Pig’s Eye Pub

What a cool place! Definitely for a young crowd. Pig’s Eye Pub made me think about my college days in a good way. With darts, pool tables, jenga, loud music and a patio, this place has a rocking atmosphere in my opinion. Beer selection is pretty good with around 20? beers on tap, service was quick and friendly as well. The pool tables and dart boards were surprisingly well kept too. I didn’t get the chance to enjoy the patio as I think it is too early in the season but i’ll definitely be back to check it out. Their specials seem great as well. All in all, a fun bar to have a good time with friends. Will be back.

Loudest place I‘ve ever been in my life. I‘m only 28 but i guess I‘m too old for this.
They have 2 dart boards, 2 pool tables, there‘s 2 giant size jenga that when someone plays and it hits the floor it sounds, well its just too loud. Oh there‘s also a claw machine?! (with t-​shirts inside). Its a Full bar only, no food here. Someone in the older reviews said something about a hot dog machine but i don‘t remember seeing it anywhere.
Well i would say if your gig is to go to the loudest place possible and get drunk like a teenager, not eating for the whole time you stay, here is your place. For me it was just a big headache. Like i said I‘m 28, and i guess I‘m too old for this.

Type of order: Beer. Only. Several Times.
Food Quality: Rolling hotdog /​sausage machine. Still pretty good though.
Beer Selection: Excellent. 20+ taps, great mix of all types and locales.
Service: Attentive, informative, and overall totally willing to please.
Atmosphere: Hard Rock, Kick Ass Neighborhood bar. Awesome.
Prices: Borderline state minimums (kidding). Kick ass specials.
Entertainment: DJs, Jenga, fellow bar goers.
Overall Experience: Grew up here, plan on wasting more years here. Suggest the same to all.
Recommend Rating: If you aren’t here, I probably wouldn’t like you. (I’m also kidding! Come check it out! Totally kick ass!!!)

Awesome bar!
Pool tables were fun, plus the beer was cheap and the music was great!
Bartenders were fun, and the crowd was huge.
Will be back for more

Was looking for a place to go enjoy a couple beers and I found this place in Hartford nice atmosphere Great place! Enjoyed myself… Good beer nice people… Good games! Will be going back soon!

Pigs Eye for me, is my favorite bar downtown. I understand that it is not high-​brow or a club scene type of place. It is a melting pot of people of all different types. To someone who is visiting Hartford for the first time, it could be classified as a dive, which it is. But it is a different kind of dive, its a good dive. The beer selection is always great. They always have a good selection of local brews. The outside patio has definitely been improved upon over the years. Pig’s Eye is a legendary place on St. Patty’s Day, let me tell you. In years past, they used to have their theme of «Beer & Bacon», as of the last 3 – 4 years or so they switched over the apple cider donuts from Faddy’s (which are equally as delicious). An all around cool place to grab a beer, no matter the day or occasion.
If you haven’t been a Friday Happy Hour there, then you really should check it out. They will either do a spread of pizza or Chinese food, with a platter of cheese and crackers. Not to mention, its FREE! Its the end of the week and you just want to start it off with a bang, then a trip to Pig’s Eye is a good choice. Its not something that I do frequently, but there’s nothing wrong with going a couple times a year for a free feast accompanied by good beer. The environment is very laid back, a place where you can go with a group of friends and simply hang.
Dollar beer night is a completely different type of environment and attracts a different type of crowd than it does any other day of the week. I think its a great deal, you purchase your cup for $ 8 (that you keep and bring back every week) and receive $ 1 23 oz beer refills from there on out. There are only three different beers they will allow you fill your cup with for $ 1, but they aren’t bad options either. The standard is bud-​lite, Sam Adam’s seasonal (whatever they have on draft at that current time), and Long Trail. It tends to get crowded rather quickly, so try to get there between 8 and 9pm to avoid the line. If you want to get a good buzz on for cheap, then Wednesday nights are for you.

Keith is the manager, and is the man. You can’t be BABN!
My company would go there every Friday night and we would always enjoy our night out (or what we could remember at least). They even sponsored our softball team «The Upperdeckers». Been going there for 4+ years now…

Baffled by the popularity of this bar. I came in on a Wednesday with friends for the Pig’s Eye $ 1 beer night. You buy a cup and then can bring it back any Wednesday for a $ 1 beer. So if you like beer, this is good for that alone. The service was quick too.
The actual bar seemed to be decent at first, but it deteriorated quickly. The place was packed, and the music was so loud that you cannot even scream over it. This could have been resolved by one thing: the patio. The major issue is that they allow smoking on the patio! So so so gross, and the people smoking are gross and disrespectful. The patio was covered in cigarette butts as well.
If you don’t mind smelling like an ash tray to get a cheap drink, go to Pig’s Eye.

Great spot with music and bbq… way too much food to finish plate. Has the bbq beiakwt and sausage.savory.

Ummmmm mm idk about this one? It’s ok, I guess. He made me a «apple martini» but it looked like a cosmo? What bartender can’t make a apple martini? Well check out the pic.

Dive bar catered towards a younger crowd. Bar game available like giant jenga, pool table, darts and an outside patio. There was a DJ when I went But they don’t play music at a ear drum blowing volume so you can still socialize. Saturday night was semi crowded but had plenty of space to scoot up to the bar and grab a drink. The crowd here are good at sharing jenga and pool so you don’t have to wait long to play. Overall I’d go back for a night when I want to socialize and play games in a very casual setting.

Really solid bar. Typical dive bar with no real food options (aside from questionable hotdogs and sausages), Pig’s Eye Pub is a great place to grab drinks and get away from the college aged crowd at other downtown locations. Weekdays gather a crowd of mixed age patrons, most from nearby businesses and some locals. There are dart boards, $ 1 pool tables, and a large Jenga set to entertain everyone.
There is a special on Wednesday where you can buy a large Pig’s Eye branded cup for $ 9 and get $ 1 refills on every Wednesday. Pretty good investment if you work/​live in the area and plan on stopping by often.
Weeknights tend to pull in the early 20s crowd, but the place retains a calmer atmosphere (relative to other Hartford bars). The loud volume of the DJ’s music makes it hard to keep a conversation and creates a strange atmosphere where no one is dancing and no one can hear each other speaking.
Overall, Pig’s Eye Pub is pretty good spot to hang out with a group after a long day at work. Also, there is free food on Friday after 5 on a first come first serve basis.

I was only in town for a few days doing some house-​hunting so I «Yelp’ed» this place to find somewhere for my girlfriend and I to have some fun. The drink specials are AMAZING! There was a life-​sized Jenga set that was so much fun to play. There are pool tables there as well that are only $ 1.00. They even have trail mix for you to munch on at the bar for free. Great experience and I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

Saturday night – fun people to talk to, awesome games of Jenga with fellow patrons, drinks were strong and fairly priced, music was good. My one complaint was that the bartender was WAY more interested in the TV at the bar than the customers. He was nice enough… just very distracted.

Full disclosure, I’ve only ever been here for happy hour. Because of it’s proximity to the office, and other reasons I’ll describe below, this place is always a go-​to for Friday Happy Hours.
The place offers good drink specials. It’s $ 3 draft during HH, which makes for a good deal. Keep in mind that the minimum to use a credit card is $ 10. You can still use a credit card under $ 10, but they’ll charge a $ 0.50 fee.
Pig’s Eye offers free food on Fridays starting at 5 PM (until supplies last). The food is usually pizza, Stromboli, cheese platter, etc. Nothing fancy, but it’s enough to keep you going on a Friday, and good enough to keep me coming back after work on Fridays.
The vibe is cool. It’s a typical dive bar. The business of the place is very variable – I still haven’t found an accurate indicator to predict how crowded the place will be. They have pool tables, a giant Jengga, dart boards and plenty of tables – a good setup for socializing with friends.

I recently went here on a Wednesday night after a long hiatus from the downtown Hartford bar scene. There was some crazy plastic cup special where you bought a cup for $ 9 and then paid $ 1 to have it refilled as many times as you wanted. The bar was crowded, but not insanely packed, but it was still relatively early in the night. Overall, it was a good time and the music was a good mix of old and new. I liked it.

This is a great place if you want good, cheap beer,
Their nightly specials make me want to cheer.
It’s a little dingy, but hey, it’s a dive.
Everytime that I come here I feel so alive.
Great beers on tap. Great prices for those beers. Every time I go to an event at the XL Center I always stop here beforehand (and sometimes afterwards). It’s probably not somewhere you want to bring a date since the bathrooms are worn down, it’s kind of loud, and it smells like beer. But, if you want to grab a beer with the guys or if you’re single and ready to mingle, this is your place. $ 1 giant beers on Wednesday, rooftop patio in the summertime, nice and attentive staff. Boom.

Pigs Eye is something of a mix of dive bar with biker bar. And they love Halloween, there were decorations galore, including some figures that jumped out from the wall.
Great beer specials. So so service (I really think they prefer to serve guys at the bar, or, I was just severly outnumbered).
And, buck hunter and old school dart boards always make for a fun night.

I think this is the best Friday happy hour in the city.
The Pig’s Eye is a dive bar, but it is great. Every night of the week they have drink specials. I usually end up here for Friday Happy hours. Every beer on tap (25 or so) are $ 3, including the specialty goblets. The selection is full of craft beers and local brews along with large corporate brews. Friday also has free food, wings, mozzarella sticks, and pizza. The pizza is not made by Pigs Eye, and is not very good, but it is free. The beer selection is what makes this place; for $ 12 (on Friday) you could try 4 different fantastic beers. The place is never very crowded and they even have an outdoor rooftop deck overlooking the state capital.
Inside it is fairly dark, but there are a number of TVs. There are also 4 pool tables ($ 1/​game) that are in decent shape. You can also throw darts. They have three cork boards and keep the darts behind the bar. No plastic video boards, just pieces of chalk, blackboard and cork.