Very nice place. Great ambiance. Martinis were yum! And so many choices! Nice appetizers before…read moresteak skewers & tuna dishes that were delish! Staff knowledgeable & so nice. Prompt, professional service. Thank you!

Stopped in after dinner and was blown away. What a stylish…read more and chill place to relax. The staff was freidly and full of Iowa nice. (We are living in Minnesota.) The drinks were wonderful. Bonus: The bar is in half of what was my father-in-law's hardware store in the 60s and 70s. Great walk down memory lane for my husband and sister-in-law.

Way too cold. Only 95 degrees in here on June 27.Glad there is no AC. Also if you play music…read morethrough AMI it is really loud and you can definitely hear what you paid for. Also not one word of this is true 0 stars for "barks"

Place screams musty townie bars with minimal outdoor light! Fantastic place to slam domestics all…read moreright off Main Street. Good drink prices 3.00 tall domestic tall boys and friendly bartender. Do yourself a favor when in town pop by for a few domestics.

I absolutely love this place! Great place to take the family. Meet up for girls night or catch up…read morewith friends. There menu is still scanning a qr for their food and bar menu from covid. And it is a sports bar so there is a tv at every booth. I am slightly sad that their gluten free menu is under construction at the moment and no one could help me out because I wanted to try something new. But I have been here before so I just had to ask a few questions to the waitor. Joey was very helpful but seemed slightly overwhelmed when I started asking questions based on food allergies. It was also quite busy considering we walked in a little before 8pm on Saturday so maybe that was part of it. If you have never been upstairs I highly reccomend doing so. It is slightly quieter then the main floor and they do have a billard table if you enjoy that. I was however frustrated that the 2nd floor bathrooms were locked and I could not get help to get the bathroom unlocked. They have a seperate fryer, gf buns, and gf chicken wings. I love being able to find a place that has so many options. My sister and I had the chicken philly sandwich on a gluten free bun, no cheese or aioli because we are allergic to gluten and dairy. We both ordered our sandwiches with a side of fries. The bun was very dry, more so then usual. Normally it is flavorful and soft. It almost felt like they had left it out when they should not of.

We are in town overnight and met up with some in town family here. It was a busy night in the…read moredowntown, so maybe that had something to do with how it went. The restaurant was really loud. We did sit upstairs where it was a bit quieter. Our server seemed baffled by our beer orders and didn't know what was on tap. We waited a length of time to have her come and take our food orders and even longer for it to arrive. When it came, everything was either luke warm or cold. It did, however, taste just fine. The server that brought our food didn't smile or speak loud enough to be heard. It wasn't like it was bad....it just wasn't great.

0/5 she's kind of place adds olives in a walking taco :( majorly let down and disappointed...read more

After months of raving from friends, I finally got to experience Octopus for the first time earlier…read morethis winter and immediately got the hype. I love a humble dive bar, but add live music, and that's a winning combo. Octopus GETS it and does it well. From big names to fresh faces, you're guaranteed good tunes here. They've also got late night snackies! Highly recommend stopping in. You might even get to pet a dog!

A friend and I stopped in to check out the newest addition to downtown Waterloo and we liked it…read more The decor is pretty impressive and detailed. The ceiling is corrugated tin and the floors and walls are reclaimed barn wood, according to the article in the Courier. You will step on peanuts, which I find mildly schticky, but okay. We bellied up to the bar and enjoyed the company of the barkeep, a friendly girl with an easy smile and a quick laugh. The beers and liquor are all the standards, nothing terribly out of the ordinary for the area. The place was not well-attended, but I don't think many people know about this place yet; anyone we talked to after our visit had no clue it was even there. Hopefully this place will draw some business to the area.

Western themed bar, the decor is nice, but still kind of dive-y. Not too wide a beer selection, but…read moredecent whiskey. Free peanuts, and a rather "interesting' clientele most nights.(you'll have that in downtown Waterloo).

Like drunk Iowans,country music, with no windows? Buzz's Bar is a sweet dive with fun people. It is…read morealways packed! If your having a good night on Main St. and need a change of scenery grab a cab to Buzz's, it is the exclamation point on any night out in Cederloo

Nice beer garden central Waterloo. Get brisket burger (excellent) from Rodney's down the street and…read moreeat it here.

A German beer garden in the downtown area of Waterloo! Neighborhood bar feel in the outdoors,…read morepicnic tables available. Restrooms that are clean. Small menu of German food. Fun and different. The bartender is friendly and quick with his service.

Friday night busy but they had the routine down. Have an outdoor pool table and seating area kinda…read morecool.

We stopped to watch Michigan in the college World Series. Jedd was the bartender, he's very great…read moreguy, he had some great stories. When in the area of Waterloo Iowa try and stop in. Cheers!!