Big Whisky Saloon Olympia

Was okay. Seemed more focused on being a disco joint with contemporary country rock.
Was missing John Travolta though.
Too much line dancing.

Great atmosphere, love the line dancing lessons and the bar upstairs!

There are always specials to get into the bar with no cover. The bartenders are great too. I love to line dance. I moved here from out of town and was completely appalled by the comments like «**** the army» and people talking in the bathroom about fighting the military people. They are just looking to fight. A bouncer was even standing in the bathroom saying or doing nothing. Anybody that comes in the military or associated with the military should not go and or be associated with this place. They are not welcome there because it is encouraged by bouncers to say derogatory things about them and make the hole dance floor be a part of it during copperhead road. Makes for a threatening uncomfortable environment. I will never go back and will make sure that anyone associated with the military does not either.

If I could give it zero stars, I would. This place sucks. The business practices are sketchy. They do not give out glasses of water. You have to purchase bottles of water whether or not you are drunk and need water or if you are DD. Which I think there is a law in Washington state about this, but they don’t care. The bartenders are very unfriendly as well and the overall atmosphere is just a downer. At first it was pretty crowded but now it’s usually dead because everyone has realized that steel creek in Tacoma and even bourbon jacks in kent are 100 times better than this place! Big Whisky is not a place to have a good time. Go north if u like country music and country dancing.

Great spot for a girls/​guys night out.
The DJ does a pretty good job of keeping the dance floor full, especially if line dancing is your thing. Seems like there is a line dance for almost every song played in this place. Don’t worry, if you’re not good at line dancing, they offer free lessons so you can at least put yourself in the middle of the crowd and fake it with the rest of us.
There is a bar on both floors, but not enough bartenders for such a large place so be prepared to wait in line.
For those that are brave, there is a mechanical bull for you to showcase your skills… or maybe a little foreplay for couples. No, this is not a free ride.
The restrooms are small and each time I’ve visited, the 1^st floor restroom is questionable because the floors are always wet. I prefer going to the upper level, if I must go.
Enjoy the staff here, everyone seems fun and friendly.
Definitely a cover charge. Definitely a meat market.

We headed up to Oly for a wedding a few weeks back. After the reception, the party migrated to Big Whisky Saloon. Considering I love Whisky, this sounded right up my alley! We got here around 10pm. This place was packed!
I wasn’t expecting a bar that specialized in Country everything to be honest. Mechanical bull, line dancing, twang to the max! The place is dark, the music is loud, and there’s booze all over the place. It’s difficult getting a drink with so many people here, and there’s a $ 10 minimum for debit/​credit cards.
We all enjoyed ourselves and had a hell of a time. It was a little awkward going up stairs to get a drink and standing in line to talk to a shirtless dude. The fact he was a dude has nothing to do with it, the fact i’m WAITING for a shirtless dude to wait on me? yeah… that’s where shit got weird (Shouldn’t that be happening at Jakes?)
Over all, service was good (down stairs), I didn’t brave the bull (learned that mistake in high school), and I would go back to try and line dance while making a fool of myself since I dont know how.
On another note, they did have a huge selection of whisky, which made me happy. I love the beautiful brown bottles filled full of goodness.

I have been here several times and each time have had a great time! This weekend I planned a bachelorette party there and Rachel was really helpful and got us VIP tables upstairs! The bartender upstairs was great and made the night memorable! He even went downstairs and brought liquor we asked for upstairs! We all had an amazing time, a night we won’t soon forget!

This place is kinda hit or miss. There isn’t much seating, mostly there is the four inch wide little «table» on each side of the railing of the dance floor to put drinks on, and otherwise besides about two benches back behind a pool table on the downstairs, no seating… :(there are lights right above where you’d stand on the edge of that railing, and they are waaaay bright for a bar, I really wish they were set back in the walkway between that and the bar, more because then I wouldn’t be blasted with light while I“m trying to drink something on the outside of the dance floor, but could see better where i’m walking in the inbetween area. Upstairs there are a few tables on the edge of the railing where you can sit and watch the mech bull or downstairs, but not near enough seating if you ask me. When I got there at almost 10pm this sat… there was barely anyone on the dance floor and it appeared barely anyone there at all. well… that changes when there is a line dance song, but then there is not enough room on the dance floor to accommodate tipsy people like me who don’t quite have the dance down yet… you just feel you are «in the way» and end up giving up and going back to the railing or something so that you don’t feel like you’re tripping on your neighbors. I ended up leaving when I’d only been there for an hour… that’s kinda sad. Two weeks ago, the music‘ was good, and I danced and danced by myself, no problem, but tonight they didn’t play nearly enough decent music. It probably would’ve been ok if I’d brought a dance partner with me, but if you go alone or just a large group of same sex people… it’s not that fun. You really need to bring your dance partner, or quickly find one to be able to make it worth the cover charge usually 5 $. thank goodness, THIS night I got in free with my military ID so I don’t feel so much like I wasted my money on a yawn night. So one out of two isn’t terrible. I’ll visit again in two weeks I suppose and if they don’t live up to the fun I had the first night I tried them out, I probably just won’t go back. It’s too bad… they are one of the only places I’ve found in the area where you could ‘go dancin’ and i don’t wanna have to drive all the way up to tacoma or seattle to find something like that. oh well. try again next time…

$ 5 cover charge.
I have been here several times and I have to say they don’t hit the mark, I have been to some great western bars in my travels and this one is too small, too expensive and too cheesy.
The dance floor is so small. It is awkward because you have this odd railing/​running table where people creepily stare at the people on the dance floor.
It is cheesy because they play only the cliché country songs and don’t really play what the people want to hear. One night the dj was asked by several people, several times to play a certain song and refused to play it. He said he had to play a slow song, so instead of making 50 people happy he cleared the dance floor for 4 minutes.
The drinks are way too expensive 7.50 for a shooter that is mostly pineapple juice is crazy. They charge DDs for soda or juice, I was charged 3.00 for 7up no refills!
They did recently put in a mechanical bull so that is good :) This place could be much better if their goal was to make the customer happy.