Funny Bone Comedy Club and Cafe

The venue was your normal comedy club, inside. The venue was located in a nifty little bar district that had multiple bars and restaurants to choose from. Tickets were only $ 13 for an hour and a half show. The comedian was raunchy and hilarious. Drink prices were average.

I am giving this place 2 stars, and only because the comedians were funny. We stayed in the Sheraton on NYE with another couple and decided to head out for dinner. We stopped into the sushi place, but since it was going to be an hour wait we decided on the Funny Bone. We purchased tickets at a discounted price because the show had started just a few minutes before we arrived. We sat down and ordered our drinks, but we were shocked to hear that we would be unable to order food since «the cook had gone home sick with the flu for the night». Well, I’m sorry but it doesn’t take a «cook» to drop frozen food into a fryer– which, by the way, was the extent of the menu. Nothing but fried bar food. We never would have purchased the tickets if we had known food was not going to be served. The waitress was clearly overwhelmed and I’m pretty sure she charged the folks seated in front of us for our drinks.

I came back here after a few years and had a great experience.
First off, and most importantly — it is now NON-​SMOKING. This is huge.
From Mon-​Wed, you can get in for just $ 3 if you pre-​buy online ($ 5 at the door). On other days I believe the admission is $ 10. I came here on a Wednesday and saw a great nationally-​touring comedian (Jenny Zigrino) so it was a good deal. In addition the two local comedians who opened were both fantastic.
There is also a two-​drink-​per-​person minimum, although I don’t think they are super strict about it. You can probably get away with getting one drink and sipping it slow. Drinks are about $ 5 – 6 for wine/​cocktails. Our service was also quick and attentive.
There was a diverse group of about 50-​or-​so people when I came. The place had the feel of an intimate comedy club, the kind you would find in a city like Chicago or NYC. Great for couples or larger groups. The club is a bit tucked away and can be hard to find. It’s right behind the Trainwreck Saloon the ground floor.
It’s a bit of a drive from the city but totally worth it. For pre-​show dining I highly suggest Priyaa (great Indian restaurant) just a couple miles away.

Went there for my bf birthday and had a great time. Good comedians… nice waitress… only complaint is we were almost late to the show cuz we couldnt find it. More signage or something is needed.

Been here a few times for family birthday parties, as it’s a great place to go with a group. Tickets are very reasonable ($ 15/​pp), but there is a two drink minimum, which isn’t a problem, but just so you know there is more than just the ticket price you will need to pay. They have basic beer choices and some mixed drinks. Look up on some of the discount websites like Groupon, as there are periodic deals that help offset some of the costs, but even at full price, it makes for a fun and fairly inexpensive evening.

I had a good time when I went to this place. Great local comics. Also, be prepared for some adult language and people smoke inside but I’m sure both are expected at a Comedy club so ultimately just get be ready to laugh.

Let me first say, this place used to be awesome. My boyfriend and I were excited to go see some stand up last weekend, and even though the show started 25 minutes late it was fine. But then 10 minutes in, half of the room is 2 cigarettes deep in their pack and the place becomes a literal standing cloud of smoke. It was repulsive! By the end of the night, we had to leave early because drawing air in to laugh made us cough and choke. EVEN THE COMEDIAN COMMENTED ON HOW SMOKEY IT WAS! That’s sad. At the end our drinks were added to the strangers bill in front of us for some reason, so we had to get cash to give to them for our drinks so that we could run out to get home and throw our clothes in the wash and scrub the smoke from our hair. After bringing this up to some of our friends, they said that they don’t go anymore for the same reason. Really upsetting bc I used to love this place.

My how this place has changed over the years. First off… who knew any place allowed smoking still?! The place reeked, but that didn’t seem to impact the crowd. The night we went I can’t say that the comedians impressed me. I laughed more at the audience than I did the performers. Clearly most of them got free tickets.
This place is past due for closing it’s doors and being replaced with some other venue.

i really enjoyed seeing tommy johnagin this past weekend and the opening acts were great as well. this was my first time at the funny bone. it’s a bit hidden in westport plaza-​you can’t see it from the street. just park in the parking lot and walk past the bars (i believe one is a saloon.) then there will be a building with an escalator on your left and that’s were you can find the bunny bone. you can purchase tickets online or at the box-​office. for ‘non-​special’ events there’s a discount online-​only $ 1 per ticket! what a steal!
the interior of funny bone is larger than i expected. we were seated at a table that we shared with strangers. the waiters/​waitresses will come by to take drink orders. i didn’t find it to be smoky like other reviewers…
i can’t wait to go back!

I think Funny Bone is AWESOME Except for the wine! Dear Funny Bone PLEASE have at least one drinkable wine! Charge for the good wine, my wine snob friends refuse to go back because the red wine is horrible! A few inexpensive very good red wine choices:
Joel Gott Rodney Strong Cab or merlot Charge 8 a glass.

Dirty, nasty, cramped, and smoky. But, it is a very intimate environment, if you come to see a major star, there is a good chance you’ll get to meet them and shake their hand. Don’t eat here; the food is nasty and overpriced. Chairs are the old cafeteria style stack chairs that can be very uncomfortable to sit through a show on.

I have been here twice. The first time I saw Kevin Nealon and it was great! The room was packed that night. I really like the overall venue. It’s small and intimate. But funny bone you gotta make some improvements
They only have 2 non smoking shows a week. I would really love to go to an open mic night or on Thursdays when students only have to pay a dollar but because of my Athsma I can’t. Please funny bone make more non smoking shows!!! Secondly there needs to be a wider variety of acts. I notice a lot of the same people come back often. And most of the acts are men. Funny bone! More variety would be nice.
I love stand up comedy and this location is about a mile from my house. So it’s a shame I can’t go…

Loved everything about it except the fact that it’s in the middle of BFE.
I’m NOT saying that the people who rated this place low are idiots, but I do sometimes feel that people don’t get comedy. Yeah, your experience here will depend on the crowd, the comic, and the chemistry. If you go to a comedy club, you have to expect to be offended. Seriously. If you go to a comedy show and nothing offends you, you probably have no soul. I’m not saying something has to be offensive in order to be funny, but you will have a much more enjoyable time at a comedy show if you stay open and just expect the worst.
I expected this venue to be divey, but it wasn’t at all compared with the clubs I’m used to. Plenty of seating (which was pretty spacious), nice host, and nice waitresses. $ 10 cover, no drink minimum (best news ever), and really good crowd for a Thursday night. My only complaint is that the waitstaff obstructed the show too much. I would rather sit with an empty drink while listening to a comic than to have a waitress loudly ask me if I’m done. But they did their best, so props to them. Not an easy job.
Smoking is probably the biggest complaint people have about this place. Do I love secondhand smoke? No. But I try to cherish moments like these as much as I can now. Someday, all pleasure will be outlawed and we will long for these days.
Live comedy is like therapy. Try at least three shows/​sessions before you give up on it. Also, you gotta have a good attitude going into it. You can’t make them do all the work. You gotta, ya know, laugh and shit. You gotta TRY. Make an effort. It won’t kill you.
And it’s a comedy club. Not Prozac. Not gonna change your life or anything.
One of the best clubs I’ve been to. Can’t wait to go back.

We came here to see Greg Warren on Saturday night. It’s in a good location with a good deal of parking, but maybe we just got lucky finding a spot. There was a parking garage nearby if the lot is full.
I had general admission tickets, so we were seated a little further away, but the room is fairly small, so there aren’t bad seats — except for mine. I was right behind a support pole in the center of the room, so I was unable to see the comedians about 50% of the time.
Drink service was pretty decent considering the customer to server ratio. Overall, it was a good time. Warren was outside of the room afterwards selling signed CDs and was nice enough to pose for pictures as well. The host and supporting comedian were pretty funny as well.
My only other complaint was that I smelled like cigarette smoke when I got home. I didn’t notice anyone smoking in there, but they must have been. The seating is cramped as well. Depending on where you are, you have almost no elbow room. I’ve been to better places, but I’ve also seen worse.

The acts were funny but very raunchy and vulgar. It kind of made you cringe a bit.
It was not a smoke free environment which is a disappointment. The room is small so you pretty much have zero clean oxygen to inhale.
Its a bit cramped, actually its very cramped and you become elbow buddies with the person next to you.
It was not worth the $ 14 ticket price.

We love good comedy and good comedy venues. The comedy on this night was hit and miss, and the venue was a bit less than expected. I didn’t realize how much better KC Improv in Kansas City/​Zona Rosa was until I went to Funny Bone.
With a low ceiling, and the sound system too ‘big’ for this small venue, it wasn’t what we expected. The drinks were weak, the food was served in a styrofoam to go container, and the service was spotty. The energy was pretty low, because every time the comedian changed, there was a lull. Nephew Tommy was fine, as were his touring partners, but most comedy clubs keep the energy high from comedian to comedian. It was hard to maintain any excitement. Nephew Tommy is one of those comedians you appreciate or enjoy more if you follow his act regularly; there were a lot of ‘inside’ jokes that you didn’t get if you weren’t a big fan. That isn’t good if you are still paying a premium. Keep that in mind. There was no smoking, and we weren’t given a required purchase.

The Good: Great place to see some comedy (depending on who is there obviously)
The Bad:
I hate that they allow smoking during the show, in a small, closed up room. Also I think I was almost sitting on my neighbors lap, the seats are SOO close together. I also don’t like the fact that you HAVE to buy 2 drinks after paying for a ticket and if you have a group of people (like 8) they will NOT split up the bill so you can pay separately, so they make you spend money and then will not work with you as far as paying. Their overhead cannot be that high that they can’t afford to split a bill from time to time, especially if they are going to make you buy drinks.

The comics were funny and I had a great time. There are just a few things that could have been better.
They allow smoking so during the show, it’s SMOKY. My throat got really scratchy from it. The other problem is there is no waiting area. If you get there a half hour or more before your show, you have to wait in the lobby of West Port. There is no bar for you to sit at while you wait to be let into the show. If you ever went to the Comedy Forum in St. Peters before it closed, they had a large bar area for you the sit in while you wait for your show. This was excellent.
I really wish the Funny Bone would do that.

It’s a club, so go knowing that. Nothing special and you’re night will depend on the talent, which this night was pretty good, but I knew some of it. The place was surprisingly full for a Sunday night and the crowd loved it all. Waitress was right no most of the night and I think did a good job. No food this night so can’t report on that but I think it was pretty limited anyway, no chef in back for sure. The other side has a bar you can hang out at after wards … I would go again and I’d say try them out at least once. You can usually catch a special ticket but if not, the $ 10 ticket price (this night anyway) is worth taking a chance on some good laughs.

This seems like kind of a «duh» statement, but how much fun you have here is going to depend a lot on how good the comics are that night. Yeah… informative, I know. :P But my experiences here have run the gamut from seeing some poor bastard bombing worse than The Situation did at the Trump roast all the way to laughing my ass and maybe a couple other body parts off at the best comedy show I’ve ever seen. Most of the time they have comics that are fairly established and have had some success as comedy writers and/​or been on Leno or Letterman before.
The venue itself is just okay… there’s a good amount of seating but prepare to be squeezed in there if it’s the friday or saturday 10 pm. The price of admission is really reasonable though, and you can usually interact with the comic if you bump up to VIP seating… fun stuff! Last time I was there the comic took a young woman’s cell phone from her, called her boyfriend of 8 years, and berated him for 5 minutes about how he needed to marry her or move on. :P