We always pass this bar when we're in Waco but had never been until just the other day. I'm glad we stopped by. It's a cool little local sorta divey (in a great way) spot. My boyfriend and I shared an N/A beer and chatted up the bartender on duty for a bit. They were super welcoming and totally cool with our little fur guy Benji being there as well. Definitely wanna go back again soon. read more

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Nice staff, relatively clean l location, very fun and kind patrons. Despite being warned against this place from many "locals" - (see: UGH) - it was one of the highlights of the area. Whether you want karaoke on a huge stage, a game of pool, or dancing outside -- this is the place for you downtown. read more

First timer here!! The door guys, the security guys and both guys in the sound booth were really cool. The younger female bartender was awful. Obviously an amateur and not friendly or nice. She would stand at the end of the bar and chat with non- customers and literally roll her eyes when people came up for service. There was a male bartender that night and he was excellent and experienced. I will not be back because of the young lady bartender's attitude. read more

This was a cool spot! We did karaoke, pool, and darts, and it was nice to have so much to do. Great value on drinks, great ambiance. read more

Truelove Bar - Bars Near Me - Waco, Texas

The manager cut me off after having one drink with out an explanation. I politely ask the reason and was not told anything. Asked for the manager for a reasonable explanation and was told they were too busy. Also really musty and hot inside. Smells like urine. Better places in Waco by far. 0/10 would not recommend read more

This bar is an absolute joke. They literally cut me off after just 3 drinks, which has never happened to me anywhere else. If you're looking for a good time, avoid this place at all costs and head to The Warehouse instead. The staff here is rude and unprofessional, and the so-called security is a joke. If they're going to put their hands on people, they should at least be taller and bigger. It's laughable. Despite some people calling this place LGBTQ+ friendly, let me make it clear: THIS IS NOT A GAY BAR. Looking at other reviews, it's clear I'm not alone. People have complained about how overpriced the drinks are, how filthy the environment is, and how the staff treats customers poorly. Save yourself the hassle and find literally anywhere else to spend your money. read more

I am from New Orleans, and it is totally normal to take an unfinished drink outside of establishments. I was waiting for my ride outside, and as I was about to take my last sip, the bouncer snatched it out from my lips without even a warning. I could have been warned rather than it physically removed from me. It was very rude and unprofessional. My friends and I loved this bar, but the bouncer just ruined the night. read more

Went here for a friends birthday it was a group of 6 of us we were having a good time hanging out and spending money buying drinks and keep in mind it is only 9p.m. There was hardly anyone in there and we have been here for over an hr just sitting at a table conversating when one of the bouncers comes and ask me to come with him and I asked him to explain what I had done wrong he said I had done nothing wrong but his manager noticed my FREEDOM shirt and that they didnt allow political apparel in the place. After we left my buddy was telling me that when he went to the bar, the bar tender said i was a trouble maker and my buddy just laughed thinkin they were joking but now looking back they were judging me based off of my tee shirt and we were not acting wild or anything we were literally sitting down haveing a good time, the staff at this place are ridiculous they treated us so disrespectfully. I understand having your beliefs but judging my character based off my apparel is crazy especially considering that this bar is known for having a huge diversity of people and to know they only rufuse service to the conservative party is disgusting! I will never be back to this place. RIP Charlie Kirk. read more

I'm from Houston and this bar gives hella good vibes staff is more then friendly and drinks are A1 Highly recommended to come here A1 5 read more

Not sure what the reviews are talking about ! But it's a great scene, welcoming vibe ! Good energy and a great variety of drinks

If you plan on having a good time, don't go to this bar. Me and some friends went out for our friends 21st birthday. We were sitting outside waiting for the dj to come on, talking and laughing, minding our own business. Then not 1 not 2 but 3 security gaurds come out and tells one of the girls she has to leave cause we got her another drink when NO ONE, NOT ONE PERSON, told ANY OF US, she was cut off. Ok fine whatever, we walked those friends to their car and went to go back inside. Upon walking up to the door they asked for my ID again, which no problem, I was grabbing it out of my purse and it took me a second to find it in my wallet because I wasn't prepared to have it out since I had already been inside. My friend was like here let me get it and i told her "No I'm fine, i can get it." and the security guard then proceeds to tell me "Well I can't let you in because you just said you were drunk". Ummm, excuse me? No I did not I said I was fine. So I was like whatever that's dumb, can I close my tab at least? And they told me no that my friend had to close it for me. They treated us like we were causing issues/fights/scenes. Never once have I heard of a bar kicking you out for minding your own business sitting at a table and for saying "I'm fine". This bar apparently doesn't like when you have fun, mind your own business, or is too impatient to wait for you to supply your ID. So never will I ever come back nor will I ever recommend someone go here. read more

This the spot for Fridays and Saturdays been multiple times and never had any issues. The drinks are always good. The staff Is always good. The food is good especially for a bar. read more

Awesome bar with three different sections for whatever you desire. There's karaoke in the main bar area inside, then a second inside bar that is smaller, and then an outdoor section with a DJ, room to dance, and plenty of seating. Prices were great and it was a great night! read more

This place acts like they have cornered the market market on Waco night life. They are way too quick to throw anyone out and are the dumbest people to ever run a bar ever. They are successful despite of themselves not because of themselves. They lost my debit card and then wanted to toss me and my wife because we were a little concerned. They are a joke and not a real bad. Skip this place! read more

TrueLove is the coolest bar in Waco! They have some amazing cocktails and also have an ELOTE PIZZA This is the closest thing to a dive bar in Waco, karaoke is always fun to watch read more

This place is so special to me. Just after one night, too. Without all of the details of my exploits, I ended up here. Seeking something, but I wasn't sure just what. This was certainly a popular hangout for the college kids, but a decent mix as well. The kind of place you find a mass amount of college students, stoners, tourists, townies and just about all else, coexisting. They are like your average college town bar. Draft, bottles, shot specials, etc. The location is wonderful. Take a Lyft here (not Uber, lest you be Cosby'd) and you can stroll to a lot of places. Once in (there is a door person) you will meet tjis cast or characters. I was instantly at home. I ordered my beer and a group of college kids were waiting to cheers me. We hollered, cheers'd, and went about our lives. Even after all that, I silo'd myself at a bench by the pool tables and disappeared. It was wonderful. I would suggest this as a middle or last stop if you are visiting Waco. I will certainly be back. I doubt you will regret it. read more

So this is my take on TRUELOVE BAR, I'm a very very patient person. I've come to this bar countless times with family & friends I've recommended this bar to tons of people and let me say I will never recommend this place ever again or go here again and neither will a lot of people I know... me and my fiancé came to true love on a Thursday night after the fair we stopped in Trojans and long story short we get to the door and DANIEL (piercing in between the eye brow) is checking my ID is staring rather crappy at my husband. I ask why HIS HE WAS DOING THIS? RESPONSE: HE DRUNK HE JUST SWAVED, AS HE IS TALKING TO MY GIRLFRIEND AND LAUGHING WITH HER. HE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SPEAK to the door guy didn't even get close to the door for him to make this judgement call. I said you're joking right? He literally had three beers and that was from the fair and one at Trojans this man looked me dead in my face and told me no I'm not kidding I said this is crap: THIS SAME MAN DANIEL HAS DONE THIS TO MY FIANCÉ 3 times 2nd encounter just two weeks prior and we still continue to come back I looked at him and told him if you don't know what discrimination looks like this is a fine definition of it. We proceeded to walk away he then tell me when I said I want to speak to the manager that there's A YELP PAGE FOR THIS.... I lost it. I was like oh so not only are you rude but think you're funny. We proceeded to leave but I'll tell ya the people who walked in behind us got into with that guy and had plenty of choice words which I don't blame them this man hadn't even got to speak to my partner before just assuming which I think is very unprofessional. Will be speaking to manager and cameras will be looked at... but I sense a discrimination lawsuit coming soon from someone. Will no longer be attending this bar. If you don't fit their type, then your not coming in. Extremely unprofessional and hope that guy knows what a day job is because he was a major prick and I don't see him lasting to long in that business. Not only did this bar loose a lot people but a lot of respect. Went into putters after this they served us just fine..... from now on we will stick to what we know. read more

Staff believes they're more special than the guests. Rough service, no engagement, just going through the motions here.

Fun place to hangout. Not too many people but it was a Monday night. Great karaoke, drinks and pool.

Really great bar in Waco where they have really chill vibes and surfboards up. They also have karoake. I would highly recommend you check it out read more

This is a favorite hometown haunt that tourists love too! Featuring drag shows, karaoke, trivia night, live music, & live comedy. It features an extensive outdoor patio with seating & a cantina-style bar with a covered outdoor stage. The inside has two sections, a cocktail lounge room perfect for renting out for a small event or celebration & the main area with a great stage, 2 pool tables, & plenty of seating. They have a great menu & a huge selection of local beers - especially the ever popular '$1 mystery beer' which equates to 'we have 1 left and it's yours'! Next time you're in town, check it out. I've never felt unsafe here even as an unaccompanied woman & that speaks volumes about management & the staff as well as security at the door. read more

Fun Tricia night. Staff made excellent drinks. They had a great variety. Wish they had more beer on tap, but they had tons to choose from in cans. It was clean, felt warm and welcoming. People were chill and happy to be there, not wild and rambunctious! There was a huge mix of people so all ages. I guess it's supposed to be a gay bar? But you never would've known. It was perfect. We enjoyed our night here! read more

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Avoid this place. They jump to kick people out. I was there for 2 1/2 hours. No alcoholic beverages. Just enjoying company sitting at a table with friends. Was a little loud. I was approached and asked to leave. I was like excuse me?! The only thing I can think of is they are going table to table checking people to see if they are sober. I said what are you TABC? And they walked away. Judgmental environment. Maybe I was not hot college girl material but who knows! If you're loud skip this place. read more

True Love is always the chill spot. Been coming here for years. Everyone is welcome and the events are always a blast.

Really fun place to hang out and have a few drinks with friends! Definitely a more old school adult atmosphere. It's dimly lit, pool tables, and a lit up karaoke stage. Depending on the day you go, you might find yourself in line for the karaoke for a while, as sometimes you have the older ladies that queue up a bunch of songs bartenders are nice, vibes are chill, great spot! read more

So our group goes out to celebrate our friend's birthday with drinks and karaoke. The line to get in to Truelove is long, but we stick it out. We wait about forty minutes to get in. It's fine, we makeshift a table, order some drinks, and get our names on the karaoke list. We're #20 on the list. An hour and a half goes by and we go to check out where we are now. The same four people have been singing most of the time. We have only moved up two spots- we're now #18. We ask the DJ (Glen) what's up, and he says we need $20 to move our names up the list- per person. So anyways, if you feel like spending $100 or wasting three hours, this a great spot, but otherwise you can find a better place to spend your night. Although if you're looking for a job, Glen probably makes bank, so I highly recommend looking into managing karaoke for a bar. read more

Customer service was terrible. The door guy was rude and unfriendly. They need better people at the door if they want to attract more customers. read more

Cool little local spot on the main drag in Waco. It's grungy, it's smelly, and it's college'y yo! None the less there isn't much to pick from in this sleepy college town. They have numerous craft beers in the beer cooler and are known for their $2 fire sale Bartenders pick. Prices are reasonable. Maybe a little pricey for college kids but I'm sure they have specials certain nights. Monday is live karaoke which can be a good thing or bad thing. Haha read more

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I debated writing this because I try to give people a lot of patience. Coming from a family of restaurant owners, I know that it is not always easy-- especially during times when you are subject to even more criticism. That being said, my experience at Truelove was that of an appalling one. Words cannot express my disappointment and anger after being asked to leave (impolitely at that) by a nobody-bartender who claimed my ID was fake and then insinuated that I was uneducated. Here is what happened: my friend and I entered Truelove in hopes to grab a few drinks, the bouncer was very kind: he checked our ids and temperate and we went inside. It was pretty dead so we went out to the back to check out the scene. We were standing away from everyone completely distanced, figuring out where we were going to sit down. A young man, or should I say boy, approached us, came all up in our faces, and asked us to put masks on. He then proceeded to ask us for our ids. We politely handed them to him and explained that the bouncer had already checked them out the door; to which he RUDELY replied "well I would like to check them again". He took them to the light and looked at my friend's (TX) and handed it back to her. He then blurted out to me "THIS IS FAKE. YOU MUST LEAVE RIGHT NOW". I replied saying, "because I have a New York license, it's fake?". And he said "no because it says not for federal purposes. Please leave". I said "I'm sorry sir, have you ever heard of an enhanced ID? The reason it says Not for federal purposes is because it's not an enhanced ID." He said yes I know what that is and I don't care. This is fake. He continued to harass my friend and I, follow us around the bar, all while we were simply trying to talk to the manager. He accused me of a crime first of all, second of all talked to us in a completely unprofessional manner, and would not let us speak to a manager. I had my passport pulled up on my phone to show them, just so they know it wasn't fake. I'm a pre-law student who is applying to law schools, I would never do anything to risk my reputation like that. I'm just a Baylor student here from New York. If he would have politely asked to see another form or asked another person for an opinion it would have been different but that was NOT what occurred. After we finally asked another bartender for a manager, JUSTIN followed us to the door and said we had to leave. Continued to harass us, all while the original bouncer said our ids looked fine. After waiting quite some time, a manger finally came and we tried to speak to him. NOT ONCE did we get an apology from him or anyone else. All the manger said was "I will talk to Justin about how that is not his job." And then he said "listen ladies, I think you should just go enjoy the rest of your night and come back another time". Why the hell would we want to come back.......no apologies, no recourse for what happened... Nothing. NEVER ever ever patron this establishment. read more

Fun place!! Great atmosphere!! But owner is a dick swab! Rude! Wouldn't let us keep our drinks on the table for end of night photo!

Amazing atmosphere and great vibes! The karaoke and the layout of Truelove are my favorite. Cheap drinks and fantastic customer service! Plus there's foooood read more

Bartenders we're great and KJ was amazing, absolutely love this place, but at 1:45 they told us told us to leave and they close at 1:50 and made us wait outside in the cold for our Uber. The staff was rude and unnecessarily hostile. read more

I met an absolutely amazing person here, very thankful for this. Unfortunately I had my wallet stolen at this establishment last night. Yes karaoke is AWESOME. Coming from Denver, CO maybe I just forgot how grimey people can be or maybe it's just Texas? The lack luster staff didn't make me feel at home. Overall I would have given this place a solid four - criminal activity and an underlying feeling of unwelcomeness heavily disappoints. Go there, enjoy the karaoke, have fun - be mindful of the shadows. read more

Greeter/bouncer at the door asking, "is this your first time here?" Indeed it was my first visit. He proceeded to explain there were a large number of IPA's at the bar, pool tables towards the back as well as an area out back for smoking. It was approximately 7:00 pm on a Friday night. Place was dead! Maybe a total of 10 people in the whole bar. Bartender friendly enough. I ordered a bourbon on the rocks. I've been a bourbon ambassador for a top bourbon maker in Kentucky for over 18 years. I know my bourbon! I'm pretty certain the bourbon was watered down! A technique used by struggling restaurants and bars to save $$$. I now wish I had ordered my bourbon straight for I would be able to conclude 100% the bourbon had been watered down. Not impressed with this place. read more

This is a terrible bar. They guy at the door was racist to my friend & said I was too drunk to go in because I was digging through my purse to find my ID (which was buried at the bottom). I'm flattered to be ID'd at 54 years old but to be told I'm too drunk because I was digging my ID out of my purse is ridiculous. This wasn't the first time my friend had a racist issue either. I hadn't been to this bar since 2019 & had a terrible time getting drinks because the bartenders were too busy serving their friends first & ignoring other customers. This time around we ran into racism & an asshole door guy with a horrible attitude. Do not go to this establishment. I know I will never set foot anywhere near there again. We were treated like trash & didn't even make it inside. I know people that know the owner & he's racist too. read more

It's more of a college hang out spot when you want to kickback with a few friends and chill to yourself. Everyone seemed super opened minded; nonjudgmental, Especially to those doing karaoke! So much fun though when you let loose, but you definitely want to go with a small group of you ask me. Went on a Friday night, didn't seem too active as I would think, but that's cool. It honestly depends on what mood you're in that day lol. Bathrooms: Wouldn't go alone, take your "Sober" friend lmao... but it NEEDS TO BE MUCH CLEANER. It's a bar, people get sick... someone HAS to clean it up. FOOD: I give it an 8/10. I really enjoyed the food, there's just a few things that could be done better. Other than the pizza, it's more of a snack place to eat at, but... it's a bar lol. Overall it was a cool spot to kick it. I will be going back sometime! read more

Such a great atmosphere!!! Def need to go check it out. There is Karaoke ok Saturday nights that starts at 8 which is nice for people who don't wanna stay out late. read more

True love is a great place to go if you're in a group trying to hang out with friends. There's plenty of seating, pool tables, dart boards and a large back patio if they happen to be doing trivia or karaoke inside. The best part about this place is the drink prices and the drink selection. They have easily over 50 different beers available and they're also adding new beer and liquor. Definitely check this place out. It's not a club by any means but it's definitely a place to have a drink, hang with friends and even meet new people. read more

Usually being the Designated Driver means that you're going to feel awkward, and possibly bored, during the evening. There's so much going on at truelove bar that there's never a dull moment. My girl friends and I came in to start our girls night out and stayed until, almost, final call. The bartenders were upbeat and fun, the drinks weren't overpriced, and the karaoke was great. For anyone who enjoys people watching, this is the place to be! Yes, there were college kids but there was a mix of a kinds, and everyone was extremely friendly. read more

Pros Cheap drinks Lots of seating Great music and karaoke Very open minded and welcoming Cons No dance floor... which isn't really a con but sometimes I just wanna dance. No food I LOVE TRUELOVE read more