Used to love coming to the Rocking R back in college. Â Stopped by this weekend to relive. Â Sat AT THE BAR with no service for almost 10 minutes. Â Made eye contact with a few bartenders with the "Hi, can I get a drink" look on my face. Â Finally got up and went a few doors down to the Crystal where I was taken care of. Â I can't tell you about the quality of the drinks since nobody would wait on me. Â Can't tell you how good the food was because nobody would wait on me. Â Customer service sucks. Â I guess you really can't go home.
Review Source:Went here on a Sunday afternoon to watch NFL football. Tons of TVs -- every game was on somewhere. Fantastic. Good beer on tap, a couple of cheap specials. Had some fries, which were average thick-cut skin-on. Service was fine. Despite all of this, the overall vibe was just "OK." Not bad, but not great. Had that "college bar after a big Saturday night" feel, i.e. sleepy and slow.
Review Source:I don't usually like bars like this (big, made to look nice kinds of places)...I prefer dives. And the Rocking R just continued to confirm that feeling. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't HORRIBLE, but nothing special either.
Lots of college kids both of the times I went there. It also seemed to be run by college kids...some friendly, some bored with their job. You can get food here, but you have to order it separately at this little booth near the front of the bar. Pay for it separately there as well. Food is gross, greasy, bar food at a bigger price tag than necessary.
Lots of TVs and it gets quite a crowd for college football. There's lots of seating around the bar as well as some booths and other tables. Too loud to hear any conversation though.
I don't really know how to fairly review this place seeing as how going out in Bozeman is COMPLETELY different from what I'm used to (Denver nightlife). My friend had just started grad school when I went up to visit him. Since neither of us knew the "hot spots", his (slighty douchey) roommate acted as our guide for the night. We headed to rockin R after getting some sustinence at Ted's.
This place was packed, so I'm assuming that means it's "the place to go" on weekends. The crowd was young, Montana college students. I got a quite a few confused stares- which I am attributing to the fact that I was wearing 5 inch heels and a skirt (while everyone else was pretty much in jeans and boots), and that I just can't fight the rhythm and like to dance around even if no one else is. Once some time had passed, though, people were pretty friendly (maybe because they were drunk, but still). It shocked me how nice all the girls are at Bozeman bars- guess I'm just used to big-city bitches.
Everytime we ordered drinks, we were served relatively quickly. The pricing was pretty average, but the bartenders made our drinks STRONG.
If I happen through this cow-town again, I'd probably wander through.
We had an awful experience here. Wanted to watch US Open tennis finals. Â Very surly, negative female bar tender wouldn't turn up sound, lower music or let us order food at the bar. We asked for the manager and she said it wouldn't make a difference. We were the only ones there. Went for the street and had a great time at Bar 9.
Review Source:Great space, and always packed despite how large it is. I suppose that shows that it is THE place to go out on a Fri/Sat in Bozeman. Plenty of pool tables in the back, and not to hard to snag one for the evening.
Drinks pours are generous and are quite cheap (caveat: I'm used to Chicago pricing). Service, however, leaves much to be desired. Flagging down a bartender can be a pain, and that's not solely due to the number of people there. Even in mid-afternoon, bartenders/servers were MIA for an unreasonably long period of time.
While it is better than the old version of the Rockin R' much to be desired here. Â
Nice they are always having beer specials.
Nice they have the Pickle Barrell for a good sandy.
Usually nice scenery for both the boys and girls.
But what is the deal with the owner/mgr? Â Everytime I go in he's yelling at some poor college kid. Â Last time it was about not ordering enough mustard. Lighten up dude. Â Until you do I'm going down the street to the 317.
This is NOT your older brother's R Bar. Â I kinda miss the smell of stale beer and that certain something that the old haunt seemed to have. Â I only know the Rockin' R from my semi-annual road trips down I-90 to Bozeman, but I always seem to end up at this place. Â I've never seen it under capacity and there always seems to be a line to get in (this IS Bozeman, isn't it?). Â In short, you'll be happy with the drinks and probably run into someone you know.
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