My wife and I ate at Bonefish Grill last weekend. We arrived at about 6:15 on Saturday night, and we were quoted a 30-45 minute wait. We sat at the bar and no sooner than our drinks had arrived, our buzzer lit up. Approximate time elapsed: 5 minutes.

At the table, we were greeted promptly by the server. We both ordered our entrees with salads. The salads came in good time and were both better than average. I had the Bonefish salad; my wife had the Caesar.

For my entree, I had the Ahi Tuna. It came over a bed of mashed potatoes that were very tasty. Although mild, the tuna was cooked perfectly and very tender. My wife had the encrusted pork entree. It was outstandingly delicious, far better than my tuna. The server said the pork entree was their most popular non-fish entree.

The background music was very much to my liking, a nice mix of modern pop and alternative tunes that are not heard in heavy rotation on the radio.

When my family and I ate at this Fridays location a few days ago, we were seated in a large booth in the bar area. What I presume was a bar server waited on us.

We had two appetizers plus entrees, including the mozzarella sticks and artichoke dip. I had a burger. The food was good.

However, the service was lacking. The table was not clean when we sat down, and I had to ask for silverware. When we were finished, we waited a long time for our plates to be cleared and for the check. The check finally came; the plates were never cleared.

The trick was that it was the middle of the afternoon and they were not very busy.

I dined with my wife at O'Neill's a while back; we had a good dinner including appetizers and entrees with drinks. They have all the Irish beer standards.

The table space is a bit cramped. But that was not as bad as the band who played on the particular night we visited. It was a country duo or trio, just guitars and vocals, and I am not a country fan and was not expecting country at an Irish pub-style bar. To make things worse, the volume was overbearing.

However, there were several inebriated patrons at the bar who really seemed to dig the music, so to each his own I suppose.