McNellie's Pub

Name

McNellie's Pub

Legal name

James E. McNellie's Public House

Website

https://mcnellies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Restaurants

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Pubs & Gastropubs (CRANACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Bars & Pubs (Non-Music) (MPAGAIAC), Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

Keywords

• Irish-style pub
• Pub food
• Craft beer selection
• Private event hosting
• Restaurant dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Tulsa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Primary revenue from selling food and beverages across three restaurant locations. Customers pay per item for pub fare, beers on tap, and bottled/canned beverages. Additional revenue from private event bookings and party reservations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

McNellie's Pub operates Irish-style pubs across three Oklahoma locations (Downtown Tulsa, South Tulsa, and Oklahoma City). The company serves homemade pub fare such as burgers, fish & chips, sandwiches, and wraps, alongside one of the state's largest beer programs with 60 drafts on tap and over 250 canned/bottled options. Additional services include private event and party hosting, weekend brunch at the OKC location, online ordering for delivery and pickup, and a customer loyalty program.

Product overview

McNellie's Pub operates as an Irish-style pub restaurant with three Oklahoma locations (Downtown Tulsa, South Tulsa, and Oklahoma City). The core offering combines classic pub fare with an extensive craft beer program featuring 60 drafts and 250+ bottles/cans. The portfolio includes the main restaurant product, a full food menu with plant-based options, rotating beer selections, table reservations via OpenTable, online ordering and loyalty rewards through Thanx, private event hosting, and weekend brunch service at the OKC location. The brand is part of the McNellie's Group hospitality company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• McNellie's Pub Dine-In Service Full-service Irish-style pub dining across three Oklahoma locations, offering lunch, happy hour, dinner, and late-night service to local residents and visitors.
• Pub Food Menu Full pub fare menu including appetizers, salads, soups, burgers, sandwiches, wraps, and entrées, with plant-based options such as Impossible Burger and black bean burger.
• Beer Program Extensive beer program featuring 60 drafts on tap and over 250 canned and bottled options, with monthly rotating menus and special pint pricing.
• Table Reservations

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Elgin Park Brewery: Another McNellie's Group concept combining in-house brewing with a pub/food menu in Tulsa. Closely comparable business model, beverage program emphasis, and customer overlap with McNellie's.
• Dust Bowl Lounge Tulsa: McNellie's Group sibling concept operating a cocktail lounge / bar in Tulsa, sharing group infrastructure, gift card, and loyalty ecosystem with McNellie's Pub.
• Fassler Hall: Sibling concept under McNellie's Group — an Oklahoma beer hall focused on a large German-style beer selection and casual pub fare, sharing the same parent operator, brand infrastructure, and loyalty/ordering stack as McNellie's Pub.
• Bull in the Alley: McNellie's Group sibling bar/restaurant concept in Tulsa sharing operating hours, group marketing, and gift-card network with McNellie's Pub.
• Tavern Tulsa: Another McNellie's Group concept in Tulsa serving craft cocktails and bar fare — same parent, same Oklahoma geography, and overlapping late-night audience.

Broad incumbents

• Twin Peaks Restaurant: National casual sports-lodge chain leaning heavily on a large beer menu and late-night alcohol service — a comparable atmosphere and beverage-led revenue model to McNellie's pub format.
• Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery: Themed Irish/Celtic-style pub chain with full bar emphasis and casual American menu. Conceptually adjacent to McNellie's Irish pub format at national scale.
• BJ's Restaurant Brewhouse: Large-format casual dining chain with an in-house brewery program and deep beer list; comparable food-and-beverage mix and family/casual daypart positioning to McNellie's.
• Yard House: National chain built around 100+ taps and elevated pub food — a scaled analogue to McNellie's beer-driven positioning and useful benchmark for unit-level economics and brand durability.

Emerging players

• McMurphy's Irish Pub: Independent Irish-style pub concepts in the broader region overlap with McNellie's on cuisine, draft selection, and community-gathering positioning, useful as a comparable for standalone unit performance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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