Hard Hat Lounge

Las Vegas, United States

3.9

20 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 702-384-8987
Website:
hardhatbar.com
Address:
1675 Industrial Rd, Las Vegas, NV, 89102
Downtown
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
0.4 miLas Vegas @ Stratosphere (N)
0.7 miSLS
1 miWestgate
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Private Lot
Bike Parking
No
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
No
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Divey
Noise Level
Average
Good For Dancing
Yes
Alcohol
Full Bar
Happy Hour
Yes
Best Nights
Mon, Fri, Sat
Coat Check
No
Smoking
Yes
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
Yes
Waiter Service
No
Caters
Yes

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Local time (Las Vegas) 15:57 Thursday, 28 November 2024

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Description

Specialties

The Hard Hat is one of Las Vegas’ classic bars as it was built in 1962. There is a full bar open 24 hours daily, gaming, and a restaurant with excellent cuisine.

The Hard Hat was completely renovated in the summer of 2013. The décor was improved and a state-​of-​the-​art sound system was added to accommodate the DJs, bands, and other events which occur most nights of the week. Check our website for details. The Hard Hat is the place to be for after-​First Friday with partying going on into the wee hours of the morning!

History

Established in 1962.

Part of the Hard Hat building was constructed in 1962, and then the building was added on to a few years later. In the past, the HH catered to the construction trade in the downtown corridor. Over the years, as the economy has gone through changes, the clientele has changed as well.

One of the most prominent features of the Hard Hat is the hand painted mural in the back bar area. Painted in the early 1960’s by Frank and Vicky Bowers, the folklore is that the Bowers were lushes and the painting was done to satisfy a bar tab run up by Frank. The mural is done in florescent acrylics and is displayed under black light to bring out the bright colors. It is loaded with details and depicts a scene from a saloon in the old west. Regular patrons to the Hard Hat remark that despite gazing upon the mural for hours and hours, they see some new detail in it every time they come in.

Meet the Business Owner

Ross W.

Business Owner

Ross W has lived in Las Vegas for 25 years and been in several businesses. He purchased the Hard Hat in 2002. Currently, he and his wife also own two Jalisco Cantina restaurants, which are located at Sunset & Pecos, and Sunset and Durango.

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20 reviews of Hard Hat Lounge

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Place rating: 4
Las Vegas, NV
This place is a typical divey, small Las Vegas bar with gaming machines. It was comfortable place to pull up a stool at the bar and grab a beer.
They have about 20 stool seats at the bar and a few high top tables in the middle of the room. They have outside seating too. There is even a few seats along the wall at a high bar like table. They have a small stage in the corner of the room.
Smokilicious is the new BBQ restaurant now located inside opposite the bar.
I ordered a Joseph James lager on tap while I was waiting for my BBQ order.
They only have a few beers on tap, but I just happen to be there when a beer rep came in, so I got to sample about 5 or 6 new beers. That was cool and yummy!
The staff was welcoming, friendly and attentive.
I like this little spot and would definitely come back.
Place rating: 5
Leesburg, IN
Great dive bar. Clean. Super friendly bar tender. Live music looks neat. Nothing the night we were there. Recommended!
Place rating: 4
Las Vegas, NV
This is a tiny dive bar down the street from several strip clubs. It’s a very random spot. But it’s clean and nice, despite being dive-​y. The staff are friendly. There’s TVs and gaming. There’s also a really good BBQ spot inside too. Beer offerings are standard. There’s a decent outdoor patio area. It’s worthy of a trip to seek this place out.
Place rating: 3
Henderson, NV
Super nice bartenders. Went for the open-​mic night and the comedians were all nice, it was a relaxed atmosphere.
I wouldn’t go here if it weren’t for the open mic night. So keep that going because that’s the only real pull to this spot.
They also have Mirror Pond which is a plus since taking my favorite beer!
Place rating: 5
Los Angeles, CA
Cody’s BBQ is BOMB. You can smell the sweet smoky scent from the street, which is enticing enough to pull cars in off the road for a plate of juicy brisket and creamy mac and cheese. The staff is super friendly and you can tell they are passionate about cooking up great food and making people happy. Small divey bar inside, but I noticed some interesting beers on draft, and seems like a fun haunt to hang out at.
Place rating: 5
Las Vegas, NV
Great service!!! Thy only take visa and MasterCard but wonderful deals! It goes great with codys smokin house which is inside! A divey fun place to hang out!
Place rating: 5
Las Vegas, NV
One of the best hidden gems in Vegas. A true dive bar with ripped up bar stools, cheap drinks, great bbq & friendly service. Also boasts a historic mural from the 1960’s behind the bar that was one of the first experiments with UV paint. Love this place!
Place rating: 5
Las Vegas, NV
Very friendly and nice people. Stopped by because we couldn’t resist the smell of the smokin’ meat! We had the brisket, pulled pork, and pulled chicken. Moist, tasty, and delicious! «So smokey, they must’ve had lung cancer!» :D
Place rating: 3
Las Vegas, NV
Surprisingly clean for a Vegas dive bar! Smoking is allowed inside, but the doors are open most of the time so the smoke doesn’t build up too bad. There’s an outdoor seating area too, if you want to step out for some fresh air. Fairly small inside, with a stage for live music. Open kitchen in back currently has Cody’s BBQ– good brisket! Signs everywhere say that water is $ 1– I’ll assume this is to deter unsavory types from overstaying their welcome.
Place rating: 5
Garden Grove, CA
Great bar… remodeled and very clean. Great bartender and later in the evening they spin some good music.
Great, fresh bbq during the day as well… served up by Cody the bbq master… I believe the foods available from 11 – 7 during the week.
Place rating: 3
Henderson, NV
Cool hole in the wall bar. Ran out of bud light bottles at 9 pm, no excuse for that. Had fun anyway though.
Place rating: 3
Portland, OR
Agreed that this is a Vegas dive bar but that’s not a bad thing. There’s video poker/​keno, food and reasonably priced drinks. They are always hosting good edm nights. We saw Machete spin here a few months ago; good stuff. Only bad part is the cigarettes. The smoke is deep in there and you leave smelling like a wet ashtray. Total bummer, especially if you don’t smoke.
Place rating: 2
Paradise, NV
Wouldn’t go back. It’s a cool spot and all but it was too expensive for a dive bar. Maybe it was for the show but it felt overpriced for what the spot really is. Bartender was nice, got carded twice since they don’t have security checking who comes into the place.
Place rating: 2
Southeast, Las Vegas, NV
Went to a punk rock show last night, stages both inside and out great idea. However, beer prices were down right lame. Five bucks for a 12 0Z can of PBR? I expect to be raped at the House of Blues like that, but not a neighborhood bar. I wanted to love the place, great kitchen, friendly bartenders, door guy was a sweetheart. Just need to be more reasonable with those beer prices. Id rather have a few extra bucks to buy some merch from a few of the cool bands!
Place rating: 3
Las Vegas, NV
Talk about another dive bar in Vegas. The Hard Hat Lounge not doubt would qualify cause not only does it scream dive bar. The surrounding neighborhood off of industrial not exactly the most pretty of all places, not much parking, and the apartment building nearby does not exactly make you feel comfortable leaving car out on the road. One must never judge book by its cover. Once you get inside little surprise to find that it had own sense of style. It definitely still goes with my dive bar list. It not very big bar to begin with you have one long bar area, and few bar tables in the middle. The drinks not much comes to selection of draft beers (not sure since Bobby Yang Unrivaled Players performing but all drinks were being served in plastic cups. No glasses at bar? Dive. Not sure if daily special but that night running $ 3 PBR and some mixed up fruity shot added dollar. Again screams dive bar. The décor at times looked tacky all around but definitely gave it personality. They do have service kitchen nothing special just your normal bar food from burgers, salad, and fried foods. I can tell you looking at the kitchen (some things that would make health inspector freak out) I would be scared to order food. I came here support Unilocal family Misti and Bobby. Booby Yang and Unrivaled Players. Not about the food.
In the back area have small stage set up for bands. At times had some sound check issues. Overall for tiny place felt like the sound was pretty good. Room for concert goers it nightmare. Really truth its bar not concert venue. Unilocal family we packed it in. Tiny dance area if call one in front of the stage. The service both bartenders were great staying on my drinks.
Overall since out of my way and really nothing special about the place will stick with my normal waterholes. If they have great band playing would come back again.
Place rating: 4
North Las Vegas, NV
I came to the lounge to see Bobby Yang work his musical magic live. And, accompanied by His Unrivaled Players, he did just that for appreciative Unilocalers and other lounge regulars. The narrow, small building barely fit in all attendees, but it did just manage to do so. And feed us too!
My Montana Club (ham, turkey, bacon, chipotle, mayo, lettuce, tomato, and onions on sourdough bread) was large and very tasty – except somewhat overpowered by the spicy chipotle, which added too big a kick. And I saw that the skin-​on Fries were freshly deep-​fried but they tasted unseasoned and rather dead.
The two female bartenders were friendly and efficient; the mural painted on site in 1963 was eye catching; and the live sounds of Bobby Yang and His Unrivaled Players were well worth listening to live, enhanced by the interpretive dancing of past Las Vegas Unilocal CM and now DJ Misti Y., and excellent acoustics.
This is a bar with character!
5 stars for Bobby Yang and His Unrivaled Players
4 stars for the Hard Hat Lounge overall
Place rating: 4
Las Vegas, NV
I came here last night to see Bobby Yang and his Unrivaled Players in their only Las Vegas concert! I’m not usually at bars but this was an exception and I had to go hear Bobby and his group.
The bar is called a dive bar and I guess you could say it is although it was a lot nicer than I was expecting and there was a lot less smoke than I thought there would be. The place is small. A narrow aisle past the bar to the performance area in the back is the only space to move around. As we gathered in the back, we tended to block the entrance to the ladies room.
The bartender from whom I got my Coke was very kind and the price was right.
There were some problems with mic feedback at times, but nothing serious. The band rocked the joint and it was great fun to see and hear a friend lead his band with his great fiddle playing!
It was a fun night and the Lounge was great. I’d like to go back sometime and get photos of the whole Frank Bowers mural behind the bar. Bowers was a Los Angeles mural painter who is said to have painted this mural to pay off a bar tab.
Place rating: 4
Las Vegas, NV
Place is small but cool though… bartenders are nice… not a bad spot… good to see they support the local music scene
Place rating: 5
North Las Vegas, NV
Love it! Old industrial Vegas. Gritty and vintage. Awesome diner food. Small stage for bands. Cool vibe. Heavy handed pours in the drinks department.
Place rating: 4
San Tan Valley, AZ
Now this is what a dive bar should be like. .. cold, cheap drinks. .. semi dark, with friendly regulars. .. an attentive bartender. .. and a mural behind the bar with an unbelievable story.
This place made you feel like home. .. even if you were from out of town and just in for a visit. I will definitely be back to further explore the mural. .. it seem like every time a looked at it I saw something different.
If the neighbor ever comes back. .. this place will definitely become a five star spot. And if not. .. it is still on my shall return list.