Plenty of people have been passing comment on the (apparent) decline of the food at Paddy O'Shea's. As much as they are entitled to express their opinion they seem to have been under the misapprehension that you can expect to find good food in an Irish bar. The food here isn't going to win any awards but it's grand enough when you need something to soak up your belly full of ale. Nothing more, nothing less.

If Mr O'Shea wants to win back hearts and minds then he should invest in importing some crisps.

The last couple of months have sadly seen a steady deterioration in all the pub grub here. After each meal,I get a feeling the ingredients used now are not the same or fresh as before. The quality of even chips isn't consistent.
Before any change in the dish the waitstaff would happily do it but not anymore,they say the Indian is the boss of the foodstuff now and they find it hard to deal with him.
Irish owned bar, but the pubgrub controlled by an Indian?I know the whole story as the waitstaff told me. They have let out the second floor and hence Paddy O'sheas doesn't get profits from the food stuff so Karl is the least interested in whatever happens on the food front! Karl`s objective is just push the drinks as he doesn't make money from food. Waitstaff say he gets a paltry 10% of the food stuff.
Who's interested in all this story?
Now I deter going to this Irish owned bar with the pubgrub made by an Indian who doesnt know even a bit of what is Irish food. When I was explaining my problem to get fixed to this waitstaff and the Indian guy, after few minutes I concluded this Indian guy doesn't know a anything of our food!
Our group has decided to shift loyalty somewhere else, may be Souk, or Den, or somewhere better.
Karl, to save your bar just take over the Pub grub from the hands of this Indian guy. The Indian guy has a huge attitude and needs lessons on dealing with customers and many lessons on our food but we can't wait untill you teach him.
Unless you take over the pubgrub, we aren't coming back.

I went to danger doyles the other night to watch man utd game. Went in for a 1am kick off - the place seemed like it was getting ready to shut up for the night!! they said i could have a beer though - i ordered a bottle of tsingtao - they said 35rmb (thats almost 3.5quid!) - I said see ya later !! made my way around the corner to Paddy O Sheas to find about 30-40 people watching the game with full commentary and it was only 20rmb for a tsingtao. Ended up having a great night and making some new friends too. Will see you all this weekend for more action.

Paddys 1 - Dangers 0

PS, I'm relatively new in Beijing, from England and I love my footy hence my reviews will likely cover the sports scene. I've been reading this page quite a bit lately and the reviews on the bars and resto's around the city seem to be pretty precise. I thought it is time to pen down some of my own reviews to say thanks for the help from all of you guys.

Problems when you settle the bill

So they have the beer, the sports and occasionally they have the irish to make this place authentic. Otherwise it is a bit of a dud. Go on weekends.