Good service, we had a server who didn't understand anything of what we were saying and said "meiyou" for every beer that we asked...

We started to be upset when suddenly the foreign boss immediately came to take care of us !

Nevertheless not a 5 stars because prices are unfortunately really high.

I've always liked Paddys, mainly because it's the only placed guaranteed to have a good atmosphere when showing the football or the rugby.

Because of this however it can tend to be frequented by non drinking backpacking types who love blocking access to the bar during big events. I'm not pointing any fingers here *coughfrenchpeople* but you know who you are.

The food is varied, usually depending on how drunk you are it either has the best, or the worst burger in town. For any expats homesick for a full English AVOID, it is a cruel joke. Right down from the American style bacon to the 8 ( yes I counted) baked beans you receive for your 70rmb.

The quiz is good, don't know what people are complaining about. Though as with most quizzes it is full of ten person team bespectacled bookworm types refusing to drink the round of shots they have just won.

Sadly there are no real alternatives to this place and the captive audience seems to bring out the worst in Craicitalism at times, but hey, would it be so popular if it was so bad?

Wait staff and barmen are excellent though it has to be said, always spot a thirsty face in the crowd and remember your previous order. Don't mind trawling the Internet to find you an obscure livevsports stream either.

Im local. I went to this bar since 2010 world cup. Before that, I noticed the bar in that area for quite longtime but we never wanted to have a visit. In 2010 summer we thought to change our hunting places, we are sports fan btw, so we went to this bar, and found out it's a pretty laid back place with good location and smily waiters and waitress. Foods are bad of course, except beers, not much other drink choices also. Still for their easy atmosphere, we come back to the bar once in a while.

This summer, what happened to their old waiters and waitress? we only found one guy familiar in the bar, all others are replaced by SOME UGLY, ANGRY AND SLOW girls from countryside of China we guessed. They have no idea for the service at all I think. Also, we felt their bar is under no administration or what, things are weird in there. Maybe this is why now they attract many ppl I thought I never should see in Beijing?

I will give up this bar for sure if they still use those "unbelievable" waitress and waiters. They really made my good nights in Beijing bars are uneasy.

What a wonderful place.. All the staff are so friendly and even on St.Patrick's Day when they were the busiest bar I have ever seen in Beijing they managed to get me and my friends our drinks and still were smiling. The two boys at the bar inside the door were so lovely. A truly magical experience and the Guinness was lovely. If you haven't been yet you should go..

Good place to hang out with some friends, don't forget to order their "loaded pub chips". Their Quiz-nights used to be fun as well, don't know about now since I haven't been to the Quiz-night for quite a while. Always a good place to go to during some sport events. Friendly crowd in general, ofcourse the place to celebrate St. Patricks day.

Great atmosphere and that has to be mostly down to Karl, the manager.

Reading these reviews has been interesting because I thought I was getting special treatment from Karl but it looks like everyone feels the same way.

He recently won Best Bartender in Beijing at the Bar & Club Awards and I promise you that's not because of his flirtini making skills.

It's the free peanuts. And the way he mixes Love Generation seamlessly into sports commentary.

Can't comment on the food, but Paddy's is a good place to drink beer and hang out with a friendly, if foreigner-heavy, crowd.

I watched quite a few of the World Cup games here and the atmosphere was always great. It gets pretty crowded and hot when there's a popular game on the screens, but then the wait staff are always circulating so you don't have to fight your way to the bar for a refreshing beverage.

Drink prices are reasonable and Karl the owner is a friendly chap who makes a real effort to make everyone feel welcome.

I spent a saturday afternoon with friends and enjoyed the food including one of the best burgers, a rare beef salad, the seasoned fries are the best I have had since a place in Texas.The beer selection is good and the mixed drinks are excelent also.

We have already complained many a times to the waitstaff but with no avail of improvement of food at Paddy's.
Hope the owners get into some action. The Indian boy doing the food for Paddy's stops us from coming more often. We have talked to Karl and he says there is only one kitchen so have to subcontract to the Indian boy.
Before the Indian restaurant began we had a nice setting on 2nd floor. Alas but gone!
Maybe Paddys could easily afford the additional rent of 2nd floor of (hearsay 30,000 rmb/month?) as they can surely earn much more from the food orders of Paddys customers, the money which is now pocketed by the Indian boy and serves pathetic food.
As loyal Paddy's customers we suggest a nice lounge setting on 2nd floor with food directly managed by an Irish. Maybe Karl is overworked at the bar where he does a great job! the investors could get some other professional who`s just into making Irish food to Paddy's customers.
I hope the owners are listening and get into action before too late.

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.