McFadden's Saloon Nashville
Downtown Irish restaurant has all the draws of a gritty nightclub with an impressive bar setup and ample dancefloor.
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Best bar in Nashville
by CSMobileUser2
June 24, 2009
As far as Nashville goes, McFaddens is the best bar by far. Like the perfect Irish pub throughout the weekdays it is the perfect place for great food, good company, and drink deals that will leave your wallet looking about the same on the way out as it did walking in. At night on the weekends the lights are dimmed, the music is cranked and the dance floor comes to life. With some of the best bartenders in town, lowest drink prices and different atmospheres to suit what ur particularly looking for in a night or day. McFaddens takes the cake.
lOOKING FOR ENTERTAINMENT
by WKUlovesNashville
June 09, 2009
Looking for fun, energy, and entertainment.
Only look for the # 1 DJ in Nashville.
Our own talent. DJ CLIFFY D
He fills the room with electricty and with his personality then you end up dancing all night. Until closing.
ROCK ON CLIFFY D.
- Pros: Great fun with DJ Cliffy D
- Cons: Just not the same without Cliffy
Best party I've been to
by itzsaga
June 04, 2009
The only place in town doing a lot of the things that they are. I always have fun at McFadden's. With some of the best DJs Nashville has to offer the party is always fun and the music is always great. I definitely make a point to check out McFadden's a couple times a week.
- Pros: Killer DJs, Unique Party, Fun
- Cons: Parking, Graham's Line
Very disappointed from a Nashville first-timer
by SusanitaLee
December 09, 2008
Oh boy, I really wanted to like this place. I was in a group of 7 people from all over the US and one Brit; it was our first visit to Nashville. I found several places to eat on this site and enjoyed them all a lot, except for this one. The food was below average. The ambiance was dead, the band was uninspired and the bathroom...God help us! It was gross! I don't know when they cleaned it last, but it appears to be sometime in the 80's. Dirty, plus no toilet paper in one of the stalls. Then there's the sink faucet. OMG the thing sprays right at you! It was crazy. I wouldn't recommend this place to eat and listen to music. Bombed on both in my opinion.
- Pros: the tvs were nice and big
- Cons: food, below average music and nasty bathroom
They are "out of everything"
by paradoxzap
November 27, 2008
What an odd experience... we placed our drink order and then perused their menu for a few minutes. We tried to place an order and the server very apologetically advised us they were "out of the white chili"... we reconsidered our order and settled on the ribs only to learn they were "out of ribs" too....the server then proceeded to tell us what else they were out of...which was practically everything listed on their menu! We paid for our drinks and opted to go eat at Jack's instead.... Don't go to McFadden's if you are looking to eat anything other than a hotdog
- Pros: The hot dogs are ok
- Cons: They are out of everything on their menu, quality of service is marginal
Worst place to eat downtown! Bad service, bad food and crazy high prices!
by gracefully
September 04, 2008
As someone who works downtown, I eat on 2nd ave a lot. Every time I visit McFaddens I am disappointed. They are usually out of half the items on their menu, the waitresses (are cute) but that doesn't make up for the very poor service (I ended up walking to the bar for refills every time), and the food is comparable to AppleBee's on a good day but extremely overpriced. The one dish that was OK was the fried pickles. Don't waste your time or money at this place!
- Pros: Good Fried Pickles, nice TV's and cool ceiling fans
- Cons: Bad food, bad service and extremely expensive!
Very fun place!
by kayddid17
August 19, 2008
We were in town this past weekend for my sister and her friend's 21st birthdays. We had about 13 people with us and were just walking down 2nd Avenue when a guy from Mcfadden's told us to come in there for their birthdays. We told them we had 13 people with us, and they still let us all in in front of the line. And I'm not sure if there's ever a cover charge, but they didnt charge any of us. On top of that, we get in and the guy who pulled us in gets on the microphone and wishes both of them a happy birthday, and then the bartender gave all 13 of us a shot. That really made our night a good one, and gave them an awesome memory for their 21st birthdays! We stayed there longer than anywhere else. It is a really fun place to hang out and I will definitely stop back in there the next time I am in Nashville. You are guaranteed to have a really great time here.
- Pros: very nice staff, really fun atmosphere
- Cons: The only con i can think of is the lady in the bathroom who grabs your hands and puts soap in them and then tells you to "help her out" b/c she "works for tips only". She is a little rude about it.
NOT an irish pub
by Nashvegas1976
August 01, 2008
This is NOT, and I repeat NOT, an irish pub. Mcfadden's is basically Coyote Ugly with some shamrocks thrown around. if that's what you're into, then go for it. But, the fact that the place advertises as a pub, or even Irish, is baffling.
I'll never go back - not Irish, cold food and about the worst service I've ever had
by skrudrvr
July 21, 2008
Upon entering we were told we would have to wait 15 minutes for a table. This was no problem especially when every place else in the area had at least a 45 minute wait. The interesting thing is that once seated there were tons of open tables in our area of the restaurant. We then had to wait 20 minutes before anyone came to take our drink order, even though the few tables around us were being served. I could see the beer taps but couldn't tell what they had from the distance so I asked what they had on draught and the waitress said just about everything, just name it. Well I could only see about 7 taps and when bars around the corner in both directions have over 80 beers on tap each, then "about everything" is quite a claim. When I ordered a dark beer I was served Coors Lite. Then it took another half hour to get the beer I ordered. On the next round I switched to Sam Adams in a bottle (didn't have it on tap). I was served the Summer Ale. The waitress didn't tell me that it wouldn't be the Boston Lager which is a bar standard. She said they only had the season beers which I guess means you shouldn't expect to go there repeatedly and get your favorite beer each time. I drank it because I didn't want to be too picky or wait until the next morning to get another beer. After a very long wait our food finally came and it was barely warm. They offered to take it back but we were starving by that time. The waitress did get the manager to take the Shepard's Pie off our check but the whole experience was so bad there's no way I'll give them another chance. Oh and they suddenly changed the music in the middle of a song and cranked it up instantly over twice the volume it had been. It really seemed like no one there had ever worked in a bar or restauranct before. But if you want to go to a bar where some of the waitresses dress like strippers then this may be the place for you. The 15 year old girl we had with us was offended and so was I.
- Pros: no pros
- Cons: all cons
Disappointed
by iheart2shop
June 01, 2008
This was my first time, and I wasn't terribly impressed. It was about midnight and I was expecting a sports bar. There was a cover charge and a dance floor. The DJ was pretty good, but the music was the same booty-dance stuff you hear at any of the "dance" places in Nashville. The drinks were overpriced.
I didn't realize that I would need money to go to the bathroom, but fortunately I had a dollar in my pocket. The attendant yelled at a random girl and my friend because they didn't tip her. My friend was just standing in there while I peed. I was kind of afraid the woman was going to jump someone. I told her when I finished washing my hands I would give her the cash I had.
I do not plan to go back.
