Alley Bar

112 W Liberty St, Ann Arbor
(734) 662-8757

Recent Reviews

Roberto Jones

I have the best time when I. DJ there????????

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 4

Carlolyn Redies

Used to be a good bar in Ann Arbor but now they play country music and there are too many

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Sarah

Stacey was such a blast to hang out with. Great service. Great drinks. She can make anything you can think of.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Kyle Hulsebus

Pretty typical dive bar. Not a bad place to grab a drink, and they're open late (or early, depending how you look at it)

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

E P

I really hate leaving a two star review for this place, but it is what it is. First off I want to start by saying that this place has a killer atmosphere, the bar back area is just cool to look at and the unique booths make for great conversation. Here is where the issue comes about... I was waiting for a reservation for dinner next door and had about 45 minutes to waste.Ordered at the bar a single beer and cashed out... I noticed right away when the beer was poured that there was almost zero CO2 in the beer, it poured super flat... I tasted it and yeah it was flat as a beer thats been sitting out for hours. I asked for another, figuring it might have just been the tap, but sadly it was not. I told the guy, but he didnt really seem to care, but was kind enough to offer another beer. the second big downer was that I was charged incorrectly from what the Menu said by a $1... It might not seem like a big deal and I wasnt in the mood to say anything, but come on you run a business, please do better to get it right.Kind of soured my opinion of this place as a whole... will likely not return in the future considering there are many other choices on the street.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 3

Jeff Stoker

The staff is great. Nice vibe with a great drink selection. Choose a whiskey or a bourbon. You can't go wrong.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

FullmetalMogi

Came here bar hopping with my husband. He went up to order drinks while I sat at a booth. A server came up and asked for my order and I informed her that my husband was ordering and I did not know if he was at the front of the line. She said no worries I see him If his order is in I'll forget about yours. Sounds like a plan. My husband comes with drinks. Great it's handled he opened a tab. Suddenly the bartender comes up and accuses us of trying to get drinks for free and distracting her from making drinks by pulling her from the bar? She demanded we pay for the first two drinks. She was a red head. If they brought us all four drinks we would have paid. As far as I knew my husband opened a tab? It was an extremely confrontational encounter for absolutely no reason. It was a miscommunication we had never been to the bar we were unsure of the ordering system. We did not know there were servers to begin with. Someone needed to just ask us for a card and we would have handed it over. The entire encounter was not necessary. It was escalated to a degree that I have not encountered in the high end bar scene.Ultimately, I couldn't even enjoy the drink and dropped it off by the bar. I would be careful with coming into this bar as a newbie. Wait for someone to speak to you and follow their lead. Either way the drinks are a bit lack luster to risk that kind of encounter.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Morgan N.

Came here bar hopping with my husband. He went up to order drinks while I sat at a booth. A server came up and asked for my order and I informed her that my husband was ordering and I did not know if he was at the front of the line. She said no worries I see him If his order is in I'll forget about yours. Sounds like a plan. My husband comes with drinks. Great it's handled he opened a tab. Suddenly the bartender comes up and accuses us of trying to get drinks for free and distracting her from making drinks by pulling her from the bar? She demanded we pay for the first two drinks. She was a red head. If they brought us all four drinks we would have paid. As far as I knew my husband opened a tab? It was an extremely confrontational encounter for absolutely no reason. It was a miscommunication we had never been to the bar we were unsure of the ordering system. We did not know there were servers to begin with. Someone needed to just ask us for a card and we would have handed it over. The entire encounter was not necessary. It was escalated to a degree that I have not encountered in the high end bar scene. Ultimately, I couldn't even enjoy the drink and dropped it off by the bar. I would be careful with coming into this bar as a newbie. Wait for someone to speak to you and follow their lead. Either way the drinks are a bit lack luster to risk that kind of encounter.

Josh Campbell

A great place to walk by and have security pull knives on you for walking up the

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

John Crimmins

Awesome bar, great whiskey selection, and on Sundays it’s apparently 50% off liquor, which included their whiskey selection.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Kevin Z.

Pretty good bar, definitely for an older crowd than college students. They have a fun cocktail menu but it's not too big. However, the drinks are not too expensive. They have a lot of comfortable booths' My friend and I came and had a great time so would recommend!

Grace Lund

Does not open on time. Waiters are moving very slow, not opening on time.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Adam Taylor

Best place to get a pickle back. Also, all of their bartenders make great cocktails.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Vyas Shenoy

I would give a 2 star only because mixologist was complaining about how busy it was and did not want to check what customers are asking when it comes house favorite cocktails. “Sorry we are busy to help you with it” was the response.Ambience was good.

Parker Thomas

Great drinks and they have a pinball machine too!

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