Bar 802

Walked into this bar the other night and was happy to see Maine Lunch IPA on the their list of beers soon to be on tap. The bartender then proceeded to tell us that they had Lunch in house and ready to go but just needed to kick another IPA keg (Six Point Resin) to get there. Sounds great right? Wrong!!!
Stop by the next day and there’s no Resin on tap and it’s been replaced by Maine Peeper (ok but nowhere near Lunch). Ask a different bartender why Lunch was not on tap and he tells me they never had it in the first place and are lucky when they get one.
Bottom line: this place uses the false promise of a great beer to get you into their place to drink other, less deserving beers. Not cool!!!

I loved Bar 802! I went to Stratton for a long weekend and stopped by this place at least 3 times. Although Bar 802 doesn’t have much competition in that small ski village, I would’ve chose this place over any other bar regardless!
The staff was very welcoming and engaging. The bartenders talked to us just enough. You know, where it’s nice to have conversations but not overwhelming where you’re like can you not? The place itself isn’t exactly huge, but there’s plenty of seating available. It’s cozy and just gives you a great feeling like «I love being in the mountains.»
The beer selection was solid and the prices were reasonable. The food items on the menu were surprising. They offered some typical bar foods, but also items you wouldn’t expect like Korean short ribs. The food was priced definitely on the higher side, but everything we ordered tasted great.
Each time we went, the place wasn’t too crowded so we never had a issue with slow service, no seats, or taken bathrooms. So, I can’t comment on how it’s like when the place is swarming with people.
Definitely a fan though! Will be sure to come back the next time I head up to Stratton.

Great hangout spot. The prices were a little steep until I noticed they had a burger and beer special ($ 8 burger + $ 4 beer), nice atmosphere, comfy seats, good beer selection. Only downside is that our waitress seemed a bit distracted so we were slow to get our second (and third) rounds, but overall a good hang at Stratton.

A very casual bar at Stratton which had 3 large TV screens with sports playing. Great set up and they had a good selection of draft beers, a few I had never tried before. Drafts are $ 6 – 8. There is also a pizza store next door that connects where you can buy slices and eat at the bar.

A super fun atmosphere and great bar eats! Definitely plan to make a stop here when visiting the area whether it’s a place for lunch or a late night drink and snack!

I REALLY wanted to like it here because the atmosphere is great and the bartender really personable. The drinks were fine, although my friend wasn’t feeling the first drink she ordered, but her martini was very good. WHY on earth would you have such a crappy menu with even worse execution and service when you are such a great looking bar? Is it because you don’t care about summer guests due to the fact you’re a ski destination? Problem 1, only one or two healthy sounding options and they were unavailable the evening we went. Ok, I can go with the flow, decided to split some buffalo wings with my friend. …ummm…completely gross, overcooked and over sauced and inedible. The claim to fame is their «tots» — well, they were frozen, just like at a school cafeteria but they added some bagged shredded cheese and microwave bacon-​no thanks. The slice of pizza my friend ordered was wet and soggy and also inedible. The service was… weird…not one particular server for our table and our order was given to the people that were seated after us… then when our food DID arrive it was mostly cold as it had to sit and wait for the error of giving our food to the wrong table. I say all of this with peace and love because you have SUCH potential to be a really great destination. please, I beg of you, get your shit together with a good menu and then do it well.

Good bar until the «manager» came over and gave the girl next to us a hard time because she didn’t tip the bartenders enough. So snooty guests AND snooty service.

AMAZING. So happy this place opened at Stratton, the wood paneling and tin ceilings are awesome! Just had a Ginger Libation on tap this weekend from ART COOP that was equally great. The bar serves a small menu (very tasty too) but the whole place also adjoins to a pizza place which allows you to go back and forth with drinks… plus the pizza shop allows kids. Thanks Brian and everyone for all the good service, we can’t wait to come back!

Nice little bar in Stratton Village.
About 20 seats at the bar, two tables, 3 couches and one booth.
It’s connected to a pizza joint which is conveniant.
One bathroom.
It’s hit or miss for crowds. Went Thursday night and it was dead, went again Friday and it was so crowded.
Beer ranges $ 5 – 8