The Room Bar

This place is super clean and friendly, drinks are always strong and served by friendly staff. The DJ takes requests and gets to them in a timely manner. They have occasional drag shows, which are a ton of fun. They have 2 pool tables, an open area to dance in, and lounge style furniture to sit and chat. Very nice place!

The atmosphere of this bar was foggy and thick. It was hard to breath with the thick layer of cigarette smoke and the drunken atmosphere. The clientele was decent, it matched the bar. As well as the bartenders, who were drunk just like the smokers in the bar. As far as gay bars goes it was the 80s stereo type; flamboyant and loud. As a gay couple I would NOT recommend this bar to anyone. Unless you want to leave smelling like an ashtray and a drunken slob.

So we looked it up on Unilocal.Over all atmosphere was good. Quite a bit of cig smoke. But had a seat at the bar and ordered. But my friend ordered at Apple Martini. Bartender made a big show of making sure he liked it by standing there while he tasted it both times. What we did not know was this show was because they were $ 12 each (which we found out when the bill arrived they rang it up as 6 drinks total 4-​$ 6 charges for the apples and then 2-​$ 4 charges for mine). She said it was because there was two shots of absolute in them. That’s is extremely steep for a drink. We live in a tourist town and drinks this expensive come with a souvenir glass. We were clearly not in a tourist town. Then when we questioned her about it she let him know she made sure he liked it before. What??? So we wrote it off and paid the bill. He paid by cc and wrote 0 in the tip space (we never tip on ccs because we know the barmaid does not always get all of it). She saw the 0 tip line and added a bitchy thank you as she walked away. We paid our tip in cash. At some point in this convo around the second drink she said that someone gave them a bad Unilocal review about the quality of the drink. The drink was good. It was just the way they overcharged in a super sneaky manner so that got them the bad review. So here is another one to add to the listing.

I’m so disappointed. I called earlier to ask what time bingo starts. I was told it starts at 9 and was quoted a price and told what type of cards are used. We showed up to find there is no bingo anymore. We decided to stay for a drink anyway. $ 27 for two of the worst cosmos we’ve ever had. Couldn’t even finish them. Shocked to learn what we were charged. Sad face.

I was told about this place by a friend and decided to check it. My partner and I just happened to go on a night that they were having a Drag Show. One word = FABULOUS! The Drag Queens were stunning! My absolute favorite was Tatiana.
The setting is very laid back and comfortable. I would steal their sofas if I could. Great choice in furniture! The drinks are spectacular and the bartenders are even better. I have been to a few Bars/​Lounges and was horrified by the bartending/​serving staff but The Room Bar has an amazing staff! I absolutely love this place and would recommend everyone to check it out at least once!

This is a wonderful place to go for shows or just to go have a quiet drink in the afternoon. Its my home away from home. Great group of people work there. Go and check out the bartender Natalie she is awesome.

Okay. Decent seating throughout this strip-​shop located bar. Dj in the corner on a Wednesday night playing pretty good music most of the night.
Awesome friendly bartender that replaced my drink when she gave me a whiskey sour on accident instead of a whiskey coke.
The bathrooms themselves are clean and there’s rubbers stocked for the taking if you need them.
Also a random mustached stuffed banana lurking at all times.
The only thing that ruined this place for me is all the goddamn smoke! There’s only one working smoke zapper for the whole bar, and I’m saying this as a social smoker, it’s just disgusting.
I smelled like an ashtray til I got in the shower, both my friend and I had to leave to put drops in our eyes because they were stinging, and he, a non smoker, had to leave at one point to just breathe clean air for a while because he was starting to have trouble.
All in all it would be great, but I won’t be going back unless the ventilation in there makes a change.

Disappointing, smoke filled room. So sad that this is the only place the LGBT community has in the area.

They gave me a free shot. Delicious. No cover. Check it out!

I went here for the first time the other night and I was quite impressed. Everyone was very friendly, we even got a free shot for it being our first time there! Living in Houston I am used to the bars there and this was a great change of pace, I like it much better than the other North Side gay bar. Only Negative is inside smoking :(