Well I have not had food here, only stopped in for the nightlife. This place is definitely a hick bar. Expect to see guys with their flannel shirts tucked into jeans wearing boots and a cowboy hat square dancing with white trash chicks. Haha, ok I am being too critical...and mean...but if you like listening to a mixture of country music and dance music this is the place for you. I will not be stopping in again though.
Review Source:the new layout is a little confusing. it's good to go if you wanted to eat there because they added long tables. but coming at night, it's not the same as before. it's more of a chill bar now, not a dancing place as before. & they took off all the pictures of people that did the century club challenge. my friend was pretty pissed when he found out since he's the one who holds the records of only 3 days.
Review Source:Wanna have a few drinks and get cornholed? You've found your place.
Came here twice during a recent visit to SLO. Â The first night, I enjoyed the cornholing so much, I just HAD to go back. Â So, first things first, I must clarify the whole "cornholing" experience. Â Its just a simple beanbag toss game, that extends from the front of the bar to the back. Â You gotta get your bag in the hole (hehe), which isn't so simple once you've consumed your share of booze. Â
I enjoyed the first night, except for this shady, cheap bastard that was sitting at the bar and kept striking up conversation. Â Oh, and the snooty, Asian bartender had to go too.
The second night was HANDS DOWN much better. Â I had orginally intended to hit Buffalos, Black Sheep, or one of the other local scenes, but heard the raucus emanating from this place a block away, and couldn't resist the temptation. Â Apparently, Wednesday night are Karaoke night, and the majority of the music was country western. Â I had great company too. Â Now, I must admit, that the place was pretty much a sausage fest (at first). Â There were two cutie pies (my company, that I arrived with), the smoking hot blond bartender, and one chubby intoxicated blonde that I named "Shrek". Â Yeah, she was that bad. Â Well, I found out a great thing about being in the company of TWO ladies. Â ONE of them was "with" me...the other was the 3rd wheel. Â Well, I had guys buying me drinks all night, then asking if they could talk to her... (like they had to buy me a drink and get MY permission? I didn't even know her!) Â Needless to say, I took the free drinks! Â
I'm heading back up this way in a week or so, if you're in the area, hit me up. Â I'll be here on Wednesday!
Oh, yeah, and those two gals with me? They were the same ones mentioned in the previous review for "Buffalo Bar & Grill". Â SCORE!!
Now that the bitchy bartender who thought she was the shit is gone, I can go back for the $5 shot specials and work on my century club. I was boycotting it because my friend used to work there and this lame girl made her life hell. Once she got into the SLO girl's calendar, thus achieving all the goals she needed to in life, she bounced and now Marti's is back to being the place I go before I black out at McCarthy's. It kind of annoys me when the Ag people pile in and dominate the jukebox with country music but whatever. Once I'm wasted, I don't really care about what type of music is playing anyway. Oh and their brunch with bottomless mimosas is a steal...just make sure it's actually bottomless, and that they're not just adding bottles of champagne onto your tab...they can be sneaky if you don't call them on it.
Review Source:One of the best features of Marti's is the entire front opens onto the sidewalk. It is a great place to sit and people watch from the high tables and stools facing SLOTown"s main drag. ....and that is about it.
Drive Bar Rating *** (see SLO Drive Bar List)
Drive Bar Rating Factors: (1 * for each)
Small, dark, seedy characters on bar stools, windows and floors could use a wipe, good drinks, smart ass folks on both sides of the bar, locals hang out *, clandestine meetings * in the far corners of the lounge or the bathrooms, extra points for smell, tacky design and poor service *. Â
We were at the table for about 10 minutes while the very cute bartender chatted with the only two other customers in the place. (It was about 30 Â feet from the bar to the table, maybe she was an ADA hire?) She never said "Howdy", never indicated that she was interested in our business at all. I walked up to the bar and asked about the bourbons, of which she was clueless (but still very cute). After she took our order, there was another long opportunity to people watch without libations. Our first and only round of drinks FINALLY showed up. Her service was a slow as she was cute, she was really cute.
I guess they make enough on the drunk Poly crowd three nights a week and do not need to bother much the rest of the time. (Pretty SLOtypical of many bars in SLOTown).
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