Knight Library

omigod it smells so bad and the floors are soooo sticky. Plus strewn bottle caps get stuck all over your heels. Really no point arriving before 11 inside. No where will you find so many attractive young guys, but also no where will you find more hunting cougars. Really bad experience if you’re not flat wasted.

Pretty neat place except for a small brown dwarf who kept taking «up skirt» photos of me all night.

Go here every now and then with my younger sister. It’s your typical college bar. Bartenders are always swamped. You have to shove your way up to the bar at night and flag down a bartender. A lot of underaged kids. Ladies beware of disrespectful guys… One guy was dancing with my sister and tried to bend her over. He quickly realized his mistake. This place isn’t meant to be a classy, adult bar. It’s a college bar with beer soaked floors and loud 18 – 20 year olds.

Typical college bar. Creepy guys, cheap booze, alcohol soaked floors.

Knights Library lets in underage kids for an increased price. The police stand outside and act like they enforce the law. When you go to knights library the bouncers are completely unreasonable, not to mention unprofessional. This place is disgusting. DO NOT GO HERE

This is a college bar. If you came here expecting a clean, respectable place where you can get a drink without being shoved into the sweaty backs of a crew of dudes in tank tops, you’re gonna be disappointed.
I got triple shots of stuff by accident (thanks drunk bartenders), paid less than $ 10 for two shots and a loaded Corona, and definitely stepped in a puddle of vomit at one point.
Yes there is a mix of alcohol, vomit and bad decisions all over the floor.
These are a bunch of college kids. Maybe you’re too old to appreciate.

Don’t waste your time unless you want to be in an immature environment where you wait 30 minutes to get a drink and risk getting stabbed. No thank you. Avoid this place and go downtown.

The worst possible experience in the nightlife hospitality. The bartenders, hostess, bouncers are intentionally rude and unwelcoming. To the 30+ minute wait time to get a single beer, to the waste of time and money I encountered here.

If you enjoy drinking with a bunch of underage kids, bathrooms covered in vomit, and disgustingly sticky floors this place is for you. If not, then spend your money elsewhere. The staff is incredible rude and lacks any understanding of customer service. Will not be going back.

Oh college, the smell of vomit and cheap vodka and trashy drunk fist pumping freshmen. If you are a freshmen and want to get wasted for cheap/​free and bang an underaged drunk girl in the parking lot then this is the spot for you!

When we first moved to Orlando, my boyfriend and I went on a search for a great bar to hang out at and found this dump.
First of all the ATM outside didn’t give us cash but did charge our account for it. We informed the 3 guys standing at the entrance that it was out of order but no one moved to do anything when the next couple came up to use it.
I wish I could say one positive thing about this place, but it is just a failure from the plastic cups, to the sticky floor! There was no comfortable, clean seats to relax in, it took forever to get a drink, and the décor is… well…what décor?
The truth is my favorite bar on earth uses plastic cups, it is old and dirty, BUT it has a fantastic atmosphere, great bartenders, and customers who consider themselves family not just patrons. If this place has good staff and clean places to sit, I could have stayed all night people watching and drinking. I also would have come back time and again to do the same.

I’m basing this review off of only one visit to this place, so maybe the library doesn’t always smell like an unholy mixture of puke and hangover shits. I’ll just chalk that up to bad luck and continue with this review. Now, I’m not a fastidious guy. I understand that, being a college bar, the library was gonna have it’s share of shortcomings. I turned a blind eye to the watered down drinks ($ 5 for what basically amounted to a cup of generic brand cola, ice, and maybe a hint of rum is not cheap.) and the fact that I couldn’t walk three feet without getting shoulder-​checked, as things like this are to be expected in a college bar/​quasi-​nightclub setting. Yet despite the boon of lowered expectations, the library never even tried to get over the bar, opting instead to crawl sheepishly under it. The DJ’s music choice felt forced and neutered, bland and so eager to avoid any semblance of creativity, it bordered on offensive. The ambiance inside the club, despite the large crowd of very drunk college students, never reached the energy level necessary to be fun, and was more akin to the ebb and flow of a man-​made lake: lifeless, stagnant, even robotic. The outside patio promised a breath of fresh air, but was arguably more crowded, covered in a thick billow of cigarette smoke, mediocrity, and lingering puke-​shit smell that i had, by this point in the night, sadly come to expect. The library, however, is not without it’s hidden gems. The bartenders were not only attentive and friendly, but also surprisingly quick; a respite from the otherwise unblemished shitshow offered by the establishment. Bottom line, I couldn’t have gotten out of there any faster. Well i could’ve, but my shoes stuck to the floor with every step. If you can get past the uninspired tunes and the seriously pungent stench, then the library becomes a perfectly passable option for the man or woman looking to have an unassuming and utterly forgettable drink-​a-​thon.
Also, for shit’s sake the smell, fix the damn smell.

Wish you could give 0 Stars. Miserable. If you like smelling of bathtub gin and vomit… enjoy.

It’s a great bar for college kids just in a very bad location, I think it should have been put down in the plaza where the station and mad hatter are or somewhere more in that area. It is currently located on University right smack In front of the apartment complex Arden Villas (yes where people live) although the majority of the complex is college kids not everyone here is in that college stage. Basically what I’m trying to get at is its in the worst location ever with the apartment complex right behind it it’s so annoying and loud. Literally can hear the music from the bar loud and clear, literally the exact words to almost every song they play, it’s that loud. And not to mention the people screaming and partying (which is cool, I was in college one day too I would never want to stop anyone from having fun) they just need to move locations. Our building is constantly getting complaints from other buildings that were loud but it’s NOT us it’s the damn night club and all the people screaming or fighting late at night in the parking lot. I’ve never once had any problems with anyone or any of my neighbors in my building being noisy all the noise comes from library. Basically long story short they need to move locations because it’s unbearable every night to listen to the amount of noise especially when you’re trying to sleep! :(

Like watered down drinks? Like cheap alcohol? Look no further knight library is your go to destination. Want to order a drink? One second the bartenders are checking their Facebook. Want a drink faster? You are better off messaging your bartender your order on Facebook.

«Its Gucci Mane. And I’m so player. And when I grab her hair baby scream oh yeah (yeahhhh!)»
Let me tell you about my time as a B list celebrity in Orlando.
Here I was in Orlando for my sister’s roommate’s 21^st birthday party. Now, I always like going to Orlando because I like hanging out with my sister and her friends and the bars there are a lot of fun, as well as the fact that right next to the bars is Lazy Moon pizza, so I can end my night with a giant fucking piece of pizza if I so choose, but I digress.
We started the night off at Applebee’s. I had the unfortunate luck to sit at a table with a cross between a Debbie Downer and a Negative Nancy (you call that a Miserable Martha). To make the (very depressing) time fly I decided to take advantage of the 2−4−1 drinks at the Applebee’s and get a little bit saucy. At this point we left to go to the Knight Library.
As I walk to the door what do I notice, but they are playing the song Ice Cream Paint Job, the Lil Wayne version, from the No Ceilings mixtape. Now, this is very rare because it is not often that you hear mixtape songs at a bar and this also happens to be my favorite song from that mixtape, a mixtape full of great songs. I knew that this was a sign that it would be a good night…
As I enter the bar, the song «Move it Like Bernie» comes on. Of course I immediately start doing the Bernie, which I had never even heard of until earlier that evening. Lo and behold, next thing I know, I have a circle of bitches surrounding me and we are all doing the Bernie.
After this, I decide it is time to check this place out. I see some kind of shot girl giving out mixed drinks made with a new flavor of Bacardi. She’s denying all the guys so I decide to not really bother and make my way towards the dancefloor. As I walk through the crowd I am receiving compliments left and right, from guys and girls, on the most random shit, my t-​shirt, my haircut, my fresh J’s… I circle around the bar, walk past the Bacardi girl, and she grabs me and offers me a drink. Of course I oblige. About 15 min later on another lap, the second Bacardi girl offers me a drink. Now mind you no other guys are getting these so of course I am feeling very special.
A while later I decide to buy myself a drink. Now, I have a great love in life, and that is drinking coffee. I have always wanted to try Patron XO but you don’t really see it in many bars, however they had it at the Knight Library. And the bartender gave me a triple shot for some reason (not complaining). At this point my swag is just off the charts and I somehow ended up in the VIP section (just an elevated corner) with some random dudes and they’re giving me drinks. Out of the corner of my eye, I see a spanish girl on the dancefloor looking at me, so I do what anyone with so much swag on a night like this would do. I looked her straight in the eyes, walked over and grabbed her by her belt loop and started dancing with her. After about 30 min I got a text saying the birthday girl had wandered into the parking lot and it was time to go.
I can’t wait to go back to Knight Library.

If you live in the Central Florida area and are of college age. Odds are you visit this place from time to time. Big place to watch sports, club it out, or just enjoy drink specials. DJ is hit or miss, usually hit though. Treat the bar girls well and they’ll treat you well.
Friday is the best night. $ 7 to get in, all you can drink free until midnight.

I realize that I am almost 10 years removed from college. But if I was still in school and attending the University of Central Florida, I would probably consider this as one of my watering holes.
But since I am not a college student, I feel like I am that creepy guy whenever I set foot in a place like Knight’s Library. I was that old guy after visiting Knight’s Library after hitting up the NC State vs. UCF game.
Anyways back to my review. Knight’s Library is a pretty big venue. Good spot to cheer on the UCF Knights and pray that they don’t get blown out. The true appeal to this place is getting to know members of the student body (pun definitely intended). The bartenders are attractive and the drink specials are good for the college wallet.
But back to how hot the chicks are… Ha ha just kidding.
WeatherMan Predicts: If you have been striking out downtown, then hit up Knight’s Library to test the waters with the UCF co-​eds! 80−90% chance of cruising through the parking lot looking for a space.

4 stars based on what it is: a cheap college bar.
I’ve only been here twice in the early evening, but have learned:
— Tuesday after 11: $ 8 cover, free wells and drafts.
— Weekdays 7 – 9: $ 1 Coors and Miller, $ 1 burgers, basket of fries, wings (4), chicken sandwiches, and other items
— very cute waitresses, bartenders, and even customers

Got dinner and some drinks here. Not too expensive. Huge space (and we didn’t go next door to «the Dungeon» either which I guess is some kinda venue) but mostly empty when we went (Monday night). I have heard that the entire place is standing-​room only/​sardines on the weekends. Pretty cool-​lookin’ bar counter. And apparently, the 60 year old professors come here to discuss the cute girls in their classes.
Reminded me briefly of The Educated Burgher at Yale (New Haven) with all the bookshelves. Pretty cool place actually but gotta knock it down a little bit:
Plastic pitcher? Never seen that before.
Also, please serve more spinach artichoke dip with your tortilla chips.