Ernie Biggs Dueling Piano Bar and Grill

I love this place! My husband and I went on a Monday night… didn’t know if it would be any fun that early in the week, but it was so fun. They have good drink specials and entertainment, can’t beat it. My only suggestion to the place would be to serve food every day, you will sell more alcohol. Even if it is a smaller menu on slow weeknights.
I was really concerned at first because an older gentleman with a jean jacket and cap on, pushed one of the piano players to the side while he was mid playing and took over. I really thought it was some random patron doing that. But as the night wore on I realized he was either the owner or someone that knew these people. All three of the entertainers were really good and did their best with the requests, the female had a great voice and I loved that she would just start playing whatever she wanted at times and was great.
It was all in all a fun time, even the bartenders were great… they were dancing and singing a long making it a fun experience. Even with just a few tables there on a slower night, a really good time.

My wife and I had a great time at this place. The piano players are awesome and just down right great with the crowd. Would highly recommend this place if you’re looking for a night out on the town.

Great fun!!! It was packed for an off season Branson night. We went on Saturday Feb 21. The piano players were awesome– lots of fun!
If you are looking for food with your drinks– it’s a bar with appertizers so nothing worth mentioning. We just had the nachos and they were typical bar fare. The drinks were good– my hubby likes an extra dirty martini and the bartender did a great job. Overall place is great– clean, great entertainment. Service was a little slow but they were really busy.

We visited Ernie Biggs in Branson on a Friday night in August 2014. We arrived about five minutes before 8:00 pm (show time) and had our choice of seats. There is a $ 5 cover charge.
The show began promptly at eight, even though the bar was only ¼ full by then. Three piano players rotated through the night and I thought they complimented each other pretty well, regardless of the pairing. I don’t remember their names, but the older, hippie-​type was an amazing musician and had a fantastic voice. He didn’t have much of a personality, but I could sit and listen to him play all night. The other «older» player was a great musician and had an adequate voice. He was snarky, full of one liners and kept the crowd laughing. The young player was a good musician and his youthful enthusiasm made up for his lack of a voice. The show is almost all requests, but a drummer came out for 2 – 3 songs that appeared to have been rehearsed.
You turn your requests in with a tip. As you’d expect, the larger the tip, the quicker they will try to get to your song. It looked like most people were tipping $ 1s and $ 5s. I turned in a request for two songs with a $ 10 and they were played almost immediately.
I’d rate the show PG-​13, more for the sexual innuendos and lewd comments than for the occasional language. As others have said, you’ll have as much fun as you want. The musicians do a good job of encouraging the crowd to participate. And they do the obligatory «drag-​the-​unwilling-​sap-​to-​the-​stage» thing. We sang, clapped along and laughed all night.
The bar was pretty much full by 9:00 and when we left at 10:30, it was SRO. It’s non-​smoking inside, but there are several tables just outside the door for smokers to escape for a quick fix and still hear the music.
There is a small menu of typical bar fare: hamburgers, pizza, nachos, etc. We tried the chips and queso and it wasn’t great. The chips were crisp and salty, but the queso tasted like something you’d get at a high school basketball game. My wife had a White Russian and I had three domestic beers in bottles. Our waiter was attentive and friendly, although he did forget the chips and queso for a few minutes. After a reminder, they appeared quickly. The tab was $ 35, including a generous tip. It was a very pleasant evening out for $ 55. We’ll definitely be back.

If you want appetizers with your drinks, you better call first! We were 4 women over 50. I heard 2 0f them saying how fun this place is while we drove here from Baton Rouge… it was still cocktail hour but we were hungry. I pulled the menu (thanks Unilocal and Urban Spoon). We knew they only had appetizers and didn’t care. But then our waitress informed us, after bringing our first round, that the kitchen wasn’t open.