Pat O' Brien's at Orlando's City Walk is a replica of the original Restaurant in New Orleans. I'm not exactly sure when it was opened but last friday was my first time there and I was pleasantly surprised.
The concept of the place is pretty nice as an option for doing something different in a touristic place especially if you enjoy live music.
Pat O' Brien's is a restaurant with a show area in an Irish Pub style kind of environment. Their show consists of two dueling pianos that play any song upon the public's request they give then them on a written napkin plus the tip while at the same time you can enjoy their full menu. They play every day from 4pm to 2am and you can see up to four different pianists.
Early in the night you can appreciate the place is already booked and the crowd will be enjoying dinner and requesting classic blues songs like from Sir Elton John, Elvis Presley, The Temptations, etc. I know, it sounds boring, but as it starts getting late an everybody has a a little more than a couple of drinks in their system you can end up hearing from Bon Jovi to Lady Gaga and the crowd would go nuts, even stand on the chairs, singing at the top of their lungs along the musicians at the time they will also cheer you up to participate. I'm telling you, I was there, I saw it and I did it.
The pianists do such a great job! they literally play any song and there is one I saw that if he didn't knew the lyrics of a song he would search for it on his iphone and scroll it down while playing. I'm not saying you should be a regular, but it's definitely really worth going with a group of friends one night. The food is good, the drinks are also good (the one I tried was called the Typhoon and I loved it), they also have a house drink or recipe called Hurricane which is pretty popular an it's served on a super large glass. By the way, all their glasses have the restaurant's name printed and you can take them home as a souvenir.
One recommendation I would suggest the owners is replacing the sound machines and lightning systems as they are really old and hire a sound engineer for at least thursday through friday as for currently the musicians themselves are the ones that regulate the lights and the sound. They are musicians not experts in that field. Other than this, which is something that you really spot if you have some knowledge about it, Pat O' Brien's is a great place to eat, sing, have fun and hear live music that you request!
If you want to know a little more about them you can check out their web: www.patobriens.com
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