I went here a couple of times with my cousin and only had 1 good experience. We sat at the bar and I forgot the young lady name but she was a bartender and she was very pleasant and accommodating. The food is mediocre. They have some very rude barbacks and the manager is rude and nasty. I would like to say some of them are racist. I will never come here again. I'd rather take my business else where then then racist development. I wish I could give it zero stars. read more

I walk in around 1 am after bar crawling in Towson. Walk in and sit. The place is absolutely dead which is no surprise. The funny thing is that it smells dirty. Which it definitely was as I had a cockroach run by my feet sitting at the bar. After sitting at the bar my girlfriend ordered a drink and I asked the bartender if she could recommend any drink. I also told her I'd be up for trying anything. The look of confusion on her face was priceless. This pink haired bar tender couldn't recommend a single drink. She then stuttered on her words for about a minute before I cut off the sad excuse of critical thinking and told her that I would just take a simple rail drink. Which btw we were never asked for our ID. Mind you me and my GF were above 21. However, if you're below 21 come here you'll be able to drink! Overall, you have tons of bars in Towson, this one should be close to the bottom. Drinks are poor, overpriced, inexperienced employees who are older and should know how to run a bar when you only have about 6 customers. When the place is crowded I'm sure it's nice based off the reviews because, 1, you can't smell the stench of this place when it's crowded, 2, you can't notice the roaches run by your feet because they have their lighting so low to what I assume is to save money and try to pass as their "atmosphere" 3 you'll probably be distracted by all the people that you won't notice your absolute awful bartender who snaps under any mental strain that involves thinking read more

WARNING- Watch out for the staff shorting your food. I went one night and ordered 10 wings, but received only 9 wings. I told the waitress who then had the audacity to say "it's about 10 wings". What? Granted, it was only one wing but it's the principle. If I order 10 wings, I expect 10 wings to be delivered, not 9. How about I estimate the bill, or your tip? Left a sour taste in my mouth and never went back. To the ill mannered waitress who waited on me or her manager, if a customer complains the food order is shorted, either fix the problem or give a discount, or say goodbye to your tip and repeat business! read more

The Rec Room could easily be considered a dive bar, catering primarily to local college students. Their most popular night is Wednesday when they offer the public $1 domestic bottles (Bud, Bud Light, Bud Ice, Coors Lite, Miller Lite, Rolling Rock) from 10pm till 2am, which makes for a cheap buzz. The venue is setup with two large rooms, one entirely pool tables and the other is seating, a dance floor, and a long bar, as well as vending machines and arcade games. The food is mediocre at best, mostly bar food (wings, fries, burgers , and the like) and cost too much for what it's worth. Nonetheless they have a pretty good beer selection and they crowd is usually packed with good looking people, so if your out in Towson, check it out. read more

I have been coming to this place for a number of years and the evolution of the facility over the years has been great. The Towson Tavern was a great split off, though I miss the loss of the pool tables. The outdoor patio addition is absolutely awesome! Drinks here are reasonable and during the fall/spring you can find a very lively crowd. As is the case with most of the Towson bars things slow down somewhat over the summer as students go home. read more

Never tried the food here. Not sure I would. Mixed drinks are usually pretty good. Jack and Coke is my go to drink . Pool tables are solid. They actually just expanded the area and made a huge back deck which is nice on cooler nights in the summer. Fun place, but it slowed down a little now that CVP's opened up again, with an outdoor area as well. It will be interesting to see how these places compete against each other. Right now CVP's is owning them with the specials. However, I do like the Rec Rooms back deck area better. More seating. read more

The best time to go to the Rec Room is when the college students go home for Winter and Summer break. During those times, the Rec Room is a great place. There are pool tables and a full bar. The nachos are the best nachos I have ever had. The staff is always nice. We always have a fun time. read more

Extremely poor service. Ditsy bartender who can't make a drink. Rushed out of bar and told to "finish your drinks" when the place doesn't close for another 30 minutes. The point of staying open is to maximize profits which pays your salary. Maybe with more critical thinking you could understand this to increase your tip revenue? read more

Great specials. Fast friendly service. Perfect for lunch carryout if you work in the area.

The REC Room is an ok bar, it is a typical Towson college hangout where the young people can indulge in a lifestyle (No Priorities) that will end once graduation day comes. Well for some give it a year or two after college :). read more

Fun place t shoot pool and have some fun.. most of the time it is a younger crowed .. But it tends to be a nice one..

Excellent service. Decent prices. Brooks did a great job taking care of us. The outdoor seating is great. Not much noise from the traffic outside. And they had great music on 7/10. read more

i love this place but the service is terrible when it's busy. i've currently been waiting 30 mins to be served. servers are rude

Covered outdoor seating in the back. Bar food is good. Their fries are awesome. Burger and fries do the trick. Atmosphere changes completely on weekend nights. Drunk college kids. read more

I like Rec Room. It's a decent college party spot on the weekends, and the music is always pretty good. The drinks are nice and cheap and you can party inside out outside on the patio which plays different music if your not a fan of what's playing inside. Downside however is that the the bathrooms are a tad bit too small and overcrowded and the bouncers can be really rude and arrogant. They take their job way too seriously and is continuously one of the biggest buzz kills. I was sick in the bathroom once and and they came barging in and kicked me out, and in a really rude manner too! read more

Great food, extensive menu with options for everyone. Delicious crabs and a wonderful outdoor patio! Rec room definitely stepped it up a notch! read more

A typical college bar with decent bar food and drinks. Very average in a no-nonsense way. If you want a burger and fries or some wings and beer, this is a good place to go. read more

Food is great definitely try the Boh tenders. Service is excellent and happy hour and daily specials are always a hit! It becomes a college scene towards the end of each night with music and dancing - but is a excellent lunch stop or happy hour spot. read more

Employees and management are aggressive and rude. Blonde bartender charged me for extra drinks and then gave me attitude. Bouncer cussed at me as I was leaving. read more

Simply the best! My partner and I come hear for happy hour or dinner at least twice a week. AMAZING staff, food, drinks, everything! I recommend it to everyone that comes to the neighborhood. read more

THE GOOD: the patio--all about the patio food pool drink specials on weeknights THE BAD: fratty/biddies THE UGLY: Jersey Shore Best college bar in Towson but really depends on the night. Patio is fun. Good music on occasion. read more

I've been to this place several times and I enjoyed it every time. But tonight was the complete opposite all due to poor customer service. I walked to the bartender (brown/blonde female) and asked for a red bull. Bartender: monster Me: ?? Red bull? Bartender: monster.... Me: * confused face* Bartender: we only sell monster here *with attitude* Me: Oh OK, I never had it, what does it taste like? Bartender: *rolls eyes* I don't know I can't describe a energy drink to you! *walks away* I was highly insulted and Feel that she was very rude. I tried to tell another Bartender what happened they ignored. Because of this situation I won't be getting drinks from there again. They need to hire friendly people. read more

Food clearly isn't fresh. Staff doesn't have too much personality to speak of. Not worth another trip

Went there for lunch and a beer. They have no bottle menu, place reeked of smoke, table was sticky, and floor was even more sticky. Kind of funny that a place with a no smoking sign on the door would reek of smoke and smell like an ashtray. I closed out and decided against ordering lunch. read more

Trying to find a menu online and their website keeps taking me to club torrent. If you own a big bar in Towson get a real website morons.

Nice service, food is ok. But they allow smoking indoors and on the enclosed patios so it's pretty trashy clientele. If you smoke in public then you pretty much belong in a trailer park. It's disgusting read more

bartender courtney is just amazing!!!!!!!! my bahamaa mama was perfectness. she's alwahs a sweet heart

I was there on a busy Saturday night. I opened my tab, and closed it. Then I opened a second tab and when I asked to close it, they said I didn't have a tab or my card... I called the next day in hopes the card would have turned up. I wasn't in a hurry to cancel it as I had turned it off, so if it was just on their floor or behind something, then I could turn it back on. If they had accidentally given it to the wrong customer, then that person still couldn't use it. Well I called the next day and they said they didn't have it. I had a friend who was across the street, and he ran over to ask about the card for me, as a last effort as I'd never had to cancel a card before. He said that I had a tab open still but they didn't have my card! 1) You lose or give my card to the wrong person and 2) Tell me I don't have a tab when I do. The whole thing has been irritating, especially since the bartender wasn't very nice saying I didn't have a tab and they didn't have my card. Definitely not going to be using my cards there for a while. Will be strictly paying with cash. read more

Rec room is a cool spot, on the weekends it's dead till 11 or 12 which is typical of towson area bars. The prices are good and the back patio is great for summer through early fall. Now would I consider rec room a towson university bar? Ehhh not really, I'd say on Friday and Saturday nights only about 50% of the crowd are college students. Overall it's a good bar, I haven't really had a bad time there yet read more

I personally really enjoy this bar, they have great out door seating that is nice when the weather is on point. The food and drinks are good, not pricey in my opinion. Now i really do like this place, which is why i gave them a 4... What i HATE about this place is the clientele. Its just crazy on like thursday nights-saturday. A bunch of (TOWSON) Students so im sure you can imagine what it looks like in there. A bunch of want to be frat guys yellin BRAHHHH and girls who dont know how to dress to the weather, showing every little piece of skin in their god awful high waisted shorts and belly shirts.... I like this bar during the week when it is dead. I do not like being in places that have swarms of people like that especially when they are those types of people. Just does not make for a good time, they over drink, fight and i mean you'll see it if you just ride by! I do recommend coming here just read more

this place is awesome. went here for trivia night. cool prizes and drinks arent too bad price-wise.

I've eaten there once. It was with a big group. Our food took a really long time. I had the pot roast quesadilla. It was just meat and cheese. No veggies. It was really heavy and salty. read more

This place is a fucking shithole. I'm 22 years old and the dude with the ponytail rejected my ID. I'm kinda glad I got rejected because there were cockroaches in the restaurant. I will make sure I never go back to this place because I was disrespected and it is poorly managed. read more

Stopped in to watch football on Sunday afternoon. We were so pleasantly surprised! We assumed we would be settling for cheap deepfried bar food, but not at all. The food is fantastic and a good deal too considering its in Towson. No frozen mystery meat chicken tenders here, they were fresh, crispy and delicious. Steak quesadilla was great and cheesesteak was too. We will definitely be back. read more

All the people that have been writing reviews trashing the food and atmosphere need to understand that it is a COLLEGE bar, so going in expecting a fine dining experience is asinine. I fit into that demographic, so naturally I am a fan of the place. I wouldn't exactly go on a date there, but for happy hour, the food is definitely above par. I usually keep it simple with a burger or wings, and both have always been really good. Overall as long as you go in with the right expectations, Rec room is a solid happy hour choice or late night drinking spot. read more

ok they wanted money to check my coat 5 buck in parking ,,,, was dead inside at 11 n the people that work their were mostly black n cared more about talking to each other then helping cusstomers also after I paid 8 dollRS FOR A SHOT n the two beers they had were junk n cost as much as a meal . then I got kicked out wearing 80 dollar designer pants that they called sweat pants only thing I liked was one cute girl behind the bar that was nice to me ,, only good about the place were the lights n the people that come in staff was a joke ,, never ever will return people taking coats were assholes read more