Happy Bar

Hidden gem. The bartender was amazing and made a point to make conversation which I love. Very nice, good service, good drinks. It gives local dive bar. I feel like the location is a negative to the bar as in business but I think we should go out of the way to visit the bar. Was wonderful experience. And if you like dives I think you would love this!

My friends and I came into The Happy bar and we have the BEST time. Bob makes amazing drinks, and was very interesting to talk to. We played darts, and enjoyed learning about the history of the bar. This family-opened establishment is great and I recommend this place for anyone looking for a great drink, good conversation, and a great time.

Good corner bar to stop along the way to the College World Series. The bartenders friendly and quick to serve even tho the bar was full, we did not have to wait more than five minutes; belly up at the bar! The bar & bathrooms are clean! That's a PLUS!! People are friendly at 6 PM! We didn't stay long with all the entertainment to see for CWS!

A must visit on the walk to a College World Series baseball game: an unassuming, hometown feel.

The bartender guy. I think his name is Bob. Seriously weird guy. I went in and sat down. He looked at me without saying anything, his mouth open as if surprised that someone he did not know had walked in. I had some local beer, a blonde cream ale. I think the air conditioner wasn't working. The bathrooms weren't great.

I'm not really one for what you might call 'dive bars', and The Happy Bar definitely qualifies as either that or a Shady Bar, which isn't really a category but probably should be since it's not a 'dive' in the way that places like The Elbow Room or The Homy Inn or even The Trackside are. It's not even really like Sullivan's or O'Leavers because the people there are there to drink first and socialize second... if at all. Maybe it's more like The Neighbers or one of those other places I've never been to before because The Happy Bar, despite the name, is not a place I would probably ever have gone... except that it was apparently enticing enough based on a drive-by for our friends to stop in before a movie at Film Streams on Friday night, so we were obliged to join in the fun.This is a bar where you'll get stared at by the table of regulars upon entering.It is also a bar where Jack (the tender) will have to really try hard to find the gin you asked for (foolishly) when you initially order a gin and tonic.It is also a place that when he finds a bottle of gin, but you don't recognize it as gin, and change your order to a grey goose and tonic - because you can see a bottle of goose on the shelf.Finally, it's the place where you get 7up out of a can in lieu of tonic and also a place where you can reuse the same class over and over for refills, just like you're at home. Can't say I've ever had a grey goose and 7up before, but it wasn't bad. Still, I was kind of Happy to leave (zing!)

Before a show at nearby Slowdown, I stopped in here on a whim. Actually, I'd been meaning to stop by here all-on-a-whim-like for sometime, as the Happy Bar has a very nondescript name in a very nondescript location tucked away in that weird part of Omaha between ever-expanding Creighton and seemingly never-expanding North Downtown.You walk in here and you can tell it probably hasn't change much in the last few decades, patrons included. That said, it was clean enough to be not the dirtiest dive bar I've ever been to. They had a cooler of $3 tall boys, from Coors Light to PBR. They had two or three beers on tap (nothing fancy). There was a handful of regulars paling about at the bar. The owner was extremely friendly if you chatted him up a bit. There was an LSU banner hanging on the wall -- so apparently it's been adopted by the rabid Tiger baseball fans who roll into town each CWS? The pipes in the bathrooms are old and kind of stink the place up a bit, smell-wise. Oh, and they sell 250 ml bottles of cheap liquor to go. I've never seen this before in Nebraska (or anywhere), but apparently it's legal. I guess most other bars aren't located next to a large swath of hobos.Really, the Happy Bar is worth a visit, especially if you love a good dive bar. Grab a cold one here before or after a visit to Slowdown or Film Streams. Note I was here before dark.

Great friendly bar with lots of fun interesting people. Just in north downtown Omaha.

Come on guys, get some food on the menu !Sure would add to your sales & enjoyment of your customers.

Nothing Happy at this place, VERY rude bartender whom is also the owner. I would stay far away from here , too many other local bars near by to choose from that have Friendly and welcoming workers.