The Pub McKinney

I walked into the Pub McKinney to grab a sandwich and ended up ordering a Waygu burger. Wow! The absolute best burger I have ever had including my own at home. This small local place is right. Ext door to a burger joint and the burger, fried pickles, and calamari are devine. If you're in the area you have to grab a burger here.

Came here with a friend to chill and get dinner and drinks. Lively atmosphere with pretty good customer service depending who you get. We started with a girl waitress who I didn't care for, then ended up with a guy later who had much more energy and cust service skills. Food was just alright. Tried their "famous" stew and the flavor was good, but it came out in a toddler-sized portion. Not even sure why they offered that size to adults I may come back if someone drags me, but only for the drinks.

I literally came in here just to grab a few drinks as we walked around downtown McKinney. I am reviewing this based on my quick experience with the bartender and my price tab. Atmosphere - 4/5 - Located in downtown McKinney, it feels divey, and I like divey bars. Just feels a part of McKinney. Pretty good sized bar.Staff - 5/5 - My bartender was funny, friendly and very accommodating. What I ordered:Food:Pork Rinds - $6 - 4/5 - Went for the buffalo flavor, and did not disappoint.Pretzel - $6 - 4/5 - Nothing special, but goes great with beer.Beverage:Dos Equis. 5/5 - It's Dos Equis.Liquor - Ordered a couple of Jack Daniels on the rocks. Simple, and did it's job.I didn't get a chance to order anything else, since I was in a time crunch, but overall, I enjoyed this place and will be back again.

Moved from McKinney about a year ago. My wife (now) and I had great experiences at the Pub and miss it. Great Old Fashioneds, great Guinness and great food.Loved sitting on the porch watching the people go by.

Service was excellent! Very attentive, waitress and manager(?) were great. Food was very good. Cool little place!

Soooo took my very sexy pumpkin out for happy hour. They have all the basic bar grub but it was really yummy. The place has a great vibe and downtown McKinney is real pretty in the evenings. There were lots of tables and a game room area and the regulars seemed to be active in those areas. We will def be back!!!

I really enjoyed my burger and fries and so did my husband. We don't live around here but wanted something filling after hitting some of the wineries here. Great town, great burger!

the food was SO good! one of the best caesar salads we've had and the country fried steak was delicious! we put in an app order that was forgotten, but they took it off our bill which was fine with us! service was quick, place was super cute! great place for a casual date night!

I can't exactly speak to the food or drinks here but rather an experience. I came with my friends and we went straight from the bathroom to a booth, and I was considering ordering some food. My friend went up to the bar and was denied service (she was only trying to order a Mac and cheese). The reason for the denial was that the server was under the impression that someone in our group called her a derogatory term. None of us in the group (all young women ourselves) ever said anything along those terms and the server admitted that she heard this from someone else. We never interacted with anyone except this server when she asked for our IDs - which we all readily showed. We were incredibly confused - none of us were even trying to order alcohol and would never ever say something like that- many of us have had serving experience and know what it's like. We are really hurt and confused as to why we would be accused of this behavior when the server was not 100% sure of who even said the term in the first place. And denied service on top of that. We never said anything, and are just utterly confused as we never even interacted with other employees. My friend tipped regardless to the server that ultimately let her order a Mac and cheese, and I'm really sorry that someone said that term to the one server, but it genuinely wasn't us and it's ridiculous that we were accused without them being sure who even said that. I wish I could speak to the food or drink, but I have to say that this experience has not made me eager to return to this establishment.

On 12/28/24 around midnight the manager on duty made baseless hostile accusations towards myself and my friends, claiming she heard from someone around the bar (who she would not say) that we had called her derogatory names following a 2 second interaction where we showed her our ID's. She proceeded to deny us service very rudely based on these false claims. I expressed to her that what she said sounded awful and that I was so sorry but that I had said nothing of the sort about her or anyone else and I was certain my friends hadn't either (we had arrived only moments prior and had just seated ourselves after a trip to the bathroom). When I tried to speak to her she rolled her eyes, was incredibly hostile, and roped the remainder of the employees into this strange ordeal where they acted incredibly hostile towards myself and my friends. We expressed unending apologies and attempted to make peace and resolve the horrible misunderstanding but the staff continued to be outright aggressive with us no matter what we did. Overall this was a strange, anxiety inducing, horrible service experience that I would not wish upon my worst enemy. And as someone who has worked in food service for almost 5 years, I was hurt and baffled the way my friends and I were treated. I hope the business takes this issue seriously and I hope that better conflict resolution skills are used in the future so that the staff are aware of how to avoid being the aggressors/instigators of conflict.