Chasers Bar & Grille

Bartender very nice. Dead on Tues @ 6pm. Better for me I guess. Food is simple and delicious. Good happy hour specials. $ 5 appetizers. Even cider beer on tap.
Televisions are everywhere.
Good music in jukebox. Better than a dive bar but not fancy. Sweats or jeans are more than acceptable.

Chasers, ah where do I begin? Schnorkrls? Highly recommend then, ¹⁰⁄₁₀. Don’t know what a snorkel? Come to Chasers. Once you purchase you’ll have a great night. Attractive bartenders that will pour booze in your drink until your heart is content. What more can I ask for, amiright?

I always have a great time here, night and recently day. Good drink specials and friendly bartenders. As far as Madison State St bars go, I thought the service was above average and attentive. The shots could be filled to the brim more, but all in all a solid place for an adult beverage.

Great college bar with awesome specials! My favorite special is Wednesday 50 cent taco night, $ 4 margs, and $ 3 corona and patron shots!

What a major disappointment! Our oldest is a senior at University Wisconsin. we were up for the weekend to celebrate his birthday. we went to chasers for a drink and were met by the most obnoxious bouncer that was
beyond rude. He called my husband ‘an old-​timer’ called my son’s girlfriend ‘a c***’. After discussing with management they felt that a round the free drinks would make up for all of this. I will never set foot in this establishment again.

I visit this place often and have yet to have a bad experience. They have good drinks, food, prices and service. Servers are on top of things!

Chasers is definitely the go to place for all the college kids in Madison. On a Friday night it was packed, and when I say packed, I mean you couldn’t move without bumping into someone. Clearly people there have never heard of the tits or ass rule, but they seemed to be having fun.
Once IDs have been checked, you are on your own to fight your way through the crowds to the bar. The sheer volume from people talking is so loud that it is nearly impossible to hold a conversation without some sort of signing. The rear of the bar hosts four or five dart boards, the bathrooms, and a giant wheel containing 30 minute specials ranging from two dollar shots of Fireball to six dollar pitchers.
Overall, it’s claustrophobic, and not the place to go if you are looking for a relaxing atmosphere. You definitely have to specify if you like your mixed drink with certain juices, otherwise, you might get something you aren’t expecting.

One night I went here and the bartenders were sooooo drunk that they weren’t serving anyone except for their friends. They were also taking bombs & shots while other customers were waiting. It finally took them about 15 minutes to serve me. It wasn’t even full in the bar. I don’t know if I will ever go here again except for the 50 cent taco deal.

Lots of college students (center of UW go figure:))but very nice people working there. $ 6 dollar pitchers of bells two hearted ale the night I was there. That is unheard of. Good outside area to sit and chill as well. Would go back again.

The cheese curds were great and affordable and the beer was served in nice giant glasses. Not much for veggie options though and the service was not very attentive.

By far my favorite cheap college bar along State St. I like that it’s small, but not too small. And the outdoor patio is perfect for the warmer months.
Drink specials are good, bartenders are great. I tried the food for the first time last night, with a heaping plate of nachos to share between 6 girls. They were pretty good. The chips were crispy and not too drenched in that luscious cheese sauce we all secretly love. Toppings were also fresh. I’d order them again. I’ve also heard good things about the other food they offer too!

Went here on a Thursday night to watch a game. They have $ 5 burger specials on Thursdays, which is a pretty good price. They aren’t amazing, but hey they are $ 5 and surprisingly filling.
A couple of us had California licenses though, and the guy who checked our ID’s gave them a lot of trouble. He claimed there were multiple «suspicious» things on them even though they are completely legit. We’re not sure if it was just a way to try to get us out of there because it was busy and we were staying a while, or if their policy really is if you have a fake ID, you have an hour to get wasted before getting kicked out. It was eventually cleared up, but you’d think a bar would know how to check licenses.
My rating is really because of the whole ID fiasco. The food and drinks are pretty well-​priced if you’re getting the specials, and I think they have one pretty much every day.

Being inside Chasers is horrible. It’s packed, you’ll never ever get a booth and worst of all its incredibly loud. Better brush up on your sign language if you wanna talk with your friends. There is no single sane person inside the bar, but outside is another story. This patio is great. Lots of seating and the music is at a pleasant volume. This is my favorite place on campus to hangout with friends during summer. And the best news is they just added a tent with outdoor heating and some small tv’s, so fall doesn’t mean goodbye Chasers, but rather hello football!
Chasers has decent priced pitchers and they dont have cocktail servers so thats the way to go if you’re going to be outside.
Word to the wise, don’t ever do anything thats even borderline in the eyes of a bouncer. These guys are pretty douchy and will use excessive force at the slightest inkling. I have been shoved and yelled at to clear the way for perfectly calm individuals being escorted out in a deadlock. Really? REALLY?

Very rude service. Spent 3 hours here with friends watching NFL games. Ordered both drinks and food, but for some reason the waitress took offense to the fact that I ate a jimmy johns sandwich at my table and gave me several rude comments. The manager then said I was «insulting» him by having a sandwich from another place at his bar. Seriously? We spent $ 50+ dollars but they were all worked up over a $ 6 jimmy johns? Then we got sarcastic comments from the waitress when leaving. Grow up…

Well, let’s start off with the good:
Service was excellent. All pitchers (last Thursday) were $ 6. That’s a great bargain for some of the beers you can get – we were super happy.
We ordered two food items – the smokehouse burger, with bacon, jalapeño, and bbq sauce, and the spinach and artichoke dip.
The artichoke dip was disgusting. Like… seriously gross. Kind of slimy, weird, massive chunks of artichoke. No consistency. Chips were decent and are made in-​house.
Now, the smokehouse burger… just plain bad. It was cooked quite badly (burned to a crisp), the bun and burger were overly greasy… just plain bad. Chaser’s seems to be under the impression that putting something on a rectangular plate makes it fancy. Hint: it doesn’t.
I’d go back for drink specials, which were enjoyable on the outdoor patio. I won’t be eating the food.

Gotta love the drink and food specials on Wednesdays but the staff doesn’t pay attention or check on u. Maybe if the waitstaff did their job I’d come more often and the door man is very rude

So first of all, I would like to say that I will NOT be speaking on the food. Now… As far as the Bar and drinks go? Unfortunately I have to say its pretty mediocre… A standard college bar with standard college people with standard college crowding. Not very original, but great drinks prices. Now… what it does have going for it? Great drink prices… and a great Patio. Not a lot of downtown bars have private patio seating. It is fantastic! Now it still gets pretty crowded even on the Patio but it is still great fun.
Still a great place for a bit of fun, cheap drinks, and some fun with the local college people.

Having just moved from Boston to Madison, I was extremely excited to see pitchers of beer at Chaser’s that cost as much as one bottle of beer in Boston.
Their hourly drink specials are insanely cheap, and their staff are very friendly and nice. The crowd is pretty bro, which can either be a good or bad thing, I guess.
Not a place to end the night with, due to the lack of a dance floor, but definitely a great way to start the night.

I’ve been to Chasers numerous times over my time in Madison. Gotta say it’s one of the best pure bar experiences in the area. You can pretty much feel safe that any night you head out on the town there will be a decent crowd there.
On top of that they have a great selection of bar food. My favorite night to go there food-​wise would have to be Wednesdays. Can’t really beat their taco deal; $.75 hard shell tacos, $ 1.25 soft shell, and they’re better than Taco Bell, so there’s that.
All in all, it’s tough to say anything bad about this place.

I’ve been here quite a few times after I wrote my first review, as it is my friends’ go-​to bar every Thursday night. I was weary of the college-​esque scene that I have been trying very, very hard to avoid, but Chaser’s has definitely grown on me. (: The servers/​bartenders are sweet, and the establishment attracts a pretty decent crowd.
The $ 6 pitchers and the $ 5 you-​name-​its (or gayblets… as my friends call it) are a great way to start a Thursday night about town, but the deals do change every night, so keep an eye out!
With UW out for the summer, Chaser’s is much less crowded, and if you come before 11PM, you are basically gauranteed a table — or at least a 2 ft radius of personal standing space. The music isn’t bad, and that is also a huge plus! Now if they had a dance floor…