Play by Play

Great smoking bar that serves food late. Probably the best smoking bar in the area as well.

That place is the hottest place to hangout in pompano beach fl

New to the area — love dive bars — found this dime piece!
Nice choice of craft beers. Staff was super friendly. Food was fantastic — not typical bar menu items at all. Pool tables, darts, foosball, and ping pong!
Not super smokey or grimy like some dives.
Def will be our new go-​to!

Well the other reviews are mixed, I just moved in to the neighborhood and had to check it out. The bar staff, we came at shift change, both extremely nice, someone else mentioned Chelsea, she is attractive and just as sweet as she can be, great service. The one we started with was Jana, from germany, what a great lady, very friendly. I only had beer but watched them poor drinks, looks like you get your money’s worth on the free pours. Have to say, not a smoker, not a fan of smoking environment. On the other hand, have to give them credit, chicken wings were amazing, best I have had in Pompano, absolutely perfect at medium temp. I think they were like 20 for 12 bucks or something, really good price point on those. I kind of liked the divey kind of atmosphere, the locals were very pleasant even though they didn’t know us, had a couple stop by to say hey, don’t see that much in south florida! I will be back for sure, had to take one star off cause of the smoke, but i like the place and will be back. One of the locals said the soups are really good too!

I just moved to Pompano from Denver and was kind of hoping to find a cool small place to hang out at for brews. I found it here.
I have been 4 times already and will surely go back. It’s a very down to earth place where there are locals and visitors. I don’t smoke (anymore) I vape but smoking and vaping is surely allowed.
Bartender manager? Ted is off the hook and knows how to take care of his customers. Whether he’s cracking open your beer with his switch blade beer opener or blowing fire for guests with his Mohawk he’s rocking. New bartender Chelsey is smokin hot and will make sure your tab is right and your glass is full.
Want food? It’s bar food! I’ve had the nachos twice. Once there and once carry out. They’re as good and fattening as you could ever want them! If you’re looking for the prettiest people in South Beach who think glitz and glam are the standard go elsewhere. This place is a broad mix of tons of people. Love it.

That pic said it all!!!

Play by Play is a very cool local bar where everyone knows your name, where you show up at happy hour and you’ll see your neighbors. Anytime I walk in there I know someone and sometimes run into people from the past such as classmates, kids friends or someone I worked with in the past. Drinks are fantastic, drink specials are great. The food is good and a basic menu. It’s affordable. Sometimes they have shows here punk rock to a solo guitarist. John Miller and Ted are flair bartenders. they blow fire, flip bottles and are a lot of fun. Its a place where you can go by yourself or in a group. Jukebox, big screen tv’s and lots of laughs! There is a dance floor, pool tables and liquor store too!

This place sucks, there beer is always skunky and flat. A total dive. Shit food and service too.

I’ve been coming here for years and finally am going to write a review.
I always used to come when the bartender Rita was working, she was generous with drinks and would even play Beer Pong with me on college night! Sadly she’s not there anymore but yesterday my motivation was Football.
When we arrived at about 1:30 PM, the parking lot was near empty. Inside the place is quiet except the circle of rowdy football fans all seated at the bar surrounding the only TV that has sound. A bartender I’ve never seen (I don’t remember her name) took care of me and had to sit me at the far end of the bar next to the kitchen so I could watch my Detroit Lions. The TV was small but the drinks were not. I ordered a Long Island and it was authentic but the Sweet & Sour mix had gone bad so it tasted weird and watery. She comped the drink and served me STRONG rum & cokes which put a smile on my face, my girlfriend wasn’t as happy and wanted more coke and less Jack in her glass.
I’ve never had food there, but we decided to share an app so we asked for a menu, and saw that the food is CHEAP! It’s your typical ‘bar food’ just VERY inexpensive. I think the the priciest item on the menu was $ 8. Since we weren’t that hungry just chose to share a basket of fries that only set us back $ 3 and were delicious and cooked to perfection. Cola and unlimited refills for free which I thought was great since I don’t like to drink hard liquor with food. We left after the game was over, generally satisfied. The food was great and the drinks were awesome if you like em strong. They have a couple of pool tables and a dartboard if that’s your thing.
Not the best place to watch the game since TVs are limited and only 1 of them has sound, but you’re in luck if your team is on that one because it’s broadcast in the house speaker system. For entertainment, go on the weekend for live bands or college night if you want in on the Beer Pong tournaments.

I went to this place last night. Granted, I had already had a few before I came here so my photographic memory is a little tainted.
I did have a fun-​bar-​feel. I remember it felt like a good bar to get your a$$ kicked in but I’m a Marine so I wasn’t too worried :) There were some pool tables, a beer pong table, and some dirty bathrooms. But, it was fun. The absolute best part of the night was playing Jimmy Buffett on the jukebox. Any jukebox that has «A Pirate Looks at 40» is a-​ok by me. I think this bar is all about the company you’re with. I don’t think I’d take family or a first-​date here but if you’re with your pals and want to get obliterated, this is probably your bar.
The one major drawback besides the angry looking guy eating tater tots at the bar… somebody played about an hours worth of Britney Spears. It was terrible. And EVERYBODY was singing and dancing with it. This is a bar where whiskey and SRV would be do-​able, not Britney.
But, it’s a fun off-​the-​beaten-​path bar. I’d go back (after a few).

Boring. Consistently. At least they’re that

Oh, good ol’ Play by Play. This was one of my usual hangouts that a buddy of mine and I would frequent to play some pool and for their cheap beer. We would always try to find some people to play beer pong with and we eventually found some. Never really was a busy place. Every time we got there it seemed like we were the most exciting thing happening. Very low key. People usually keep to themselves and whatevers in the glass in front of them.