It's a hole in the wall, but it's been my hole in the wall joint for many, many years. Oh man, so much craziness, just, disgusting, beautiful, life-decision-making-times have happened here throughout the years, I'm amazed at how far I've (really we've, because my friends included) come. For ages, i could not figure out how this place makes any money due to the fact that the drinks are probably the cheapest on Earth. I then heard through the grapevine that the slots and, believe it or not, the pool table brings in much of their revenue. I've seen so many things go down at this bar, if I even began to recant them, this review would never end. There are a couple things I'll mention tho. 1. If you pass out drunk, they will take pictures of you and post them, forever, to the wall of shame on their website. 2. NO ASSES ON THE POOL TABLE. 3. Zach is their best bartender, no offense to Tank and Sean, you guys rock, too! There are two other bartenders who work here whose names I do not know, but those dudes have major attitude problems. It's almost weird how the rudest people get to keep their jobs sometimes. Don't get it. I usually won't drink if they're working. The regulars know who I'm talking about. Great place for cheap booze and spawning ground for a weekend full of regretful decisions. read more

Went in there with my military service pet and serivce card and was told to leave as they do not support either. Understand there is new ownership and can only ask those who support our servicemen to avoid this establishment. read more

This bar is great in that they really do their due diligence. They don't allow patrons in without a mask and the first thing they do is ask for ID. Their prices are relatively good for the area. However, the female bartender who was working when we were there was significantly over pouring. This might be great for locals or alcoholics, but the point of a mixed drink is to not taste the alcohol. I was also a little disappointed they don't serve hurricanes. Literally every other bar/restaurant does and we walked into the ONE that doesn't. read more

Cool spot for cheap drinks. Very relaxed and casual vibe. Somewhat diverse crowd. I noticed a pool table, a few arcade games and air hockey. Also there are a few tables in addition to seating at the bar. Music wasn't necessarily my style but it was cool. You can't beat the price of the drinks! read more

Ms Mae's - Dive Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

Best place for drinks in the city! $3 wells every night! If you're looking for a ducked off quiet jewel in NOLA this is the place

Oh, Roxanne C. You're a dear friend of mine, but my face slightly frowns when you ask me to meet you here and you know it. It's cash only (no big deal) and I always come out of here smelling like cigs (yuck!). Get out of your comfort zone, Roxanne!!! = P There are often times creepy people. One pool table. One air hockey table. One Pac Man machine. Yes, drinks are cheap. Not sure what else to say. I'm running out of things to say. Ok, I'll go now... read more

Great local dive bar. Don't expect it to be clean. While I was having a drink at the bar a roach was crawling on my sleeve. Not a small one either. Probably a regular at this bar. But that is what you get at dive bars. The roach did not bother me. I do like to great beer and mixed drink selections and prices are great. Will return. read more

The penultimate, okay maybe ultimate? dive bar. Oh Ms. Mae's, I love and miss you like a dear child . . . one that offers me $1 well drinks and the often resulting glassy-eyed hangover. Kids these days! Anyway this was always a surefire stop for all the college kids and locals when everything else simply wouldn't do. It's dark, dingy . . . you often feel conflicted about whether to actually sit down because there's no telling what will become of you as the night wears on . . . it's anybody's game. There's pool tables, electronic gambling machines, etc. Everything you'll need to keep your tipsy self entertained for hours upon hours - that is, if you're not being thoroughly amused by the locals' conversations and antics. Really, Ms. Mae's is just fantastic, I cannot quite explain what it is about this place that many people cite it as one of their favorite laid back dive bar to start the evening, stay the whole evening, or end the evening. Sometimes you just want to feel a little like you're at "home" with the "kids" and you don't have to fret too much about what you're wearing, who you'll meet . . . your bar tab. Ms. Mae's FTW! Every so often, THE Ms. Mae's will be present, usually at the bar - decked out in antique jewelry, slowly sipping her wine, calmly looking about or at the television mounted in the corner (am I imagining this?). It would behoove you to never ever mutter a single naughty word if you're within earshot. She will chastise you and you will feel somewhat awful for offending her. read more

A great neighborhood dive I was happy to be shown by a local on a recent NOLA trip. I had actually had this place bookmarked but probably would not have checked it out on our own if somebody hadn't taken us. It's located in the Garden District so it's far away from the tourist nonsense of the French quarter and has a completely different atmosphere that attracts locals to just kick back and unwind. Drinks are strong, reasonably priced, and conversation flows naturally as the patrons are very friendly. Not really much else to say besides that but would definitely return if I happen to pass by. read more

Shelly is the best! Great service. Great drinks. love this place. Really enjoyed my time here.

Love Ms Mae's, great prices on drinks, Jukebox Music, Fun Games. Great place to hang with friends.

Fantastically divey. The drinks are cheap. There wasn't a wait for the bathroom and I am pretty sure the place never closes.

So dope, Best on magazine Ask Shelly for his Christmas Special! Tell em Marty Mcfly sent you read more

A Thursday night must for pre-partying. especially during the Tulane school year. Uptown and very VERY divey, but cheap and fun with a truly New Orleans local feel. PS: do NOT try to steal anything or screw around with the awesome decor. there is like one bouncer and if you're banned for life, you really are banned for life, no costume or disguise will save you. read more

If you need a late Night top off with a Bunch of characters this is the place. Locals mixed with College Scene. Drinks are made real.

Absolutely trash bartender, I went one evening and ask for a Bloody Mary and was asked if I was a girl and got told that bloody Mary's are for breakfast " does it look like we serve breakfast?" I asked if he was serious and he said does it look like I'm joking and then complained when I left a ¢50 tip...I use to love going get drinks here when I lived on Napoleon and Saint Charles. I will never spend another dime here. read more

Love this place so much. Bring extra cash because you'll be there a while having so much fun. The bartenders are sweethearts. Love them.

Bartender was the rudest server I've ever had in my life. I complemented her for working hard behind the bar after tipping her (it was a full Friday night) and she yelled at me because I guess $3 tip isn't big enough for an $8 order. A friend asked for change for a single to play pool and she threw the coins at him. I saw the bartender was busy serving drinks so I ask another employee, since the bartender was busy, if he can get me change for a dollar. His response was an eloquent and classy "Fuck no." Now if the drinks were great, you can deal with bottom of the bucket staff. I asked for a rum and Coke and it was crystal clear. Whole cup of rum with a dash of Coke. Worst drink I've ever had and the worst staff I've ever dealt with. I honestly never want to go here again. read more

I can't believe a place like this exists. I heard it used to be 50 cents drinks, but now it's $3 - $4. Which is still not bad!! It's cash only, but it's opened 24 hours a day! They have foosball, pool table and air hocky. There's also a small patio in the back. This is a very chill dive bar. I enjoyed it a lot. Everyone here was great and it's at the end of all the madness on Magazine St. If divey bars are your scene, check it out! read more

I came for the Mexican food. When I tell you, the best Nachos in NOLA, I mean it. The chicken is cooked to perfection. As for the bar, I only went in there to use the atm to get the food outside read more

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Rude service. Bartender was doing her best to pretend to be friendly but she needs a few acting classes to pull that one off. Drinks didn't make up for anything. read more

I love this place; it's a great dive bar, full of locals and characters, open 24 hours a day, and man, it's so much cheaper than the other bars on Magazine Street. How much cheaper? Well, a bottle of Miller High Life was $1.50 when I was there. That's a vertiginous drop compared to the $5 to $7 in most other bars on Magazine. Mixed drinks are $4. I paid $17 for a bourbon on the rocks not very far away from here 48 hours earlier. You may wish to go to an ATM before you arrive here - they are a cash-only business. If you want to see the real New Orleans (the good and the bad), visit here for a bit, and, in the bargain, you will also give your wallet a respite from the vituperative assault on your bank account that Magazine Street is capable of. read more

there's a buttload of misconceptions going on about the Club these days, and i just want to address a few of them. Quickly. 1. Price increases: Mae's once dollar drinks and now 2 dollars (only 3 for a double!). That said, the bartenders, even the really angry ones, POUR twice-to-thrice as HEAVY as about any other server you'll meet- at 9 am or 10 pm (and especially after 3 in the morning.) STILL THE CHEAPEST BAR ANYWHERE NO MATTER WHAT TIME IT IS. 2. Mae herself: The wig has retired, but her indignation and righteous fervor for getting you snookered and bejeebused has not. She will no longer, however, yell at you for having fun. 3. It's a Dive bar people: Dives are by definition: Shitholes. Shitholes you don't personally want to crap in. That said, Mae's is in the upper echelon of the lower-class. If you don't suck at drinking and live in nola, then you have met the clean-up lady about 930 in the morning. The Club is cleaned everyday. Top to bottom. Plenty of, ahem, gentrified bars around that can't accomplish this. 4. The crowd: The Club is a different bar with different clientele ever 3 or 4 hours. If you don't like what you see, try again later. It will be different. Every walk of life in the city patronizes the crossroads of Napoleon and Magazine, some just take a cab. Some don't know where they came from. one last thing. every monday at midnight is T.W.A.T. Tank's Wild Air-hockey Tournament. Pretty self explanatory. There's a paddle above the bar. There's prizes and dumb drinking contests involved, I think. You just split the cost of your game- no other cost. read more

Attention..... pros only, this is a wonderfully creepy and dated dark dive in a city filled with scrappy little bars, if you are a dive aficionado come on in and enjoy Ms Mae's awesomeness and it's 1990's priced liquor. It is clear people pop in here for "to go cups" all day, everyday, as their regular routine and why wouldn't you if you imbibe in the distilled spirits. Seriously if you are a needy tourist or picky priss, you should stay far away. read more

Here's something to think about: bears sh*t in the woods. Bears aren't the brightest crayons in the box, so they think that everywhere they go is in the woods. Henceforth, bears sh*t everywhere. Extrapolate that. This means that you can take the bear out of the woods, but you can't take the woods out of the bear (meaning he's still going to drop a deuce on your rug). What I'm trying to say is that Smoky B has a certain nature. I've got to be myself wherever I go because that's all that I can do! So when the bartender at Ms Mae's told me that a drink here was only .25 of one possum pelt, I thought it was the bath salts that had warped my already fragile grip on reality. Also, I sh*t myself, like a bear. I don't know what else to add to this breathtaking list of yelp reviews. Faith A has got a good point about the air hockey, and Farooq is spot on about my jail buddies. Smoky B out. read more

I will admit that I have been here a few times, but it is not a bar that I would consider being a regular at. Yes like a lot of people touched base on they have cheap drinks. They are also open 24/7. It wasn't really the shady crowd that bothered me about this place but the dress code. I don't know weather or not they still enforce that or not because I haven't been back in like 3 years. The other thing that bothers me about this place is the fact that this place draws in a lot of lowlifes. Yes I have seen quiet a few bad things go on out here. For example I saw a guy get the shit beat out of him for no reason and all while a NOPD squad car drove by and didn't even stop. Yes that is one of the many things I saw there. I used to walk by this place at 4:30-5:00 in the morning on my way to work. Just a word to the wise its not a safe place to be by yourself during that time of day. In short this place is alright for a tourist or a college student but please make damn sure that you don't go into that place alone! read more

Your door guy turned down 11 New Orleans local girls for our friends birthday. He said that "we only had one bartender" and then when he decided we were fit to come in, we told him to get lost. I just want the owner to know how unprofessional he is. read more

Ms Mae's - Dive Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

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I drive past Ms. Mae's all the time but I've never gone inside because (a) I'm not usually around that area when I go out to drink and (b) I'm wary of bars that are open for 24hours. It's just not my scene. So one day I decided to ride my bike over to check it out and have a drink. It was a Friday night and it wasn't really crowded or smokey...yet. I was surprised that the majority of patrons were younger college types. And the drinks were really cheap. I think my Magic Hat #9 was 2 dollars cheaper than anywhere else in the city. I would use Ms. Mae's as a good meeting spot to get a drink before heading to Tip's or Le Bon Temps to see live music. read more

The only reasons to go to Ms. Mae's is to get 19th century priced alcoholic drinks and to play air hockey 24 hours a day. It's certainly a dive bar and sitting down anywhere is questionable. I have had a lot of fun nights getting drinks upon dranks upon drunks. Many college (and post grad) nights have started and/or ended here because it was what we could afford. You would think it would be full of poor twenty somethings, but apparently old people are broke too because this place has a mix of ages. You can be a baller on a budget and offer to buy a round for your six friends! Got a twenty? Awesome, you'll need room in your pockets for change. read more

1.50 for a high life. Pool and air hockey. Nowadays they have a outdoor patio, so they aren't quite the diveist of the dive, but still rock with the best. If you are traveling through New Orleans, and want to chill with some Drunken locals, this is your spot. Definitely on my divey rotation. read more

Ms Mae's - Dive Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

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Ms. Mae's is a solid 24 hour dive bar. It isn't particularly clean, and I wouldn't choose this as my favorite bar in the city but I come back here because of the cheap drinks. Where else in the city can you get a $3 double that is on the edge between very and too strong? They also have bottled beer for cheap ($1.50 for High Life, $2 for PBR, Coors, etc). Ms Mae's draws a wide variety of people, from neighborhood regulars to college kids everyone feels welcome at Ms Mae's. Don't come here expecting it to be nice, it is definitely grungy and the bathroom needs work but it is good at what it does. Definitely recommend going to Ms Mae's if you're in the area and want to grab a cheap drink! A great time to go is if you're going to Free Fridays over the summer at Tipitinas, go to Ms Mae's and grab some drinks first! Tip: Ms Mae's is CASH ONLY! They have an atm there but better to be safe and bring cash with you! Drinks -- 4 stars (they have a lot of options and they make their drinks strong!) Price -- 5 stars Service -- 3.5 stars Atmosphere -- 2 stars read more

To me, Miss Mae's represents that little part of all of us that is a complete degenerate; the bottom-feeding, bar dwelling, chain smoking, booze guzzling, dirty, scummy piece of shit in all of of us. If its not in you....just use your imagination, you dirty little liar. Hands down my favorite dive bar in the country. The minute you walk in, it reaks of debauchery. The nocturnal characters are hunched over bar stools sipping bourbon on the rocks. Pool balls click, college students howl with laughter, the video poker machine chimes in Hallelujah. The fishnet-clad woman winking at you in the bar may or may not be a prostitute. Nestled on the corner of Napoloeon and Magazine Streets, it is the perfect blend of New Orleans charm coupled with the darker, dirtier aspects of this nitty gritty city. Open 24 hours, $2 drinks. I know what it means to miss New Orleans. read more

Its a dive bar with super cheap drinks and air hockey. Always a good time, even on a week night.

A classic New Orleans dive bar! Really cheap, really strong cocktails, loyal locals who you'll see in here regularly, and friendly staff members. Make this a regular stop on your next trip to New Orleans--you won't regret it (though you might not remember it, depending on how much you drink)! read more

I was interested in patronizing this establishment after eating at shaya. The bouncer declined my passport. It's ok, let's just hope enough people review this place and bring it down to the three star it deserves. read more

I can't tell you how much I love this place, but I will try. I went to Ms. Mae's for the first time last year for Jazz Fest. I was brought here by a friend who lives in New Orleans, and I instantly fell in love with the place. I was blown away by a spot with such cheap drinks, and such a great atmosphere. I went again this year, and it lived up to my hazy memories from last time. Friday night was an absolute sh*t show there. But what do you expect when you go to a bar where a round of drinks for your friends and all of the friendly bartenders from Atlanta you just met runs you under $25. I can't wait to come back to New Orleans, and part of that is directly attributable to Ms. Mae's. read more

How have I never reviewed Maes? When This is my home away from home? Air hockey? Check pool table? Check Cheap drinks? Super duper check. Blackouts? Guaranteed. This place is cash only and will have a strange assortment of characters from bikers, to yuppies, poor folk, college kids, French quarter crazies, locals and tourist. They have an atm. Get started read more

You know what it is that I can tell my boyfriend, "I'm just hanging at Ms. Mae's" by myself and he doesn't mind? In fact he prefers to pick me up here if he has to than other bars. Seriously. Why? For all the rep that it has, it's a good place if you break it down. It's across from the police station, so there's never any trouble around (real REAL trouble). Even the crack heads on the poker machines are nice. One of them bought me a beer, just like that. didn't make moves or anything. Just out of kindness. Bar tenders are strict and they don't like people coming in causing heat. Ms. Mae's will mess you up, because it's damn cheap, so beware (and that's that the prices got more "expensive"). Old Ms. Mae used to come down when she was around to monitor the place, but the bar tenders do a good job. Love this joint. Especially in the day time. And I LOVE AIR HOCKEY! Thanks for always looking out for me, old gal! Great jukebox, too. read more

The Club Ms Mae's is a go to spot for cheap drinks. Open 24/7. Cash only. Try a rum punch in a souvenir cup if Zach is bartending, you won't regret it! read more

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After a late brunch at Camellia's, we hopped the trolley to Napoleon Ave and walked south to Magazine. It was here that we came across the infamous Ms. Mae's. This maybe the toughest NOLA review I've had to give. It's really a tale of two stories. Tale 1: The 5 star Ms Mae's deserves. We stroll in after brunch at Camellia's. This had dive bar written all over it. A couple locals slouched over the bar giving us the double take. A friendly bartender in the waits to hand us $2.25 Abita Ambers. This bar was great for a group of 8 in the afternoon. I went to town almost being undefeated on the air hockey table. I put away 3 straight and looked unstoppable until Nick came back from a 6-2 deficit to beat me 7-6. Still stings. Mae's also has a foosball table. Really this is entertainment that is hard to come by. At least it is in Chicago. Alas, we had to leave, to see Magazine street and enjoy the beautiful sunny afternoon. The bar was fantastic and had planned to make a stop back in the evening. Tale 2: The -2 stars I hate to give. We came back here after the stop by Tipitina's. Rolling back in @ midnight did not have the same feel. The crowd was college crowd city. The word had leaked and Ms Mae has turned into any other ordinary frat party that I can't enjoy. The bartenders have no love for the late night action as well as us. As they rolled their eyes, while I ordered the 1st round of 5 drinks. We had to leave after one round and even finished our beer outside. You could tell this was a better bar, better experience, at one time. Now, not so much. So hit this bar early if you go. Unless the college scene is up your alley. Then by all means. This was probably one of the most disappointing hotspots of the trip. However, as you read along my journey, we rebounded from this bad apple. read more