Not anywhere near as fun or crowded as it used to be. Hit or miss really, and crowds rarely stay past 12:30, and even that was on a holiday weekend. Â After then it was about 5 people, music blaring, and the place looked tired like it was just begging for someone to come in and have a drink.
The bouncer can be kind of a jerk to people but probably nothing will be done about 'em since he's been there forever and does another gay bar or two. Kind of antagonistic if you ask me.
I'm giving it 5 stars only because I had such a good time there this past Friday night. We had started out at other popular bars, but they were just so crowded and filled with very young drunk people. Not my favorite scene, so we went to Oh Bar, really just for a break from the madness of everywhere else. It quickly became the best part of the night. We sat down, and immediately were served by a very charming bartender. Instantly made friends with others around us and had a GREAT time talking. We stayed there 'til closing singing Mariah Carey and it was just a blast! I highly recommend this place if you're just looking for an easy night out. This isn't the place to get your dance moves going...but i'm sure dancing occurs occasionally. The bathroom was VERY small...but clean. I''d go back easily. I'm not gay or from Albany and I would recommend it to anyone.
Review Source:Charming neighborhood bar with friendly smiling bartenders who know how to pour a drink.
I loved the vibe of Oh Bar this past Friday evening. Â We met some locals and they gave us the 411 about the other bars and even gave us a restaurant recommendation.
The back patio was hopping and there were free appetizers too. Â The bathroom was cute and the door had a lock on it, bonus.
Oh Bar is a nice casual alternative to Albany's other gay bars (e.g. Waterworks, which is generally louder and dancier.) Â It's a great place to head after work or early on a Saturday night. Â It's especially accomodating for small groups of friends, with plenty of seating at the barstools, on the big couches, or on the back patio.
The crowd seems to be mostly gay men, but there are frequently straight/gay women there too. Â Even the occasional straight guy. Â Definitely a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.
Sometimes they have karaoke in the front section of the bar. Â Apologies to all who heard me then.
Oh bar, how I miss you.... I used to come here when I was living in Albany as a graduate student. Â We usually went as a mixed group and always had a great time! Â It was especially wonderful in the summer and we would hang out on the back patio. Â When I used to go, they had karaoke, and it was quite an event. Â Great place to come with friends and to make new friends.
Review Source:Good drinks that are priced reasonably, I have yet to be disappointed. Â The bartenders here are my favorites in Albany. Â Kick ass karaoke nights, so many people there can sing (yeah, yeah, stereotype). Â One of my favorite places to go to early, they have a nice patio with a decent amount of seating. Â Inside it's a little harder to find a place to sit once it starts getting crowded, but doesn't have that problem?
Review Source:Oh Bar is one of the places I really enjoy but for some inexplicable reason I don't go here often enough.
The joint boasts a friendly staff and clientele, with a great back patio that I think stays open later than any of the other area patios. Â
Good drink specials - especially for happy hour - and cutesily-named cocktails.
There's also a good pool table, and a nice chilled-out vibe most of the time. Bonus points for the funny dance music videos and minus one point for the proliferation of mirrors on the walls because they make me feel self-conscious.
Vanity aside, I really enjoy Oh Bar. Why don't I go here all the time? I'm not sure.
Today (Wednesday, September 26, 2007), my partner and I went to Oh Bar. Â When we got there, it was about 9pm. Â I didn't expect too much, since it was the middle of the week and pretty early.
We sat down at the bar and ordered some beers. Â We started talking with Steven (the one who was wearing the Tiara in the previous review). Â Steven was very nice.
It's nice to go to a bar and find the staff very friendly and easy to talk with.
I just wish that this place wasn't so hard to find on the Web. Â It's so easy to make a little web site to help out-of-towners find you. Â Minus one star for that. Â :(
Well, that was thoroughly embarrassing.
My thought process as I walked by this bar: "Oh Bar - that's a funny name. But it looks like a nice place. New maybe? Oh, they have a cute chalkboard sign out. Oh, boy! [that's what the sign said, too] Happy hour 2-8! 2-8!!"
Happy hour is, as you may know, one of my favorite things. So I went right in. First, I noticed that the guy exiting the bar was one of the more attractive men I'd seen in Albany; kind of a James Dean type. Thinking nothing of it, I walked in and ordered my usual, and noticed right away that the bartender was also very cute. And friendly. And wearing a tiara. But somehow that didn't raise any flags for me, maybe because behind the bar a sign proclaims a drink and a tiara on your birthday. So obviously, it was his birthday.
The bar interior was much nicer than other area I'd been to; new flat-screen TVs, polished bar area, clean tables, snappy back patio, and goblet-style glasses. Classy, I thought. Behind my stool was a sign proclaiming their Sunday/Monday football specials with an irreverent, "it's all about big brown balls and tight ends!"
Anyway, it was a pleasant place for a cocktail, I had a lovely conversation with both a patron and the bartender, and thought nothing  of it.
Until my aunt remarked, "Oh, the gay bar? That's new."
Ooooohhhhh.
I didn't even notice.
Notice: raising children in San Francisco removes all sense of societal norms.
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