Lew’s Blew Note Bar & Grill

Super friendly folks working! Left another place and a bunch of friends to come try Lew’s. Burger was cooked exactly as ordered and it was good. Had a great time talking with both staff and customers. Tia place is real Memphis and I will come back!

Fantastic burgers! Made with ground chuck and delicious. The Blue Note hits the spot. Very friendly staff.

Spent two nights in Memphis and ended both nights on Beale Street and Lew’s Blew Note Bar & Grill. The food is excellent (bar food genre), the service is friendly and prompt, but what brought us back both nights was the warm, welcoming atmosphere and the entertianment: Queen Ann Hines & The Blues Masters. This isn’t overstatement or hyperbole: Our time at Lew’s with Queen Ann and the friends we made at Lew’s made our trip.

Had an hour or so to kill in the mid-​afternoon, so my friend and I dropped in. It was a great place to chill – the staff was really friendly, and the peach cobbler was delicious!

Great wings! They[’re not «buffalo wings» in the traditional sense, but they are real-​sized chicken wings you’d get at KFC or something. KFC-​like in size but they were for real, home-​made, deep fried, chicken wings with hot sauce. Seriously, they were great. Thank goodness the drunk guy walked by me when I sat down at the bar and yelled, «Get the wings!», before slouching on.

The menus were filthy with caked-​on food as was the napkin holder. We were afraid to use the salt and pepper shakers. We would have ordered our hamburgers medium if they had asked, but they didn’t. We were the only diners in there, but it took 15 minutes to get a hard, burned, dry, dry, dry burger with run-​of-​the-​mill frozen crinkle cut fries. We sat at a booth so we could people watch. The window was also filthy inside. It was honestly the worst hamburger I’ve ever had.

First time in Memphis and found this place on the end of Beale Street. No one was in the place but thought we’d give it a try after reading other reviews. My husband had the prime rib dinner which was on special. The steak was large but the cut was a little rough. What they lacked for in tenderness they made up in flavor. I had the catfish sandwich was was fantastic. Perfectly fried and served on toasted and buttered white bread. Just like you’d get on a grilled cheese. Yum! We both agree that the fries were really good. Very well seasoned. Would definitely come back.

Our first visit to Memphis and as we strolled down Beale St. we decide to check this place out. The live music was great – we even bought a CD! We ordered a couple drinks and one of the waitresses had a shirt on that said «Best wings on Beale St.»…so we decided to order some. Our waitress suggested the lemon pepper flavor (which neither of us is usually a fan of), but we tried it anyway. OH EM GEE. Fantastic! Not only were they seasoned amazingly, they were SO hot (temperature) that you know they were just made! Later we ordered peach cobbler with icecream, and although I am not usually a fan of peach cobbler, I REALLY enjoyed it!
We left after about an hour to stroll down Beale St. again… and we ended up back at Lew’s for more drinks and music! This will be our first stop on our next trip!

The food was meh. The fries were great but nachos tastes liked canned chicken and definitely canned cheese sauce.
What made this great was the terrifically friendly and prompt service. Made us feel right at home. Will come back just for the service if nothing else.

Super fun restaurant/​bar. They literally have the best of the best live blues/​funk bands perform on stage. The atmosphere is really relaxed, you don’t have to get dressed up.
The food is amazing! I had the fried pickles, which were super thin and crispy almost like chips. If you have difficulty with lots of seasoning in your food I wouldn’t recommend this place. Everything was packed with seasoning and flavor. The chicken strips were a huge portion. It literally looked like they deep fried full boneless chicken breasts as strips, with a lot of flavor. Wings were pretty good (again! Twice the size of your average hot wings). Peach cobbler was good and had the texture of bread pudding! #YUM
Friendly waitresses. Comfy booths. Right on the corner of the Beale Street strip, in the heart of the action. Super cheap prices. I think we paid like $ 25 for 3 people.

Service was good we had a great quick meal, even had kids menu. Lots to see on the street. Lots a good music

Wish we could come back on a Friday or Saturday night. The service was outstanding. Our server helped us create the perfect frozen drink.

This review is a month overdue. My friend and I visited Memphis just for the weekend last month, and this became our favorite place in town. In two days, we went back multiple times. Overall, great service, nice people own the place, and fun regulars. The music was top notch, and the food was very good. I recommend the wings personally. I cannot wait to go back to Memphis just to visit here.

First off I’m always here for two things, cheap liquor and great music. Blue Note Bar & Grill does not disappoint on either.
A rum & coke, in a glass not a plastic cup, is $ 5 and the bottled beer runs $ 2 up.
The Friday night in January that we went there was a band playing down home and sho nuff juke joint blues. The place was far from crowded and the atmosphere was very juke joint, down in the country feeling. The server made sure we were good on drinks and the manager came by to check on us.
If the menu didn’t clash with the environment, and had some soul food on it this place would get all 5 stars.

Went in for a late lunch, and decided to order the catfish sandwich. It was the best decision of the day! It came out piping hot and fresh. The fish was battered perfectly and was at least twice as big as the toasted bread it came on. Fries were seasoned well, and hot!
We will certainly be back!

Just stepped in to watch the rest of a football game. Had a couple $ 5 drafts. Good cheap beer!

Down past all the big lit up signs on Beale Street, tucked away at the very end on the right is Blue note.
From the outside, you can just tell the music is a bit better here.
The Memphis Blues Brothers play an excellent mix of Memphis soul and blues. The place has great character and an eclectic bunch of locals that dance along to every song.
The beers are cheap and service is good. This is the place to go if you want classic Memphis blues.

My review is simply for the food.
On October 14, just prior to the Pearl Jam concert at FedEx Forum my wife and I dropped into this spacious new bar/​restaurant for a quick bite. Located at the very end of the strip, the place was empty when we arrived and we were nervous we had chosen a sinking ship.
I ordered a Blue Note burger which was served on toasted white bread. The bread had obviously been buttered and grilled — similar to a Grilled Cheese — which gave it an extra level of fucking awesome and the crinkle cut fries were cooked to perfection. My only negative was the poor beer selection. I had really hoped for a nice Hoppy IPA, but instead settled for a Heineken. Oh well, you can’t always get what you want… you get what you need.

What a great place for the blues. Great music, hospitality and food. Can’t wait to go back again.

There was a Blue Note Bar back in the storied past of Beale Street, so the name is entirely appropriate for this restaurant and club at the far eastern end of the entertainment district. The Blue Note features live music on weekends, but the food is cheaper– and better– than most places on Beale. The bacon cheeseburger is the best on the street.