The Sanctuary

Charlotte and NODA (North Davidson) area has a wonderful strip with shopping, pubs and restaurants. The Sanctuary is a local pub with a full bar and definitely qualifies as Hole in Wall ---- My favorite for a late night sip & chill.

Over the years this has become one of my favorite dives in the city. The bar is attached to Boudreaux's which is under the same ownership, and is also located next to the Neighborhood Theater which makes it a favorite place for people to stop before a show. Therefore you are likely to see all kinds of people from punks, to hippies, to metal heads, all are welcome inside. It is also a favorite stop for bar and restaurant workers to come have a drink after their shift. They play great music from 80s rock to early 2000s pop punk depending on what the bartenders are feeling. They also have a pool table and are famed for their wings which are incredibly popular especially on Monday nights when they are half off. There isn't much else to say, this is a no frills bar and a great place to relax and have a cold one or play some pool with your friends.

This has been our go-to place for years whenever we have a show next door at the Neighborhood Theater. It's dark and laid back, with reasonably priced drinks (and a good selection of local beers) and we are always treated like regulars. The vibe is reminiscent of the old NoDa- it's the real deal. Can order food from Boudreaux's, which is attached.

I had family in town and took them to the Boudreaux's, the girl said they could sit us but recommend the sanctuary, she came off as not wanted to have our service. Pretty rude and we felt offended. Went to sanctuary and they were rude there too, we all got one drink and left because the vibe was off.

Metal DrinksWingsGood crowdCannot go wrong...great atmosphere and a good damn time.

Some of the best food in Charlotte. Thanks to their neighbor. Can't miss the wings!! Cheap PBR, easy going atmosphere, the occasional free pool game, and a sure escape from the standard hipster crowd of the neighborhood. The entrance may be intimidating if you've never been. But come on in!

This is an ok place to stop and have a drink. During the week they are opened later than some other places around, so I always end up finishing out my evening here. It is dark and kind of loud sometimes, but not bad. The service is overall ok. I never had some stellar experience here, but it's a bar. It's fun and satisfying to see it open when nothing else is and your not ready to go home!

Bars like 'The Sanctuary' signal that a unique and crafty neighborhood may have transitioned to a manufactured profit center. It's the kind of place that perhaps was conjured by a capitalist 'ideator' trying to tap into a young, upper middle class market eager for authenticity and with money to spend. I imagine investors from a faceless corporation, or perhaps the child of a very wealthy immigrant, complete with Bono-style orange sunglasses and $1000 Supreme jumpsuit envisioned this bar. They may have even hired an ivy-league-educated contemporary art designer to craft the 'edgy' look, outsourced the build-out, and haven't been back since. Who knows?The bartenders seemed super nice. They really did seem like authentic guys. Can't blame them from working here - it probably pays very well. On the night I came, it was relatively packed with somber skater-dudes staring at their phones and screechy screamo chicks looking for instagram opportunities.I enjoyed the inexpensive drinks. And, I'm kind of embarrassed to say (given my mediocre review) that I probably would go back, if I'm ever in the neighborhood again. Hey, I drink Starbucks and shop at Whole Foods (Amazon), too.

Sanctuary is what you get when you turn my 6-11th grade wardrobe into a whole bar and add the best wings in Charlotte into the mix.Half-price wings on Mondays are the only reason I maintain sanity while contemplating the existential terror we all face when we come to grips with the fact that we don't know what happens when we perish.The garlic wing sauce is my favorite but house sauce is pretty good too.

Popped in for wing night on Monday. I hadn't done a wing night here in probably two years. It's severely gone down hill. The quality of the wing and how it was cooked was really unacceptable. They've raised the price (understandably) but they've let the product die in the process. Wing night has been going on for almost a decade, and this is easily its lowest point. Do better by your customers. There's a reason it was a ghost town in there.