Louise's Bar Downtown

In a recent visit to Lawrence for a concert, we hopped around a few places downtown during a weekday. I love nice, quiet sophisticated places with a good wine list. This isn't it. It's a fabulous no-frills dive bar with a water jug in the corner. The service was good, a local crowd that was fun and definitely a local spot to try. I will certainly stop back by the next time I'm in town!

A favorite local bar for me, my husband and our furbaby. They don't serve food but you are welcome to bring your own. If you want a snack they do have complimentary popcorn. It's a great place to catch a Jayhawk or Chiefs football game .... it can get loud but isn't that the point. Our favorite bartenders are Pastor Pat and Kanonni. It's always a great time!

It was a decent spot for what it was. There's a bar a pool table and a patio. I'm from Houston Texas. So we don't have a lot of old bars like this. So it was nice. There's a patio in the back that leads to the parking lot. You can enter from the back and the front which faces the street. The drinks were great. And they have free popcorn. I had a great time.

Louise's is one of the best bars in Lawrence. They have all the liquor you could ask for, a great staff, and a great classic bar vibe.

Louise's has a fond place in my heart, as it is where I met my sweets, but nostalgia aside, this place can be fun, if you are not there on a Thursday-Saturday night, when the bar service can take quite a while and it can be pretty crowded, especially in the cash-only upstairs and the single stall ladies rooms. The atmosphere is dive-y (once the smoking ban went into effect and you could actually see the place, it seems markedly less nice), but the bartenders are nice and the drinks are cheap.They have relatively (for a bar downtown) spacious patios, both up- and downstairs, and drink specials most nights (the best: Monday Wednesday--cheap wells, $1.50 to $2 singles and $3.50-$4 doubles; Tuesday $3.75 Boulevard schooners), so it is a great place to be in the summer, relaxing with friends or making some new ones.

Cold beer and friendly service. Good place to watch a KU game or just have a drink with friends. They've got everything a great dive bar should have, including fat spiderman! If I could live at Louise's downtown I would. If I could have physical relations with Louise's downtown I would. I will name my first child "Louise's Downtown" and then treat them better than the rest of my children. If you're going to drink in Lawrence then it should be here. If it's not here then you're wrong and I hate you.

Hey, you, with the five star rating: excuse me for saying so but the regulars here will have none of that. No sir. Take it elsewhere. This is nothing more than a two-fisted drinking joint here to serve those in serious need of an attitude adjustment. Beer and spirits rule. Looking for an artisanal coffee or beet martini or a drink with a silly name that means nothing? Blood orange margarita? Crisp, grapefruit laden New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc or heavily oaked California Chardonnay? Move on.The no frills old-school saloon style seating, pool tables and marginally questionable bathrooms are just what you expect in a decades old joint like this. Yet step outside and they have a beautiful second floor deck complete with big screen TVs for watching sports and getting drenched in a sideways downpour as we did last night (our fault, our choice). Lotsa cement for hosing down whatever it is that needs hosing down the following day. Hell yea, long live Louise's.

Solid place for a night of drinks! Easy post up spot with back area to hang. The pool tables are in a tough spot but ample places to hang with friends. The owner is chill

Wow. The bartender in the crop top was so cool, I believe his name was Jake. He makes killer shirley temples and only forced me to buy one shot of Malort. Jake is way better than Josh. He didn't even make fun of me when I mispronounced Schooner. 10/10 recommend drinks poured by large men in crop tops.

My 2 friends and I decided to try Louise's for our FIRST time last night. We were having a good time until the male (white) bartender (they said his name was John Davis) came over to our table and told us to leave immediately because "the bartender had an issue with our friend." Weird, because it was our FIRST time there. My female friend then approached the bar to complain and the (white) female bartender said, "B**ch I'm trying to f***ing help you." My friend reacted and called her a b**ch back and the bartender said, "B**ch, call my f***ing manager, he won't give a f***." And while she was shrieking at us to "get the f**k out of her bar" she was throwing herself at the bar, as if she could've taken my friend but was only being held back by a physical object. Lol. We all are all Mexican and don't understand why our group was singled out. We will NOT be returning to this establishment.