Gaswerks

On a St. Patrick’s pub crawl where we paid to attend multiple Park St bars, my friend was not admitted for questionable reasons. This is the second time a friend has not been admitted to this «bar» for thinly veiled reasons. Will not be coming back.

Mean bouncers. Check. Crappy pop music. Check. A bunch of drunk college students acting like tools. Check. BUT! They have pool tables and it’s in a location near lots of other bars. Great place for college kids to drink.

«Bad food lousy service»
Oh the irony is that it’s true. The food is utter rubbish, there is a massive fratboy douche infestation, the typical patrons conduct themselves in a stuck up and frankly obnoxious manner which is also ironic coming from some of the worst people in Columbus. I ordered a Miller lite in a bottle and was instead served lukewarm beer in a plastic cup of all things. But hey, if you are dying for your fix of cold food, warm beer and obnoxious crowds look no further.

I will never recommend this place simply because of the bouncers that stolen my REAL ID because I’m a 22 year old non driver. He said it had to be fake and asked for another form. I only brought cash and my medical card that has my mother’s name on it. He was convinced I was using a relative’s ID and wanted to act big and bad because two officers were 15 feet away. I knew my social but didn’t think I had to actually talk to a officer. I’m a Chicago native and cops are my friends ever. Especially when I’m pretty drunk so I argued with him until my friends told me to let it go. I gave in since it was the end of the night and talking to authority with half closed eyes wasn’t ideal. But now that I’m sober I’m telling. Bouncers and Bartenders are not even allowed to take people’s ID’s away. If they think its fake they are supposed to say we cannot service you and turn you away. They get away with a lot of shit because we usually aren’t informed on rules. I’m disappointed really.

I like this place! It’s not a good bar for dancing or anything, but we always like going here to play pool and get some good deals on drinks. It’s a good pre-​game place but gets boring after a little while.

This bar is a joke, if I could rate zero stars I would. Stopped at the door hated my shoes and jeans. A bunch of frat, spoiled, white boys…

Don’t go to this bar unless you’re white. They won’t let you in. They were letting in white people last night and no one black. They gave all sorts if bs answers. Never give these people your money
They don’t deserve any stars

Douche Galore! Beware! Went here after dinner around 6:30pm to start the night since it was so nice out. We didn’t WANT to go here, we were just waiting for friends to get down to the Park Street Festival so it seemed easiest.
As you know, 6:30pm is pretty early for a bar like this, so there was about 40 people there, but they were already ID’ing (totally get it), but when we walked in there were two douchey Bouncers… you know, those ones that think their job is awesome and they think every girl will jump their bones. Yeah, them. We walked up to them, mind you, we were the only ones to be considered a «line» so my friend walked up to one and then I went to the other to check our ID’s. He told me I needed to get on the other side of the fencing and have my ID checked by the other person, hahaha. I looked around confused because there was no one else trying to get in and just say «Oh, Gosh, I know it’s SO busy that I have to get in line to have my ID checked». He didn’t find my comment humorous. It was like they were 200 people deep and I was causing chaos (Yes, that kind of Bouncer).
So we get in… the place always smells like moldy, stale alcohol (so appealing). I swear some of these bars don’t clean their floors for a month at a time.
We immediately go outside to hang out, since again, it was gorgeous out.
But keep in mind, again the Park Street Festival is going on and there was only about 20 people outside if that tells you how lame this place is (The bar sits directly in front of the festival; it’s fool proof to not be busy & have customers).
All we did while we were there was look around confused at how we ended up here and laughed at how ridiculous this place and everyone there was. It’s definitely a place people go to just get smashed; not relax on the patio and have a few. Get Blitzed until they have to be drug out. We watched 6 people order about 24 shots for themselves while we were there if that explains anything, haha.
Thank baby Jesus for reminding me why I never go there, shame on me for thinking this time would kind of be different. The only thing it has going for them is their location and their happy hour. They get enough customers that don’t know the place or even don’t remember going/​being there.

Came after a Blue Jackets game. Not originally from Ohio, and I’ve only been here for a few months, so apparently I’m still un-​aware of all of the bar «rules and regulations». Anyway — being the DD, I asked the bouncer at the door if it was ok that I brought my own bottle of water in — I have a weird thing about drinking tap water — he said it was totally fine — took one sip from the bottle and was immediately «kicked out» of the bar… Perhaps you should let your bouncers know the rules that you’re planning on enforcing inside so they don’t miscommunicate them…

Everyone know this is the worst bar in Columbus. The added flair of white cops threatening arrest makes the beers taste smoother.

Its a sloppy mess of hot and not hot there, so if you want to watch people get drunk off those nasty cheap shots and act silly then this is the place to be.

One if the «sloppier» college bars in town. There is really nothing you go here for except to scope out the people and usually making fun of the frat guys or sorority girls that are passed out at the bar.
But if you want a drink late at night don’t bother coming here. It will be packed at the bar.

I’ve come to this place a few times and it’s never been great. This bar was ok until they clotheslined my friend when we tried to leave out of the same door we came in. Seriously, we walked in, realized we were in the wrong bar to meet our friends, and the guys working the door manhandled us when we tried to walk right back out. They said we had to go through the patio, through the bar, walk around, and come out the door on the other side. They literally wouldn’t let us past them to get back out. There was no line to get it, no one was even trying to enter, we just wanted back out after stepping right in. After realizing they were serious and wouldn’t let us back out, we got lost TWICE trying to find this other door they were talking about. The whole thing took 10 minutes when it would have taken us about 5 seconds to cross the threshold we were at back to the street. Put a damper on the evening, that was for sure. I won’t be back here just for this incident alone. The sign doesn’t lie when it says «LOUSY SERVICE». I can buy bad tasting shots just about any other place on Park Street.

This place is fine because it’s cheap and has dollar shots. Don’t expect anything besides a large, gymnasium style bar with cheap drinks and pool tables. Decent patio.
It’s only good because of location, price, and size.

Once upon a time, this used to be the place to meet up in the Arena. Not stay, but meet up… grab your first couple of rounds then migrate.
Now it’s the place to run from.
Unless you love the smell of cherry bombs, then you’ll def want to swing by. It’s almost as if they purchased some custom cherry bomb scent and spray it every night before it gets busy.
The bottoms of your shoes will get sticky. .you’ll feel like you’ve worked out for hours but when you check, you’re actually not sweaty it’s just the warm musk surrounding you uncomfortably.
I want to like this place, cause I grew to love a few of the bartenders. But truth be told I do my best to avoid this place.
I’d still go here before Brothers though. That’s for sure.

Not a good place. At all.
PS. My friends and I got kicked out for bringing mini-​cupcakes into the bar for my birthday. Literally.

I’m surprised to hear how many other people share my opinion of Gaswerks, considering it’s one of the places we always go to when we’re drinking and clubbing in Columbus. And every time I regret even saying yes to go with them. The only saving grace is that alcohol and friends is mostly always good.
I’ve never been impressed with the staff here. Perhaps it’s part of their schtick… but really? I’m not a jerk, and is it that hard to smile? Do you hate your job? You’re going to hate it even more when I don’t tip you… and then don’t buy another drink.
The crowd is never «my thing» either. If you’re a young douchebag, this is the place for you. You get to be a total jerk to everyone around you, and fit right in.
The atmosphere is «meh» to me. It’s a horrible bar. What do you expect? I am always displeased with the lack of seating, however. Come on, I’m drunk, I don’t want to stand.
If you’re going here, pre-​game somewhere else, and don’t stay long. If your friends suggest going to Gaswerks, reconsider your definition of «friend».

Bartenders were a**holes, floors were sticky, overpriced and loud. I like the party crowds, and I’ve been out to bars on Fridays and Saturday nights, but this by far was the worst experience I have ever had.

Take my previous review from «Brothers Bar & Grill» and copy & paste it in this box for Gaswerks. Then take away any bit of «fun» I mention having at Brothers and press «delete.»
This is what gives Gaswerks one star instead of Brothers Bar and Grill’s two stars. I honestly feel like you could knock out the wall that separates Brothers & Gaswerks and no one would really tell the difference. They are virtually the same bar: Same over-​crowded douche-​bagginess, same «no plain white t-​shirt» dress code policy, same craptastic music selection, and same wide open warehouse.
The only difference is that instead of a designated dancefloor, Gaswerks has a series of pool tables. These seem to do no good, as most people are either sitting on the pool tables or crowded around them. And despite having a main front bar and a back bar, the service is wretched. I’ve also witnessed a few bar brawls at Gaswerks, which does not leave much to be desired.
The only good story I have from Gaswerks is that someone else with my same name happened to get all of MY drinks charged to their tab, thus leaving me with a $ 4 bill when I should have clearly had at least a $ 50 bill (sorry for partying). I know this to be true because the bartender gave me the other Mike Evans’ ID and card back at first. I do appreciate the other Mike Evans for unknowingly purchasing my drinks that night! :-)

This is a bar for young twenty something frat boys… but only on the weekends, I guess? I think I’ve seen people in here before when I was walking past? It’s not really my thing, so I’ve avoided it like the plague since my time in Columbus. Well, I stopped in for the first time on a Thursday around 6:30, just to see what it was all about, and kill some time before meeting friends. There was not a SINGLE other person in this ginormous bar except for me and the 2 people working. I sat at the bar and it still took about 5 minutes for the bartender, who was also sitting at the bar, to ask me what I wanted. I saw one of my fave’s, Sunset Wheat in the beer case — only $ 1.50, a mild win. Nothing but swill on draft.
This is definitely NOT an after-​work happy hour bar, unless you want to drink alone in a vacuum. And I personally know I wouldn’t like the weekend crowd. So I shan’t be returning, Gaswerks.
— Lots of pool tables in a large back room (into which I can’t imagine overflow is ever needed.)
— A coupla large TV’s
— $ 1 mini bombs prominently advertised