Horrible experience here. the bartenders and bouncers are very aggressive. even towards women. they'll kick you out for no reason and be very hostile about it. read more

So disappointed in this bar. Me and my girls were in the bathroom and my best friend just got engaged so we were taking pics in the stall while our other friend was going to the bathroom. The girl who came in and BANGED on the stall door until it opened claims to be a bartender here. She was so mad that we were taking pics for SOME reason that she got her body guards and kicked us out. How rude. I will never come back here and I recommend you don't either. The staff was awful and the service was awful. The disrespect was insane actually. read more

I walked a girl I knew to her ride. Only three drinks in I only had a buzz, I was refused to enter because I was told I was too drunk. I got a breathalyzer for safety purposes while being out of the bar I tested myself i blew a .005. But was "too drunk" I was not intoxicated in anyway I was upset and irritated to be treated with so much disrespect for taking care of other people. The rest of my family was inside of the bar. Me and the rest of my family will never be returning because of that bouncer. The only nice people at that bar was the female bar tenders the rest of the male workers and bouncers were just disrespectful. 0/10 recommend read more

Hanna's Old City - Bouncer who didn't let me in after walking someone drunk to their ride - Dance Clubs Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

The general manager is VIOLENT The general manager at this bar is aggressive and insanely unprofessional. He grabbed my female friend by her waist and dragged her out of the bar without any kind plantation. Obviously it was terrifying. We all thought she was getting dragged away by a random man. After we were out of the bar, he cursed at us and would not explain why he did what he did. I ended up talking to a cop outside since the altercation was so aggressive, unprovoked, and alarming. Sadly there was really nothing he could do. There were witnesses that backed us up. Do not give this bar your business. There are other reviews about this same thing happening time and time again, yet they continue to employ this man. read more

This was the first place I was taken to on the night of my 21st birthday. After that first night, I was hooked. Whether you want to dance all night in the 80's room downstairs, get down in the hip-hop room upstairs, or just chill on the deck outside, this place has it all. Friday and Saturday nights are both good times to go, and according to their website, Thursday is now college night which is cover free. (cover is usually $5) read more

Hanna's Old City - a view of a living room with a piano - Dance Clubs Near Me - Knoxville, Tennessee

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Don't go! Everyone that worked there was awful. Drinks were weak. Everything was overpriced. Bathrooms were disgusting. Worst experience at a bar that I've ever had. It's seriously impossible to overstate how rude and incompetent the staff is. One of the bouncers had a swastika tattoo that he wasn't even trying to hide... The staff was so terrible that it seemed like they were trying to drive business away. I'm assuming this is a front for some sort of criminal enterprise. Save yourself the trip, stay home and watch Netflix. read more

TERRIBLE NIGHT HERE!! I was dancing by the door and some guy came up and we didn't know who he was so I told him to leave us alone. Turned out it was the general manager. Before I knew it someone had grabbed me by the waist and dragged me outside. Their response and they way they grabbed me was entirely inappropriate. read more

I have to admit it - I dug Hanna's Cafe. The music downstairs was heavy on the 80s and it was festive! The service was quick at the bar and most of the people were friendly. NOT including the guy that told me to "bend over, touch the floor" for me to dance with him. I may or may not have told him to F off. OTHERWISE this place was DB free and fun. Outside you will find plenty of patio tables for you to hang out and take a break to get some air. Upstairs you will find a dark room that plays some kickin hip-hop. I'm sure it gets crazier in there than when I was there. Everyone was sitting in a circle around the room against the wall, not dancing. Looked like a middle school dance. I danced anyway...thanks vodka! Overall this seems to be a great place to go when you want to cut loose and get your groove on in a casual, non-club-like environment. I wish Nashville had more dance BARS instead of honky-tonks or clubs. Sigh... read more

If you like to be disrespected by the bouncers and get kicked out 2 min after they call last call the is the bar for you! The cover charge is outrageous for a town like Knoxville. The bartenders also have very little knowledge outside of your typical drinks and aren't worth the money to taste so bad. They put more mixers than alcohol and all you taste is sugar. I wont be back here and I will tell everyone I know not to go here either. read more

I have always loved Hanna's. I will never go there again after how I was treated tonight. I have been to Hanna's many times. Tonight I spent over a hundred dollars at Hanna's. I had a drunk friend that couldn't find her glasses. At closing time we were asking if we would walk around the back and restroom to try and find them, so she could see. Outside of two gentlemen, all of the staff was forceful and very mean and called me a troll. I feel very disrespected and I was just trying to find help and kindness, and make sure my drunk friend was safe. I spent over $100 at this establishment tonight and I will never set foot in this establishment again. Such a shame. I loved Hannah's. Show some compassion to your future guests. Shame on you. You deserve zero stars. Be kind. Mean. Awful and unkind. read more

Horrible time. The music is very gentrified and the DJ is patronizing and only accepts bribes to play any song. It's the same 20 songs every time you go. Not worth your time/money, just go to urban or old city sports bar instead. read more

It's definitely a notch better than anything else in Old City. But not that great. The music was "eh" better than Carleos forsure but the brightest and biggest highlight is their patio area. It's pretty chill and nice enough to have a bit of peace and calm if being inside isn't what you are in the mood for. I don't have anything bad to say about it. Overall a fun place to dance and hang out if dancing isn't your thing. I would come back forsure. read more

Going out in Knoxville can be depressing sometimes, but I usually have a good time at Hanna's in old city. The place is large enough to hold a crowd, but not so huge you feel like you could never run into friends and people at the bar. It's split with two levels with separate bars and DJs. Downstairs is probably more generic top 40 from the 80s and 90s with some new music. Its a pretty open space with a lot of room to dance. The top floor ( my preferred floor) plays more hip-hop and current top 40. It's not my favorite place in Knoxville, but I usually have a really good time. read more

Oh Hanna's, I love your 80s nights. Not only do I love the michael jackson thriller music videos that play along with the songs so you can dance, I love the fact that 80 year old men come to 80s night. And people who are time warped out of the 80s. I love that theres outside seating if the dance floor is too packed. Can't complain about drink prices either! read more

Terrible place. We had a group of 20 who was about to spend a LOT of money. We all showed ID's and got stopped by the doorman because we had a girl who was wearing leopard print and it wasn't "allowed". We're 30. Spreading the word on this establishment. What a waste of time. read more

Truly the worst experience I have EVER had at a bar. I had just gotten there, had maybe two drinks and some drunk idiot threw a glass beer bottle at my head. I went to the bouncer, obviously crying because wtf.. and he proceeds to tell me I need to leave. 1. I had NO idea who threw the bottle, I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 2. I wasn't the one causing trouble!! So he kicked me out, leaving me without a phone or debit card in the pouring rain and wouldn't let me let my friends know where I was... This establishment needs to be shut down. I could have been much more hurt than I was and that's how they treat people who spend THEIR money at this horrendous place.. NEVER ever again will I come near that place. read more

Don't waste your time. Wanted to go celebrate a good friends b day... Please don't go here! Before We walked in.. the door attendant was extremely rude to people in front of us in line... And yes.. He was the "main door man" And was extremely rude to us as well. When we got into the place it seemed like so much fun... Until we walked to the bar... Not okay... If you want to have fun in the old city... Please go somewhere you are welcome instead of somewhere you feel like it should be a "privilege" to walk into.... And trust me... It's not all that. Carleos, Armada, Barelys... Good time!!! read more

Wow, I truly never thought I would see the day where I wrote a FIVE STAR review for Hanna's (lol), but I had such a positive experience with the bouncers last night that I wanted to share. I was out with some friends when a man - clearly inebriated - came over to our table and kept inching closer to us. Fine, it happens. But when he started touching my friend, we asked him to please back up and give us some space. He said "okay" but didn't stop. We asked him three times, and he still didn't stop. So, we decided to move to a new spot. At this point, he followed us, and we definitely didn't feel safe. I told the bouncers and *no questions asked * they removed him. As a small female, this made me feel very safe. So, while the floor is sticky and the music is about as cliche as it gets - really not for me hahah - the bouncers were incredible and I just had to give them ups for that. read more

Went here last night for the first time after my friends told me they play throwbacks. Within the 1st 10 minutes I had to pay a $5 cover, $13 for a gin and tonic that was served in a plastic cup, and two of my female friends had to leave because they had been inappropriately touched by two guys who wouldn't leave them alone. Won't be coming back ever. read more

Horrific people. I have lived in Manhattan, Cincinnati, Tampa, and Chicago, worked in the industry and of course enjoyed bars for nightlife so I was in complete shock when this happened. I thought I had left my phone at the bar across the street so I left to ask if they had it; they said no one had turned it in so I went back to Hanna's (it was no more than 2 minutes). The bouncer said that he "was done letting people in the for night." After expressing that we understood (since they closed at 11) I said that I had just left to find my phone and my phone must be in there. I had no jacket and no phone to get an uber or any way to get home. He said that "was not his problem" and that I should be "more responsible with my phone." I told him that I couldn't get home because I didn't have my phone and everyone I knew was inside. He said he didn't care and to get off the stoop where the door to the bar was (mind you I have no jacket). He told the people coming out of the bar to push me out of the way because I wasn't supposed to be on the stoop. A lady who was about 50-55 years old came to the door and said she left her jacket and he LET HER IN RIGHT THEN AND THERE. Clearly I and everyone I was with from inside the bar was furious. People leaving the bar were told to push me off the stoop and they succeeded in pushing me off and then the bouncer called for "back up" and said he was calling the police since I was still at the bar (mind you, I have nowhere else to go since my phone and jacket are inside- also FYI, I am 5'6" and 120 lbs.) I told him that was fine and I would actually like him to call the cops at this point because I was so confuse why I couldn't;'t get my phone but the lady behind me could get her coat. My coworkers eventually found my phone after I had been out there for 40 minutes. He gave no reason that he let the lady behind me get her jacket. He never told her that she should have been more responsible with her jacket. I am so thankful someone left with me without me asking because this bouncer left me outside with no jacket and no way to get a ride home or call anyone I knew. It is dangerous and completely insane that this is allowed to happen with the managers knowledge and allowance. read more

Wish I could give ZERO stars. Yes Lol at the fact the intoxicated manager who was not working decided that I needed to leave because I was "too drunk" in her opinion. My heel got caught in a crack on the patio and I feel partially to where my friend caught me and it was fine. She literally had me escorted out of the building with her bouncers touching my backside. Excuse me but no, neither you or your employees have permission to touch ANYONE no matter how "drunk" you think they are. I don't care that you've "been a bartender for four years and can tell when someone's had too much" you have no idea anything about me and the fact you willing let drunk frat boys come into your bar and grab Womens vaginas with no consent but will kick a girl out because you're so insecure, quick to judge, and unwilling to listen is absolutely appalling. I'm in your terms "drunk" right now and yet I'm writing this post with every detail about how disrespectful and rude you and your employees treated me. You're a manager of a bar, not a CEO of a company. Take that fake crown you've put on your head off and realize you have no right to judge a woman based on how she is dressed no matter how insecure you are about yourself. I have never been treated so poorly by a company before and that is saying A LOT because I have Celiacs disease and have been treated so horribly by waiters and managers since my diagnosis because it was not taken as a serious matter. This woman seriously went to other bars in the area telling them not to let me in because she thinks so highly of her opinion because of her "expertise being a bartender". It's a sad world when women cannot believe other women and just try to put them down because they think they are better. I am seriously disappointed with everything about tonight and it's all been because of one woman who thinks she knows more about me than myself. You work in an industry that deals with people on a consistent basis and yet you are so ignorant to the facts about who you let in "your bar". I would expect more from a woman with authority but you're yet another person who is contributing to what's wrong with society in 2019. Disappointed and will never return to this bar. Learn how to treat someone with respect even if in your opinion you think they are "too drunk". I'm a person and deserve to be treated like one. read more

If you're looking for some place fun to go in Knoxville, don't go here!!!! The people that work here must have sticks shoved up their asses cause they're all rude dudes. When we walked into the place, the bouncer made us throw out our water bottle. I guess he thought it was alcohol? Regardless, we aren't getting on a jet plane and this isn't the TSA so slow your role buddy. The bartender gave me attitude when I was trying to be polite to her. She was getting ready for her shift when we approached the bar and was willing to wait on us but not without being nasty. Lastly, I left behind a personal item and when I tried to run back in to get it the bouncers grabbed me and yelled at me cause I didn't show them my ID. I told them I just needed to run in to grab my personal belonging I left behind but they refused to be of any help and to yell at me. My ID was on my BF who was behind me and showed it to them. It was extremely silly and way too serious. At the end of the day, I'm a customer and I felt very unwelcomed at that place. It's dumpy and so are all the people who work there. :( read more

This is truly one of those places you wish you could give 0/5 stars. It's one thing to blare your music at an uncomfortably loud volume, but to charge $15 for a double is downright robbery. With plenty of other reasonable options in the Old City area, this spot is a hard pass. read more

Best club in Knoxville if you want a laid back dancing partying place Hanna's old city and there is southbound if you want to get down and dirty or you could go to carlios if you like to go out where your best clothes and have a blast then there is nv if you are under age its 18 and up then you could kick your boots off and go to wagon wheel then when its all over have a slice of pie at davicies read more