McFadden’s

If you want horrible service, mediocre food, served in a dirty environment, this is the place for you. One of our constant challenges was to get our waitresses’ attention from her friends sitting at the bar. It didn’t help that the manager was doing the same thing. It was a challenge to get menus, get an order placed, get silverware and get our bill. I have never been to place so disinterested in serving customers.
To add insult to injury, the food was pretty lousy, and our order was wrong. The wings I ordered came with celery that was brown and beginning to rot. The manager seemed completely uninterested in this issue. Luckily he could go back to the bar and talk to his friends…

I went here for my friend’s sister’s bachelorette party. The service was alright, nothing special. She was quick to refill the drinks. Overall, there’s nothing about this place that made me want to come back.
I split the spinach and artichoke dip with my friend. When we got it, it was basically soup or some sort of baby food. Some of the chips were kind of stale. Just meh kinda food. We also got an order of garlic fries which were totally under cooked.
Like I said, nothing really stood out to me or gave me a reason to come back. Maybe it was just an off night.

I have always been on the fence with this place, some visits have been great while others have been horrible. My overall opinion is just «meh».
The food is bar food, it’s ok but nothing spectacular. The atmosphere can be really fun depening on the night. I think this is the best part of this whole place. They have really good specials via their social media channels but I have been twice now where I had to argue to get the deal because these specials weren’t communicated to the employees that night.
If you’re looking for a cool spot to hang out casually or pre game before a night out then McFadden’s is cool. Just make sure to like and follow them so you can get in on their specials.

Long-​time Unilocal fan, first time responder:
Bought a GroupOn for this place. I mean, why not, right? Never had a bad experience in a restaurant in a casino.
What a mistake!!!
Picked up a friend at the airport and decided to stop by and have a late lunch/​early dinner. It was about 2:30pm on November 5^th, 2011 — WSOP was in town, it was a beautiful Saturday afternoon, the Rio was booming. I tell you all this because if you didn’t walk through the Rio to get to McFadden’s, you wouldn’t have known any of that.
First impression as we walked up to the «Seat Yourself» sign: Who moved a frat house into the Rio?
If I didn’t know what time of day it was or where I was, I would have thought I had just walked into some East Coast bar 5 minutes after closing time, not into a restaurant situated on the main floor of a well-​known casino in the middle of the afternoon in Las Vegas.
The place was filthy. Wooden floors that didn’t appear to have EVER been swept had food debris and general ick. Not a single table was clean — not one. Chairs were not neatly assembled, but were somewhat pushed up to high-​top tables and many appeared to be leaning or broken in one manner or another.
We thought, maybe there was some crazy lunch rush, but no one appeared to even be thinking about cleaning. Of course, all we spotted were two employees — one male (who we noted after about 10 minutes of looking around) and one female (behind the bar who never, not once acknowledged our presence, despite the fact that we were within a few feet of her for our entire unfortunate time in this dump).
There were two people sitting at the bar, three ladies were sitting in a booth to the far back, and it appeared that the entire left side of the restaurant was closed for what appeared to be a party of no more than (maybe) a dozen people.
One male server (about 5’8 or 9″ dark hair) walked past my group several times (and I mean within less than a foot of us!) without even looking at us, though we were clearly looking for a place to sit and were trying to make eye contact to ask where we could or should sit since everything (including the tables in the closed off area) was littered with dirty plates and dirty napkins and… well… dirt. I mean, he literally was avoiding bumping into us, but refused to look any of us in the face, just kept sliding right past and ignoring us.
FINALLY, after the fourth passby, I spoke up to ask the server where we should sit. He continued to awlk past without stopping, waved his arm around (at all the dirty booths) and said, «Anywhere.» He didn’t offer to clean the tables, say hello, or anything of that nature.
We spotted a booth in the way back corner next to the three ladies that appeared to at least be free dirty dishes now, as a busser appeared to be cleaning some of the tables haphazardly. So we made our way there.
First impression of the menu: Are they for serious with these prices?
$ 13 burgers in a place where what appeared to be a sports seating area (though we don’t know as it was closed off to us) was furnished with visibly stained (from 20 feet away) and cruddy furniture that you would find either in the previously referred to frat house or college dorm shared space? These people are out of their mind.
Of course, the only reason we had a menu was cause they were on the table, not because we were EVER greeted.
As we looked over the menu, the bartender (short blonde girl) came around and either gave or took a check from the three ladies in the booth directly next to us. She never even looked our way, despite my son stating quite loudly how thirsty he was and my promising to order him something as soon as the «nice lady» (who I was looking directly at) came over to us. With that, the bartender looked me in the face, turned around and walked all the way back around the bar to the other side and continued her excellent job of ignoring us.
After continuing to wait another 5 — 8 minutes, we decided to leave. No one said a word to us, though we, again, were passed two more times by the male server and we walked right past the bartender behind the bar (who was clearly watching us leave as well).
And who am I? Or who made up my dining party?
My husband is a professional chef, my friend visiting is a bartender in California, and I’ve worked as a corporate trainer at two major national chains over the course of a 12-​year period in the restaurant industry spanning the East Coast as well as in the Las Vegas region.
I will never return to a McFadden’s anywhere. Seems like everyone on here appears to agree. Guess I’ll donate my GroupOn to the next person who panhandles at my car.
What a waste of money and time!

It’s a chain bar inside the Rio. Did anyone really have high expectations? Normally, a McFadden’s isn’t so bad. But since this one is in the classy establishment known as the Rio, they had to Vegas-​ize it and add that special touch of class — half-​naked women. And it is with this special touch that this bar plummeted from chill chain Irish pub to frat party central. Count me out.
Now, though, when us politicos take over the entire place, count me in. The ambiance and enviro is completely different. And we keep the karaōke clean.
This place does have the bonus, though, of offering live band karaōke on certain nights. And this wins them an extra star. Live band is pretty much always going to be more awesome than non-​live band.
The food is bleh. The beer selection is eh. The mixed drinks are ick. The service is meh.

I honestly wasn’t expecting much because I dislike most chains and I’ve never been impressed with McFadden’s in Philly. But I heard they had amazing drink specials so we went to check it out.
The server sat us immediately but there were not many people in the bar area. Then we asked about the specials, and she said they had a few, but the one we were interested in was the reverse happy hour special. Our waitress claimed she knew nothing about it and asked another server about it. Apparently it’s for locals only. We still ordered a few drinks but they came out sporadically. One came out right away which was draft magners and my gin and tonic came out soon after but we waited awhile for another persons drink and then were told they didn’t have the vodka for the drink, it was a special that night so instead of using a substitution they just said we couldn’t get it. So we ordered a corona instead and it took about 20 mins to come out! I didn’t get any food but apparently it was decent. Overall pretty crappy attitude and service I wouldn’t go back.

McFadden’s became the go-​to bar for the Trekkers and Trekkies who attended the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention hosted by Creation this past August. (Of course we picked it, in honor of Dr. Beverly Crusher, a.k.a. Gates McFadden!)
Unfortunately, this place never quite lived up to Quark’s/Spacebar at the Hilton. Though we (by «we,» I mean my beloved family of Trekkies) handed off the specialty drink list once served at Quark’s to McFaddens (ah, the passing of the flame), McFadden’s failed to make a spark when «replicating» the drink menu. Several times I received the wrong drink from the same bartender. Fortunately, she made the correct drink when informed of her mistake, and I guess it’s understandable that they may not be on top of a new drink menu, but I guess the main issue is that despite the several months notice given to McFadden’s of the drink menu and expected number of clientele, they really failed to deliver.
I also wished they’d had a better set up for dancing. Wednesday night before the convention was great, with an open floor and DJ. The following nights included live bands, karaōke, and a couple DJs who took up the entire dance floor with their set up. Loved the music they were spinning, but there was nowhere to dance, and the hired girls dancing in their underwear was a turn-​off (and I like women, so that’s saying a lot.)
I never ate the food or took advantage of the $ 30 all you can drink option (which only extended to well liquor and draft beers) but I hope that we can find a better venture next year, or that they have a better grasp of the drink menu and volume expected. .. and make more room on the dance floor!

A bit unsatisfying, but I will give credit where credit is due.
Located at the Rio, this is our first time coming here. It wasn’t to busy, so we decided to stop by. We were seated at one of the high tables. I didn’t mind a high table, except the fact that my chair was wobbling back and forth and made me jump a few times cause I thought it was going to break under me. I thought of moving to the other chairs but it was wobbling too. Of course, that kind of started the dislike.
The place itself did have its unique features, which I did admire. I did like the fact of rotating fans that turns around so everyone can feel it, instead of it being stationary. What did intrigue me was «serve your own drink» bar taps on one of the tables. I’m sure you have to pay for it, but it was new to me.
The staff was friendly in a way, but a bit in a hurry to take our order and leave. But they were quick on refilling the drinks and bringing out the food. The food on one hand was decent, nothing that exciting, I had the Shepard’s pie, which was good, and may recommend it. But it didn’t really stick out for me that much.
Good thing about it, that it’s best known for its bars. A good place to hang out with your friends and have a few beers and mingle. But a place to actually sit down and eat? Is a bit questionable and my experience was a bit disappointing.

Came here for the Star Trek Convention (woot!)… and honestly… they made it Star Trek themed drinks and played Star Trek on the screen… but the bartender was really rude.
I paid a lot of money to enjoy my Trek time and we wanted to order drinks from the Star Trek Drink Special menu and the guy grabbed it and threw it and said «I’ve been taking orders from this all day. Order something normal»
Uhh, seriously? Do you not see my Trek badge? I’m here to experience my Star Trek! Don’t deprive me of my Romulan Ale!
The food was small and overpriced and didn’t taste good.
The dance floor is small… I don’t think it was suppose to be a dance floor anyways.
Overall… avoid.

An odd mix of Mexican and Irish food, none of which is very good. However, there are all you can drink drinks (also not very good, but containing alcohol).
Really not my first choice, or second, even at the Rio.

Okay this is an update to a previous review. I so would’ve given this place a 5 star, but some of the workers are super stuck up! Get an attitude check on your employees and this place would def be a 5 star !
Pros:
All you can drink option
beer pong, beer bong, and shots off an ice sculpture
interactive atmosphere
Cons:
Attitude-​induced female workers
Crowds aren’t too friendly
All you can drink option isn’t too great.
Small dance floor
Electronic Dartboard, but no one could tell me where to get darts!
Verdict:
Despite the attitudes I encountered. there was a plethora of games and things to do… Still a good place to go with a few friends and get drunk for a decent price. I think the bracelet is $ 35 for mens and $ 25 for women. Don’t quote me on that though. I won a free all you can eat pass so I didn’t pay anything. Just tipped my way to a drunken-​stupper.
Info/​Tips:
Just so it’s not a surprise. the AYCD bracelet gives you the following– Whisky, Vodka, and Gin as a mixer option. No this is not brand names, but I must say that Whiskey could of passed for Jack Daniels… then again how do I know… I was drunk!
Get a game of beer pong going. Just get enough beers to start the game. Plenty of tables, free cups, and pingpong balls available
There is a 4-​hosed beer bong, but the thing was getting no action and the bartender couldn’t give me a price so I just passed and downed some Jäger off the ice sculpture that catapulted a large dose of licorice flavored courage down my throat.
The dance floor is small but large enough to hold 20 plus people.
Very interactive… listen to the DJs cues for giveaways and prizes throughout the night.
There’s a bar at the far north corner of the bar… go here to avoid crowds.
Try your hand at the boxing game. 900 is a perfect score. Hit it!

OH.MY.GOODNESS.
No amount of Mardi Gras beads and free cocktails in the casino will ever make this place an acceptable place to eat in Sin City. That being said — I really think it speaks to my character that I ate here not once but twice during my last trip to Vegas.
Since my girlfriends and I were staying at the Rio, we went here looking for a quick, simple bite. My friends laughed at me because I bitched and moaned about the food and service the entire time I straight up inhaled my chicken salad (thank you, hotel room «pregame» cocktails for the appetite). I swore I would never return.
Fast forward a day and half and after indecisively roaming the Rio for food and somehow (not my choice) ended back at this dump. Their food is terrible (I was slightly more sober this trip). Nothing looked or tasted good. Their service is slow and comes with an attitude. The waitress we had both times is awkward makes creepy faces. Spending money here is worse than the slots.

This place seriously sucks. There’s nothing about it that says «Irish bar» to me; nor Vegas. Its brightly lit, boring, and still had Halloween decorations up and it was May. We were on an all-​you-​can drink «top shelf» liquor for two hours deal that included a big appetizer tray. The alcohol selection here is horrible. They had only one kind of scotch, refused to make us martinis (I guess those are above the top shelf?), and the appetizer tray was 100% deep fried and not good. The waitress, Megan, was completely bitchy to us and said, «Well its not like you’re going to tip me ANYWAY.» What the hell? Who says that? Sorry you had a bad day or whatever.
We all left pissed off and also complained to the company who had set us up to go here. McFaddens won’t be getting any more business from them and hopefully from a lot of other people that read this review as well. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!

Went to McFadden’s for a small St. Patrick’s day celebration with some of my friends. McFadden’s is located inside the heart of the Rio resort on Flamingo.
McFadden’s was crazy busy the night we decided to stop in. The bar staff all looked beat, the bouncers had enough lip and sass from all the rowdy patrons, and the «leprechauns» were done dancing and just kind of hanging around the bar.
Overall, it took far longer then expected to get a drink from the bar, the music was a mess; as was pretty much the whole place. I was reminded of my early college days at Blondies’ inside Planet Hollywood. Just disorderly fun that slowly turns into a big mess. Apparently, we showed up a little late for the party.

we came by after the wind picked up and we couldn’t stay out at the pool. also the day after st patty’s. i was expecting some rollicking good time, but, not so much here. i mean, it was only 7p, but, not much going on. a couple groups and families. i was thinking that it was going to be nuts, especially the way the website bills it, but, nothing.
oh well. we had a couple rounds. made some new friends. caught up with old ones. and got more drunk. i don’t really know how much the food or booze was. sorry. i was drunk. headed back to the strip after a couple hours. space isn’t too bad in there. bartenders and cocktailetresses were nice.

We went here for a late dinner since every other place was closed at the Rio and we needed to eat before we got our drink on at Voodoo Lounge.
They had a live band that was actually pretty amazing. They did songs that ran the gambit of Johnny Cash, Journey, and AC/​DC. They had all my favorite music right there so I was totally excited. Not only did they have a good variety (this one band) but they actually did it well! The bar definitely needs to work on their sound system though because it’s way too loud for the space. I couldn’t even talk to the people next to me which I find really annoying.
The menu consisted of your typical bar food with a few Irish things thrown in. I figured I’d try the corned beef special (wasn’t sure I’d get my fix for St. Patty’s day!). When the food arrived it was nothing spectacular– looked like cafeteria food thrown on to a plate. Mine looked the best of anyone’s even though it was literally swimming in grease.
The corned beef was decent but ridiculously greasy I thought it was going to slide off my plate. The rest of the grease came with a side of carrots… it was that bad. Of course there were the traditional red potatoes which they didn’t even bother to carve the eyes out of (or whatever you call them) and one of them was black in the middle and completely rancid. GROSS! I was pretty much done at that point but no sense in sending it back.
As for the other plates at the table, the plain hamburger was picked up and just dropped grease out of it. I don’t mean typical burger grease that is pretty normal but like the patty had just been covered in it. It looked like it needed to be wrung out like a wet dish towel. Someone else had something that resembled a Philly Cheesesteak which was equally disgusting– the cheese was congealed and unflavored nacho cheese which was stuffed into the bun to make it look like there was a decent amount of steak (which there was not).
Now the fries… I didn’t think a bar could really screw this up but these were the most disgusting fries I’ve ever had. I’m not sure if the grease used to fry them was bad, if the potatoes were bad, or a combination of both but it was HORRIBLE. They had a nasty after taste which makes me think that they fried them in the same thing used for the fish and chips– a nasty, fishy taste to them. Just thinking about it makes me want to hurl.
This is by far the worst restaurant I’ve been to in Vegas. The servers were ok but the food was so bad it doesn’t even matter.

This place wasn’t anything spectacular but I don’t really have much in the way of complaints.
I went here because my buddies wanted to play in the Beirut Tournament (that’s Beer Pong of the unfamiliar). They didn’t do great because of the rules, but that didn’t stop me from having a good time. They offered a boat load of free drinks, shots, and beer bongs which was fun but their pitchers of beer seemed a bit watered down.
The people there were friendly and the employees accommodating. It didn’t seem too be very Irish, but it’s Vegas; everything seems a bit watered down in the way of authenticity.
I’ll return if I’m ever at the Rio.

It is real nice for a chance to go into a place in Vegas where the girls dont pretend so hard to be all that and so rich wearing polyester dresses, but are actually normal and easy to talk to. The guys are just the same though as everywhere else: in shorts and jesushoes :)
If you are looking for a good time and real nice barstaff and waiters, fun people to talk to and a real casual environment, THIS is the place for you. Its a great start up to head out to a fancy club with snooty people and arrogant doormen. It does relax you and the drinks are waaaay cheaper.

I went here for dinner during my trip last year. I’m usually not one to complain about food, even if it is less than par. However, this was the first time in my life (and a first for my friend also) that I had to send my steak back to the kitchen. We both ordered our steaks medium, and it came out rare. almost raw. Our server was not sympathetic towards our concern, and simply went through the motion of taking the plates back and forth from the kitchen. The second time around, the steaks were so rubbery i took maybe 2 bites before looking at my friend and saying «I give up». We both just ate the side mashed potatoes that came along with the dish, and left everything else there.
We made comment to our waitress that our meal was not good, and still she shrugged off and brought us our bill. No attempt was made to reconcile our bad experience.
If you’re looking for bad service and unedible food, make sure you stop by McFailure at the Rio.

I was staying at the Rio and decided to try this for dinner one night and also for lunch one day. Both times it seemed like no one was actually working at the front door, and there were long lines, even though there were open tables inside.
The first night for dinner I ordered their «famous» buffalo wings — and was informed they were out. WOW. really? So instead I order chicken fingers and asked for a side of their hottest sauce. Food finally came out (took awhile) and yet no sauce. So I ask again, and they bring me just regular buffalo sauce.
The next day when I went for lunch I ordered a wrap and asked again for a side of their hottest sauce, «Nuclear». My meal came and still no sauce. I asked the guy who brought out my meal for the side again and he never returned. Guess they never wanted me to try it.
The place really didn’t seem to have their crap together. No one really seemed to know what they were doing and the service was slow and the food wasn’t worth their prices.
and they had no Guinness the night I was there… an Irish bar without Guinness? Do I need to say more?