Love this place in general. Nice price for drinks, super friendly and quick bartenders. My only complaint is there is one bouncer who has been absolutely terrible every time I've gone. While I was trying to set up before the bands started to sell stuff at our table, I had a miscommunication with my friend. I stopped and was standing next to the bouncers while trying to figure out if they had begun setting up and where exactly I needed to go. The bouncer with the braid asked if I was with the band, I said "No, I'm with" before I was loudly cut off and told to get out until the doors opened. He did not let me explain my confusion and that I was supposed to be on a list. Any time I spoke, he talked over me until I finally had to almost yell what my problem was. He told me I could make the call outside and I went to do so and saw my friend, so I started walking towards her. They yelled "HEY" at me, so I responded "WHAT" in kind. I was kinda rude but hey, don't interrupt me for no reason in the first place. The guy kept repeating that he didn't have to let me in so I told him that was fine and I would leave. The other bouncers asked for my ID and tried to start putting a band on me while he ran his mouth. Eventually I asked him if I was going to be let in or not, and he said nothing and looked down. If this was one time, I wouldn't be posting this review. But every interaction I've had with this ONE bouncer has been like this. I get that you need to protect the band and cant let random people walk around, but to not let a customer even explain their confusion, while standing RIGHT NEXT to you and not moving any further into the back room is wild. I'd love to keep spending money here but honestly, how can I feel safe when the bouncer has the maturity of a 14 year old? The other ones are great. Super respectful and I always see them checking to make sure things are okay in the shows. Not sure why this one guy feels the need to be so aggressive. read more

The server didn't acknowledge us. She was too busy being on her phone. Took her forever to get over to our table! I had to go to the bartender to get some menus! And, on top of that, our food didn't come out right. She didn't listen to us. read more

It's clear Scott doesn't care about what goes on in the building as long as he's making money, the managers let their bartenders be yelled at and cussed out and don't care, the whole dining area smells like an ashtray, and the beer's always flat. read more

This place is awesome!! If you are looking for a dive bar with great atmosphere and the greatest wait staff around (Ally is the best you could ask for). Whiskey Wednesday is the best drink special in town. Music rocks and if you are Stars fan they put it on the big TV. Check it out if you are looking for cold beer, shots and Texas hockey hit this place up. read more

I was in town for less than ideal circumstances found this place and let me tell you it was the place I needed. The staff was welcoming and the prices were awesome. I loved it so much we came back the next day. Ally was amazing so when you show up be sure and tip good. Music rocked and Stars were on the big screen. If you are in Lubbock check it out. read more

The bartenders were really nice and the drink prices were good. The Saturday night karaoke was just awful. I've never heard one that bad. I can normally just drink and deal but it was that bad. And every bar in Lubbock is smoking which is just gross. I needed a shower when I left. read more

Jake's Sports Cafe & Backroom - What is he even doing!? Also, how do you run the karaoke and only know every 6th word of the song. - Sports Bars Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

Really gone downhill in the past couple of years. Waitress was sitting with other patrons instead of serving customers. Forgot our two drink order. Titos and water was awful. How do you mess that up? Bartender had to look at drink special menu to figure out how to make a drink. Slow slow service. We won't be back. read more

I stopped in here for a few beers with a couple other people. We came because it was open and had reasonably priced drinks. I had a few Michelob Ultras on draft and the others had some bottled imports and domestics. It was a a very happening spot, almost every table was filled and the waitress was as attentive as she could be with a full house. We enjoyed ourselves, for the most part. However, the smoke in the air is just awful. I left this place smelling and feeling like an ash tray. That's an easy two stars for me. read more

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I would never eat their food I learned that years ago. My complaint is the long wait outside to buy tickets for concerts They have no organization whatsoever, you know if people are waiting to get in they can't buy drinks. Their atm doesn't work so you have to use cash. They don't have separate lines for people who have tickets and people who don't. Who uses cash anyway nowadays,why would I carry cash in tight spaces when can easily get pick pocketed during a concert. I've been to this place a handful of times and they have never updated anything at this building it a the same shitty walls and same piss filled restrooms. So thanks for reminding me of my routine to go to Dallas for concerts take a hard pass on this place. read more

This place is rubbish. The drink prices are terrible and the cover for live shows are over priced stadium prices. Most important thing to know is their yep profile map will send you several miles East of town. Do not use it!!! Unless your basic as f... don't bother with this place. read more

My boyfriend and I went in and sat down to enjoy a beer and some music after enjoying a good steak dinner. We sat there for 15 minutes without being waited on, my boyfriend finally called someone over and asked for a beer for each of us. A few minutes later a different waitress comes over and tells us that she can serve him beer but not me, because I'm intoxicated. Mind you, I had one beer at dinner and came in and sat down without ever talking to anyone, especially a waitress since she never cane around until refusing to serve me. I am writing this review not even 20 minutes after being refused service because of intoxication. Will never go back and suggest y'all stay away also. Left there and went to straight to silver bullet and told the waitress what happened and she was shocked and said that I don't seem intoxicated and can't believe that happened, oh and gladly served me a beer read more

Your recent Covid19 commerical where you state you will be back after "King Abbott" removes his proclamation, makes you seem like Covid19 is a joke. I can tell you one thing, if you had someone die from it, you wouldn't be so flippant or disrespectful to the things that might prevent a death. My friends and I will not be back. Shame on you. It ain't funny. Think people, THINK of what your words can mean to others. Your lack of empathy is disturbing. read more

We went there tonight 7/22/22 8:30pm neither myself or my girlfriend have been drinking... sat a a table after 15 minutes I finally flag down a server order 2 beers... a few minutes later another waitress came up and said they could serve me but not my girlfriend ( neither of us have been drinking) they said they could serve me but not my girlfriend wtf... no one even talked to her I do not recommend and we will never go back! read more

The only way I see myself coming to this sports bar dive is if I was extremely exhausted from spending 12 hours in airports and airplanes, but couldn't sleep yet, so I'm going drink about 5 Dos Equis, 4 Shiners, a Vegas bomb and i don't even care where.... Deja Vu. Seriously, even in Lubbock, there are better options. I'm still extremely annoyed at the little 13'' TV above the stall, right in my face while I'm trying to pee in the bathroom. Great, I can check the score of the game while I'm peeing...except it's a 13'' TV from 1996 and blurry as fuck to go along with my already alcohol impaired vision, so what's the point? Fail. I suppose if you main goal is to drink and take a load off, you'll go somewhere else. But if that place is closed, you'll come here. read more

Would you like a little food with your salt? Then Jake's is for you. I think I fulfilled a month's worth of my Daily Allowance of sodium in a few bites of my meal. Seriously, I'm doubting if I'll ever quench my thirst again. My mouth hurts and it's now 14 hours after I quit eating even though I was still hungry. My friend complained that his salad was salty. His salad. Can't wait to see this place in Kitchen Nightmares. Ban smoking in the restaurant and I'll add a second star. read more

Good place has plenty of TVS around the place. Have always had good service and the beer is cold, food pretty good and the waitresses are good looking enjoy Oh and has WiFi read more

Jake's Sports Cafe & Backroom - Nice and cold - Sports Bars Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

How do you say you have appetizers and never serve it at all and just serve us the meal like did you forget we asked for an appetizer

Can you leave less than a star? The beer was flat, the service was terrible, and the waitress with one rusty cheek piercing ignored us to our face. I understand being busy but I will never understand being inadequate at your job. read more

I wish I could give yall 0 stars. I have been in the service 10+ years and have never been ignored so much in my life at a bar. Not to mention only getting a drink every 20 minutes. Drinks came out wrong and 2 our of 4 beers were flat. Our waitress said it was our fault she was so busy but that they didn't think it wouldn't be busy for Christmas? I have worked so many holidays over the years that I understand its not fun but the least you can do is your job. read more

Jakes is a stones throw from my new pad; so, I went with a couple of my buddies after golfing to watch the ball game. First and foremost, Jake's looks like the beginning of a bad Bar Rescue episode -- sad and filled with "the wrong crowd." The comparisons continue when I met our waitress 30 minutes after helping ourselves to a booth. We asked her about the drink specials she asked us what day it was. Her apathy drained me and I ended up ordering a water. After seeing my friends Dos Equis served in 8oz plastic cups I knew I had made the right decision. After waiting another 20 minutes (in a cloud of perpetual stogey smoke) we finally could flag her down to order food. She forgot our chips & queso but brought it out with our food for free. I thank the Lord everyday since because it was the WORST queso I've ever had; it was cold and sporting mysterious chunks -- chips were good, though. I ordered the French Dip sandwich with fries and was thoroughly impressed considering the environment I was experiencing. Aroma & Environment - .5 stars Food & service - 2.5 stars read more

I go there after work in the mornings (I work nights) for beer and breakfast after a long night at work. Its a great place to unwind and get some good, cheap food! Only drawback for me is leaving the place and smelling like a damn ashtray! Eeekkk!!! Other than that, pretty ok place. read more

No AC. I will NOT recommend. Three times I have tried this sports bar. If the owner is not going to have proper AC what else is he not up to code. My beers got warm quickly. The eating areas were not cleaned very well. Service was good. read more

I've been there several times now. The drinks aren't bad, the prices are okay. The place has a back area where local bands come and play. Overall not a bad place to hang out for the evening. Not my favorite bar-ish place in Lubbock, but I'll go there every so often if a band is playing that I want to hear. read more

There are tv's everywhere and enough space to just spread your arms out and spin around as fast as you can whenever your favorite sports team does something cool. If you pick one spot on the ceiling and stare at it while you spin you'll get super fucked up, dude. No lie. Way cheaper than beer. Everything was priced pretty well and all that. Place was great for conversation, friendly staff, this or the apocalypse played in the back room which was a venue. Was weird I'd be present for that type of thing for the one day that I'm in town but life is sort of crazy like that, you know? read more

Good, safe food. Wouldn't recommend the queso or the rice that comes with the tacis but the drinks were good & the food was hot. Will definitely try again :) read more

Service is always slowwwwww. Almost as bad as Caprock on slide. Plenty of other bars to waste money at in this town. Do not recommend to anyone read more

Great place! The wing are great, also the burger are A+. I go there almost every week to watch the packers games, also i go to see the cowboys lose. Also they have animated poker, and games you can play. And when they have football games they 50 cent wings when a NFL team is playing. read more

Feels very tired and old. I went in to catch a little college football on a Saturday and it was a very tired crowd. Dim and fuzzy tv's and smoked filled. If that's your thing, knock yourself out. read more

Recently they changed the concert part of this building to "non smoking" for reasons unknown. It's small. Extremely hot and the food isn't the best. read more

Just stay away - it is not a good place. Don't go before 2pm there will be no such thing as service. Bartender more into sharing drinks with customers (I guess I wasn't a regular). I won't go back read more

I never had any bad experiences at Jake's! The service has always been good, and the drinks are priced decently. There are definitely more exciting places to go in Lubbock, but if you're just looking for a place to grab a drink w/ some friends, you could do that at Jake's! read more

Love to eat at Jakes! Good food and always a fun time! Plus not many places serve Guinness!!

I really wanted to give this place a chance because it's right next to our house and it seemed like a cool bar to go meet up with friends and watch sporting events that come on, but this place isn't a sports environment. First of all, the food is good. I got a french dip and although it took 45 minutes to get it out to us, it was good. The bar environment sucked though, everyone just burns heaters everywhere and thats ok but it makes you not hungry. Theres no drink menu so you basically don't know anything cool to order or any drink specials and they give it to you in a plastic cup which I personally like, but I bet a lot of people don't like that. Our waitress sucked too, she forgot that we were there, it took over 30 minutes to order our food and when we ordered chips and queso she forgot about it and gave it to us (cold) along with our entrees. Again, I wanted to like this place but unless you're a bike rider (which everyone hates) you won't like it read more

Been here quite a few times. The service varies depending on who is working. The clientele is very working or non-working class. Had some weird stuff happen here. The food is sub-par. It is usually smokey in here. Drinks are cheap though. read more

First time to Lubbock Texas. First time here. Had a great experience. Our server Shawn was polite, friendly and on top of everything. The food was excellent. We will definitely be back. Thanks Shawn. read more

I went and saw Geoff Tate there the other night. The music venure is small and that's not a bad thing. I would say it would hold 150 people comfortably, no more. The sound or acoustics in there are good, better than you would think. There is a full bar in there and service was good. As for the other side where they serve food and and where the TV's are located, smokey as F. You will stink like a Marlboro after about thirty minutes. Not cool. We did order food which they brought to the concert side of the bldg., was good - we had cheese sticks and nacho's. read more

Just a note to some of the servers here... Just because my group was made up entirely of females, doesn't mean you can give us horrible service. Our server was so unbelievably rude, she made us feel as though asking for anything totally ruined her night. If you don't like your jobs, go elsewhere. The other customers were trashy and obnoxious, but this is what is expected in a run down, smelly, dirty excuse for a bar. Will NOT be back. Ever. read more