Every-time we drive by this spot I blurt out how it's on my list to try. We FINALLY had the pleasure of visiting last night & though different than I expected - surpassed my expectations. Inside gives cozy diner vibes. They have a bar, pool, arcade games, booths, etc. There are multiple rooms so there is a ton of space for groups. Our only critique was there were so many TVs - literally everywhere you look . The positive - they all were playing different sports games. I can imagine it's a great game day spot. We ordered a fried chicken sandwich with sweet potato fries. 10/10. Our waitress was friendly, attentive, and matched the kick back vibe. We enjoyed the Christmas decorations & look forward to exploring the outside beer garden when it's warmer! read more

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I haven't been to Campus Lounge in a hot minute! While waiting for an event, I stopped in at around 5PM on a weekday and it was a very relaxed environment with a half full bar and some business men in meetings. Happy hour runs from 3PM-6PM with a couple of beers in that selection for $3. Normal beers like Pacifico run around $7 a pint. There is a ton of seating here with like 3 areas (main, the one with the pool table, and a patio which seems more kid friendly). I'm not sure what it looks like during peak night time hours but it's a nice place to chill out after work with a drink or two. There is a good amount of street parking behind the building in the neighborhood. read more

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Food is solid. Happy hour rocks. Bartender rocked. A lot of regulars. I haven't been here in years. Prior to the remodel. There were some kids here so although it is a dive sports bar/restaurant (which I love) it is family friendly probably until dinner time. Good experience. read more

We were promptly seated and LOVED the retro theme!! The drinks were cold, the service was spot on....what more could you ask for?!?!!? Felt line a cool old midwestern town bar, with above average food. Love the vibe and the Cuban and tots, which we split (more than enough for 2 people) was AMAZING! Especially the pulled pork, which they do in house. Definitely a place to go and watch a game or do what we did and just have a very enjoyable afternoon!!! Cheers! read more

Campus Lounge - Sitting outside....why wouldn't you want to go here?!?!! - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Service was 10/10. Only one server and some bus boys for the entire restaurant and they did great for an NFC Championship game day. The guys liked their burgers, although on the expensive side. The Cesar wrap was dry and had too many croutons. The sweet potato fries are much better than they look. The additional covered patio that they've added is heated and cozy! Two TV's for viewing games. read more

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Great place for food or drinks! Service and bar drinks are always top notch! Great place to get away with friends after a long week. Take out and delivery is just as good! Chicken strips and green chili are favorites! read more

The only question I have: How do I get the Campus Lounge back to Chicago?! Thanks to our hosts Miranda and Jessica, we enjoyed a fine meal--good God, that was a fabulous burger!--and excellent brandy Old Fashioneds. Our super comfortable booth echoed the rest of the CL's mid-century vibe. read more

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Solid brunch and bar food! Plenty of tv's and bar space. Also kid and family friendly with a few arcade games. We sat at the bar and service was great! Loved the orange juice to champagne ratio for the mimosas ;) also loved the poutine! read more

Campus Lounge - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Went here for some late night drinks after dinner. The vibe was cool and definitely nicer than your average sports bar. I ordered a Negroni and the bartender said she makes it with Hendricks so I said fine. Turns out using Hendricks doubled the price of three drink. It was a pretty good Negroni though and better than I would expect at a dive bar. However totally not worth the price of $20 if I can get one for less than that at a great cocktail bar. The whiskey and berries cocktail was also good but the blueberry syrup made it have a slight medicinal flavor. Really clean place and overall would go back. Service was also quick. read more

Campus Lounge - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

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I love campus lounge! A go to - I live in the neighborhood. Happy hour is great, the beer garden is amazing for a hot summer day, and the fried chicken sandwich is unreal. Cody Rose really took care of us tonight and is the reason for the 5 star review. Incredible hospitality - feels like a true neighborhood joint. read more

PLEASE BRING BACK THE SMOKED RUBEN SANDWICH!!! It's literally your guys best dish along with an order of your amazing cheese curds. Please and thank you! read more

What a great night out. I had the absolute best cheeseburger in town, seriously! It's the first time, on a while that I've not been bothered by the price, spending $18 on a burger is hard to swallow. The service was top notch, everyone was so very friendly. And trivia for entertainment. I'm happy to give 5 stars, my new favorite place. read more

This is a pretty darn good neighborhood pub. Plenty of booths, games in the back to entertain. It was decorated nicely for Christmas and was warm and busy at 4pm on a Tuesday. Our server was lovely and the food was really good. I had the chicken sandwich and it was fried lightly . Really good sandwich. My husband enjoyed his burger And the rest of the family enjoyed their dishes. We got out of there full and the price was more than fair. They are a wonderful community restaurant and have donated back to our local schools. Great business to support. read more

Great neighborhood bar with a clean retro feel. Friendly service too! I go back when I'm in town.

My sisters were visiting from out of town and we came to campus lounge to see Magoo the bluegrass band play. Service was excellent! Even though we had one starter meal and a soda, our server was the nicest and took great care of us. IG: @merimusubae read more

Campus Lounge - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

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It's a fun and funky haunt. They remodeled it a while back and did a great job. We usually go for the burgers, really, really good and consistently good. As are the cocktails. The service is good and the servers are incredibly friendly. I really love the Lounge! read more

Campus Lounge - we are regulars and must have bought hundreds of salmon sandwiches and garden burgers - now they're off the menu?! Next thing we know you'll take Juicy Banger off tap Bring them back, please! read more

My sisters were visiting from out of town and we came to campus lounge to see Magoo the bluegrass band play. Service was excellent! Even though we had one starter meal and a soda, our server was the nicest and took great care of us. read more

Campus Lounge - Jalapeno honey smoked wings and veggies - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

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5 stars for making you feel welcomed even with young kids 5 stars for friendly service and solidifying the neighborhood/locals joint feels Food is average, easy, and has something for even the picky eaters Can't wait to come back! read more

I've driven and walked by Campus Lounge for serval years and tonight decided to give it a try. I consider it a little above a dive bar with decent food. Service is good and waiter was very attentive. We tried the fried chicken sandwich. The coating was light and crispy, and the mayo was the perfect amount with the iceberg lettuce. The Cubano was packed with slow cooked pulled pork that was tender. The sandwich needed more mustard to add the tangy flavor. It could have used more pickles to add some crunch. The bread had an odd taste, so I just ate everything on the inside. I would go back again when there's a game on TV. read more

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Get the French dip. Campus Lounge is a classic sports bar. Fun, old fashioned vibe but clean and with friendly staff. One day my wife decided she wanted French dip so I pulled up Yelp and we stopped in. Was very happy with the hickory smoked brisket French dip. Strong smoke flavor and tender texture to the beef. The key component, though, is the soft bread that's not too soft (which can lead to bread collapse). Probably about as good as a French dip gets. read more

Such great value! We really enjoyed Campus Lounge's American fare and really friendly service. Not too far from Wash Park! SMOKED BRISKET FRENCH DIP: Hickory smoked beef brisket, swiss, bacon and au jus on a hoagie SMOKED CHICKEN WINGS: Hickory smoked with carrots, celery, choice of ranch or blue cheese. One sauce or dry rub included.Sauces: Buffalo, BBQ, honey jalapeno, mango ginger. Rubs: Sweet heat, everything bagel. FRIED CHICKEN SANDWICH* (gfo): Deep fried or grilled chicken breast, iceberg lettuce, pickle and garlic aioli on a potato brioche bun CHICKEN AND DONUTS: Fried chicken breast, glazed doughnuts and over easy eggs with honey jalapeno jam read more

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After driving past The Campus Lounge probably about a million times, I finally got the chance to try it after my nephew's game last weekend. While I love the fun retro vibe and fun atmosphere and of course that none of us left hungry, my hands down favorite thing about my Campus Lounge experience was their wonderful staff. My husband realized while we were having lunch the day we were supposed to go that we'd probably need a reservation to accommodate our party (I always feel like when dining out with a toddler you have a very small margin for error). He couldn't make it online so he called. The woman he talked to on the phone was really nice to begin with but when she had trouble making it she straightaway went for her manager who got it sorted out quickly. When we arrived, the woman who greeted us (and was also our waitress) got us to our table right away and took our order right away too- which was especially appreciated since some of our party was late and we needed to keep him hints moving because of our kid. Our waitress was super pleasant and efficient. We all felt like the food was pretty good for bar food but probably isn't the reason to go. That said, I'd definitely go back! read more

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Hands down some of the worst service I've ever received at a sports bar. DO NOT go to this place on an NFL Sunday. This place is straight up TRYING to lose money. Makes sense why they've been under new ownership every few years. read more

This is a funky little place! It is very retro with fun and eclectic decor. I started with the old fashioned flight and it was delicious, didn't enjoy the seasonal flavor at the time but the regulars were delicious. The sweet potato fries were very good and crisp! The green chili was delicious and I could smother that on everything! My only complaint was a lot of bread on the French dip. I would like to come back here and sit outside! read more

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This might be my favorite dive in Denver. Spencer, the bartender, is the peppiest of them all and he did not disappoint. If we lived in Wash Park, we'd be here maybe daily. read more

Campus Lounge - Burger & fruity (my boyfriend's, for the record) cocktail - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

We walked in late one night, happy to know there was a kitchen still open! We walked in and the bar tender immediately knew we wanted some food! We ordered the campus lounge burger which came with a bacon wrapped jalapeño, and the fried chicken sandwich. I'm a sucker for sweet potatoe fries and I'll give them a 9/10. Really good burger honestly tasted like a whopper, not mad about it. The decor was interesting, it kind of reminded me meow wolf in the sense of having little displayed windows of unique settings. I think there was a game room in the back? Not a 100% sure but there was a lot of hootin and hollering coming from the back! We were just hungry and exhausted so we didn't go back and see. But maybe next time I'll check it out. read more

Campus Lounge - Fried chicken sandwich - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

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Great service. We had a big group of 15 and they were great. Wonderful food choices for all. Everyone loved their meals. Ambiance was great for our multi-generational family. read more

this is our favorite spot but they took our two favorite items off the menu! bring back the salmon sandwich and the garden burger!

Such a classic place. Friendly bartenders, great tap beer selection, love the U shape bar. Fun cocktails and a good food menu. read more

Campus Lounge - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Great dive bar in Wash Park! They have all you can eat wings for $18 on Sunday's and Mondays. Drink specials during Broncos games. Great bar food - the poutine was great with green Chile (shoestring fries are always a win). Their house ranch is amazing ($0.50 charge per ranch). We got the burger - the bacon wrapped jalapeño was a nice addition. Burger was cooked well and was juicy. Service was great! Good amount of tvs inside to watch sports and some good beer options. They had pitchers of cocktails on the menu - I wish they had pitchers of beer! Can't wait to come back to stuff my belly with wings! read more

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This place is in a weird spot between past and future. This is the 3rd version since the long standing local sports bar version that was open 40+ years, ans seems to be on a better track than the other versions but also at risk to lose what the original did best. The new version actually captures the warmth of the original version, adding lots of TVs to make it sports friendly again, in a much more approachable way than the previous attempts, while providing the newer touches it needed; but it is stuck in a Denver area in transition that has had a long-standing appeal and character that is sadly dissipating quickly. All the long-standing local food & bar spots around Wash park are closing super fast, yet there still seems to be a pocket that wants that quaint, cozy local neighborhood bar with reasonably priced drinks and solid food that is missing. This seems to want meet that...but it is also trying to appeal to a new fan base. They have interesting promotions that the previous versions were missing, somewhat tying back to the daily specials of the original, and the new set up has that "feel" but the scene here is a strange mix. They have a hostess -- NEVER something with the original -- though table seating is limited and doesn't seem as fancy as a place needing a hostess, where folks waiting for seats end up in the game room since there isn't a real waiting area. The game room area is awesome with nice wall seating, roomy with social game options, but while I was there the patrons that are there as diners seem offended that people are trying to enjoy pool and shuffle board in a more bar sort of environment; to that, it was more a bar setting before overall, and in the new setting it has a big bar, but in the NEW Denver, there was more a young family vibe here, with many kids running around unattended. Lots of people with babies. Small children all around, and running around a pool table where adults drinking & using pool sticks isn't a good idea. This was not a good mix and something that will hopefully get worked out in the coming months. People that were used to this place as more of a neighborhood bar in the original version are definitely not going to be drawn back to this. But...new folks in the area might be...but what is the mix in this area to be sustainable? ...is it a bar or a neighborhood family place? It's only been open a few weeks and seems that it might be focusing more as a family place...which isn't a bad thing, but since so many people are tied to what this was before, it risks eliminating a big portion of business, which interestingly, the previous versions have missed out on and proven to have needed. What is the right mix? Can't it be both? Yes, it can with establishing the tone right. **they need to be super realistic about the errors of the previous versions and places like Fagans/Rosedale/303devour.** The new decor and setting is really great. The food and specials...really great. Staff.. nice! AND they have parking again. M-F Happy Hour until 7 pm with some cool options. Again ...if local families aren't minding their kids treating it like it is Chuck E. Cheese, and the place isn't going to set a tone around this, they may kill some of the universal appeal of this place, which is unfortunate as it could impact the longevity of this location, which needs to maximize on universal appeal. People new to this place and old fans will need to give it a shot with an open mind...there is A LOT of possibility here. read more

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This place closes whenever they choose..... whatever happened to the Campus lounge we all loved..... turned up at 10.45 on a Saturday night and told they were closes RIP campus lounge read more

I have been here a couple times now, both for Avalanche events. for tonight's experience, I reserved a booth because I am still recovering from a broken foot and wanted to have a better place to sit. The staff who scheduled my booth on the phone specifically told me that's what I would have. When I arrived, I gave my name and they could only seat me on a stool at a tiny sort of bar against the wall. They said that they reserved my booth for someone else. It's not like they gave it away. They just made a flat out mistake. That was disappointing. I will also stay most of the staff here are not friendly. You don't see many smiles around here. However, at least they did a pretty good job serving me and getting me what I needed. The food both times has definitely been good, although not the big portions. My only real critique for tonight's meal is that one of the french fries had a distinct zing of mold flavor. Only one fry, but still a little concerning. It's a bit dimly lit, and I could do with them turning the music down a little bit, and it's really not a large place. Not a lot of room to move around in. I also couldn't watch the game on one of the TVs because the feed kept cutting out. It was on two TVs, and was cutting out on both, but one more than the other. I'm sure there was an issue with the signal for that channel, but it would've been nice if they had tried to do something to fix it. Overall I give the place 3 of 5 for the food and service, but it's definitely a mixed bag. There are much better bars and taverns out there. read more

Campus Lounge - "Colorado Dog" - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

Went her to celebrate at paddy's day yesterday. The kids seemed to love it and the bartenders were great and attentive even on a very busy day. The kids loved the free games. Finally a bar where it's mostly acceptable to bring your kids. Also I don't even have kids...I did want to play the games too but you know the kids seemed happy. Pub food was decent as well read more

Good service, food, and ambiance. If they figure out how to change between football games without changing every TV in the place, they'll easily get another star from me. read more

Tonight I ordered a Campus Lounge Burger($17) with sweet potato fries to-go and got home to this....? Super disappointed. read more

Campus Lounge - Lounges Near Me - Denver, Colorado

It seems like this should be a dive bar, but it's pretty nice on the inside. I guess it's a dive bar for the side of town it's in. You can expect bar food that's on the pricier side. They also have $3 paper bag beers which is fun. Of the times we've drank the beers they were pretty good. Some of them included PBR, Odell hoppy beer, Tecate, and Milwaukee's Best. read more

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Friendly neighborhood sports bar. Good place to watch a game. Recommend the bacon cheeseburger.

I came to town a few weeks back, planned on meeting friends at a bar we used to go to all the time back in college(circa 2007) called Quixotes. I really wasn't looking forward to having to trudge through questionable puddles in the bathroom and yell over deafening noise to tell my friends how fat and old they got. It was a huge relief when I was leaving my air b&b(super late as always) and they told me plans had changed because the old dive wasn't open anymore or something and to meet them down the street at the Campus Lounge. I thought "welp, just traded one dingy dungeon for another". Oh man, I was so incredibly impressed with the way this place has glowed up. It's incredible how places can still hold the same nostalgia but be completely different and revamped. I loved the patio, and the staff was immaculate. We had a server named Cody Rose and she was incredibly charismatic and witty all the while being completely attentive to our little reunion while the whole restaurant was busy and bustling with commerce. Drinks stayed full the food came out hot! The food, OMG, The menu was actual food, like, not just something college age wasted people slather in their gullet to sober up for the walk home. I got the Brisket French dip Sandwich and my taste buds broke into dance like late 90s early 2000's dance( you know the dougie and nae nae, Gotta forgive the taste buds, they're old now.) Brisket was juicy and flavorful and the bacon gave it the perfect flavor punch. Top notch. Next time I'm in town this is definitely going to be on my list of spots to stop. Great Job Campus on growing up, you have aged much better than me and my friends! Thanks to Cody Rose for making our night memorable, well as much as our old brains can remember... 5 star all around read more