Drove out to Athens, from Atlanta, for a spontaneous day-trip... and sort of our own little pub crawl ensued. Â The Globe was our first stop in town!
It was beautiful day, so we opted for the little two-table patio out front.
Walked inside to let them know we'd be sitting out there and the response was, "No problem. Â We're pretty busy, though... so you might wanna come inside to do all of your ordering."
Um... okay. Â We could see the whole place... and I guess we just have a different opinion of "pretty busy." Â I guess she meant the 8 people sitting and shouting at some soccer match on TV?
Silly us, we decided to stay anyway...
We took some menus and walked ourselves outside (yeah... "too busy" even to bring us out to a table) to look them over; the beer selection was pretty decent, so we decided on a couple...... and my wife went back in to order them.
10 minutes later... no beer.
She went back in and the beers were just sitting on the bar rails. Â Nice. Â "Too busy" to even bring them out to us!
We knocked back our beers... still enjoying the weather and the people watching... left as exact change as possible (tip? Â yeah right...)... and walked to the next spot on our list.
There are a TON of GREAT places, in Athens, for a pint and some grub. Â Don't waste your time heading somewhere customers aren't appreciated (at least when there's a soccer match on TV)...
This place is uhhhh-mazing for brunch. They have $5 mimosa or bloody mary special, as well as a banging vegetarian burger. I ordered the BOCA burger which is actually really, really tasty. Prices are also very reasonable. My entree was just $5 and I think my boyfriends was $6 or $7 for a pretty large portion. Not too shabby.
We sat outside which is a decent place for people watching. Our server was outstanding. He came and left at all the right times. He also got my order spot on, alterations and all without a pen and paper. Impressive! We'll be dining here soon!
this review is a yearish old.
so, my friend dragged me here. I looked around and was like "the people here are older than us. they have to be grad students" her response: "I like older men."
i vaguely remember getting a burger. it wasn't great enough for me to get it again. but, well it's where the grad students hang. yay older people!
i'm 19...lay off.
Tamarin, let's just say, at the beginning, i'm not a local and not familiar with the local scene in Athens, GA (I think its funny that every time I type Athens i have to put GA after it, like people will think i'm referring to Greece)... Getting on with it.
Seems like a hip place, if you follow my reviews you know I love Duvel and they have it here, yippie!
I have no idea what goes on upstairs, seems to be a music venue of sorts.
Didn't I say on with it?
Cool place near other cool places the locals seem to enjoy it and I did too...
The locals are friendly, a little on the little five points side of Atlanta or lower East side of NY but willing to talk to an out of towner... nice place when in the area I'll go back...
We walked in at 9;30 and were given menus. Â Server never came back and we had to order our drinks from the bar. When we flagged the server down she then told us it was to late to order and took the menus. Â That was it. Â Before we went our friend warned us the service sucks but we went anyways.
Review Source:After a recent revisit to this place, I have to say that I still really enjoy my time in this bar. Â Years ago this was the place where I often saw the members of REM, had awkward conversations at the bar with people I did not understand, being a northerner for the first time in the south.
Now though, I see the place differently. Â The lay out of the bar is comfortable, with plenty of room to sit in nice comfortable chairs, or stand around a well made and very clean bar area.
The prices are a little higher than some of the dive bars around Athens, but I have zero issue with that as the niceness of the bar is worth the slight increase in price.
FYI, the bathrooms are very clean, and a drink here just to use the bathroom on a night pub crawling Athens is well worth it.
As part of my weekend trip I had wanted to check out The Globe as it came up on a beer search online, and I'm a beer man. Sadly we weren't able to get to it on Saturday, so Sunday (today) we went by. To begin the website says the open at 11am, they actually open at 11:30am, forcing us to kill 30 minutes walking around. Secondly they serve a brunch menu on the weekends, so we couldn't peruse the regular menu and get something from it. Third, it's 11:30am on a Sunday, no beer sales for an hour. Dammit.
The atmosphere though is pretty nice, very rustic feeling, with lots of wood. The food we did have was very good, I was just left wanting more since I didn't get the full experience. Next time we'll shoot for lunchtime.
I am always torn about this place. Â If you can grab one of the three outdoor tables then you've got some of the best people watching in town! Â The beers are great. Â The wines are good. Â The food is fairly consistently good. Â The only drawback is the wait time. Â It's interesting because any time I ever talk about The Globe with friends we all have the same thing to say: it takes FOREVER to get a drink. Â The bartenders are usually too busy to look at you. Â If you get a table and order food you'd better order before you actually get hungry because it's gonna take a while. Â As someone else mentioned, it's a great option for Sunday drinks.
Review Source:I dont know who could have possibly given low scores to what is the greatest bar in the United States. Â My wife and I had our first date here 15 years ago, it is an Athens institution...a place for happy hour which draws pretty much anyone in the know about Athens...journalists, politicians, etc etc. Â It is also a hipster hangout, a graduate student and professor hang out, and it has fantastic wines, beers, scotches. Â I used to have a beer, read my class material, and sit in the rocking chairs in the front. Â
sorry, but the Globe is not a place you just dive in for a drink and leave. It is a place to wade into and spend many many many days...months in...years in.
i've never actually eaten here, but this is my home bar whenever i go downtown. Â it's nice and cozy. Â Not too loud and usually not too crowded. Â The staff is always friendly and helpful. Â Eric, tall guy with the beard and cubs cap is hands down the best bartender in Athens. Â If you get a chance to talk to him, you definitely should. Â Yes the general clientele is a bit older, hipster-ish, but at least you don't have too many bros around trying to spit that game (not that there's anything wrong with that, just you go to the globe to get away from all that). Â The beer selection is great and everything on tap is even better. Â The couches are comfy and the wooden tables and chairs feel very medieval. Â Its a great place to hang out with a group of friends or to even just grab a stool, sit at the bar, and make new friends with the bartenders or other bar patrons. Â This is my "MacLaren's" (How I Met Your Mother reference).
Review Source:Eh, The Globe is alright. But there are better places.
I went for a happy hour and thought the menu looked pretty impressive. I've since been back twice, but still never sampled it. The drinks are alright and if you're just there to relax with friends, it's not a bad place. I've had group project meetings there and chilled on the patio, but the service is hit or miss. Sometimes it's great and sometimes it sucks. My biggest complaint is if you go with a laptop and the intent to get some work done, you'd better have a full battery and not need an outlet, because you won't have much luck finding one. Guess I've just gotten spoiled by places that put an outlet at every wall table for this very reason.
I probably need to revisit The Globe some other time. Â I was starving before Twilight and ordered a burger with cheddar cheese and chips, but I probably would have chosen something different had the full menu been available. Â Though our server was generally attentive, he didn't ask how I wanted the burger cooked, so it came out well done, which isn't what I prefer. Â Of course, I still devoured it. Â
My biggest complaint: there is only one bathroom available for each gender. Â At least they're accurately labeled with the singular nouns "Man" and "Woman." Â That precise diction makes my heart melt.
The Globe was my crew's first stop during the Twilight bike race. Because we started rather early, I slowly sipped a couple mimosas, eventually ordering a black bean burger with a side salad--both surprisingly tasty. Our waiter said they serve a limited menu on game days and during Twilight, increasing my curiosity about what the full menu entails.
I tasted my sister's Pimm's Cup: mediocre compared to other Pimm's Cups I've had. I prefer for my Pimm's Cups to contain fizzy soda water, swimming with lemon and lime pulp. This one sat flat in the glass.
The map wallpaper, wood walls and overwhelmingly wood interior substances weren't too dark, perhaps because of ample sunlight. The Globe looks like the kind of bar the women in a J. Crew catalog would frequent: charming with a touch of dude.
Hands down the best quiet lunch spot in Athens. Part of me doesn't want to write this review as I am afraid the masses will overtake the globe for its delicious sandwiches, quite atmosphere and affordable prices.
I've never been disappointed in anything I have tried at the Globe over the past few years. They have a diverse lunch menu with grilled cheese, blt's, chilli, burgers, quesadillas and a few more sandwich choices. All are under or around $6. I would recommend getting a side of their fries with your sandwich or burger.
The service is attentive and quick to refill my drink glass. They are quick to split checks and do not rush you out of the door.
Cozy atmosphere, and lots of beer and alcohol selections. I'd probably frequent this place if I lived in Athens and liked bars. Alas, neither one of those things is true. But, this place is a nice spot to chat (as best you can) with friends over a pint or some kind of mixed drink. Did my first shot of Soco here with my sis (I'd never tried the stuff), so this bar will always have a place in my heart. Or something.
Review Source:Seems like a great place to get a GOOD beer and chat with friends. My roommate and I stopped in here to get a before the show drink and were stoked about the beer selection. With a nice ambiance of music and lots of tables The Globe would be a great place for a second date of drinks and conversation.
Review Source:I can't tell you that you'll love it here. I also can't tell you it won't be the best place you've ever been. It may very well be! That said, I can tell you my take on it. Keep in mind that that's what I'm about to do...
I only sorta dig it here. It is a middle-of-the-road late night bar with a happy hour and a lunch/dinner burgers and fries menu. Not a dive. Not a pub. Not a dance venue at all. Not really a lounge. Just sort of an amalgamation of bar with stools during late night hours plus tables for food during evening hours plus sofas for relaxing plus outside patio for smoking.
Anyway, it is an older crowd when compared to the college bars. I never would have wanted to be seen here as an undergrad. I think the clientele seems either classy or indy, middle-age or emo.
Great for chilled wine with a friend. Bad for getting wastey-faced and hooking up.
Great selection of beers.. this was the first place in Athens to serve Guiness.. Didn't eat the food, but it looked really good.. The fireplace was perfect to warm up on a cold winter day and the classical music set the scene..
Cozy couches and chairs for groups, and this is a funky vibe place.
House wine very good, the service was a little slow but this is a good place to relax, a little older crowd and takes you to a different place while you are still in Athens..
I was pleased by the following things:
-Fairly empty at 9:00 on a Saturday. Â However, there was a game going on, so who knows what it's usually like?
-They were still serving food around 9:00 on a Saturday. Â Woohoo! Â
-I had prompt service from a very nice waiter.
-My 'globe burger' was effin' fantastic. Â I will say that I am something of a salt-fanatic...so I was happy to find that my burger was quite salty (almost like they'd dipped the outside in a fine layer of salt), but maybe others wouldn't like that so much.
-My side salad was not iceberg lettuce, but field greens.
-Most importantly, they had Evolution Lucky #9 white wine available by the glass. Â Evolution is my favorite white wine, and it's hard to find in liquor stores, let alone sold in a pub by the glass. Â I died of happiness over that glass of wine. Â It went so well with my salty burger. Â :)
I was less pleased with the trashy chicks hanging out under the board listing all the wines. Â Any time you looked at the wine board, they would look directly at you and give you a "OMG, why are you looking at me"-sneer. Â News flash, bitches: You're sitting under the wine board. Â I'm not looking at you because you're wearing a super-stretchy washcloth that has a double life posing as a teeny-tiny dress.
Great, great, great little pub. Here you can escape the usual loud and raucous college scene that is inevitably at every other bar in Athens.
Very good beer selection with a decent menu. I will say it has been a while since I have eater here so I can't go into details about the food other than I remember it being good.
This place always makes me think back to my study abroad in London and I love to hang out here with my London buddies and relax at a quiet booth and just talk.
A definite must in Athens.
Lunched here today (Thursday) with a couple co-workers. Service was friendly, and very fast, although there weren't too many folks in the restaurant at 12:30'ish. My French dip was pretty good, although I wasn't terribly impressed by the standard side of a bag of Zapp's chips. Plus, the au jus was a bit too salty. (MAN! I canNOT believe I just said that ~ I wouldn't have thought it possible, as I love a nice salty au jus.) Anyhoo, co-workers got fish and chips, and it looked "just alright" (it looked a bit like the "planks" at that fast food fish place ~ you know the one I'm talking about). One of my co-diners vouched for the Reuben or a burger. It would all probably have tasted a bit better if we were sampling the beer selection... which I suggest you do.
Review Source:Boy do I have a love/hate relationship with this place. Â Based on food and atmosphere alone, I want to give it at least 4 stars. Â But the service is TERRIBLE! Â
I've eaten at The Globe at least 8 times over the past few years, and while maybe 6 of those times we had mediocre experiences with the server, the other 2 times I literally WALKED OUT because we were being totally ignored. Â I think the number one downfall of the way this place runs is that there is no host or hostess keeping track of incoming patrons. Â No one seats you, often times the table you sit down at has not been bused from previous customers, and it doesn't seem as if the servers have any rhyme or reason as to who is in charge of what tables.
Eventually someone will notice you and come bus your table, but you'll be lucky if it's not 15 minutes before your drink order is even taken. Â The first time I walked out was after we had flagged down a waiter numerous times, only to be given the "just a minute" finger over and over again. Â After waiting 20 minutes and never having anyone come over to bus the table or take our drink orders, we left. Â I'm sorry, but that's just completely unacceptable. Â If you're going to market yourself as a bar/restaurant, you have to get the restaurant part down! Â People are not going to put up with that. Â The second time we walked out was for a similar reason- 20 minutes of being completely ignored. Â If you stay long enough to be served, good luck getting refills or having anyone pay attention to you at all once you have your food.
That being said, the food is delicious. Â I always get the Twin Diner Burgers, which are about the size of a Krystal burger and you have the option of ordering one or two. Â They're really cheap and come with pickles, mustard, and onions. Â Yum! Â The Globe Chips are also out of this world and oh-so-terrible for your arteries. Â They also have a great selection of beer.
Hopefully that explains my low rating. Â I have to reeeeally be craving Globe Chips to agree to go here and put up with what I know will be awful service.
When in Athens once you past the age of 22 you feel like an old hag. Â You no longer feel it acceptable to hang out at Bourbon Street or the like...Thats when you start to frequent the Globe more. Â Popular among natives, the Globe offers a place to sit down and have a (nice) drink with friends. Â
The food is alright (my bro is a cook there..but hey i'm not biased)..I like the chicken salad. Â But yeah i'm not gonna vouch for the service..b/c i can't really remember either way.
Oh by the way it was voted number one bar in america by Esquire magazine...not that ratings mean anything...
Alas, poor Globe! I knew it, Athens, an establishment of infinite
jest, of most excellent fancy. It hath bore me on its back a
thousand times, and now how abhorr'd in my imagination it is!
My gorge rises at it...
And that, with apologies to William Shakespeare, sums up my current feelings on the Globe. Circa 2002-2003, it was a great bar. Not just any Athens bar, but one known for "good" beers on draft, quality scotch and whiskeys and a wonderful wine selection.
There were no "specials" like $1 Bavarian beer; there were no Bartender's "shot of choice" type drinks. If you didn't have the money to drink there, you didn't belong. It was popular with grad students, professors, and alcohol snobs. A small haven in Athens that did not include throngs of drunken college kids.
It was beautiful once...
But no more. They added food service, and as mentioned in previous reviews, the staff apparently never got the memo that they are a restaurant now. The service is adequate at best.
The food, on the other hand, is excellent, although the kitchen is easily overwhelmed. They still maintain an impressive selection of draft beers (although it would be nice if they would feature new drafts instead of clinging to the same assortment year after year) and their wine list is excellent.
I've no doubt that the move to food and Happy Hour was economically driven. But the measures they have taken to improve business seem poorly thought out.
Consider the upstairs that they renovated and opened: Poorly designed, inconvenient, and with no bar or food service readily available. The bathrooms have gone downhill, and while functional (barely, at times), they need to be renovated.
The whole place now carries an atmosphere of "we used to be great" and it permeates everything from the level of cleanliness to the accuracy of one's order.
Let us not forget that this is the bar that Brickstore Pub was based upon.
Go to Trapeze. They are what the Globe once was, and they do it way better than the Globe ever did. Which makes me sad, because I really, really liked the Globe. All things must pass, it seems, and the Globe with them.
After eating lunch at the Globe two days in a row, I decided the Globe deserved an extra star for the great service of the attentive waiter my group had both times.
Low pressure, quick with the refills, attentive to the "pace" of our meal, and totally cool that one girl just got water (yes, I know, it's one of my pet peeves too), this great server even comped our sodas on the second day. Â Sweet!
Plus, I didn't mention it before, but the Globe is cheap. Â Not inexpensive, but cheap. Â A burger for under $7, a cup of delicious tomato gorgonzola soup for under $3, a perfectly toasty grilled cheese for $3.25, this place defines budget lunch. Â
If all the world's a stage, the Globe is where I'll be for intermission!
The last time I went to the Globe (mid-December), I was really impressed...for the first half of the experience. Â Several friends and I stormed the place for a birthday get-together and took over one of the comfy corner setups (big leather couch, rocking chairs, coffee table). Â The waitress was not at all daunted by the size of our group and didn't mind at all when we all got up at once to snag a nearby, suddenly free table my beau spotted. Â She took our drink orders and delivered all 10-15 beverages within a lightning-fast time. She remembered I didn't want ice in my water, which always makes me like a server that much more. Â (Most of them take my order and then return with a freezing glass nearly full of ice--brrr!).
After claiming the big table, we ordered our dinners and commented to one another about how smoothly everything was going and how good the service was. Â I dorkily contemplated my upcoming Yelp review, wondering if I'd deliver four or even five (!) stars to this oft-overlooked dinner spot.
But then
the wait.
began.
We waited a really long time for the food. Â Stomachs were growling, people were laughing, and no one was getting sore about it. Â But when two people at the table got their food and then NO ONE else did for 15 more minutes (at least), we got a little frustrated. Â (Turns out those two ordered their food at the bar--smart kids.) Â Â Eventually plates of lukewarm- to-warm food came out. Â My friend who'd ordered a slice of cake was informed (40 minutes AFTER ordering, once everyone else had their meals) that there was no cake after all. Â Boo hoo.
The taste of the food was pretty good. Â The price? Â Just right. Â The service? Friendly and efficient. Â I'd imagine the holdup is just in the kitchen. Â Get it together, Globe! Â You have lots of customers! Serve 'em right and we'll be nicer to you on Yelp.
As others have said, the Globe is a great bar and a mediocre restaurant. Â The wine selection is not the best in Athens, but very good. Â They have always have interesting beers and nice liquors as well. Â The atmosphere is quaint and laid back. Â Chilling on one of the huge couches with a glass of wine in hand will leave you feeling worlds away from the ever present debauchery just down the street. Â Service at the bar is generally good, though you may sometimes get the "you're not a regular and I'm not sure I respect you yet" look.
  Food, on the other hand...  There is one reason and one reason only I will eat at the Globe:  Chili and grilled cheese.  The vegan chili is always spicy and loaded with veggies and the grilled cheese crispy and buttery!  Definitely some comfort food for me.  As for the service, it's definitely.. um.. European.  You're expected to linger and no one will hurry to wait on you.  And there's always that awkward moment when you walk in the door... You know you're supposed to seat yourself, but you want to make sure the staff notes your arrival so you don't sit there for half an hour before someone notices you exist.. Then you look like a total n00b even though you're just being a smart diner... But I digress...
I wish I could argue with some of the less-than-stellar reviews on this page. I have such fond memories of the Globe of yore--before they made the colossal mistake of adding food to their repertoire. Ever since then, the Globe has been on a steady trip down hill landing them in an awkward spot that I can only describe as "confused." Are they a restaurant or a bar? Should you wait for a server (good luck), or belly on up?
Don't get me wrong, the beer selection is phenomenal; it's the service I take issue with. I can't comment on the food because I've never actually had the opportunity to order any as the only time a waiter has ever approached my table has been to remove the condiments. Go figure.
It is difficult and pointless, I've discovered, to try to explain the "old Globe" to friends who have never experienced it. They just don't get why I like the place. Deep in my heart, though, I feel that my affection for the Globe has got to be more than just nostalgia; it is, after all, an excellent space with a distinctive "pub" feel.
All this being said, I would still recommend the Globe to a stranger. On Friday afternoons, when it's relatively quiet, and the bartenders have just put out the happy hour bread and cheese, the Globe is a truly wonderful spot to sit with friends and enjoy a few pints.
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