McHales Irish American Bar

McHales is the sort of place you will hear before you see. They have karaōke every single night, which seems to be turned up as loud as possible and can be heard from some distance away. Now this wouldn’t be too bad if the person singing was good, but sometimes a drunken old man warbling his favourite tune is not the best advert for a pub.
The atmosphere here is good and the staff are friendly. The bar is well stocked and has a good variety of alcoholic and soft drinks. The prices are inexpensive, unlike many other city centre venues.
If you don’t mind a bit of noise pollution and fancy somewhere a bit different then this is a great place to go.

Does an Irish American bar mean that after a argument at the bar you will be shot with a potato gun? Of course not, it means you’ll probably be invited into a karaōke war as this is one of the friendliest most excitable bars I’ve ever come across in town!
There’s always life music going on and it very much reminds me of the Vines pub down the road, which is equally as popular! The place is always packed with people singing and dancing the night away. The Guinness is great but so are all the draught beers as it’s such a popular venue that the beer is always guaranteed to be fresh!
If you’re a karaōke lover or a fan of live music I would very much recommend this place! If you’re looking for a quiet pint then this wouldn’t be the place for you!

Holy crap this place is lively — and it’s only 11am! Yup this place is a hardy drinking hole for those who like to live life viewed through a skewed haze of beer and hard liquor.
My dad once told me that if you want to learn about life then you go to McHale’s. I think what he meant was that if you want to get an ass kicking then get drunk and see what they’ll do with a loud mouthed student.
Generally the atmosphere is good in here, I’m not saying that you will enjoy the God awful music or the attempts at karaōke but the regulars are certainly having a damn good time whether you like it or not.
There isn’t a very good selection of beers here despite catering for an older age groups but instead the name of the game is cheap drinks all round.

Mchales Irish American Bar is joined with the Shamrock Bar on Liverpools’ Lime Street and is an explosion of Irish culture within the City Center. The place is always loud and even if your not inside you can hear the music blaring and see the drunken crowd stumbling outside for a ciggarette. As for the music it is your usual mix of cheesy Irish classics which are pleasing if its’ St. Patricks day perhaps but any other time of year these kind of songs really grate on you.
The drinks are average in terms of taste and price and the atmosphere is always on the borderline between drunken friendliness and drunken fighting.
Essentially if your a tourist in the city you will enjoy the novelty of this bar but for anyone staying in the area for a long period of time I wouldn’t suggest frequenting here. The link between Ireland and America is understandable due to the mass immigration numbers and the idea is nice but far too tacky especially the faux statue of liberty above the entrance.
All in all a nice try but I wouldnt suggest it to others.

If you’ve ever walked down Lime Street in the daytime, you’ll recognise this as the bar with the Statue of Liberty above it, looking shabby and sad. If you’ve strolled the same path after sundown, you’ll recognise this as one of the loudest karaōke pits in the city. The sound of men with lager seeping out of their pores blasting out Sinatra’s ‘That’s Life’ will come tumbling out of the doorway like the blood in The Shining.
Split in two but joined by a hallway at the back, the actual Irish American bar isn’t all that bad a pub. It plays a range of tunes and has a proper pub feel to it. It’s the smaller McHale’s Shamrock bar on the right that is infested with scum and rattling with shrieks. In short, avoid it like a coughing man at an airport.

Unfortunately the ‘Irish House’ has seen better days. Since McHale sold up it seems things have been on the slide. There are two bars one with lve music and the other has a DJ. Famed as a meeting place for those seeking ‘company’ it is now more like last chance saloon but hopefully as competition is now so fierce they will invest in the place particulary the loos.
Visit out of curiosity but don’t expect a palace.