The Swingin' Door - San Mateo

This online menu is absolutely completely outdated and prices are at least a third higher and it needs a serious update. I'm staying for dinner and plan to update this review in a bit but the fact they have karaoke tonight automatically gets an extra star from me. I got the fish and chips. Fish was fantastic and large pieces. Fries were marginal at best. Bland and dry although fresh. If you prefer bland dry steak fries you'll love these. The house ketchup however was a game changer and had a hint of a spicy habanero flavor but nothing overpowering. Made it much easier to choke down those bland fries. People working seemed pretty nice and friendly. I had to leave but came right back for the karaoke. The KJ Ben is a nice guy and his sound and selection was decent and he kept the rotation decently in order. I'll be back for sure. Small quaint crowd but fun and friendly.

Great environment and food. Bartenders are always friendly and make excellent drinks. Just a few of my favorite tasty dishes available: bangers mash, fish chips, and mushroom burger. Chicken sandwiches are juicy. Seafood combo is excellent as well.

I wouldn’t say I’m a regular, but I enjoy going to this place. Every time we went there is always good time. Although last time I went on Sunday, it was so quiet and very few people. Unfortunately, I have never tried their legendary fish and chips!!! I will submit another review once I tried it. We tried irish slammer and it was great! This place has many varieties of drinks, and their bartenders always know their stuff.

This place is great. Perfect low-light pub atmosphere. The staff is nice, the food and drinks are good.

Been going to this place before college one of the favorite places to get fish and chips and the habanero sauce, but the new bartender that they hired can’t remember her name blonde girl who’s new to the job. They need to replace her approaching customers because they didn’t tip and getting aggressive with them is super, not acceptable so if the owner of this great bar and is reading this, please find somebody new.