Micky’s Irish Pub & Grill

I love this place! The Mac n Cheese with blackened chicken is to die for. It’s one of the best Mac n Cheese dishes that I ever had. and that says a lot. The loaded cheese fries are phenomenal as well. The Burger is decent, nothing out of the ordinary. Get the Mac n Cheese!

Definitely a standard pub environment! Not a very big restaurant, but a good little place for a causal meal. I got a taco salad and it was delicious! However, there was not much of a variety in the menu. Still, a great menu and great service!

Great Irish pub. We love the fish and chips as well as their wings.
The staff is attentive and friendly with reasonable prices. This is our most frequented place downtown.
A word of advice… Don’t sit in the last booth that looks into the kitchen. Food preparers don’t always wear gloves. And it’s not unusual to see an employee grab a few fries from an order. It’s best not to know what goes on.
The owners also run Mondos which isn’t worth the time.

I don’t usually write Unilocal reviews but this place had too many good ones and it’s baffling me. Are we all eating at the same restaurant? Everything I got there ranged from incredibly mediocre to actively bad– and it was all stuff that’s pretty hard to mess up. The «soft Pretzel» appetizer was actually just slightly burned rolls that were vaguely pretzel bread-​ish. Cheese curds were kinda plasticky. Cheese fries were overcooked so the cheese had gone rubbery. Southwestern Mac was like a frozen pre seasoned chicken breast on top of the blandest, soupiest, grossest Mac and cheese I have ever tasted. I dunno, maybe they’re better at other things, but I’m not gonna be coming back to find out.

Really enjoy foods from this place. Last time I went, my friend and I ordered the Scotch Eggs. OMG!!! It was awesome. The egg was fried with sausage meat wrapped around it. Even though it was a little bit on the greasy side, but the texture and the flavor were unforgettable. Their sweet potato fries were delicious too. I would just go there just for their sweet potato fries. The place provides really good service. I really enjoy this place.

Great food for pub food. The staff are all extremely friendly and always have smiles on their faces, which is a huge plus in my book. The food was a little above average. I would suggest the conglomeration. I will be stopping here again in the future!

I’ve eaten here probably six or seven times in the past year and the food is always fantastic. Their fish and chips are my favorite, but the burgers are very good as well.
Every time I went here, the bartenders and waitresses have always been extremely helpful and polite.
I also love the casual and laid back atmosphere. For me, a lot of Iowa City’s bars are just too intense and loud. Micky’s is generally a lot more mellow than the other bars downtown. It’s the kind of place you go if you want a drink or two, a great burger, and a conversation. Easily my favorite place to grab food in Iowa City.

If I had never eaten at Micky’s before, this would be a better review. But our latest visit was pure disappointment. Good service still, good atmosphere, and like so many others, I’ve been coming to Mickey’s for decades. But the food has changed. The burger has turned into a slider. I can literally palm it, and you can’t see it around the sides of my hand. The fries I used to remember? Yeah, those changed as well. My wife’s quesadilla? She only had three bites (and she was extremely hungry upon entering). Top it off with now I’m bent over with stomach cramps, I think I’ve spent my last time in Mickey’s, preferring to remember how it was instead.

Great place for lunch. Ordered the fish and chips and they came out very fast and very hot! Service was attentive but not annoying.

I absolutely love it here. I have been coming to Mickey’s since I was a little kid and is still one of my favorite places to eat. I am frequently dieting and they always have something that fits into what I can have and it’s always delicious! The food always comes out fairly quickly too.

Sadly I have to give my former workplace and favorite local pub a not terribly positive review. Yes I was the doorman at Mickey’s from 1989 to 1992 and loved the burgers cheese fries fantastic onion rings and probably my all-​time favorite the conglomeration. Salads were great too and of course the drinks were reliable and exactly what you needed. I think someone told me there’s been a change in ownership and I wouldn’t say I’m enthusiastic about that change after dining here for lunch Saturday. The menu has changed significantly. The onion rings that were world-​class have been changed and while they still call them «hand battered“onion rings the flavor just wasn’t there and they were not impressive. For probably the first time in my life I didn’t finish an order of onion rings at Mickey’s. Sad. I also had the conglomeration: the meat and cheese were right but the bread has changed from a basic rye bread to what I would call an attempt at some fancier artisinal bread that was falling apart and Just didn’t do it’s job. Also the conglomeration was quite small and didn’t live up to the good old days. We also have the lucky burger which was the burger with corn beef right and that was tasty and the fries were fine. Overall Mickey’s is still there but it has fallen since it’s glory days with menu changes and maybe new mgmt that I think is still trying to find its way.

Last but certainly not least we, including BIL’s friend, walked across the street to Micky’s which also happened to be on my parent’s crawl list too. The bar area was even smaller because a good part of the back half of the space was reserved for restaurant/​family patrons. I didn’t mind as we were able to pull up three seats and start our shooting of shiz.
This time around I wasn’t paying too much attention of what was on the TV nor what fun little tidbits were being gabbed between my BIL and his friend. I wasn’t trying to be rude or anything but this bar was jumpin’ and loud as all get-​out so even if I tried to hear, I couldn’t. So I did the polite nodding, appropriate laughing just so it seemed like I was including myself in the frivolity.
In the sonic madness I did manage to meet and make eye contact with the new owner which also happens to be an old friend of the BIL’s. After the pleasantries and again sipping water, I spotted the touch screen POS system which had Scotch Eggs listed on one of the buttons. I about gasped for air as I’d been looking for an establishment to try this «delight» as others have described it in my circle of foodies. For those of you that don’t know, Scotch Eggs are hard boiled eggs wrapped in sausage meat and deep fried! I kept having a good vs. evil battle in my head and somehow good won in the end but I’ll be back for them!
Overall I loved the vibe and definitely knowing my BIL’s friend owns the place helps. I will be back with bells and other things on as to not scare the locals!

I love Micky’s! The food is so good now that they’ve changed owners. I normally just get a burger and fries– their fries are amazing btw!
Ordered a Bloody Mary last time I was there, those are great as well.
The only thing I would say kept me from a 5 star rating was that most of the staff is pretty rude. I’ve worked in a bar downtown before and just because you’re a college student, doesn’t mean you can be an asshole.
Recommend it!

This bar is simply the best when it comes to home made, great quality, food. The staff is genuinely good at there jobs and the food is fresh and always hits the spot!

Awesome staff and service. Arguably the best Reuben in town and I have to admit the bartender makes a mean black n’ blue. Decent beer selection.
They have a killer patio out front that allows for great people watching on Dubuque street. My only complaint is that I wished the patio stayed open longer.
Fun place to go if you want to get away from the craziness of other bars downtown.

Good service and food! Chicken was awesome, but the new buns are too hard and dry. Crinkle cut fries are the best.

Great bar in the downtown Iowa City area. The bartenders always know what they are doing and seemed to be very well trained. The bar itself is kind of small but if you go during the week it’s not to bad! The last time I ate there the food was pretty good. If I remember correctly I had a tenderloin and it was outstanding. Good tap beers

Great service. Came in with my young son, the server went out his way to make him welcome. great food.

Daughter just started at U of Iowa so Hawkeye Alum Aunti told us to go to her favorite Iowa City establishment.
Great call, Aunt Brooke. We got a table outside, at around 6:30. The guys ordered fish n chips and the gals split a burger. Everyone was happy. I think I’d get the fish n chips next time, the bite I scrounged from a begrudging son was quite tasty. We ordered some hot wings to share as an appetizer — they were fantastic, nice and zingy!
We enjoyed watching the town shift from daytime to nightlife time. As a mild-​mannered type, daughter was a little nervous, but Big 10 alumns mom and dad knew the fun was just beginning.
I’m sure we’ll spend some time here over the next four years.

Get the Conglo. Also great Krinkle cut French fries. They are seriously the best fries I have ever had.
This place hasn’t changed since 1998 — it’s perfect.