The perfect not-too-uppity cocktail bar for a night cap! Staff was quick and friendly enough! Drinks were tasty and affordable. No tvs. Live music many nights. Not great for a large group as most tables hold 4. Probably 10 tables in the whole place, and bar seats. Highly recommend! read more

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60's/70's vibe, cool tiki style drinks, Lake Geneva, let's have fun!!! I took plenty of photos for your viewing pleasure. Bree was a friendly and informative bartender. Definitely worth a stop for a retro drink and to check out the place. Loved it! read more

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Stopped here on a Friday night. "Fat Cats" never disappoints! This time I had a chocolate Martini and it was beyond any high octane Martini I've experienced in my years of fine dining & drinking! Staff is very cordial and welcoming. Love the live music, vibe & all the staff...dont skip it! read more

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This is a fun themed bar with a variety of fun drinks on their menu. The staff members were friendly to us and they wiped down a table and asked us if we wanted a larger area to sit. I'd definitely come back! read more

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Amazing Cocktails and a Crazy Amazing Retro Ambiance! They Have a Glass Garage Door to Open In Summer and Great Service. The Seasonal Cocktails are 10/10! read more

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Great environment and service! Have not been here in over 40 years but remembered the inside as it was then.

Bartender was rude. We asked for a drink menu. He said "I'm too busy for that!". We pulled up the menu online and tried to order. He slammed his hands on the bar and said "that's an old menu!".Then he shook his head at us and said "why are you mad?" Huh - I wonder.... 2/28/26 4:00pm read more

The newly remodeled bar is such a cool disco themed cocktail lounge with a wide variety of drinks, great music, and decor. My pineapple margarita off the summer cocktail menu was very sweet though and difficult to drink as a result. Otherwise a very swanky place that I'd love to come back to! read more

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Great place to sit back and enjoy a martini, bartender was awesome. I'm definitely stopping back in tonight. read more

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Ian was a great bouncer and looked out for the safety of female patrons. Nice guy. Helped with directions too. Great bar. Good music. Drinks were cold. Would definitely go back. read more

New improved Fat Cats, they definitely did a HUGE remodel on this place. Still same cozy feeling with a brighter funky vibe. We made sure to stop in a have a drink! read more

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We had a college girls reunion last weekend. Fat Cat was the highlight of the weekend. Great live music, friendly service and a fabulous bar tender all made for a very fun evening. read more

Worst place ever..they over charged us because we were not locals. Owner acted like he was buying us drinks but charged us for his shots. read more

Nice spot. We're seated right away. Outside seating. Under the shade. Our server took our drinks order right away. Like that. Our drinks arrived soon and we ordered Calamari for appetizers & a Buccaneer Burger (1/3 lb patty, bacon, pepper jack cheese, lettuce, and tomato) + fries. Our tab was under $40. Calamari appetizer's fine. It's crispy, hot when served to us. Like that. The burger... for $16 is quite expensive for what we received. I don't think the cheese on our burger was even pepper jack. I thought the burger patty would be thicker for 1/3 lb burger. It looked more like a thinner than a 1/4 pounder from McDonald's! For $16 burger, it better be worth it. I don't mind paying but it better be worth it. The burger we're served + fries should not have cost more than $10. Server was good. Attentive but not too attentive. We'll try different places when we come back to Lake Geneva, WI. read more

Anthony and his lady did a nice redecorating job and it's gone from total skank to straigh-up swank (with the new retro-60's swinger style), after being a dank dive bar for the last four decades. Now it just needs some sleazy cockslots and gigolo hardlegs to give it a Playboy After Dark vibe. Thus far, it's a small-clique-herd of mid-scale wannabe socialites from Illinois and lakeshore-homeownerships and it lacks its past Cheers-everbody-knows-your-name feeling. My guess is will now get Hogs-And-Kisses' dancebar overflow on FRI-SAT nights if it rocked a true dancefloor and lighting system. Maybe DJs will bring their own in tow. It is an excellent place to find an upper-class, one-night-stand or ***kbuddy due to upper-class clientele having fewer STDs if you're riding bareback. All-in-all, sugarbabies wanted and macdaddies on the prowl, just like every other meat market around LG in the spring and summers. Come winter they'll need their old regulars to come back in. read more

Don't know if I can give a review because I haven't been to the "new" Fat Cat's yet. Anxious to see it as I was there on day one & I believe it was 1972 when Bill B. took ownership. Before that it was named Greg Logan's Cocktail Lounge, a "high class" bar. I helped to clear out the place and creating Fat Cat's, putting in blue shag carpeting & tearing out old pink leather seating. I also worked for Central Vending so had access to the newest music records. Fat Cat's had the BEST jukebox in town at the time, I made sure of that. A fun place to be. The recent pics look great & glad they kept the "twinkling" star lights on the ceiling. It should never be termed a "dive bar". We had a dive bar in town, it was called Jane's. Bill B. was tight with Playboy & bunnies would come in with their headliner. I met Sonny Bono there once. A flood of Fat Cat memories come to mind . . . and wish new owners the best and thanks for keeping it classy! read more

Came here on a random Wednesday night and was greeted instantly by the bartender. He was quick to get my friend and i drinks and followed it up with a friendly conversation. Overall i will definitely be back, along with bringing more friends to share this experience with. read more

Unimpressed by size of the limes in the drink. Asked for extra and got these measly pieces!! (Picture for reference). I do like the Touch Tunes to be able to change up the music, though! *edit: Also, it is unclear why there are 3 vinyl office chairs on roller-wheels for seats at the bar read more

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Being from outta town-this was the "dive bar" we were looking to hit. The music was happening and the drinks were on point. The staff were a dime piece. 10. Friendly and helpful. read more

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Love me a good dive bar. Not sure that this place measures up in my experience. In fairness, I only made it through one lukewarm beer, so things might have gotten better later as the DJ was just getting underway. Folks should know "cash only". Not a big deal, and probably scores "dive points" as it adds to an air of tax avoidance - who's not for that? Biggest complaint was that my canned beer was not cold. A true "good dive", places priority on serving cold beer, even if it means keeping on ice the old fashIoned way. I may give another shot when back in town, but will specifically ask the bartender what's cold before I commit. read more

Standard bar, located right in downtown Lake Geneva, nothing too memorable about it, but certainly nothing bad, my group stopped in here a few Saturdays ago, got cheap drinks served relatively fast, stayed for about an hour, wouldn't be opposed to returning read more

Went on New Year's Eve! Had a great time until lead bartender said we couldn't listen to music for the last 10 minutes of last call!! What a fucking bitch. We were all dancing and having a gay ol time and she had to end it cuz she's bitch. Then since I had a good time at the bar I wanted to buy a t-shirt since I had a good time but she couldn't be bothered!! It that was my establishment I want everyone to end the night on a high note not on a shorty one. Definitely will not go back there again based off the end bartenders actions read more

Me and my wife always pass by fat cats in the car and never went in. But about a year ago we decided to, and we were very pleased. The service was great, the selection of drinks were great, they had everything. My son was very dissapointed that there where no cats . read more

This place rocks! Kevin is friggen awesome. Grewboo loves yankin thangs so the pull tabs really helped... there's also pool and gambling machines for the PLAYAS. HOLLA AT US read more

Small hole in the wall bar in downtown Lake Geneva. Nothing fancy but they do have several tv's, a pool table, jukebox and pull tabs! Will definitely stop in again when in town! read more

Great local dive bar, bartenders were friendly. Drinks are well priced. We had a really fun time visiting. The bathrooms are very due for an update but if you like a dive bar, this place is everything you'll want! read more

Sorry, but if this places intimidates you, you probably don't get out very often. It's rough and divey, but it had the best crowd and service out of all the bars my bachelorette party hopped to that night. Free shirt and free drinks for me and all my girls, and a super friendly manager/owner to boot. If you want lousy service, horrific DJs, and bouncers squashing any semblance of fun, go to H&K across the street. read more

DIVE ALERT!! DIVE ALERT!! This was a long time unpretentious local bar. New ownership the past year is questionable. Place is going downhill fast. STAY AWAY!! read more

Got here on a Friday night went straight here! Really nice bar lady haha, she was criticizing me cause I was looking up drinks on google. Nonetheless she was really cool! She made me a long island that got me through the night . This bar also has a pool table and large jenga blocks! Small but a pretty sweet/chill spot to hang out and talk! read more

Chill vibe. A little divey, but that's what we like. Offers some Wisconsin beers on draught. They have a pool table and pull tab machine. read more

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Bad ass bar Went here for my cousins Bachelorette party Thanks for putting up with us! read more

Went there yesterday. Bartender Chad was excellent. We had a great time and enjoyed sitting at the bar hanging with newfound friends. Fun chill place read more

I came in here for a quick drink but was never served. There were a whole five people in the bar and the useless bartender just stood at the end of the bar talking to three of them for about ten minutes while I just sat there waiting for a drink. I went to the bathroom and came back to the bar for a minute and still nothing, Mr useless just couldn't serve me. I guess five customers is the max limit this place can handle. read more

Bar hopped in Lake Geneva this past weekend and Fat Cats was our favorite place! It's a dive bar with super friendly, and funny staff! The bartender Chad is hilarious ! Dancing while making the drinks and having a good time; very personable! We enjoyed our time and are looking forward to coming back once we are in town again. Oh and the drinks are strong and cheap, can't get better than that! read more

I loved it. 6 of my friends and I went there to shoot some pool last weekend. Decent prices, good bartenders and the jukebox always plays.

A bit of a snobbish dive in elite Lake Geneva The bartender and crowd were ignorant and this is a bad bar fool of foolish young people drinking way too much. a crummy bar run in a crummy way that needs to clean up a bit and not allow their workers to drink on the job. read more

Best bar in Lake Geneva, hands down. Gets a good mix of roughneck locals in sleeveless Harley t-shirts and shitfaced tourists in pastel Polos. Pretty good beer selection for a dive, including New Glarus Spotted Cow on tap (something FIBs can only obtain surreptitiously and at great effort & cost in Chicago, though it's common in Wisc.). Friendly bartenders. Cash only, but has an ATM. Jukebox during the day, DJ or live music at night. read more

Susan M, Fat Cats is a local bar, wow you're lucky you got served... please come back because you must have been drunk before you came! We believe the customer is always right but ugly too! read more

Popped in after doing the tourist thing in Lake Geneva for a few drinks and few rounds of pool. The staff was friendly, music on, drinks plentiful (they even had ODouls for me!) and it was low-key: my kinda place. There's nothing glitzy or pretentious about this place! read more

$4 for a can of domestic beer. Ridiculous. Bathrooms are gross. Don't recommend. Seems like it would be a cool place but def not worth the poor service and overpriced beer. So much for a "dive bar". You can get more for your money at one of the tourist bars across the street read more