murphy's law irish bar

if you love good old pub food and pub atmosphere you'll like this place. has great food will a few different options to chose from. most staff are really great!however this place does get really busy on friday, saturday, sunday dinnertimeso prepare to wait a little while for food.

a group of 7 ladies went on a wed night for the quiz and dinner. two of us had the irish stew - the meat was soooo tough with white fat (cold) and the gravy was jelly like and only warm. we told the waitress as did not eat hardly any of it and she said would tell kitchen staff. we did not even receive an apology so that is the lasttimewe will go there.

regularish diners all the aspects food and service have dropped emensley from lasttimewont go back for a while

this was the secondtimei have been here and both times have found the staff very polite, helpfull and seem to be really enjoying their work. the menu has a good choice for every one i had the stake which i must say was one of the best i have ever had it was cooked to perfection i was with a party of four and we all thought that the price for the food and drinks was very good value. we will definitely be back and i would recomend that you give this place a go as this is the best place in the area.

update july 25th 2013
i have been contacted by the owner, who has apologized to us for the service and food and has offered us a voucher for a return visit. her email made us feel welcome to return and try murphy's again. i applaud her for emailing me and telling us that changes would be made. therefore i will remove my feedback, but i felt it was in the pub's best interests that our complaints were made. i also felt it was constructed criticism which would benefit the owners and their staff.

from my original post:
we have been going there for the past 4 years. the firsttimewe visited the menu was great, with a very fine manager....sadly over the next visit's it has gone downhill fast.

we went here for the firsttimeand it will be the last time.
the service we got was rude to say the least and we were a larger party so 2 of us ordered the irish stew which turned up cold and what look and tasted like left over from the night before reheated in a microwave. my father ordered a drink and got the wrong one and the young lady behind the bar argued with my father and told him he ordered this drink despite another person from our group who was standing with him when he ordered his drink and that was it and if he wanted what he ordered he had to pay for that as well.
we will never return to this pub again. rating terrible is an under statement.

we have been here a couple times, the firsttimewas quite good but the secondtimewe went recently and it wasn't as good as the firsttimethe service was average my son who had ordered the ribs the firsttimewe went loved them and the sauce was really nice, but the nexttimewe went the ribs were gross different type of ribs and hardly any sauce he loves his meat for a 5 year old and didn't even eat them which is rare for him. place is good for a couple beers but not so much for the food.

went there thursday night just after 7pm - there was 8 of us and there was a bit of a fuss that they had to move a few tables and chairs to fit us in. no one was bothered so we started moving the tables and chairs to accommodate and were told off, then finally were accommodated.
waitress that served us was well presented, overly joyous and informed us well of the specials etc. the staff behind the bar however well a smile wouldn't have hurt - first impression was they didn't want to be there.
ordered a basic burger with some fries - asked to add an egg but that was forgotten, also asked for mayo and bbq sauce which was informed that it would be extra, said ok and received just bbq and then they tried to charge for the extras that weren't added. waitingtimeon the food was not good at all over an hour and a half, most people who had come in that sametimeor just after us had already had their meals and were finishing up and leaving.
only good thing really was being with family and the two brothers that they got as a live act.

we had our xmas function for 18 people and the food and service was excellent. we pre-ordered our meals prior to arriving and requested a settimefor service, the meals were served ontimeand all together. no one was left waiting.
food was very good and the portions were a good size.

when looking for a restaurant to celebrate my daughters birthday we selected murphy's as we were looking for a casual family friendly local venue, this was to be our secondtimein the last six months. we enjoyed our previous meal so had no concern in taking the visiting in laws who travel extensively, i called requesting a table placement out of the way, we were surprised to find rachel who had taken our booking had arranged a banner and candles as a surprise. all the meals were great, my son's eye fillet was huge and came with hand cut fries and my daughters favourite ribs were perfect, all the servings were sizable and well presented, although this is a pub we were very happy with the entire evening and will be back soon.

omg carol get a life. i have eaten at murphy's quite a few times and only ever had a problem once which the staff quickly rectified. did you think of actually telling staff you had a problem. cant fix it if you don't speak up. i've eaten the eye fillet before never came with shoestrings but big thick chunky homemades. ok so the menu is getting a bit same old same old but they do have a new lunch menu pretty darn good for the price as well. lasttimei looked murphy's was a pub if you want over the top food with prices to match try one of the many restaurants on the waterfront.

have been there 3 times for a meal 1sttimefriends kids had chicken and it was under cooked and as kids don't no they eat it and that avo she was sick. 2ndtimeasked for a chicken salad and the chicken was left out. 3rdtimewas a joke ordered chicken satay it comes with rice except they had not cooked any rice now how hard is it to cook some rice?? lamb shanks were cooked in a microwave they were honestly so tough we struggled to get a fork into them, they would have been better used as a hammer or speed bumps in the car park that's where they belonged. then ordered the mud cake as a dessert and surprise surprise they did not have any. the worse bit is they make you pay for the meals before you get them. we did go and complain to the manager at thetimeliam how was so rude apparently hes a chef, if this was the case why did he stand there and argue with us over the quality of the meals and insist that the meal was perfect no manager should stand there and have a fight with his customers. i wouldn't have even fed it to my dogs would have to be the worse restaurant in auckland. strongly disagree you don't go for a meal the staff are rude and liam should not be arguing with customers

my husband and i went there with a group of 6 last night as our first night out as a couple after the birth of our first baby, so we were feeling a lil out of the 'clubbing' loop and went to murphy's on a recommendation as the new friday night local. it was midnight and it was due to close at 1am, despite the hour difference, we had to talk our way in.
boys being boys were on the sidelines quietly keeping to themselves watching their girlfriends having a laugh on the dance floor and buying the drinks. as my husband went to pay the $60 for our round, he was pulled aside by the bouncer to discuss that fact that he was pointed out as someone who was particularly intoxicated because he was spotted swaying. he proceeded to lecture him on the fact the police were here and that murphys were looking to extend their licence to 3am, but need to be seen to be 'handling' the crowd...oh and can you please take a seat to the side to 'take sometimeout.' as the good wife i sat with him for about 10mins, then we realised our drinks were still on the bar, so went back to dish them out and carry on with our night. another 10mins later that same bouncer found us and yelled at me like i was deaf, dumb and blind that he'd asked him to wait and he's left his corner and would like us and our group to leave. excuse me??? we are over 30, parents, business owners, not to mention your customers, therefore you do not qualify nor have the right to treat us like your 5 yr old children who have left the naughty step. to add, a guy who couldn't be more that legal, knocked his beer over the bar and then slipped over it and fell down right in front of him and all he got was a stare, but no lecture, warning, naughty step, let alone asked to leave. racist?? pickin' on the good looking ones having a good time?? or the rich ones?? in the 45mins we were there, we managed 2 rounds and over a $100 over the bar....murphys if you are after a 'dark', poor, ugly, miserable crowd then you're bouncers are definately working overtime to make sure you achieve your target market. p:s you get one star for your female bouncer and the bar staff (ex finns).

i am amazed at the awesome experience we had on saturday night. 19 adults 6 children.we were looked after from thetimewe walked in. the staff were amazing! great effort to keep the kids happy and amused with ordering their meals first and giving them some colouring in do to. great service and will be back again for sure. keep up the good work.

i am/was a regular customer at this bar. the past three experiences has been abhorent when it came to closing. the firsttimewhen we went to get a drink at 12.50am we were told the bar had closed. fair enough we thought, so went back a couple of weeks later to the same thing at 12.45. i asked whattimethe bar actually closed to be told 1.00am. hmmm so this saturday we went again to have the bar closed at 12.30 and told so very rudely by the bar staff. everyone in the place was cleared out very quickly and out onto the pavement. everyone was offended by the behaviour and we decided to head up to stampede bar. this was not only the group i was in, but also many others from murphys. when there, the majority of the bar and security staff from murphys headed in as well. everyone is disgusted and appalled by the way the bar endingtimeends at random times - not even a bell to call last drinks. myself, as well as the majority of my group will not be back to murphys on saturday nights - loss of a lot of money there i think. quite disgusting, would not recommend an evening out at your pub for people who want a good time!