Freakin’ Frog

It is an absolute shame this place is closed. The selection is off the charts. I enjoyed Utopias for the first time there and was able to get Firestone Parabola. The whiskey selection upstairs was even more impressive. SMH.

I’ve been to the Frog a couple times, and if I’d written my review after the first visit, it would have been 5 stars. Alas, that would not be an accurate representation of this bar.
First off, the tap list in the beginning of September (remember, it was still hitting 100+ degrees on the regular) was filled with heavy winter lagers and stouts. There was some variety besides that, but not much. Also, the IPA they did have on tap from Reno or wherever, was just not good at all.
I had heard that they had a 1000+ beer freezer. After venturing into it on an afternoon with one of the employees, my mind was blown. Being from California it was nice seeing so many great CA beers. Overall, my first experience was great. The guy bartending (Chris, I think?) was incredibly nice and knowledgeable. Hence, why I returned later. I had thought that I found my go-​to bar in Vegas.
Upon subsequent visits I asked to grab a beer from the freezer. I was told more than once that I could not go back there because they only had one person working. What. What the hell am I going to do? Stuff a bunch of bombers into my pockets and run out with them? The employee could have easily led me to the freezer, stood outside with his eyes on the bar, and let me choose whatever beer I wished. Nope. Accommodations could not be made. So, therefore, I was forced to choose from their tap list which never tickled my fancy. If you’re going to tout that you have the «most beers in Vegas» or whatever it is their banner says, then customers should be able to choose from the «most beers in Vegas,» no matter what time they come in and how many people are working. Ridiculous.
During one visit I ordered a burger with some of my friends who did the same. The burger was unimpressive, bordering on burnt, and overpriced. I could have barbecued one better and quicker and for cheaper. Very disappointing given how much I paid.
Bottom line: if you like craft beer, and lots of it, and go at the right time, you may be in heaven. During other times, you may get the cold shoulder and forced to choose from a list of nine taps, two of which you may enjoy. I do not like whiskey so I cannot comment on their whiskey attic. Either way, I will always choose Freakin’ Frog over places like Crown and Anchor, but that being said, I will always choose The Dive Bar (right down the street) over the Frog seven days a week, despite my love for craft beer and IPAs.

Well, you better get in there TONIGHT, Halloween is the last night Freakin’ Frog will be open. so sad to hear and it is true! Tearing down that strip mall. Great place for live music and beer! Hope they reopen soon!

Ever since my favorite bar got rid of the beer taps i’ve been searching for a place to get a nice beer. I greatly detest carbonated water with a slight subtle lager aftertaste (ie American light beer).
Went here for the first time and was absolutely amazed at what’s been hidden to me for oh so long. I would love to describe exactly how i felt looking at the section on tap as well as what’s in the walk-​in but sadly i’m not a poet.
Staff is super awesome. When i first stepped in i was escorting some guests from out of country who happened to find this place and made an appointment for the whiskey tasting. I was not judged for what i was wearing (wearing work uniform, what is it? not telling, leather chaps? maybe g-​string? perhaps… again NOT TELLING) and was offered a tour of the place to include the walk in. I threw a few questions to essentially test the waters to see if the staff had a passion for beers. Every single question i had about a beer or a flavor profile i was looking for was answered. If they didnt have it they recommended something similar. If they didn’t have it at all (shandys) they went to double check, apologized for not having it, and suggested something else.
Overall this is an amazing place that caters to a more enlightened alcoholic that appeals to me greatly. Added plus of being close to the college but without the college fireball and beer pong nonsense. Get your key stone light elsewhere kids!

I’ll start with the good. Nice beer selection, always getting in new stuff. Tons to choose from in the beer cooler. Josh and Chris are awesome.
Now with the bad.
This place is right across from UNLV so you’d think it would have a college vibe. Not at all. This is not a college bar. It is rarely busy. It is pricey and the food isn’t very good.
Their GM JD is an ass. At first I thought he was just socially awkward. I asked about the parking lot that was all tore up and what was going to be built there. He seemed to get offended for whatever reason. Then I asked if they sell a lot of the freakin lightning (the owner’s whiskey). He got very defensive. I told him I didn’t really care for it. The guy basically called me a pussy and had a ‘weak palate’ for not liking this whiskey. I then saw him go to the other side of the bar and talk shit about me. The guy is an idiot and this isn’t his first bad review on this site. «the GM is a total doosh» is a quote from another review and I couldn’t agree more.
I wish I could call this my neighborhood bar. If it wasn’t for Josh and Chris this place would get 1 star. If I go back and they aren’t working, I’ll just go across the street to stakeout.

Josh is the man! He has a great knowledge of the beers in stock and he is a great bar tender. Five stars for my man!!!
The owner seems a little stuffy, but is good about being fair and accommodating. A +++++

The beer is great and when we actually had service, it was good… that being said, it was painful to order. No one was around and they were out of quite a few beers that we requested.
There was one guy there and he was breaking a sweat to serve all the people while the manager was absent. When the manager finally made an appearance, I never saw him without him being on his phone or texting.
Maybe if properly staffed or with the right management, this place would get five stars because everything else about this place is great! There is just more they could do with guest service.

It pains me not to give Freakin’ Frog five stars; it has such great potential, but unfortunately Friday and Saturday nights are a complete shitshow. On our first visit we came in for the Whisky Attic. I recommend a tasting, it is a great experience. Pricey, but it’s fun and educational to sample fine whisk (e)y from all over the world. The bar was dead; despite a band playing, although, they weren’t very good. We couldn’t see the beer cooler, because only one bartender was working. We asked for ten different beers and were told they didn’t have one of them. Later, we learned they did in fact have half of those requested, the bartender just didn’t know what he was talking about. Staff should be well informed and if you have a list of drafts, you should have all in ready supply. If not, what’s the point of the list?
Our second visit started off better, there was a waitress who offered to take us in the beer cooler. Now, that was awesome! She was slow to check back, but she did after the first couple rounds. Then, she disappeared and we were back with the bartender that is unfamiliar with the beers they carry. Service is non-​existent. It was dead, maybe six in the whole bar? So, there’s no excuse.
They offer a great selection, that is, if you can point to exactly what you want. But come with a great deal of patience.

DO NOT VISIT THIS SHIT HOLE
I get it. You have an outstanding selection of beer and whiskey.
However, your staff and GM have 0 knowledge of your product; your GM is a total doosh, the service is atrocious
Freakin Frog is a metaphor for Las Vegas. They do one thing well (selection of amazing beer and whiskey) however they neglect every other component of hospitality: service, warmth, knowledge of product, atmosphere (place looks like a dump), food (place stinks like bacon; no disrespect to bacon)
Treating people with warmth and respect, knowing and understanding the product your establishment sells (bartenders and GM considered a «Dark and Stormy» a cocktail) and one of them could not even name a Russian vodka?
You are better off drinking a PBR with the bums outside this place…

This is one of the bars that I had on my bookmarks for Las Vegas on Unilocal for a while. I think I probably bookmarked it when I was looking for craft cocktails and whiskey bars, but I didn’t refresh myself with the reviews before going there. So, all I really knew was that they were supposed to have like a thousand beers.
Imagine my surprise when we arrived to find like 9 beers on tap. There were a handful of people in there and a couple of people behind the bar. We were perusing the drink menu and asked what IPAs they had and were told they didn’t have any at that time. So we looked at the taps and selected our beers from the small selection and then sat at a table. We also ordered some snacks, some fries with cheese on top and some chicken strips.
I noted that there is what they call a Whiskey Attic, but it seemed closed and I later figured out that to go there, you have to make an appointment in advance.
While awaiting our food, I started checking the Unilocal reviews to refresh myself why I thought this would be a fun place to go. and that is when I realized that they do have 1000 beers, but that they are bottled beers in a cooler, so when my potatoes showed up I asked about that and was told, «oh, you want to go in the cooler?» Um, perhaps when asking for IPAs, someone might have mentioned that you have a ton of them in the cooler in bottles? WEIRD!
Also, our chicken never showed up so we just ate the fries. We did go in the cooler with one of the servers who seemed to actually know what was going on and he recommended an IPA for us from a local brewer, which we shared.
Overall, this place is weird. I just don’t find it very good service to fail to mention that you have bottled beers somewhere else when someone is asking for a style you don’t have on tap or even AT ALL IN GENERAL! It’s also kind of pricey.
Doubt I’ll ever go back.

Oh my god. .. I died and went to heaven. .. okay not heaven. .. the whiskey attic. .. over 1400 different kinds of whiskey.
The bar itself was a little bright for my liking. .. but the tap beer selection was great. .. and did I mention the whiskey attic. .. oh yeah, I did. The bar food was typical. .. but made right in front of you. .. and did I mention the whiskey attic. .. oh yeah, I did.
Definitely on the «I’ll be Back List». .. and did I mention the whiskey attic. .. oh yeah, I did.

This places is ok. It’s right by UNLV, in a boarded up building, no windows so no natural light.
It’s also a one man show. The bartender makes the bar food, serves the food, pours the drafts and does the tours of the cellar. This means if you want to actually ask questions about the beer your not going to get much dialogue since he’s just too busy right now… and for the rest of the night.
They have a great beer selection for pretty much any taste but I thought it was really overpriced. We paid 20 dollars for two beers. They were good, but I can also buy them for under 3.5 at Total Wine and More and get the same level of service.
What I mean to say is frogs didn’t cultivate the experience of going out so what’s the point of paying more? I’ll just buy and pour it myself.

Ask the bartender for a tour of the beer freezer then prepare to be stunned in amazement! I’ve never seen such a large selection of «eclectic» beers before! Some of these beer bottles were huge and can cost as much as $ 36+ per!!! My friends all enjoyed the beer selection that they chose.
It is dark and the music can be very loud so forget about talking. However, if you’re a beer or whiskey lover, you need to visit this bar at least once.

Awesome beer selection. Like, amazing.
They have about 10 different beers on tap, which are usually rotating, except that they always have Delirium Tremens (which I love). That’s pretty good already, but then they have this crazy huge walk-​in cooler with I’d estimate 500 beers in there and many of them are pretty damn rare. You can buy anything out of the cooler to drink at the bar or to take home.
Prices are a little higher than I’d prefer, but there are so few beer places in town, you just have to accept it.
It’s right across the street from UNLV, so you’d think it would kind of have a college-​y vibe/​crowd, but it’s usually older. Probably because college students can’t afford the beer they sell here. Oh and also because nobody lives at UNLV.
The atmosphere is not that exciting, considering there’s usually only a couple groups inside, including nights when mediocre live music is being played extremely loudly. (side note: I don’t care how mediocre it is, I love live music).

What can I say about The Frog?
This bar/​whiskey attic has been our St. Patrick’s Day home for the last 5 years (minus one year, when we were out of town)
My best friend in the world’s birthday is on St. Patrick’s Day. So every year, we spend THE DAY (from 10:30/11am-2−3am the next day, or until we pass out) at the Frog.
We start our morning in the bar, usually selecting one of the draft beers, before touring the beer freezer, and selecting something new to try.
We eat ALL day, fries, «chips and cheese» (usually specially made for us), sandwiches, chicken tenders… you name it. the food is standard pub fare. Its not gourmet, but its good… especially when you’ve been drinking ALL DAY.
More beer.
Games. (cards, etc.)
Then, when Adam, the owner gets in, we head upstairs. Sometimes its pretty early in the morning, sometimes its not till 5 or 6 in the evening. But we head up and start on the Scotch.
We hang out and buy birthday samples for each other, and for the birthday boy, and taste all the awesome expensive scotches that we can’t usually afford during the rest of the year.
Its a great bar for St. Patty’s.
I’ve also gone to one of the special events this year, Robbie Burns night.
This night was absolutely out of this world.
$ 25 entry. Scotch tastings (anything other than what was provided was extra $$), poetry of Robbie Burns… and a haggis tasting.
Adam brought in a chef to prepare haggis in 5 different ways, all of which were WONDERFUL. I was nervous about eating it, but it was excellent.
If you ever have the opportunity to come to a special event, or even if you just want to stop in for some delicous beer during the week, the staff at The Freakin Frog will make your visit memorable, and awesome.

Good off-​strip bar. I had heard about his bar from friends who said it was better than the bars on the strip. I am assuming they were talking about a weekend night and not a weekday afternoon, which is when I visited.
It was a bit difficult to find. It is on Maryland (left) tucked back in the strip mall before you hit Tropicana (facing the airport).
They have about 10 selections on tap. I ended choosing a Mead from South Africa — basically a beer that leans on the wine side (white). It was delicious, but at 12% and a cost of $ 12 for a flute — it is a once in a year type of drink.
After sitting at a booth for a while the bartender came over and asked if we wanted to see their bottled selection in the walk-​in refrigerator. This little vault is pretty awesome; they have quite a selection. So, if you don’t like what’s on tap, you can select something from the back and have it at the bar.

The last time I was in town, I dropped by the Frog to check out their beer selection. I came right before lunch when they weren’t too busy and the guys over there were very welcoming and invited me to check out their beer fridge which had the huge selection of bottled beer for sale. After perusing through the selection discussing what I drank from what region, they gave me couple recommendations. I ultimately chose the Grand Teton Brewing Co Black Cauldron Imperial Stout, a brew from the Salt Lake City region. Who knew that Utah had a booming beer producing reputation?
They have a handful of beers on tap there. Unlike the Yardhouse, they do quality over quantity which is much appreciated. I started with the Firehouse Amber Ale, a SoCal selection. It’s a pretty chill and comfortable drinking experience. This place isn’t super fancy or new like any of the newer gastropub restaurants being built in the other parts of the city. This is the library of beer, considering that it’s so close to UNLV. If one wants to come here to learn, experience, and taste something new, then this is the place to go.

This place would seriously be an easy 5 stars if they would love the Señor Frogs college looking logo and do a little work on the inside. 1) the Whiskey Attic is amazing… selection, atmosphere, tastings… Perfect 2) the walk in fridge is legit, some of the beers are a little marked up but at least you can get some rare beers there 3) the food is below average college bars… the bartenders are working a grill behind the bar and when a regular tells me the «chili is the best thing they have»… no bueno… 4) the dark, rundown bar area is creepy. A little work with the collection of taps could make this place a historic landmark in Vegas.
But all in all its the beer and whiskey why you come out… not the atmosphere. Hopefully they change the bottom floor to match the Whiskey Attic and then this place would be off the hook. Bottom line I will still stop here for the booze. Cheers

A friend and I came here after a UNLV basketball game since we didn’t want to fight traffic going home. Best. Idea. Ever.
The two bartenders were super friendly and attentive although the bar was pretty busy. Their tap selection seemed pretty unremarkable, but they had Chimay and some of my favorites so I couldn’t really complain.
When we asked about the Whiskey Attic, my girlfriend and I were offered a private tour of both the Whiskey Attic and beer cellar. It was awesome and really informative. I asked for the bartender’s recommendation and he poured me a ½ glass of bourbon. It was absolutely delicious, but in my trappist beer induced state I couldn’t remember what he had poured. :(
The beer cellar, while freezing, was equally as impressive and the tour was just as interesting. They had some Wesvleteren XII (beer aficionados will know what I’m talking about) and if I had the $ 50 per bottle they were asking for, I would’ve ordered one. Good thing I already had the Wesvleteren XII when it came out in December!
I’d definitely go again. And again. And again. I had a great time.
I only gave it 4 stars because the food was just meh. We had the sad sad nachos. I wouldn’t recommend ordering any food while here. I know it’s a bar, but still, the food was sub par even for bar food.

I’m a wine lover. So what the hell was I doing at a beer joint?! Last Tuesday night class of the semester and we decided to celebrate across the street from the University.
This place is SERIOUS beer lover paradise. The very patient bartender suggested a Blue Star. Very pretty and fragrant — I thoroughly enjoyed it! And we enjoyed chatting with Adam who’s passion for beer and spirits is not only transparent but contagious.
By the way, I like their jalapeño poppers too!