Address: | 215 N Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47404, USA |
Phone: | +1 812-331-1000 |
Site: | brothersbar.com |
Rating: | 3.5 |
Working: | 11AM–3AM 11AM–3AM 11AM–3AM 11AM–3AM 11AM–3AM 11AM–3AM 11AM–12AM |
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A Private User
Every time weve gone, its been a different story. They have $3.50 domestic pitchers on Monday, so we ordered Bud Light. Halfway through the pitcher, the waitress said the pitchers were $7. The manager agreed to the original price but that the summer costs are different -- MAYBE you should put that on your signs that you put out every night. The next time we went to the patio and sat around for 10 minutes before a waitress came out. After we ordered, she asked for our IDs and said you have to be 21+ on the patio. There is NO sign for that, and she waited until AFTER we ordered; a couple of our friends were under 21, so she made us go back downstairs. Their rule that time was if youre under 21, you have to sit on the restaurant side of the aisle; if youre over 21, you can sit on the bar side. Fine. When we decided to go again, we invited our under 21 friends again for the $.10 wings. We ordered drinks from the bartender because the waitress couldnt be bothered to stop her conversations with another table... Finally when we were going to order some extra food, she said she needed to see IDs -- mind you, wed already been drinking for 30 minutes! She said we couldnt stay there because we had someone under 21. They are in their rights to make their own rules, but if youre going to change them every day, its just not worth it. Cheap beer isnt worth the crappy service.
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A Private User
If I could give less than one star I would. I went there tonight and was almost denied access because I was carring a satchel containg paperwork. I was with three female friends, all of which had large bags themselves. I was being denided access due to the fact that I was a man carring a bag. After I asked to speak with the manager one of my female friends placed my bag in hers and I was allowed to enter. What I took from that was that it was not for the protection of others in the bar, it was only due to the fact that I was a man. I will no longer go to Brothers. I suggest you do the same, there are much better bars where all are welcome, and as I now see there are many others who would only give this place one star. Enter at your own risk.
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Zach Stuckmann
Overall Brothers is fine. The kid at the door let me charge my phone next to the ATM after a long drive, and the bartender was pretty quick and attentive, but those were the only two interactions we received. The first ten minutes we spent sitting at our table waiting for a waiter to stop by which never happened. I believe this was also during Spring Break so the place was dead to begin with. After a while we noticed a bunch of the waiters (average college age) standing in the back talking to each other for most of the time we were there. Cannot comment on the food because we never had the opportunity to order. They have a small stage at the back which I assume they use when more students are in town.
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A Private User
The food is decent, just your typical bar food. The drink specials are unbeatable from 2 dollar call its and pints to 1 dollar high lifes, the deals are excellent. But on the other hand it almost isnt worth it to have to deal with the awful service. I go to brothers once a week. The past 2 times I have gone the waitress has simply forgot that I ordered a drink and will walk past me 5 times before they realize the mistake they made. I figured meh, maybe it was just too busy, but the next time exact thing happened. It was barely busy too..I dont get it, your sole job as a waitress is to not forget about your customers, but that tends to happen quite a bit at brothers.
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Tito Santare
Service was alright. Bartenders were prompt and attentive to our drink needs. However, their beer lines downstairs are in DESPERATE need of cleaning. My roommate ordered a Hoegaarden and was complaining about everything he was drinking, so when he said that his beer was gross (again), I tasted it and understood what he was mad about. Neither one of use even wanted to finish that beer. I tasted a couple of his other beers (Magic Hat #9 & Dos Equis Lager), and they were a little off too. My Shiner Bock seemed a little off too (tasted buttery). If youre going to have a decent beer selection, you need to make the effort to clean your beer lines out once a month.
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Jatin Thayuman
Staff at the door were rude, Ive come down from Australia and have been to many bars all over the states, my ID (drivers license) has never been an issue, until last night. I handed my ID over and was rudely rebuffed with the question do I have another form of ID apparently I needed something with a US stamp on it.... Never heard of had that experience anywhere else. Considering Bloomington is a university town with international students visiting it was surprising to say the least. I dont appreciate the behavior and I hope brothers will train its staff to be more courteous.
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Jeremy Weaver
Do not go here to watch UFC fights. They will mute the volume and turn the music up in between fights, even though they advertise that its a fight night. I mentioned it to the manager, and he was a total dick. Their specials are a ripoff also. How much water do they add to their drinks here? Its ridiculous. This bar can eat a dick and the manager can choke on one. Just go to the Atlas bar on college, at least you can drink real drinks there. Brothers is terrible. Also, what the hell are the waitresses doing? Why does it take so long to get a drink?
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Arihant Arora
Extremely rude staff. They get drunk themselves and engage with the crowd and some of them even pick fights. Im a regular here and this is the second time I saw them throwing out random guests from the bar area without an explanation. When asked, they simply replied "we dont need to explain ourselves to you or anyone else". HORRIBLE!
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TASHINA ARTHUR
We came in for a bite to eat.. Staff was nice but if your wanting food do yourself a favor and go next door to B-town Diner.. We had the Bacon Burger, worst burger Ive ever had. Staff is nice but need to do something about food, maybe ppl are usually so drunk they cant tell the difference. The 2 stars are for staff
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Curtis Dibble
This bar is absolute garbage. I can appreciate the cheap drinks and outstanding "college bar" atmosphere. At the same time, when I pay for mixed drinks that are watered down to the point which defies the purpose of going to a bar, I have no choice but to leave a single star review.
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Wilbur Fronek
Cool place to hang out. Drinks were good staff was great. Had a great time. Gets loud as the night goes on, but thats the club scene! Met some good people there, most all were friendly. There were a few rude people there, but you find that anywhere. But overall a great place.
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Brandon Delk
Wonderful staff, only one bad experience. Decent for bar food but waiters/waittesses are great. Be kind and you get double karma back in return. Btw, Katrina is an angel, anyone with any type of company that jas customer facing interactions ought too steal her