The Tavernacle Social Club

I love dueling pianos, and they were great! Played a variety of music, keeping it fun the entire night. I recommend.

SLC’s love for piano bars! I am still trying to figure it out but definitely a lot of fun. Great place to sing along and watch people make fools out of themselves. Similar to Keys on Main, this place has a cover as well and gets very crowded on Saturday nights past 10pm. I would certainly recommend if you have never been.

Some girlfriends and I recently went here for a girls night out, and we had a blast. There was a $ 5 cover, but in comparison with $ 10-​$ 15 covers at other bars, I didn’t think this was to bad. The drinks are reasonably priced, but aren’t anything too special. The pianists there that Friday night were hilarious and vary talented, the crowd was rowdy and also hilarious, and we had an all around good time.
My only complaint was our waitress. She wasn’t very friendly, didn’t know the drink menu very well, and kind of treated us like we were an annoyance, which I found kind of rude.
Other than that, it is a super fun place to enjoy a drink out with friends.

I was in Salt Lake City on business and was looking for something to do in the evening. So I came in for the karaōke. The place was pretty cool and had a decently good atmosphere. There were plenty of talented folks there for karaōke as well. (As well as some hilariously bad ones.) The only downside was the karaōke host was slightly irritating. He queued the wrong songs and then tried to somehow make it my fault. The place got more and more crowded as the night went on until people were literally crowding the bar. So I slipped out…

I came here for a Paint Nite class where there is easels set up all over the place and a teacher instructs 30 people how to paint some tree or starry evening sky. So obviously this isn’t the experience that most people have when they come here, however, I can say the place is clean, and the staff is very kind. I however did come here a long time ago for the actual piano bar experience, and it was packed and raucous. People were having a great time. It was very loud though, but for people looking for a very active evening, this is a chill spot in a chill location where even if you don’t like your situation, your a 5 minute walk from 12 other hopping locations, plus public transit that can take your drunk self home so you don’t have to convince yourself that you’re totally safe to drive the chick that you just met at the bar back home to your mother’s house.

This place always seems to have an old western saloon feel to me. The crowd is loud and rowdy. The drinks are cheap. The servers are older. It’s not fancy by any means. The pianists are risqué. No cover like at many piano bars. This is just a fun place to go if you want a scene that isn’t high-​end like Sky, but not hipster like Beer Bar. Nothing sexy about The Tavernacle, but also not a dump. Just a fun place to go. Definitely not a place id go too early in a relationship-​as this is certainly not everyone’s cup of tea, but a fun place to go when you want a casual environment.

On their website for new years a no cover night was advertised. Instead when my party showed up we were charged a $ 10/​person cover. Most of the available tables were reserved. Pretty shotty to advertise on the website no cover then to charge $ 10 a person.

Great spot for a drink and some entertainment! Karaōke, dueling pianos, and a super fun staff makes this place amazing!

Most fun place in the slc! Great bar bartenders. Great service. Great piano shows. Great karaōke.

We found this place on our trip to Salt Lake & it was great. Such a fun piano bar– such talented pianists. Our waitress was awesome and the drinks were well priced. Definitely will be back the next time we’re in town.

Fun. Checkin coupon doesn’t work. But the pianists are a blast. And tonight they had a Halloween contest.

One of my favorite past times is watching people do bad karaōke. Now, I’m not one to talk; I’ve only ever participated once and it was with a very drunken rendition of «Sunshine on my Shoulders» by John Denver, so I’m sure that was a treat to watch. That said, this is a fun, fun place to people watch. The drinks are cheap and the bartenders are always in a great mood. Definitely a place I can see myself hang out a few times a month.

LOVE the Tav. It’s always a great time, the staff is friendly, and it’s less pretentious than that other piano bar with a crowd that’s more fun and less expensive drinks.

Fun place to sing karaōke in Salt Lake City. The crowd is colorful and best to reserve judgement when you visit this place. LGBT hangout some nights of the week. The staff and audience really likes
singing and listening to karaōke performances!
Great sound system and fun stage for performing your favorite song!
Enjoy and have fun.
This place is only for serious karaōke singers with great stage presence and great pipes! Bring your «A» game to the stage or you might feel intimidated.
There’s karaōke bars where anyone who desires to sing, regardless of talent, sings songs. Not so at this establishment on the times I have visited and sang here. Serious singing and serious wanna be singers.

The Tavernacle is wonderful! I love how it’s not as busy as some of the other bars I have been to. It’s very chill and the piano players are fantastic! They involve the crowd a lot and get everyone feeling comfortable and laughing. The mixed drinks are delicious as well. I had a wonderful time and definitely want to go back!

Cover is $ 5, dollar off with Unilocal check in! Fun place, but not as fun as other piano bars I’ve been to. You get to watch all the drunks go crazy for songs. Some songs weren’t cutting it… and the energy started to die. They need to switch songs when they see that happening!
Good drink menu, ordered a Moscow mule and our server brought it out in regular glasses… But everyone around us had the copper mugs. I really hate when my mules aren’t in the mugs! She was nice enough to search for some for us and came back with 2, but when we poured our drinks in it barely filled half the copper mug up, so I’m pretty sure we only got half of a drink for the full price. Lame.

For a random night out in SLC. I thought it was cool, but you can tell we disrupted the flow of the regulars that attend in preparation for American Idol auditions.
We arrive and it’s karaōke night. ugh oh! We walk in, get carded by a man that is security but masquerades as a singer throughout the night of sorts. He was pretty darn good and it was great hearing him singing his heart out. I’m like cool place where everyone gets involved.
The music selection was great and I loved how the equipment was current. You knew where you were in the line at all times. Additionally, they’d call your name twice and if you didn’t appear «On to the next». which one can appreciate when you are #15 on the list.
I won’t really review this place from a drinking perspective. I didn’t have anything, but quite a few people commented on the drinks not being the greatest or having to get doubles. I think that’s mostly the nature of the state.

This is a cute dualing piano bar in downtown Salt Lake City. We recently visited this establishment after getting a groupon for 4 peoples cover charge. They start the performance at 9P, so we arrived early (about 30 to 45 min) to make sure we got a table. However, that wasn’t really necessary as it appeared to be able to get a table at any time. Groups would come and go through the evening.
It was a fun time — the waitress was absolutely excellent — attentive and friendly. The piano players were very talented and knew lots and lots of songs. They energized and engaged the crowd making a fun time for all.
Prior to going to this place I read through the reviews on my Unilocal app — and noticed a few complaining about (1) the cover charge, (2) same old songs, and (3) having to pay for a song request. The way that I look at is is — you don’t have to request a song, however there is entertainment and a small cover charge isn’t bad for what you get. the piano players are working really hard. The song request fee is how they get paid… so duh! And for the same old songs — they play requests. All of the songs were all time favorites and we heard some pretty recent stuff also.
So overall we will be back one of the trips we make to SLC. Fun place for an evening!

A good place for a drunken birthday party. At first I was skeptical if a good time could be had at a piano bar… But can and it did.
The staff, patrons and the whole atmosphere was friendly. The dueling pianos is a must if you go here so plan accordingly.
I’m going with 3.5 stars for now but I’ll have to revisit and update my review when I’m not completely useless and can pay more attention.

I know what you are thinking, «how could you give this place one star!!!» First off, the hubby and I spent our most recent weekend at the Tavernacle for a friend’s bday and we had to pay a $ 5 cover. Sorry piano man but this place has the same tired old song list from 10 years ago. I can attest to this fact because the last time I went to the Tavernacle was about 7 years ago. If you want to charge a cover, you’ve got to step up your game and play something other than Jimmy Buffet’s Piano Man Tony Danza Pours Some Sugar on My Friends in Low Places.
Second, this place has a crowd that would rival any terrible bar in Orange County. Why am I mentioning the OC? Have you ever watched RHOC or been to the OC? Think lots of tipsy blonds (with lots of t*ts) hanging all over their BFs who are dressed in their best Ed Hardy t-​shirts, fancy jeans, and cowboy boots. If this is you, you’ll love this place. But if you dislike the OC with its sparkly tank tops and cowboy inspired men, you may want to slink into a dark dive bar and spend your money on the juke box instead of spending your evening at SLC’s most infamous piano bar.
Third, the piano players like to add the word «balls» to many of the songs they play. One minute you are singing and happily clapping along and the next minute the whole room takes a sharp turn down a dark hole when you realize you just repeated a lyric having to do with the piano player’s genitals. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a prude. I just got tired of this joke after about the fifth time hearing it.
Fourth, $ 6 cocktails. I’m not talking $ 6 cosmos or whatever sugar inspired fruit laden berry tini nightmare 22 year girls drink. I’m talking $ 6 tonic plus well liquor. This isn’t the big city, this is SLC. The one big advantage to bar going in this town is dirt cheap drinks and the Tavernacle charges like we have a population of more than 200,000.
All that being said, when I was 22 and single I actually really enjoyed the Tavernacle. Now I’m old and hateful and refuse to wear heals on the weekend this just isn’t my place. So depending on the stage in your life, this may or may not be the bar for you.