Good Lord. What is there to say about this place. It's Princeton's hole in the wall. Super cheap drinks. Awesome bartenders. Horrendous clientele. Wednesday and Thursday night are karaoke nights which are normally miss on Wednesday and less of a miss on Thursday. Friday and Saturday can either be a DJ or a band. The DJ normally plays... well... typical hole in the wall music. Billboard 100, hip hop, 90s throwbacks, some 80s stuff lost in there somewhere. "Sweet Caroline" is literally this place's damn anthem. Friday and Saturday nights this place is PACKED. I'm talking you gotta do some type of flamenco dance or ballet to get through this place on a weekend night. You WILL touch at least 20-30 people who are spatially unaware of their physical existence, and also seem to be completely deaf when you say excuse me, and seem to be even more braindead when you literally shove them out of the way, they kinda glance at you, and go back to their weird existence. Some of the newer bartenders get SWAMPED easy, and while most of them have a great sense of urgency, some just kind of dawdle. But hey, the bartenders are pretty awesome here. Door staff has to be the friendliest set of bouncers I've ever seen. They have some pool tables always being run by the local Guatemalan guys that work at all the restaurants, so be careful. Some dart boards and the best part, when it's last call, they got some beautiful take out beer and wine. Decent selection, too. And yet, this place has the worst clientele of any of the local nightlife hotspots in Princeton. Guys aimlessly and drunkenly trying to find Narnia, the most asinine females just ramming into you and shoving you out of the way with out so much as an "Oops, sorry." And these girls are DETERMINED. I've seen several girls BEELINE it in my direction without so much as glancing at me. Sorry girls, you wanna act tough and try to walk through me? A stiff arm to your neck and an elbow in your ribs it is for you. The biggest offense is the bathroom situation here. There is one bathroom. The men's bathroom has one toilet and one urinal side by side, no divider. No big deal. Except when you get the little shy guys who close the doors and form a line of existential crisis. So yes, you will be waiting AT LEAST 7 minutes for the bathroom and a female will run into the guys bathroom and take it up for 15 minutes AT LEAST twice in the night. Honestly, you DO NOT want to come to this place alone. I recommend a group of at least 6 people to actually have fun... and also to form your own defensive perimeter against the absolute drunken zombies that flock to this place. Honestly, you need to be drunk, or stupid, or both, to enjoy this place by yourself otherwise. But hey. It's a hole in the wall. What can you expect.
Great place for a drink. Pool table and TVs. Also has a freezer for packs of beer.
They offer fair prices, especially when compared to other bars in Princeton. Also, definitely worth it to go on Thursday for karaoke night.
Great service and atmosphere. The food could have been better. I got a chicken panini and it was extremely salty.
Its a nice little club/bar in the middle of Princeton. The best part is drinks are cheap though service at times is a bit slow. On Saturday and Friday, they do charge a minimal entrance fee.
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