O'reilly's Bar & Kitchen

This place suffers from the same issue many pubs in NYC suffer from and that’s being in an old inaccessible building. However, despite the limitations - the wait staff go out of their way for handicap customers. Physically lifting my chair down into the first floor accommodation and lifting it back out when I left without so much as a bat of an eye. If you can’t leave your wheelchair and do not need the second floor, you can still enjoy an evening here. Personally, I can walk for a very limited amount and needed upstairs. It was a struggle of course, but I did not once feel like a burden or an issue for these warm welcoming people.

Nice find in busy midtown location. We went here prior to a Knicks game at MSG as it's not far too far a walk from here. We were welcomed as we walked in and promptly shown to a table for 2 at the back end of the bar where there is purpose seating for the restaurant. You can choose food from a main menu or a bar menu and both options are varied with great options to choose from and all options seem good value particularly when you see the portion sizes. The service at the table was prompt, friendly and efficient with various people attending to us but all in the same polite and friendly manner. We ordered starters and mains and just had Coke to drink, which we found out afterwards were refillable at no extra charge and they were all very keen to ensure we were topped up. Whilst we were in the restaurant at around 5.30pm there were a couple with a young child and they seemed accommodating of the child too. The starters arrived and were very good. For my main course I had the Irish chicken curry half and half (rice and chips), it was vert nice but after having quite a large starter, I couldn't finish the large main course. They brought us take out boxes for the leftovers which we actually gave to a homeless man on the way to MSG for the game. I would recommend visiting this bar/grill on a trip to New York. It also has several large screens for sporting games if you're a sports fan.