St Roch Tavern

The best bloody Mary and bounce night with plenty of hot people and pacman
Also, more importantly, molly is single

The bartenders are super nice and awesome and the General Tso Tofu Poboy was so good I wanted to start crying, or punching people, or both at the same time. Good music going on too. Keep it up!

Dirty, cheap, and comfortable… I identify with this bar on such a personal and profound level.
All them sassy olé bartenders are lovely human beings if you treat them with respect and tip them. Weird, right? At St. Roch you get what you pay for (which includes a haircut and a PBR if you show up on Monday night). And please don’t be fooled by the proximity of the bar to the St. Roch Market– the unwavering dive-​iness of this place is exactly what I love about this place, and why I’ve been coming here for the last 5 years.

Not for the feint of heart. This place is the ultimate dive bar, and with dive bars come the locals, and the locals of this area tend to be upper crust/​punk/​hipsters. You may notice a stench on a Saturday bounce night. The dance floor is tiny, but it is a very fun crowd and nobody really pays attention. I love love love the cheap drinks. I am down with the weirdness of this bar for sure… it is part of the experience.

BEST BLOODY MARY EVER! They added a lot of spicy and flavor. Also a great local crowd and neighborhood. I wish I was able to stay longer and try the food. I will for sure be going back! A hidden gem :)

Avoid this place. It is a haven for gutter punks (young kids who run away from home to be ‘homeless’ until they get bored with it) and they have clearly taken over. Apparently the owners are fine with this. So, if you give a gutter kid a dollar on the street, chances are that dollar is going to wind up in the register at St. Roch Tavern, so just cut out the middle man and go have a beer in there so you can see why you should never have a beer there again.
Most of these gutter punks are suffering from alcoholism and drug use, so this bar is really just one big enabler.
Avoid, avoid and avoid it some more. This place is only good if you’re trying to find build up your immune system by exposing yourself to germs.

This is such a cool neighborhood bar filled w an interesting mix of steampunks old timers new hipsters & rock n roll dudes the drinks are cheap and Wendy who always remembers my name has got to be on of the best bartenders in the big E plus she’s got personality galore and great style and boy does she know how to make a good drink!!! The last night I was there they had a killer rock group playing a set and they were excellent!!! And and and every Tuesday you can get your haircut by a visiting barber who’s also talented bonus points ****Brandito’s Burittos is located on the premise so if you get the munchies he’s there to serve up the goods after 5 many days a week n definitely on the weekends
If you want an authentic new new Marigny experience come here n come back often I do !!

I thought I had (almost) seen it all. Until I visited this freak show (in a good way) down in New Orleans.
This hybrid drinking hole, mexican cantina and what looks like a pop-​up salon (yes, hair) is a true mix of genres and types of people.
Yell down that kitchen hallway, order some shockingly good Mexican grub, get some super cheap drinks and subtlety observe all the diversity happening around you.
It almost feels wrong writing about this place on Unilocal,like it should remain in a hidden vacuum, existing only to those nearby or whom blindly stumble upon it. But then again, I would have never found it without and though it’s not at all flashy it’s an extraordinary one-​of-​a-​kind helluva diva to check out that is straight B-​grade Jarmusch-​tastic.

When I was visiting New Orleans for the first time, I was staying by this bar.
I walked in and it was full of cigarette smoke. There was a person giving haircuts in the back. There was a duo playing music, the man had white-​dreads and was wearing full clown face paint. My gin and tonic was 3.50 which is the cheapest mixed drink I’ve ever bought because I’m from new york where you bleed Money.
Is this what new orleans is like? Am I in a dream about New Orleans?
TACOS SO GOOD
HOW

uality dive bar. Quirky. Dirty. Fun.

Sure, its a local Bywater dive bar and you need to know its not the Columns Hotel bar by a long shot, Buffy and Biff are not regulars here in their Polo shirts and exotic drinks. Early in the evening its a local congenial crowd and later on the Crusty Street Punks and their BO can at time show up to drink their cheap PBR, but as dive bars go, I like the place and the vibe. The drinks are cheap enough, even the hard stuff is priced right. The neighborhood can be a little rough, so don’t park too far from the door.

Very fun neighborhood bar. Be sure to say «hi» and play nice with the owners sweet Labrador. Drinks are very cheap, particularly if you’re a PBR hipster or enjoy High Life. If you like to drink beer, you might be able to get an Abita Amber, otherwise drink cocktails.
You will meet some very warm and friendly folks from all walks of life who are willing to strike up a conversation.

I only come to St. Roch for O! Vegasm, but because you have to order drinks from the bar separately and because I do on occasion indulge (that is, every occasion I’ve been there which is about half a dozen times), a review for St. Roch is due.
First, let’s talk about that bathroom sign. I find not the misspell of «neighbors» funny, but the fact that so many people have taken it upon themselves to put in corrections or comments on the sign. I just imagine some new crusty come to town whipping out her sharpie and going to town on that thing before she realizes that she has bigger dogs to adopt.
Second, there’s the great Ketel One Mystery. As in, for some reason, Ketel One tastes like gin here. First time I ordered it, I sent it back. I never do that. The bartender actually poured the drink in front of me to show that it was, in fact, Ketel One. But I know my gin better than I know my mother and because I order vodka with soda, any extraneous flavor is immediately noticeable. My friend, also a bartender, concurred that it tasted like gin. I figured that they just didn’t clean the pour spout properly. A week or two later, I returned and thoughtlessly ordered my usual. Again, the flavor of juniper berries made me wish I had just ordered tonic instead of soda. This time I didn’t send it back. I also barely drank it. Yes, you read that right (ever drink a gin and soda??? Ugh). I’d normally be hard pressed to stick to Stoli henceforth, but it’s been happening.
Regardless, I’ve gotta give St. Roch props for live music, cheap drinks, friendly (non crusty punk) regulars and the fact that they have O! Vegasm operating out of the kitchen means that there are good people behind the entire operation. It is what it is.
Finally, I think that from now on, I’m just going to call it St. Roach. Hey, it’s out of fondness. Think of it as a cute mascot. I prefer them to crusties, if the truth must be told.

I couldn’t stay long enough to get a proper feel for this place because as soon as I tried to wade to the back of this muggy, womb-​like bar I began gagging from the smell of sweaty gutterpunks grinding on each other to bounce music.
If you can deal with the stench, it might be a cool spot. I’m assuming the drinks are cheap, although I think it’s cash only.
I won’t be back.

Close to where we were staying? check.
Dive bar fantasmic? check.
Cheap booze? check.
Oh yeah, and there’s a dog; his name is Buddy. Admittedly I didn’t realize I was staying in a hipster neighborhood until a huge group of them, both in and outside, landed on the bar on Saturday night.
Earlier in the day, this place is pretty quiet and patronized by warm and welcoming locals. They even have free wifi! This place may be off the beaten path, but you can’t beat flowing libations or rustic charm. Definitely a spot I’d hit again.

This place stinks. Not in the sense that it’s a shitty bar, because it’s not, but because it’s chock-​full of crustpunks and they smell bad.
Wanna watch some crustpunks get in a fight? Go to St. Roch.
Wanna watch a drunk dude kick some other drunk dude’s dog? Go to St. Roch.
Wanna watch a cockroach crawl across the bar? Go to St. Roch.
Wanna meet my ex-​girlfriend while she’s in town? Go to St. Roch.
Wanna get drunk on cheap beer? Go to St. Roch.
The last one is what reels me in sometimes. I do love cheap beer, I like that they (USED TO) let me bring my dog (now they serve food), and I don’t really mind the cockroaches. So St. Roch is just dandy for me.

This place is the most interesting mix of individuals I have ever seen.
First of all, the bounce scene is fantastic, and second of all, it’s awesome to see crust punk kids in a bounce scene.
Everyone decided to get down and dance, and the music was AMAZING!
Definitely recommend this place, especially if you’re into Bay area hyphy music and such

So I went back on Saturday night and it was steam/​crust punk central. I had on a clean t-​shirt and I felt out of place BUT whatever. I’m used to it. The people started to warm up to me after they realized I knew people there and was actually possibly MAYBE «one of them» I’m not… I’m sorry. I USED to be but that doesn’t mean I still don’t party like I used to.
I wouldn’t roll up in there if I don’t know anybody in town. Everyones a bit standoffish if they REALLY have no idea who you are and they are good at glaring. which I found funny and sad at the same time because these are grown people. I felt like the nerd at a jock party. Ya’ll crack me up
but the DJ was badass and about 1am everyone was drunk enough to have enough courage to dance their asses off

The only reason I am giving this place 2 stars instead of one is because the DJ knew what he was doing and read his crowd well.
Who knew street kids had a bounce scene? That’s really all this place is good for during the night-​time.
Unforgettable, although I wish I could. The kids who go here are rude unless you fit in. One of them punched my friend on the dance floor…
Be prepared to hear breaks in the music about kids having to move their dogs because they are barking too much…
Disgusting.

Yep. It’s a dive. That’s for sure. However, the neighborhood feel, cheap drinks, and pretty tasty food (4 – 12 daily) make up for the fact that the street can be a tad shady.
The bartenders are super friendly, the patrons aren’t unwelcoming, and I would give it a shot if you lived in the Marigny/​Bywater and have never ventured over.
Saturday nights they do a punk rock dance party. Haven’t been, but a trusted friend goes every week and loves it!
PS CASH ONLY