I have been in many Sports Bars and Lounges, but none of them can compare to The Hangout, which I…read morevisited today for the very first time. After having been selected as number 4 of Yelp's Top 50 most prolific Elites of 2025, a year when I also was awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Photographer of the Year Award at their Yelpies 2025 Award Ceremony, an event that honored the highest-performing Yelp Elites, and where last year I was awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Yelper of the Year Award, I decided that this year, as an All-Star Yelp Elite, I not only wanted to be the first to discover new restaurants and businesses, and bring them to the attention of the public, but also to uncover those found in hidden paths that for one reason or another have not reached the public in its totality. And The Hangout Sports Bar and Lounge in Roanoke, Virginia, is a perfect example. Located on Williamson Road, in the Hollins area of Roanoke, Virginia, The Hangout is a sports bar, restaurant, and lounge, with a casual, friendly, and lively atmosphere, offering a mix of food, drinks, and entertainment like pool tables, live music, and karaoke, among others. People gather there for lunch, for dinner, or just to have a drink or two as they spend some time chatting with their friends. I arrived around three o'clock to have a late lunch and visit the place for the first time. The bar was completely full with customers drinking and having fun conversations. Other customers were enjoying themselves playing pool on one of the many pool tables. During the day, customers are welcomed to play pool for free and in the evenings for a small fee. I walked over to the bar counter and asked the friendly bartender, Mitch, if they were still serving lunch and if I could seat at one of the booths. He told me they were and to go ahead and have a seat at the booth of my choice. Soon after he came by with the menu and took my drink order. I asked if he could make me a Piña Colada Mocktail and he did. It tasted amazing. Beside the regular menu they also had an All Day Specials menu for every day of the week from Monday through Friday. To dine I ordered a BBQ Burger from the regular menu. It was served with fries. Meanwhile everytime a customer came in, you could immediately tell he was a regular by the warm greeting he received from the bartender and other customers there. When my server/bartender brought my burger, it looked wonderful. Fresh burger buns with an all beef 1/3 lb burger, topped with white American cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce, and onions. I poured some ketchup on it from a squeeze bottle by server had brought me and put on my table. I invite you to view my photographs accompanying this review to get a better sense of the place and the quality of their food. My server introduced me to the owner of the place, Lori, a very warm and welcoming lady who opened this establishment in 2021and since then has made it a very popular place focusing on making it a casual environment and a fun spot where locals and visitors can socialize and have a good time. After all, its slogan, written under its front sign, states: "Good Food, Good People ... Great Times." Featuring a full bar, including draft beers, hard liquor and cocktails, quality comfort food at affordable prices, entertainment such as indoor and outdoor stages for bands to play live music, karaoke, and games like pool and cornhole, and a friendly crew to top it off, the only negative thing that I could find was tight parking, but at night customers can park on the parking lot of the business on their left and in a space across the street. I highly recommend this place for some good times and can't wait for the Spring and Summer to arrive to return with friends and enjoy all the creative things they have to offer.

Looks like MyNewHangout. Went originally to play billiards (complimentary until 17:00/5pm)…read more The manager, Lori Edwards, is very outgoing/socially energetic! Andrew the bartender was very proficient and friendly, along with a great, fun Karaoke DJ, Libby! I've also enjoyed excellent Salisbury steak, roast beef, and chicken tenders for lunch, and, I returned for karaoke & dinner. "Ambiance"; this place is relaxing/cozy/comfortable.

They allow smoking. So don't go here if you don't want to smell like an ashtray after being there…read morefor 30 seconds. :(

Smoking bar. Friendly barmaid. Cheap drinks. Did I mention it was a smoking bar?read more

A great place Good food…read moreNice crowd and great music We walked into a fun raiser for a family that had lost everything to a fire Had a great time for a good cause

Beer was very good I give it high rating…read more Late (9pm)on Tuesday only one person working so service was a little slow and menu limited. Pretty empty. It was ok but actually the wings and pizza were pretty decent.

First time here, and it was a blast. The hope when you pay a cover charge for a band is that the…read moreband is entertaining, and when I went that was definitely the case. Bekah the bartender was also a big highlight. She was attentive, kind and made the best tequila shot I've ever had. I had three! Hope to come back next time I'm in town.

Great service. We sat at the bar and had burgers. Very good . Glad that they are now open for…read morelunch

We stopped for dinner, asked to be seated on the roof because it was nice outside. The host was…read morevery friendly, sharply dressed, the music inside was nice and not too loud. We arrived to our area, and the waitress serving said to pick anywhere. We chose a table and sat down, immediately noticed the music was overwhelmingly loud. There were plastic cups on other tables from former patrons and the cups stayed there for our entire visit. We ordered, a Philly cheese and the Alltime Sandwich, curly fries. The food was good. The service remained sub-par. My diet coke tasted like water and had no carbonation. I was told it would take 5 minutes for our server to replace it because she would have to walk downstairs, or I could order something else. It took forever to receive our check. As we were leaving, another table received their pizza. They had ordered spinach and sausage, but received a cheese pizza. When they brought it up to the server, she told them they were out of the ingredients they wanted so she just replaced the order with cheese without talking to them. She offered to have a different pizza made, but they had already waited 20 minutes for the wrong pizza.

Sadly I did not try the food here, but the drinks were so so good. I had the freshest mojito, and…read moremy friend had the watermelon margarita. Service was so sweet and personal. Had a nice chat with the bartender who gave us the run down of the town. There is rooftop seating but we didn't get a chance to go up top. Will be back in about a month to try the food and the night time fun the server told us about.

I rented the bounce house for my childs birthday party an I wasn't pleased at all. When we got…read morethere the tables where dirty an had soda in the chairs so I let them kno. They had me clean off the dirty tables myself . We ordered pizza an they brought a burnt pizza to us. It maybe a great place for bowling, but I will never rent the bounce house again.

This is a great bowling place. Has a nice little bar in the corner and a fairly decent arcade area…read more I would recommend going here again to bowl some more.

Ordered a new, out of stock, limited edition, Predator Cue from Warehouse Billiards. They charged…read more Retail price and did not try to add a markup due to its limited edition, like other greedy stores. Excellent customer service and fast shipping. Would definitely do business with again.

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