Skooners

Awesome place on Friday and saturday night

Service was great. The food was even better. Very nice outing for me and my hubby.

My husband always goes here. The staff was super awesome and drinks were on point.

Great happy hour prices on beer,the veggies platter was awesome...great atmosphere.

Great friends and family with my boss david and great drink try the house drink love the pineapple taste n great bartenders

Love the atmosphere my family has been going there for years it is really nice

It's a very relaxing bar. Awesome bartenders.say and night. This is my favorite spot

The staff is amazing. Live music. Cheap drinks... What's not to love 💞

Went in tonight and got some drinks and David took great care of me and my friends

Drinks are great. !! People are friendly ...you can play pool and visit with friends ....Food is great !!

Had small menu but prices on the food was good Good portions

Great service and low key just the way it should be.

One of my favorite..Just love to be there..People are friendly and price is reasonable..

Great place to hang out ..know some good friends there..bartenders are good friends and great service

Hamburger fans, get your taste buds ready the ultimate Burger,!... Eat drink smoke and hang out.

Chill place and awesome food/drinks. Definitely recommend the fried zucchini

Great staff and a fun clientele. You could, easily, meet new friends, here.

Good drinks and the bacon and cheese waffle fries were really good!

Great bar with great service and a good place to play pool.

friendly pool hall, great live music, loving staff, and Karaoke

best bar in town. there is an awesome british guy that goes in there too

Food is great!! Nice chill vibes and pool tables in the back! Ask for miss kimmy she the best!

Good atmosphere and drink specials. Just wish they’d play more music, but pls not country lol. we have plenty of country bars.

Friday karaoke night is clearly for the all stars. I thought they were just playing songs over the loud speakers and I looked over and people were singing. You better be able to hang if you plan to get on that stage.

Went to have drinks and karaoke and had a blast!! There should be some sort of wait staff to service the patrons only playing games and drinking drinks not just the patrons dining in.

Best place to come and wine down!! Kimmi is the best bar tender!! She’ll take care of you!

Best place ever!!! Great atmosphere and always feel welcome!!!! Kimmi is the great bartender

The workers here are extremely friendly and the food is pleasantly priced. My go to for a good drink and solid atmosphere

Fries were amazing and good selection of drinks, fun bar to hang out at. The employees are very nice as well

The new management is great as well is the service and the food is awesome.

Thank you for putting up with the brothers from East Texas!! Great burger and drinks!!

All the bartenders here are amazing especially the blonde one. She’s beautiful inside in and out😊

In 1998, this place was amazing. Biggest wings and coldest skooners. I moved to DFW in 1999 and I still haven't found wings that big. Say....does that one brown-hair waitress girl still work there??

Grabbed a quick drink with a friend around dinner time. Most booths and some tables were full, and there were only a few spots open at the bar. Definitely a popular place with the locals. With moderately priced drinks and great service, I can understand why!

Skoons was the only college student friendly bar I could go to during Tech without being hounded by drunk tech guys. It’s cozy, regulars are super nice. It’s not the same without Trout but it’s still a great dive. Being back the massive burger y’all!

Great time. Wasn't too busy. Karaoke was really fun the first time I went. Crowd seemed to be having a ton of fun. 2nd time I went it was okay except.. The only problem I had was the two guys off the streets that came in & one decided to help himself to my quarters on the pool table & intruded right into our game. Helluva a hustle he & his buddy have going on. Free pool at customers expense while he drank his cold beers. He didn't think I noticed but I did. Watch out for these two guys. They seemed to know several of the people in there. Didn't try the food. I had a good time in spite of " Mutt and Jeff". Lol!

This place has gone through a lot of transformations over the years. Recently, they revamped the menu with the help of an amazing chef, and hired a bunch of new FOH staff, and it's really really good. The menu is pretty standard bar fare, but all made with love, special seasoning blends in the breading for fried stuff, seriously good execution. If you've ever been here, you know what you're getting into - dive bar vibe with good energy, good people. And now the food and the staff are bringing the whole thing into focus. It's a good time.

I had such a great time tonight. New to town and just coming in to watch some sports. My bartender Natalie was amazing and her and the staff kept us happy all night!!!!

Super friendly staff and atmosphere! Great drink specials live music some nights and karaoke on the weekends. Under new management for the past 6 months. Highly recommend checking it out! The cheese sticks, zucchini sticks, and poppers are def worth trying!

Wonderful place! Service was great and drinks outstanding. Have never had a house made margarita taste so good. Thank you David! Unfortunately, we couldn’t try the bar food because there was a problem with the cook. Next time. Thanks again for the great experience

SunnyD Badoopadoop

Great time. Wasn't too busy. Karaoke was really fun the first time I went. Crowd seemed to be having a ton of fun. 2nd time I went it was okay except.. The only problem I had was the two guys off the streets that came in & one decided to help himself to my quarters on the pool table & intruded right into our game. Helluva a hustle he & his buddy have going on. Free pool at customers expense while he drank his cold beers. He didn't think I noticed but I did. Watch out for these two guys. They seemed to know several of the people in there. Didn't try the food. I had a good time in spite of " Mutt and Jeff". Lol!

Chris Ashley

I had such a great time tonight. New to town and just coming in to watch some sports. My bartender Natalie was amazing and her and the staff kept us happy all night!!!!

Edyy Elizalde

Food is great!! Nice chill vibes and pool tables in the back! Ask for miss kimmy she the best!

Jake Hamilton

This place has gone through a lot of transformations over the years. Recently, they revamped the menu with the help of an amazing chef, and hired a bunch of new FOH staff, and it's really really good. The menu is pretty standard bar fare, but all made with love, special seasoning blends in the breading for fried stuff, seriously good execution. If you've ever been here, you know what you're getting into - dive bar vibe with good energy, good people. And now the food and the staff are bringing the whole thing into focus. It's a good time.

Sandy Rasmussen

Wonderful place! Service was great and drinks outstanding. Have never had a house made margarita taste so good. Thank you David! Unfortunately, we couldn’t try the bar food because there was a problem with the cook. Next time. Thanks again for the great experience

John Turman

In 1998, this place was amazing. Biggest wings and coldest skooners. I moved to DFW in 1999 and I still haven't found wings that big. Say....does that one brown-hair waitress girl still work there??

Alexandra Joffrion

Super friendly staff and atmosphere! Great drink specials live music some nights and karaoke on the weekends. Under new management for the past 6 months. Highly recommend checking it out! The cheese sticks, zucchini sticks, and poppers are def worth trying!

Carly

Skoons was the only college student friendly bar I could go to during Tech without being hounded by drunk tech guys. It’s cozy, regulars are super nice. It’s not the same without Trout but it’s still a great dive. Being back the massive burger y’all!

Amanda Plante

Grabbed a quick drink with a friend around dinner time. Most booths and some tables were full, and there were only a few spots open at the bar. Definitely a popular place with the locals. With moderately priced drinks and great service, I can understand why!

This place is great but it reeks of smoke. It’s 2018. Smoke outside.

Nice, moderately loud, good burgers, cold beer!

Awesome service, great drinks and food.

The best wings I’ve ever had!

Smokey but good service and good live music

Great crowd, bartenders ARE awesome

The young gentleman who cook our burgers did a great job taking care of us..

Good environment tho I feel it would be nice to have a separate area for non smokers.

Waitress was very nice. Always kept us with a drink.

Incredible cold beer, great place, but too smokey

Good food and service didn't like the smoking.

Its packed with drunk tech kids. The bartenders are always very nice and friendly.

A place to smoke, have a damn tasty, ice cold skooner and play billards or catch up with friends is always nice. 10/10 grandfathered business.

I'm from out of town but this bar seems like it always has an awesome vibe. The servers are friendly and the karaoke looks fun.

It smells heavily of smoke but no one is smoking. Also the ceiling is about to fall in some places. The prices are pretty good though!

Went to Skooners for the first time in years. The place hasn't changed much over the years. Our server, unfortunately I didn't get her name, was trending to every table in the place and did a wonderful job. She made sure ever drink and food order was delivered in a timely manner. The kitchen ran out of cheese so the nachos were just a plate of chips with ground beef, lettuce, and jalapenos. They did come with a side of salsa, not sure if that was because they were out of cheese but the nachos weren't bad. The jalapeno poppers which consisted of jalapeno halves, stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in crispy bacon were wonderful.

Parking is impossible when Tech is in session. When not in session, it's still difficult to find a spot. Great drink specials and a good karaoke alternative to Adolph's.

If you're looking for a safe, all-ages-friendly (meaning 21 to 101) dive bar, this is it. There's always an eclectic mix of people from college kids to thirty-somethings, to middle-aged folks and older in there. The menu and prices are worth it and it's always a fun time. Warning: this is a dive bar and as such, it is smokey AF! Otherwise, general good times. I will note that if it became non-smoking, I would definitely go more often and change this to 5 stars.

Great food, awesome atmosphere! Not great entry for newbies. We had to go to the bar to get drinks then against to order food. It took awhile for our food to cook but the flavor was amazing and it was all hot and fresh! Could've been bc it was a Sunday but it was definitely worth the wait!

The drinks were great but the pizza was a frozen pizza heated up,cold in the middle almost burnt on the edges. We played a few rounds of pool and overall had a good time.

Mary J (Wolfcrzy)

The drinks were great but the pizza was a frozen pizza heated up,cold in the middle almost burnt on the edges. We played a few rounds of pool and overall had a good time.

Aaron G

Parking is impossible when Tech is in session. When not in session, it's still difficult to find a spot. Great drink specials and a good karaoke alternative to Adolph's.

Marcus Scott

Went to Skooners for the first time in years. The place hasn't changed much over the years. Our server, unfortunately I didn't get her name, was trending to every table in the place and did a wonderful job. She made sure ever drink and food order was delivered in a timely manner. The kitchen ran out of cheese so the nachos were just a plate of chips with ground beef, lettuce, and jalapenos. They did come with a side of salsa, not sure if that was because they were out of cheese but the nachos weren't bad. The jalapeno poppers which consisted of jalapeno halves, stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in crispy bacon were wonderful.

Katrina Najera

Great food, awesome atmosphere! Not great entry for newbies. We had to go to the bar to get drinks then against to order food. It took awhile for our food to cook but the flavor was amazing and it was all hot and fresh! Could've been bc it was a Sunday but it was definitely worth the wait!

Ashton Moore

If you're looking for a safe, all-ages-friendly (meaning 21 to 101) dive bar, this is it. There's always an eclectic mix of people from college kids to thirty-somethings, to middle-aged folks and older in there. The menu and prices are worth it and it's always a fun time. Warning: this is a dive bar and as such, it is smokey AF! Otherwise, general good times. I will note that if it became non-smoking, I would definitely go more often and change this to 5 stars.

Its been awhile since I have been to this place and I haven't missed much . sad and lonely in this place

So smoky. So much cigarettes. But good music.

Awesome short menu, but if you're a non smoker it's cigarette city.

Bar you can smoke in. Live music. Service needs improvement, but theres places in town with worse service.

I went to Skooner's to watch the Texas Tech bowl game with some friends. Everything was fine until they cut off the sound of a tied bowl game during the last quarter so that some talentless amateurs could belt out karaoke (if it wasn't so sad it would have been comical). So to say the least that was the first and last time I will ever go to Skooners.

Is the pizza here a frozen pizza that’s put in the oven? I wouldn’t recommend ordering the pizza.

Had a good time waitress was 5 star. Heavy smoke but had a good time on karaoke night.

Possibly a gay bar; Drag fashion show. I went there on a Saturday night and it was cross dressers and he-shes. "Take a walk on the wild side" song....it was like the blue door on Police Academy movie. Captain Harris"well...what went on down there?" "Dancing sir....mostly just dancing."

Ben Sanders

Possibly a gay bar; Drag fashion show. I went there on a Saturday night and it was cross dressers and he-shes. "Take a walk on the wild side" song....it was like the blue door on Police Academy movie. Captain Harris"well...what went on down there?" "Dancing sir....mostly just dancing."

Not pleasant for on the eyes. Drinks are mediocre, and pool tables are not in good condition.

Was attracted to the live music but it being a smoker's paradise knocks this off the list

Very basic not much substance but supports pride

I do miss the BEAT ALL BURGER!!! That's what made schooners special. Sad..😞😞😞

The waiter was cool but it was full of smoke and dirty

The bartender had better things to do than notice us, the beer tasted watered down, when trying to close the tab we waited longer for the bartender to acknowledge us than we took to drink.

Came in for drinks on a Friday night with some friends and the service was terrible. Our bartender kept forgetting our orders and took a long time when the place wasn't crowded.

Eddie Nahigan

Came in for drinks on a Friday night with some friends and the service was terrible. Our bartender kept forgetting our orders and took a long time when the place wasn't crowded.

Way to smokey...food is typical bad bar fare...out of the box frozen and then heated and served.

Awful!!

Bartenders not attentive and rude. Waited forever right in front of them and then got greeted years later. Wont be back for a good while

That food was so disgusting me and my family bought 100 dollars worth of it and we ended up throwing it all away it’s not worth it

I’ve never been to this side of town until today. My friend invited me to brunch at savage and informed me the parking was terrible. I drove around and thought I found non-towing parking spot. There were 10 spots and only two towing signs. After eating, we went outside and our car was no where to be found. I apologize for taking the 1 of 25 spots that were all empty. At least the towing company is getting business today. I wish I had a zero star option.

I’ve been a regular at skooners for a very long time! I’ve never had a problem until I came back summer. They were my go to bar. 10/10 DO NOT recommend this bar.

My friend had her car towed from there today. It's not cool. Be cool hunny bunny. But Skooners can't be. Skooners isn't cool.

David was the best bartender skooners ever had. I will no longer be going to that establishment.

This place used to be great until they got rid of DJ Tech and starting changing the atmosphere of the place.

Just a terrible experience over all. Place has gone down hill FAST with the new staff.

This place sucks they need to upgrade on their website / pics they say bar and grill but they don’t show anything for this place

Not what it used to be. Staff was very friendly and the frosted mugs are still nostalgic for me. Unfortunately, the smoke and dark and dingy atmosphere just miss the mark these days. 25 years ago this was the joint though….

We got kicked out because the bar tender accused my daughter of having a fake ID she’s 22 lol. Terrible bartender we will never go back

The atmosphere died when they fired the best bartender I've had. Management seems to always get rid of what was working well. I only went for the nice people who worked there and the good karaoke, now everyone's gone.

No reason to return. Management fired/pushed out their best employees who MADE the atmosphere what it was. Now its just another boring and forgettable bar- like all the others i can't bother to recall. But hey, they got a new pool table thats sure to always be free, seeing as they just lost most all of their customers. Apparently you can climb on it like a jungle gym too if you don't know how to play!

Cynthia Spinks

The atmosphere died when they fired the best bartender I've had. Management seems to always get rid of what was working well. I only went for the nice people who worked there and the good karaoke, now everyone's gone.

Stefan Anderson

No reason to return. Management fired/pushed out their best employees who MADE the atmosphere what it was. Now its just another boring and forgettable bar- like all the others i can't bother to recall. But hey, they got a new pool table thats sure to always be free, seeing as they just lost most all of their customers. Apparently you can climb on it like a jungle gym too if you don't know how to play!

Bryan Carroll

Not what it used to be. Staff was very friendly and the frosted mugs are still nostalgic for me. Unfortunately, the smoke and dark and dingy atmosphere just miss the mark these days. 25 years ago this was the joint though….

Preston Palmer

I’ve never been to this side of town until today. My friend invited me to brunch at savage and informed me the parking was terrible. I drove around and thought I found non-towing parking spot. There were 10 spots and only two towing signs. After eating, we went outside and our car was no where to be found. I apologize for taking the 1 of 25 spots that were all empty. At least the towing company is getting business today. I wish I had a zero star option.