Anodyne

Reviews

• Bern F.

  star star star star star_border 24 May 2026

  A hipster bar that seems to get its soul from a 1980s fern bar.  
  Nice pool tables are an always excellent diversion while imbibing.
  While definitely for the younger crowd, I felt comfortable as the only older (ahem, I mean mature) person there.
  The music from the system played a wild mix of genres back-to-back.
  Prices are reasonable for beer or cocktails.
  Would I go back?  Sure.  At the top of the list? No.

• Emma E.

  star star star star star_border 16 May 2026

  Just as mentioned in other reviews, this is primarily a pool hall, but it is a perfect place to sit with friends and chat over drinks.
  
  Since I go to college in a smaller, liberal town some of our bars have feeling of history and quirky charm. The library and jukebox section of the bar is dimly lit with blue, purple and red lights that play off of the hanging plants above. It felt like a bar where you could get lost in someone's eyes over conversation. Maybe the cheap drinks would help with that too. For 3 mixed drinks, the total was $18 (that including one long island iced tea).
  
  There aren't that many "activities" inside the bar, but it was a great place to start the night. I felt comfortable, but didn't sit or stand by myself. We kept a close group together.
  
  The pool tables are beautiful. I would suspect they spend thousands of dollars keeping them in this nice of repair. I would have loved to play at least a game, but I didn't realize you had to put your name on a list and wait for it to be called. (I'm remembering this for the future!

• Dee G.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 13 May 2026

  The dude in the front grab my arm for no reason and then after I told him not to touch me he threw us out ... mind you I had bought drinks and had just went to snake a cigarette... our drinks are probably still sitting there... I will no recommend this place at all...  if I wanted to I could had pressed charges but I'm not that type of person... thank god I didn't pay my bill.

• Frankie F.

  star star star star_border star_border 6 May 2026

  If you like pool and you're in the neighborhood, come on down.
  
  Or should I say come on up. If you're trying to find the place it's the double doors next to the darker looking bar on the ground floor (that ground floor bar is Sister).
  
  This is a pool hall disguising themselves as a bar. The bar itself is kinda lacking if you're wanting full-bar fare but if you're just looking for some liquid courage to bring to your A-game you should be alright. Hangout tables in the back behind the halfwall if you want some privacy with your group of friends or your special "notch-in-the-belt". Yeah, that's a terrible euphemism.
  
  I prefer Sister to Anodyne but if you're looking to do something and unplanned and fun downtown Anodyne is a good place to start.

• Rachel C.

  star star star star star 5 May 2026

  A Pool Hall - short and simple. Yes, there is a small comfortable seating area, a juke box, a small library, and a very-well stocked bar with friendly bartenders . . . but, this really is an old-fashioned Pool Hall. No getting around it. Everything is secondary to 90% of the space being multiple pool tables that are filled most of the time. Go early.
  
  My family comes here fairly regularly. We have some serious pool players. Oh, they aren't any good, but they do love pool. And beer. And having fun together. And I like being with them, so I hold up the chairs on the side and cheer lead. And, now that I know they make a good margarita, I will not have to always drink beer . . . or water.
  
  It's a POOL HALL folks. No other reason to come here. But, it is a damn good one. We will keep going back. And I will keep cheer leading.