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Ballydoyle Info
Amenities
Service options
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Outdoor seating
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Delivery
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Takeout
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Dine-in
Highlights
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Fast service
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Live music
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Live performances
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Sports
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Trivia night
Popular for
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Solo dining
Accessibility
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Wheelchair accessible entrance
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Wheelchair accessible parking lot
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Wheelchair accessible restroom
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Wheelchair accessible seating
Offerings
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Alcohol
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Beer
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Cocktails
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Coffee
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Comfort food
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Food
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Food at bar
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Happy hour drinks
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Happy hour food
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Hard liquor
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Late-night food
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Quick bite
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Wine
Dining options
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Dessert
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Seating
Amenities
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Bar onsite
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Restroom
Atmosphere
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Casual
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Cozy
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Trendy
Crowd
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College students
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Groups
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Tourists
Planning
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Accepts reservations
Payments
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Credit cards
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Debit cards
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NFC mobile payments
Children
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High chairs
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Kids' menu
Parking
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Free parking lot
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Free street parking
Best WLM Reviews
When I lived closer to the area, I came here semi often with friends or family. It’s located in downtown Aurora, close to the Paramount theater. Parking is very easy, there is a huge parking lot that you can go to after hours. Make sure you read the signs. It was behind a bank, I would walk across the street, turn left and you’re there. They had live music, good food, and the restaurant was spacious. I had the corn beef bites that are worth trying once. Burgers were decent. Service was always good. On St Patrick’s Day, they make decent quality corned beef and cabbage. There’s a location in Downers Grove that is easier for me to get to. I’ll have to check out that location.
Grand old place with outside patio and great old place inside. Historic features and old time Irish pub look. They also have banquet space and lots of room.
The outside and some areas are dated and in need of repairs. But the food is actually good and drinks cold. There is plenty of parking on the street and large garage for Hollywood casino area. Their place has seen better times. But definitely still kicking for a great drinks and quick lunch.
Sergio is an amazing manager. We sat at a table that was shipped from Ireland 62 years ago. I love the Irish chips. We had a great time.
Thank you, Ballydoyle's staff.
We wanted to try somewhere different and this is in the perfect location in Aurora. Upon entry you have 3 options of where you want to eat, we chose to go left to eat. Our waiter was very kind, our drinks were nice (the ginger beer was the best one I’ve had yet) our food was full of flavor and DELICIOUS, the fries were PERFECTION extremely delicious and not pictured was my husbands burger that he said was very good, the manager came and made sure everything was up to par, we had a great experience. We will be back.
Totally recommended, the place is beautiful, the ambientantion really looks like an Irish pub, the sight to the river is unique.
All the food that i order was delicious as hell and i'm not exagerating, honestly i wasn't expectig the food to be that good.
The prices might look a bit high but once people see the size of the portion, understand that the price is exactly what you pay for.
100% satisficed.
Wonderful restaurant near the Paramount Theater. The interior is really pretty. Lots if beautiful decor that adds to the Irish pub feel.
The outdoor area was right next to the Fox River. I grew up in this town and the downtown area was pretty dumpy. The city has really done a great job cleaning up the area. It was truly pretty with planters everywhere. The stairs that lead to the river were closed as some if them were crumbling and not safe to use.
The food was delicious. I had the fish and chips. The service was good. He was very busy and still managed to stop by the table a couple of times
I will eat here again. I want to try other items as they looked wonderful when the wait staff brought them out.
Needed to get out a try something other than burgers. Ballydoyle did not disappoint. Ordered shepherds pie, was very tasty, it was tomato based, reminded me of chili but tasted yummy. Hubby had fish n chips always a good stand by, not too greasy however they have changed their fries to the "coated" kind. Personally we are not fans of those kind of fries, I miss the "normal" fries. Also out of the beers we ordered so went to the standby Guinness.
Nice facilities and like the patio and the views. But one bad waiter kills the whole thing - 25 minutes to get a beer on tap. The waiters carry a handheld point of sale that they can enter your order and a ticket prints out and it can be addressed. The waiter missed my drink and delivered my friends in a timely fashion and I needed to remind him that he missed my drink. 15 minutes later still no drink And I needed to find him and remind him and they only had one bartender and I need to wait another 10 minutes to get a beer on tap. It is simply one of the worst service experiences I have had. And yes I was a server in my 20s and a bartender so I know what good service looks like and this is not the place for that at least not with the person that I had. People that came in after us with a different server did indeed get timely service orders of magnitude better than what we got. We had one round of drinks and ordered another that we never got after being there two hours simply unacceptable.
Quick Facts About Ballydoyle
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Opening Hours
| Monday | Closed |
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| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM |
| Thursday | 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM |
| Friday | 11:00 AM - 01:00 AM |
| Saturday | 11:00 AM - 01:00 AM |
| Sunday | 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM |
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