As far as country music venues, it was alright. Â I went here for the first time for a concert. Â Let me begin describing my experience by saying that parking is a nightmare. Â Everywhere around this place tows too, and there weren't even any other cash lots. Â We ended up valeting which I guess in the end was fine. Â We bought tickets at the door, which was a mistake. Â If you're going for a concert and want a place to sit at all, even just for a little bit, buy 'reserved' tickets. Â
Next, drinks were decently priced, there was a fun mixed crowd and the first band sounded great. I really hate when you go to places like this and the sound systems stink when it comes to live music. Â To me, this places biggest downfall was the space to stand in front of the stage to watch the concert. Â I guess it's nice because it leaves the dancefloor open if you want to dance during the concert, but not everyone's into that. Luckily I was able to get there early and get a spot up front, but i'm short, and I wouldn't have been able to see what was going on on-stage otherwise. Â
I might drive back out here for another concert, but I don't think that I would come just for the fun of it. Â Overall, decent place, nice staff, but nothing spectacular.
Do NOT go to a concert here. I just was there last weekend to see one of my favorite bands and it turned into a nightmare. Â First, I called to see an idea of what time the band would play. Â They told me they would be on stage by 10-10:30. Â They didn t start until 11:35. Â I would not have drove an hour had I known this before. Â Second, they sold about 500 too many tickets. SOMEONE CALL THE FIRE MARSHALL. I was stuck standing on broken glass all night and It was so crowded you couldn t even have people come clean the broken beer bottles from the drunks. Â 60 percent of the people there looked miserable, while the other 40 percent were hammered. Â Also, you can smoke inside the building. So... I called and asked for a refund. Â They said no and told me to talk to Mo. I said no worries, I will just leave a honest review online. Thanks!!!
Review Source:Currently disputing an unauthorized charge on my credit card. Very disappointed in the follow up (or lack there of). Have given my information to several employees and hear the same story, "we're looking into it and we'll have Mo call you," which of course he never does. I'm assuming that since I have to give the same information over and over that they aren't "looking into it" as they claim, or else they'd have all this on file.
Review Source:This northern city girl has no idea if this is a "real" honky tonk or not, I suspect it's not since they played hip hop between band sets but I don't care. I had a blast here...and I was with my aunt and mother. That says something.
Came here after dealing with my borderline dementia crazy grandma and her moving issues. We all just needed a drink. I ended up staying almost until close. First of all I loved seeing the Texan tuxedo (wrangler's, cowboy boots, and cowboy hats) everywhere. There's something about wranglers and what they do to a man's booty that makes me happy. Second, I freaked out about seeing two stepping. My mom is native Texan and talks about it all the time so seeing it made me happy and made me feel like I was getting in touch with my Texan roots. Thirdly, I was ASKED to dance. Not just grabbed and grinded upon but legitimately asked. It was amazing. Guys just don't do that anymore....except in Texas apparently. Fourth, the band played country music that was on average 20 years old. The stuff I grew up with. The stuff that was legitimately still country before this pop/rock country fusion...which I love don't get me wrong but artists today need to reacquaint themselves with the fiddle and steel guitar. Loved it. Fifth, I had the chance to honor my late grandpa by sipping on Lone Star longnecks all night.
Basically this place is a blast. Young, old, black, white, causally dressed and skankified all come here. Also this place is famous for featuring up and coming country artists. If they are in country and played the clubs before hitting it big they probably played here. If they are signed but still relatively unknown they will play here. If they used to be huge and are on the tail end of their career they will play here. Mo's ability to book talent is quite astonishing. If you like country music this is the place to come. Even if you don't and you can tolerate it, it's a good time.
As a non Texan, this is what I picture as a honky Tonk Texan bar. I loved it. Â Good country music, with a decent dance floor...could be bigger...where couples dance mainly two step. Â Has a decent band, and good music while on break. Â Drinks were cheap, and rowdy crowd were there to find a good time, not trouble. Â I would definitely return. Â
Disclaimer...this is a bar, so put on your jeans, beat up boots, and hats y'all. Â This is not a New York nightclub, so please don't expect someone to take your mink at the door. Plan to have fun, plain and simple. High maintenance city gals, best to stay home!
This place is awesome! After a week of the baby only listening to country music to fall asleep, the hubs and I decided we needed to experience a real honky-tonk bar. I was cautiously optimistic about Mo's.....the yelp reviews had me believing this place would suck. Wrong! Probably one of the most fun times I've had at a bar. Super cheap drinks, really good live music and fantastic people watching. I take off a star because they allow smoking in the bar....I know I know, it's a honky-tonk so the smoking shouldn't be surprising....it doesn't mean it's still not disgusting though.
Anyways, generally I do not listen to country music, this joint is in Katy and they allow smoking but Mo's is still is still an awesome time. When I need to kick up my heels, rock out to some "Neon Moon" and drink some straight whiskey you can bet your bedazzled boots I'll be returning to Mo's.
If I could give zero stars, I would. I normally give places the benefit of the doubt, but I have been here several times now and have never had an experience that makes me want to come back. My friend really wanted to go see Josh Abbott for her birthday so we went and it was one fiasco after another. First, they oversold the concert so not only was it uncomfortably crowded, but 5 of our friends who bought pre-sale tickets had to wait outside for 45 minutes, waiting for people to leave so they could come into the bar that was filled over capacity. The parking lot is too small to accommodate and they were so full they weren't even valeting cars anymore. I have NEVER been turned down by a valet. The wait at the bar was ridiculous and bartenders showed preference to certain customers and the waitresses took forever to get back with a drink. The crowning blow was that our waitress lost our friend's credit card. She brought back the slip to sign but no card and said that someone in our party must have it. After that, she brought another friend's card (who happened to be in the restroom at that moment) and just left it on the table. We confronted the owner and he sided with the waitress. Very unprofessional. You've already lost one card, don't you think you might want to place every other card in the hand of the person it belongs to? Once the show was over, they had a DJ which was a joke. He'd try to "mix" but it just wasn't working and the bass in the speakers kept cutting on and off. Headphones and iTunes does not make you a DJ. Plus it was a little sad to see a bunch of country people shaking it to the "jams" of 2005 like its the new hit that just dropped.
PS: You're going to have to take 3 showers afterward just to get the smoke smell out of your hair.
oh man... the one star is for the bands that they have. Â The rest of the place is awful!!! Â I go every few years hoping that something has changed and every time i am disappointed. Â The only word I have to describe the place is trash. The staff is slow, the crowd is nasty, and the place itself is NOT designed to handle the crowds or bands that they had, plus.. they allow SMOKING!!! ugh!
They are not only understaffed, but the place is just dirty. Â I want my money back!!!!
Wow, this is a tough one to rate. Â Its a country bar, and I do like me some country music. Â I don't, however, dance - line, square or any other shape. Â So as good as the bands may be, if you want to hear live music, Mo's is the place. Â If you want to SEE live country music, its a challenge. Â And it does get crowded - close to standing room only as it gets later.
The service has been very decent, especially considering its a very crowded bar. Â If you tend to continually get bad service at a bar, I wonder if you're tipping. Â Puting a dollar in the jar and learning their name tends to work wonders.
Will repeat, but expect a cover charge and limited parking. Â And if you go, just know that 99.9% of the people will be in their jeans, boots, and hats. Â Spurs optional.
Farrah, I think you fell off that speaker and hit your head. I can assure you, neither George Strait nor anyone else famous was "discovered" at Mo's Place. It is, however, a nice little neighborhood honky-tonk if you don't mind crowds and the occasional white kid who thinks he's Dr. Dre.
Review Source:This place is riding on its reputation more than its current atmosphere, genre, and staff.
In the '80s and '90s, Mo's was the place to go. Â Drinks were good, prices were low, music was good, the staff was great, and the customers were friendly. Â Mo was always there to look out for his customers.
In about 2005, things began to change. Â The music began shifting from country to rock. Â The three best bartenders have disappeared from there. Â Mo was no longer there. Â The patrons shifted from polite country folk that said "excuse me" to rockers that would push you out of the way if they wanted to get through. Â I E-mailed Mo about a very bad experience I had there in 2008 but never got a reply. Â At that time the guestbook on the Mo's website was loaded with complaints and I added mine. Â I go back about once per year to see if things have gotten better and they haven't. Â On a weeknight 2009 I saw a young bartender (who appeared to be strung out) serve to girls that looked like that might have even been as old as 18 but never check their IDs; it was quite obvious that being in a bar was a new experience for them. Â On a weeknight in 2010, the DJ wouldn't shut up and kept talking over the music with the volume of his voice louder than the music volume. Â The waitresses I've seen are more concerned about standing by the bar and looking pretty and kidding around with their high school buddies than they are about taking care of customers. Â If you want a drink, go stand in line at the bar.
Two different staff members have told me, "I'm Mo Junior" and a third has told a friend of mine that. Â Later I learned that the one it 2010 really was Mo Junior but I don't know who the other two were.
I've heard that Mo has started showing up again on Saturday evenings, but I'm not going to spend money just to see if that is true. Â He needs to get back involved with the daily operations until his son knows how to run the club and get it back like it used to be.
UPDATE: Â I went back in 2011. Â The bar staff keeps their drink bottles in they ice they serve to customers. Â One of the bartenders put my change into the tip jar rather than asking if I wanted it back. Â (His greed for that 50 cents cost him a $1 tip.) Â Rather than grip the drinks from around the side, one of the female bartenders would put her fingers inside the glasses and carry the drinks like that. Â (I mentioned that to Mo, Jr., but he didn't do anything about it.) Â During expansion, another dancefloor was added, but it's at the opposite end of the bar from the band, but as loud as it gets in there, it's probably better to dance at that end.
I am going to have to agree with Nikki on this one. Â First off, if you grew up in the Katy or Cypress area, this is going to be another one of your high school reunion bars. Â
The parking lot is small and always packed so you have to park behind the bar, or across the street in the grocery store parking lot. Â And if you are lucky enough to find a spot, it will either have broken bottles in it or the "valet" people will come out and tell you that it is a valet spot and you either need to pay or move. Â Then when you try to get it there is always a cover, even if a crappy no name band is playing.
When you do get inside it is packed wall to wall and you can move, get a drink, or dance. Â All of which are reason you went there in the first place.
But a bright spot is that on some night they have $1 beers, I don't know if it is still going on but the drinks are usually fairly cheap.
It does take a special circumstance to get me to go to this bar.
Ugh.  Small town people, in this little biddy bar....everyone think's the're a rockstar...kinda lame  "YOU'RE IN KATY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!" Â
They mostly play country music, with a sprinkling of hip-hop or something more worthwhile (if you're lucky). Â Not my first choice....at all.
I lurve Mo's Place. Yes, there's usually a cover (only because they got live music), and it takes forever to get a drink at the bar (though they're dirt cheap), so I can't complain.
Growing up in the 'burbs by Katy, I've been coming here for many years. Mo's kids also grew up in the area, and so the family has a loyal mixed generation of followers. But before my time, Mo's has been a honky tonk staple in Katy for more than 20 years.
They've got $2 you-call-its on Sundays and Tuesdays (along with karaoke on those nights), grub, pool tournaments, live music, a dance floor and a dj. Happy hour will get you and your posse a complimentary buffet, and lunch specials include buy one meal, get the second entree half off.
Live music acts include Roger Creager, Jack Ingram ... I saw Austin's Kevin Fowler there in 2006 (I was the gal dancing on the speakers to "Senorita Mas Fina"), who last year had his own opening performance at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. You should definitely catch a glimpse of small acts before they make it big. *Rumor has it that Mo's is where George Strait was discovered ... dunno how accurate that is*
You'll find everyone from barely legal hotties, old farts, gangsta wannabes, young and older professionals, soccer moms, frat boys and the cougars who love 'em and more. And the bar is crowded and smokey, just like Jeebus intended it.
This is i think the only place to go if you live out towards katy. Â Its a diamond in the rough. Â They have tons on pool tables and a dance floor for country dancing. Â They play hip hop some but its mostly country. Â So if you are like me, a person who likes hip hop and rap a lot more than country, its a happy medium if you want to go out with some friends. Â Drinks are cheap there too which is a plus. Â So if you are ever out in katy or want to head out into the boonies to try something new, head over to mo's. Â Parking is a little tight so the earlier you get there the better.
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