This place is awesome! Love the Speakeasy for a good brew and hanging out in, the place is hugggeeee for a bar/drinking spot, they do trivia nights every Tues's around 8 pm, there is somewhat "secreat" spots in the top half of the place (it has 2 floors), huggeee outside patio for smoking, balcony.
Now one thing to consider when talking about bars... is entertainment and games... one super important things to note about the speak easy, there are NO POOL TABLES! Also... there are no dart boards for playing darts! What there is though... are shuffle board area and golfing video game machine on the top floors.
The vibe of the place is purely for talking, socializing, and lounging... it is the ultimate loungers bar in OKC. There are multiple bars in the establishment, 2 on the bottom floor, and 2 on the top
Drink selection is ample... although there are places with far more selection (I recommend Tapwerks) they have a good amount for a decent prices
If you want a nice place to chill and drink a few brews  and hang with some good friends playing bar trivia check out the 51st st speakeasy!
This place looks like a house on the outside, but the inside looks like a regular ol' bar. Tuesday trivia night is a laugh riot, but prepare to commit 2-2.5 hours of your time. I'm not very good at playing the game, but when you get a good group together, it's a load of fun! Arrive early (half our or so before game time) to secure a table.
You can park in the back of the building. Just follow the Forward Foods sign! If you're coming late at night Don't quote me, but I believe there is a parking lot across the street from the bar that you can park in with no problems. Food wise- I've visited the speakeasy a couple times and they always manage to run out of the food things I want to order. Grrr. Thumbs up for Great Divide beer! Loaded nacho/fries are pretty tasty. The burger is your average burger. Service is pretty spot on. Constantly clearing empty things off the table!
The building is rather inconspicuous, I think! It looked like a home at a glance but facing the street there is a door with "Speakeasy" bannered across it so it isn't impossible to recognize. Most of the parking is around the back where an entrance is as well, but there is also an empty lot across from it that a few people parked in when the back got too crowded. Anywaaay,
When we got there it wasn't busy at all and there were plenty of tables to choose from. Since it wasn't quite yet the busy night-shift there was one bartender that I think was serving both sides of the bar, because he kept walking back and forth. Poor guy.
I am very pleased that they carry Angry Orchard because that cider is the bomb. They also have a large selection of beer, a lot of it local and such.
As for food I ordered the fish and chips (catfish in this case) but they didn't have any catfish. Siiiigh. So I opted for the chicken strips instead. They were alright, nothing exceptional but good for the price. We also got the chips and queso with salsa appetizer and it is not something I'd recommend. The queso was Velvetta, I think and the salsa was... confusing. None of us hated it, but it wasn't great either. It had a weird mushy texture and very little flavor but something about it made us eat it all. I don't understand our motivation, and it frightens me. Then later, I ordered a calamari to split with a friend and they were out of that, too. SIIIIGH. Instead, we got the loaded fries. Another thing I wouldn't really recommend. The fries there are good, no doubt, and the bacon is good as well. I wasn't a fan of the large jalapeno and tomato pieces in it. That was weird.
Service there seemed a little haphazard. I couldn't tell who was a worker and who just liked to steal glasses and plates, haha. But it also gave a laid back feel which I can get behind. You order at the bar for drinks and food and someone will bring the food to you. Someone. It's a surprise every time. They were all friendly, though.
We were there for trivia with The Lost Ogle. Those dudes are pretty cool. One of them got a wee bit tipsy because people kept buying them shots, hah! It was really fun and entertaining though, and quite enjoyable. They were definitely heckling us, which I found amusing. Trivia night is worth a check-out.
Overall: Food is meh, but it's a bar so whatever right?
Go there to drink and hang out and trivia.
P.S. The music is super random and loud. Quality of music? Not bad. But I do hate having to strain my voice to talk.
I tend to only make it to the Speakeasy for Tuesday night trivia. The trivia is put on by the guys at the <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelostogle.com&s=d0a29cbdd7e34a9d30191ba8f00ba592991a87682b937dbe2072a8a5eda2f670" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://thelostogle.com</a>. It is all over the place and pretty funny. I highly recommend putting a team together and coming down early, if you want a table. I ate there for the first time last night. Not too shabby. The burgers looked really good. They have a pretty decent beer selection, as well. Check it out.
Review Source:It is very smokey and crowded here. It's a two story building with lots of little rooms and chairs & tables available throughout. It was like a maze going from room to room trying to find a good place to settle down. It got REALLY crowded so there was hardly any space to move about. Forget trying to watch a game, people were constantly in my space blocking the TVs. I don't know what was up with the extremely dimmed lighting but it bugged me. I felt like I was at Hollister and it was hard to read the menu in the dark.
There was a decent selection of drinks but the food menu was not expansive. I've tried a few things on the menu and thought they were good. Prices were fairly cheap too.
ID's are checked right at the door, no exception. You can start a tab but they don't keep your credit card which I appreciated. Trivia is on Tuesdays and the guys who run it are funny and very entertaining! You'd have to get there at least 30mins before trivia starts at 8pm otherwise you won't find a single chair or table available. It gets REALLY packed.
I've only been here a couple times and both experiences were drastically different. The first time I came here was to watch a friend's band play. They were on the first floor and we had a great time. The staff was great, drinks were great, couldn't complain.
The next time I came was a little bit different story. I was in a group invited to join a VIP member up to the private lounge and it was very beautiful, but the VIPs were rude, taking chairs from our table anytime someone got up but was planning on coming back and the bartender continually skipped over and ignored people in my group in favor of a group of young women. If I come back, I think I will be sticking to the first floor where the "regular" people just want to have a good time.
Other than all of that, it's a cool bar with an actual history of being a speakeasy. Parking isn't ideal on busy nights, but you can usually find something behind the bar or across the street. The patios on every level are great whether you are a smoker or looking for fresh air. Prices are pretty average for OKC. I am definitely willing to give it another go and recommend giving it a shot.
Much more relaxed and laid back bar compared to its down the street rival, Edna's. I was disappointed by the $5 cover though. Despite having a live band (which was terrible btw), i still didn't enjoy coughing up $5 just to get in. Either way, the atmosphere was nice and the outside patio is lovely. I really like the outside part. The drinks are alright, they had $3 pacifico draft, which was awesome. But the $5 cover and the lack of awesome bands killed it for me.
Review Source:I co-hosted a real estate technology event here and was impressed with the people. They made us so welcome and helped in so many ways.
They have several outdoor spaces in addition to all the indoor nooks. You can be as social or intimate as you want. They have so many interesting beers on tap--should require a number of visits to complete.
I was just thankful for a place to watch the game, after being turned away at the inn somewhere else. But as the evening went on, things started to unravel.
The sound for the game was wonky. They were playing really loud music leading up to the game (it's a bar, that's great) but they hadn't really made sure the audio for the game would work well. I'm a bit of a stickler for the pre-game, and I hated to miss all of it. They got it up and running but a buzzing sound dominated the announcers all night.
The food is some of the better pub grub out there. We split the fish and chips during the first half - catfish that is. We enjoyed the fish, which had a light batter, but the fries were really greasy and heavily battered compared to the fish, which was odd. Later in the night we split the nachos, which were very good.
Maybe it's the ancient wood floors or the smoke patina, but this bar always seems really dirty to me so eating there kind of freaks me out. Plus, every time I have been there it is so incredibly dark, last night even more so (perhaps to accomodate the projector?). We really couldn't see to eat, which is sort of a problem. Maybe some of those small library-type lights at the table, or a candle, or some LEDs somewhere, so you could at least see if that's a jalapeño or a tomato you're about to put in your mouth.
I also really hate the fact that the only non-smoking section of the bar is in that one room. Every other area in the rambling old building is Smokie Smokerton. Plus, apparently all the bathrooms are unisex? Were no chicks consulted in the construction and execution of this facility? You know what else is gross? Black toilets. It's like an abyss, so you can't tell if the seat is wet or dry, clean or dirty. Perhaps even a dude can imagine that it is scary for a chick to have to decide if she should a) flush once just to be sure or b) have faith that that toilet bowl is empty. This inner struggle between conservationist and self-preservation is a buzz-kill, and the beer required to get back on track is, ironically, a vicious circle.
If it weren't for very good bar food and a $3 Pacifico special, I fear this might have been a 2 star experience for me, which is rare. Now, I consider screening the NBA Finals to be a big undertaking and big deal (and also rare) so I did not factor this into my star rating but I need to point it out. Begin Finals-centric rant:
I know this isn't their fault but oi vey, with five minutes left to play, they lost communication with the satellite and we LOST THE FEED FOR THE GAME. Not sure why, since it was on ABC, and all the little TVs around still had the game. We were able to watch the last few minutes at one of the smaller TVs, but oh my. Wouldn't regular cable (since you clearly have it) be a better choice?
Maybe I'm just too into the basketball to go out for the games. At least the Finals. I possibly need a controlled environment. And possibly a controlled substance.
This is a review of their food. It's amazing. You will not find better cheese fries anywhere! Fresh Jalapenos. Nom! I also really dig the Brisket tacos. They are tasty and not heavy. The slaw is light on the mayo and has a great crunch. It's a shame more people don't know about their awesome food.
Review Source:This place has the best (and only?) pub quiz in OKC, which was the only reason I ever came here. The quiz is pretty good, and hosted by the 2 funny bloggers, but the review here is of the pub itself. It's a manageable place overall; not particularly cozy or well-located but decent enough. I would actually give the food 4 stars here; almost everything I ate here was pretty good for pub grub. The quesadillas are particularly good. Beer selection is OK, too; although they'd make you wait sometimes if it's busy. Service is a hit or miss; there are your typical hipster bartender dudes with an attitude like they do you a favour by serving you, but the girls working the bar tend to be a little bit more helpful. This is not a place I would bring a date, but for a group after-work outing it's not bad.
So that's how I would describe the Speakeasy overall: not too bad.
This place embodies the hipster movement in OKC. It looks like it is built in an old house and has a cool upstairs bar. We went on a Saturday and there was a live band, though it was unnecessarily loud. Fortunately, you can always retreat upstairs! The whole place is very stylized, and even the clientele looked artsy and cooler than me, so I drank PBR out of a can to look more in place.
They had a decent amount of beer on tap downstairs, and I especially love that they have Boulevard since it is scarce down here in Dallas. Sadly, there was $5 cover the night we went, but perhaps that was because of the band.
I always think I want to go here until I actually do because I forget how expensive the beer is. Â I really enjoy the patio, though, and they do different things at night like comedy and trivia. The building is also pretty cool. You will mostly find people in their 20s here and I would like to add that I feel as though I'm at a frat party when I go here, which greatly decreases my rating.
Review Source:Started out as just a small shotgun bar, but grew into a fairly large place. 2 stories, indoor and outdoor seating, and indoor smoking both upstairs and down.
There are 3 seperate bars in this place and if you start a tab at the main room bar you can actually get drinks and close your tab at any other bar, very accessible on that point.
There's usually a cover on the weekends and it gets fairly busy so if you want a table, go early. They have a nice import beer selection as well as a nice alcohol selection.
The food is pretty good and comes in large portions, get ready for left overs.
All in all a busy weekend bar, an nice chill spot on the weekdays and a great friendly bar staff, great place to blow off steam after a good days work.
Fun little place to hang out with an above average beer selection. Â Very unique decor, the smoking section is VERY smoky though, so you've been warned. Â Patio is pretty great too.
Within walking distance of the "Barmuda Triangle" of: Edna's, Sidecar, and HiLo Bar (all great places, although HiLo can be a hit or miss). Â Make sure you have a DD if you plan on mounting this treacherous expedition.
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