Absolutely my favorite Bar in NOLA. It would also top my favorite Dive Bar list as well. Good, cheap drinks and a jukebox which plays Willie Nelson's Whiskey River and Johnny Cash's Ghostriders in the Sky. What more could a girl like me ask for? Well maybe I would prefer it if the weird old man occupying the stool next to me was less chatty...but undoubtedly, a new one will quickly replace him - they always do.
Half Moon has a large outdoor patio, skeeball and pool tables. Its not that bright inside which I love, because when I am in a dive, a lot of light just kills that vibe. Half Moon is also a great place to watch games with your friends - and I don't know if they still do it - but they used to have trivia on some nights as well. I can't remember much about the food other than an in house bar kitchen that makes hot food is a beautiful thing when you've been drinking.
I've been to Half Moon on several occasions to drink. Â One time they were not serving food off their menu but had free crawfish corn chowder. Â It was divine! Â
I love the atmosphere except for the smoke. Â I moved to NoLA from Baltimore and am still getting used to people smoking in bars. Â There is a cool outdoor courtyard for when the weather is nice.
I came here recently after a beer festival and had an awesome sammwich - the chicken philly with the addition of jalapenos. Â I would come back just for the sandwich alone.
After moving into our new neighborhood a flyer was delivered in the mailbox. It was for delivery service for the Half Moon. Have not been in the establishment in a very long time. In days gone by a person running for political office made it a necessary stop to politic at the Half Moon.
This review is only for the delivery service. We are on the border of their service area which stops at South Carrollton Ave. in an Uptown direction of travel.
Ordering was easy and they were on time with the food. Of the things we ordered I have to say I would not hesitate to get the burger again. Not a regular for home delivery of food but I would give them another try if the need arises again.
My wife and I ordered in at the hotel again and were not disappointed.  She had the vegetarian burger and found it absolutely outstanding -- with the zesty addition of jalapeños!  I had the mushroom Swiss burger and it was dynamite!  The house salad with raspberry vinaigrette was zesty and delicious.  We loved the food so much that we just had to call em back to say way to go!
Review Source:It is what it is: a typical New Orleans Bar.
That alone makes it start at three stars, because let's face it, "typical" here means better than average in almost any other city.
It also has one of the best old school neon signs in the city, so there's that.
That said, I think I would rate it higher if it weren't packed with people I just don't gel with overall, especially not at 7pm (shrill girls with frosty lipstick and their polo shirt-clad dudes. That type.) SO noisy, but not due to music. Not really a fan of hearing people screaming over each other. I guess I was expecting it to be dead and quiet at such an early hour, kind of like uh, a dive bar. Which I suppose this isn't.
Clean interior, competent bartenders. Decent selection.
Note: I did not try the food. And I probably won't ever, because they allow smoking throughout.
This is a fantastic dive bar where locals hangout. They used to be dog friendly which was great for trips to the dog park in Coliseum Square - stop in with the pup, grab a beer and go. Now there's a "no dogs allowed" policy. What a shame. Even so, The Half Moon still gets 5 stars in my book because the health inspector forced this new bogus rule upon them; and that my friends is how you know a New Orleans bar is authentic. Fuck the rules.
I don't go very often anymore (I no longer live stumbling distance) but every time I'm in the neighborhood I stop in for a cold one.
Jenga beer game: pull from the bottom 1/3 and drink for 2 seconds. Pull from the middle and drink for 4, pull from the top and drink for 6. Enjoy.
Never thought I'd be able to say I would PLAN to eat dinner at a divey, game filled bar... not even for happy hour or even late night munchies. Options and quality combined usually set me up for a hangover worse than the day after your 21st. However, Half Moon has a delicious veggie burger that's big enough to share and of course their potato wedge like fries are an excellent addition to the table. I highly recommend stopping in after work with friends to watch a match (on TV or a nearby table) or play your own version of an assortment of board games. They also have Wednesday trivia! May the most knowledgeable on random material win!
I ended up at Half Moon towards the end of a whirlwind bar tour. Having never been here before, I didn't know what to expect. I had only driven by during the day, and you can never get a feel for a bar when it is light out.
Others have described this as a dive, but I didn't get that vibe. It could have been that it was very late and the place was kind of dead. There were no pool players and only a few people at the bar.
There was a divey moment where two customers started an impromptu dance/argument, but it ended amicably.
The bar seemed too well lit to be a dive, but we did drink high life. I guess I am 50/50 on the dive bar/neighborhood bar ratio. I think I will require further study before making a final determination.
In summary, high life was reasonable, fairly well lit and may be a dive.
I went for trivia one Wednesday night without knowing what the trivia scene was like, when it started, or even where the bar was (thanks, Google Maps). Showed up at 8 PM which is around when sane people commence their trivia games.
I found some things to occupy my time in the two hours before trivia began including but not limited to skiball and one of those punching bag arcade games that fratties seem to enjoy. Skiball is well priced at $0.25 so I blew several dollars on trying to break 250 points.
Eventually the trivia began. There is obviously a "regular" crowd of trivia players here and they're rather competitive. The questions weren't that great and the topics weren't that engaging. The emcee was a nice guy but he was painfully slow. The game of three rounds and 30 questions went an hour and a half. I wanted to go home to sleep so badly, but I fought the urge, knowing that I might place and win a prize. Well thank god I did... I won a box of candy canes for coming in last place.
I love the bar food at Half Moon. Yummm.
This is where my friends and I went after we went and saw Kanye and Jay-Z the weekend before last. I ordered a spicy cajun burger and it was on point (I was also really starving, but I really did enjoy the burger). I didn't really care for the fries. Maybe there were too many of them?
Then last weekend, a friend ordered a grilled chicken salad and oh. em. gee. that salad was a beast! And I don't even care for salads. Next time I go to Half Moon, I am definitely getting this salad. Oh and the jalapeno poppers are delicious, as well. :)
Beware if you decide to order fries. It's not gonna be a little container of fries. It will be a meal.
This is my neighborhood bar, and since a friend of mine also lives less than a block away, I've been finding my drunk ass sitting at the bar pretty often as of late. I like the staff, and the people who frequent Half Moon seem pretty cool, as well. Granted, I've only met a couple of new people there, since when I'm drinking I'm drinking, not socializing. Trivia night on Wednesday is a huge positive, in my book. I haven't checked out much of the bar - I don't play pool or darts, so haven't really bothered to check out the gaming area at the back of the bar. However, after reading in the reviews that there's skeeball, I'm more inclined to go check it out. The only negatives I can dredge up so far are that the bar's pretty smoky and the food's not that good, but it's a dive bar, not a restaurant, so I'm cool with that.
Review Source:This place is an awesome dive bar. The only reason it's not five stars is because the smoke was so damn thick in here. However, lots of cool stuff going on...
* dog-friendly
* friendly service
* pool tables
* air hockey
*darts
* SKEE BALL DRINKING LEAGUE!!!
Also, there is a restaurant attached and they make some damn good Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches. Not the standard kind but apparently there's a version with jalapenos and oh man... the meat is tender, the cheese is almost a gooey sauce that combines all the meat and turns it into this wonderful creamy mess. And finally, the bite of the jalapenos. Wonderful.
Also, drinks were on the house. Nice folks.
Cheers!
Burgers and fries are crazy good! Â I fall off the vegan train because it would be crazy not to in this city, oops. Â Cheese can be a whole food group to me. Â Sometimes I then fall off the vegetarian train because this girl needs a big fat cheeseburger every once in awhile.
I ordered burgers to go for me and my boyfriend one night and we both died and went to heaven for at least 15 minutes. Â The only menu I found online was a camera phone pic and I couldn't see that the burgers come with fries so I accidentally ordered an extra order. Â Great mistake since the fries are so incredible! Â The portion that comes with the burger is huge but why not have more? Â The aren't steak fries but they are thick and wonderful.
I had the Spicy Cajun burger which is topped with jalapeno, grilled onion, and homemade BBQ sauce. Â The spice was perfect and it was juicy goodness all the way, but not soggy. Â
I haven't been back since I moved to mid-city and I usually have my burger cravings during gnarly hangovers that would prevent me from driving. Â But one day I'll be back and it will be amazing. Â
I love the huge patio in the back.
if you google "dive" on the west coast, a picture of this bar should show up. Â if you google "hoosier" in the midwest, a picture of this bar should show up. Â
they were open at 100am on a sunday. Â i mean, who does that? Â dogs are welcome. Â very friendly bar staff. Â the place is large and has pool, air hockey, darts, and skee ball. Â as a matter of fact, this is the home of the new orleans skee ball drinking league. Â im sorry i didnt see that. Â
phili cheesesteak sandwich was average.
interestingly, it was the only place that carded us in nola.
- skee ball (what?)
- a stack of board games you can bring to any of the dozens of tables (indoors, on the patio, or in the front)
- PET FRIENDLY (Marielle mentioned in her review she fell for a boy there, I did as well, but for me it was an 85lb pit named 'Frank the Tank' I met while sitting out front. He seemed to be quite the local celebrity and I spent hours discussing pet charities with some of the patrons and bartender, this makes me really happy)
- Super friendly bartenders and patrons
- lots of tattoos, everywhere, this makes me happy! I even met a dude sitting at the bar who's shop I want to do my tattoo
- lots of Pearl Jam playing (I would probably stay in a bar if it was on fire for this reason alone)
- CNN on the tv (I'm embarrassed to admit that, but I like to multitask, keep updated on world events while getting wasted)
- skee ball (I just want to reiterate they had skee ball in their game room)
A friend suggested we come in here on a weekday afternoon, to be honest I was less than interested, but am so in love with this place now! Just a great, chill, total anyone is welcome, dive bar. Seriously, there was such a diverse crowd, it really was a blast.
The bar food was bar food you know? The hummus was delicious but the nachos could've been purchased at a gas station for $5.00 less. Still this bar is so worth returning to!
Anywhere that has decent trivia in NOLA gets 3/5 stars automatically. Half Moon earns the extra star for $2.50 Shiner on Wednesday, decent prices for mixed drinks, and really good food. The cheese fries are delicious, and the menu boasts pita and hummus (what other dive bar in NOLA has this?! probably none), sandwiches, and other treats. It's loud and dark, but there's plenty of room to sit, or play darts or pool.
I absolutely refuse to give Half Moon 5/5 stars because of the disgusting film of smoke that clings to my clothing every time that I leave the bar. EW. NOLA is a pretty smoky place in general, but Half Moon might be the smokiest bar in the city.
My mouth watered when I read about the half pound burgers; delivery took about 15 minutes longer than we were quoted, so I was starving when it finally arrived. Â I popped open the box and.... ugh... found a perfectly circular patty of uniform thickness. Â The fries had been frozen too. Â Not what I expected after reading about "great bar food".
I hear they have skee ball, so I might bump them up a star or two if I ever make it out there.
A great way to spend a low key Friday night with friends. It's usually not the best idea to be tipsy and competitive with darts in your hands, but it's all in good fun, right?
We started the night off with a game of Scattergories (go ask at the bar!), moved on to darts, found our way into air hockey, thought it'd be cool to shoot some pool, missed out on the skee-ball, but indeed enjoyed all of our tomfoolery. It seems like I haven't enjoyed my time with classic games like these in years, so it was definitely a nice change of pace.
Sounds like I missed out on some good bar food though-- so I'll be back to eat, drink, and play again.
Ok, I'll admit it. Â I am now totally biased into thinking that the Half Moon is an awesome place, because I fell for my boyfriend over a game of Scrabble on the patio.
Personal life aside, this is a nifty little dive. Â Granted, it's not the best place for a girl to go by herself, but if you are with a group or a guy, then don't hesitate. Â They have a juke box full of great music, you can play different board games here and the bartenders are really nice.
This is a pretty great "dive" bar. The drink specials are decent, the bartenders have always been good to us, and the food is some of the best bar food you can get anywhere! How many bars can you go to, especially "blue collar" bars, where you could get a salad with blue cheese and grilled salmon? And it's good! The buffalo blue cheese appetizers are not nearly as good as they sound... basically dry, fried chicken balls with a jalapeno and a little cheese. Everything else I've had has been great though. The hummus is what got us hooked on this place!
And they definitely have $2 blue moon drafts one night... maybe tuesdays? Awesome. Never super crowded, even during mardi gras.
Many an afternoon I spent at Half Moon as a young man, and now as a less young man I go and spend fewer afternoons - more like the rare evening when the kids are alseep and I want to shoot some cheap pool, drink Red Stripe, and listen to Queen.
The everyman's bar in the Lower Garden. Â And the just blew out the back wall for more pool.
Good neighborhood bar. Good drink specials. I think I've had the same bartender every time I have happened to stop in there for a drink over the last 8 years or so. Nice guy. The only thing I dont like about this bar is that, in true New Orleans fashion the doors are always open and it doesnt seem to have great (if any) air conditioning. As a local it probably isnt something I should complain about, but I've become spoiled in other places.
Review Source:Half Moon is an Uptown standard. Â Dollar Rolling Rocks sunday nights. Â The bartenders are good folk, and the pool tables are decent. Â This is usually a good spot to get drunk with friends without having too many expectations. Â If you get too tipsy, walk over to Moonlight Cafe and fill your stomach.
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