Vibe - weird. It's in a basement and smells like it. We had a work function here and the communication wasn't the best with our Bars and Rec reps as we found out as we arrived that they would have food out then we'd do a demo and start golfing. The spread was laughable for the price paid. The pizza was probably the best value. What sucks the most is that they take everything away after an hour and a half, even the "safe to leave out" things like pretzels. You can't leave food out that we paid for, especially if it's not a health concern? Maybe provide boxes so people could take things home? Wasteful and disappointing. The pizza and garlic bread got the best reviews. Cheese and veggie tray were what you'd expect. The staff behind the bar were friendly and quick to help, but I wasn't a fan of the demo provider. Spoke quietly and was upset that the group couldn't hear him though it was pretty full in the event space with another party who was already underway. The idea was unique enough but you'll need extra time to set up the courses. Overall, not impressed with this venue. Recommend any other Bars and Rec instead. read more

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What a fun experience!! We did our team holiday outing here and all had a blast! I am a hater of mini-golf, but this has blown my mind, and now I'm obsessed (I will only come here from now on for mini-golf). We had a reservation, and it was only our group and the staff, which was nice and private for us to go wild. We split into teams and had 30 minutes to build our course. I will say ours was the best. After that, we all took turns trying out each other's courses. It was so much fun, and I would definitely recommend it for a team/office outing or just a party with some friends/family. read more

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Unique experience- was fun building our own course. The monthly cocktail was very good and we had a lot of laughs! read more

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9 Below, nestled in the basement area under Beans and Barley is a unique Milwaukee experience where putt putt golf and drinking go hand in hand. It was fun and entertaining but I'm not sure I'd be back and actually sit through 2 or so hours of chaos again. I wound up enjoying what I will deem "the best thing they got" which is a couple consoles of Nintendo 64 and a boat load of old games. 4 controllers and booze at your fingertips... We played Mario Kart like there was no tomorrow! The overall chaos of setting up your own holes was fun but I am a person who bores easily and thus fell out of sorts with the whole experience pretty quick. I do think the place is A-OK but its not my cup of tea. Good times though! read more

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I would not go unless I was in a larger group. The drinks are cheap, and they have old school N64 to play while you wait for your round to start. They give you about an hour to get set up and create the hole, and then you practice and start playing. You play 9 holes that your separate groups created and made pars for. That usually takes another hour. The bartenders were friendly, and one of the pros is that you are always going to get a different course everytime you go. Sometimes the holes are so hard it's just plain frustrating. But a really fun group activity that won't break the bank for a bunch of people. read more

Ever wonder where those stairs on the side of Beans and Barley go? Well, they go to a create-your-own mini golf course, where else?! Once I figured that out, I wanted to check it out. We went in January for a birthday Sunday funday with a group of 5. Although mini golf sounds like a kid-friendly activity, Nine Below is definitely an adult atmosphere, you walk right into the bar area at the bottom of the stairs. They stick with the golf theme, the bartenders are dressed in polos and visors and they have golf drink specials along with some good beer options. The space is bigger than it looks from the outside, they could have 20+ groups going at once. There weren't a ton of other groups when we went but they had left some holes set up from previous rounds so we still had a lot of holes to golf. We did a round of Maker's Golf. At the beginning of your two hours, the employees explain the rules and then let you have about 45 minutes to create your hole including gathering props from the prop room, giving it a name, and determining par. Each group tries to outdo the next with clever prop and name combos, as well as the trickiness of the set up. When the holes are created, you grab your balls and start golfing! Just like mini golf each hole is fun to figure out, watch your friends shoot way over par, or try for the hole in one. One of my favorite parts was the "golf cart" we got to wheel around with our drinks. After about an hour of mini golf, I felt more than satisfied with mini golfing and ready to reemerge into the daylight. Like mini golf, this isn't something I would want to do every month but I would do it again if a group was going, I like the idea of bringing a work outing. Because it's downstairs, this is best as a cold weather or rainy day activity. If you're curious or just really into golf, stop in for a drink at their bar sometime and check it out. Otherwise if you're bringing a group, it's easy to reserve online. *mini golf clap to round this hole thing out* Have fun! read more

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What a fun, cool experience!! My boyfriend surprised me by taking me here during our weekend getaway to Milwaukee. I had no clue what was going on, but soon learned we would be making our own mini golf courses. The place was packed and we had such a good time interacting with the people around us. It was a silly, entertaining, and great time! The drinks are pretty cheap, and they even give you a little cart to wheel your stuff around in while you're moving from course to course. It's definitely a place that's out of the box, and great for doing something other than going to a bar and drinking. There were a few groups celebrating birthdays and bachelorette parties. The only thing that would make this place better is if they had real food. By the end of the night I was starving, and all they had were small snacks like chips and and soft pretzels. Other than that, I would 10/10 recommended. read more

Nine Below - Golfing area - Bars Near Me - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Place is sick, good drinks and a lot of fun. Shout out Juan for the dad jokes and the bartenders for the great drinks/experience. Definitely going back read more

This place is such a fun mix on the usual Friday or Saturday night activity for a date or a small group. I went here on a date and it was an absolute blast. He signed us up for a time on a Friday night and it was completely packed. We got there early to grab a drink and scope out the props for our hole. They have a full bar and so many fun and random props to create your hole. It's a lot of fun to see the creative side of everyone. You have around an hour to design your hole and another hour then to play all of the other holes. My one tidbit on this was I think we could have used a little less time to design and more to play the holes, because we weren't able to finish all of them. Overall, I would definitely come back here. I think I would recommend not to have too large of a group, because that's what makes it take longer for each hole. read more

such a fun activity to do while enjoying some adult beverages!! you make your own mini golf course with all sorts of props, and then spend your 2hr session circling around playing everyone else's. they also have a nintendo 64 with mario kart on it which is my childhood in a nutshell & so fun to play while waiting to get started. drinks are fairly priced -- they have a very good French mule with champagne in it for $6, and you can get a light beer for $3 which I think is reasonable. don't come hungry through because while I believe they have a snack or two on the menu, they really aren't serving food. you need a reservation so make sure to book ahead of time. read more

Nine below is a great place for any group of people to spend some time together at a bar with an activity to do. The whole place is decorated like a mini put place, which is pretty cool. The concept of this place is to build your own mini put hole (obstacles, paths, etc) and then play a round of mini golf with other holes made by other people. It's usually pretty fun and entertaining, especially given the amount of obstacles and building materials provided. The bar has good prices for drinks too! The only downfall (not caused by Nine Below) is that sometimes groups can make ridiculous obstacles for their hole, which makes it almost impossible to play. If there are too many like this in a round, it can definitely end up being less fun to play. read more

This was a great birthday for me and a small group of friends. Really enjoyed the session and thought it was timed pretty well, and alcohol wasn't expensive either, which I appreciated. I also liked how we took photos for their Facebook and IG profiles. Easy to access, and free for us/free advertising for them. Only reason I give it four stars rather than five is that we had one member of our group have a family member get deathly sick a couple hours before the session and weren't able to remove them from our reservation because "the system locked it in". You're telling me you don't have control over your own system? Especially with a couple hours' notice. (Their cancellation policy is 24 hours, by the way.) I understand that people are fickle, and that they could cancel an entire reservation in a moment's notice. But the result instead is that the event organizer, who usually is the one spearheading to come here in lieu of another business, gets left with the tab when someone doesn't show up, meaning I'm not going to go to all the effort to bring people back, knowing the reservation system is so inflexible. So Nine Below loses out on my bringing another group here all because they wouldn't charge me $85 instead of $90. There has to be a better way. This is the same reason I've never tried the axe throwing, because whenever you get a big enough group that the price per head gets reasonable, you always lose a person and pay more than you would going alone. Employee actually said they'd comp me a free game for our missing person, which was a nice gesture at the moment. But they never followed through on it. EDIT: They did actually send me this, but the alert got stuck in my spam folder and I found it one week later. read more

Jamie, James and katelyn were great bar tenders!! The place itself has great ambiance and so much fun! Definitely recommend coming here with a group of friends! read more

We went here for an adult birthday party. They charged us more than the online price. Not sure why, we had 20 people and used four holes. Maybe because we were a private party, but we could have reserved the four holes online for a lot cheaper. You would think for 20 people, they would give you a price break. We ended up paying about $25 per person. Plus many of us had a few beers and other drinks, which should have helped their business. The concept was fun, but they need more variety for props. Maybe some things for ramps or some moving parts on some of the items. The worse part was that the whole place smelled like sewer and it was very musty. When we complained about the smell, they acted surprised and said something about a clogged grease trap. It was strong enough to give several of us headaches and it just wasn't a pleasant experience when you are smelling sewer the whole time. I would have given three stars if the whole place did not smell so bad or if they would have at least owned up to the smell and given us all a free round of drinks. read more

I was out Christmas shopping last weekend; and my husband and I randomly ended up at Nine Below. For some reason, the thought of mini golf and beer in the middle of the afternoon was quite appealing. We didn't build our own course; but loved the idea of coming back with a group of friends and doing that one evening. We played the challenging course that was already set up, and laughed at how terrible we were; while enjoying a few beers. After, we had fun playing old school video games at the bar, eating nachos. It was a fun day date, but would be more fun with a group. read more

We came to Nine Below for my bachelorette party. The staff took good care of us and we had a great time designing greens to stump each other. Perfect way to end the evening! read more

Recently, I had the chance to go to 9 Below, a min-golf tavern located 9-feet below ground on Milwaukee's East Side. Not only do you get to play mini-golf while enjoying drinks in a fun, bar-type setting, but you also get to design your own mini-golf course, using various obstacles and items to make each hole unique. You also get to name each hole and set a "par." While my colleagues and I enjoyed this fun, teambuilding exercise away from the office, I also enjoyed a Bloody Mary from the bar. read more

Off to a confusing start at the register. Young hip staff. Good cocktails and beer selection! A fun place to take a group of people- reserve a spot ahead of time. Great way to have fun indoors if it's raining or cold out and you just want to play some put put. A great idea and well executed. I can see it getting a bit chaotic with the rolling carts and narrow walkways, but luckily we were there on a slower night. I had a great time and will definitely be going back! ‍ read more

Kaitlyn, Rachel, Lilly, Madeline are amazing!!! I had a great time playing mini golf!

Fantastic atmosphere!! madi, katelyn, alexis, & dylan were the BEST bartenders i've ever had!!! super friendly and attentive, definitely coming back!!! read more

I had a wonderful time here! The courses were fun and interesting. The drinks were reasonably priced. Everyone who worked there was very helpful and nice to all the guests. Plus they have TVs at the bar, and free wifi. A really cool new spot to check out in Milwaukee, conveniently located by a lot of other cool places too. I hope to be back! read more

I was in charge of booking a company event, and decided on Nine Below because of the unique in-bar experience. We rented the Back 9, which was the perfect size for our group of 35 people. David did an outstanding job helping me with the event. He managed to hype everyone up throughout the night and assured me that everyone will have a great experience. Having him take the reigns made my night a lot less stressful. Letting everyone to take part in creating a hole was really interesting. It allowed for individuals to show off their own creativity and personality. As for the rest of the experience, the music was on point, the drinks weren't overpriced, and the atmosphere was incredible. If you're looking for a laid-back, unique venue to book a company outing at, I would definitely recommend NineBelow. read more

It was my birthday today and I couldn't have asked for anything more. The crew members were great and sang me happy birthday over the mic! I had a great time and a birthday to remember with the awesome service! read more

Fantastic fun! Great customer service, yummy margaritas, & loved the twinkle lights! read more

Nine Below - Bars Near Me - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Weird place...you create your own mini golf hole. Maybe some more fun interactive items. Wasn't excited about any of the obstacles. Drinks were good. It was a Saturday night and wasn't even close to being full. read more

A great spot for a work event! We hosted a private event on a Friday afternoon, and it turned out to be such a blast! The staff/bartenders were very informative and accommodating, which helped everything run so smoothly! Everyone created such interesting themes and names for their mini-golf hole, which made it very enjoyable for the full 2 hour event. I was worried at first that 2 hours would be too much time, but it turned out to be perfect! Definitely recommend coming to Nine Below! read more

Super fun, nice staff, good drinks. It's a really interesting concept and I love mini golf and I love drinking so it's a win win. It's a great place for you to go with a group of people and actually do something together which can be difficult to find. read more

9 Below is fantastic it has first class service. The servers are incredible and the beer is cold. THE BEST!

Great for work outings and team building. We had a group of nine and had a blast. Great staff as well.

A great time was had by all! We had a work outing to this GREAT establishment. And everyone really enjoyed themselves. The staff is TOP NOTCH and were always there to help. I would recommend this to any company that is looking for a great team building experience. Everyone is wondering when we will be going back! David you should be very proud of your staff - they did an excellent job! read more

Second time going to Nine Below and it was a blast! Went for a work outing and the staff were incredibly helpful planning the event. Everyone in my group had a blast designing their own courses and then playing the other team's courses! Definitely recommend this place and each time you go the course is different! read more

Tried Nine Below for the first time yesterday and it did not disappoint! A perfect two hours of fun and entertainment. Drinks were reasonably priced and staff was really positive. Four out of five stars because the snacks really lacked. Next time, we will eat BEFORE we go but otherwise, a perfect outing! read more

This place is super fun! I came here for a group outing and we had a lot of laughs. Great drinks, entertainment and service was top notch. I would go back. read more

It's a really unique bar, and a great place to hang with friends. Building your own minigolf hole with all the props allotted to you and playing on others' courses make it so you never have the same experience twice. The only issue is the cost of admittance and of the drinks. With more bars closing on North, you can expect the costs to stay pretty high. read more

This was a really cool idea! We went just to kill some time on a Saturday afternoon after a recommendation from some friends. Turned out to be really fun! It was pretty chill while we were there, only 4 or 5 groups. I can imagine it gets pretty lively with a full crowd. After playing the round, you get a lot better ideas for things to try. The video games were a cool additionv too. I would definitely go again and I would highly recommend it. Great way to spend an afternoon! read more

I went to Nine Below during their Grand Opening. It was tons of fun, both designing and playing various courses. Great addition to Milwaukee. Definitely worth a visit! read more

Definitely not worth $20 per person for only 9 holes... sure we could retry the 9 holes one more time, but why where we not able to play on the other side? Idk kinda a waste, go ice skating kids. read more

This place was a blast for our corporate event. We took 22 estimators here as one of the group events during our annual departmental retreat. It was a great team-building event and a fun time We've got a mix of people - ages from 25 to 60+, men and women- as well as a mix of personalities. It is hard to find a retreat activity that everyone can feel challenged by and can participate in. We gave Nine Below a try and it worked out well for us. Additional comments: - They don't serve food, but I understand they will allow you to bring your own. We brought in snacks. Another group (also a business) looked like they had some appetizers catered in. - 2 hours was just about the right amount of time for the golf event itself, but if you wanted a meeting or an award event, then work out additional time with Nin Below when you arrange your event. - We took the open bar option, which just made life easier. Didn't have to keep a bunch of individual tabs or worry about settling up at the end. And the bar was not rail drinks; it was name-brand. And a good selection of craft beers. - We had a large group and we were split up 3 per team, and we had half of the place reserved for just us. But I could see this working very well for smaller groups. Two couples who are tired of going to movies, or just a group of friends tired of an ordinary bar. (it is a bar, though - so probably not a thing for families with children) - There is an elevator and, from what I could tell, the business was completely accessible. One member of our team is in a wheelchair and he had no problems. I would highly recommend Nine Below to any group. read more

This is a very fun concept and we had a great time, but we the music was way, way too loud. We could hardly speak to the people in our group, even after we asked that it be turned down. read more

This was SO much fun! Amazing cocktails, super fun session. We got an hour to set up our own hole and then an hour to golf everyone else's. They had custom obstacles for us to use and score cards for the 9 holes. Drinks are reasonable prices and they have small snacks for the couple hours. Highly recommend for a winter night out. read more