Thomas Magee's Sporting House Whiskey Bar

Kristina is the bar tender in Detroit. Would go here everyday if I lived closer. Whiskey is the soup of the day

I want to like this place, we love the World Cup, watching football, and being downtown. Well this last Sunday was the lions 2nd game and it was home, we started over by ford field, went to a few spots, and walked about 15 minutes all the way over here for the final quarter because someone in our group wanted to. My fiancé orders us our first round of drinks here, I grab it and I was looking at how to get out to the smoking section, with a full beer I turned around when I realized there was no exit in the viewing room and a bartender immediately stopped me, took my drink, gave me a water and said she was cutting me off. Everyone in my group was surprised, and when asked why she took my drink she said I spilled beer and my eyes were looking down. It was full, I was walking, and I take eye drops for my eyes because I have a medical condition. When I brought this up to her she was extremely rude, and wasn't having any of it. This is just one more reason not to come here. If it's not one thing it's another, we couldn't come earlier because we were hanging out with someone who had the away teams jersey on and apparently you can't get in this place with an away team jersey. There was a time someone told me they asked to see a different World Cup match that wasn't Liverpool on one tv, and guess what ? They wouldn't put it on - Liverpool only. I'm pretty much done with this place, it was a total drag and we all couldn't wait to get the hell out of there.

Good place to watch fútbol and the service was fast, drinks were fine. It's nothing fancy but my hubby and his friends have gone several times before events since it has a nice dive bar feel (not dive bar prices tho). They open early to watch soccer games and there might be some singing to add to the fun atmosphere. We also noticed a sign saying they air F1 races too!

Very cool environment to grab a beer and watch a soccer game in the eastern market area of Detroit. The service is always very attentive and friendly. A very unexpected must try for this sports bar is their Irish coffee. This traditionally made drink is on point very comparable to The Buena Vista in San fransisco.

We came down for opening day and our plans did not go as expected. We started off at Vivos but he had to leave to attend to some personal stuff so I stuck around and waited for his return. While at vivios a couple of workers from Magees came over for lunch. As I was chatting with them I ended up leaving and going to MaGees. I have been wanting to check it out for the past few years. I was surprised at what a great place this was to watch the game! Tons of TVs! I made some new friends while I was there and unfortunately, did a couple of shots and by the time he got back to me, I needed to go home. Oops. Can't trust me with alcohol. Haha. I also didn't eat all day and they don't serve food so that was an unfortunate series of events. We will definitely be back! We hang out at Eastern Market quite a bit so this is a great location for us!

One of the best bars in Detroit. This place is the perfect Detroit bar. Rough around the edges but in all the best ways. Rugged and tough like its owner but with a big heart. Why go to a cookie cutter bar when you can visit a Detroit classic. Best bar to watch a sporting event in the city hands down.

This place will never disappoint. How do you handle 10 Bus loads from Chicago visitors??? Thomas Magee's, and Jett the manager know how!!! Great Job!!! Irish coffee!!!! Mannn. The Best.

We always have such fun time at Thomas Magee's. If you're looking for chill spot to watch sports, meet up with friends, and have a few shots of whiskey...this is the sport for you. Located close to Eastern Market this is a must stop in the area. I've hosted a few events here and they have been awesome accommodating my needs. They don't serve food, but you're able to grab some delicious food from a nearby venue and bring it in to eat. I love bringing over Supinos Pizza to add to our Detroit celebrations! You never know, you just might see me there!

We arrive 1 hour before game time and were told just outside seating, will let that slide due to COVID but it must have been 60 degrees and windy and no heaters available. Therefore everyone stood next to the dumpsters/highway rail to keep warm thanks to the sun. Pro of standing all the way back there is that you can at least see the screen better because where the chairs are is to pixelated to even tell players. Cons: stand for 2 hours, smell the dumpster for 2 hours, fight with bees for 2 hours and drink beer with bees. (Picture below)The service ain't great either we were told at 10:40am they had no Coffee and to grab it from another place, also 2 servers and no in bar ordering means you spend the full half time with NO Beer.I am not even bringing up the menu but I can tell you that from many previous bars experiences this is close to bottom which is a sad because I Love Detroit :-(

This is one of the most unique and best single barrel Elijah Craig's I've ever had. Full of oak and vanilla, very soft on the palate =D