Zoo Bar

Great little dive bar. Easy to talk to locals. Friendly and super efficient bartender. We arrived around 9 pm on a Saturday night. Sat and BS'd the guy with the Harley out front before going in. 2 sides to hangout on. 1 bar with pleasant bartender. Clean bathrooms. Mini beers were frightenly good, dangerous! Decent price on PBR- $3. Basic drinks, in the pricey downtown area.

Executive Summary: Dive bar is divey.This dive bar has all the fixin's you could ask for: gratuitous graffiti, friendly locals, cheap beer that is fine, cash only, dimmy lit, loud jukebox.Many cities have many bars like this, this one is slightly unique in that it's in a very central part of downtown.Worth a shot! (or 4)

Great for a dive bar! When going out in the power & light area, we love to start our night here. This bar is cash only, has darts & pool tables and has tvs for any games that are on. There's also writing all over the walls so would recommend asking for a sharpie to leave your mark as well! The bartender kept asking for other forms of IDs (to our group in our mid-20s, all very much legal) and had surly service from the bartender following that but again, great for a dive bar and was a fun, small place to hang out.

We were staying down by power and light. We asked a "local" for a dive bar in the area. Zoo bar was recommended to us. It was a short walk from our hotel. We arrived just as a concert at T-mobile was getting over. We walked in, and we knew we would enjoy this place. It's definitely a dive bar, but that it's charm. Everyone from Bras hanging from the ceiling to sharpie on the walls. The bar was very quiet when we arrived around 1030. By 1130, the place was filling up. Mini beer shots seem to be the most ordered item there. We were sitting at the bar watching the bartender pour 4 or 5 at a time. She was a one person show.

Very neat bar with tons of reading material on the walls. Bartender was nice, efficient. Cash only. Had one drink. Couple of sketch dudes smoking outside but not the bars fault.

Good spot. Cash only. Beer is cold and place is appropriately dark. Dispensary nearby too, if you're into that. Friendly people, service was above average for a dive bar. 8.2/10 on the DBS. GB.

This is a very legit dive bar. It's sort of in a location where there aren't many others. We were downtown at that big location I can't remember the name of it and I searched for dive bar and this came up. When I say it's legit, it's legit it looks like my house in college when I was 20. There's beer cans laying around and graffiti all over the walls. There's a couple pool tables. The bartender is suitably grouchy and the bathrooms are suitably dingy. Everybody that was in there looks like they hang out there all the time. Prices were decent. I think it would be fun if you lived in the area and we're able to go there on a regular basis.

Best bar in KC!!Make sure you see Theresa at the bar to take care of you, she is absolutely amazinggggg

Pretty much zero signage for this place unless you are randomly driving north and see the side of their building. A cute little place that was totally empty the Wednesday we went in. Pretty standard as bars go, but completely quiet unless you pay for music. I bet if it was full it would be a much more memorable experience, but it was just myself and my friend. I think it's in a cool location and could do really well if they advertised a bit! But then again, maybe it's just a place for regulars.

This place is great. Cheap drinks and good people. Cash only but has an Atm in the back.