Sully’s Saloon

This is just for the nightlife. Sullys is my favorite bar/​club to go to… by FAR. They have modern, popular songs, the cheapest drinks (if you have a happy hour). And they have fun drinking games and activities. This is the bar to go to.

BAD, BAD, BAD… bartender ok! We went around 6:30 on Saturday night to beat the younger crowd. The place wasn’t busy what so ever! Sat at the bar, took a few minutes for the bartender to notice us. Within this time we chatted with the guy next to us about how sticky the floor was. When the bartender did show, while changing all draft beer as everything was out, the other guy questioned him about the floor, he just played it off and blamed the cleaning crew. They need to fire the cleaning crew!!! The bar was just as sticky as the floor! We had to move down at the bar to find a non-​sticky spot. We did not eat, thank God! As we were sitting there we kept smelling something. So we started to look around. We narrowed it down to… the cabinet the beer glasses were in. The glass are upside down rim on the bottom of the cabinet. The bottom is cover in dust, dirt and who knows what else. Or maybe it was cooler with the dirty, moldy motor. Or was it the Tabs that stale beer was just sitting there. Last option, every time you decided to unstick your feet from the floor it smelled. After sitting there an hour I was ready to go!

Where to start. Went there on a Saturday, about 4 pm. The place was empty so you would think the staff could handle a group of about 30, boy was I wrong. Service was very friendly but slow. Ordered drinks,
Bahama mama was off, and I could quickly tell that the beer taps needed cleaning. The mrs. Orders the fish and chips, no flavor to the fish. I ordered the shepherds pie, and it was like ground beef soup with mashed potatoes spread over it. Sullys main thing is they’re a night club that tries very badly to pass as a restaurant by day.

Food was good. Salad added grilled chicken with Caesar dressing on the side. He had a Reuben with fries. Can’t mess either up. I was amused at the hip hop music and that’s a plus because I go yo a hip hop fitness class 5x a week do threatened were music to my ears.
Not sure why the lower ratings. We had fun.

This place wasn’t all that terrible, but they sure could use a lot of work. We stopped in around 8pm and were promptly helped by very friendly bartenders and the waiter. We grabbed some seats for our big group and got our orders in. Smallish menu, but no big deal.
«Fish and Chips» was not plural. Just 1 big hunk of fish. OK — it is open to interpretation, but nobody really enjoyed their food very much and it took about an hour for it to come out (granted ~12 people at the table, but no one else in the restaurant and half of the orders were fried fish). There were a handful of mistakes on simple orders /​etc, but they were nice about it.
Drink wise they had a nice selection of whiskey and the bar was otherwise well stocked. It seemed like it could be a fun place to hang around until the night life picked up, but that wasn’t in the cards for us.
Call it a bar, but I’m not sure I’d call it a pub. It sure is trying, but needs to try a bit harder to make the cut.

Not crazy about this venue. We went to see the fight (which also happened to be the same day as the Derby). Admission was overpriced for standing room only. The cost also went up every hour. I had been standing in line at 8:50, got to the door at 9:03 and an «Ohhh! It just went up to $ 40!» (it had JUST been $ 20). Annoying at best. Infuriating at worst.
The only two reasons this crowded, overpriced, ear-​piercingly loud venue gets 3 stars is because:
1) The bartender was super sweet and awesome. He spilled a drink on me and comped a big chunk of our tab. It was an accident and not much got on me. That didn’t bother me at all.
2) The ladies bathroom was clean and there was never a wait, which was amazing to me, since it was so packed in there.
I doubt I’ll ever go back here, though.

This place is laughably bad. We should have left when we felt our shoes sticking to the floor. Yeah yeah it’s derby weekend I guess. Slow service. Confused waiter. The food was mediocre and portions were small. I don’t know what in the area would be better, but I’d skip this place.

Oh Sullys! What is there to say… I have never gone to Sully’s and had a boring time. The bar is always packed with young vibrant people, mostly college age, and smells of piss and beer. But the music is always hopping and because of its position on fourth street live the crowd is always ready to party hard! I’ve never had to pay to get into Sullys because of friends happy hours or my own happy hour. The drink prices are very reasonable especially with a happy hour. Great place for bachelor and bachelorette party’s if your looking to dance on a bar, take shots, and get wild and Sullys saloon!

I experienced racism of a degree I didn’t know existed in the 21^st century. After standing up for a dark skinned man, who was forcibly expelled for being with me, light skinned woman, I had a cop try to tell me I’d get arrested for defending his right to be with me. I will never again support this play with my money and I suggest anyone who believes in human decency avoid it as well.

*DISCLAIMER* I was here for drinking late night so if this place has food, I cannot talk about it.
This place is simply OK. Perfectly fine place to throw a few back. Turns into a dance club around midnight when they pull all the tables out to create move standing/​dancing around space. They have a DJ in the middle of the floor with an MC who makes jokes and has fun with the crowd. That was entertaining.
The DJ however, he was not the greatest. His style is a bit outdated for my tastes. We stayed here for about an hour before going to another bar.
I think this is a late night bar staple for fourth street so I can’t NOT recommend it, but she be aware there are plenty of places to drink around here and if a cover is being charged for this place… I’d skip it. :)

Had to wait about 5 minutes to get seated, and it was dead at the time… booths were old and taped up. Bathroom was disgusting, they were having a plumbing issue, but there were paper towels all over the wet floor, and there was no warning sign for it.
Food was decent and came out quickly, but overpriced for the quality.

we went for dinner before a bachelorette party at 6:30pm and thought we received a great deal before arriving ($ 25 2 drinks, a sals and an entrée/​appetizers & the bachelorette received a free meal). however, the service we received and ten quality of the food was horrible! it took forever for everyone to get waters and/​or the drinks they ordered. The salads came out on a side plate that you use for bread and was 4 bites worth of salad!!! the food came out and ver half our of orders were wrong. One of the girls waited over 20 minutes for a water and ended up walking up to the bar to get a drink because the server never refilled hers. the server was rude and could have cared less about what anyone wanted or needed. the
we did not stay any longer than we needed to past dinner. i would never recommend goi there for dinner to anyone!

As much as I hate leaving bad reviews, I also hate being treated poorly when going to a business.
My wife and I were part of a large group that were participating in an event at Fourth Street Live one Saturday. The group organizers had already made arrangements for us to have a large table at Sully’s. When my wife and I arrived, some of the party were already there and seated. Some had eaten and some were waiting on their food (pre-​arranged menu).
There were no more seats at the big, pieced together table, and we were told we could sit at a small table next to it. There were 5 of us at this table and we waited and waited for someone to come over and even speak to us. A waitress finally came over and talked to my wife and told her that the party seemed to be growing and growing and that she could not wait on us. She further said that if we needed anything we could sit somewhere inside or walk up to the bar to place our order.
We had volunteered all day long and were exhausted. We had also been told our big party was fine well ahead of time. To be told that we were basically not going to get service did not sit well with me. I guess anyone that came to Sully’s and decided to sit anywhere outside was just not going to get any service. This would have been somewhat tolerable had the place been packed with a line wrapped around the building, but there were many empty tables inside and out. I would imagine that with a half-​empty business you would not want to turn anyone away, but that is not the case at Sully’s.
Sad, because it is a cool location, but one we will skip over from now on.

Sully’s is empty for a reason. Went on a weeknight, hoping for some quality Irish food & atmosphere.
Walked in at prime dinner time, with a grand total of 3 – 4 dudes sitting at the bar. Strange. Why could it be so empty? Well, and hour later, that answer was apparent.
What I ended up having, was a decent Sheppard’s Pie. That was the high-​point of the visit. The wait staff was attentive (easy, when there are only 4 customers), and social.
Now, for the negatives… This is an IRISH pub. Why the Hip-​Hop music at full volume when the entire restaurant is empty? I don’t care if your amp goes to 11, even if the music selection was decent. There is absolutely no reason to blast music at full volume, at dinner time, on a weeknight, when the place is empty! Play some traditional Irish music, at a respectable level, and you might actually get some customers. Until then, you are a «Hip-​Hop» club, that happens to have a mahogany bar and green paint!
Also… A $ 2 dollar sur-​charge for «Rocks», with my bourbon? Really? I’ll gladly pay $ 8 for a bourbon in the right place, but do you really need to charge $ 2 for a few ice cubes? Without that last insult, I probably wouldn’t be writing this review.
The positive: Sheppard’s Pie was decent & the wait staff was attentive.
The negative: God-​awful music selection at full volume & an extra $ 2 charge to get ice cubes with my drink.
As a business owner myself, I would recommend a good self evaluation, as to why you don’t have customers on the weeknights, when the sports pub across the street is packed full and even TGIF and Hard Rock Café were comfortably busy. The Hip-​Hop full volume music may be fine on Fri & Sat nights, when the overflow from the other bars will drive people to you (as a 2^nd choice at best). If you want customers on a weeknight, be an «Irish Pub», not a «Hip Hop» club.
Also, don’t gouge for something as trivial as Ice in a drink. Be honest & charge $ 10 for a bourbon if you want. It’s overpriced, but honest. The $ 2 charge for «rocks» is a good way to ensure you only have 1 time patrons (like me).
PS: This is on my expense account, so the $ 2 has no effect on me. It’s not the price, it’s the dishonest approach you take with your customers. There are honest ways to pay the rent, but that is not one of them.

This place is a crapitorium! Slowest service ever! We were here for 10 minutes before Jeremy came over. Took 45 minutes to get our appetizers. When the apps finally came out the nachos had very little cheese or beef, and the fried pickles were cold. I ordered spicy chicken pasta. When it finally came out I found it to have SHRIMP not chicken. Two people in my group ordered pork tacos, which were cold. The Reuben came out with one cold piece of corned beef. The fish and chips were absolutely inedible. The fries were terrible. WE WILL NEVER COME BACK!

Reviewing strictly the nightlife bar scene here.
I went to Sully’s tonight (Thursday night) and had a BLAST! Honestly, it had to be one of the best experiences I have had at a bar before! There is no cover charge and if your name is on a list, you get a wristband that gives you a discount on the already affordable wells. My group was not on «the list» but one of the very nice locals added us to their group and told us to have a good time (thank you, if you’re reading this!).
Our group ordered a Blue Moon and 2 Tequila Sunrises. The Tequila Sunrises were made well and they were made strong. Also the cup was big enough to hold a good amount of liquid. All of our drinks together came out to only $ 9!!! What!!! That is ridiculously affordable! I’m from Southern California and have gone drinking in the San Diego, Orange Country and Los Angeles area and usually one Tequila Sunrise is already $ 10. Shot girls also walk around the bar with tasty Jell-​O shots and free shots were given to girls at one point. The alcohol was definitely flowing!
The music was pretty good, too! There was a lot of hip hop and old school played as well as top 40 – so pretty much something for everyone. From my understanding, that DJ plays every Tuesday and Thursday. The night doesn’t end until 4AM here, too!
Great crowd, energetic staff, affordable drinks, and good music! Essentially, partying at Sully’s was so much fun and I’m pretty sure my group is going back one more time before we leave Louisville.

If you wanna go here to get drunk, place to go. If not, don’t bother. We were here to eat before we got our drink on… and this place sucked… worse suckage ever. The menu sucked so bad I didn’t even order food. My boyfriend ordered fried pickles to start and they weren’t too bad, but nothing to rave about.
The noise… was horrendous. You couldn’t even talk or hear the other people in your party for the noise. The tables and chairs are weird, I kept hitting my knee on them… it was just an all around bad experience.
Not to mention, a bachelor party was going on… it was 7pm… the night was barely started and these guys were tore up… they were so loud and drunk and being so crazy I was super annoyed by them. We left as soon as we could. My boyfriend did say his fish was good but the chips were awful and burned.

I went to Sully’s when I travelled down to Kentucky by myself.
I heard about southern hospitality but I truly experienced it at Sully’s and its friendly bartenders.
I just sat by myself at the bar to enjoy some bourbon whiskeys and hit it off with the coolest bartenders and patrons there.
Ricky the bartender is awesome!
Keep Louisville Cool at Sully’s!

Went there on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at about midnight. Had two drinks, bill was $ 14. Slashed through the «tip» line, and left a cash tip. When the final charge hit the bank, it was $ 24. Apparently, the server felt entitled to a $ 10 tip on a $ 14 drink order (that’s around 70% tip). I guess many patrons are so drunk when they leave that they don’t notice being cheated, or assume they made the mistake themselves, but two drinks don’t get a person to that state.
Contacting Sully’s via email, their webform, Facebook, and Twitter has resulted in no response from them (despite new Tweets appearing regularly). Called but have not been able to get an answer, just a voicemail system (no response yet to the VM I left, either).
The bar itself was fine, just like any other bar on 4^th street on a Saturday night. The drinks were decent. So if you don’t mind the staff helping themselves to the contents of your wallet, I’m sure this is a fine place to go. If you want to get what you pay for and pay only for what you get, there are literally dozens of other bars nearby to choose from.

Don’t Eat, Just Drink, and Be Merry. I will admit when I came across my coupon for dinner at Sully’s, it wasn’t until I sat down and had a menu in front of me that I believed it was the same Sully’s at Fourth Street.
Let’s do the positives first. If you want to hear a great DJ, play beer pong, see single ladies and men, and dance your little heart out, Sully’s is one of the best fourth street live clubs to go to. In fact, just the night before at 1am, it was the busiest club on the first floor. I have always had a great time dancing the night away at Sully’s.
Even while dinning at Sully’s the staff was friendly, very attentive, and the place was pretty clean, but as we start to slide into the negatives of this place, it was only as clean as a night club can be when it is serving dinner.
We ordered the chicken and mac n cheese, which was served lukewarm but had plenty of cheese flavor. I got the NY Strip for $ 20, but it tasted of lager beer not bourbon and was a terrible cut even for a strip steak. I ordered the steak MR, but apparently the club music got to the hearing of the staff, because it came out MW. Our coupon was buy one get one free entrée so the whole dinner was only $ 20. We even tipped 20% off the original amount, like a good dining couple should, because our server was great. I feel a little bad giving only three stars, but the food really has brought down the overall appeal of this bar. My suggestion Sully’s, if you are listening, stick to bar carb food and invest the steak money in new leather booths.
It’s more the opposite of Cinderella, here at Sully’s at midnight it goes from a hoe hum pumpkin to a beautiful carriage!