City Tavern

Great little spot to grab a drink! Door man was friendly, bartenders attentive and friendly and good selection of beer! Bartenders shine here!! Super fast service and made everyone feel like a "regular." Definitely would return for a drink. The bad tipper sign made for a funny conversation.

The very best hot wings I've had in at least 15 years! The frozen drinks were delicious and the prices were good. The people working here were friendly and there was quite a variety of a crowd here. Fun place to go and watch some sports! Could use a few more tables.

A very unique spot in the downtown scene. If you are looking for brain freeze, this is your spot. I follows my cousins lead and got a frozen beverage. The flavors were good. I went with a banana flavor. There was live music so that can't be best and it allowed you a warm environment while drinking something cold. This must be an amazing spot during the summer.

City Tavern was amongst one of our stops on the night out. Friendly people, like the door man who was cracking jokes with us as were the bartenders, but it was kinda dead and the music was eh. So it was better than say Sharkey's, but the scene just wasn't there.We had our one drink and again like Sharkey's has a divey feel, full of regulars who were fairly chatty. A newlywed couple came in with their party which kind of livened the place up but even then outside a little friendly exchanges it was kind of like a sip and watch sports spot on any given night of the week as opposed to a warm Friday night where all the other spots in the area are lively. I'd try here again if I'm in town and would suggest dropping in to see what's going on if you're looking for something somewhat low key.

So I'm giving the City Tavern an "A-OK". It totally served its purpose for us but that's about it. We wanted to watch the SEC Championship game at a place that had audio for the game on. We were heading to Sharky's but came across this place first and it worked out just fine. They have plenty of TVs and the audio to the game was on but not too loud. It doesn't really have a lot of atmosphere or ambiance. But that didn't really matter to us since we were interested in the game. Drinks are reasonably priced and there is a pretty good selection. The service wasn't great though. They only had one bartender and he appeared to have a foot in a brace or cast of some type so stuff was very slow going. You'd have to time your visits to the bar as to try and avoid others as waits were pretty long at some points. There was one server working the floor delivering food and we asked her if she could run our bill for us (just one tab for all of us) but she couldn't/wouldn't. So again, it was OK. We found what we wanted but there is definitely room for improvement.

Enjoyed a night here over the weekend with family! My cousin was the talent that night so we came here as a group to enjoy his music. There were 2 things that didn't ruin anything but still important to note. In the restroom, the locks to the stalls are all broken, so someone has to hold the stall closed, or you or you just have to hope someone doesn't open it. Not ideal and doesn't make you feel very safe using the bathroom in a bar full of intoxicated people. Luckily, there were other girls in there that held it closed for me, but still not ideal to ask strangers to do that lol. The other semi-bad thing happened - one of the bartenders was rude out of nowhere which just wasn't cool. A friend of mine's card wasn't working because if a machine is older, the newer cards don't work or it takes a few tries. So he apologized and said "sorry man it usually takes a couple of times and it will work" The bartender looked up and loudly said "so you know there is a problem with your card and you keep taking it places trying to get it to work?!" Lol I just thought that comment was unnecessary because it wasn't busy at the time and we were being patient/nice and trying to help the situation when he snapped at us. I did immediately try to help and say he could try my card instead and I will say that he was nice to me, but I still didn't appreciate him being rude to my friend. Other than that It was such a fun night and the staff as a whole was overall great. The alcohol slushees are SO GOOD. I got the Electric Lemonade and just one or 2 are more than enough and they will sneak up on you but I definitely think you get your money's worth. I don't go out to places late at night very often, but when I do it's important to feel safe. I felt pretty safe here and it is a more casual environment which I like. We were able to reserve 2 tables for our family and I'm not entirely sure if this is an option for everyone - it may just be because our relative was performing. This would be a good question to call and ask about because it was nice to have 2 tables to ourselves and would be a good idea for a birthday celebration out and not have to fight others for group seating. Overall a good experience and I will be back!

Great Bar Food! Try the Cajun Philly or Wings! The burger is good too! Fresh Salads! Late Night Menu available on Thursday Nights until 1:00 AM for 80's/90's Service Industry Night. Monday & Wednesday are Trivia NightsTuesday & Sunday are Karaoke NightsFriday & Saturday they have Live MusicGreat place to gather with friends!

Great food and service. Love this place. Four of use meet here to have a couple of beers and enjoy the food

Best late night bar in downtown. Genuine people and always a good time. Highly recommend the purple paladin! It doesn't taste great but it gets the job done. Cheersington my friends. Great bartenders!

Food is Decent But The drinks are bomb ! Recommend going on a warmer night if you're going to do the frozen drinks . Service has always been good , just may have to wait a few minutes due to the bar being right at the door entrance.