I had a great experience at Harpos this weekend. I sat up on the top level enjoying the nice weather and a beer. Nora was my server she did a great job. I ordered the patty melt and smash potato's and they were AMAZING! One of the best patty melts I have had. The manager Maddie stopped by to check on me as well! Great food. Great atmosphere. Great staff. What more can you ask for! read more

I LOVE HARPOS! Everyone there is great, and the food is amazing! Definitely will be coming back to enjoy the food, and have a drink with friends. read more

I just gotta say , fuck those bouncers. I wasn't even that drunk and they literally KICKED me out. I flew out of the bar and hit my head pretty bad, it's been three days and still hurts. If I lived in Columbia I would sue those sob's read more

Not a good look. Expired milk on the harpos hopper. 2 week old heavy cream and saw them use it read more

Harpo's - Not a good look, expired milk on 4/27/24 - Bars Near Me - Columbia, Missouri

Tired of not being able to tailgate and watch Mizzou and the SEC? Relieve your stress and head for Harpo's 2nd floor sky deck. Great ambiance overlooking downtown Columbia. The nachos are tasty, beer cold and people watching just as fun. Too sad Harpo's no longer has the big plastic take home cups they were know for. Watch for beer and hamburger specials on Fridays! read more

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I was at this bar this past weekend and my experience was beyond terrible. Besides for the $30 charge to get in, I was kicked out for saying a racial slur. Which was not at all true. I asked the security guards multiple times what I did wrong and instead of hearing me out, they just kicked me out. When again I did not at all say anything racial. I will simply never be coming back. read more

Don't blink longer than 2 seconds or else they will kick you out! :) Extremely weird and rude bouncers. Followed us and waited by the bathroom to kick me out. Had one drink. Also so expensive, go somewhere else. read more

I waited a few minutes in the line at the bar and made it to the front. I then stood there for 20 minutes while the bartenders ignored half the bar. I asked if we could order drinks on the side I was on, which was met with eye rolls from the bartender who spent the next few orders ignoring us again. When I got in line on the side of the bar where the bartenders were actually addressing customers, they continued to take orders from anyone except me. Someone walked up after I had been standing at the bar for 25 minutes trying to order and said hello to the bartender. Then the new customer took a phone call. And the bartender came over to interrupt their phone call and get his order instead of the people who have been waiting for nearly half an hour. When I pointed this out, he laughed and wouldn't take my order. I've never seen a bar staff so dedicated to making their customers experience bad. Truly no desire to make it a good time at Harpos. read more

Went with two buddies of mine after the Shaq concert. Didn't get food but drinks weren't crazy expensive and the new additions seem pretty nice. read more

They are overpriced, rude, and can't seem to keep a clean bar. They charge a cover without having live music or entertainment and there is always an unknown layer of liquid on the bar and the floor. Stay away from this place and go check out the plethora of other bars nearby for a much better night out. read more

This was our first time trying Harpo's and our friends said it's kind of pricy but let's try it. Our friend is a vegetarian and they had no options for her besides the bean dip, so she ordered that. What we received was a plastic cup of watery refried beans and a small amount of chips. The rest of our party ordered the pulled pork and the pork nachos. The pulled pork sandwiches weren't bad but in my opinion could use more sauce, the nachos were topped with cold queso and pork, no other ingredients. For the price, it's not worth it unless you're looking for a place to go once you've been done drinking on a weekend. Definitely not a great place to take the family for a dinner. read more

Woof. Bit of a rough ride. Took an obscene amount of time to get a plate of nachos- like an hour and a half or two hours. Only thing that bumped it up to a two star rating was the waitress was great. Not eager to try it again but maybe on a less busy day. read more

This was THE WORST experience I've ever had in Columbia. Harpo's is known as a "you've gotta go" spot in town, so we were excited to check it out! However, once we arrived and paid our $5 each cover, we were handed our menus are were told to seat ourselves. After sitting down, I realized my shoes were practically stuck to the floor with how dirty/sticky they were. We tried to look past these few things but once we waited over 40 minutes, wasn't acknowledged once by the waitress, watched the 2 nearby tables get served multiple rounds of drinks AND food, and finally having the waitress practically place another tables food order on our table so she could pass it out, we left. We asked for our cover back given we got literally no service and was just handed our $10 without any sort of apology or recognition. I don't care how historic of a place this is, it's not worth anyone's time or business. If I could give this negative stars, I would. read more

There's a reason this poo hole only has a 2-Star rating. I'd rather give my money to the freaking Taliban than ever spend another dime in this deplorable establishment. On top of the ludicrous price gouging, their staff (bouncers) need additional training on crisis management. Harpos is the worst of the worst. The outrageous and arbitrary cover charge, the drink prices, the immaturity of the staff, it's all completely mismanaged. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits. If I could give them ZERO stars I certainly would. Harpos is the worst. read more

Fair warning: Did not try the food. The logboat beers they have a pretty good and they carry around trays of shots, which is fun. Cool space and live music read more

New menu is awful - What are you doing? This WAS a quintessential college bar. Zero points for a terrible menu change. This WAS Mizzou's quintessential college bar. While the ambiance has remained, someone decided that this place needed to become a Hot Dog/BBQ/Taco restaurant- great idea, NOT. Liked cheese curds - gone, liked quesadilla's?, how about a hamburger? Fries? Nope, that's gone too. The waitress told us it was a change in the "kitchen manager" though by the "Bud's Grill" logo prominently displayed on the menu, my feeling is they are basically using the smoked meat from Buds (lord only knows who eats there, I tried it once and was wholly unimpressed) to slim down the menu to, you guessed it, pulled pork & smoked chicken tacos, sandwiches & salads. Wow!, you guys really put a lot of thought into that. In my opinion, if those sad examples of an in-house made tortilla chips (which are served with ZERO salsa) are actually fried in-house, as you so prominently state, I am the Pope. If the upcoming completion of the expansion has you left with no choice but to outright eliminate all palpable food options, perhaps don't sell food, as me and mine I will not be eating anymore, so be it, but look at what you have chosen to do to a college tradition that cannot even offer a hamburger or fries. Being Bud's #2 is not the answer. People can walk the 2 blocks for that, though it doesn't seem like anyone does as it is perpetually emptyt. They tout the "Game Day" menu on the ridiculously minuscule new "menu" which has traditionally been a truncated version of the regular menu. I'm terrified this will further degrade what is now an abomination. For shame Harpo's for shame. you're forcing me to visit other establishments because you can't decide what or who you are. read more

No freaking service for 20 minutes. Went to server station at 15," we'll be right there". Nothing. After 5 minutes got manager, told him and got a blank stair. Said I'm leaving and he just said by. Absolutely pathetic read more

So my old self strolls up into Harpo's with my colleagues after the disaster that was the Fieldhouse. Right off the top this place was light years better than the Chad-bro fest I just departed. To my surprise, although I was raising the average age in this jawn by at least a couple years, there was a DJ actually spinning Hip-Hop and EDM. The beer was cold, and the patrons were enjoying themselves. I can't give them that 5-piece-all-day-banger because the beer was slightly flat, the bathroom has no walls around the urinal, and the chairs and table were slightly sticky, but you know what this is easily a 4 piece and if it was 2002 I would be here on the regular. read more

First of all. This fucking bartender over charged us for drinks when $3 wells were happening he charged us $5. But I wish that was what we were pissed about....... this man had the audacity to take my credit card and then not give it back and blame it on "how drunk we were". I came to this bar sober so fuck you and fuck trying to get a new debit card you fucking asshole. I hope you are fired and I emailed harpos this exact review so I hope this cocksucker is fired. read more

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Would give 0 stars if I could this place sucks. Awful set up, tiny, somehow always feels crowded, the bartenders are assholes and the servers are even worse. The mens room is so cramped you literally piss with someones hand in your pocket. Will rob you blind. read more

I bought bottle service and everything, but the freshman "security " guy said I didn't buy it because my friends didn't wanna sit down at the "designated area" and they picked me up and threw me out for no reason. My friends who heard good things about this place were forced to leave because they didn't have bottle service anymore. The trash 19 year old security guard didn't know what he was doing and was nervous kicking us out. Don't buy bottle service because they don't know what they're doing read more

Great food and great service. A must when in Columbia. There's nothing better than the sky bar on a nice day.

to bad I couldn't give a zero! staff was hanging out at the bar talking to kids the whole time. our waitress forgot half our order. food was great but service was awful! do better read more

Harpo's is your stereotypical college bar. On one hand, if you go during the day when it's less busy, it can be fun. The drinks are cheap and decent; however, it is not a clean establishment. Your shoes stick to the floor and it seems to be managed by college-aged men. To make matters worse, if you're there anytime after 9pm on a weekend or busy day/game day, you will not be able to move. It quickly becomes a mass of people (which is not fun at all if you're claustrophobic in the slightest). I do not enjoy this bar mostly due to the fact that it's your typical dirty college bro bar. read more

I would not even give this bar a single star. The capacity is lower and they still didn't even come to the table after 45 minutes. At that point my friend and I just left. And when we notified the front bouncers/workers about it all they responded with was "that sucks dude". Not professional. 0/5 recommend. read more

Worst place ever. Seat yourself a be ignored. After 20 minutes of not even a hello or I'll be right with you. We went to the bar ordered our own drinks. Sat down again only to be ignored again. Finished our drinks . Waited over an hour not to served or welcomed. Live Mizzou but will never visit Harp is again and will let everyone know of non service. read more

Can't believe I'm even giving this place one star. Deserves 0 stars high key I hate it. All they do is take your money. The bartenders and the bouncers are lames lowkey. Bet they have no friends. Just go to Willies or something maybe it's more expensive but like Harpos just sucks so bad you should never go there. read more

I love Harpos because it's Harpos but of all the times I've been here I've only had great service once. The food is ok but their nightly drink specials are great. I'm disappointed they've added the Top Golf simulators in the back room. It's super crowded back there now and they got rid of the window benches along those walls too. read more

So I thought with COVID, it would be responsible for support local business and contribute to helping them stay open! However, the food I received was way over price for the quality. My jalapeño poppers were $6, to only receive 3 - all of which were burnt, one even having no filling and was even more overcooked than the others (as seen in photo). I also ordered the loaded fries, which included way more fries than toppings - and more jalapeños/onion straws than pulled pork. I haven't ever left a review before for any other business, but I feel like this is inexcusable...I get you're used to serving college kids but if you think this is okay you need a reality check! read more

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Stopped in for a few drinks and appetizers last week. Sat upstairs on patio. Very nice set up if you want to watch a game. Food, service and drinks were very good. College bar but my wife snd I had fun. Would be great on Mizzou game days. Staff were very nice. read more

I got kicked out after three beers, bartender told the bouncers I find tip anything when I tippped 1000% of the b

The bouncer denied my friend who is 24 and I saw a handful of underage kids go in there and then the bouncer called me the f slur. Not a good establishment. read more

Not bad during the summer or during the day any time of year. Mostly chads and sorostitutes any other time. Truman's would be a better choice if you're seeking television for sports and drinks in the evening during the school year. They do have a fun Thursday night special. $0.25 8oz. draws of lite domestic beers. You order the beers by the tray from your waitress in $5 rounds (that's twenty beers, mind you). If you can drink $10 worth of beer in under 3 hours, you're doing pretty good. The best strategy for taking advantage of this special is to arrive early, like around 8PM or so, and get a table. You'll need it to hold on to later when the room starts spinning. read more

My wife and I were in town for the Mizzou game and decided to drop in to Harpos for our NFL fix before heading back home. The menu was much different than I remembered, and featured a number of BBQ related items. Normally I shy away from BBQ at any place that isn't already known as a BBQ joint, but when I overheard some employees talking about the new smoker installed on the roof I decided to give it a try and I'm very glad I did. Our meal broke down as follows: Chips and Salsa - both were pretty good. Chips were nice and crispy and not too salty, the salsa had a little bit of kick to it which was nice. Smoke House Turkey - Nice smokey flavor in the turkey and the gouda cheese/chipotle mayo went well together. The bacon on the sandwich was decent but was a little to maple for my taste buds. Chopped Brisket Sandwich - this was a pleasant surprise. Brisket was tender and had a nice smoke profile while the sauce was kept to a minimum - just enough make sure the buns didn't leave to dry a taste in your mouth. I'm truly shocked to find this kind of BBQ outside of KC. Whoever the pitmaster is they definitely know their way around a smoker. This sandwich needs a little more brisket though, I think they'd do well to tack another dollar on the price tag and give you more meat. I was told that they would be adding more BBQ items to the menu in the coming weeks, including my BBQ gold standard favorite, Burnt Ends. Too bad we didn't show up a week or two later I would have really liked to give them a try. On the BBQ sandwich front, I think they're the best Columbia has to offer. read more

I know Harpo's as the home of trivia Wednesdays. Their trivia night is pretty decent - they have a local radio celebrity reading the questions. I like it because the questions are moderately difficult, mostly pop culture related but also historical -- but nothing completely obscure or impossible. You can win free appetizers or gift certificates. The drink specials end on Weds. at 6 pm, just when the trivia starts, so that's a bit of a bummer. Still, the non-happy hour prices aren't bad - $3.00 for Blue Moon on tap. Although my waitress was seriously the biggest ditz. I asked her what she had on tap and it took her a while to remember, then I asked her how much the Blue Moon on tap cost and she had to go ask. Nice enough...but come on. All this, plus fried ravioli...a midwest delicacy. Yum. read more

We had a group event in the basement with cash bar. It was a good event. The bar had cheap liquor at a not so cheap price, but that's what you get with a cash bar I guess. The room was ok, and the upstairs of the bar seemed alright. The bartenders were cool enough. This is probably a decent place to have an event. read more

We had lunch at Harpo's during the MO State Wrestling Championships. I WOULD NOT recommend this place!! Our server was very nice but the food was AWFUL!! We ordered burgers and a grilled cheese and all the buns and bread were burnt and hard to eat without scratching your mouth. Many items were no longer on the menu as a 'new' chef was working....Need to get their chef and menu in check, especially on busy weekends in Columbia. read more

It's CoMo. If you live by that phrase, it will change your perspective on the bar/nightlife scene in Columbia! Your years at Mizzou aren't complete without visiting Harpo's at least once!! Located in the heart of downtown, this is definitely the place where you want to be before, and after all the major events in Columbia! I've only been here to booze! Great nights each time....except for that infamous 21st where the bday girl got kicked out!! Ha!! Great rooftop and bursting at the seams with Tiger Spirit!! M-I-Z!! read more

They were out of two apps when we went (wings and cheese curds). The ordered mozzarella sticks that were a total let down - the cheese wasn't even melted. Apps also came after entrees. Entrees were mediocre at best and definitely no reason to come. read more

I've been to Harpo's twice, the first time mediocre, the second time abysmal. We ate dinner both times on the rooftop patio, which is the only plus of the place. Food is ok, but certainly not worth the long wait and infrequent check-ins from servers. Last time my fiance and I went there, we placed our orders before the table next to us sat down. The table was all college kids who were friends with our server. Guess which table got their food first? Oh yeah, she also plain forgot to put our order in at first, so we at least got free beers out of that. Her excuse was that they unexpectedly had a school reunion group of 40 come in that evening, and management had only scheduled 2 servers for that shift. First of all, really? A scheduled reunion of 40 classmates didn't think to make reservations with the venue they printed on probably 100 invitations? Secondly, even without the surprise party of 40 management only scheduled 2 people to cover the Friday dinner shift?? Or maybe there were other no-shows? Overall, unreliable service and apparently incompetent management. It'd be fine for JUST drinks on the roof, but even then, I'd rather not give them any more of my business. read more