If you are an introvert, like myself, avoid this place like the plague. There is no privacy, no quiet (at all). It was what I imagined hell to be like. If you like loud music and crowded dance floors with no mental or physical escape to be had- it is the place for you! They have different themed areas and more than one band and type of music going on at any given time. The drinks are reasonable and the staff is helpful.
Review Source:I went for the food truck fest and it was really cold so we went inside. It was awesome that they were allowing food from the fest into the bar. There was a loud live singer in the front room and we went out to the smoking deck to talk. The heaters weren't on so we were freezing for 2 hours while waiting for a manager to turn the heaters on. I didn't really buy any drinks so I don't know how the pricing was. I liked the general ambiance.
Review Source:You know what...I had fun. It was DEAD on this Wednesday evening, but when I go out for Karaoke I'm not so interested in the onlookers, just the stress relief.
The only real downside of my trip was the it was COLD...Mother Stinking Cold...OMG. There is no heating in this building and a draft like you couldn't believe.
The KJ's a good guy. Pretty extensive list but a little less eclectic than I'd like. That said I was able to do like 4 brand new songs for me, and since there was no crowd I did some that I wouldn't do with a group o peoples too.
They have live music throughout the night too. The band that I saw was pretty good also. It was, again, dead, but fun nonetheless. Their website says they have no cover bands but when I left the new band was singing Crazy B*tch, so obviously they allow some level of that in.
The place is HUGE. Not the crowd, that wednesday, that I would find attractive but I'm sure that it does it for someone. Throughout the evening I think I saw two attractive womens walking around.
Again, this was a wednesday night and I left around 0030 hours, the place was getting more busy as I left but I had work in the morrow!
This place is just what it looks like it might be. Totally trashy, sketchy, and oddly massive, with 3 different stages for bands, a tiki room/bar, dj/dance floor, karaoke room, and smoking deck. But here are the reasons I give it 5 stars and yet 2 stars at exactly the same time.
1B) My boyfriend and I were just friends when we first came to Phoenix Hill Tavern, but the awesome booty music and waaaay beyond entertaining crowd watching, well more like experiencing, cemented our relationship
2B) The guy that does karaoke is creepy. And what can I say - it is hilarious! Especially if/when he decides he is in love with someone in your group who unintelligently told him her name. And that if your group sings something inappropriate - such as the classy Divynals "I touch myself" you'll get a stomach churning 3 minute intro about masturbation. 3B is key for laughing your way through this.
3B) The drinks may not be fancy, but they are suuuper cheap. 3.50 wells all night. Just keep it simple. Bourbon and coke. Vodka Tonic. Cab?
4B) It is kind of fun to sing Crazy Bitch and dance around like a, well, crazy bitch. Especially after a few of those cheap drinks when you aren't worried about your friends judging your terrible taste in anything, because, well, you are at Phoenix Hill Tavern!
It is the best worst night you can have in Louisville.
This is one of those oxymoronic spots that is so bad it's good, so wrong it's right, so trashy it's clearly the only option. If you can't find a good time here, then let's face it, you're most likely deaf, blind, dumb and even then probably a square. Phoenix hill is basically a massive warehouse full of every type of booty shakin' atmosphere imaginable. It's like walking into your radio and flippin stations all night. Not feeling the Karaoke equipped with funny hats? Slip into the next room, a Hip Hop thumpin' Tiki Bar. No? Head to the main stage for the big belt buckled 10-gallon hat cowboy boot stompin' country band. Not your scene? What about the slightly smaller stage 2 with a 90's cover band? Ooo, Jazz is wafting from the more intimate mini stage. Eh, I'll grab some fresh air at the smoker's lounge. Hey, I wonder who's on at Karaoke, I bet my turn is coming up....and so on.
Flippin scenes is only half the fun though! People-watching here is far more entertaining than any ole dart board or pool table. This music hall/club is inexplicably famous, which means it's one of those mythic places that people have heard rumors of bands being discovered from, but have no idea why or what to expect. So when Billy Bob and Bobby Sue come into town to get that marriage certificate that proves they are no longer livin' in sin then they might as well lubricate the necessary consummation with a little hell raisin' at that 'fancy famous music joint' Phoenix Hill Tavern. Then again, Taylor Swift was spotted there a couple months ago. You just never know.
I was shown this place on my first visit to Louisville with a description of "it's huge, it's wild, we will definitely meet some folks and that is definitely not necessarily a good thing, however, it'll be funny as hell. Oh yeah, and tonight is $2 well night and there is a Booty Shakin' contest at the Tiki Bar." We had so much fun and probably would have won the booty shakin contest too, but we were shookin out by 3:30am and dipped to Spinelli's.
Why not 5-stars? You can't give this place 5-stars hahahah but you'd have to go to truly understand why.
Its great if you do not mind spending about an hour in a line outside on the Friday before the derby...that's why we drink in the line, it keeps your mind off the wait! Â little hint for those that are not bad looking, once you actually get in view of the door guys, they are sure to let you directly in, just cry that your friends have been waiting inside for you. Â Then watch and listen to all the others bitch that he let you jump, its pretty amusing!
Review Source:While I wouldn't bring out of town guests to such a location, it was a great place for a bunch of San Fran locals to stumble upon. Â The place is huge with multiple levels and rooms - don't let the grunge band and the bad karaoke at the main entrance fool you. Â
The outside patio on a balmy summer night playing hip hop music was pretty awesome and I would have been annoyed with a $3.00 cover (for a Wednesday night) but I got over it after a round of 9 shots for $18.00
The beer is cheap and the bartenders quick with service. Â This time, I finished my shot of Beam and my Miller High Life.
I stopped in here to start the night by having one or two beers when I was in Louisville for the Lebowskifest. Really nice looking interior, dark, with some TV's. It wasn't crowded, but it was early. I could have done without the music. Especially since there wasn't anyone in there. When are bars going to figure out that patrons may want to be able to, I don't know, talk, or just hear themselves think. I am not impressed with what this bar thinks is musically hip. Cute bartender, she was nice, beer was cold, paid with cash, not a really special place from what I could tell. Very generic.
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