Ivar’s Sports Bar & Grill

Worst establishment that I have ever been to in my life. Extremely unprofessional staff. The guy staff members seemed cracked out and acted very irrational. There was this other random cracked out guy that seemed to be a customer but he kept going behind the bar and harassing all of the women. I will never be back.

Although it’s a hole in the wall, the bartenders, patrons and guests make you feel as if you are buying bottle service without the pretentiousness.

Great sports bar. Great staff and management! Go above and beyond to find your game!

Been coming here for years with the old owner — I got one thing to say: the bar is hot and so is the beer. People do not like hot beer — fix it.

Crowded night, finally get a seat at the bar, takes the bartender forever to notice us. We ask her what beers were on tap. She tells us to go to the other side of the bar and look.

What can I say? It was Christmas Day evening and they were all we could find open in our way through town but what a find. Excellent selection of beers in this classic neighborhood pub located close to LSU. But the food was great pub food. Excellent buffalo wings. Great barbecue pizza but the best was the cheese burger (with bleu cheese). Attentive service on a very busy night. I’d stop again on my way through town even if I wasn’t hungry.

Eh… There are better bars in the overpass area. I prefer Chelsea’s, Duvics, or Zippy’s to this place. The atmosphere is ok though I think the above places get a better crowd. More expensive than it should be as well. Never eaten here but looks like typical bar food. It has the dirty dive bar look but doesn’t pull it off as well as duvic’s.

Under the original ownership, this was one of the friendliest bars in town. I was always greeted with a warm welcome and a friendly pat on the back. With the new owners, however, the young ladies that they have behind the bar turn their nose up and act like they don’t want to take my money. It’s not like I expect a bartender to be all up my derrière or engage in the phony flirtation that always makes this boozer a little bit uncomfortable but at least pretend that you’re interested in how my day was or that you’d like for me to have another pint and stick around for a while. If you’re interested in watching the game, meeting a specific group of friends out or would just like to have a drink at a bar and not be bothered, this is the place for you. The menu has been scaled down significantly under the new régime (none of my favorites are there) and it looks like they are gearing up to have live music on a regular basis. I will revisit Ivar’s in a month or maybe sooner because it remains to be seen what the new owners do with the place. I wish them well and hope they excel but based on my last few experiences, whenever I’m craving a cold one or a good conversation, I’m going to pass this one up.

Totally overpriced. Location is the only thing this place has going for it. Save your pennies and go to Chelsea’s…or anywhere else, quite frankly.

This is where you send Dad with the kids when Mom needs to take a long bubble bath in the house without anyone bugging her for once. Dad can feel like a guy smiling at the gals at the bar as he heads on in to the dining room. He won’t have to change clothes or miss the game because this is super casual — he can sink in a chair, throw back some Jack, et the kids order some decent food, and get lost in whatever game he wants on one of the TV screens, each bigger than the next. It’s not clean or prissy, so he can get his «man on» after a long day listening to his yammering boss. This is a bar, but the kids will be happy eating excellent buffalo wings, hamburgers, or a seafood platter. If Dad drags along his wife, she won’t have to clean up either — and the salads are great. He might as well order a cold one for her — she hasn’t hen-​pecked him in a while and would like the attention.

Love Ivars! The only reason they don’t get 5 is that the drinks are a little pricy! I’m in love with the music they play. The people who go there have great taste when it comes to tunes. The bartenders are friendly. The food is good. They’ve got a pool table and an area in the front and the back which are outside where you can hang. Go check them out!

Ivar’s is a local hangout to watch sports on tv. Pool table and other games in back. I like their bar food — especially the catfish and I always get their Quesadilla Sticks but I ask for Ranch Dressing with them. If you are a wing person, order those.

To me, Ivar’s is the definition of mediocre. The food is not exactly good but not bad either. (I had the Bump, Set, Spike, which is a BLT with fries.) The service is not great but also not terrible. The drinks and atmosphere are very similar to what you would find at any dive-​y sports bar.
I wasn’t impressed, but I still enjoyed watching the Saints game there with my friends and would go back if my friends wanted to go.

When it comes to the local boozey scenes, Ivar’s is a must in BR. Located near a bank of other similar spots, this establishment is a little piece of old school offering up reasonably priced drinks and a fun scene during the day and night.
Whenever I find myself out and about in Baton Rouge, I continually end up underneath the overpass gettin’ my drink on. The beers are solid here and they sure can put together a hell of a dirty martini. Cocktails seem to take a little longer when they’re slammed so I always opt for the bottled beer. Those who don’t mind the wait can find some assurance on the bartenders who are easy on the eyes.
It is noticeably divey, and its almost always über dark. I will caution against anyone looking to use the men’s restroom and parking can be an issue on the weekends. The pool table is almost always occupied and while the crowd varies, I’ve succombed to thinking this is mainly a college age type bar.
I’ve yet to try the food. I hear they can throwdown with a decent po’boy and burger, which means I need to make it here before 10pm instead of after.

Drinks are great and the after hours bar food is just wonderful!!!

I have yet to eat here, though I hear they actually make a pretty good poboy. We’ll see.
On the subject of drinking? I have a lot of friends that swear by this place (because they live close by?), and yeah, it’s not bad. It’s missing that last star for the lack of speed from behind the bar, and the fact that a Miller Lite bottle is $ 3.50. I can go down the street to Bulldog and get a pint of Brooklyn Lager for a dollar more. Not quite strip club prices, but if the girls behind the bar would take their shirts off, it be a deal!

Basically, what one should expect out of a college bar. The food is typical «bar food», and the drinks aren’t too expensive. The crowd is mostly college students getting wasted. It’s decent fun if one is in Baton Rouge, but I’d rather be drinking at the Chimes.

Gettin’ it done old school. Cool place with decent grub and real cold beer. Nice bloody marys. Best of the bars under the overpass.

Drink. Burger. Pee. Repeat.