Reviews of Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar (Night Club)

Sonny Bradshaw

They never get they prices right. I don't know if its just for one specific drink, but its never the same price when I go...and I go during happy hour. Get it right and I'll come back. It's very embarrassing to order a drink and they tell …

Aly Elizabeth

A group of friends and I bought tickets to see one of their brunch drag shows. The manager called us and told he wasn’t going to honor our tickets, which we’re purchased online, and then refused to give us a refund. It was extremely unprofessional and was in all honesty a scam.

Porschia Williams

The drinks are a little pricey, but delicious. Everyone is really different, which is comforting. People are just looking to have fun and I enjoy each others company. The burlesque show was beautiful and empowering, and Sway is so much fun!

Kenya Godfrey

I'm 1 of the chef's there but the atmosphere is laid back fun u can meet lot's of new people & every my co workers r fun to work with. We r like a close nit family always having a good time together! I say if ur looking for a fun bar to chill have a few drinks & enjoy some good food with family & friends alike tabu is the place to visit!

josiah weedman

Low cost beer, the doorman is very friendly and it's always crowded on the weekends

Carlos Bonilla

Best gay bar in the city

Joe Feltio

I was recently in your establishment i ordered a chicken sandwich. I was disappointed with the sandwich but Britney the manager from the kitchen came out and went above and beyond to make sure that I was taken care of. I appreciate the way she handles her business and how she treated me as a guest I want to thank her and I want to make sure you guys understand to keep employing her to lose her is to lose someone that is a treasure thank you and goodnight.

Misteri Palmer

Love it I js one bad run it with for the first time n my 5 yrs of hanging here...

Ed Hahn

Not sure what to think of the new place yet. I enjoyed the old location but I know why they had to move.

Caliph Roberts

I loved the atmosphere and the bartenders were friendly

Daniel Angelis

I would not recommend Tabu to anyone living with any kind of disability, especially HIV or mental illness.

Elizabeth Boccassini

Great venue staff is very nice and bar food very good

Kal L

Bad neighborhood alot of people on drugs !

ed barron

Bar staff is very friendly See Alyssa

Chris Billig

I loved stopping by Tabu. A gay sports bar that lives up to being one by actually caring about sports. They have a good selection of pub food, which I'm not used to from gay bars.

Kas

I love the bartenders and the atmosphere and weekly specials

Clayton Fioravanti

Last Saturday tots at the old location. Good basic bar food. Nick the server makes it a very friendly place. We will see how the atmosphere at the new much bigger location is effected.

Honest Review Guy

A little funny (strange and uneasy) and racist. I tried to order food & they said the kitchen was done taking orders ( he didn't say it that nice though). 15 mins after me a couple came.. ordered drinks .. then an additional 20 minutes went passed before I noticed hot food coming out to their table.

Bryan Meredith

Always have fun here, amazing shows, great drinks, best bartenders around!

Greg Wall

Most inclusive gay bar in Philadelphia, every one is welcome, strong drinks, great food, reasonably priced!

J Hill

I really enjoy the unpretentious vibe of Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar. I visit on Thursday for the 20 wings for $10 and $6 vodka specials. You can gather with a few friends, watch a game, and enjoy each others company for a decent price.

Samlol Samlol

Dear Tabu management, We had a horrible experience at the upstair bar today (04/27/2018) at 10:30 PM. We hope we are not sounding racists, but since we don’t know the name of the bartender, it would be easier to describe how he looks like so the management can act accordingly. The black bartender ( he is the only black bartender at the second floor bar) treated us bad because when we asked about our food ( which took 30 minutes for “kick n chicken” to be ready), he was mad and started to be non cooperative. We also ordered your Friday night special which was supposed to be a blue moon for $4 and then he ended up charging us $6 for it? We also ordered the first time which was your Friday night special which was 2 absolutes for $6 each and the kick N Chicken for $5. How does this come to $20. My math adds to $17. Found this place deceitful as well as non professional and therefore we will never comeback.

Richard Acreman

cute atmosphere, poor quality drinks

Anthony Rossi

Bartenders are awesome and funny. This bar is a little more flamboyant then the normal but still chill.

GeGe A

Cool and laid back atmosphere. Very welcoming. And security is great, especially Kelvin.

Devin House

UPDATE: since they’ve moved to their new location, the food and service have tanked. Cold tater tots served on paper plates, and waiting for 45 minutes for a server to acknowledge our table on a very slow night. I’d avoid going here until they fix both. Former Review: Great food and strong drinks. Enjoy the sports, of drag shows if you are lucky!

Jason Evans

A great place to meet friends and make new ones!

Evan Schukis

Great bar atmosphere with fun nightly activities, Happy Bear on Fridays 5-9 is a must!

Sean Parker

One of the more diverse LGBTQ spots in the city. The drink specials are great and the rooftop deck is awesome for the summer months. Well known for their Frosé!

John Favinger

Great themed nights and always a lot of fun. Tabu is a blast!

Brishonna Palmer

Ask for Diego he makes good drinks !! We had a great night , super chill and laid back good vibes ! Would’ve made five stars but there were a few jerky guys

Mercan Times

Formerly "iCandy" and recently purchased by Tabu from a block north that was a historically terrible dive bar too. This is worse. No, no, and no! Next owner please.....

Miguel Ancheta

Poor and offensive service. The bartender upstairs on Wednesday night 1/31/18 told other customers next to us, talking about my friend who bought two drinks to “not be poor”. Highly offensive and out of no where. Racially profiling and just ignorant. When my friend asked what he said to the other customers he said “youre fine baby, just don’t be poor.” We were totally embarrassed and will never come back to this ignorant person again.

Timaree Schmit

Love this place. Generous portions of pub fare, plenty vegetarian options, tons of shows and events.

Joseph Croft

I so miss karaoke here! Other than that, however, one of the better spots in the Ghood. Can get quite crowded, but the bartenders (especially Tizzo) know what they're doing. Great food, too! Taco Tuesdays are a STEAL, and don't even get me started on them tots, yo!

Sheryl

Luuuuuvvvvvv it food is awesome thanks to chef shawn at nights drinks are super(have uber close) you would enjoy yourself different things every night

Harold Elam The Internet Guy

One of the best places for gentlemen in the city of Brotherly Love.....

Stacia Epps

Dive bar feel...but the karaoke night are the nights to come out! (thursdays)

Tonita Gomez

Best bar I’ve ever went to. Prices are amazing the people there are lovely. I have Nothing bad to say. I’ll go there every Saturday night. This will be my new spot

James White

Lots of fun

chandraa ckerson

well done

Brian Jackson

Was a great special on a Monday while I was waiting to catch a bus(3hr wait). I enjoyed $5 absolute vodka cocktails along with $5 boneless wings! Bartender ken was world class and had his own signature punch available for $5. He even charged my phone for me!

Jeremy Sulak

Thanks for showing the March madness games on the TV's. Up next, we can work on you playing the sound with the games and turning you into a real sports bar ;-)

DLB B

You can get a drink. Waited 1hr on a appetizer. Really!!!!!!

Tim Barlow

Fun Happy Hour. Great bartenders. Awesome shows and specials. Food was yummy!

Dan Mccallips

This was my first time inside the new location. I wanted to give it a chance, since I liked the old Tabu. It was terrible as iCandy, and is still pretty much the same as Tabu. If you don't fit a certain demographic for most of the …

Lauren Huggins

Blah sort of place. Not worth the upstairs cover

Glenn Damien Scott

This is a everybody spot! No matter how you get down you will always feel welcome here. Oh and the food is everything! Especially the Chicken Quesadilla. This is the place where everyone will know your name.

Natalie Garcia

I love, love, love the Drag shows here.

Machy Gerena

Love it here it's slowly becoming a second home!

Sylvester Bowens jr

Shuuuuush!! :)

Simon Bykowski

Staff is absolutely wonderful. The food is satisfactory and the events are so much fun!

T Fagan

Friendliness and good specials

Richard Klöpsch

Kenny was a really nice host and we could watch the EURO in his nice sportsbar, while enjoying his nice burgers. I can recommend this bar!

Richie M

Very good food but the burgers are the best!!!

Lovell El

Thusday night you get 2 orders of wings for the price of 1. Pretty good

Chris Smith

Bartenders downstairs are clueless...waited 10+ mins for a drink as they stood there and talked to each other. Also have no idea how to promote their business because they have no idea what’s happening upstairs

Jay Wilson

If you want to be made to feel like a fraud and a liar, this is the bar for you. At the door I showed my British passport to the bouncer, and because I was born in Philadelphia my passport showed that my place of birth as Philadelphia. After living in the city for more than a year, I've never been questioned about my passport, as they're notoriously difficult to forge. Yet I was made out to be a liar and a fraudster, even though I have a thick British accent and produced a British driving license. After eventually being admitted inside, the bouncer comes upstairs to kick me out. Even after I go home and bring a third form of identification I wasn't allowed in. If you're going to contract your security out, make sure that they're educated and also have an ego that can fit through the door. On a day (pride) that celebrates inclusiveness and equality. I felt embarrassed, a fraud and isolated.

Marc Spenillo

Great drinks! Super potent mix drinks! Love the people but went with my wife to meet friends who have a gay cousin we hung out with. Greatest type of persons there tonight (Friday 1/12/18)!

Jessie Hymer

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE!! Gayborhood should be a nice experience, this time it absolutely was NOT! I feel embarrassed for even suggesting going to Tabu and never will again. I came in with a few friends (2 white 2 mixed) {upstairs bar} the white couple got serviced right away while, the mixed ones were ignored and were even asked to leave and they dd nothing wrong at all!! We all paid $10 to go upstairs and the 2 mixed friends didn't even get a chance to order a drink.. not because they were crazy busy but, because the staff was negligent and extremely rude! 1. One of them asks if a server (who was behind the bar) was a bartender (not knowing that he was a server) and all he said was "oh no I don't make drinks"..He didn't even show her who the bartenders where. 2. The mixed friend went to go order a round of drinks and a girl bartender with black hair standing right in front of her face ignored her. She waited until the bartender was done doing what she was doing and asked again, same thing. The bartender also stared at her and just laughed in her face. So, my friend spoke with the manager...he offered a complimentary drink but she said no. That's not the point. CUSTOMER SERVICE KEY. 3. She went back upstairs to ask a different bartender for a drink he gets an attitude and says "they're done" (referring to my two mixed friends) and starts laughing with the same girl bartender about the situation. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. 4. The bouncer comes and tries to escort my friends who are mixed out. 5. My friend, knowing that she did nothing wrong questions this and the bouncer didn't have an explanation. Yet, was still trying to kick them out. 6. I told my friends to put their drinks down and to leave because this is not okay. NO ONE should be treated like that! I WILL NEVER COME BACK and neither will my friends and anyone else who asks about Tabu to me! Ps. They're lucky I didn't record all of this because it'd be blasted on social media right now.

Dino Facce

Great place. Here for the Bearlesque.

Mobile Dev

Looking forward to the new location. Two days before my birthday!

Jeremy Eakin

Only went downstairs but the happy hour prices are great and the bartender Kenny is super.

john brown

Fun sports bar on any given Sunday.

Bilbo Beutlin

Not for tourists. Don't except European ID cards. Anyway much better bars in Philly.

Tyler Lipshutz

Great area nice bartenders, definitely will meet an interesting character or two when you go there!

Antwon Crawley

Great place to go have a good time really great atmosphere and their hot wings are the best I’ve had in a long time.

Sarah Mirk

A fun and busy neighborhood gay bar with cheap drinks, giant nachos, and great Monday night trivia

Eric B

Place is a joke. Last week I waited over 5 min for a beer in a NOT BUSY upstairs bar while one bartender had a conversation and the other spent time wrapping up a pice of birthday cake someone gave them. When she finally walked over she says do you need another drink? No I’m standing there with an empty bottle and money for the fun of it. Tonight I try to walk in doors are locked right at 1:15 am even though their website and google claims they are open until 2! Such poor management and it’s a shame because the bar actually has a cool atmosphere. I’m a bar manager and the lack of guest service is seriously disturbing! It won’t be long before another Philly bar fails because of poor management/ownership.

Destrianne Snow

Food was great, atmosphere was great, Phil and Kenny are great! Great place to checkout!!!

Dan Dan

Best bar in town. Inviting atmosphere, best staff in the city, and always a great time.

Jacolbi Bishop

If you want to enjoy yourself and not pay to much then come here

Michael Fitzpatrick

I was a patron at this bar Saturday night, and while half of my group had a wonderful time, the other half were treated so poorly none of us will ever return. We will be advising everyone we know to avoid your establishment in the future, not due to the behavior of your staff that led to the disservice, but due to the reactions of the managers and how the situation was (not) resolved. 4 of us entered the establishment and promptly two of us were served, we stood at the bar and sang along to the music videos that were playing on mute on the TV. The other two people in our group, did not get served. They asked someone behind the bar for a drink and he apparently was not a bartender. They asked the girl behind the bar for a drink and were ignored, then after a second request laughed at. I finished my drink and went out to smoke and found my two friends sitting outside, one in tears, after having been refused service and then been asked to leave by the bouncer. While we were outside, we saw some guy get bounced and yell and act belligerent. We called our Ubers and left. When my friend tried to report this whole incident to a manager, she got a snide, dismissive response. Some dolt manager here wrongly assumed that someone in our group groped someone and had to be removed. My friend felt that your employees refused her service because of the color of her skin because the two in our group who were served were Caucasian and the two who were refused service are PoC. The manager who responded to her emails actually called her a racist for self-describing as mixed when describing the situation. This is laughably terrible service and treatment, especially for a bar that has an \"anti-discrimination\" policy publicly posted online. It\'s also absurd and ridiculous for whoever it was to assume that our group was in any way related to that random guy who apparently groped someone. It\'s offensive to be lumped into that category by people who clearly had no handle on the situation. I had a good time, until I found out how terribly my friends had been treated. Now I\'m disgusted by your establishment and staff. I submitted that to their website for feedback and after 24 hours had no response, I then emailed it word for word to jeff beginning with "This email is in reference to the feedback I submitted on your website and still haven't gotten a response back. It seems to me like you don't care, because this is a fairly serious situation that warrants attention." Jeff Sotland (manager):"We are sorry you are offended. We have replied to your friend and thought she would have communicated that response to you. We will address your email internally. Thank you." ME: "Your response to her was so awful it prompted my response." Jeff: "We are looking into the events. " Me:"When can I expect information on the outcome of your "looking into the events"?" Jeff:"This will be internal. There will be no more information forthcoming. " Me: "So you don't actually care and won't be addressing anything, great. The word will be spread about this, thank you for your time and the ounce of consideration you gave." Jeff: "Quite to the contrary. Our attorney will be investigating since legal action was threatened. It appears from the first commmunication we received that there was an interest in deriding the establishment and little interest in our handling...so this is where our communication will end. " Not once did anyone threaten legal action, jeff. We said we'd take our story public. I really hope you talk to your lawyer and he can tell you it's a civil rights violation to deny service on the basis of someone's skin color. It's not slander or libel if we are recounting our actual experiences. and "deriding" isn't illegal, It's just making fun of something. in this case your incompetent handling.

Clifford Barber

Nice drinks & energy. Like most bars the energy change from weekday to weekend.

Rebeca S

Last night I went with a group of female friends expecting it to be more half and half in terms of the whole crowd but it was overwhelmingly men. It was also crowded and boring. We checked upstairs and heard music from the movie Frozen... And they were gonna charge $5 for that... Lol so we left.

Dirk Lockwood

This is definitely my hang out!!!! The staff is amazing and they treat me like family!!!❤❤

David Dominguez

This place is balls-deep awesome.

Michael Page

Fabulous night loved the 3rd floor outside deck. I'll be back soon for sure.

Justin Goromaru

Cool peeps.