Basement Bar & Lounge

Went here yesterday. I like the music, they play good music. but the place stunk soooo bad! like super old dirty mop water ! It smelled worse! in the back room where they play rap/​hip hop. they really need to clean this place! also VERY VERY sticky floors!

When I tell you this place is ratchet and ridiculous I mean it. To begin with, i was ocercharged at the entrance. My friend asked for 5 shots and 3 mixed drinks and asked this dark haired overly done makeup bartender if she could put trechas on the rim. The bartender says yes and when the drinks are delivered they didn’t have anything on the rim. My friendly kindly asks why it wasn’t added if the bartender agreed. Then the bartender turns into the Hulk and tells her that if my friend is going to be a bitch, to get the hell out of the bar. She later on throws a full bottle of beer when my friend turns around and starts calling security. These bouncers then push all of my girlfriends around like they’re built like nfl players not respecting women. One guy even choked my friend and grabbed her real nasty. Whenever they wanted to speak to the manager they were basically pushed out of the door. This place was fun but with employees like this, it won’t last. Don’t waste your time and go to Pat O’s.

This place is disgusting. For some reason it smelled like old shoes and feet… The restroom was horrible and smelled like urine as if it had never been cleaned! The female bartenders are rude and you’re lucky to even get a drink. Save your money and your time!

I would put a no stars but I can’t just Don’t come here, the «head of security» was just completely rude. I just asked him 2 questions and he straight up cussed at a paying customer.

I’ve never had fraud done on my card, I go here, 2 days later… a couple of fraudulent transactions. won’t be coming here anymore

Do NOT go to this bar. It is not at all what they advertise on the internet. My 21 year old son took his girlfriend out here tonight to have a couple drinks and they were treated like complete crap and assaulted by the bartender (nasty little owners daughter flipping people off & slapping patrons) then he was drug out by his neck by 2 huge bouncers because SHE (nasty little bartender) slapped him. They were only there 15 minutes. Long enough to order 1 drink but a bar fight broke out (they were not involved) & my sons girlfriend was slammed in the back by a bar stool while sitting at her table trying to enjoy that drink. It caused her drink to spill and when they went to the bar to replace her drink the nasty trashy bartender slapped my son across the face. Piece of shit bar, piece of shit people running it!!! In the process of pressing charges as we speak. Save yourself the trouble and do not step foot in this place. There’s got to be other establishments that treat their paying customers with respect. I wanted to give no stars or negative star rating but could not.

Me and my friend had been going there for over a year every other Saturday night. All other times it was a great fun time with cheap drinks that were not watered down. There was a really cute guy bartender who not only was good looking but made really good drinks, until apparently he was fired. So the last time we went we went to a girl bartender. She threw my money at me was very rude looked at me and my friend up and down. I left her the change as tip. After like 5 minutes a bouncer comes to us and tells us we have to leave because the bartender said there was an altercation. We didn’t make a fuss we just walked out left the nasty WATERED DOWN drink this girl made and left laughing our asses off! LAST TIME WE EVER GO THERE. We didn’t even tell the girl anything and she got us kicked out. We ended up going to the Bonham Exchange which is a much better place anyways.

This is my favorite bar downtown. The drinks are always strong and cheap. The bartenders are pretty cool. Sundays they have like $ 3 anything or something, we stop by there and get a good buzz and spend less than $ 20 then meet up with friends at the pricier places on the river.
It looks and smells like a hole in the wall and is pretty quiet during the day with a juke box but on the weekends after 11:00… The place is packed and other little bars open up in the back with a dance floor and two DJs. It’s really cool! I cracked up when I first saw it happen.
I do wish they would fix up the restrooms though…

Every time I go here I have an absolute blast! The music is always good and they just added the videos that go with the music on the tv’s at the bar which I love. The bartenders are fast, friendly and always down to come up with something special for you on the fly. Their cucumber shot is delicious and the prices are super fair. All in all if you want to shake your booty and drink a little bit with out having to empty your wallet there is no better place.

This place is trashy. Real trashy.
I remember when it used to be the lesser known club that you could go to after Pat O’s wasted all your money and you just wanted to dance like to your hearts content.
(end dream sequence)
Now this place is a dingy, mildew-​laced, karaōke bar. Boo. I will mention that it is best to pay with cash because they have a $ 10 minimum on all credit card charges. On the up side at least there’s no cover. :)

Very dirty and stank. Wheres the health department when you need them. Had a pool table though

If your looking for a non safe place to party. This is for you. Noticed the bartender served 5 shots to the same guy within 1 hour. Not all at the same time but you know. Ok so then I notice that the fire sprinkler system nozzle was covered by a towel and right above the nozzle there is a fan like 2 inches above it. Trust me go to the bar new the restrooms where the pool tables are at. In case of a fire how would that help. Bartender laughed and said «ah it doesn’t even work». Lol I slammed down my beer and left. So if you had to much to drink this place will serve you and safety is not there # 1 priority.

This place was fun, but not a classy place by any means. It was pretty dirty and a little creepy when you first walk in. There are 3 rooms: (1) Pool tables and a few people dancing. (2) the hip-​hop room, all dancing (3) pool tables, bathrooms, and some seating.
This place is pretty hopping on a Saturday night. They play great dance music and have decent DJs. The drinks are cheap and not too watered down. The crowd is pretty friendly. No cover on Saturday and plenty of drink specials.
I would go back to this bar to dance as it was perfect music for that. I do think it could be cleaned up and not as sketchy looking, BUT it is a basement. ;) Worth a shot if you LOVE to dance. (No house music)

Had a night out and wanted to try something new instead of Leaping Lizards. So me and my uncle went here. The bar plays good music and has good drinks. Tends to attract somewhat of a ghetto crowd. I must say this is the first time I’ve been in a funky bar, this place smelled really bad like someone threw a dump on the floor. Always wanted to check the place out. I did and will never go back.

This place isn’t fancy at all. so pretty much anyone over the age of 21 can go in there with a valid I.D. The night we went (Sat) they had no cover charge. My boyfriend got a long island ice tea. big mistake. He said it didn’t taste like there was any liquor in it. What a waste of five bucks! I had a miller lite, after I drank it we left. Lots of different personalities in The Basement, mostly half naked chicks. not that I’m complaining, but if you watch Jersey Shore. they’re what they call «grenades». Music was loud. This place felt like you were stuck in a stinky gymnasium like back in your high school days when they had dances there and the class president stuck cheap decorations to spruce up the place.

We tried to go in and lasted about 5 minutes, not even long enough to have a drink. It was dead on a Thursday night, the place was dingy and smelled like vomit. That was really why we left… I do not recommend this place for anyone except for an 18 year old that can’t get in anywhere else but I still think you would need to have a lot of liquor to even be able to hang.

It was everything you can imagine a basement in Texas would be. Dark, warm, creepy… But I had a blast!!! The staff was cool, 2 DJ’s playing music that kept u dancing (if you like hip hop and rap), drinks were on point, and the basement was packed! Dress code was more like «what dress code»… The crowed was a little questionable. Lol the kind of ppl you wld expect to see in a basement but no trouble at all. DO YOU GO DOWN??? I most definitely do… Down into THE BASEMENT! I will return when I’m in the area.

I was supposed to meet a friend for her bday party here last week. Unfortunately I didn’t find her after going through crowds of people to look for her and her entourage. Anyway I’ll fill you in with the basics of this place.
For those who aren’t familiar with this area, Basement used to house a really good BBQ restaurant several years ago called Harmon’s. Bad news is the restaurant couldn’t survive especially with competition like County Line and Bill Miller’s so it converted to a nightclub and voila, The Basement was born.
As I made my way downstairs, the bouncer asked for my ID. After I showed it to him, the guy then asked me how much I had to drink. I admit I was a bit tipsy after consuming a large shot of vodka mixed with some Sprite at B&N on Flores. So you’re not searched for weapons before you enter. Hmmm… ok so scratch a point off for safety but consider that it is downtown and heavily frequented by tourists I doubt anybody would wanna start any kind of drama. Besides the place has a dress code so that’s where the bouncer obviously comes in, just for the purpose of eliminating the riff-​raff, which is not a bad thing at all.
The crowd: usually between early 20s to late 30s. Lots of attractive women, most are tattooed and scantily clad if you like that sort of thing. Guys dressed kinda thuggish, some looked like they did time but they were well behaved.
I didn’t dance nor did I have anything to drink. One from the previous party was all I needed then I decided to just leave. The soundtrack is nothing but hip hop and R&B.

Good Chill Spot, Really Humid, located in Downtown. It seemed like a meat market in the Basement, No one was really Dancing, Just staring each other Down, Overall Drinks were reasonable and Strong !!

This is a true story of how I’ve sent business to The Basement.
I’m sitting at one of my favorite downtown bars, the Liquid Monkey when this freakishly hot military dude comes up to me and my gals and asks «Hey, can I buy you a drink?» To which I reply «But of coarse kind fellow!» After Hot Plate brings my regular, the hot military dude attempts to spark up polite conversation and asks, «so are you or your friends DTF!?» To which I reply «No, you have to go to The Basement next door if you’re looking for those kinda females.» To which he replied «Oh! Cool! Thanks!!» Then immediately left the Monkey. I assume he went straight to The Basement.
The End.