Oscar’s Atlanta

Rude bartender! Chad refused to sell lottery tickets! He said he wasn’t there to sell lottery tickets. Well, he won’t be selling me a drink again either. There are nicer more friendly bars all over Atlanta. So long Oscars.

This place used to be fun and would be pretty busy on Saturday nights. Some friends and I stopped by last night for some martini’s. The bar staff is unfriendly and full of bad attitude. They seem to be more concerned with their phones and their own conversations than the customers. We will not be going back.

Way cool karaōke!!! I walked in with a friend and we immediately signed up for a song and despite being so crowded (at least 40 – 50 people there) our song got picked right away. Is that cool or what? I learned they like to welcome the newbies to the bar making a point to get us up right away but our second song did take forever, maybe an 45 – 60 minutes (I didn’t time it but it was a long time).
Affordable drinks, nice crowd. Fun evening. I actually like having the doors opened so you have the option of being close to stay cool or move further in to get warm.
Bonus is free parking and easy bar hopping to and from Burkharts and Felix’s. But get there early if you want to park in the lot since it will fill up. Oh yes and of course no cover charge. A fun visit and I will go back!

Don’t use the jukebox! They skip over the songs you want and will not play them! Even when you have paid for them

Not pretentious and strong drinks. Bring your own quarters if you want to play darts.

I give props to this place. The bartenders are always in such happy spirits, the drinks are made well, and it’s just generally a welcoming place. It’s very relaxing and the bartenders do their best to enhance your experience.

They leave the door open even though it’s 43 degrees out tonight, everyone is cold and leaving. Very strange, one minute it’s hip hop house and the next it’s like Nashville threw up in here! I can’t figure out Oscars any more! But I’m trying to because the space is clean.

Oscar’s has become my spot to begin or end any evening, any day of the week. Eric, Mark, Chad, and Corey are always around to around to keep ya taken care of. It’s five o’clock somewhere… right?!

Never again.

I visited Atlanta for the first time in October and found myself at Oscar’s twice. I think it’s a nice bar, it’s not dirty or grimy, but definitely attracts an older crowd. Atlantians are definitely kind towards «outsiders», but can also come off like they are just attracted to what’s new.
I’m also fairly certain that the bartender made my drink extra strong. I’m not mad, but it was almost not good and I felt like there was an ulterior motive.

It is a nice place to stop by and see friends. It is kinda small and smokey but a regular crowd.

Good luck getting a drink… even with only 5 people at the bar!
Stopped in on Saturday evening, only 5 pp siting at the bar. 3 Bartenders. Took forever for any of them to notice I was standing there waiting. They were more concerned with playing kissy-​face with each other than taking care of the FEW customers that were there.
During my one beer, I noticed 2 other guys come in, stand at the service are for a drink, get no service, and walk out.
Don’t waste your time.
One good note, the weather was nice so the doors were open getting out some of the smoky and dirty mop water smell that is usually there.

After a closing and one failed attempt at a reopening, Oscars is once again open this summer. Remodeling and removing the video wall and DJ booth has opened the space up more. The new owner went to a lot of trouble to install an excellent audio/​video system that is constantly overridden by a pay for play juke box that blares so loud it is uncomfortable! The staff is not very attentive so be prepared to wait for refills. I had high hopes for this place but sadly there is nothing to draw me back.

Not sure what is going on — went to meet some friends at Oscar’s on ¹⁰⁄₂₂ — drove up to find the lights out and doors locked. No, it was not a private event with steamed windows! There was no one there and if I remember correctly even the sign is gone. All the best to the bartenders Kevin and Anthony, they did their jobs well!

My friend Matt has a pretty weird schedule! Seems like Tuesday is the only day he has time to go out. I grabbed a few friends and we ended up meeting him at Oscar’s. It’s been awhile since I have been here and when Matt told me that Tuesdays is Show Tune Night, I was curious to see what this is all about!
I appreciate a good music video type bar… definitely miss the old early days of Red Chair! The drinks here are really, really good… before I knew it, I was downing my second margarita. (Yes, the Margarita here is awesome!) One thing that was quite refreshing was the people… everyone was sooooo nice and so easy to talk to. Oh and you gotta enjoy a theme night!
Sad to say I lost my gay card when I didn’t know the majority of the songs or performers in the video. I mean, who knew that Olivia Newton-​John did more than just Grease???

We visited this place on Tuesday, showtune night. Upon entering, it appeared to be the Rent Soundtrack playlist, luckily only 2 were played in a row.
The crowd was what I expected based on its location and relaxed. The atmosphere was good, music on the showtune night appeals to a bit older, more «gay diva» crowd, as we found out early into the night when we knew none of the songs after a while.
The bar and service was quick, drinks were enjoyable, and as mentioned, a lot of smoke in this small place. Having lived in Chicago, Hawaii and Cali, I have been spoiled by the smoke free places.
Would go back with the right crowd, understanding that I would no 1 out of 50 songs.

I haven’t had a bad experience here. The drinks are usually strong. They play good music, and when the weather’s nice it’s great to sit out on the back patio and shoot the s*** with friends. The layout of the place makes moving around pretty simple, but I can see how it could get crapmed. One of the better gay bars in the city.
They have a movie night here every Monday.

To the bitchy, old, full of herself queen that works the bar:
Just because you are bitter that you have to work Saturday nights, instead of getting your party on, doesn’t make it okay to take it out on the patrons of this clearly «second tier» establishment. You clearly have some anger issues that need professional attention, and I suggest that if you are going to continue to be a bartender, that being a complete and utter ASSHOLE should be something that you should work on, stat.
Basically, here’s the story. I have been to Oscars several times, but never have I thought anything other than, «oh, we have to go there… ugh». Mostly, because the bar is a bit tragic, and as far as gay bars go in ATL, it was always very close to the bottom of my list of choices. Well, after last night, it is now the last place I would EVER step foot into again.
A good friend of mine was celebrating his birthday, and we decided to go to Burkharts, which is right across the parking lot from Oscars. After becoming annoyed with the ever growing crowd at Burkharts, it was decided that we should move on to Oscars, because, as expected, it wouldn’t be as crowded (it never really is… which is probably reflective of why I will never set foot in there again). After paying tabs and making our way over, we settled on the patio outside, which was empty except for our group.
I went back inside to get a drink, and found an empty place at the bar to lean in and ask for a drink. There were two bartenders standing directly in front of me, one mixing a drink, and the other just standing there. They both made continual eye contact with me, and taking that as a cue, I simply leaned in and said, «can I have a miller lite?», assuming that their eye contact meant that they were curious as to how they could help me. What I wasn’t expecting was the aforementioned old bitchy asshole’s response. He was the one making the drink. His response literally took me by surprise, because he said in a very derogatory way, «well, I will, if you can WAIT YOUR TURN», literally yelling the last part at me. Being the person that I am, who doesn’t really put up with bullshit, especially in situations where I am paying for a service, I put my money back in my pocket, said «fine then», and walked back outside to my friends. I was a bit taken aback that he would be so rude, but just decided that this place wouldn’t be getting any of my money, and tried to move on.
Then, about 5 minutes later, the other bartender came outside to «cool me off» I guess, and stated that the asshole bartender was «just like that», to which I told him that it was really rude, and that I wasn’t going to be going back in there to deal with it. He asked me if I wanted anything, and I told him that I didn’t appreciate the attitude, and that I was fine, for him to leave me alone. The whole conversation was civil, but still awkward, as the asshole had sent someone else out to feign a half-​hearted attempt at an apology.
What I thought was over, can only be followed by a situation that ranks near the top of the most ridiculous, immature, and completely unacceptable experiences I have had in my life. The asshole that had been rude to be decided that he was going to come out and «straighten me out». He came out on to the patio, and loudly declared that he was «looking for the idiot that couldn’t take a fucking joke». I thought I could avoid the situation by remaining silent, but after a few demanding shouts of the same demeaning request, my blood was boiling, and so I told him that I was not an idiot because I didn’t want to put up with his attitude.
This quickly escalated into an all out shouting match; every attempt I made to get him to leave me alone was met with him insulting me over and over again at the top of his lungs. It was clear that this asshole was 100% asshole, and there was no way that he was going to back down. I kept asking him to just shut up, and leave me alone, and he would not back down. Finally, I told him that what he was expecting was for me to just put up with him being and asshole, and if that is what he wanted, that he could fuck off, and at that, he demanded that I leave the bar.
I told the people I was with that if they had rode with me, that I was clearly leaving, and the asshole even continued shouting at me as I tried to get out of the bar as fast as I could. He just wouldn’t stop. Needless to say, I left, and will NEVER return.
What I can’t understand, is how I warranted such a response, especially considering my only crime was not putting up with bitchy behavior from some dried up old queen of a bartender. If you have that many issues with yourself that you can’t be more polite to people that have come to you for a service that you are there on the job to provide, perhaps it is time to put the cocktail mixers down and move on to a different profession. Oscars is officially the worst bar I have ever been to, and I won’t be back.

I have to concur with my fellow Unilocalers that this bar has exceptionally great drinks. My friend Jen and I went here yesterday for a quick beverage and ended up staying a little longer than expected — mostly due to the great music and videos that they were playing.
The bartender was a little vulgar… I guess that’s to be expected sometimes. The crowd was mixed (to say the least), but fun loving all-​the-​same. The smaller size makes conversations a little easier and drink refills come quickly.

Mixed gay crowd but EXCELLENT drinks. Much more reasonably priced and about the strongest in the city. Plus the bartenders seem to have a knack about losing count of your order! I think they’re expanding too.