Date of dining experience: May 31, 2015
Place: Celtic Crossing Irish Pub and Restaurant
Location: 903 S. Cooper St. in Memphis, TN
Starter 1: Scottish Eggs - age old recipe of sausage handcrafted around fresh, hardboiled eggs, served with thinly sliced potatoes and a Guinness dijon dipping sauce. Very tasty! The Guinness sauce was the best part. Though they are bigger here, Scarecrow in St. Louis, MO has a similar dish called Scotch Eggs that I think taste better. ($9 for four)
Starter 2: Galway Bay Mussels - steaming hot bowl of mussels sauteed in garlic, white wine, fresh herbs, and cream. These mussels were very good, but definitely not the best I have eaten. The soup they came in was delicious, but after biting into my second piece of broken shell I had to stop eating it. ($9)
Drinks: Mimosa. Honestly, not very good and overpriced. Perhaps I am just spoiled after trying the mimosa at Winslow's Home in St. Louis, MO (where they used fresh-squeezed orange juice). You can try both places for yourself and see if you disagree. ($6)
The atmosphere at Celtic Crossing was great, complete with live Irish music by the duo Jim & Larkin (guitar/mandolin & violin, respectively). However, the service was terrible. My waitress was training a new waitress, but she didn't need to be. Multiple items were forgotten and she had to be reminded. For one of the items, a Magner's Irish Cider, I just told her not to worry about getting it for me.
Overall, Celtic Crossing is worth a visit. Let me know what you think. Enjoy!
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