Solid dive bar - 3+ Dart Boards - 3 high quality pool tables - darker lighting be careful who you leave with!! all jokes aside solid bar great pricing on drinks - Bartenders can be a little stiff at first be nice and respectful they warm up. read more

We had a terrible server on 8/22/2026. We came for casual drinks and were met with rudeness and terrible service. We came in and did not ask for anything difficult (all draft beers) and we were met with sarcasm and meanness. My family was in town from Cleveland and I would not recommend going here and my family in town not want to return again. Would NOT recommend this place. read more

Bartenders are rude and non attentive The bar was not busy and we tried to flag for services, he said what do you want. Will never go back and do not recommend. I had to give one star to review but it would be a zero read more

Had high hopes for this local dive bar. Bar tender was rude. The door says "no socialists" on it. So it's great bar if you like terrible service and MAGA. read more

Came on Friday 7/17 for a class reunion. The bar seemed clean and was really nice for a dive bar. Unfortunately the bar service was terrible and I have never experienced such disregard. Sat at the bar with a few friends and anytime we needed another drink, had to flag over a bartender to place an order. The 2 working that night were too busy talking to be aware of empty drinks and need for service. The male bartender was extremely rude and it was evident we were being ignored as I stood there with cash in hand to place an order and he never even acknowledged me. Very disappointed! read more

Came in to watch football, drink beer and eat pizza...this place was perfect! Four of us split a large specialty pizza it was pepperoni with their special honey sauce and DAMN IT WAS GOOD! They cut the squares so tiny, one bite per piece and we loved it! It's a "hole in the wall" with a great menu, clean facility and pool & darts. Not pricy, we will be back! read more

Mack's has a classic dive bar feel, but don't be fooled by the outside -- the inside is actually much bigger than it appears. They have dart boards (regular and electronic), which are free to play, as well as three pool tables in the back that cost $1.25 per game. In addition, they have an air hockey table, foosball table, golden tee and a pin ball machine. Safe to say, there's plenty of things to do. The drinks are cheap, and they have a full kitchen. We didn't try the food, but had a great time playing darts and pool. read more

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Seemed pretty clean to me. Open late. Decent prices and especially with the daily specials. read more

Mack's Tavern - Dive Bars Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

Great dive bar. Good drinks. Pizza is amazing. Patio is nice. No signs of MAGA but then again I'm not a snowflake.

Older crowd bar but weekends more younger crowd will come out, great for st. Patrick's Day or watching sports read more

Mack's Tavern - 2023 menu - Dive Bars Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

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If I could give negative stars, I would. Absolutely horrible attitude from the bartender and I don't know why. We didn't ask for anything complicated and we were our usual friendly selves. Wrong place, wrong time. read more

Mack's is a local bar with a divey-feel. It is clean and the bartenders are always nice. I personally love the be-dazzled women's room with rhinestones glued on the walls, toilets, and stalls. There's a good selection of beer on tap - your traditional stuff, and a full bar for cocktails. If you're looking for your glass of wine ladies, be prepared for the dive-bar selections. They have a popcorn machine which levels them up in my opinion. Mack's Pizza is supposed to be great, but it reminds me of typical Dayton bar pizza: thin, cardboard-esque, and greasy. It does the trick though if you're snacky. Darts in the front and pool in the back. There's a few other games as well. In the summer you'll note a larger biker crowd which has reserved parking near the front. Mack's boasts a small patio, but usually I find this is for the smokers. I will forewarn you, while I've had several great nights at Mack's with friends. I've also encountered a "rougher" crowd looking to start something with my friends for no reason. They crowded us out of the back pool table where we'd been all evening, and one of the drunk guys threatened violence against my sister. It didn't come down to fists, but was close. While these people are no reflection of Mack's as an establishment, it does bear warning that you might encounter problem people. Overall, I like Mack's and would likely go back. I will however, quickly leave if I get the slightest feeling that an unsavory group is around. read more

Went in with a friend on a Saturday night to play pool and have a drink. Glad we did! Pool tables are in great shape. Tap lines had clearly been cleaned. Bartender was grumpy because the place was empty on a Saturday night. Understandable. But was grumpy in that Oscar-the-Grouch kind of charming way. Was great for us--felt like we stepped into a private basement to play and drink. Visited after food hours, so can't comment on kitchen. read more

I was here for st Patrick's day and the food was terrible. I went straight to the the bar and asked the bartender for a Killians. She tells me they don't sell it which clearly they do because I could see bottles of it in the fridge. I pointed them out to her she then got me one. I then asked for a order of corned beef and cabbage. She replied are we out? How the hell should I know I don't work there. They show us where the buffet table is. There was a sign on the table that ask us to pay before we ate and I'm guessing the girl didn't know she was suppose to charge us for. I'm glad we didn't pay because the food was awful. Now for the good things about this bar. Its a dive bar with cheap drinks. It has plenty of TVs and pool tables in the back. This place would a good hole in the wall joint to hang with your boys at. Just get food before hand read more

Mack's Tavern - Dive Bars Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

Bike parking!! Service was on point. Good beer selection, niceatmosphere. .99 beer Fridays, pizza and wings. The bathroom is a must see, pool tables, darts and foosball, what's not to like?! read more

Mack's Tavern - Ticket to Hell 10" - Dive Bars Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

Really good pizza! Big bar, pool tables, darts! The only negatives are it's a Steelers bar & they don't have a lot of beers on tap.

I give this a 4 because they do SO much for the community and food trucks, especially during the pandemic. I love this place. Service is always good. We ate brunch here. Food was served on paper plates and yummy. Will go back again and again. She actually shuts her kitchen down and encourages patrons to eat from whatever food truck she has out front. Times are hard for everyone and it's such a selfless thing do when your business is also suffering. Also dog friendly and they do so much for animals. I love and support this local place and you should too read more

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Great service and made new friends at the bar! Love the open concept and pool tables. Only downfall is we did not know they stopped serving food so early. Defs would go again:) read more

The staff here is usually very nice. However, today I had a rude waitress for no reason. She approached me and immediately demanded to see my id, which was fine but then didn't ask my friends who are both younger than me. I'm not sure what I did to piss her off as I've never met her in my life before. I then had my credit card on the table right next to me and she aggressively took it without asking so I was just confused at that point. I'm not sure what I did for her to be so mean to mean and extremely nice to my friends. Don't plan on coming back anytime soon as I had never had a waitress treat me like this. She was blonde with wavy hair and didn't wear her mask with was also concerning. Just hoping if I ever go back I'll have a better experience than I did with her. read more

Changing my review due to the last 2 times we have went the service has been absolutely not worth it. Drinks running empty, we waited on our check for over 10 minutes when both staff on the floor decided to go smoke making it overall about 15 mins maybe longer just to get our check. read more

Best reason to visit this bar: The over-bedazzled women's bathroom and quirky men's room! A serious must-see!!! (See posted pics) read more

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Great little bar with good food. We love that they now offer a "Unicorn PIzza", which is a no-carb crust. Highly recommend read more

Went to Macks tavern for St. patty's day. Wow, there had to be way to many people allowed in for the space! It was asses to elbows packed and no way to get a drink unless you wanted Miller lite or bud light from the side vendor. The wait staff acts as though they are doing you a favor taking your order. So many better bars in the area! The "best of" awards are rigged so don't believe Mack's is one of the best for anything. It's dark and not friendly! The food is bar average! read more

This is a great place for a cheap beer. Food not worth ordering. Place is huge with no seating! Must be some kind of zoning! . Bottom line, have a beer then eat elsewhere. read more

Hubby and I stopped in after several people telling us that it was a decent little place...well, after asking for a beer list it took 10 minutes for the 5 people behind the bar to get back to us, and we were sitting at the bar, and this included one person who I presumed was the owner... read more

In response to Brian I post. That is the biggest bunch of bullshit I have ever heard. You two or three douchebags people have ever seen. I was here that night and saw all of it. You play it off as if you two or three punks did nothing. But you did everything to escalate the altercation. Also you didn't kick anyone's ass in the parking lot or drive right outside the patio fence physical wise to the bartender. You got punched in the mouth because you thought it would be a great idea to try to swing on the bartender first. Didn't workout for you so stop lying about the place. Don't come back. This place is a nice place with a nice group of people. read more

Ordered a papa joins pizza delivered here after playing pool and buying drinks for 3 hrs. Didn't know they served their own pizza... After an escalation with a very angry bartender for ordering outside pizzas, he threw my 2 pizzas out in the street and punched me... seriously, sounds made up I know. We proceeded to teach him a lesson in who to pick fights with, wasn't pretty for him at all. Stay away from this place tho, ridiculous, unsafe. read more

I am usually very forgiving, but this place is really bad. My wife and I had to wait to get our first drinks while the bartender was taking care of her kids who were at the bar with her. They had $1.00 draft beer from little plastic cups, and the front area was jam packed with smokers. You get the picture- red neck heaven. read more

A great location, environment and prices. Their food is delicious and I highly recommend the boar bombs. One of my favorite local bars to spend my time and money at! read more

Their pizza is really good. The crust is thin and crispy and they put a lot of toppings.

the service is horrible. my boyfriend and I waited nearly 10 minutes, at the bar, while the bartenders walked right past us. they never greeted us, said they would be right with us or anything. we left. read more

What I think is funny is what does everyone expect from this place? Didn't the fake palm tree and cheap beer signs give you a clue that it's complete crap? I like to support local, but please don't insult all of your customers by not giving a crap about your service or food. I'm sure you'll be packing up soon and hope you learned some valuable business lessons. read more

Ordered a pizza and sandwich at half time and the food didn't come until the end of the game. Terrible service. Cold nasty food. Very expensive. I will never go to this hole again. read more

The beer was good the food was fine the price was fair. The environment is casual and relaxed. Set your expectations and be reasonable of what to expect from this type of establishment and you won't be disappointed. read more

Great place. The food awesome, especially the pizza! You should try the boar bombs and their mac and cheese as well.

I have been into this bar multiple times- I have really tried hard to support it because it is locally owned. The service has always been mediocre at best. I stopped going in a few months ago because the service was so slow and borderline rude- definitely not a friendly staff. A friend and I gave it another chance about a week ago. There were 8 people at the bar and there was one bartender who essentially had nothing to do. Our drinks LITERALLY sat empty for 10 minutes before we loudly had to ask for our checks. This place won't survive with the entire staff having an "we don't give a s***" kind of attitude. The pizza is good, the beer prices and selection are good, it just simply comes down to crappy customer service. It's the only place I've ever been into multiple times without the bartender recognizing that you are becoming a "regular" and actually saying hi and offering a drink quickly. This place sucks. read more