J&J’s Sports Lounge

just realized I’ve never reviewed one of the bars I spend most of my time out in. I love it here! lol warts and all && there are a few of sometimes (borderline) out of control regulars who make it hard. but I love them too!
they have free food a lot. saints games and holidays are a good time to hit that up. they’ve got pool too if you’re into that (one table).
I love the pac man game. lol I sit there for hours nursing a whiskey ginger (that is –ahem– three dollars for a double. like what?) because I don’t want to get up and die. should I even admit this on Unilocal?
the convenience store across the street has solid fried food and sandwiches if you need that on your way home.

I feel like I describe every bar I visit as a «neighborhood place», but that’s exactly what J&J’s is. I think I had been here before– the bar area looked familiar, but I’m not sure.
There was a game on the night we stopped in and a lot of the regulars were sitting and enjoying it. They serve basic drinks here and they also have Schlitz in a can, which is pretty unusual and random. Pool tables in the back and nice bartenders make it a good place to hang out.

I come into this place mostly late night and am never disappointed. the crowd here is chill and all people are down with all other kinds of people. it is just your classic neighborhood spot.
the owners are really good people. they are very into soccer so you can come catch any game. I watched several games during the 2015 women’s World Cup and the crowd was awesome and the owners brought out noisemakers, etc. I went to the finals in Canada and Julie (one of the owners) let me borrow her supporters club scarf to wear and represent at the game. good people!
to get a taste of the neighbor, stop
in here and be sure
to tip well!

I was very disappointed when i got there saturday and found out metal mania was no more. I look forward to this every week, i hope in the near future it returns

Cheap beer and sports close to my house. Plan on watching lots of NFL at J&J’s this season.

spent about 6 hours here drinking cocktails and watching football. good times. friendly regulars and bartender. they have a bunch of chargers behind the counter if you need to charge your phone. 6 hours worth of drinks for my wife and I and the final tab was like $ 30. win.

If you’re in the Bywater and need to see the game, this is your spot. Cheap beer. Hopitoulas was like $ 0.50 more than Schlitz and couldn’t have been any kind of happy hour I don’t think. I’ll be back.

We were not locals to this area but read great reviews and so decided to come because we were staying in the area. The fat bartender with the beard and ponytail was not good. Incredibly rude every time we tried to order. We just wanted to hang out

I went to this little Bywater Gem last night. Had a great time. The wine was cold and served in the correct glass but more importantly. The people were sooo very nice. The drinks were cold and cheap. Its kinda like a Vortex. I came in the bar at 10:30 i left at 5:30am ha!

i wandered into this place seven months ago, looking for a beer and a place to charge my phone in my old (and new again) neighborhood. i first went to vaughn’s but was quickly made to feel like an outsider by the bartender and her patrons. i left after ten minutes, and it was a good thing because i found j&j’s a block away.
the bartender was ally, and she was personable, telling me about the bar and that i should come by for saints games, as preseason was about to begin. i took her up on the offer and didn’t miss a game until the playoffs, when i visited friends instead.
(i have since stopped drinking and sadly don’t have much of a reason to go to bars any more)
jim and julie serve great food during every game. you never know what it is but there is always enough and always salads and breads and fries and mashed potatoes and dips and more to go with wings or burgers or tacos or ribs.
i get crazy during saints games and even so was made to feel very welcome by the patrons of this great neighborhood bar. one specific couple was curiously nice to me and it was always a pleasure to root for nola beside them.
i often got $ 2 pints of pbr and when i had a few extra bucks in my weekly beer budget, $ 3 pints of nola brewery hopzilla. that’s the stuff!
the prices are great, the food is always home cooked and tasty, the locals are welcoming, and the staff and owners are awesome. i even ran into one of the bartenders out in the quarter a couple weeks ago and we talked for quite a while. the folks at j&j’s are friendly everywhere.
thank you for welcoming this madman, j & j! may you and yours be blessed always.

This is my go to spot to watch Saints games in New Orleans. They have super cheap beer during games and a lot of old drunk guys yelling, so it’s pretty much perfect. It’s also the closest bar to my house.
Pros:
There are two signs saying Blatz above this bar and one tiny one saying «J & J’s Sports Bar», so to me this bar is called Blatz.
One time my friend got drunk and stepped on a dog here accidentily. The bartender through the dude with the dog out and, as he was being thrown out, he told my friend the dog had been coming to the bar for longer than my friend had lived in New Orleans.
The Blues Brothers.
Tons of crazy bywater dudes.
Dogs.
Like 85 cats.

Cool little place to hang out in the Bywater district of New Orleans.
Located in the local hood, this bar is like most of the other ones around the area, eclectic and unique. The patrons are exactly the same. All different kinds of people blend in and no one really cares. If only Houston wasn’t so anal and was more like New Orleans.
No one gives a shit here and I love it. Be who you are. Be nice or leave. That’s how they roll in the Big Easy.
Anyway, the drinks are good, bartenders are nice and they have one of those fancy-​shmancy digital jukeboxes. The other bars around here don’t and those that do have the CDs mislabeled!
They also have a pool table in here, lots of tables and NFL network for the football games.
I will return

Visiting from Florida, but needed to find a bar to watch the Packers who were playing at the same time the Saints were on, not an easy task here in New Orleans, I called and they reserved a TV for us! Bonus they have a pot luck on game day and every thing was delicious! Super nice and accomodating! By the way, BOTH Packers and Saints WON!

I found this bar at the recommendation of a friend about 2 months after I moved to the city, and boy was I lucky. My very first visit happened to be Customer Appreciation Day: They were literally giving away a keg’s worth of Abita Amber. Needless to say, I fell instantly (and drunkenly) in love. Have no fear, though; even when they’re not giving away booze, you can get good and shmammered for just a few bucks.
In just a few short months of being a regular, I managed to meet and chat with most (if not all) of the regulars, bartenders, owners, and dogs. It has a really chill and friendly vibe – like you can have a few too many and talk to whomever and not remember their name the next time you see them, and it’s okay because they probably don’t remember yours either.
What really makes it for me is what happened the other night. I hadn’t been in a couple months because I can’t bring my puppy anymore, and I walked in to find my FAVORITE bartender in the whole world, Mel, working, and she remembered me. Another bartender came by to ask why I hadn’t been in recently, and several of the regulars approached with the same question. What a feeling! Like seeing old friends again. A true neighborhood bar.
Great for watching sports with several high-​quality TV’s around. Also a great patio area when the weather is nice. Very smokey, but hey, it’s New Orleans. I only take off 1 star because occasionally the crowd turns kind of metal and when they control the jukebox, it gets really obnoxiously loud.

This is my-​my-​my-​my bar. It’s like a fucked up version of Cheers, because I’ve come in there with fears and also tears– all were drowned out by booze (preferably Gin, though) The people know me and I know them– What else would one want in a local bar than to just be around genuinely GOOD people?
The owners Jim and Julie are really really nice people, and they treat their staff nicely which is definitely refreshing because the staff ACTUALLY like WORKING there! What are the odds? That being treated with respect by your employer would actually get you somewhere? Crazy.
Oh, did I forget to mention that the booze is cheap? Yeah, there’s that aspect too.

Another bar I wish was in my neighborhood. Not that there’s any shortage of decent bars in my neighborhood, but they are sometimes filled with folks I don’t feel much like mingling with (I notice a lot of white slacks and polo shirts and people with intentional tans). Hmmm, by now it sounds like I’m constantly wishing I lived in a different neighborhood. I like my neighborhood, just sayin’. But J & J’s ain’t in it. How ridiculous would it be to move to a new ‘hood for a bar? Not so ridiculous at all, you’re thinking. I know you are.
So, yeah. I’d come here on the regular if it were in my hood. Is it a destination spot? Well, no. But it’s everything I want in a neighborhood bar and the few times I ventured in, I liked what I saw and who I talked to.
There are dogs. There are friendly people of all ages that you can talk to. There are nice bartenders. There are cheap drinks.

I love this place I love this place I love this place.
Though my experience in the south left something to be desired, the one thing I miss is this bar and the people in it.
It was a little piece of home, mixed with some southern hospitality, cheap drinks, and dogs… sitting at the bar. The people who work here, and hang out here, are amazing, unique and fun. I always got involved in an interesting conversation.
The best part? When the shit hit the fan and I needed a bit of home, they opened at 9 am.

This bar, which was previously named the Yellow Moon (still has a large mural painted on the outside) is now J J’s Sports lounge. It’s an excellent ByWater sports bar, lots of big screen TV’s very pleasant, local crowd and the drinks are cheap enough. Some refer to it as a dive bar, but its way too clean and well kept for that description, now BJ’s just up the street, that a dive bar. Part of what some refer to as the «Bermuda Triangle of Bywater Bars», and it is on my personal list of Bywater Bar crawls.

This is the best dive bar in the Bywater. It’s laid back most of the time and the owners are awesome. They are personable and do whatever possible to cater your needs. There are a ton of locals, but that shouldn’t detour tourists that are going through the Bywater. They open at 9AM and stay open till the last person leaves. There isn’t a single bad bartender and they all leave you with good conversation. I highly recommend this place if you just want to have a few beers to get away.

I love J&J’s. It’s a great neighborhood bar in the Bywater.
Jim and Jules are excellent hosts and wonderful people.
You will always have a fun time there. Challenge Jim at the pool table or join in to the theme parties they throw there or hang at the bar have a chat with Mike and just feel good.
And of course watch all the sports events on the TV’s there.