In theory, I understand the appeal of Jo-Cats. It has a bar right when you walk in with some area…read moreto stand around then you go upstairs. To your right is another bar with a bigger area AND a roomy patio. To your left, there is the biggest room with a small stage and the DJ on opposite ends. Wait there is also another patio! There's also a bar across from the patio. You keep walking through Jo cats to the last room in the back with a bar in the middle and another patio! These patios are pretty roomy too. Great places for a fresh breath of air or a smoke break. I've never had a bad time with the bartenders or bouncers. Drinks are solid and do the job. The music is typical bar music. You can definitely wait to hear a song you like. The atmosphere just isnt for me. It can be packed in Jo Cats and it still looks boring. We walked through the entire bar. Not a single song pulled us to the dance floor. I try to only come when there's no cover so I dont feel salty about wanting to leave.

I had so much fun at Jo-Cats after work on a Monday! Chloe was bartending and she was training…read moresomeone who was on her first day. Both girls were super nice and fun! We played one round of bar dice and it lasted forever because we kept getting 52s

The Guinness was great, our bartender was too. It's a real Irish pub, not just a sports bar with…read moreGuinness on tap.

I stopped into this West Allis watering hole for an early afternoon drink. The Irish vibe of the…read morebar was really cool - I loved the decor, paintings, etc. Though it was a weekday, there was quite the crowd. It was durning State Fair which is actually what brought us in, it was a quick walk across the street. They have a wide variety of Irish Beers and other options to try. The crowd was super friendly and chatty - plenty of places to sit. The service was quick and fun to talk to. Overall, neat place, I would return!

Definitely appreciate the ambience. The food was pretty good. Our bartender was extremely niceread more

I stopped here for a beer and a burger after work after a co worker recommended this place and it's…read more national cheeseburger day or something I heard some people saying. The place is your typical neighborhood Milwaukee dive bar with regulars who look at the new person like why is this person in here vibe that I didn't care for. The place has a long bar on one side and hi tables with bar stools in the rest of the bar area. They have a decent assortment taps for a dive bar with domestic and better beers and I would have a lakefront something. The menu has the regular bar food options and I thought I would order the bacon cheeseburger rare, nope they only cook the burgers to med/med well so I'm not paying for an over cooked burger that I can't get cooked to my liking. Plan B would have to be made fast because it took 15 minutes to get her to take my order so I ordered the Philly cheesesteak with my choice of potato. To my surprise the potato options were frys, toots and wedges, hell yah because I love wedges and they are few and far between on bar menus. My food was takeout so I knew that the wedges were not going to be fresh out of the fryer great but they were still good with some heat and crisp left in them with a nice soft potato center and good potato flavor. The Philly cheesesteak was bigger than I expected and it filled half of the container that looked good. The cheesesteak had ample chopped steak a with plenty of fresh grilled onions, green peppers and cheese on a very fresh hoagie roll that hit the spot. Overall I hated that I couldn't get the burger that I really wanted cooked to my liking but the Philly cheesesteak with wedges was not bad for dive bar food.

Solid dive, beer is cold. They gotta hire another bartender. Every time I've gone there was only…read moreone Woman working the bar. It took her like 20 minutes to get me a miller lite. I don't blame her, she's always the only person working when I go. Just hire another bartender so I can get a beer in 5 mins or less and this place gets 5 stars

Chill ambience. We were looking for a place to play some darts and their sign out front said…read more"pools, darts, and spirits"... perfect!!! The games were good price, drinks were decent. Will definitely return for more fun.

Drove by this place a 101 times, but not 102. We were on the prowl Saturday, and this time the…read moreplace didn't sneak up on me (driveway is a tough one to find.) Parked across the street and entered into a jovial, happy, smiling, mixed crowd of young and old. We tried the Yuengling beer that just hit Wisconsin. I know, Milwaukee the beer capital of the US and we can't monopolize the beer market in our own home town?? (eye roll) Even though it sounds like a Chinese beer, Yuengling is more of a brown ale. Not bad!! This place is a dive bar, and I like it. Audra was our bartender and she was friendly and helpful. Definitely a stop for anyone looking for fun, Nascar, pool, darts or just a place to wet your whistle.

Love this place! Every one is really nice and friendly and the prices are the best! Just so…read morewonderful!

This is a relatively new local bar with no Yelp presence so I thought a Steve stop by was in order…read moreto get them out there. Surprisingly this is no West Allis dive bar and it's pretty nice compared to the local competition was my first impression, hell even the mens room was probably the nicest for a West Allis local bar I thought with wood floors, clean looking and modern. It's the typical local bar with flat screens, games, music, taps etc etc. Josh was the bartender and he was very friendly and he did an outstanding job at being the face of the business. Surprisingly josh is one of the few bartenders in probably a 100 plus bars and restaurants who knew what a Gin Rickey is and as always anyone who knows how to make one with out asking how to I buy them a drink which he accepted. Overall it's a nice addition to the area and in now way like the old school dinosaur bars that line NationalAve.

A fun place to go to when looking for the perfect spot to hangout with friends. The bartenders are…read morenice and talkative and make you want to keep coming back. Very fun to go to for a Packer game! They have board games a pizza oven and cheese curds!

Nice stop on a Sunday morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Julia is wonderful. Lady is the cutest!read more

Awesome people, great vibe! Had the honor of meeting the owners & just all around great people,…read morecheap, strong drinks. This is the drinking hole in the wall you're looking for, enjoy & have fun! :)

Came back aftter 6 months, bar running fine until shift change when kim came in…read more immediately 60% of bar left and after 10 minutes decided to join them based on her comments and actions

I have been wanting to try this place for awhile now and the first time that I tried to stop over…read moreit was all stools taken so I left to return another day. Today was that day and dam still packed but one stool at the bar was open so I'm finally in for a beer and burger lunch. With very little pictures of the place they needed a Steve stop by just to get some photo exposure and one picture of food on yelp is not good. The place is your type Wi dive bar where everyone is welcoming and friendly. The taps were all domestic I'm sorry to say and that's as good as it gets even in bottles. The place is small with a small bar on one side and a room next to it that looked like a small dining area. The menu is small and I will post pictures but Tuesday when I was there they had a $2.25 cheeseburger special which is very reasonable. I opted for a bottle of point beer because the taps didn't interest me. I ordered the cheeseburger with ketchup, mustard and raw onions not expecting much for the price and I was surprised to see that it's not on a bun but a hoagie style bread. WOW it's charbroiled on a buttery toasted bread with nice grill marks. The cheeseburger was very simple and tasty with a good grill flavor on fresh bread and a pickle spear on the side. WOW this place is very reasonable because even with a 50% tip my beer and cheeseburger was under $8 and the cheeseburger was good.