Spatz is definitely what everyone else has described - a dive. Â But if that's what you are looking for, then it is exactly the place you should go. Â It's dimly lit, smoking is allowed, and there's no dress code. Â
In the dive bar plus column, I would point out that they have a big deck in the back, lots of games to play inside (i.e. pool, video games, darts), a juke box, TVs and free popcorn.
So if you're able to handle the smoke and don't mind the , at least you won't feel crammed, you can play your favorite song and snack on some popcorn.
Typical "dive" bar - as some reviewers have already noted, Spatz has plenty of faults & shouldn't be your first stop on a night out. (Arguably, it should not be your second, third, fourth, ... you get the picture.) I can't give it a one- or two-star review since I've been here plenty of times and have always had fun. To me, it's merely average ... though a three-star review for a bar of this caliber isn't too bad. Actually, it's quite generous. I've never eaten here - just drank & played pool - so I can't comment on the food. Check it out if you're in the area & want to play pool and/or grab a few cheap drinks. Otherwise, you won't be missing much.
Review Source:Never Again!
This place was a definite dive bar and not in a good way. Â We started our evening here so that might have been a bad decision. Â I was lucid for everything and hated how dirty it was, how bad it smelled and how you could smoke inside. Â This might have changed since I went well over 1 year ago. Â I refuse to go back. Â Ok place to play pool but I would not spend my evening here ever again!
Ok this place is not for all people and it's definitely not your first stop in the evening. This is the type of place that you decide to visit in a questionable frame of mind induced by imbibing spirits and other questionable substances at other destinations. For example:
Person A: Hey I'm not tired!!!! Where do you want to go next!!
Person B: You really want to continue this?
Person A: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Person B: Spatz?
Person A: YEAAHHHH!
That is, in general, how one comes to find themselves at the establishment known as Spatz. For example, I was a groomsman at a wedding at one of the premier wedding locations in Orlando, Casa Feliz. At some point a conversation like the one described above occurred and soon we were in Spatz. Â I would love to say that I have vivid memories of Spatz and include tons of detail, but it just isn't the type of place that you leave with a vivid memory.
I don't care how upscale your normal routine is. You need to make that bad (good) decision and finish your evening over at Spatz.
If you go solely by outward appearance, 98% of people would skip by this place in a heartbeat, but hey, my mom taught me to never judge a book by it's cover. Â
My friend brought me here after a night at Fiddlers. Â When we walked in I was a little taken aback by the strip mall location, weird crowd, and wood paneling on the walls. Â I have an open mind though, so after a few jack and diets, we played a pool and started having a great time. Â The people were really cool, and I wasted entirely too much money in the jukebox, which resulted in me singing 80s rock at the top of my lungs and then spilling multiple drinks in my lap, but I'm pretty sure that was what made the night so enjoyable. Â
Waking up on my friend's couch the next morning at noon with the headache from hell leads me to believe we enjoyed ourselves at Spatz, and I may very well be visiting that fine establishment again soon.