Fast Eddie's

I've been to 4 or 5 different bars in town since I travel for a living and I'm content in saying that Fast Eddie's is now going to be my regular, local stop. I've been in other locations before and well...I'm a fan of this one. The bartenders and wait staff are super friendly and attentive and the music is good.

For the most part, the pool tables are well taken care of and the drinks were cheap on Monday night. It was $3 for pool all night and well...that's a steal at a place that has nice, 8 foot tables. Tack on golden tee and ping pong and I'm here every time I'm in Beaumont.

It's a pool hall; you can't expect too much.

The location is pretty accessible, it's inside a huge parking lot, so it's nice not having to look for parking on the street. We went on a Friday and we paid $5 per person for the whole night. That's a steal!! Usually places will charge you by the hour. So you can play with people or play alone. The only thing I would do is that if you are taking up multiple tables ask the waitress which ones are hers, because they each wait on different tables and you can't take someone's table and not order anything.

The food is overpriced. I got the pizza and it was fine, but for $8?

My only complaint is all the smoking. At 8pm it was still relatively empty, but by 10pm it was packed and filled with smoke. 2 showers later the next day i was feeling a little less smoky.

They had the games on too, so you can play pool and keep up on sports.

No complaints.

On my tour of Beaumont this was my penultimate stop. My friend described it to me as a fun pool hall and good place to hang out and basically he was right.

We went on a Monday night around 9 so things were pretty quite. I think of pool hall with molding drop ceilings and Budweiser posters on the wall, but Fast Eddie's had a much classier vibe. Don't get me wrong, there wasn't Bach playing in the background, but the decor is much closer to a cool dive bar. Dar wood walls, vintage signs and hanging pool lights.

We sat at the bar, but you can also get drinks while playing pool. The wandering bartenders as well as the ones at the bar were both attentive and made sure you were always offered a beer.

I am only giving Fast Eddie's 2 Stars, but that is because we went on a slow Monday night. I am sure their rating will go up, but I'll have to experience it on a weekend night.