Auld Dubliner Pub Bolingbrook

I had lunch at the Auld Dubliner Pub today. According to their web site they appear to be a small California based chain with 6 pubs there, 2 in Arizona, 1 in Nevada, and 1 in Illinois.

The waiter stressed that they were an Irish Pub that was faithful to the foods and drinks of Ireland. If they were then I guess I probably should not visit Ireland.

I had the potato soup, homemade in the Irish traditional style. I thought it was extremely bland. I also had to send it back because it was served cool. They microwaved it, which did not improve the flavor, but it was now hot.

The menu offered something called a boxty. It described a boxty as: “a traditional Irish potato pancake stuffed with an assortment of fillings”. I wanted the Irish bacon and cheese, but they were out of Irish bacon. So I tried the salmon one.

It was not what I expected, which may be due to my own ignorance. The serving was a pancake with chunks of salmon in a sauce and then just folded over like a taco. The menu on their web site described it: “Atlantic salmon sautéed with shallots & tarragon in a Dijon mustard cream sauce”. I am not sure what I expected, but their menu’s use of the word stuffed caused me to expect something else. The salmon was not very good, it tasted like it came out of a can. The sauce was not impressive. I would have preferred a thinner pancake too.

Service was very slow. There was a decent crowd and only one waiter, doing serving and clearing. They had outside tables too, which slowed him down even more.

D.

Auld Dubliner Pub
641 East Boughton Road
Bolingbrook

After trying a delicous chicken Boxty at another Irish restaurant, I was looking forward to having the same one that you had. I had the same reaction. the boxty I had previously was STUFFED with chicken, cheese and onion to the point were I had leftovers. When I got the salmon one at Auld Dubliner I was actually shocked. A couple of flakes of salmon.... and not cheap. That was the last and only time we went. I now avoid the place.