This place is either great or horrible. Â the time before, I couldn't even find a waiter and the food was terrible. Â this time, my server was Beth, and she was a rockstar ... made sure the food was nice. Â however a dollar burger was a deal until you tack on $10 for a margarita. Â is something wrong with this picture? You take your chances with this place.
Review Source:I've been a repeat customer to Bar Louie with some friends because we've always been taken care of by our waiter. Since we've visited several times, I think he understands our preferences for drinks and food. He's happy to take care of our orders, and he always  delivers them exactly the way we ordered it and is very proactive with being an efficient waiter. If I order food, I usually order  hummus with pita and one or two drinks to accompany it. I would definitely visit again if my friends and I decide to have a nice evening out. It has a nice (but loud) atmosphere for a casual night.
Review Source:Even though the drinks are a little pricey the food is great. I have been a couple times now and had pretty good service each time. Went on a dollar burger night and had a great time. In my opinion this place is better to go for dinner and drinks rather then an evening out at the bar. Drinks are too expensive to that.
Review Source:This place is alright by me. Â If you're going on a weekend evening, I would get there early for a table or make a reservation. Â They have a hide-away area where I'm pretty sure they sit the "undesirables". Â I know because we were put there once and apologize to because there weren't any tables left in the main area with all the cool people. Â The boneless wings here are really good and you get a lot of them for a moderate price.
Review Source:I personally have never had a bad experience anytime I've been to Bar Louie. Yes, the prices are higher then you would pay at other places but for the quality of food it's worth it. The last time I was here was in late July on a Saturday evening with a group of about 20. The host never made reservation but Bar Louie did a fantastic job of making sure they were attentive to our group even though we were unexpected and they had another party of 20. We took up the patio, which is a great place to get a drink and some appetizer all while being able to people watch.
If you go on a Friday/Saturday evening expect a wait because this is the Greene and it's were most people in the Beavercreek/Fairborn area go for nights out especially young adults.
I live within walking distance of Bar Louie and have been there several time, only out of convenience. The food is decent and they have a fairly large beer selection, however the service is always horrible. Drinks are overpriced and nearly impossible to get. On weekend nights, the place is usually packed. They never have enough bartenders or waitresses working. You have to fight your way through the crowd and wait forever in hopes of getting a bartender's attention to give you a beer. It's almost not worth the hassle of pushing your way through the crowd to wait in line for a beer. You would think that a business wouldn't make it so difficult to purchase their products.This place needs more bartenders or beer tubs. It is a shame that this bar is so poorly managed. They are letting an excellent location go to waste.
Review Source:First and probably last time at Bar Louie. We wanted to pop in for a quick bite and drink before the night. We finally left 2 and a half hours later. Food was ok. Drinks were weaaaak! Service terrible. Watching six waitresses and waiters hang out and play on their phones while we waited for one guy to handle five tables in between his social time, sucked. Had to ask for a check 3 times. Appetizer was really good not good enough to endure that staff though. Two drinks two sandwiches and an app shouldn't be sixty bucks. Save your money, there are plenty of better places to eat drink and hang out at the Greene.
Review Source:It was my buddy's birthday and we were going to see the new Batman movie at a matinee, so we stopped in for a quick birthday shot. Â Over $20 for two Irish Car Bombs. Â Ridiculous. Â That may have not been so bad if the bartender didn't measure EXACTLY a 1/2 oz of each liquor (1 oz total of Jameson and Bailey's combined). Â I've paid high prices for shots at other establishments before, but the bartenders were liberal with the alcohol and made it worth the price. Â Not the case at Bar Louie. Â Another reviewer from New York mentioned that we shouldn't complain about the prices here b/c it's like that everywhere in NYC. Â This is OHIO. Â If I want the NYC price I want NYC to go with it, not Beavercreek. Â Another reviewer mentioned that if you can't afford it, go somewhere else. Â That sounds to me like someone who didn't have to earn their money. Â I will absolutely pay for quality, and enjoy doing so, but spending my hard-earned money frivolously on exiguous amounts of alcohol is just foolish.
That is just a narrative on the ridiculous prices. Â But I've been to Bar Louie a handful of times and the whole atmosphere is a joke. Â On weekend nights it is a meat market. Â If that's your thing, you better dress to the T and find and expensive looking watch. Â The crowd here seems superficial, with no imagination to go anywhere else in Dayton. Â So they dress up and pile in to the only "decent" bar they know. Â It's trendy in a generic sense, pandering to the senses of people who you would expect to buy only brand name clothing and shop only at the fancy Kroger. Â You know those people who dress up, put on make-up, and don't break a sweat at the gym? Â This is where they hang out. Â The only redeeming qualities that Bar Louie has are that the food is ok (but over priced), and if you just want to look at pretty people, they're here (imagine visiting an art gallery: don't touch, just look).
I would return here only if I had a date that demanded it (and it would be the LAST date with that individual), or if every other bar in Dayton ran out of alcohol.
Bar Louie....
What's there to say. Â Great atmosphere, sucky staff. Â
Similar to other's comments, I've waited over 40 mins to get a shrimp Po' Boy on a typical Friday night (C'mon grill up the shrimp and stick it on the bun - I'm not too hard to impress). Â
Additionally, trying to get drinks at the bar is a pain. Â The bartenders and the main clientele of the bar seem to be douchey college kids. Â Can't say I've ever felt my patronage was welcomed and wanted by the people working there.
Bar Louie has a great atmosphere, but the food and service is below average. Â I ordered a sandwich and asked for a side salad instead of the fries. Â The size of the salad was pitiful. It was in a small oval bowl with a volume similar to a coffee cup. Â Â I seriously ate the salad in 3 bites. Â My sandwich actually had more lettuce. Â The beer prices are also unreal. Â The beers were $6.75 each. Â I just got back from NYC Times Square, and it was cheaper there.
Review Source:This dining experience left me speechless. I would not recommend Bar Louie and I will not return. On 6/2 my wife and I were at the Greene and decided to find a place for dinner; it was about 5:30 so most places were filling up pretty quickly. We decided to see if we could get into Bar Louie. The place was fairly empty and we were seated right away.
We ordered drinks but I was brought the wrong beer. I told the server it was fine, no sense in wasting a good beer; of course since what she brought was more expensive than what I ordered, I was still charged the higher price. We ordered our dinner and an appetizer. After about 25 minutes the server came by and said our dinner would be out in just a couple of minutes. I asked her about the appetizer and her response was "what appetizer...oh I forgot to put that in" and walked away. Our meals came but were not quite right; I ordered a fried shrimp po'boy and got a grilled shrimp po'boy. My wife ordered the Turkey, Ham, and Brie sandwich; she asked them to make it all turkey because she doesn't eat pork. Her sandwich did come only with turkey, just one thin slice. So instead of substituting the ham with turkey, they just removed the ham. Â The food was decent, just would have been nice if it was what we ordered. Â
A lady had walked over to our table, another customer, and asked if we had waited along time for our service. She said they had been sitting for over 15 minutes and had yet to be waited on. My wife explained our ordeal and suggested they may want to find somewhere else to eat; they left. Through all the missteps, what made us mad more than anything, was that the manager never once visited our table.
When we got our bill, they tried to charge my wife for a more expensive glass of wine than what she ordered. Â We now understand why Bar Louie was empty. Â I would stay away from Bar Louie if all possible.
Went to BL tonight 4/6 around 8p before a movie to have a beer, it was 60 degrees, there were no clouds in the sky and the sun was facing the patio and they told us "it was too cold to sit on the patio"
I wanted to say, you mean its too cold for you to walk outside for 50 seconds and give us our beer? Figuring this was for the customer to decide and kind of annoyed, I went next door and had a beer on the patio and had a great time.
Won't be going back.
BTW: you know that's a normal temperature in a place like San Francisco right? It was sunny and there was no cloud in the sky, seriously. You just lost some good paying customers.
Being from the NJ/NY (notice NJ was first) area, I am used to high priced alcohol but for Dayton/Beavercreek I was a little taken aback. Mind you, we went a couple of times here (as if the first time around wasn't enough to be like, stay away) and never ordered food so this review is simply for drinks, service and atmosphere.
Drinks: Tall beers (not sure if they had more than 1 size) of Sam spring were only $5.50 so I guess I say "only" since I am immune to it. A couple of others had mixed drinks and I really wasn't surprised by the cost...but for the area I am sure it's a little high.
Service: Bartenders were hit or miss. Sometimes they asked you need anything often and sometimes they disappeared. The place wasn't busy either night we went and it was the same bartenders. In regards to personality they really had none. All business. I guess when you deal with a young crowd you kind of tune people out.
Atmosphere: Large bar in the middle of the place. Plenty of seats and the place, as mentioned before, is a college-esqe crowd. It was interesting people watching though.
Food: didn't have any but we did view the menu. Nothing really stood out.
It's your run of the mill, chain bar/restaurant...
I wish I could sit outside in a beach chair sippin beverages and warn everyone about this place, but I will just do it here instead.
If you're over 25, your too old for this place. They use very loud music to scare the old folks out - really. I had a very ordinary martini, and noticed the glass was cracked. (BTW - we paid when the drinks were delivered). Waited forever for someone to check back and see if everything was OK, but that didn't happend. So I went in search of help.
The waitress was busy trying to get it on with a guy that looked like Robert Patterson, and he looked happier than a tornado in a trailer park. I showed her my glass. She nodded and took it away, not evey offering to replace it - and it was mostly full. That's OK, I was leaving anyway.
There's too many other good places to drink at the Greene, and other places actually have edible food. Not bar crap. I would give a zero rating if I could. Besides, they don't even play "Louie, Louie" the greatest song of all time!
Much of my disdane with this restaurant lies in the fact that the service is horrible. This is really just a glamorized sports bar, with the typical snotty 19-year-olds who really don't care about your dining experience or the fact that your food isn't quite edible. I've remember enjoying the fish tacos on my first visit but I wished hadn't ordered them on my second visit. Â
You will enjoy Bar Louie if you:
-appreciate waiting an hour for a burnt $1 burger on Tuesdays
-Like servers who doesn't actually look at you while rattling off the 'specials' of the day, let alone smile
-Are a bar-hopping bride-to-be with a t-shirt that says 'suck for a buck'
-Are the guy who will gladly obey the instructions on the bride-to-be's t-shirt
Tonight I had to go to the Greene to return a pair of pants I bought online. Â This is not by any means a regular visit, although it was a nice night so walking around outside and checking out the eyesore that is the Greene was not as repulsive as it usually is.
We were both hungry but weren't feeling like cooking, but we also didn't want to drop $100 on dinner someplace swanky, so we decided to stop by B.L. after checking out the menu and deciding that this bar food had enough potential to try. Â First warning sign: Â seat yourself, no hostess available. Â Translation: Â you may or may not actually be seen coming in and sitting down since it's hardly light enough to see what you're eating. Â Second warning sign: Â it takes 10 or so minutes for anyone to notice we're there, my wife orders a drink and I hesitate for a moment, and the server is gone. Â I flag her down on the way back to get a beer - I got a draft Stella and she got a fairly decent Mojito. Â We get our drinks quickly enough, but then our server disappears. Â She never asks if we'd like anything to eat, and scoots by several times without so much as a glance. Â Third warning sign: Â the treacherous mix of old, college, and other douchebag types literally screaming at the Eagles/Cowboys game on TV (I didn't realize this was a sports bar - one or two of these guys probably had their facepaint in the car). Â We finally get to order, and the food comes out.
She orders nachos with blackened fish instead of the chicken, and I order the fish tacos (cabbage, fish, chipotle mayo, guac, mango salsa, beans and rice). Â Her nachos are ok, my tacos are ok, but everything is just barely hot. Â The tacos are supposed to have cabbage, but have what I can only describe as Burger King shredded iceberg on top - the mayo was fine. Â The rice has a noticeable crust (which I can't stand - crunchy rice is not my cup o tea), and when I try the salsa - hmmm....mango salsa with raw fish juice perhaps? Â Seriously, I could smell it sitting in front of me - it was as if they poured the juice from thawing fish into the salsa, and then cooked it (the fish that is - pretty much repulsive). Â I eat around the salsa, we let the server know about the salsa once she comes back like a million years later, and after too long and $40 bucks we're out the door - never to return. Â Unless that is I have to get a lawyer after getting a serious case of food poisoning from the fish mango salsa and they have to be served - but that remains to be seen. Â They earn a second star for the decent mojito - which is uncommon.
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