Mcgregor's Grill And Ale House

This place is great to hangout and chat with friends, watch games, play pool, bean bag toss outside, and host parties. I believe they also have events and live music. I love going on Mondays because that is when they serve their jalapeño mac n cheese. I recommend it with grilled chicken (need to add), won’t disappoint! I also recommend the fish and chips. Drink wise the cocktails I highly recommend they are all flavorful. There is seating outside and inside. Outside there is a small designated smoking area for people who do. If you look young enough upon entering there is always someone sitting out in the front to check for identification. Only persons of 21 and over are allowed into this establishment, regardless if they sell food.

It is one of the best places in which the kitchen is open for a long time and you can feel like you are at an original local pub. The food is okay, it is classical pub food, but the atmosphere makes all the difference. It is one of my happy places in SD and I recommend it to anyone looking for a local touch.

Update 3/10/23: After the owner reached out to me and asked to give them another chance, my husband and I tried again on a Friday night. We took a seat at a high top table near the pool tables. It only took 2 minutes for the server to acknowledge us and said she'd be right back with some menus and water for us. Samantha was great. She snuck in a drink for me right at the end of happy hour so I could get the discount. She also brought my husband 2 glasses of soda so that if she got really busy, he'd have an extra one. I had a few Moscow Mules, we shared the fish & chips and had the grasshopper pie for dessert. The fish was done well, and the fries were cooked perfectly. The grasshopper pie was a huge piece of mint chocolate chip ice cream pie & it was delicious. Enough to share for sure. There was live music again and she was great. We want to come again on trivia night, so we'll be back. I'm glad we gave them another chance. I wish I could give zero stars!. We went on a Friday night right before 6 pm. They had live music this night, although it was not that busy. The 2 guys at the door said to take a seat anywhere, so we took a hightop table next to the window. We started looking at the menu and decided what we wanted. But then we waited, and waited and waited. Not one server or employee even acknowledged us. Two male employees, who I think we busers, walked by several times. Two tables left around us, and these 2 guys cleaned both of the tables. Again, there is no acknowledgment. 2 female servers walked by us a few times. Again...no acknowledgment or I'll be right with you. No one even brought us water. Some new people sat in the 2 now empty tables around us, and they got menus & water almost right away. After 20 mins or so, we just got up and left. This is the worst service I've ever received. (well, no service, really). It is quite sad because we were excited to try this place since it's in our neighborhood. Stay away from this place unless you want to be ignored!!!