Came here for a quick work happy hour with a few coworkers... it was pretty dead when we got here but ended up getting pretty busy (I think there was a tree lighting or something later that night). Service was quick and attentive and the food was great! Definitely be sure to get the fried green tomatoes and finish it off with the empanadas!

If there is to be a more than just great, American Mom & Pop-style Irish Pub... this is it! Close friends and I decided on having our ten-year reunion at Samuel Beckett's Irish Gastro Pub - and oh what a perfect choice we made! It is so, so true that great atmosphere, great food and great friends - is great times. The drinks were superb, the atmosphere superb, the service superb, the food even more superb! This place is larger than expected, ample and spacious, modestly and traditionally appointed, yet splendidly detailed and subtle in design, seating and accoutréments of an old-style public house. This place boasts about it's personal and professional experience they offer - all well and good. But their food is incredibly marvelous! Which bolsters that combination of both expert customer service enhanced with an incredible array of drinkables and eatables. As a celebratory event, of course we started with libations (hello, it's a pub). First off, no one at the party had any depredations of any of the drinks we all enjoyed them! Whomever their bartender is, kudos... each of the elixirs we experiences were vivacious, tasty and had the most appropriate amount of alky need, or at least, to the liking of each participant. You know you can't go wrong with Guiness Draft as a few in the group enjoyed them. But, when it comes to mixed drinks, proper cocktails, it's a different story. My wife ordered their Moscow Mule which, in her words (as a Moscow Mule lover), was enthralled by how well it was prepared. It must have been the Three Olives Vodka, with just the right amount of lime juice, and using Crabbie's ginger beer that made it so good! As for me, being the outrageous one, ordered the Pornstar Martini with a decent amount of Vanilla Vodka, Passionfruit, some Lime, just the right amount of Foam and the prefect spritz amount of Prosecco, I had three (no I was not driving)! Outside of my go to Grey Goose, extra dry, two olives, two cocktail onions mainstay Martini - the Pornstar Martini came in a close second as a fave Martini. Now the food, that's a different story, a very good story, an excellent story actually! The party ran the gamut on selections. Being a hearty group of Irish wannabes and one real Irishman, we went with the appetizers of Calamari with cherry peppers and very interesting and good so called boom boom sauce, and Hummus along with sun-dried tomatoes, pita points, carrots, celery, plus the Spinach & Artichoke Dip with tortilla chips. All I must say was excellent! But going into our mains, the really exceptional entrees were: Corned Beef Sandwich in toasted rye bread, tender and juicy corned beef, a delectable thousand island dressing, crispy and easy on the mayo coleslaw, along with tender aromatic caramelized onions; the Fish & Chips of flaky Cod in a fine beer-batter, some crispy outside, tender inside pub fries, terrific coleslaw, and a nicely prep'd tartar sauce; the Alaskan Salmon offered with jasmine rice fresh brussels sprouts and eased with bacon were terrific; and last, but not least, my Corned beef and cabbage, served with a mouthwatering and buttery mash potato, and ladled over the corned beef was an incredibly prepared parsley sauce that made everything work perfect together! If you've read any of my reviews, I don't give the highest ratings easily - that's because I like comparing apples to apples and attempt to be as genuine to our subjective taste buds as possible. In my travels through many cities in the U.S., I have seldom come across such an outstanding public house such as this. And, having visited and enjoyed Pubs in Ireland, Samuel Beckett's Irish Gastro Pub deserves par excellence recognition! Mark Kirwan, a Tipperary native and former Guinness employee and his marvelous staff, from management all the way to wait staff should be commended for giving customers not just a place to eat, but an amazingly fantastic experience - Ireland at home! Daoine jab maith!

The food on my 2 dining experiences has been decent. Bangers & Mash was 3.5/5 and Meatloaf 4.4/5. Service has been solid and the drinks poured well. Guinness on tap along with Smithwick's & Harp! We were fortunate to be served by a young lass from the motherland.

AMAZING Shepherd's Pie made with Guinness. Friendly Irish atmosphere with lovely staff. Food comes out of the kitchen freshly made and piping hot! And it's served in a reasonable time frame.

Great evening out on the patio/outside seating. Our waitrees was patient and attentive. We got drinks and an app and the baked brie was very tasty. All in all, another excellent experience here - we highly enjoy this place!

Visited for the first time last night due to joining the Alexandria Silent Book Club. The service was welcoming and our server made great recommendations when asked. I ordered the southern rolls as a snack and the Irishman's martini to drink. Both items were really good. I will definitely be returning to check out their happy hour.

The service and the staff are one of the best parts of this pub!! Also - the food is delicious, and labeled for gluten free folk like myself. I had chips and dip and a drink, and my friend got the shepherd's pie - we both downed our food and drink. I'm also super appreciative that the staff hosts a silent book club I am a part of - so I'm sure I'll be frequenting here more often for that, and independently of that too!!

I had a delicious dinner here with my friend. We were looking for something a little different and this exactly hit the spot. We started with cocktails: a dirty martini for her, a pornstar martini for me which came with a shot of prosecco. The pornstar martini was a little sweet with the vanilla vodka and passionfruit juice, I wouldn't order more than one but still enjoyable. We were stumped with what to order for food because so many options looked good, and shoutout to our waiter for giving us suggestions and recommendations, it was really helpful. For food we got the brussels and bacon to split, she got the Shepherd's pie and I got the lamb shank. Both the entrees were huge portions and we took lots of leftovers home, 10/10. The brussels were also really good, but we wished they weren't shredded and were larger pieces or halves of brussels. Overall a great meal and ambiance.

I need an update my review it's been many years I've been coming to this place he just keeps getting better and better. Management is great employees are great I enjoy the food and staff You can come for brunch or you come late night or come for lunch no matter when I've always had a successful meal here and look forward to many more years