Saturday night and a couple of cute musicians playing cover songs. They're actually really good and it's completely calm and nice in here. They also have great food until 11! read more

The Chieftain - .50¢ wings - Irish Near Me - Seattle, Washington

Great pizza, good beer. Generally nice quite atmosphere compared to most bars on cap Hill. Service can be pretty slow sometimes though. Also, real Mexican tacos don't come with sour cream and tomatoes. They come with cilantro, onions and salsa. read more

The bartender here named Shawn is the man! Always friendly and makes strong drinks. The Chieftain is the spot to meet up for Seattle University students, not so much the older crowd. Good for watching sporting events and cheap pitchers on Thursday nights. read more

Good beer. Low key environment. Some type of deals every day. $6 pitchers on Thursday which is about as cheap as you'll find in the city

The Cheiftan is awesome! "The Cheiftain" burger is one of the best burgers I have ever had and the fries are also great. Sure the presentation isnt amazing but im trying to eat a burger not admire how it is put together. From dance nights, wing nights, cherokee, beer pong, to trivia the Cheiftain knows how to mix things up. I found the staff to be welcoming and fun. Things they could improve on: the bar is basic, maybe dedicate it to SeattleU since it is right across the street? Spice it up a little! Overall I have a great time every time i head to the Cheiftain. Lots of fun to be had and a great burgers to boot. Great place to grab a brew and relax. read more

Frequent the chieftain for good pub food, cold beer, some familiar faces and sport. Now really that's what an Irish pub is! Early in the day we've had great brunches and thoroughly enjoyed this football season. Recommend Irish Nacho's, shepherds pie and just about all of their breakfast menu. Biscuits and gravy are pretty good for Seattle. read more

I think this place is in business mostly because of the overflow from the bar next door. The drinks are affordable, but it's almost always a little too vacant. The bouncer I've seen every time I've been is pretty rude and loves hitting on the girls half his age. I know I'll return, but I always try and get into the adjacent bar first. read more

Our bartender was nice but the food was bad and the owner/manager was rude. In a city with so many bars you'd be much better off going anywhere else. read more

We are in town for an event at Seattle U. We were walking to a different restaurant but looked at menu posted and decided to give it a try. I had cheese bacon mac...YUM...my husband had a breakfast dish with corned beef, hash browns and egg and he loved his meal too! read more

The Chieftain is where the overflow from Reihnhouse end up. It feels like the run of the mill irish american bar from the 80's. Depending on what night you go you can either have great service or you can wonder if anyone is actually working. Same goes for the food. The few times i have been there sober i have been unimpressed but have had what i recall as good experiences when i go there drunk. If you are looking for greasy fried food that's not hot dogs, you could do worse then the chieftain. read more

Uhm..really? My friends and I, (all well adjusted, nice people) recently went to this place for a beer after dinner. An accidental water spill prompted one of our party to go to the bar and request a towel. As no bartender was to be seen, and water was dripping, he grabbed a towel from behind the counter and cleaned the spill. Next thing we know a bar tender comes charging at our table and begins berating my friend (and I mean berating) for grabbing a towel from behind his bar. My friend even apologizes but the bar tender keeps on berating him in front of everyone. Over a towel! He won't let it go, as if we had stolen booze or something. Completely bizarre behavior. Honestly - if your behind the bar space is so damn precious that none shall enter, you should BE PRESENT to do your job, not disappear in the back and abandon the bar for 10 minutes. Then you wouldn't have to get mad over towels and berate customers as if they were common criminals. Needless to say, we were speechless. Plenty of better and more comfy Irish pubs in town anyway. He then tells our entire table of whom 80% had no involvement whatsoever in this towel "crisis" to leave the premises. Also, it's never a good idea to treat people whom you don't know in that manner. In this case an ex army ranger and weapons/defense specialist who could have easily turned the bar tender into an Irish version of a pretzel should he so choose. Just saying because not everyone reacts so levelheaded to that much irrational abuse. FYI the waiter was cool. No problems there. read more

Emina is the greatest bartender so friendly and the best drinks. We had the barbecue chicken pizza, it was wonderful. read more

This place is chilllll...and the closest thing I've found to any Irish pub on the east coast. It is kinda dirty, and definitely packed with college students, but also exactly what I look for in a good Irish pub. We had some beers, played pool, which is $.50 all day, and ordered some chicken fingers, fries, and the potato chip nachos. Everything was extremely salty, and served very hot, just the way I like it at a pub. The nachos, which was what everyone raved about, were just okay. And i'm serious when I say that they are not amazing. My friends got some sandwiches that looked fantastic and greasy. We gobbled everything down because we were quite hungry, and I almost fell asleep walking home because I was so full. I give this place 3 stars, not because I disliked anything, but just because it is just a three-star place. Some people will like it, some people won't. I will definitely be back, without a doubt. You can find out for yourself. read more

Be careful with your credit card here, they added a $5 tip to my $4 beer without my knowing...tried calling the bar but no answer...resolved through cc company. staying away..not worth the hassle fo credit card fraud read more

Chieftain is the business! Their drinks are ridiculously on point and the staff is really nice and courteous. The Chieftain is a great Irish pub that has an awesome happy hour and great menu to go with it. Late nights are awesome there and their breakfast menu is really good to. The chieftain serves breakfast Saturday and Sunday mornings as well. They have a brunch menu but I personally love their all day breakfast menu. One of their options is called a Blarney Stone breakfast burrito. I especially like this order because it comes with their Crispy tots on the side. I know it's a pain in the ass and I almost always apologize every time I ask for it but I always get it with 2 over easy eggs on top and a side of sausage gravy. The staff is very understanding of my "neediness" and makes me feel comfortable for my ridiculous order. Being a college student it's hard to find places that have good prices and great food and drinks to go with it. Chieftain is this place I've been searching for. Chieftain has deals everyday and is a great place to watch any sport events. Thanks chieftain you are the best! read more

The Chieftain - The Blarney Stone burrito! - Irish Near Me - Seattle, Washington

This place is bad. Terrible service. The bartenders are smug, impolite, and forget your drink orders when there are only 15 customers in the whole bar. Bye. read more

Have to say I have loved this place since it opened It's a Wonderful Seattle University alumni bar for all alumna the people are kind the atmosphere is wonderfully celebratory the kitchen's great and it's so conveniently located. If you're looking for a nice neighborhood bar pull up kind and fun people or looking just to drop in front nice shot and a beer and a good bite of food the Chieftain Won't Let You Down. Things not to miss are the trivia on Tuesdays wonderful drink specials throughout the week and the back deck on beautiful summer days the staff are incredibly kind and helpful and embody wonderful Irish hospitality read more

I'm not fully sure why the other reviews are low, but I will say this: give the pub a chance. This is a place where the food and drinks are good, and the service is wonderful. Walking in, I am immediately greeted with hellos, and they know my general order. Granted, I know this is Seattle and people think it's best to be pretentious, and the Cheiftain is not, and to that I say: THANK GOD! These people know what they're talking about and enjoy their jobs--not something you see everyday. Also, this pub is great at being a part of the community--they really walk the talk. They respond to the needs of the patrons, which makes them very welcoming. For example, during the Rugby World Cup, they had no problem playing the games (which have to be bought on pay per view for each game), which made them the only bar on Capitol Hill that would (there is a rather large rugby community here). They even went above and beyond and would contact us about the games, so we didn't always have to ask. This is true customer service. Have no doubt, if i could rank the Cheiftain higher I would. They epitomize what a pub should be (public house is what this term is abbreviated for), and for that i will continue to give them my business. read more

A basic but good Irish pub setting. I would enjoy game nights here for any sports. Great Guinness pours. Wings are damn good, ask for them crispy and some extra sauce for best results(like there is any other way?). read more

Large selection of menu items. Chicken pesto sandwich was delicious. Big chicken filet on Caesar salad. Lots of fries or tots with sandwiches. Cold Guinness on tap. Friendly service. Did not get pizza but looked really tasty. Highly recommend. read more

i ordered the irish stew, and i swear what i got was campbells chunky beef soup from a can. it was TERRIBLE. also my salad had a lot of oil on it, but nothing else that I could taste. food earns negative 10 stars. the decor is actually sort of nice, but it's too light for a pub and there are too many tvs (with the volume turned up too loud to ignore them). the server was not amazing, but it seemed like her first waitressing job, so she gets a pass. the bathroom was upsetting - the toilet paper holder was broken and the toilet paper was on the floor. in a pub. where men pee not in the toilet sometimes. yuck. i will never again return to the chieftain unless the food improves exponentially (for instance, no more canned soup). read more

Service is horrible, servers are rude and slow. They seem to hate it when a group of people show up to watch a soccer game and spend 100s of dollars!!! Weird! I felt like we bothered them because they had to take food orders and pour drinks. With all the bars around, this place is to be avoided. They also refused to turn down the music and put TV commentary for the soccer game. read more

I think the food here is not worth it. Pity it's so close to SU campus as they really could make better food. Had a soup and salad combo. The Caesar Salad was not worth writing home about. The whiskey crab soup is a definite "skip it." read more

nice place. food is alright. spacious with a pool table in the back. menu seems confused. they should just stick to Irish food. I love Irish food. what i don't want to see in an Irish pub is caprese salad on the menu. whuh? there's no cream ale here. service is friendly. i like the fact that there's sockets for your laptop so you can drink and write. i'll probably be back since i live around the corner. read more

I want to give big shout out to Hunter, the manager of the pub. We had huge party today, and I can't think of better accommodating place other than "The Chieftain". All participants were really pleased with service and hospitality. I would highly encourage to book large parties, or even come for a sip or two! Thanks, Hunter!!! read more

I have tried this place about 4 times now, trying to give them a chance because it is nice and convenient, but pretty sure I will never go back here again. Where in the world does ordering a double Bloody Mary mean that you are charged for two separate 8$ drinks? That is ridiculous. 16$ for a double. Don't be caught off guard by that one. The food is decent, but the service is not good. I will preface this by saying that there was only one other table besides ours, so it's not like they were slammed. We were not greeted when we walked in, we waited about 15 minutes before anyone brought us menus or came to take our drink order. Besides the bloody mary debacle, I also ordered a small pizza, and when we got the pizza, were like wow this is really good size, but then when we got the bill, we were charged for a medium, so I brought it up, and the server just stood there and stared at me. I ordered a small so I was not going to pay for a medium that we didn't even eat all of because she didn't write our order down when she took it and so gave the wrong order to the kitchen. She eventually changed it, only charging us for a small, but didn't even apologize. Then, after waiting forever before she brought us the check, we waited another 20 minutes before just taking it up to the bar to pay because she disappeared. To top it off, we were having a girls night and were harassed by rude and disrespectful, wasted UW students who should not have been sold any more alcohol or should have been kicked out for being too loud rude to their customers. read more

We visited the Chieftain Irish Pub recently and had an exceptional time. The decor is warm and inviting. I found it down right cozy. The fireplace in the center is just a fantastic thing to add to a bar. My husband and I just turned 51 and it reminded us of what a Cheers bar should be. I think "everybody would soon know my name" as the theme goes, in this lovely friendly place. We sat up at the bar and those stools were some of the most comfortable I have sat on in a long time. Our drinks were extremely enjoyable. The service was quick and efficient. I felt "at home" and these days it is hard to find such an establishment. We did not sample the food at this visit, but the others around us seemed to be enjoying every bite. As a matter of fact everyone around us seemed to be enjoying this establishment as much as we were. The employees all had a smile, and made us feel so welcome. Kudos to this business for creating a place that makes me want to come back time and time again!!! read more

Much like a lot of the other reviewers, I live in the neighborhood and was really hoping to have a good Irish pub within walking distance. The Chieftain, however, is not good. At all. Unless there is a conspiracy and I happen to get terrible food on purpose, I truly have no clue how people are giving their food positive reviews. Myself and a few of my friends have gone there a couple different times and have gotten different things there every time just to give the menu a good run and see if maybe we just got the wrong thing (on a side note, a good restaurant doesn't sell "the wrong thing). So, after a couple visits and trying a variety of things on their menu, myself and everyone who I have gone there with can authentically and sadly say that this is honestly some of the worst food I have ever had. In Seattle or anywhere, for that matter. Crab chowder - bland as all hell get out, no "bottom" base flavor, slimy. Awful. Irish Nachos - potato chips put on a plate and covered with way too much cheese to the point where it was one giant congealed disgusting block of cheese over soggy chips. We literally felt sick to our stomachs after eating it. Chicken Wings - not cooked nearly enough so the meat was rubbery and the sauce consisted of nothing more than a bunch of frank's red hot being dumped on them. Completely forgettable and lazy. Guiness Stew - like another reviewer said, this is no way shape or form an irish guiness stew. It's a shitty bland tomato (someone needs to tell them that there isn't even supposed to be a tomato broth in this kind of dish) and beef (not good quality meat at all) stew that absolutely must have come out of a can. If it was actually made from scratch, they should be ashamed of their recipe. Because it is wrong and bad. Mac And Cheese - crumbled dry bacon, way too much cheese that, like the "nachos", congealed and was hard to eat and made us feel sick from all the dairy and oil. They didn't even bother to make a cheese sauce or attempt to add any interesting spices or flavors. Veggie Buffalo Burger - soggy field roast soaked in (again) frank's red hot and bleu cheese dressing (and not a good one, tasted like shitty mass produced Ken's dressing). All the food is way too salty, the flavor profiles are all wrong, and there is ZERO inspiration or culinary skill put into making the meals. And especially considering how low the quality of the food is, the prices are in no way shape or form reasonable. The Guiness stew was $10, which would have been fine if it wasn't a borderline flavorless bowl of garbage that clearly came out of a can. I understand that it's close to Seattle U and not a terrible place catch a beer after work or school, but unless you're content eating a plate of hot garbage at an inflated price, do yourself a favor and eat somewhere else. Anywhere else. Or don't eat at all. Even that is a better option. I run a kitchen for a living and I have high expectations put on me by myself and my bosses and I know how easy it would be to make these dishes even remotely palatable without much additional effort and wouldn't even require a vast amount of culinary ability. We live in one of the best food cities in the country and especially in the First Hill/ Capitol Hill area there are so many fantastic food options for whatever style of cuisine you want. The people who prepare this food and the "chef" who designed the menu should be ashamed of the trash they are charging people for. Everyone has different tastes but if you are looking to try somewhere new and have reasonably high standards of what you consider a good meal, go anywhere else but here. read more

Decent bar that is very busy. However, the noise was a bit loud over all the chatter. Not too relaxing or easy to have a conversation. The staff was very pleasant and helpful. read more

My first visit here was the beginning of a pub crawl that culminated with Von Trapp's, Canon, and Needle & Thread, and yes the Caffe Presse down the street is awesome. But this place is good in its own right. They're a fun place to experience a good ol' Irish bar and sit down to a meal of yummy corned beef and cabbage. They made us a nice hot toddy, too. One of our servers was very friendly, and although they are so easily trumped by all the amazing places nearby I think it would make a great stop along a bar crawl, to really get a well-rounded taste of the street's dining experiences, especially if you're into Irish pubs. This would be a fun place to catch a game, too. Plus they provide a good, hearty meal, in an unpretentious, laid-back atmosphere, an essential portion of any evening of debauchery. read more

Went here for the USA vs Ghana world cup game. GREAT ATMOSPHERE. This place was PACKED and the wait staff kept afloat. The sampler platter was good. Sub-par fry on the pickles, but I've never tried to fry pickles so I can imagine it's not easy. After the game was over the staff continued to check in with my party regularly, and a maintenance fellow working in the back even gave my friend and I free The Chieftan Irish Pub & Restaurant T-shirts for "putting in the entire shift" (because we stayed hours after the game). I would definitely show up again if I were in town! read more

Awesome. Came right into the bar, sat down and there was male bartender that talked about the beer selection without seeming rushed and then pointed out that we were in the middle of happy hour and showed me their huge menu, all of it was $5. Awesome food, drinks but sub par parking... meh, it's because it's in Capitol hill. I would def bring folks to drink and eat here. read more

I've passed over The Chieftain multiple times when I've gone to nearby bars like Von Trapp's or Canon, but only recently checked it out for the first time. It was a pleasant surprise with a decent crowd and some fun live music that didn't drown out conversation. The bar selection and prices were standard; the service was pretty quick. It was definitely a Seattle U bar. I don't think I'll be a regular, but I wouldn't hesitate to duck into the Chieftain instead of waiting in line next door. read more

I dig it. Great food, good beer, comfortable ambiance. It's a bit rare to find a place on the hill that can serve a mean dinner with their drinks, but they won't let you down. They specialize in my fav food group: fried, and in large servings. Sign me up! I suppose the servers can be a bit elusive or standoffish, but they've been friendly every time I've been here. So I may have to go up and order at the bar on occasion. Not exactly gonna ruin my night, ya know? I've lost a good number of hours just chatting with friends and kicking back here. The music varies often, which is amusing because you never know if you'll be grooving to folk or in last night's case, some throwback 90s rap. Good stuff. I can easily recommend this place, unless you want a really loud, huge place with a ton of people. Then, uh, I suggest the place next door. read more

I love love love the chieftain. They have taco/ trivia Tuesday, happy hour everyday, and certain happy hour specials for each day of the week. I live less than a 10 minute walk from here and it's the cheapest bar in the neighborhood. The bartenders are so sweet and remember my face even if I haven't been in in a while. I love the customers and everyone is pretty friendly. GO TO TRIVIA ON TUESDAY :D read more

Service is so much better that the assholes that work at the Rhein Haus. Seattle is full of fucking millennials at least in this place you have good service. read more

Went there for lunch while on a break from a day long class...it's really a sport's pub which has a very nice food menu. Got eggs Benedict which were relatively good, the only issue being that the sauce had just way too much mayonnaise..the other issue being that it took them about 40 minutes to get our 5 orders, which left only 10 for us to eat... probably will not return during the break, but certainly on my list when I have more time. read more

I don't get to go as often as I'd like, but damn, when I do... The atmosphere is great, the beer is good (not the usual piss-water found at most places), and the fries are a must have. The prices are really good too. It's a great place to go after a final or a mock trial. read more

I love the Chieftan. We were looking for a place to watch Monday Night Football. Madrona Alehouse didn't have the sound on...The Elysian doesn' have TVs! The Chieftan was awesome! no matter where you sit, you can see 2 televisions. Irish Nachos are awesome, as was our server Maggie. I highly recommend this place. read more

Great place to catch a drink and a decent bar food meal! Also a great place to catch football/sports games. There is a decent sized menu, and is better service than some of the bars with food in the nearby area. I will be choosing this location over the others around before/ after class. read more