Billiard Bar

This place had the potential to be a great bar but alas it wasn’t. The coolers were smelly and the bartender was not attentive even though it was not busy and we had been there for about 10 min. I’m not really suprised it closed.

I’ve been here quite a few times so not sure how I am just now reviewing it.
Came here for a pre-​dinner drink around 8:30 and the place was dead… I mean, worried about its future dead. I guess 8:30 is «early».not for this girl. Anyway, the service is generally fair but it also has the non-​pretentious feel that I am looking for in a bar. Play some pool, be creeped out but the ginormous Pillsbury doughboy, whatev.

Ugh, Greenville, you are such a crapshoot. And this bar is one of my more unpleasant experiences, although it’s probably just NOT my scene.
It just seemed to be a combination of things I didn’t like. I don’t particularly care for pool, and the tables and benches were so close together it was impossible not to constantly be moving so that players could get their angles right. I got poked multiple times with a cue stick and was not happy.
The music is angry rock, which I’m fine with and like, but they were playing way too loud for me to have a conversation with anyone. Isn’t the point of pool to be able to shit talk your friends about how badly they’re doing? Not only that, but it was dark and there was a huge Pillsbury Doughboy statue that was lit up with a blacklight. It was creepy as a toothless guy on the subway asking you about your underwear.
And for some reason, they were playing horror movies on the TV screens. I HATE horror movies. I get nightmares for weeks, and I just could not avoid that girl from the Exorcist because they had TVs EVERYWHERE. I know you guys are probably thinking «This girl is a complete sissy,» but it was GROSS and I couldn’t run away from it so I spent a lot of my time using my hands as shields so I couldn’t see the TV and watch my friends.
If you like loud, angsty rock, horror movies, and pool, this is the place for you. Otherwise, just don’t.

I like this place. I don’t frequent it all that often, but when I do I have a good time. I’m not much of a «billiards» type of girl, but I’ll play a game every now and then. These tables always seem well maintained, at least for the causal pool player like me.
But in case you don’t wanna play pool, they also have pinball (win!), air hockey (double win!), and Silver Strike (Strrrriiiikkkkkkeeee!!!).They also have a random vending machine, ya know, if you’re into that kind of thing.
The bathroom is not great, but it’s not gas-​station-​after-​a-​trucker-​ate-​a-​vat-​of-​chili bad either. The patio is pretty huge and it rocks — that’s normally where we hang unless it’s too cold outside.
One thing that is pretty cool is that they always have some random movie or TV show playing. I’ve seen Family Guy, The Devil’s Rejects, A Clockwork Orange and Bad Santa all playing at random times, and those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
They do have really great specials — but since I’m a lame-​ass 9 to fiver pretty much the only time I get to go is on the weekends, and of course no one in the universe runs specials on Friday and Saturday nights. That’s just crazy talk.
All in all, definitely A-​OK. Not a place I’d necessarily go out of the way for, but if we’re already hopping around Greenville I’ll for sure pop in for a bevvie.

Fun bar. Pretty dark though and the front porch is tiny, but cozy. Lots of pool tables. no food.

Great place with a ton of pool tables and strong drinks!

I’m no Fast Eddie, but billiard halls are old school cool. I stumbled across Billiard Bar on my pre-​St. Patty’s Day excursion from Zymology. For a second, ok, a really long second, I debated whether I should even attempt to handle the stick — I’ve noticed my game always seems to peak after two beers, but mysteriously deteriorates after the second beer… and I already had way more than that. Only one way to find out.
Pool halls come in so many different flavors and Billiard Bar is somewhere between a biker bar and a college watering hole. It’s quite spacious whether you’re playing pool or hanging by the bar. Sometimes I like the sports bar pool hall feel so I can watch sports highlights on the myriad of plasma TVs, but sometimes it’s nice not to be distracted by TVs so I can focus on the game and chat with your friends. Billiard Bar is the latter.
I’ll say one last thing. Girls who play or know about sports better than guys are intimidating, I admit. But girls who play a mean game of pool? HOT. Watching a girl who knows how to work a table, knows how to grasp her stick, knows how to handle her balls, knows the angles… easy Tiger. Sip some beer. Puts the lotion on the skin.

The good: lots of pool tables to get your game on, fooz ball, festive bartenders, festive patio
The bad: broken ATM, they tend to give your freakin check card away to others (this has happened to me twice before, just pay cash)
The ugly: ugh, the bathrooms are shite
The BEST: HELLOOOO Can we say drink specials??? Tonight my beer was $ 1. Yes, many many nights it is $ 1. And, as a wannabe cougar, there would be a lot of prey running around this joint.
Three SOLID stars.

Hmm, let me think about it …
Door Number 1: Cute boys with sleeves (of the tattoo variety), black tees, Levis, and I-don’t-give-a-f-WHAT?! attitudes …
ORRRRRR
Door number 2: Popped collars, sugary margaritas, clipboard mafias at the door and zero drink specials …
That’s quite a toughie, but I think I’ll go with door number 1!
What did I win? A good good good good time. (Jodes, you know what I’m talkin’ about.)
Billiard Bar is the shiznit if you want to get away from the 30,000 Dollar Millionaire D-​bags. Sure the occasional one slips through security by hiding in an Ed Hardy T-​shirt («It has skulls on it!») but odds are in your favor if you’re looking for the option número uno category.
With a relaxed vibe, plethora of eye candy (for both goils and boys) and gnarly daily drink specials, you are sure to enjoy yourself.
Mondays are for the poker players with free Texas Hold ‘em Tournaments and 60oz pitchers available for just $ 9.
Tuesdays have $ 2 beers and 60oz pitchers for only $ 9.
Wednesdays are dollar domestics & $ 2 imports. Thursdays mean $ 1.25 wells and domestics with a dollar more for imports.
Fridays and Saturdays are always busy when 60oz pitchers are just $ 13, but I like Sunday nights best when $ 2 you-​call-​it is the special for the night.
Just b/​c the bar has billiard in the name, doesn’t mean you have to play pool. You can pull up a chair on the other side of the bar or kick it outside on the patio.
Good. Good. Good. Good.