Cool environment and venue. Saw some live music and great dancing. Staff is superb. Overall, great atmosphere with affordable drinks!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Dylan “MadDylanEnt” Waters
Nice little set up.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Remrie Arrie (Duckshorts)
A solid dive bar. It's rather out of the way, but it's near Red Door, Eros, AFA, and other places I go to
Abelardo Flores
This place has so MANY different types of events. Be sure to refer to the calendar. They have cool cocktails. Nice new pool table. Music is always a
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Frank S.
I used to get Pabst Blue Ribbon there for .85 cents a bottle back in 1981. Great food also. I remember Joe used to own it along with his wife Martha.
Calavera Candy
Great venue, not so great parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Ellie Magdolna
It disappoints me to write negatively about a bar I loved at first. But my complaints have gone unanswered, my trauma response continues, and so here we go.The open mic night here is not a safe space for young artists. One time the hosts decided it would be funny to have “Showtime at the Apollo” as a theme. If you’re not familiar (I wasn’t), I guess it was a show associated with Soul Train, where the audience can cheer or boo the performers off stage. There would be an abbreviated open mic portion, then the game would begin.Setting aside that this is a terrible idea to begin with, I went to great efforts to avoid playing this game. I know that their host is always late, never puts the list in the same place twice, and has “featured acts” for more than half the night sometimes; so I always went early to try to get a spot before midnight. Often my efforts were pointless, as he would come in while my back was turned, and I’d be stuck here until extremely late if I wanted to play. One time I arrived at 7PM and played after 1AM. Furthermore, the host was not a good sound engineer. On the night of this story, it took 5 performances before he figured out that no guitars were being amplified through his direct box. Also all of his SM58s were crackly, noisy, damaged to disrepair.This night, apparently to control the game, the host insisted on operating the list himself. Then never put my name down, the list went out of his hand, nobody knew the program. He announced that no one had signed up for the open mic night portion. I raised my voice, said I was not here for the game, and performed my 2 songs. Then the game started.So I was very surprised when my name was pulled out of a hat, and with no preparation, I now had a crowded room pressuring me to perform.What ensued was terrible. Almost to the end of my song, I was booed. The cohost came onstage with a second microphone and started rapping “Mom’s Spaghetti” over me, which is quite ironic! And then, I learned that they hired someone to poke me under my ribs with a long stick until I left the stage. I was physically assaulted. (The stick guy did apologize later.)I was interrupted and humiliated.I am a career musician. My passion is for busking, and I travel around America hitting street corners. Since this incident happened, my trust in people is so low, I am afraid to go on stage or even go outside sometimes. I am really really shook up after this incident. It’s effecting my livelihood and my passion for music. I sacrificed a lot to hit the road and put trust in my abilities; with that confidence damaged, I am finding it very very hard to just keep food on the table.I did reach out to the owner of the bar to attempt to sort this out, and since I never did get any response, and I’m here awake at 2:16AM again reliving this horror, it’s time I make my voice heard by someone. I still want what I wanted then- for you-know-who and you-know-who-else to NEVER advertise an open mic in this bar again. They have abused this privilege and hurt me and my friends.I don’t expect to ever return to the Crobar again. I won’t recommend it to my friends. This sucks because once I thought the Crobar was in an interesting location where it had a chance to become a vestige for the music scene to expand eastward, into a part of the city that all of us want to finally grow and thrive after decades of injustice and unfairness and racism have ravaged it. The Crobar was initially described to me as a “metropolitan” bar where cultures were blending; I was seeing that in the bills that had rap and rock groups sharing the stage. How disappointing then to have such poor event management there.I don’t want to gloss over the very best shining thing about this bar, though. Kerry, my bartender every time I ever went, was one of the friendliest bartenders I ever had. She hung out and chatted with us musicians till after 2AM many nights. Delightful and thoughtful human being. I hope she is doing well (and I hope I spelled her name right). Kerry is a 5-star bartender. Thank you Kerry.
Jenna Catrone
This spit is a little out of my norm, but overall is fun! The food truck on the patio is awesome. The owner farms his meat and veggies! The service is excellent by the bar staff. The techno DJ is a bit much for me(only 1 if myn2 trips was there a DJ), but otherwise a fun little "dive" bar in Asia Town!
Best dance parties in Cleveland! DJs, bands, a ton of fun. Great bartenders and staff. AMAZING lights and incredible (((sound))). Must see.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alice Gibson
Really grateful to have this venue in Cleveland. There’s no one else doing what they do. The edm program is exceptional! Thank you!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ej Keating
The world we live in is crazy, but Crobar is always a good time, The music is always nice. Several food options and pop ups going on throughout the days, farmers feast is always a go to so cool to see chef cooking on the open grill. Gerad (with a G) & team are always a pleasure they are really cooking behind the bar, fast service no matter how many creatures are looking for a drink. Big ups too the Cro, they are doing wonderful things.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Prescious Givens
Dope people, great environment. Many differnt event nights, super inclusive. Featuring local DJ's and talent. I also have had great food from Farmer Feast who partners here some nights. 10 out 10!
Went to an anime glotaku party and had a blast.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cool environment and venue. Saw some live music and great dancing. Staff is superb. Overall, great atmosphere with affordable drinks!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Nice little set up.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
A solid dive bar. It's rather out of the way, but it's near Red Door, Eros, AFA, and other places I go to
This place has so MANY different types of events. Be sure to refer to the calendar. They have cool cocktails. Nice new pool table. Music is always a
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
I used to get Pabst Blue Ribbon there for .85 cents a bottle back in 1981. Great food also. I remember Joe used to own it along with his wife Martha.
Great venue, not so great parking.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
It disappoints me to write negatively about a bar I loved at first. But my complaints have gone unanswered, my trauma response continues, and so here we go.The open mic night here is not a safe space for young artists. One time the hosts decided it would be funny to have “Showtime at the Apollo” as a theme. If you’re not familiar (I wasn’t), I guess it was a show associated with Soul Train, where the audience can cheer or boo the performers off stage. There would be an abbreviated open mic portion, then the game would begin.Setting aside that this is a terrible idea to begin with, I went to great efforts to avoid playing this game. I know that their host is always late, never puts the list in the same place twice, and has “featured acts” for more than half the night sometimes; so I always went early to try to get a spot before midnight. Often my efforts were pointless, as he would come in while my back was turned, and I’d be stuck here until extremely late if I wanted to play. One time I arrived at 7PM and played after 1AM. Furthermore, the host was not a good sound engineer. On the night of this story, it took 5 performances before he figured out that no guitars were being amplified through his direct box. Also all of his SM58s were crackly, noisy, damaged to disrepair.This night, apparently to control the game, the host insisted on operating the list himself. Then never put my name down, the list went out of his hand, nobody knew the program. He announced that no one had signed up for the open mic night portion. I raised my voice, said I was not here for the game, and performed my 2 songs. Then the game started.So I was very surprised when my name was pulled out of a hat, and with no preparation, I now had a crowded room pressuring me to perform.What ensued was terrible. Almost to the end of my song, I was booed. The cohost came onstage with a second microphone and started rapping “Mom’s Spaghetti” over me, which is quite ironic! And then, I learned that they hired someone to poke me under my ribs with a long stick until I left the stage. I was physically assaulted. (The stick guy did apologize later.)I was interrupted and humiliated.I am a career musician. My passion is for busking, and I travel around America hitting street corners. Since this incident happened, my trust in people is so low, I am afraid to go on stage or even go outside sometimes. I am really really shook up after this incident. It’s effecting my livelihood and my passion for music. I sacrificed a lot to hit the road and put trust in my abilities; with that confidence damaged, I am finding it very very hard to just keep food on the table.I did reach out to the owner of the bar to attempt to sort this out, and since I never did get any response, and I’m here awake at 2:16AM again reliving this horror, it’s time I make my voice heard by someone. I still want what I wanted then- for you-know-who and you-know-who-else to NEVER advertise an open mic in this bar again. They have abused this privilege and hurt me and my friends.I don’t expect to ever return to the Crobar again. I won’t recommend it to my friends. This sucks because once I thought the Crobar was in an interesting location where it had a chance to become a vestige for the music scene to expand eastward, into a part of the city that all of us want to finally grow and thrive after decades of injustice and unfairness and racism have ravaged it. The Crobar was initially described to me as a “metropolitan” bar where cultures were blending; I was seeing that in the bills that had rap and rock groups sharing the stage. How disappointing then to have such poor event management there.I don’t want to gloss over the very best shining thing about this bar, though. Kerry, my bartender every time I ever went, was one of the friendliest bartenders I ever had. She hung out and chatted with us musicians till after 2AM many nights. Delightful and thoughtful human being. I hope she is doing well (and I hope I spelled her name right). Kerry is a 5-star bartender. Thank you Kerry.
This spit is a little out of my norm, but overall is fun! The food truck on the patio is awesome. The owner farms his meat and veggies! The service is excellent by the bar staff. The techno DJ is a bit much for me(only 1 if myn2 trips was there a DJ), but otherwise a fun little "dive" bar in Asia Town!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Best thing to happen to Cleveland in a long time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best dance parties in Cleveland! DJs, bands, a ton of fun. Great bartenders and staff. AMAZING lights and incredible (((sound))). Must see.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really grateful to have this venue in Cleveland. There’s no one else doing what they do. The edm program is exceptional! Thank you!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The world we live in is crazy, but Crobar is always a good time, The music is always nice. Several food options and pop ups going on throughout the days, farmers feast is always a go to so cool to see chef cooking on the open grill. Gerad (with a G) & team are always a pleasure they are really cooking behind the bar, fast service no matter how many creatures are looking for a drink. Big ups too the Cro, they are doing wonderful things.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dope people, great environment. Many differnt event nights, super inclusive. Featuring local DJ's and talent. I also have had great food from Farmer Feast who partners here some nights. 10 out 10!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5