This is the kind of place you want to discover as you're on a road trip adventure, which is exactly how I found the place.
As mentioned in other reviews - this is a divey drinkin' bar. If you have champagne tastes, keep driving (although I assure you, you're going to miss out on all the fun!).
$1.00 jello shots? Yes please! Cheap beer? I'll take it! Friendly patrons and a bartender? You betcha. What more do you want, people?
Juke box; pool tables, ring toss. It's a laid back bar to hang out and just relax. They don't serve food, so eat at home and then come and chill.
Grab a $20, your favorite drinking friend and get down to Ruckmoor.
You're welcome.
Let's first be clear that this place is your quintessential dive bar. So don't waltz in here expecting stellar service, upstanding patronage or even to-die-for cocktails. This is a classic case of "what you see is what you get" with this bar. I mean... look at the venue photo.
That said, my love for The Ruckmoor runs deep. The unassuming air of this place is so refreshing. You gotta appreciate a bar where you can wear a dress one night or sweatpants the next. You will always be greeted with smiles from the bar staff and fellow bar-goers alike.
WHAT YOU WILL GET FROM THE RUCKMOOR
1) Cheap drinks
2) Strong drinks (watch yo'self!)
3) A healthy variety of bar entertainment: pool tables, foosball tables, drunks and...
4) RING TOSS! Perhaps what The Ruckmoor is most famed for. Launch a metal ring hanging from the ceiling and try to catch it on a hook across the bar. There are 5 types of shots you can make. It's a fabulous drunken challenge to see how advanced you can get in your toss approaches (it's always evident who the bar regulars are - they're the only ones that can make the infamous 5-pointer... yours truly included!). The entire bar WILL cheer along with you.
5) Jukebox meets Photo Booth. Do me a solid - throw back a few cocktails, pop a dollar in the machine, play your favorite song, launch the photo booth and just see what happens. You won't regret it (or will you...?)
TAKE NOTE: It's cash only! But, there is an ATM inside.
Wow, this is probably the best dive bar I've been to in Columbus. Â Drinks are cheap and strong--any well mixed drink is quite potent, and the dollar orange creamsicle Jello shots are delicious, powerful, and a buck all day long. Â The atmosphere is what makes this place amazing, though. Â It is delightfully cheesy--all the tables are designed to look like they're fashioned out of old barrels. Â I'm used to going to bars with pool tables, and there are two here, but what I wasn't used to was finding two foosball tables. Â There's a silly and addicting "ring toss" game made of a hook on a post and a ring attached by a string to the ceiling that you swing across the room toward the hook. Â The local color is very friendly and is more than happy to offer their expert advice on the ring toss game. Â One gentleman, I believe his name was Chauncey Ruckmoor, stopped air guitaring long enough to explain to my friend that he needed to close his eyes as he cast the ring and to blindly focus on hearing it land on the hook. Â Jedi stuff, right?
My first impression when I walked in was that the bartender asked a barfly whether there was a quarter in the urinal. Â When he inquired whether this was troublesome to her, she clarified that she wanted it to be there to see how long it would take some drunk to fish it out of there. Â I went in the bathroom and confirmed that there was indeed a quarter in the urinal. Â When I went back to the bathroom two and a half hours later, lo and behold, it was gone.
This place is fantastic if you like a good dive bar. Â Silly, fun atmosphere. Â Friendly patrons with lots of regulars who are very accepting of fresh blood. Â Cheap and strong drinks. No pretension whatsoever. Â A limited number of hipsters taking the place over (probably on account of its location outside of 270). Â Overall, just great.
First, I have to give props to Kristen N. below for probably the most accurate and insightful review of an establishment ever. Â I followed her rules and was thoroughly impressed.
I'm a big fan of any bars that offer stuff to do besides sit around and drink. I'm not too good at sitting still. Pool tables in the back room, a ring toss game in the front, old couches, and a patio made for some fun wandering around time.
A total Dive, but in an endearing, fun, capital-letter-D Dive-y way. I'm looking forward to my next Ruckmoor night.
Any night that starts - or ends - at The Ruckmoor I know is going to be a good night.
You want a bar with no frills, just friendly people, cheap drinks, and a ring game that entertains for hours? Â (Oh, they also have a digital jukebox, golf game, and darts if you really want to get fancy.) Â Then this is your place. Â Heck, I'm considered high class here because I order Blue Moon on draft. Â They've got 3 other drafts - I want to say Miller Lite, Killeans, and...Bud? Â But otherwise it's all cans. Â Not a can fan myself, but the drafts are nice and cheap.
If you expect the bar to entertain you, or are looking for some girly drinks, keep driving past. Â But if you've got a group of friends that want to chill and drink, and are willing to randomly strike up a conversation with the other friendly bar patrons, this is the place!
Rode hard and put away wet may not be the right phrase but it's certainly the first thing to come to mind.
Occasionally (maybe 3-4 times a year) I find myself in the Polaris area and drinking at 10:30 am. Â Clearly my options are limited. Â The Ruckmoor has always welcomed me and my fellow drinkers with open arms. Â We've always had the pleasure of getting our drinks from Marge (yes, she's exactly who you think she would be: full of bar wisdom, red bouffant hairstyle, raspy smokers voice and would console your tears one minute and break up a bar fight between 2 burly men the next). Â She happily pops open cans of PBR and Miller High Life all morning long. Â Just don't ask for a bottle of bud light here - this place is A-1 classy, only cans, my friend. Â
The walls are covered in heavily lacquered wood and thick red curtains. Â Seating is mostly barrel style chairs and benches for 2. Â There is a narrow passage way from the main seating area to the pool table and on your way you'll pass a couple of the most run down bathrooms I've seen since a WV truck stop. Â
There is an eclectic group of people here (as you can imagine at 10:30 in the morning). Â Mostly consisting of 3rd shifters ending their day and a few sad cases who appear to be falling of the wagon. Â I'd be willing to bet on any given morning you could hear some pretty good stories from those drinking away the Wednesday dawn. Â
There is a ring toss game which consists of a ring hanging from a string and a hook on the wall that entertains people for hours at a time. Parents who can't afford to buy a wii, this could be the way to win your way back into your children's hearts for about $4 and a couple taps of the hammer. Â Just a thought. Â
I'm giving this place 4 stars because last time we arrived at 10:30 and basically took over the seating area playing Kings, acting silly and drinking pitcher after pitcher of Kileans without once being bothered by anyone. Â
If you come in here with absolutely zero expectations and follow a few rules (Don't eat here. Â Try not to be sober here. Â Don't order a martini. Â Don't wear your good pants) you'll surely love it too.
This was my first time visiting Ruckmoor. It has a slight irish pub theme, dark atmosphere and some exposed brick. My first impression had me expecting the bar to be filled with old men sitting at the bar playing checkers. It reminds me of a small town neighborhood bar, with cheap drinks . This was reinforced by the fact they served me beer in a can.
This location didn't have the ability to process credit cards, but did have an atm inside. They had two pool tables in the rear, and the walls were covered with paneling! Great! I felt like I was in my father's basement.The bar did have a separate  seating area and multiple televisions to watch sporting events.
Ha. I can't believe there aren't more reviews of this place. Back when I used to serve and tend bar in the area this was THE place for us all to hang out when not at work. The already low drink prices were even lower for those who arrived in uniform. The selection is lacking but who cares? Did I mention they have can beer?
What a dive it is too. Wine barrel seats, a metal loop on a string that you can swing onto a hook on the wall. Did you know that it used to be a brothel? They have the old room keys trapped in the shellac covered bar. You want delightfully tacky, yet unrefined? Here it is. Even the drink glasses are kitschy.
So many memories.
When I think back to the most epic nights of outright war against my liver and my dignity, it's almost impossible for me to remember any that were not bookended by a stop at The Ruckmoor. The fact that I have any recollection of ever visiting this northside dive is an absolute miracle, and here's why: The Ruckmoor opens it's doors and allows you to commence the boozin' at the ripe hour of 5:30 AM.
You might be wondering what kind of person would start drinking this early in the morning, and to be honest I have no clear cut answer for that besides someone that has clearly fallen off the wagon. That's exactly why I love this place- if you're 21 and don't have a warrant out for your arrest, they're pleased to have you. They don't want to know what the hell you're doing all the way up here at 6 AM on a Tuesday- all they care about is getting you annihilated. And god bless them for that.
The ambiance at The Ruckmoor is akin to one of those casinos in Las Vegas that have 11.99 all you can eat steak buffets- shabby plush furniture, loud (and sometimes mesmerizing) carpet, heavily lacquered woodwork as far as the eye can see, and mirrors EVERYWHERE. The thought of looking at yourself in such a state- passed out with your head resting on an empty highball glass or a tallboy of Budweiser- is what really drives it home at The Ruckmoor. Whereas any other bar would cast you in to the street and leave you to your own devices, The Ruckmoor wants you to be as comfortable- and as drunk- as possible. God bless America.
Setting foot here while even the least bit sober and remorseful is a terrible idea, which is why I recommend following this strict contingency plan for an excellent morning at The Ruckmoor. First, drink your weight in keg beer at a bar of your choice. As soon as last call descends upon you, make your way to Dick's Den and get as many carryout cases of Black Label ($6.50 for 12 of 'em at last count) as you and your party may see fit. Find somewhere to kill three hours by drinking the Black Label, preferably somewhere with a porch near a busy off-campus street. Once it gets to be around 5:15, roll dice and see who gets the pleasure of carting your posse to The Ruckmoor. Pound shots of whiskey until the bartender wakes you up and asks you if you'd like more. Repeat until you can't bear it anymore. Walk next door to the Bob Evans to inject a hearty amount of grease in to your system. Roll the dice again to see who drives homes. Wake up on your front yard four hours later. Repeat until you wake up one day 40 years old working the third shift at the Budweiser plant, patiently anticipating that magical time of the day when you can go tie on one at The Ruckmoor. Ahhhh, the good life.
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