Southbend Tavern

Felt unwelcome. My friend took my wife and I here to get some drinks. Fun show at first, and when they left, it pretty much emptied in there. My wife went to the restroom, and they have two unisex restrooms. Both doors have a sign, and those signs say unisex. She was at the sink, and a guy went in and said to her, "Why is there a girl in the men's restroom?" She said it's unisex. As she told him that and looked at him, he pulled out his you know what to go and kept staring at her. She felt uncomfortable and cleaned up the sink herself because she did vomit very little, but she cleaned it herself and left nothing and came up to my friend and I and told us. My friend said let's calm down and lets finish our drinks, and we'll go. Almost done, she goes to blow her nose real quick and the guy mopping said you guys need to leave if she is going to keep going in there to puke because I don't wanna clean that up. She heard that, and even she said toward him I was blowing my nose, I didn't keep going in there to puke. He said it in a really rude way and just made us feel like we need to leave. Not sure why he would say that when she stated she cleaned up the little bit of vomit herself, but we think that guy may have said something because the clean up guy was not around when it happened so how did he know?

Southbend is one of my favs! The servers are so kind and attentive, pricing is reasonable and the shows always turn it outMy only star off is that the bathrooms are my absolute nightmare lol, so sorry, Southbend. I love you though, it's worth it.(also there is an atm in building! Tip your bartenders and performers)

Fun little place with a neighborhood vibe. Everyone was friendly.We stopped in for Monday night karaoke. There was a good variety of singers and all styles were represented. Great crowd. It's small enough for quick rotations, and big enough for good variety. The karaoke system is fantasic - lots of songs. The emcee kept it moving and unobtrusively helped singers out. If you're a karaoke fan, do it!

As soon as I walked in this joint, I KNEW it was my kind of karaoke bar. Super fun neighborhood bar with a crowd that seemed to be regulars. Karaoke every Monday night. They start at 6:30 p.m., which is GREAT, and end at 10:30 p.m. Song list and submissions via QR code. Love that! And they can even change the key. Quick rotation and singers of all skill levels who are fun and generously applaud. Nice bartender. My only recommendation is that they get a better list of beers. And if they have taps, I didn't see them. Great time!

Love, love, love! This place! Great drink and friendly staff. Always the first spot to stop by when day drinking in Columbus. There's always something going on here and would highly recommend this bar to anyone wanting a good time and a stiff drink

**** Review 128 ****The wife and I visited this tavern for a drag show, one of my friends was performing and I had never experienced a show. The interior is small, has a small runway style stage with a couple of tables around it. There was plenty of seating, some high chairs and wrap around bar. The bar doesn't have draft beer, so you'll have to get bottles, cans, spirits, and mix drinks, and the drinks are reasonably priced.The staff is nice, and so are the patrones. The bar has a small area outside for smoking, but you can't take your drinks with you. Besides not having beer taps, the only other bad part is that either they don't have A/C or it was just not working. With as many people that see to attend, it gets pretty hot in the place. It does have a few fans, but they don't really do much to make it noticeable.

I have been coming here most Sundays in summer for about 5 years, since this bar sponsors my softball team. The staff are always amazing and friendly, especially Roger and Val, and the pours are super generous. This place really feels like a family, and I'll keep coming back!

Love love love this place! It's like a Gay Cheers. There's a tasty gluten free bakery right across the street! Thank you Southbend bartenders!! Your cocktail are some of the best in Columbus!!

Nice, divey little gay bar pretty far south in Merion Village. It sits on an otherwise residential looking street corner on a one way street, which can make getting there and finding parking a tad bit more difficult than it might be otherwise. There's a pretty sizable stage inside, although there are support beams that break up the viewing angles pretty dramatically. The bar is a decent sized wrap-around, although the floor space away from that is limited. I was here with a group of friends for a buddy's second ever drag show appearance. The event was a fundraiser for a local non profit. Nothing like handing out dollars to queens to support a good cause! The bartender called me honey, which I've lamented in reviews of other gay bars is something that will always win me over (hint hint female bartenders). He also looked very familiar, but I couldn't place where else I might have seen him. And let me tell you, my oh my, they were pouring some of the strongest mixed drinks I've ever received...for me. The females in the group were not so fortunate. The drinks were cheap and some decent liquor is the same price as the well options so ask what's available.Pro tip: The door sticks and you have to lift it to open it. The bar is not closed and the person who just went in in front of you did not lock you out.

I love bars like this , is the music still awesome. Looking for a bar that still play the disco era like Gloria Branigan.