Murphy’s Irish Pub

WHAT A PLACE FOR A GREAT TIME! I LOVE this bar! Great scene on Friday and Saturday night or even a few bombs on Wednesday. The crowd is always fun and solid mix of Marquette Students. Not much room to dance — which could be fixed but that has NOT stopped my friends and I before. Karaōke Thursday’s are always a good time and I will often be found singing some of my favorite jams. The drinks are good and the bartenders are great and down to have a good time. Overall a great establishment that will forever be in my heart!
Only regret is that I have not had the opportunity to see through the two-​way mirror in the mens room…

Management is completely irresponsible. The manager over serves under aged drinkers. The bartenders tell customers to «fuck off» and «if you don’t like it leave». Being a marquette student my friends and I will never be back again. The absolute worst bar I have ever been to.

Slow service, don’t expect a decent drink unless you know someone behind the bar. It is a campus bar though so don’t expect much from the beginning.

Given that this place is a college bar, I wasn’t expecting anything great. But even for a college bar, it was disappointing. It wasn’t crowded when I was there… But it took forever to get a drink. The bartender was consistently not very attentive. They had one pool table, a few booths and a lot of open space. Maybe for dancing later? I’m not sure.
One thing that is weird… My friend told me that in the men’s bathroom there is a two way mirror so the guys could watch people in the bar as they go to the bathroom.
Overall, meh. I would never go back.

If you are looking for good service, this is not the place for you. I went there with a friend and it was us, the bartender, and a group of the bartender’s friends. Bartender ignored us all night and just drank with his friends.
If you are looking for trashy Marquette undergrads, this is the place for you. On a typical weekend, the place is wall to wall undergrads getting wasted, trying to hook up.
Overall, just a soulless, trashy bar with no redeeming qualities.

It was my experience here that prompted me to cross over from simply reading Unilocal review to actually writing one of my own.
I’ve been here a handful of times: once as I was visiting friends for a Marquette basketball game, once before the crowd hit just so I could grab a drink with a friend, and then this past weekend when I was out and about with friends.
Crowded or not, it took forever to get a drink. My roommate and I were the only two people sitting at the bar, and we still had to sit for over 5 minutes before one of the three bartenders came to help us. That wasn’t the worst, I can live with that.
But my, oh my, when I was there Saturday night I don’t believe I’ve ever had a worse bar experience. First off, EVERYTHING was sticky. I leaned on the bar with my hand while waiting for any type of service and was immediately grossed out. The bartender in charge of my section of the bar was tending to her 10 friends in the corner while I waited for 15 minutes, handing them out free drinks and socializing while plenty of people were waiting. They went through two free drinks before she reluctantly came to me. I ordered two rum and cokes, at which she sneered and asked me to repeat it, like it was a foreign concept. She seemed angry that she had to pour drinks. My friend asked me what that was all about and I replied, «I don’t know, but it seems like she is mad at me for asking her to do her job.» She then poured the ice out of the glasses, threw them down and walked away, giving me nothing. A male bartender came and asked what I did to irritate her, citing that it usually takes a lot. I replied, «I ordered drinks that took her away from fraternizing with her little buddies in the corner for a minute.»
This is up for for some of the most unprofessional conduct I’ve ever witnessed at a bar, to the point I was left mystified and wondering if that had really just occurred. I know you can’t expect the world out of a college bar, but really… step it up. The only way I’m going back is if I’m dragged with friends who are dead-​set on it, but I will not be funneling any of my money into the establishment.

It takes a lot for me to hate a bar. I pretty much will enjoy any place that will serve me a beer.
However, this place is absolutely horrendous. It has so much potential too. A nice, pretty big bar, that should be the go to spot that Marquette kids love. It honestly is so popular because there are now only two bars on campus to go to. (Okay theres the harp and sham but only true fans would go there).
Murphys is obnoxiously loud, filled with so many a-​holes, and they are always understaffed. When the bar has an above average crowd, its impossible to get a beer.
This bar just gives out a bad vibe. I dont know. I hate it.

I hate to hate on my old stomping grounds but this place is just your typical college bar.
I’ve had some great times here, and its pretty much been like a second home in college.
But alas, its just another college bar among college bars.

Typical campus bar. incredibly loud, lots of drunk kids and nothing fancy. Some of the drink specials are ok. Convenient location when the temp gets ridiculously cold during the winter.
Murph’s has a lure to it for underage freshman and sophs, but not a great bar by any means.