Reviews of Saddle Up Saloon & Dancehall (Night Club)

Tim Brown

The sound level was WAY above the OSHA max of 80 decibles. This is important. Why? What's the point in going to a club to socialize if you a) are unable to socialize due to the extreme sound volume, and b) you suffer long term hearing damage in the process and become deaf like the DJ? I think club owners these days reason that the sound level induces people to drink more and spend more money, but it also discourages many from coming back on a regular basis.. There were lots of hot women the night I was there, but again what's the point? It is hard to enough to game a woman when both of you can clearly hear what is said without shouting at her, and she can smeill every detail of the meal you had before.

Sarah Bennett

Says it's a country bar but barely plays any country music at all. Mostly hip hop.

DJ Butters Pro

Good place for cowboys and gals. Get ready for a full night of line dancing!

jennifer Stuard

This bar has gone down hill in the last 6 years.. I have been coming to this bar pretty much every weekend for the past 6 years. I paid a few times but then became “a regular “ at least I thought and was let in for free cover. In the past 4 months I have paid more to get in then I have in the previous 6 years that it has been open I am a shamed. Who knows how many thousands of dollars I have thrown away in this bar. If you are not apart of their “ A list “ then you are not a regular. As if of April 13 2019 this bar has lost my business.. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY AT SADDLE UP!!!! Thanks for wasting 6 years of my time and money. Also management doesn’t return emails... Chris ( my fiancé)

Michael Meredith

Great country dance club! One of the best I have seen in the country! Great regular crowd that keeps the energy high. The instructor is amazing and she’s the back bone of the club! Five stars!!

Jim Brocken

This place is a hoot! Allot of fun!

David Schroeder

Got frisked for firearms before going in. To a cowboy joint.

Chester Coon

Good place to dance and have a drink

Dominick Acquaro

Great atmosphere centered around the obvious Western theme. Not too loud and great drink service.

Nick Leonard

CUPID SHUFFLE BAR!!!

James Bartley

Lots and lots of line dancing for being on the north side.

Melody Lane

Not my your of music but went for party. Get place to do line dancing if that's your thing

Adam F.

Fun place. Good old contry bar and good line dancing. There is a 5 dollar cover charge on the weekends.

mark holtz

Half country and hip hop till 10:30, then all crap after that, last time I go !

Jacob Tibbett

Not bad if your ok with it always being over crowded

Unique Cheatom

Amazing. We had so much fun. Great drinks, amazing atmosphere

Alexis Broyles

Love that they teach you three dances throughout the night. I like going around 8pm and leaving around 10:30 because it gets rowdy in there after that time and that's just not my jam but it's fun to watch people line dance to music other than country.

Sasha Abrams

Fun atmosphere! Just not my thing! Awesome staff. :)

G V

Line dancing is ok and should be included, but country music dancing should be primarily COUPLES dancing. Saddle Up, when you encourage and teach line dancing over couples dancing, you have lost your way. Country dance bars in the southern states are embarrassed for you.

brandon brown

Place has to many rules. You can't wear a flatbill hat in the establishment, but can wear any other hats. Lost my business.

William Sharp

Do not let go of your drink for a second they throw them away even if your not finished!!!! I was sipping "expensive" whisky and they threw it out with me standing next to it!!!!!!

Delaney Englert

Saddle Up is definitely fun if you like to dance, like bigger and spacious venues, and like country/standard pop hits. These are reasons I like it. Some cons. I don't know if it was entirely because I ate before going there, but I had a long island, lemon drop, and 2 shots of fireball. I'm only 100lbs and honestly didn't even get a buzz which was a little dissapointing and makes me wonder if anything is watered down. But the main drag for me was I expected line dancing to, mainly, stop at 10:30 once they played other music besides country. Don't get me wrong, it's fun to learn dances, but I went out to dance normally as well. But almost ANY song had people line dancing, line dances I didn't know, and have no idea how everybody else does. So it makes you feel awkward to try and just dance normally on the side lines. And it can be difficult and also awkward to try and simply learn by watching and fumbling around trying to join in. The other downer is if they played a song that there wasn't a line dance for, almost everybody would leave the dance floor, again, making me feel super awkward staying and trying to just dance normally. Obviously people not dancing isn't the bars fault, but it was my experience on a Saturday night there.

Dprotography

Borring amd way too many women showing things they shouldnt be showing.

E Levandowski

Lots of fun, great music, great scenery. Just beware they screen you for weapons upon entry... Have they had issues in the past?

Megan Westcott

They teach danced throughout the experience. You are walked through a dance, reviewed several times until you are comfortable, then the dance is performed by all who want to participate. Then there are others danced they do that you may join in with whether you know it or not. There are three lessons. The music is fun!

Sarah Young

Great place for country music and dancing with a very safe atmosphere. Welcoming atmosphere where you can always find people of various ages and types.

Lacy Pritchert

Very fun and upbeat place and great saddle up regulars that make you feel so welcome and great staff

Joni Heredia

I love dancing here, they have a very large dance floor and lessons. Great bar as well. There is a cover charge. Only 4 stars because the bull was not working.

Kim Marcum

I am new to the area and went alone for the 1st time... I love the venue and the music selection is great! I just wish it didn't seem that line dances are the ONLY type 'allowed' ..NO couple dancing at all.. Just seemed odd to me...

Scott Brown

Amazing atmosphere! This is one of the coolest places in Indy, definitely worth an evening of your time! Would give 10 stars if I could.

Adrian Fontecha

Pros: - DJ plays varied playlist - Counts off when the line dance begins, that way you don’t have people staggered in their steps resulting in possibly bumping into others on a crowded floor - No Cover Fee for First Responders (Police, Fire, EMS) and Military Drawbacks: - They may not necessarily be disallowing couple dancing, but the fact that few, if any, people care to ensure space on the outside perimeter for others who do want to dance with a partner makes it seem like it. - If you do want to partner dance, I would suggest bringing a willing friend who’s open to learn. Seems like many, but not all, of the ladies that I’ve respectfully invited to dance (and I’ve asked many) either 1) don’t know how to dance (not their fault), BUT are unwilling to try and learn, and 2) have a disinterest in partner dancing altogether (again, not their fault) BUT don’t know how to politely decline without showing a disgusted/standoffish look - Charge a Cover Fee even when it’s still early (before 10pm) and not yet crowded - Gets Uncomfortably Crowded

Michael Bebo

Fun place

Erikaa Feinberg

Great time if you just wanna get trashed and dance. Good mix of all types of people. Bartenders are amazing. Not a quiet bar. Huge dance floor. Mostly country until about 10 then it's about half and half with hip hop and today's hits.

Matthew W. Wilson

The short of it: this bar allows their line-dancing patrons to assault other patrons if you are felt to 'get in the way' of the spontaneous line-dancing that occurs on the dance floor. For those who haven't been here before, it can be perplexing when a few dozen people suddenly begin line-dancing around you. The bar provides no area to contain this curious group activity; instead, those not line-dancing are shamed into leaving the dance floor. However, my group decided to continue dancing in place while the line-dancers did their thing around us. At some point, I was shoved off the floor by a patron, who did so by nearly ripping my shirt off me. The bar security saw this and, instead of disciplining the rude patron, decided to ask that I leave the dance floor. Undoubtedly, this bar is bizarre, but perhaps this is to be expected when people line dance to hip hop. What was unexpected was how all these country line dancers would act so unwelcoming in the least and, at the most extreme, would turn to assault in order to encourage others to either get in line or get off the dance floor. I was offered no refund, and in the end, was asked to leave the bar. However, I'll long remember the kindness paid by a few strangers who saw how the bar staff was treating our group and also left the bar in solidarity and disgust.

Joshua Hamilton

Great place to dance

Hilary Williams

Really great vibe, so fun! Place for anyone to dance and cut loose. The guys can dance better than most girls tho. Be warned ladies. Haha

Jessica McCammon

Drove 3 hours to check it out on a Sunday because Google says they are open on Sundays but they were closed. Google needs to update that info

Josh Roberts

Very disrespectful security guards by the front door. I asked the saloons hours they then made rude comment how "I was an retard". I will not return to club. I wasn't even drinking and I was disrespected.

Cliff Rawley

Fun place for dance Hall and decent drink selection. Large place and usually draws a decent crowd

Gloria O'Neal

Fun! Not sure how everyone knows all the different dances to every song, but super fun!

Jose Rodriguez

(Translated by Google) Spacious room to dance and have fun (Original) Sitio espacioso para bailar y pasarla bien

Daniel Fenwick

Environment is ok except for a few fights that broke out. Staff did not seem to interject on that. My biggest complaint is I would turn around and my half full drink is gone. This works out great for them because I went back to the bar and got another drink only for that to disappear too. It seems the staff is pretty eager to clear the tables. Don't take glasses/bottles unless they're empty.

Jeremy Stookey

A fun Cowboy bar. A good time for line dancing and domestic beer.

John Hilfiker

1 of 2 honky tonks in Indy, worth a trip on a Friday or Saturday night

Brandon Sexton

Who TF is Adam?

brent ham

fun place

Chelsea Morrison

One the most lively entertainment venues around. Great staff and incredible dance workshops offered throughout thr year. Come as a beginner and leave a confident line dancer. Mechanical Bull availble in the evening as well. Great prices, fantasic music, and not the crowd if a typical bar. Highly recommend and cant wait to return!

Jim Buck

Not a country bar more of a hip hop

David Rohrer

The line dancing is super fun - you do not have to be good at dancing to enjoy this, trust me!

Vicky Robling

Nice clean place, lots of friendly staff ,good country music till 10pm then they mix it up

Dominique Huggins

Its a nice friendly bar. My Boyfriend loves and lives country music. So if you like to listen to country and line dancing this is the place for you

Bobby Singer

Security needs to learn how to handle themselves. They do not need to bully drunk women like they would a man.

mark nemyer

Junk

Charles McNally

So I only dropped it one star because I'm not a county person and I was dragged in with 6 friends. We had to pay a cover when there was hardly anyone there. Everyone that was line dancing were sooooo nice to help you with your steps. They would either point to where you need to go or they would tell you while they were dancing. Early on Wednesdays are great if you want to learn without having a packed house. But, you shouldn't have to pay a cover. My opinion.

Brian Kern

Terrible bar. Went for a costume event but yet they enforce a dress code and couldn't wear my costume. Over priced drinks. Not a place I'd suggest going to. Pathetic I'll take my business elsewhere.

Luisa Perez

Honestly, if I could give this place 0 stars I would. 1. If you’re not a line dancer on a Friday (or a day that it’s not as busy) you’re gonna get dirty looks EVEN from the staff. 2. Let’s be real, this bar is mainly a white person place (even though yes I saw a lot of other races and ethnicities they were line dancers) so because my little group did not know how to line dance we just wanted to drink and dance on our own. I had had maybe 4-5 drinks and three were back to back, I was cut off. 2/6 people in my group were definitely drunk.. definitely needed to be cut off but I did not. I quickly realized that these people really wanted us out of the bar, they stopped serving me and a couple others that were doing fine. My friend, left her drink unattended for maybe 2 min while we danced, she came back finished her drink and shortly after we noticed it had been roofied. She started acting strange and passed out. Not normal for someone who had maybe 5 drinks. I won’t be coming back to this place, honestly it’s been a while since I’ve experienced racism but this was it. I felt very unwelcome and sadly so did my friends. If you’re not a line dancer, honestly this place isn’t for you.

Samantha Gardner

We reserved a table for a bachelorette party. I liked that we received chips back in order to purchase drinks throughout the night. I have NEVER been line dancing before so the lessons were helpful. If you wanted to get out and try to dance with the others even if you didn't know the song/dance the regulars (or maybe they were people that just knew what they were doing) were very helpful in kind of directing you what to do. Felt like a small town bar but in a bigger city.

Dawn Tooker

Dance lessons. Wish they were opened more days. No food available.

Phillip Lewis

I appreciate this club for letting me in without an I.D. They also let me drink without carding me and I'm only 18. If you would like to drink all night and not be carded plus get in without having an ID, then go to this place because they don't care. Rock on Saddle Up...