A typical college bar, Brother's is an okay place to hang out on the patio and have a drink if you can come at an off time, or when college kids have mostly left, otherwise forget about this place. The place is packed beyond belief from Thursday until Saturday and you'll have trouble even making it to the bar for a drink. Once you get that drink, you may or may not get what you ordered and chances are you'll pay too much for a bad drink made with bottom of the barrel booze. The only exception to this is Mug Night (Thursday), when you pay $5 for a mug that gets refills for a dollar (even on future visits). Overall this place is way too crowded to be very fun and attracts a lot of underage people, so if you look young, don't be surprised if the police (who make regular visits to the place every night) stop you and ask for ID. Even when I went there over 21, it still put me off a little to be eyed suspiciously and approached by police looking to catch me doing something wrong.
Review Source:This is one of the busiest bar in Iowa City. Â This is the only bar that's always packed with people when other bars are dead after the 21 rule.
There's a nice outdoor patio seating area that overlooks the pedmall. Â During game days the TVs are setup on the patio.
For specials, wing night on Wednesday is an amazing deal, the wings are 15 cents each. They are delicious. Â Wings here are meaty and tender, there's a couple of different sauces you can choose from but i love the original buffalo sauce here. Â There's usually a long line for the wings on Wednesday, so grab a drink and enjoy your buzz while you wait.
Thursday mug night is a must if you are in Iowa City. Â $5 for the mug (one time purchase) and it's $1 a drink thereafter. Â You can bring the mug back every Thursday and only pay $1 for the drink/refill. Â It gets crazy here on Thursday nights. Â Always a blast.
Brothers Bar is a corporate chain, they adhere to higher standards and are more structured than shady locally owned bars. Â Â Brothers bar is def worth the visit when you are downtown Iowa City.
Vomit is the word that comes to mind when I think of Brothers. People grinding and making out everywhere make it miserable for the people who choose to not act like 18 year olds. I still go to this place when I head back to my old college town because there's hardly ever a line (big shock) and my friends enjoy that aspect. However, after this weekend, I will NEVER be back.
A group of us were in town for a wedding and we went to Brothers after the reception was over at the Sheraton. My boyfriend opened a tab and when we went to close it out at the bar they couldn't find his license and debit card that they had taken. Seriously? Yes. We asked a girl in a bar with white shorts up to her behind to find it and she went and looked, never reported back, and began serving drinks to others. I was dumbfounded. Then I asked a tall guy with dark hair behind the bar for help. He looked and came back saying they didn't have it. Apparently this is standard practice for them since they were both not phased by this. I told him he had better find the ID or give me money to replace the ID and the debit card. I also said I'd call the police since they essentially stole it. He put his hands up and shrugged his shoulders, of course I asked for a manager and to my dismay-HE WAS THE MANAGER!!!!
Finally, we tracked down our cocktail server who was very nice about it found it in 3 minutes, she had accidentally put it under another letter in their folder. No one else thought to check that?! Seriously insane. I'm writing a letter to the Iowa City Government about this as well as I have never had someone act so carelessly about an ID and Debit Card gone missing. This manager needs to be FIRED...he looked like he was around 25 years old so he probably hates his life since he is stuck in a college town :) We will never be back and I will see to it that this place has repercussions.
One thing stood out from this place and that is...the dance floor looks like a boxing ring without the bright lights.
I see how this place can be liked if you are hyped up to party like a rockstar and are feeling so fly like a G6 (Gulfstream jet that flys at speeds of .90 Â and want to do it right gettin slizzard.
But man by 1:00am I couldn't take all the Bumpin and Grinding going on. especially because the Bumper and the Grinder looked like he was a 80 year old out of the American Me movie. Â SO Gangsta!
Really nice big bar&grill. Â I went for 10 cent wings, dollar miller high life bottles and miller lite cups. Â They have 2 pool tables, outdoor area, dance floor and good size bar. Â Lots of tv's posted around as well. Â Seemed like a decent crowd as well for a Wednesday night. Â Spicy wings&hawaiian bbq both delicious. I spent maybe 6$ and had a great time.
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