things right are unacceptable. We left frustrated, disappointed, and feeling like our business didn't matter at all. Unfortunately, I can't recommend Shenanigans to anyone based on this experience, and we certainly won't be returning. read more

This is one of the few nice bars in Portage for visitors staying at a hotel (walking distance) off the highway. They have a great outdoor covered bar which was fun during a thunderstorm. The bartender was great to chat with all night and had a lot of stories to tell. The food was just OK. read more

Shenanigans Pub - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

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Food was excellent. Waitress was new but did a good job. Still learning drinks etc. would dine here again. read more

Shenanigans Pub - Patio Burger. - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

An Irish themed pub that doesn't serve corned beef and cabbage on st Patrick's day. They do however offer and corned beef sandwich. For a mere $9.99 you can get...and I'm being serious, a single thin slice of corned beef (thinner than a slice of bologna. Honestly) on bread with mustard. Seriously, it was sad. I left just as hungry as I arrived and went somewhere else. read more

One of the worst restaurant experiences I have EVER HAD. One of the only customers there at the time, ordered a few orders of boneless wings, 1 order of traditional wings, and some chicken tenders with fries. All of these items came out at completely different times. The first 3 orders of "boneless wings" were cut up chicken tenders and were cold. 20 minutes after the boneless wings our traditional wings came out with the wrong sauce. The waitress took them back and then brought us more "boneless" wings? We did not get the tender baskets until half an hour after the traditional wings. The fries were soggy and both baskets had a cut in half chicken strip. Our waitress did not come check on us once during this stay even though the place was practically empty. We had to go track her down for refills on our waters. They didn't have any clean plates or baskets to give us so we could share our wings with our table. And they did not have any ketchup. When we brought up the long wait time to the waitress her reply was "we aren't a normal restaurant"...?? Will never go back. read more

Great place. Went in, had a great burger. Talked to the bartender a bit and he gave me some tips on places to check out in the area. BTW. I went in after reading a negative review below, since I was curious after that. Elisabeth L.? Why did you feed a family of 6 there if you already knew you weren't going to pay for it? And then to post about it as if you were the victim and not the villain? It's one thing not to be able to feed your kids (that happens), it's another to steal food and service from hardworking people. And then quite another jump of evil to then act the victim. I'm not even going to insult you because you insult yourself so much in your own review of this place. read more

Bar tender was drunk upon our arrival, was talking inappropriately to my 9 year old, then proceeded to pass out. We were then served by two people who were not employeed at the restaurant (because the employee whocpassed out had already took our order) and one of them had a gun. Try explaining all of this to a 9, 7, 6, and a 4 year old child. The owner showed up because someone alerted her to the situation and when we went to check out, we said we weren't paying. She yelled okay bye, thanks Roxanne, you wasted all of this food money cause they don't want to pay. I'll be reporting you all to the BBB. read more

This place is a trash hole. Tv has never worked since the business opened (12 years ago). It's about 50 degrees in here and if you ask about turning the heat up they say no. The pull tabs used to be in service but they no longer have their license..... they don't have draft beers (their machine has been down forever). Their bartender got snappy on us because we asked to turn the heat up and said that she doesn't pay the energy bill. Really disappointed I wasted my money here since clearly the owner is cheap as fuck. read more

This place is tying to come back and people are trying their best. Good isn't great but, there were only a few people there and things are weird. I'd go back because I know those folks are busting ass. read more

Best Philly cheese steaks in NWI, friendly staff, the bartenders are pretty, the cooks are quick and the foods always good! 11/10

The most amazing Bangers and Mash I have ever had! We went around 2:30 in the afternoon so it is a slow time but was also staffed for a slow time. There was one cook and the waitress and a large party had came in prior to our arrival. The waitress was straight forward about the possible wait time for the dish but we opted to order anyway and get an appetizer. This dish is worth every minute of the wait! Absolutely phenomenal! The waitress was amazing as well. Can't wait to go back! It's going to be hard to order anything else after getting the B&M but there were some other options I had my eye on. read more

Shenanigans Pub - Bangers and Mash - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

I came here as I was staying at a nearby hotel and didn't want to walk/drive far. Ive Been driving cross-country and wanted something close. We ordered TO-GO cuz we didnt want to wait and had dogs at our hotel. Here it goes: I go in and there are 2 others at the bar. Very slow day I guess. :/ Anyways, i wanted to order a bacon burger but they were out of bacon! who the h!!! runs out of bacon! I ended up ordering a "huge" wet chicken burrito.... The bartender said I wouldn't finish it... I got back to the hotel and they gave me 2 beef tacos... Was this a joke? See picture I ordered my wife a cheeseburger (clearly frozen patty, suppose to have swiss and american cheese, only kraft single) with fries (yes, the frozen crinkle cut ones) She also wanted a side salad with ranch... Got back to the hotel to discover their side salad consists of iceberg lettuce. No croutons or garnish as the menu stated. Nice bartender, said she was new. She should run away from this place. No wonder it was empty there. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND read more

Shenanigans Pub - Ordered a wet chicken burrito- got 2 beef tacos - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

If I could give 0 stars I would. The waitress was nice, but frankly, the food killed my friends & I. Okay, we're not dead, but our stomachs are. We all got food poisoning & have been sick all night. Do yourself a favor & stay away from the meat. Felt horrible & yacked it all up. read more

Listed as an Irish Pub and I would have to say it is neither Irish or a Pub. Total dive bar, which is fine I love a good dive bar, but, I was not looking for a dive bar. The food and service were very good for a bar and the prices were more than fair. read more

Oh my! The place is warn and dirty. Diet Coke tasted very strange and the pizza sauce tasted like tomato soup. Outside patio was filthy and the truck noise was so loud we moved inside. Couldn't wait to get out of there. read more

We stopped for here for dinner because it was across from our hotel. When we walked in we were told there was no cook so the only thing he could serve was burgers & wings. Those s ounded good to us, so we stayed. Burgers were big & YUMMY! Waiter/bartender was friendly & chatty and we definitely appreciated the food. I would definitely try this place again Our 11 yr old dtr loved her pitcher of "beer" - root beer that is!! read more

Came here for an out of town baseball tournament. One of the worst restaurants I have ever been to! One waitress and cook for the whole restaurant! The manager just sat at the bar and did not help at all! It took almost 3 hours to get food and we were the only ones in the restaurant! We wrote down all our own orders for the waitress. Went to the bar to get our own drinks. Ridiculous!! Never eat here! Not sure how they are still in business. read more

No hostess! No server staff! Loud 90s guitar solos! Laser lights shining directly through your eyeballs into your brain! If you enjoy these things in a restaurant but here eating food, then Shenanigas is the place for you. It seemed like there was only one person working at the bar and serving all the tables. She told us she would be right with us and to sit anywhere. We sat on their patio for 20 minutes, and received no service whatsoever, and contented ourselves with watching the drunken couple next to us. Certain our server would come! We ended up bailing and went to Denny's instead for fast, delicious food. read more

Been here a few times and many more to come. All the food I had here has been amazing. Don't pass by without the house potato soup. Wings don't get better then here, great flavor and lots of meat on them bones. Great bartender, nice ambiance. read more

If I could give it 0 stars I could. Worst place I have ever been to in my entire life. Everyone is very rude and they personally attacked us in front of the rest of the customers. DO NOT GO HERE read more

We went for lunch here on a Thursday. I had a Cobb salad which had lots of turkey and bacon on it. The food was above average for a bar/grill. The real cool thing is the outside patio. If you are there on a nice day, sitting outside is excellent. Thursday is apparently '$2 you call it'. Overall it's a pretty cool place for the price. read more

Shenanigans Pub - tables and chairs outside - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

Great place, great food, awesome bartenders, very friendly people they make you feel right at home! The owner is cool as hell been here several times for lunch haven't had a bad meal yet I'd give it more stars if I could!! read more

Gotta love this place. Great place and people. A lot of fun if you're in this area. Dirt cheap prices. A lot of fun. See you there!

Great place to watch sports. NBA Playoffs are on and they have about 7 TV's located in good spots in the main bar area for viewing at any angle. Good music on the jukebox. Mostly a mix of 90's and 00's music (pop and rock). Prices are reasonable but the main selling point is the staff. They are all nice and have a great sense of humor. read more

Shenanigans Pub - Shenanigans Logo on the menu - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

Friendly staff. Good food. Fish and chips with a side of beer cheese sauce to dip my fries in. Cheese sauce is so good. Sam Adams Boston lager on tap. That's all that matters, good food and good beer. read more

Shenanigans Pub - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

We went to Shenanigans after first following Yelps recommendation to go to a different restaurant, which we discovered was boarded up. Shenanigans is a bar and grill. We had the Shenanigans burger and pulled pork sandwich. Both were completely within the boundaries of exactly what one would expect...no surprises and up to snuff. We hada beer and Bloody Mary, both as expected, exactly what we had ordered. The owner stopped by our table with his dog and chatted about where we are from (Prince!) and where he is from--Asheville, GA. Super nice guy, great wait staff, accurate and quick delivery of tasty food... just what one would expect. Happy to recommend this to others. read more

Great drinks and food. Service and local friendless made the experience enjoyable! Southern hospitality made us feel right at home.

Love it! Food was great, music awesome selection! Mix drink was perfectly delicious! The french fries is a new favorite! read more

Shenanigans Pub - American Near Me - Portage, Indiana

This restaurant was a disgrace to the name of Irish pubs. The bar tender/waiter was very unfriendly. He would walk outside every 30 seconds to vape and the fumes would follow him back in. Was told pizza would take more than an hour to make. 2 orders came wrongly made. The burgers were frozen patty's and more than one hard piece was found in them. After the food was delivered the waiter never returned to check. There was no salt and pepper on the table either. The bartender was also complaining to other employees how terrible the business was. read more

This place was really nice, but completely empty on a saturday night? It was odd for sure. The area around the bar seemed depressed much like a lot of "the Region." We were staying at a hotel across the street so we figured we'd wander over and try it. It wasn't bad, but the bar tender wasn't all that friendly. I asked if there were usually more people there and she seemed put out by my question. There were literally more people working than there were customers. Seems like one of the bars that probably changes ownership a lot. read more

Oh, where do I begin...probably the worst dining experience I've ever had. (This took place in April 2013). 1) Had never been here before so we didn't know you could seat yourself. Stood in the lobby where the waitress could see us for several minutes before she even said anything. Should have been our first clue... 2) It wasn't the cleanest environment: dirty silverware, sticky table, sticky floor, etc. Felt like I needed to shower once I left. Should have been our second clue, but we were trying to keep an open mind... 3) Service was interesting. Waitress barely paid any attention to us, never checked on us for refills or cleared empty plates, and made no attempt to really be cordial. Pretty sure her kid was at work with her that night as there was a young child, sitting in the bar area coloring and kept demanding her attention about every 10 minutes. 4) We ordered a nacho appetizer. It was served to us about 20 minutes later. My husband and I quickly realized that it wasn't our order, but something similar. We had already decided that this was not the type of place to send something back so we just went with it. About 4 chips in the waitress comes back and snatches it off the table and says "sorry, wrong table" or something along those lines. She came back about 5 minutes later with our correct appetizer. My husband was curious as to whether the former appetizer was served to someone else because it didn't look like it had been touched when she took it from us, so he walked around the restaurant pretending to locate the bathroom and sure enough, the exact plate was now being eaten by another poor, unsuspecting customer in another section of the restaurant. 5) I can't remember the exact name of what I ordered but it was something along the lines of a grilled cheese sandwich with extra good stuff: tomatoes, different cheeses, bacon, etc according to their menu. I'm pretty sure what I received was the kid's meal grilled cheese. One piece of barely melted kraft singles cheese between two slices of white, discount grocery store bread. I've made more elaborate grilled cheese sandwiches at home before going grocery shopping for the week. No fries, although I'm pretty sure that was supposed to come with what I actually ordered as well. Again, not wanting to send it back out of fear as to what could possibly come back to me, I suffered through a few bites of it. 6) My husband ordered fish that was on special that night. It smelled and tasted pretty funky according to him. He took a few bites and decided that continuing was not in his best interest. He ate his cold box prepared mashed potatoes with canned gravy instead. 7) The cherry on top of this wonderful evening was the clientele in this fine establishment on this particular evening. There was a kid who couldn't have been more than 15 years old sitting at a table near us with a math text book and a pop bottle full of chewing tobacco remnants that he consistently spat into. Maybe the waitress's other child? If not, he was just someone loitering who probably should have been asked to leave. It was pretty clear he hadn't taken a shower in a few days nor did he know how to pull up his pants, tie his shoes, or which direction to wear his hat. (Not trying to sound old - I'm aware that a lot of what I described is in style but this type of disheveled dress didn't look normal for any generation or as if it was on purpose). His "wife beater" was probably originally white but it was hard to tell. Instead of working on his homework, he basically looked around the room, frequently fixating on us as we were one of the only other people in the place. He was a talker in obvious need of some attention, although with a mouthful of chew it was just incoherent mumbling. But yet, my husband and I could make out some pretty colorful language. When another couple came in he left us alone and watched their incredibly heated argument and the lady's constant flow of tears and nagging for the rest of the time we were there. Our tab was about $35 after being charged for what we actually ordered instead of what we received; but we weren't about to negotiate. We just wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. Obviously we left still hungry. McDonald's was right down the road and never tasted so wonderful! read more

Solid 4. Nice, attentive staff & facility, chicky cheese sammich delicious, tato skins and fried pickle pretty good. Bartender chatted us up, cook (maybe undercover owner?) Brought out soup sample and asked us what we thought, we shared recipe ideas. Would go again for sure. read more

I have been here a few times and every time we go we order the same thing... Chicken wrap/turkey wrap.. Its always made different sometimes it comes with fries sometimes not. I ordered a cup of ranch on the side, I wanted it for my fries. My food was severed 45 minutes later. We were the only people there eating, 3 people sitting at the bar. When my food was served I was told sorry the cook put it on your wrap as she walked away to chat with a male sitting at the bar. We had to to call her back for a pop refill which she rolled her eyes to. After eating we had to go to the bar to pay for our meal and no apologies for messing up my wrap. I would say we have given this place at least 5 attempts to make our food right and have a nice server and we have given up. read more

Absolutely fantastic place to be. Great food and great service. Perfect place for a casual and enjoyable meal.

Update on my second trip here. I was hoping to have a better dinner this time and I did! Date of service 1/17/14 at 8 pm. Different woman manning the bar and all the tables. Upbeat and quick with a delish Cosmo! When she took our order she asked how I wanted the burger cooked, big points! I said medium and was cooked really nicely this time. We split the burger and a great Reuben. My fries were crispy as I ordered them. They still were pretty slow for an 8 pm on a Friday night and I cannot get over that ridicules sliding door to the kitchen. I am not sure if that is due to service or inconsistent food but I hope my next experience is as good as the last one! 3.5 stars would be a better review if I had the chance. read more

My favorite food place in Portage. Great special and great staff, we have ate nearly everything on the menu, never disappointed. Best place for food in Portage, IN! read more

Great burger. Entertaining staff and great hospitality. Great beer prices. Some good musicians on weekends .