The Library Bar

Yummy drinks and the staff is great

Love this place everyone that works there are super nice.

they played lot's of different music and funny

Fantastic bar, great employees and managers, always a pleasure to be there

Awesome place to have a drink. Lots of space, music, and stuff to do.

I had a good time. I enjoyed it. Got my Groove on, that’s fo sho.

My favorite bar in Lubbock. Nice atmosphere, great food, and sometimes there is live music!

Great atmosphere, bartenders are really nice, and great prices

A good laid-back atmosphere for after work to have a few beers friendly staff

Bartender's know their stuff that's for sure. I love that they can keep a tab going and not mess it up.

Best bar in Lubbock. The friendly staff always makes you feel welcome!

It's always packed with texas tech kids. They seem too enjoy it every weekend.

Had a great time here and we loved the punching bag!

One of if not the best bar in town, loved it.

Great chicken wings, awesome service, and a cool sports bar vibe.

Had so much fun there. The DJ was awesome

We come every Thursday and have a great time. Plan to keep coming.

I should get free non-alcoholic drinks for life from all the people I deliver here!

Good atmosphere and well priced drinks.

Our bartender was amazing & the place was awesome 😎

Best bar in Lubbock, Texas! Good mix of college students and 30 year olds. Great specials, great bar food, fun games, and they had a good DJ when we went!

Love love love this place! Slider, one of the bartenders, is great and really knows his stuff!! I love going here on friday nights and would recommend to anyone!!

The dj was incredible!! everyone was into every single song and it was a fun environment!! Great atmosphere!

Been going here since1999. Good food,good people. It was taken over by Texas Tech Alumni, and a great place to watch anything in sports.

Excellent service, great pours if you know what i mean 2$ beers thurs and a great bar tender smiles Nice place for a date or anytime

Omg last night was lit had the best of times with my mother for her birthday... The people there are so amazing...

Always packed, if you see a line just wait. I don’t always have to wait in line but when I do, the line moves quickly. Good music!

We love this place. Staff is awesome and the food in great. Good people, good times.

Great place. Cheap drinks... Omar provided great service. Glenlivet 12 was delicious with water... Neat. -ali

Great bar, great staff! Drinks are a great price, the wings are good too. Saturday Happy Hours are great!

Great variety of drinks and pub food, paired with a classy atmosphere. Just don't ask to borrow any of the books.

Great bar all around although I wish they would occasionally play hip hop

Awesome first club experience at this place. Played great EDM music all night

A smoker-friendly, casual bar with no cover, decent drink specials, billiard's table, and 90's-themed Fridays.

Best Bloody Mary in town! Well definitely go again and will suggest others to go! Badass place!

Great place to just chill...beer was cold and the bartender was very nice and very pretty.

DJ was on point & bar service was fast! All around great vibes!

Great place to hang out with friends and have a few drinks. Staff is great and always takes care of everyone. Enjoy coming here to watch the games and play golden tee

Very fun and chill spot during the week. A nice place to meet the locals but come the weekend it is college central! All in all it's a safe and welcoming environment.

Cleanest bar in Lubbock and by far the best bar food of anyone around! Also the bathrooms are the cleanest of any bar I have ever seen! The staff is incredibly nice and knowledgeable! Highly recommended!

This place has turned around for the better with the new ownership. Definitely a place to hang out with friends.

Friendly and helpful staff, really good prices and specials, fun, live music, bar food, breakfast tacos!, *smoking IS allowed*- not my favorite but good for some. Bring your friends or go alone and meet some cool folks and regulars. Bring a good mood to share it lighten your spirit and view with others you join.

Great customer service. You can smoke inside and it wasnt too busy.

One of my favorite bars to come to when I visit Lubbock. Drinks are good, bartenders are fast, & the place is laidback.

H Webb

Friendly and helpful staff, really good prices and specials, fun, live music, bar food, breakfast tacos!, *smoking IS allowed*- not my favorite but good for some. Bring your friends or go alone and meet some cool folks and regulars. Bring a good mood to share it lighten your spirit and view with others you join.

Jessie Hall

Great customer service. You can smoke inside and it wasnt too busy.

Katrina A

One of my favorite bars to come to when I visit Lubbock. Drinks are good, bartenders are fast, & the place is laidback.

The drinks here are well worth the money! By far my favorite bar in town. Jessica and Courtney are so good at service, their bar manners are perfect and they are very quick. The drinks are strong and taste good. Their drink knowledge is what you expect from a great bartender. I always have at least one frozen margarita.. try it you won't regret it.

Awesome bar to go to for everyone!! Well for those that don't mind a drink or two. The staff is fast and efficient and even a manager, I believe his employees calls him Slider? Came to the rescue when it looked like things were piling up foe thw bartenders. After the rush he even came out to apologize and to make sure everyone was good to go! Amazing experience and awesome place!

It's a very busy college bar during peak weekend night times, but when the crowd's not in full force, it's an amazing chill spot to grab a drink. Great value, decent selection, a few games, cool decor

This place is great! Whether you’re wanting a drink after work with the guys or going out on a Friday night The Library will not disappoint! Slider (bartender) definitely knows his drinks and hooks it up at the bar!

Love this bar one of my top picks in Lubbock! Great staff, games, and good music. If you’re new to Lubbock and looking for a good place to hang out with your friends or meet new people this is definitely a place I’d recommend you to go to.

Mike Bennett

Great place to hang out with friends and have a few drinks. Staff is great and always takes care of everyone. Enjoy coming here to watch the games and play golden tee

Addy Chavarria

The drinks here are well worth the money! By far my favorite bar in town. Jessica and Courtney are so good at service, their bar manners are perfect and they are very quick. The drinks are strong and taste good. Their drink knowledge is what you expect from a great bartender. I always have at least one frozen margarita.. try it you won't regret it.

David Stevenson

It's a very busy college bar during peak weekend night times, but when the crowd's not in full force, it's an amazing chill spot to grab a drink. Great value, decent selection, a few games, cool decor

Shelby Black

Love this bar one of my top picks in Lubbock! Great staff, games, and good music. If you’re new to Lubbock and looking for a good place to hang out with your friends or meet new people this is definitely a place I’d recommend you to go to.

Colten Crowell

This place is great! Whether you’re wanting a drink after work with the guys or going out on a Friday night The Library will not disappoint! Slider (bartender) definitely knows his drinks and hooks it up at the bar!

Dwayne Smith Jr

Awesome bar to go to for everyone!! Well for those that don't mind a drink or two. The staff is fast and efficient and even a manager, I believe his employees calls him Slider? Came to the rescue when it looked like things were piling up foe thw bartenders. After the rush he even came out to apologize and to make sure everyone was good to go! Amazing experience and awesome place!

Great drink deal just no parking

Fun big place gets a lil to packed.

Not the funnest place. I always go with a friend of mine. Bartenders are all pleasant and friendly.

Enjoyed my time there with pro boxers promoting the February 27th pro boxing event

One of the bartenders is kinda mean but a cool place to hangout.

Great bartender. But didn't like the smoking

I always have to go to The Library when I go to the depot. Good people good drinks and even better music.

I had a lot of fun here with my friends. Gets a little crowded on weekends though.

Great chill place very modern music that's upbeat. the bartenders are awesome and seem to really care allot about the people. VERY DIVERSIFIED CROWD

Great drink specials during the week. Music is unnecessarily loud when there are few people there. Table was bussed regularly.

Good place to hang out late at night. The smoking is the only drawback but the employees and customers are cool and the drink prices aren't that high.

Library has been In depo for awhile. Nice chill place. Bartender OMAR knows how to take care of you.

Not too bad. Pretty good atmosphere. The tables are small and high with uncomfortable seats. The last time I was here they had regular tables and chairs which was better.

Nice bar. Good staff. Smoking is allowed inside. It gets a bit rowdy on the weekends, but there's lots of space to stretch out.

Great atmosphere but a particular bartender is overly busy and had even ignored people. But I've had great experience here before and will be back. Overall is a great place

Good place to chill and have a few drinks before it after hitting up kongs

It’s an awesome bar, but it says it opens at 4 and no one is picking up the phone, it’s already 5:39

If you’re enrolled at Tech, great place...if not, they stop letting locals in the bar unless it’s during the summer when school is out

Figured we would try them out since we heard they were under new ownership…strange experience all around. We walked in to see that we were the only people in besides the DJ and a guy sitting at the bar on his phone, no bartender in sight. I ended up walking up to the guy asking if he knew where the bartender was after us walking around for a minute. He pulled the uno reverse on me and walked behind the bar. Not bad for the first round, but we ended up getting 2 lemon drops which were their “$4 special” for the night. Long story short, I paid $8 for two half shots of vodka, lemon juice, and water, poured directly in the shot glass respectively. Not mixed, not chilled, no sugar rum…not to mention that’s not even the CORRECT ingredients. I understand a bartender not knowing how to make something, but how do you do that bad on your SPECIAL? They added pool tables though, so that’s a plus… Manager was talkative and welcoming. Toilet paper holder was broken off of the wall and upside down on the floor, it still worked for the purpose served, as it was locked and loaded with TP, so no points deducted for that, but like fever dream vibes ya know? Would give another chance overall, just no lemon drops

It's an okay place, but to be honest I'm not much into the club scene like I once was. It has a very laid back atmosphere, but nothing stood out to me that set the place apart from any other bar. I went on a weekday evening so I'm sure the weekend is much more packed.

Still make good mix drinks... not as packed as it used to be 7yrs ago.. Thursdays are now chill... they seem to have (games) to bring in a younger crowd. It's nice to chill and convo over good drink specials.

The bar was full on a weekday night for a TTU baseball game. They had great music, a chill atmosphere, and fun people hanging at the bar. The first bartender was so nice and attentive that he got stuck doing all the work while the other just walked around with an energy drink. We asked the walking bartender for refills and food, but all he did was ring it up. We had to wait for the other bartender to bring us the drinks and food. And the food sucked. The chicken strips were burnt while the corndog bites were still raw and squishy. Half the experience was good, but I'm not convinced to return.

Sierra Johnson

Figured we would try them out since we heard they were under new ownership…strange experience all around. We walked in to see that we were the only people in besides the DJ and a guy sitting at the bar on his phone, no bartender in sight. I ended up walking up to the guy asking if he knew where the bartender was after us walking around for a minute. He pulled the uno reverse on me and walked behind the bar. Not bad for the first round, but we ended up getting 2 lemon drops which were their “$4 special” for the night. Long story short, I paid $8 for two half shots of vodka, lemon juice, and water, poured directly in the shot glass respectively. Not mixed, not chilled, no sugar rum…not to mention that’s not even the CORRECT ingredients. I understand a bartender not knowing how to make something, but how do you do that bad on your SPECIAL? They added pool tables though, so that’s a plus… Manager was talkative and welcoming. Toilet paper holder was broken off of the wall and upside down on the floor, it still worked for the purpose served, as it was locked and loaded with TP, so no points deducted for that, but like fever dream vibes ya know? Would give another chance overall, just no lemon drops

Amanda E.

It's an okay place, but to be honest I'm not much into the club scene like I once was. It has a very laid back atmosphere, but nothing stood out to me that set the place apart from any other bar. I went on a weekday evening so I'm sure the weekend is much more packed.

Eric Galarza

Still make good mix drinks... not as packed as it used to be 7yrs ago.. Thursdays are now chill... they seem to have (games) to bring in a younger crowd. It's nice to chill and convo over good drink specials.

Anna Stasia Prior

The bar was full on a weekday night for a TTU baseball game. They had great music, a chill atmosphere, and fun people hanging at the bar. The first bartender was so nice and attentive that he got stuck doing all the work while the other just walked around with an energy drink. We asked the walking bartender for refills and food, but all he did was ring it up. We had to wait for the other bartender to bring us the drinks and food. And the food sucked. The chicken strips were burnt while the corndog bites were still raw and squishy. Half the experience was good, but I'm not convinced to return.

Very slow place and they didn't have Captian Morgan rum.

Went on a Thursday night. Place was dead. Drink specials we're not that great. A whole lot of waisted space.

Library has officially became the Bashes of Depot district. Sad to see a establishment that used to be with very good vibes, great throwback music and quality service turn into a trashy night club catered to minors. Equivalent to conference and bashes of depot district

They allow smoking, maybe a plus for some but not me. Also, while the bartender working there was polite and working as hard as he could, I had to go through three (3) drink orders before I said something that they actually had. Also, the music was really load which is fine for something like a club but if there's no dancing what's the point? It's just harder to hear what the person next to you is saying.

Christopher Stanley

They allow smoking, maybe a plus for some but not me. Also, while the bartender working there was polite and working as hard as he could, I had to go through three (3) drink orders before I said something that they actually had. Also, the music was really load which is fine for something like a club but if there's no dancing what's the point? It's just harder to hear what the person next to you is saying.

The owner is so condescending and pedantic, even another bartender rolled their eyes at him. My first time there and he kind of ruined it being a douche

The girl serving is didn't seem like she wanted to work...drinks were watered down..just poor service all around

If your a biker or a vetern stay out of here the bar back thinks he is a bad ass

Is The library still open or did they completely shut down?

My fiancé went out for the first time in months so we thought the library would be great since it used to be so chilled out we were wrong... it took us literally 5 Mins to go to the restrooms and another 5 to go back to the front but that’s bc people were pushing and shoving us out of their way my sister in law almost got elbowed in the face and she was getting shoved out the way. Once we got our drinking and we were standing where it wasn’t crowded and a big 6’0ft staff went and pushed my fiancé towards me and I clearly told him that, it was unnecessary he couldn’t simply have said excuse me but I guess since he’s white he’s entitled to push and shove but the moment I tell him that was unnecessary to push and shove people like that he told me I had to leave bc that was no way to act... but simply he was the one who shoved my fiancé towards me.. but I’m in the wrong! Ya I am not going to recommend this bar to anyone at all bc it’s just BASURA! Maybe they should teach their staff to not push people out of their way.

Dude at the door only let in 18 year olds after 12:30 that gave him $20. one guy said we could get in but the guy giving wrist bands only let in boys that paid $20?

Got kicked out while completely sober for texting in the bathroom waiting for my friend. I was the DD. Tried telling the bouncer who would not even have a sober conversation with me .... awful staff

Security is always going to have there back no matter what happens even if they are wrong but the other people that stay in are guess what and font have to wear mask but the ones that get kicked out while they have there masks on hmmmm

Some 5'2" bouncer with a power fantasy kicked us out for picking a book up off the shelf. Dude really had nothing better to do.

Went here shortly after the new ownership took over and the manager was great. However I decided to come back tonight and the bartender didn't want to make the drink I ordered and tried to talk me out of it. In the end I agreed with her that I didn't want it and we left and went to a bar that actually wanted to make money. Won't give them another chance after this.

Bartender was very social with some,mostly with men. Serves us in plastic glasses while she serves others with actual glasses. Bathroom has no soap and no paper towels. Also stinks very bad. Tiles coming off on the floor. Bar is rundown and very unpleasant. Find someplace else to go.

Everyone I know asks" What happened to the Library"? The ownership really fails to understand it's environment and vibe. Why a place that looks like a saloon plays EDM? I haven't seen it packed in almost 2 years. Last time I went in the manger a female was so drunk she started issues with a few people. Should be the top place but it's sadly just a shell of it's former self.

Train your wait staff better. We were charged for something, didn't receive it, and were accosted by the waitress for asking about it when it showed up on our bill. I'm not just being overly complacent here. We asked about it and the person decided that it would be best to interrogate us as to why we didn't go stealing items from other peoples' tables. It was pretty weird. I don't think we'll return.

Got told they lost my card because one of the bartenders let another person close my tab out for me and gave them my card. Get told that I won't be charged for my tab for the mistake, wake up the next day with a 50 dollar bar tab that I didn't rack up. Call them the next day to no answer. Do not go to this bar unless you want them to lose your card and charge you wrongly.

I don't like loud places so when my friends suggested we go to the library I thought "that sounds perfect!" Boy was I wrong. It's insanely loud. Who names a super loud bar "the library"? I felt mislead. Also, I would've given two stars, but putting the bathroom on the opposite end of the hellscape that is the dance floor is unforgivable. Those people are monsters. I had to stop to let some poor girl who dropped her ID crawl on the ground in front of me to get it (people just kept walking on it) and people behind me started shoving me and to prevent myself from getting pushed over this girl and trampled I had to brace myself on people making out. There's gotta be a better way to get people to the bathrooms. This just isn't right.

Isaac Sanchez

Went here shortly after the new ownership took over and the manager was great. However I decided to come back tonight and the bartender didn't want to make the drink I ordered and tried to talk me out of it. In the end I agreed with her that I didn't want it and we left and went to a bar that actually wanted to make money. Won't give them another chance after this.

Clint Woods

Bartender was very social with some,mostly with men. Serves us in plastic glasses while she serves others with actual glasses. Bathroom has no soap and no paper towels. Also stinks very bad. Tiles coming off on the floor. Bar is rundown and very unpleasant. Find someplace else to go.

Julius Carithers

Everyone I know asks" What happened to the Library"? The ownership really fails to understand it's environment and vibe. Why a place that looks like a saloon plays EDM? I haven't seen it packed in almost 2 years. Last time I went in the manger a female was so drunk she started issues with a few people. Should be the top place but it's sadly just a shell of it's former self.

Tiddlywoose

Got told they lost my card because one of the bartenders let another person close my tab out for me and gave them my card. Get told that I won't be charged for my tab for the mistake, wake up the next day with a 50 dollar bar tab that I didn't rack up. Call them the next day to no answer. Do not go to this bar unless you want them to lose your card and charge you wrongly.

Dominic Schwartz

I don't like loud places so when my friends suggested we go to the library I thought "that sounds perfect!" Boy was I wrong. It's insanely loud. Who names a super loud bar "the library"? I felt mislead. Also, I would've given two stars, but putting the bathroom on the opposite end of the hellscape that is the dance floor is unforgivable. Those people are monsters. I had to stop to let some poor girl who dropped her ID crawl on the ground in front of me to get it (people just kept walking on it) and people behind me started shoving me and to prevent myself from getting pushed over this girl and trampled I had to brace myself on people making out. There's gotta be a better way to get people to the bathrooms. This just isn't right.

Andrew Gillespie

Train your wait staff better. We were charged for something, didn't receive it, and were accosted by the waitress for asking about it when it showed up on our bill. I'm not just being overly complacent here. We asked about it and the person decided that it would be best to interrogate us as to why we didn't go stealing items from other peoples' tables. It was pretty weird. I don't think we'll return.