Walked into Big Nose Kate's this afternoon. There was a miserable assortment of canned or bottled beer, nothing on tap, and an even more meagre supply of spirits. The bar food menu was similarly disappointing--little more than sandwiches from a third party vendor. The wan bar tender tried fobbing us off on the upstairs bar, but we stayed downstairs to take advantage of the Tuesday $2 special. She served our beer and disappeared to chat with friends, look at her phone, etc., only returning to settle our bill. I really don't know how this place stays open. read more

The bartender wasn't very friendly. I was made to feel that I wasn't welcome and getting me a beer and a vodka soda was an annoyance.

Trash service took the bar tender an hour to put the game on I asked for. Salina in general is an awful town. Try to avoid it at all costs

Nice dive bar with lots of pool tables and some video games. The bar tender was friendly and service wS good. Great place to stop by and grab a drink. read more

A friend and I dropped by this place one night when a road trip took us through Salina. I'm going to give this place the benefit of doubt and give it 3 stars instead of the 2 I had originally planned. Big Nose Kate's is on the upper level of a building in downtown Salina. It's a very nice looking bar, divided into two well-decorated rooms with comfortable furniture and a nice patio overlooking downtown. Unfortunately during our visit the bar was crowded with fratties and scenesters. This made it really hard for us to enjoy ourselves. "This Big Nose blows," said my friend as we bailed. But we might have liked it better had we not gone there on a Saturday night. read more

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As far as I can tell, this bar has the best beer selection in Salina, with around 30 on tap. About a third of them are macros, but the number of offerings dwarfs every other bar, earning serious brownie points from me. Also, no beer is more than $4.50 a pint. You won't find many ultra-obscure brews here, but it's a good value for a bar. There aren't many traditional stools by the bar itself--the bar is just the place you pick up your drinks, not sit down. The establishment is much brighter and more open than one might expect for a bar. I think its also the largest bar in Salina. It has a ton of pool tables (voted best pool hall in 2009 by the Salina Journal, and the runner-up for best bar--and the top bar ICE appears to now be closed). There's a patio for smoking (which was granted an exemption by Salina after they passed their recent smoking ban). Glass is not allowed there. The bathrooms are very clean. Woo! The crowd veers very young here. I think some hooking up goes on here, but it doesn't have the full-out meatmarket feel you fight find in some big city bars. Nor is it primarily a pool hall. Most of the patrons appear to be hanging out together with their friends. Perhaps you'll feel out of place if you're middle aged or older, but I liked the crowd here, and I'm 28. This would not be an honest review if I did not mention that the staff is quite attractive, especially the ones with glasses (like the guy who gave me a thumbs up when I ordered an Oatmeal Stout, and who I mention so that my girlfriend is not too upset with the end of this sentence), and the young women with short hair, and especially the young women with glasses AND short hair, who dance to karaoke. Karaoke happens three days a week, and the bar is apparently open until 2 am every night--at least it is Sunday. Fun times. read more

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So this bar used to be a brothel and apparently there are spirits in the building still. The story goes, around closing, long after the bar has closed you can hear noisiest coming from the upstairs where johns were brought. A similar story of a few gals being locked in the bathroom and being furious when they come out only to find from the manager that the bathrooms have no locks. read more

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This place is awesome. Plenty of great pool tables and TVs around the whole bar with a second story patio on Santa Fe

I came to Salina, Ks. for a class with the military and stumbled upon this cool bar. It has pictures on the walls of Doc Holiday, Wyatt Earp and a lady i'd find out later "Big Nose Kate". Turns out that before the famous showdown at the "O.K." corral and all the adventures in Tombstone, AZ. Wyatte Earp lived in Kansas as a "Law Dog" and Doc Holiday was his good friend. Big Nose Kate was Doc's ol' lady, (the one that sits next to him in the movie when he is playing Chopin and talking in Latin). Enough with the history lesson. The bar is close to Kansas State University so its filled with a variety of people, the drinks are cheap and the music is surprisingly up to date. Plenty of pool tables, you might get the occasional drunk "Appalachian American" trying to hustle you in pool but other than that its a great bar. read more

Good place where everybody knows everyone who walks thru the door. Did not have an issue or any incident of feeling out of place as an outside. Be sure to catch the Long Island Wednesdays and keep yourself out of trouble read more

The staff at big nose Kate's has consistantly lost my debit card or drivers license. They have also consistantly blamed me for it as well. I'll open a tab, they take my debit or driver's license. At the end of the night ill close it out and my debit or driver's license can not be found!On busy night's forget about getting good or fast service! Understaffed, and under trained. This place isn't worth it! read more

We visited Big Nose Kate's after a concert at the Stiefel Theatre on Nov. 18, 2021. We sat at the bar. It was a very slow evening. Another couple came in, who had also attended the concert, and we struck up a very nice conversation and had a couple of beers. After a while a group of approximately 12-15 customers came in and before we new it, the male bearded bartender, said that we would have to move. Why should we move just because some more customers came in?? We took offence at this because it was plain stupid!! It was sheer idiocy!! We scooted down to make more room but that wasn't good enough for the second bartender, a short, heavy set female, who then threatened to call the police. For what?? We're like in our 60's and had only been enjoying ourselves. Anyway, we left and are not likely to return. There is a much nicer brew pub directly across the street from Kate's. I recommend you go to the brew pub and pass on Kate's. read more

The experience waa great when got there until we came back later that day for dinner and had a few drinks. The server was very slow but the food was ok. Our first round of drinks were what we ordered but our second round happened to not be the quality of alcohol we had the first time. This was mentioned to the server and she assured us that they would correct this. We did not drink the beverage and was told they would be taken off the bill. Well we were lied to us, insulted us and we were treated very poorly. The so called manager " Kip " was the one who left us with such a bad impression of the establishment and did nothing to resolve this situation. Be forewarned make sure what you order is in fact the alcohol you pay for!!!! read more

Great balcony in the heart of downtown. Great place to take friends or family from out of town. Most pool tables in town.

Big Nose Kate's is the largest and cleanest bar is Salina. 500 occupany, 2nd largest bar in Kansas. 29 Beers on tap. 100+ different liquors. Super attractive wait staff and bartenders as well!! ;) read more

They need to change what hours they open at!!! We stopped at 11 am and again at 11:30, went to a place up the street and had lunch. Disappointed read more

No facebook posted Christmas hours, so we called and the red headed ogre rudely said they were open. So we went in and he seemed liked we inconvenienced him when we ordered drinks. Another person called to check their open status and he again seemed annoyed so I politely stated they should update their facebook with their holiday hours. He then informs me that the apocalypse would be the only reason the bar closed like I should know this information. I stated that I was not a local and wouldn't know their policy since I live 1200 miles away and was only visiting family. He was rude, bar was empty and I would love to find a place in this town that doesn't have dead carcasses on the walls as decoration. read more