They have several pop-up restaurants through out the week. Â My favorite being Pirate pizza Friday and apparently Saturday's too now.
But besides the pizza, I really like this place. Â Its got a neighborhood bar kinda feel without the creepiness of a dive bar. Its the modern day Cheers basically...and who doesn't love Cheers?
The layout is a little odd but the space is what it is. Â Its a long narrow bar with small tables against the wall and a row of tables beside the bar which are only for overflow. Every time I've sat there, the poker players arrive and I'm suddenly in their way. Â There is also a room in the back with a pool table. Â I've honestly never been back there. Â Maybe on a busy weekend people might use it. Â The jukebox has tons of classics. Â Usually a familiar tune playing when you're sippin' on your drink. Â
The same bartender is always there when I go in on various days of the week. Â I like seeing the same face. She makes great recommendations like the Pear Martini which is now my go-to drink and shes the happiest person I've ever seen working. Â So nice and always smiling. Â Love her!
Although its not a fancy cocktail lounge, they happen to make some great mixed drinks.
-1star for the smoking, although they have filters which help keep the smoke to a minimum, you still leave smelling like an ashtray.
Lots of pluses for Pals! I could go on about the drinks (seasonal cocktail menu in a diveish bar that you need to be ringed into? Yes, Please!) and the fact that there's just something so cool about ordering champagne in this kind of setting. But let's get down to the nitty gritty.
+That men's room. Oh you better believe I pranced myself right on in to see the nude chick hall o'fame. Seems like Pal's has a thing for well-endowed girls of the 60s and 70s judging by what's up there.
-and who do the ladies get? Burt Reynolds?! I think it's a Playgirl shot. Whatever it is, it's just unappealing. Again with the 70s. Or maybe that's the 80s. Either way, I must be the wrong demographic b/c I definitely have no interest in seeing Burt Reyond's wang. Come to think of it, I may be blocking it out, but his wang might not even be visible. That thick carpet of chest hair, OTOH... Mondo trauma.
+I love the curved staircase leading up to the ladies. I just don't like who's waiting for m in there.
+bar snacks. Pretzels and champagne? Helllls yeah. Dinner of champions.
Great neighborhood bar! Â Nice, friendly patrons who you see there often and can have great conversations with. Â Absolutely love the bartenders there, always cheerful and get to know you name after 2 or 3 visits. Â Whenever I walk in they greet me my name and have my favorite beer waiting for me and ice cold! Â My best friend and I call it our living room because we love it so much. Â Most nights they have food out for patrons, from red beans and rice on Mondays to nachos or hot dogs on other nights. Â Fun place for neighborhood folks and reminds of why I love being from New Orleans.
Review Source:I've passed this bar several times just being in the area & unfortunately NEVER stopped in. Â I had the opportunity to do so during a YELP event where we had tacos & booze, not a bad combo. Â
You've gotta get buzzed in & space is limited, but hey it's a bar. Â Although in the rear of the bar there's a little more space where you can find video poker, video games and a sweet, sweet, sweet air hockey table. Â The walls are "adorned" with booby pics, naked ladies and ONLY like 2 naked men (no fair), but oh well. Â
Ladies bathroom is nice, there are peppermints in there ya know. Â Signs about toilet flushing techniques. Â And it's only fair to mention the mens bathroom is nice as well in it's own right.
The food is cash only & the bar has a $10 drink minimum to use your debit card. Â There's an ATM machine located in the rear of the bar, near the kitchen door, FYI. Â And there are some food and drink specials as well like tacos & beergaritas (tastyyyyyyy ummmm ummmm good) to boot.
Servers & bar tenders are the <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbomb.com&s=bb4f996415a9c2f21137e27cfb68f439a48cec2652b53e9b50dd7e766dbe177e" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://bomb.com</a>, but there was one lady, that well, didn't really kill the experience for me, but made me think twice about customer service. Â As a result, one of the servers apologized for her "biting my head off"... but in light of the masses, I just disregarded the ill-served words & kept it moving. Â
I had a great time, I enjoyed several of the drinks created by the bar tender & then I went home.
Great neighborhood bar with friendly bartenders, a great juke box and a fabulous men's room. Â
Be sure to check out Taco Tuesdays! Â Eat Mah Taco pops up and serves some amazing grub! Â She changes the menu every week, so there's always something good to try. Â Highlights are the Baja Ha fried cod taco, the Masala Holla chicken tikka masala taco and also the Squeal Blue Big BBQ pulled pork with blue cheese and cilantro slaw. Â She also offers a "2 for $2" taco every week.
Note to the owners: Â Please upgrade the women's room to look as nice as the men's room!
Pals lounge is this beat little bar that tourists should not be allowed to go to because it would lose its character. They have a guard on the door and the barman has to buzz you in. It's full of cigarette smoke and chatting locals and pictures of topless girls with a jazz, blues and rock and roll jukebox. It's a dive bar, one of my favourite bars I've been to. We talked to locals about Louisiana, the French, Haiti and beer.
Review Source:This is my favorite bar in New Orleans. Â The bartenders are super nice, and the jukebox kicks all kinds of butt. Â I can drink a hot coffee cocktail and listen to Roxy Music while I play air hockey at 3 AM. Â Their specialty cocktails are good, too. Â Try the Shinobi. Â Yeah, that's right. Â They have a cocktail named after Shinobi. Â The only thing cooler than that would be a cocktail called the Bionic Commando, but I'm pretty sure there's no such thing.
If you think you found a cooler bar in town, you need to get your head examined.
Lived up the street, spent all my money there, caught the black lung from the smoke, loved the bartenders, sick of the jukebox selections, naked chicks on the bathroom walls, free food often, the delay between the three tvs ruins Saints games, run into everybody I know there, trivia is good, open hella late.
Good neighborhood dive pretty much sums it up.
This bar is ok. Â The drinks were good. The bartender was nice. Â Lots of smoke. Â If I lived in the area I might go back out of convenience. Â However, I live uptown so I don't see myself making a special trip back. Â The bar is not special but I would not say that it's generic or like Applebee's. Â Bourbon St. is a tourist trap and most locals stay away from it because it is generic and gross.
Review Source:I really like Pal's and I love the "special" wallpaper in the men's restroom here. Â They often have cheap and free food specials. Â They have outstanding bartenders that always make sure you have a good time. Â They have a security officer at the front door and you have to get buzzed in by the bartender (as the neighborhood used to be a lot more shady and might still have some shady characters occasionally but it seems to be getting better and better around the area all the time). Â I've never had any problems in this area and I've been here at ALL hours. Â I've always had a fantastic time in this bar and they are always making some very creative cocktails. Â They also have all sorts of fun games in the back and an awesome jukebox. Â I wish this place was closer to my house and I would be here even more than I already am.
Review Source:Best advice I ever got from regular at Pal's: "You drinking a Dark and Stormy babeh? Get you a Mark and Stormy. That's the Pal's way."
Maker's Mark and Ginger Beer. It's a life changer. Oh yeah and get a double and it comes in a signature Pal's Lounge blue plastic cup. I can always use another 13 of those to add to my 87 others. An even 100? Yes please.
Other great drinks like the Gingerita, Blueberry Lemonade etc. Good selection of beers, peanuts always on the bar, a hook to hang my purse when I sit at the bar, and they do group viewings of True Blood, Treme etc.
And I concur with other reviews, this is the one bar I don't mind leaving and smelling like an ashtray.
Amazing jukebox. Spot on service. Board games by the window. Perfect size and comfortable lighting/decor. The regulars are definitely friendly enough to warrant the name "Pal's" lounge. Each bartender can make a great bloody mary. It depends on who it is, but usually it's perfectly spicy with plenty of garnish and not too thick. When my boyfriend lived next door to Pal's, the bloodies saved my life many a Saints season morning. The go cups here are great--big sturdy and plastic.
As far as neighborhood bars go, this one about takes the cake in NOLA. If only I were a neighbor!!
I walked to Pal's from my house: one star
The fight between Drunk Guy and Over It Bartender: three stars!
Bartender, to security: "get this guy outta here, he's had enough and driving me crazy."
Drunk Guy, to the bar: "You can't do this to me!!! You know what?!? As a regularly drinking person who drinks alcohol regularly, I have to say that you are the WORST bartender!!! Your beers are awful!! You are a disgrace to bars and people who drink at them. LIKE ME. I drink!!! And I hate you!!!"
This is the closest, coolest bar to my home. It often becomes my 'just one more' stop after an evening out at other places, or it is the place that I like to bring my visitors as another example of why my neighborhood is so wonderful. There is always someone there that I know (cue the Cheer's theme.)
They make a great cocktail and have a nice selection of beer. The jukebox is full of great options. There is air hockey; some nights there are food options, and to top it all off, the men's room is wallpapered with centerfolds from the 70s (pre-silicon tatas) and the ladies room has two toilets next to each other in case you bring a friend.
The only thing that keeps it from being 5 stars is the fact that i can't leave this place without REEKING of cigarette smoke. Otherwise, I love it here!!
I was driving around the Fabourg St. John with my cousin one night. He commented that he really liked the neighborhood, and when he's ready to buy a house, he'd like to do so in that neighborhood. We saw the Pal's and suspected that it must be the neighborhood bars. We felt compelled. We just decided to go in. We felt immediately comfortable. We ran into people we knew. The place had great energy, ambiance, and atmosphere. good drinks. This place is def. a winner.
Review Source:I don't do cold weather. And so I am a fan of any hot beverage spiked with something to really warm my insides as well as my brain. Pal's has a choice of SO many of these, as opposed to some bars (I won't name) whose bartenders will roll there eyes at the mere suggestion of a drink that requires special effort. Oh cider, hot toddy, spiked hot chocolate, you are the only reasons I leave my house in the winter. And all of you are waiting for me at Pal's.
But oh no! What's was that written on the chalkboard last night?? G-I-N-G-E-R-I-T-A. For the love of ginger, how could I leave and not have tasted this fine concoction? I ordered one, and it was oh so subtle and sneaky, so that turned into maybe 5? I lost count and also lost interest in my tried and true hot beverages as well. But I was happy dammit, and yes, warm too. Johnny Cash on the jukebox, a tattooed bartender named Trent who knows his stuff, two open bar stools, and I'm sold.
Ok, just to be clear this place is getting three stars because it has air hockey and air hockey is awesome.
My ex used to live in mid city, so he and his roomies called his their "home" bar  Ok, I'll be honest.  The place isn't the worst bar I've ever set foot in.  In fact, if you take it out of the shady neighborhood that it's in, it would actually be a neat little place.
This place has a history. Â If you do enough searching, you will discover what I mean. Â I'm not going to go into that here. Â I will say that the bartenders are really nice and the people seem nice, as well. Â I wouldn't go alone, I'd go with a big group of people.
I don't usually like going home smelling like smoke for a week, but Pal's is one dive bar that is worth it. Taco Tuesdays (2 for $2) has my heart and I'm not ready to break it off any time soon.
The cocktail menu is creative and tasty, so I make it a point to try something new each time I go. I may make a few faces here and there at how strong the drinks are, but they don't disappoint. A drink being "too strong" has never been a bad complaint, I'm sure.
Be warned: this is one SMALL bar! You may have to leave the entire posse at home.
I love Pal's, that's a given. Â However, this review was spurred entirely by the fantastic Gingerita I had there on Friday. Â Cutesy names can be a bad sign for cocktails, often involving overly sweet ingredients. Â Not so with Gingerita, it has ginger vodka, ginger beer and this amazing organic ginger juice that they special order from California called Elixir G. Â Go get a Gingerita before the season is over!
Review Source:I have been going to Pal's for as long as it has been Pal's. Even before I lived within stumbling distance of this quintessential dive bar, I had a nice collection of the blue go-cups. Pal's, like all good things, just gets better with age. Some places you can tire of so quickly...the "scene" populates it, drives it into the ground and trades it in for the new hip place. Then you are left with a shell of a bar....ahem, Half Moon....and even the oldest of old regulars can't take it anymore.
But Pal's sticks to its guns, and even the fancy shmancy new drink menu and replacing some of the old games hasn't hurt anything. Neighborhood folks like myself love the delicious food choices that make the perfect cheap dinner on the fly. Trivia night has gotten huge (that's what she said), sports on TV is never ridiculously invasive, and the bartenders are consistently incredible, talented people who easily balance hanging with the usuals and initiating the newcomers.
One of these days I will win the Roll A Day dice game and buy all my Pal's friends a drink. I love it there.
Fantastic neighborhood bar with friendly, funny bartenders, strong drinks, and free food! Â There is also an air hockey table in the back. Â There are old nude photos on the walls. Â Ring a buzzer to get in. Â The patrons are pretty cool and the neighborhood is not bad. Â I love that they have Pal's cups, shirts and sweatshirts!
Review Source:This place has no culture. It feels like a TGIFridays or Applebees bar inside. The bartenders seem like they aren't from New Orleans and everything just seems generic about this bar. I wouldn't go back. Tourists, you are much better off staying in and around Bourbon for a real New Orleans experience. Seriously. In fact, stay out of the whole Mid-City area and avoid it entirely. Same goes for the Marigny, it just isn't authentic.
Review Source:Hey I just heard about that story that Chris told, except from the woman who got proofed.
I've been to Pal's before, but I ain't going back if your staff are going to be a bunch of dicks.
EDIT: We rode past Pal's this weekend, and the aforementioned woman said, "let's go in".
I like Pal's, and I know the reason why there is a security guard is that they were held up at gunpoint a few years ago.
When I said, "I'm boycotting a place", they gave me a good reason to never come back and you won't see me there again. Â Not "Let's drop in" on a drunken whim.
But as all the times I've spent at Pal's, it was nice there, and I enjoyed myself. Â Except for the smoke.
So I changed my review. Â I got no more beef if my woman doesn't.
I heard someone got randomly stabbed here, but don't let that dissuade you. It was sort of an isolated incident. I'm a bit of an air hockey fanatic, and this place has an awesome air hockey table (even if it's a little small). Go for the air hockey, go for a neighborhood bar feel, just go.
Review Source:This place is taller than wide, and full of ol' bar nude painting. Â The temperature of the light is just right. Â Backlighted bottles and rockabilly bartender round out the show.
When the last time you had to ring the buzzer for the bartender to let you in? Â I don't know if this is for show or not? Â It's a safer area for NO.
There's a photo booth, great jukebox and cool mixed crowd.
Abita in a  bottle = 3.75 (cheap for NO)
Not sure if the buzzing-in of people is necessary anymore, especially with the guard outside, but it's interesting and somewhat unique. Â At the least, you feel safer when you're inside. Â
A dive bar is a dive bar is a dive bar. Â What else is there to say? Â Pal's is a comfortable location for it's neighborhood patrons, not on Esplanade itself, but not far from it. Â Pal's is unique perhaps for its elaborate mural, the epicenter of which is in the men's bathroom, of nude playmate spreads and man's man advertisements featuring Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds. Â Outside of the men's restroom one still spots carefully placed frames of old nude drawings and advertisements. Â So, take it as it is.
The air-hockey table in the back was tempting but I didn't have cash. Â Sopranos pinball too. Â I'll probably be back if I make more friends in that neighborhood, or just to find out if they really have $1 PBR's like another reviewer mentioned.
Went to this bar over halloween weekend with my girl.
awesome place, great decor with all sorts of vintage vargas pin ups hanging around as well as a nice collection of late 60s-70s Playboy pics and cool ads in the bathroom--Burt Reynolds style advice, Johnny Carson Leisure suits, '67 Barracuda!
Trent the bartender sported a rockin' Evel Knievel costume and kept our whiskey glasses full--he also knew a lot about the late Mr. Knievel.
Keep in mind that the neighborhood is border/transitional so the bar's door is locked, you have to buzz to get in--they do this to deter the bone heads that keep trying to rob the place despite the 24/7 video cameras and the numerous guns kept by the bar staff.
I think they open earlier on weekends and later afternoon--like 3pm during the week.
This place is an easy bike ride--if you ride--from the Quarter and such.
If I were in NOLA I wouldn't think of not visiting this place, it was awesome and I regretted the fact that we were unable to stay and drink a while longer. Â
The bartender and patrons were cool--and I wouldn't say they were annoying hipsters despite the PBR in the cooler and the vintage arcade.
Met some friends here after fest who are locals that frequent this spot. What a gem. Killer tacos, beers and that local feel away from the tourists. Men's bathroom is a sight to behold with vintage 70's playboy pinup wallpaper. Directions to find this spot stapled on the utility poles with just the name and arrows to point the way, no indication of what it is. I dig that.
Review Source:A locals bar in the Bayou St. John area of Mid-City. Â I went on a Sunday and was told by people who visit it often that I came on a more sedate night than usual.
This bar is a great place to observe hipsters in their native environment. Â All the elements of their diet are present: a jukebox filled with music nobody listens to, dollar PBR, and vintage arcade games. Â Personally, I enjoy going on a hipster safari so this is a big plus.
There was a tin of homemade cookies and a cardboard box filled to the brim with turkey legs all for the taking. Â You don't find that at many places. Â I wonder who the hell cooks all that... the cookies were damn good.
There's an air hockey table in a back room which is a freakin' blast. Â Strangers seemed to enjoy watching the often-heated matches, offering commentary, praise, and occasional ridicule. Â Within view of the air hockey table is the men's restroom, separated only by 10 feet and a pair of saloon doors.... and believe me, it's a sight... the walls are covered in playboy centerfolds from the '70s. Â Remember, shake it more than twice and you're playing with yourself.
Some people got stabbed here back in 2007. Â Still, it doesn't seem to be a dodgy area by any means and I'll be back.
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