Dingle House. West Chester, OH.

9102 W Chester Towne Centre Road

Price for a Guinness: $7.50 | Overall Rating: 7.25

The Dingle House is magnificent. It really is. I believe that if the owner used his entire budget at a different location in the city with half the price tag on rent and utilities in a more unique building this place would have had potential to be a top Pub in the nation. For a place that's not part of a chain, it really has the feel of a nationwide chain to it.

The architecture is incredible from head to toe with stone, nicely painted walls, crown moulding, a nice patio, and good furniture. It's 100% a proper Pub. However, it is in a building space that could have easily been a large Chiropractor's office with the modern, metal window sills, commercial looking front door, and window posters that you only typically find at large nationwide chains such as Bdubs.

They have a well above average Whiskey selection and a phenomenal draft beer list, having Smithwick's, Harp, Magners, and Guinness available at all times of the year. The food is very delicious, although the prices are pretty steep. Over $15 for a Reuben and chips while a pour of Guinness runs you $7.50. The pour that I received was nicely crafted though, to be fair.

The employees wear kilts and the bartenders are normally pretty outgoing and knowledgeable. The entire place is clean and the bathrooms are very well kept. The people that come in here are normally business guys during lunch and middle to upper class throughout the evening. The immediate area has expensive condos and semi-expensive hotels down the street.

A big take away is how open, spacious, and bright it is inside. The dining room does fill up so the space gets utilized, however, there's no "craic" here. When inside the Dingle House I feel like I'm in a beautiful building but without the warm Irish charm. It really does feel like I'm in a chain restaurant that should be having a nationwide commercial campaign about kids eating free on Tuesdays. This place goes to show you that just because you look the part that doesn't mean you fit the part. I leave here with a confident 7.25 in hopes that maybe a decade from now it'll grow to a 9.25 because it certainly has the potential to do so.

Slainte.