Fifty-cent pool tables, check. Alcohol, check. A variety of characters of all creeds and lifestyles, check. It's a bar guys, stop thinking too much about it! I've been here on almost every night of the week and have never had a problem. I've never smelled anything weird, either. In fact, on one occasion the bar manager played darts with me and my friend for a few hours for free, using his little magic key. On other nights, I can play the cheapest pool tables in Pittsburgh with little interruption. On 80s nights, all walks of life are represented and everyone seems to have fun. I really can't complain. read more

You'll have fun here, but you'll need a shower after you leave this place if you go on 80s or 90s nights... sweat from dancing but also cigarette smokes. this bar is RIDICULOUSLY smoky. So, so, so smoky! The drinks are pretty damn good, I highly recommend the Long Treasure Island, it's like love in a cup. Actually its all sort of rummy goodness and its so good that even my guy friends will drink it despite the fact its pink. This is a safe bar that gets a diverse crowd of friendly people. Try Belvedere's out on a club night. I've gone there on a week night and it was full of gnarled locals. okay, just locals. they werent excessively gnarled. A little gnarled. Don't bother dressing up or wearing heels, just show up and have a good time! My only problem with Belv's--other than the smoke--is that there is inevitably that moment I have every single time where I'm like... "What the hell am I doing here? I'm too old for this." If you are over 30, consider going to the Thunderbird with the rest of the grown ups bc this is not your crowd. Upside: if you're 30 youll look younger than all the hipsters at Belv's who are all 23 but for some reason want to look like they are 60 with their beards, ugly glasses and 'grandpa got drunk and dressed himself again!' outfits. So, there's that... read more

This is my favorite Pittsburgh bar. I've described returning to Belvederes as "going home again" with some really weird but lovable relatives. Drinks are cheap. The bartenders are awesome (my bartender last time resembled Jesus and gave myself and my boyfriend a fantastic communion of gummy bears and free shots). They put on some fantastic punk shows, host post-roller-derby parties, and put on a really great 80s night. I went there last New Years and - as always - had an amazing time. Go with a group of friends or go alone - people are friendly so feel free to strike up a conversation! Keep up the awesomeness Belvederes! read more

This is pretty much the 80s night option in Pittsburgh now that The Upstage is gone (RIP!!) And it fulfills it's 80's night obligations pretty well. The DJs do take some non-danceable 'just wanna show off my 80s music knowledge' liberties, but not too often. This is a huge place with pool, ping pong, and couches. The dance floor is plenty big for everyone. Once all the electricity went out on the street (Penn or Butler, i can't remember which street it's on) but Belve's stayed open and served warm Pabst and lit candles. What a great attitude!!! I haven't been any other night beside thur. but I heard that they're both dead any other night (which is nice sometimes), and that they're trying to do unique stuff over there, like a world music night and stuff. Yes the bathrooms are gross! Yes the patrons are hipsters! Yes it smells like vomit from time to time! But deal with it. And then come dance! read more

If I could put 0 stars I would. They took my friend's covid vaccine card and threw it away. I stepped 2 feet into the bar and got pulled out by the bouncer for no reason after paying multiple cover fees. The bouncer was ridiculously rude talking about "millennials" and how they ruined the earth. 0.0/20 do not recommend. read more

The only bar I have ever been punched in the face by a girl. Did I deserve it? Probably. Cheap PBR pounders will do crazy things to a man. I was taken to this little gem by a group of friends. When I saw the building I questioned the legitimacy of our friendship. I was 90% sure I was going to get killed. Fortunately there was no bloodshed. When you walk in the bar you see a nice sized bar to your left and the facilites to your right. At first you are like oh, nice small bar, cool I can deal with this. Then all of a sudden you see people walking towards the back of the bar and you wonder what is back there. And what do my wondering eyes do see, but 2 big tvs and 8 crusty couches. Remember when you were in High School and you had that one rich friend whose parents were never home so you always had a bunch of people over to their basement. You'd drink crappy beer, play stupid games and if you were lucky enough to get women over you'd dance to bad music. Well that friend grew up and now owns Belvedere's. If you go in here with the mindset of having a great time and not worrying about what other people think of you it's gonna be an awesome place. If you are more of the Station Square type people who wanna drink overpriced mixed drinks and look at women in club dresses...probably not your joint. Only reason it's not 5 stars is because I got a black eye and spilt my beer. read more

I came here last night with girl friends (girls night out) to see the awful burlesque act the Bridge City Bombshells. They gave me the "you are beautiful" stamp. lol. How nice of them. Other than that, I've been to better places. It is a dark dingy dive. Eclectic clientelle though, from gay and straight to goth and yinzer and even some people who gave us girls the heebie jeebies. Maybe I should go on a different night? The entertainment was lousy. I had a better time at the Rex at The Pretty Things Peepshow. read more

Ok, I'm bumping this up a star, even if it's still closed and I haven't been in a while. I do this because I've been so surprised at how much I miss this place! This place defines Pittsburgh divey, smokey bars, and I miss $1 PBR nights, pool and darts, and the dance floor! Come back to us soon!!! read more

Pudding wrestling!! I had to see how this would go down! A bunch of ladies scantily clad slopping around in pudding. I thought it was gonna be trashy but the girls were pretty built and squirming tough! Quite an entertaining night I have to say. The drinks are cheap, the line moved quickly, and it was packed full of all levels of hipsters. Super dirty ones and border line clean cut ones. The friends I went with were looking for love over Valentines day with the expectation that where there are ladies doused in pudding there would be lots of guys. Not sure if the guy I would want to start a meaningful relationship with is a pudding ogler but what an easy way to strike up a conversation. Standing in the back you can't see past the screaming crowd, standing in the front you are covered and splashed with yellow pudding. Tapioca? Lemon? It was in my hair, purse, and all over my coat! Given the chance to choose I would totally be in the front row again. Had a blast! read more

This place is just kind of strange. It's not really a dive bar in the sense of an old bar with cheap drinks, it's more like an oversized school dance hall. We went on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and they had all sorts of artists painting with their work up on the walls which was cool. The band though had a really bad quality to the sound that was projected in the space. The drinks were cheap but if you're looking for a little more grown up of a bar, head elsewhere on Butler street. There was also a $5 cover per person which I felt was a rip off. read more

Oh Belvies. This is one of those places that I don't question my obsession to. Usually my go-to when wanting to go out, especially if it's a themed night (90's is my fav). Cheap drinks, awesome people and usually a great time. I think my appeal to this place is honestly the fact that everyone fits in and has a good time no matter what age or their background. The bartenders tend to be very nice and helpful. Bathrooms aren't usually packed and the coat check lady is always pleasant. Definitely check this place out! read more

I've been here for a few themed nights. I typically enjoy the front bar, etc. but last night I went for Y2K night and the DJ played all new songs with a few Y2K songs sprinkled in. It was such a disappointment. If they have a theme, it'd be cool if they stuck with it. read more

So Belvedere's was another place that was closed for what seemed an eternity. It's back, cleaner, and better than before. Okay so it's not really THAT clean but it's definitely better. It still smells like Belvederes. You will still leave there smelling like Belvedere's. I've updated to 3 stars because... it's been redone. It looks nice. It smells less like desperation, body odor, and vomit. The drinks are still pretty decently cheap. The staff hasn't changed and that's a good thing. They still have all the same old nights there, same events. That's great. It's one of the few bars (save Spirit) that has a TON of room for shows/skating/dance nights. It doesn't seem to get that sweaty in there like it used to. What more can I say? I still prefer other bars on a busy night because I feel old and like my quiet when I'm with a group of people. read more

This was a fun place to go dance until my friend was harassed and followed around by a manager... when even the cover lady said the manager was being rude to them for no reason. Questioning how many drinks they'd had and then allowing them into this dive bar, only to follow them and say they can't do shots. Even when they weren't intoxicated, and no one even discussed shots. Get a new manager with a better attitude. read more

f*** the girl at the door. she made my friend walk down the street alone to the atm and wouldn't let me leave to go with her because she was holding me hostage at the door. she was too busy yelling at me to be concerned about another women's safety. workers do not care about women or their safety, only care about yelling and being dominant. read more

Don't go there. The rudest staff. I waited 25 minutes in line just to have 15 ppl walk right by and cut in from of me. When we asked if we could enter, we were harassed. I'll probably never go there again. read more

This bar is AMAZING. I visited Pittsburgh for the first time recently with the girlfriend and she took me to Belvedere's to see Gang Green and some really really awesome local bands. Needless to say I was in heaven. The beer was cheap and delicious and we got free shots from a bartender that looked exactly like Jesus would if he bar-tended (I shit you not, not only was this fellow the most benevolent bartender I have ever met but his hair was flowing and divine and probably magical). The bar is: A dirt hole, it's grunge filled, it's the definition of a dive. If you have delicate sensibilities I would stop in to check it out, spend money, but not stay. This place is a great place to see punk shows. It's the last of a dieing breed. read more

Came out here the other night for 90's night and had a great time- the place was PACKED WITH BABES. I didn't talk to anyone really but I could tell that if I wanted to- I could've met a few new friends there. The only thing that was weird was that I started paying 2.50 for yuenglings and the price jumped to 3$ later in the night. Not bad at all though. Music was awesome, plenty of people on the dance floor and the DJ really knew how to keep take it up a notch. read more

I'd heard about this place from a few people. Some of our friends were on a mini Butler Street bar crawl, and told us to meet them here. It was way bigger than I was expecting, which was nice. Lots of room to spread out and do your own thing. The boys loved the fact that they have $2 PBR pounders. I enjoyed the beer selection, and had a few Great Lakes brews. The only downfall about this place was the smell. I don't say this proudly, but I'm sort of used to the dive-bar smoky musty smell. When I got home, my clothes smelled far worse than any of my experience at other places. I'd suggest leaving your coat at home, if possible. I'm sure we'll be back eventually, since I've heard good things about their theme nights and bar bingo. read more

Staff is key and Belvs has the best! Safe, fun, come as you are, atmosphere with cheap prices and great selection of brews and liquor. Free pool 5-7 for happy hour and kick ass DJ's during the weekend.. simply put, something for everyone! read more

Yo every busy theme day (drake night, kanye night) their occupancy is TRASH. They let 10 people out and 1 in and then you get inside and there's nobody in there with a line around the corner. Tf goin on read more

Very disappointed with this place. Saturday night with a DJ and the joint was empty. Cover charge to get in and was expecting to have some fun, but where was everyone. Waited an hour and still dead. Almost no one on the dance floor. Very dirty and nothing special. Music was loud, but sound quality was poor. Left feeling ripped off. Don't waste your time coming here. read more

I'd love to write a huge review. The staff was rude and openly catered to their regulars. Since we are from the Virgin Islands and rarely make it back to Pittsburgh we barely got a look and waited waaaaaaaaaaaaay to long for our drinks. After one mixed drink it was obvious to me they also shorted the strangers. We stuck to beer after that. I guess, if you're local and know the place and people who work there, this is the place to be but otherwise I'd move right on past. The bar across the street was cool, Thunderbird and we also had a good time at New Amsterdam. There are lots of choices on Butler Street. We actually ended the evening at the bowling alley in Lawrenceville, Arsenal Lanes. read more

Decent bar, but why half dance club half pool room? Kinda of an odd combo. Overall, decent place. Service was quick. There was a $5 cover though on Friday night. read more

There are very few bars in Lawrenceville that I have enjoyed to be honest. Most are just filthy, dingy little rooms. Belvedere's has the potential to be a great space, but it just looks like somebody's basement. Having been there for about ten minutes, I had to get involved in a domestic dispute, because some lady spit on her boyfriends(?) face. If you want to be a filthy dive bar, you should probably have a bouncer, but like I said, this place is just created of fail. Shitty bartenders that are super full of themselves round out this piece of shit, dirty hole in the wall. I'm still hoping my trip to the Round Corner Cantina is going to save my Lawrenceville review record. read more

Dumb. Staff is stupid. Went there with like 25 of my friends for a bachelor party. Some dumb girl came out and had a fit that a few of us were "waiting on the steps" to get in even though we were all together. Couple of my friends called her on it for being in a bitchy mood (cause duh). She then proceeded to say they weren't allowed in. So we all left. Manager didn't even try to make it right. Just stood there like a bowling ball and backed his "winner" of an employee for being an idiot. How stupid can you be to let all of that money go. Lol jokes on you - but yeah, not going back here. read more

Always have the best time at Belvies!! Amazing staff, cheap drinks, DJ's, pool tables, darts, pinball, 2 bars. What more could you ask for?

Definitely no longer anything close to a dive bar... Very clean inside... cool place and a great place to dance if you just want to have a relaxed time... Some of the staff is amazing!! and some staff can be really bad and out right rude read more

Sketchy, Hipsters, Divy, Dirty. All words I hear regularly to describe Belvedere's. All true, but not in the worst way amazingly. My buddy loves this place and finally got me to venture away from my comfort zones and put a few back with him here. We got there around 9:30 on a Friday night and like any other trendy dive bar it was dead at this time. We got to run a pool table and drink good craft beers for a relatively cheap price. Hmmm, good so far. I was dressed in my normal prep meets Southern Rock meets old man. And I must say the hipsters did give me some curious glances, but I found the people quite friendly and not the pretentious douche I had imagined to be occupying this hole. A complaint I had this early on was that the pool table and dart board both were costly and normally where I frequent you just give someone your ID and you play for free, not so at Belvedere's. Sorta lame for a dive bar that looks like a dirty college party house. Around 11pm it began to fill up and more downsides began to appear. The smoke hadn't bothered me, but once the population density rose the smoke cloud became choking. Another downside was the staff seemed perfectly fine with some strung out railriders posting up at a pool table and rolling around on the floor next to it. Hard drugs are fun! I slinked away around 12:30 and by this time it was filled up quite nicely. My buddy seemed cool with this, but he was drunk, wish I had been too. PROS - Good beer / Fair Prices - Homey, Divy Atmosphere - Pool, Darts, Comfy Chairs - Themed Nights CONS - Smoky - Hipsters - Gotta pay to play - They let the Riff Raff in read more

i came home last weekend to visit. while i was in i sent my buddy a text to find out what was up to; to see if he wanted to hang out. he tells me that him and a mutual friend are going to "some bar" to watch the friend's ex pudding wrestle and asked me if i wanted to go. my immediate reaction was a sort of pseudo-disgust. but as i thought about it i decided that watching women wrestling around in pudding is something i didnt want to go my entirely life not having done and now was as good a time as any. having no real knowledge of what this place was like, only that it was in lawrenceville, my imagination started concocting terrible assumptions. i imagined some shitty dirty little place in the middle of some shitty dirty little part of lawrenceville that merely parking my car in would put it at risk of being broken into or stolen. i imagined that the place would probably be full of grimy, dirty old men, yelling at women degrading themselves. needless to say i was not expecting a very comfortable evening. i was pleasantly surprised to discover that when we actually got there, belvederes was nothing like what i expected. there was a very hipster crowd/atmosphere and mostly unlike my expectation, i didnt feel the least bit at risk while i was there. they have some cool art on the walls and some good beers on the taps, notably were rouge and founders. the beer selection was much better than what i assumed based what you can usually find on tap at shitty bars over on southside. the back of the bar opens up into a dance hall/concert venue. back there is a second bar along with a stage, a pool table (maybe two, i didnt really notice), and some big comfy chairs and tvs. the chairs and the tvs had all been pushed up against the wall and the pool table was towards the back, im assuming that this was to make room for the crowd that would be gathering around the kiddy pool in the center of the room. my mutual friend commented that the place looked like it could be the first gig in a guitar hero game, i agreed. while we were waiting around for the event to start up we somehow or other got to talking to one of the more creepy fellas in the room. he informed us that this is actually an annual event and then proceeded to display his xxl tshirt from last year's event to us. later on in the evening he bought another shirt. apparently they do a lot of events here because i also heard a few things about roller derby and 80's night. theres not much to say about the pudding wrestling itself. it was pretty much what you would expect. by the end of the night my clothing had taken a fair amount of collateral pudding damage, it was being flung all over the place. generally though it was a good time. we ended up leaving before the final round because the girl we were there to see was eliminated in the semi-finals and wanted to get out asap. i felt kinda bad because when i asked her what sort of compensation she got she said nothing, not even free beer. she just did it for fun. enough about my experience. regarding the actual bar, it seemed like a decent enough place. beer selection was wide and cheap. it seems like they regularly have events going on so thats a plus. the crowd was mostly hipsters, mid 20s to early 30s. you can take that however you want, i found it welcoming. the area is a little bit shady and i would still be slightly nervous parking my car around there, but maybe im just paranoid. i mean the bar is right on butler st. so its kinda right out in the open. my only major complaint with the place itself would be the amount of smoke. when we walked in it was fine but by the end of the night the entire place had a gray haze, stepping outside was like drinking a cold glass of water after being stranded in the desert for days. final thoughts, check it out but be wary of the smoke and the neighborhood. read more

I know Belvedere's is beloved by many (including several of my friends), but it's just not my kind of place. When I think "dive bar," I picture a smoky neighborhood bar with grouchy and/or colorful regulars who know how to hold their liquor (but when they don't, it's more entertaining than irritating), somewhat decent seating (even if the bar stools are tattered and tacky), and a general atmosphere that one can settle down in. In my experience, Belvedere's is closer to a house party at a college that has a lot of recreational club drug users (and I say that hyperbolically, but a friend of mine actually did end up snorting some weird prescription when it was offered to him in the bathroom there once, and we ended up having to pry him away from the dance floor when the rest of our group wanted to leave). While I have tended to end up there later at night (midnight-ish), it always seems like there are a lot of wasted people wading through the unpleasantly crowded rooms, and I'd rather go to one of many other bars in Pittsburgh that that offers cheap drinks without the falling-down drunks (if I was craving more of that, I'd just hang out in the South Side). For the amount of space they have to work with, the seating is meager--I can understand why it's entertaining for people who go there to attend events rather than to have a bar experience, because its strength seems to lie in its activities (karaoke, dancing, games, whatever). But since my favorite bar activity is drinking, I don't need all that nonsense. I suppose the service at the bar is pretty good given how packed they usually are on the weekends, but I was surprised when one of the bartenders didn't know how to make an Old Fashioned the one time I attempted to order one there (he did ask me which ingredients went into one and I made the mistake of telling him, because he whipped up a bizarre concoction; A for effort, I guess). To top it off, I've felt like the staff has been rude at closing time the two times I've been lucky enough to witness it. I'm sure it sucks to have to corral a bunch of 20-somethings, but not everyone needs to be greeted with a cold "go home!" Ugh. Overrated. read more

I don't know how I've lived in Pittsburgh my entire life and didn't discover this place until last night! We went for 90s night and it was so much fun. Drink prices were pretty standard and their signature cocktails tasted amazing. Bartenders were super chill and crowd was pretty cool too! Loved the large open dance floor which didn't get too crowded until after midnight. Can't wait to come back. read more

You will not be sorry for checking this place out. Went on 80s night, music was great, dj spinning real vinyl, crowd welcoming and fun, cheap drinks, what more could you want! Bathroom had attendant, she was fun and sweet. The front bar is non smoking but all the fun and dance floor is pretty smoky. Well worth the watery eyes and stinky clothes/hair though! Will definitely go back! read more

This place has been increasing in popularity over the past few years. You'll be stuck in a medium-paced line outside if you show up after 11:00p.m. on a Friday or Saturday. They are extremely serious about staying at capacity, which makes the wait worth it and the bar always comfortably full of people. Belvedere's provides a smoky, dive-y environment where everyone is welcome. Be sure to check out 80s, 90s, and Y2K nights. I've heard to stay away from "sexplosion," which sometimes takes place on friday nights. Others may disagree. Try out their derby nights at least once, but no one will judge you if you never return again (ouch). You can't really beat the prices of belvedere's, and you'll be sure to leave thinking, "I AM beautiful..." read more

If you're a serious electronic dance music lover - check out the 'Out of Order' monthly every second saturday put on by the Humanaut crew. Humanaut is known across the US for it's underground style of dance music and Belvedere's is now their home. Gigantic surround-sound systems are installed for each party as well as some visual component. DJ lineups rotate between really good locals, regionals, and every three to four months a huge international headliner. This is not the commercial garbage type of electronic, so don't be expecting that. read more

I wish I could give Belvedere's five stars, but there have been far too many bros there lately. Other than the few unfortunate slime-balls creeping in from the south side, this place is everything one could want in a dive-y bar with a dance floor. The drinks are cheap, the atmosphere is chill, the place is kept much cleaner than other bars I've been in, the fries are delicious and come out hot every time, and the staff is absolutely epic. If I was cool enough, I would work here. Unfortunately I am not. read more

I've been going to Belves for years. Even after the remodel they're still the great dive bar in Lawrenceville you love

I had a terrible experience there. Spent over $100. They had a pool table out of service I set my beer on it some bouncer came over and took my beer. Get real this place ain't that classy. I would not come back or recommend this place to anyone. read more

I enjoyed my visit here for the most part! Good amount of space, I loved the diversity of the crowd, drinks were cheap and it was very unpretentious. Service was a bit slow though. read more

If I could give it zero I would, got grilled about my ID even though I am clearly over 21. The girl was not understanding and did not seem to care, and a friend of mine who was 28 got turned away because of not knowing his zip code. This could have been done a lot better. Music also not good, would not recommend. read more