Worst bar in East Lansing.
It's a complete dump. Â Every asshole, jerk, and d-bag goes to this place. Â It's frat boy central, and it's completely out of control.
The only thing about this place that's even remotely decent is the Shark Tank drink. Â It's a GIANT bowl filled with all sorts of booze. Â They but a bunch of straws in it and you share it with your group. Â It's probably the most unique drink offered in East Lansing besides buckets at Crunchys.
My experience with the Landshark consisted of myself and a group of others being unable to get inside. Â You see, we'd signed up for a seminar that was to be hosted at 9:00 a.m. at the Landshark. Â For real. Â The speaker had obviously no idea what she was getting into. Â Regardless of the paperwork she had confirming the event, there was no one there at 8:30 a.m. Â Or at 9:30 a.m. Â Calls to the Landshark and to the manager went unanswered while we stood in the cold. Â We walked to Cozi, made calls to find a new meeting room, and trekked to a new location, where we googled the Landshark...and now I'm kind of glad we didn't get to/have to go in.
Review Source:My first two years of eligible drinking the shark had an awful reputation and was worse than Ricks. The last year new management came in and the place has really turned around every time I go down the stairs it always ends up being a good time.....and sometimes to good of a time and you will end up time-traveling.
Review Source:Brainfreezes, plinko, naked picture matching game from the eighties, gummies, live bands that make you want to swallow a lot of pills... these are just a few of the reasons why I love The Landshark.
Do not be deterred by the old sign with the huge hole in it or the terrible carpet that greets you on your way down the stairs - Landshark is a frickin' gem. The staff here is tops and super speedy. My only warning is for the noise level - it's loud as hell in this place and I often thinks there's something wrong with the live band's mic.
Get your sordid self down to The Landshark for a sharkbowl and lose yourself to the night whilst avoiding touching ANY THING.
Something smells funny in here. Is it puke? Is it the bathroom? Is it rotting food under the table? Is it years of beer absorbed by the walls, floor and ceiling? I don't know for certain, but by the time you throw down a few shots or beers, the smell disappears. Or, just do a Shark Bowl, their famous concoction filled with a whole bunch of shots you've got to slurp down with a straw as fast as possible. It's pretty much the Landshark's version of jungle juice...and for $10, the price is right. Just make sure you share with friends.
Prices are comparable to other bars, i.e. The Riv, Rick's etc. but the atmosphere is a bit different. The music is way too loud and this place is notorious for being very, very Greek. There is a pool table and a pretty big dance floor too. It wasn't as difficult to get drinks at other bars in the area, say like Rick's, and the service was super quick. The waitress checking in on the booth had absolutely impeccable timing.
If you show up here past around 10:30, expect a line. Consider taking a shot or two at Beggar's Banquet around the corner to make the line feel shorter and the cold a bit more bearable, that is, if you're here in the late fall, winter, early spring, or whenever Michigan weather just wants to mess with you.
Oh the shark... unless that you are in a frat or soro... this place could become a lil annoying sometimes. Â You always see stupid drunk frat alpha males making dumb jokes and jealous when you talked to the girls before him. Â Oh well, those boys just aint got game... i think. Â However, I still like the shark bowl and waitress are fairly quick. Â However, underground bar could mean really sweaty or stinks... maybe BO! Â Oh well, still a ok bar and not feeling it sometimes
Review Source:it's thursday night. the perfect storm for a shark blackout. get yourself ready early (say 6pm), have some pre-drinks (say 6pm-7:45pm), then head to the shark (before 8pm, or you'll wait in a looong ass line--unless you've got your shark card, that little thing helped me skip the line many a times and made people want to kill me at the same time)
once you cross the threshold, watch your F'in step as you head down the dark stairwell into THURSDAY NIGHT people! the best night out in E.L. (it contends with 1/2 off Wednesday though). once you get down into the drunken air, the bar is right in front of you...oh nice, great placement. grab your first drink and then take a lap...
head to the left first...to the dancefloor and the DJ where all the dry humping you can handle goes on...but guess what alchys? there's another bar back there...the smaller back bar where jaegar flows like milk in a kindergarten class during story time. on your way now...but watch yourself! there are brick pillars everywhere cause you're in the damn basement...i can't tell you how many times i saw someone knock one of those and feel it the next morning (pointing to golf ball bump on head,"how did i do this?"). also look out for your X, some girl you can't stand and that guy from class...they could hanging out in any given corner...and just pop out...it's dark down there and many hiding spots are at every nook and cranny. once you pass the mid-point between the back of the big booths around to the pool table...it gets brighter and you see some peeps chillin by the pool table, maybe getting backed into it by a guy trying to lay his game on real thick. scootch pass those d-bags and head to the side of the bar...
to some known as "the corner." the regulars hang out there, it's like cheers - and the crowd switches out every 4 years or so. it's right by the manager's office...if you're lucky, you can get access (oh wee, sounds like a great time)...but instead i would rather get faster (sometimes free) drink service and naw on some shark gummies...
speaking of shark gummies, you can find those inside a koolaid full of alcohol called a shark bowl. drink that thing up with your friends and you'll get a brain freeze and a cavity simultaneously. one more thing, if you're a regular, you've probably made the wall of fame...(actually pics are all over the bar...so the walls of fame is more like it)and probably will spend your alumni weekend scoring the bar for your pics...lame!
back to 2008...dammit, i graduated 4 years ago...who knows if this is what the shark is still like, but i loved it back then...oh so long ago.
I have this fond, yet hazy, memory of being dragged here with a couple of physics department T.A. coworkers on a Wednesday afternoon. Â It was a relief that it was kinda dark and empty with not a frat boy in sight. Â The candy-filled shark bowls were an interesting concept at the time. Â The fact that I was at home picking gummy shark bits out of my teeth while praying to the porcelain gods by 8:30 makes for one helluva story.
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