Lone Star Saloon

God bless Texas.Like Cyrus S, I've driven by Saloon Lonestar many o' times. The most memorable was watching what looked like a homeless man in a wheelchair skurry his way through the doors on a sunny afternoon. "Yes," I thought. "I must go there." A few years later, my friend Tommy and I found ourselves sitting in my car listing off places to go on a Thursday night. Giving the old "been there, done that" excuse to every bar mentioned, I remembered Saloon Lonestar, a place neither of us had been to and would more than likely respect this shiz out of.We parked on the private graveled lot and walked in through the back entrance and quickly found a cozy seat at the bar. A pool table, big screen (not a fancy flat screen) showing a college bball game, the required neon beer signs and an old jukebox playing the blues was on. There were two been-to-hell and back folks lounging in a booth, and three cowboys at the bar. That's when we met Nancy, the petite older Asian bartender. With big permed Texas hair, tight jeans, a saucy little top and a smile, she took our orders -- not before she carded me (woot!) -- and said, "I've never seen you two around. This your first time." Indeed, Nancy, but it won't be our last. The proud, hardworking mother she was, Nancy went on to tell us about her kids, her hard-to-work-with boss/owner (who was just a few bar stools away), the slow business, tales about a few bar brawls and even gave us the low down on how much they markup the frozen pizza they sell. She recommends ordering delivery to the bar instead. This bar doesn't have any daily or happy hour specials, but beer is cheap. You can get a tall PBR for $2.75. All this with the old skool tunes, like James Brown's "It is a Man's Man's Man's World" jammin' in the background.

Cool little hole in the wall bar ... reminds you of a dice bar but without the cigarette smoke lolThey had lone star too which was nice .. juke box was a bit expensive at 3 songs for a dollar but I had not played a juke box in so long lol maybe that is what they cost now We went on a Saturday afternoon and place was vacant with only about 3 somewhat homeless looking people there but hey... they were drinking just like we were lol I will go back ... cold AC ...cold beer ... what else can one want in houston in Ju'e?

The bartender was nice and attentive.But, I was the only customer...Issue 1: they use those auto-pour things. I hate all bars that do that.Issue 2: If you're into wildlife of the gross bug variety, this is the place for you.An uncountable number of different sized and shaped cockroaches and flys entertained and bedazzled my experience.I literally left itching.Will not return.

Y'all! I had greatest time here. Not sure the bartender's name but her girlfriend was there visiting her with their pet bird, JJ and they were both so sweet and welcoming. I was taking the megabus back to austin and needed to kill an hour. I had a few lunch drinks with a friend and wanted another beer before I left town. This place was great. Total dive but right in the middle of downtown. Great place and very sweet staff!

Great Dive Bar! Surprised it's still here and hasn't be replaced by condos. Friendly female bartender, cheap drinks. Thankfully, little in the way of expensive craft beers and hipsters. One other thing that's great about the Lone Star Saloon: the acoustics. The music sounds great in here!

This isnt fun but I come here often and to hear the bartender say "the bar closes when I say" was a slap in the face when I just got here... when I was just asking what time the bar closed since we had drove into downtown to come to this place. I guess the owner is ok with having bartenders that chase ppl off like this??? I'm sure it's great for business. Thanks Joe Thomas. I love being treated like trash when I go out

On the edge of downtown, just across from a Metro transit and a few blocks from a Greyhound station lies the epitome of a dive bar. The place doesn't resemble anything else in the area-- from the Downtown commercial district to the north, the Vietnamese restaurants to the south, or the bustling Midtown all around it.The place is dark, the drinks are cheap, and it's generally very empty. I honestly wonder how on earth the place stays in business. The servers are friendly and accommodating, and they have chips and quick-bake personal pizzas for sale, but that's about it. Due to the proximity to the aforementioned bus stops, you get a lot of odd characters coming through. Not for the faint of heart, but if you're in the area, can't manage to make it another 5 blocks to a classier joint, and would rather save money to get a strong drink, I'd say go for it.

If ¡Viva Terlingua! is an important album in your life, this is the bar for you.Also, there's free parking.

Great dive bar!! One of the best in Houston with the best bartenders! You don't find many bars nowadays with a jukebox. This is one of the reasons of many that makes this bar unique in its own way.

Not to be confused with Lone Scar Saloon, in which every patron gets stabbed once - but only once and never again.Cute little Saloon and very Texan indeed despite the fact that it's in Houston, which is one of the least Texan Texas cities.So it's nice to have a little slice of Texas in the middle of the city, and we like this place, although we probably only come here on average once a year and only when a friend is meeting us here or whatnot. If they had a weekly trivia quiz that was decent or better, we'd come more.