Stars Beach Club

Love this place!!! Everybody is welcome! Super friendly every time we have come here!

I would call this ‘a place in transition’ — the name is now Sandbox — weird, but aight. We went at 3pm in the afternoon, so it is hard to judge the overall clientele. However, if the staff is any indication, it will be a dicey crowd. I am not saying that it is a bad place — just a bit odd. The service was good, but the ambiance could have seriously been better. It had a run-​down shanty bar kinda feel. If someone put some serious money in this place it could be a power house on the seawall.

Ok, the bar tender was rude. The people in the bar were rude. It was the worst bar I’ve ever been too. One creepy drunk guy was being obnoxious and using the «n» word. The staff seemed to be ok with him driving their customers away. So we left-​never to return. Don’t recommend it-​obviously.

Came here for an event on Friday night. All was great except ONE extremely incompetent bartender wearing a cowboy hat. The other bartenders were totally rockin it. He couldn’t make a drink and couldn’t work the computer. It took 30 minutes to get my tab! same for everyone else in his line. to the owner– please make it so that you can close out your tab at ANY station. This was super inconvenient on such a busy night with a horrible bartender. other than that– it was a good time. Also, you really should consider cleaning up the outside of the place.

My husband and I, on part of our honeymoon, went to this bar after a bad experience with drinks at 3^rd Coast Bar — details in that review. The drinks were stronger than normal and noticeably cheaper. There was toe tapping good dance music by the DJ. The bartenders were friendly. The drag show was good. When we come back to Galveston we will go to this bar again.

Stars Beach Club will always hold a special place in my heart, no homo.
After my friends and I were drinking 40s on the beach, we decided to walk into Stars. Best decision I’ve ever made but that says more about me then it does about the bar. Their happy hour starts at noon and ends at 8. I was drinking draft Blue Moon for $ 2.75 a piece on a Saturday on the seawall. Good times.
Also, they tolerated our generally deviant attitude. Even encouraged it. They have an open air deck that is great for yelling at women as they walk by. I was the DD so I stopped drinking after 3 or 4 beers but my friends were drinking whiskey and cokes and said that the bartender/​gay dude makes a great drink.
So why 4 stars and not 5? The creepy old guy sitting next to our table who was slyly flashing his penis. I mean, I get it, we’re all hot meat but the whole thing came off as just a bit tacky.
All and all I will absolutely return. I didn’t mind the décor but that’s because I really like exposed wiring. I can’t wait to go back and see the drag/​laser light show.

Popped in here while on a weekend vacay with the BFF. I lived in the area for 7 years or so & had no idea Galveston had a gay bar. We had 1 beer and left to have dinner. Cute little bar overlooking the Seawall. It was a late Sunday afternoon so not much was going on. They have an outside, upstairs patio I’d like to check out next time.

Ok I know Galveston is a small tourist town (50,000 people) so one shouldn’t expect to find a first rate gay bar/​club in the town… but «Stars» is ummmm… podunk? I felt unclean sitting down at the bar. Seriously, I wanted to bathe in bleach afterwards.
To say the décor is tacky is an understatement. Gay bar décor is often a bit cheesy, but seriously this place looks like someone went to Dollar General and only picked out stuff that was on clearance. Really, who uses scotch tape to hang up stuff on the walls?
Oh and two drinks (singles) should not cost you $ 15. Not sure what its paying for, certainly not the décor or the bartenders’s inattentive service.

Cussing drag queens who look you up and down like candy, boys that dance on poles in Wranglers and boots, heavily tattooed skater girls who are well versed in Ebonics …
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the most awesome ceiling/​dance floor lights I have ever seen in a non floating bar.