O’Donnell’s Cafe & Pub

  4.6 – 96 reviews   • Restaurant

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O’Donnell’s is a family owned and operated cafe and pub, located right on the square of downtown Lockhart, TX. Inspired by the owners’ roots in the old Irish neighborhoods of New York, O’Donnell’s brings to you old family recipes and favorites. Soups, salads, sandwiches, and a delicious dinner service, food best served with a cold drink. Welcome to our family table! Kitchen open til’ 9pm, bar open late!

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Texas Tea Sandwich. $11.00. English cucumber, dill cream cheese on white bread served with Mother’s Arugula Salad. Largest Baked Potato in Lockhart. $10.00.

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Marina3.14
What an amazing place we accidentally run into. Fresh delicious food and excellent service . We are definitely coming back here for dinner. Such a pleasant experience. Highly recommend!
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Trine Santa
Another Lockhart gem!

I have only had this one visit, but know enough to know I will return.

Chuck made me a fantastic French Martini while waiting for my to-go order. She was personable and attentive, everything you want in a bartender. Will bring my Austin gals to have a happy hour there sometime soon!

Today, we got the baked potato, the Ben Franklin, the english tea sandwiches and The Lula.

All the sandwiches were pretty fantastic…even to-go. The pesto mayo is reason enough to return, but the lunchmeats tasted fresh and the toasted bread was crispy, even with a 10 minute drive home.

The baked potato was delicious and well seasoned….but certainly not the “biggest in Lockhart”, as it was named. BUT! Even in saying that, I would indeed order it again.

My friend from Houston indicated this would be a draw for her return to Lockhart. She loved the tea sandwiches!!

Overall, Id say, it’s worth a try!!
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Jeri T
I see this place twice a day as I drive to and from work. I decided to try it today and am glad I did. I’ll definitely be back. The menu was a mix of soup, salad and sandwiches. I chose half a salad and a sandwich. The portion sizes were perfect. Both items were quite tasty. I can’t wait to try more. The server was amazing – just the right amount of interaction to ensure I had everything I needed without interrupting my quiet meal.
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jeremy edens
My first time in, and I’m sold 100% on this place. I get bored with new buildings with no heart and soul. If you like places that have walls that probably could tell volumes of stories, this is a place for you. I almost don’t want to tell everybody how cool this place is in order to save a seat for myself. Before you even set foot inside the doors, you get a tingly feeling in your tummy that says, “we’ve been waiting for you”. But do step inside, that’s when you see the beauty that they’ve brought out in this majestic location. I started out light and had a bowl of the chicken lemon rosemary soup. I then decided to have this particular night’s special, which was the off-the-beaten path for an Irish pub—-spaghetti and meatballs, as dessert. Call my thinking what you will, but it was the best dessert I’ve had in awhile. In fact, some of the best meatballs and gravy…capeesh? Probably shouldn’t have mentioned that because it isn’t available most of the time. You can blame my amazing server Tee-Jay for letting me slip on that one. Anyway, my wife had the O’Donnell which I sneaked a bite of, and wow! Yeah, good. I forgot to take pics, but I will be back in about a week and update this. Plenty of beers of all styles on draught and bottles/cans. Full liquor bar with great staff to make what your palette desires. They also have live music. Check events on the website. Some great acts play here. Every downtown needs this place, but they only have it in Lockhart. So come and get ya some!
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Kayli DePeña
The Rueben was delicious! It was pretty overpriced for just chips as a side from a bag though. Cute place and love the environment.
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Kellie Havrilak
We went on a cold day and ordered grilled cheese sandwiches and the tomato soup. My goodness flavors were bursting everywhere. The grilled cheese had different cheeses on brioche and a touch of aioli. The soup was rich with herbs and so perfect on this cold day. They had hot buttered rum for us but we choose chocolate mousse instead. I’m hooked on this place. Service is always swift and nice. The chef is very accommodating l hope he never leaves.
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Amanda Pfile
The place has charm sadly I walked in at 9pm and I so wanted to try the grilled chz everyone talks about but nope sat at the bar and looked at the dirty mirrors thinking about that sandwich I could not have maybe next time I come through
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Debbie T
The building is old and interesting. There were 3 of us and we were greeted and sat quickly. Nothing was pushed, no specials, nothing. We ordered the Chicken Little, East Coast Club and a West Coast Club. My sandwich came out dry so I had to ask for mayo, sandwiches only come with chips as the side. Everything was good except the waitress could have been a little more attentive.
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James Leshikar
⭐☆☆☆☆ – An Irish Pub… Without the Irish?

As someone who is 3/4 Irish, it pains me deeply (ancestrally, even) to write this.

An establishment branding itself as an Irish pub should, at the bare minimum, possess the two pillars of modern Irish diplomacy: Guinness and Baileys.

On multiple occasions, O’Donnells has been out of one… or both.

And no, before anyone suggests it, it wasn’t because they were “so busy they sold out.” The place was calm. Serene. Almost contemplative. One could hear the ghosts of Dublin whispering, “Where is the stout?”

Running out of Guinness at an Irish pub isn’t a quirky supply chain mishap. It’s like a French café running out of coffee. Or a Texas steakhouse running out of beef. It’s existential.

As for Baileys? That’s not a specialty request. That’s Sunday afternoon basic training.

I truly want to root for local establishments. I love a cozy pub atmosphere. But if you’re going to fly the Irish flag, at least stock the national exports.

Sláinte… hopefully next time to something actually Irish.
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Dynastie Cruz
This PLACE IS AMAZING, the blended whiskey n lemonade! The soup n sandwiches are so delicious
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