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Normandy House Lounge

3.7 (181 reviews)
Open • 12:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)

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Ana S.

I've seen the reviews and experienced it first hand myself and people.in my group the lady in the blue hair better be the owner because she is so rude and very nasty attitude. She must be the owner because this place is avoided just because of her. The tacos outside are really good and that's why we keep coming back or else this place would be far back in my past

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Liora G.

I used to enjoy going to this place for a drink, some pool and darts. That was before the remodel. Not sure who's idea that was but it's not comfortable. Mismatched tables. Ginormous screen cutting off the gaming area. Dirty pool tables and old arcade games now. A karaoke booth in the middle of the place makes it feel off and there is absolutely zero flow to the place. Even worse is a loud, obnoxious and unprofessional bartender named Patty. She is rude unless she's practically making out with "regular" male patrons. On several occasions that I've been there, I can walk up to an empty bar with maybe 1-4 patrons at the far end of the bar where Patty practically lives and gossips about people, and am made to wait for up to 10 minutes without even so much as of an acknowledgment from her. Sometimes Patty will walk by me a few times to get ingredients to make 2nd or 3rd drinks for her regulars and continue to ignore me. I think in the last 2 years she and I have only ever spoken once. Last time I was there, my drink was accidentally spilled by another patron. When we asked for a mop to help clean up the spill, Patty gruffly responded that the mop was being used for something else and continued to walk around the bar to greet more of her friends. It took nearly 5 whole minutes before she stomped over to our area with paper towels and while complaining audibly started to wipe up the spill. I offered multiple apologies and to help clean it up but was ignored. After the spill was wiped up, we noticed the floor was still sticky. My partner asked for some kind of cleaning solution and I got more paper towels and we finished cleaning the sticky floor. After the spill was resolved, we continued to play pool and decided we would play some music. Not more than 45 seconds into our first song choices, Patty turned the volume down to an almost inaudible level. Only when she played more music did she turned the volume back up as she had the entire time we were there. I normally don't post reviews but this bartender is absolutely the worst in my opinion and I'm at a point where neither I nor my friends feel comfortable visiting this establishment anymore

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Elizabeth L.

1st timer here! Have always wanted to stop in and today was the day (I love my job w Tday week off!). Super dark upon entering but greeted by bartender which is always nice. Had choice of seats at bar and given plenty of time to order. I went w a Black Russian (still in mood for coffee so it worked) and the hubs went w a shot of Jameson. Bartender super friendly. Will be back when in area!

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Annabelle R.

This is a lovely dive bar with a ton of seating and plenty of games for visitors to enjoy, including a wall full of dartboards, air hockey, two pool tables, and a few arcade games (though these were dark/unplugged on a Sunday afternoon)... no shuffleboard on site as of Jan 2024. We played some darts and billiards during our time at Normandy, and had a boatload of fun while getting tipsy off some standard cocktails (slow but friendly service). You can ask for darts at the bar and can play for free if you don't wanna keep score, but to actually play the different dart games (ie. cricket) and keep score, you'll need to pay cash. It's cheap though, and so are the pool tables. The place doesn't look like much from the outside, but it's clean, modern, and spacious inside, with the games and machines in working order and in very good condition, except for a couple of the dart boards super sensitive to touch, so if pulling off darts, it would count as a miss on the next player's turn (we didn't have this problem with the red machines though). No crowds, no waits to play games, just good times!

Wow. First time here. Trinity was incredible. Fast drinks great service and I'm coming back because of it. 10/10

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One of my favorite dive bars in the area. Good size, variety of bar games, reasonable drink prices, and bartenders are friendly enough.

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I love coming to this place for the karaoke on monday nights! A lot of fun! And a shout out to the bartender Finn for the excellent service!

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“They have pool, darts and shuffleboard as well as some of the friendliest bartenders on the face of the earth.”

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