Ugly Tuna Saloona

I’m honestly surprised Tuna is still open. It was the place to be a few years ago when I was in college, and maybe there are nights when it still is, but I don’t know anyone who has ever actually eaten food there. To me, it’s a bar and that is all it will ever be. The drinks are pretty cheap but they’re also not very strong. And while I love their fish bowls because they’re cute, it is not worth $ 20 for that sugar-​y mess.
The last time I was there, on a Saturday night, there were maybe 20 people in the whole place, 5 of whom just came there to dance by themselves and speak to no one. It seems like this place brings out a weird crowd, and I think I know now to skip Tuna, and Gateway altogether, the next time I’m on campus. This might improve once World of Beer opens and they have some more competition, but right now it is nothing exciting. Sorry Tuna :(

Holy hell. First off let me start by saying I’m a huge second chance kinda guy. I was in here last Tuesday with some friends, and the service was atrocious. I came in today thinking things would be different. I was wrong. In an hour and a half all we received was a frozen drink and a pricy one at that. It really seemed like our waitress was avoiding us. By far the worst service I’ve ever received. I will not be back.

Sometimes you want to have a neon communal drink from a plastic fishbowl in a place which perpetually smells like a mixture of axe body spray and stale vomit. No seriously, there is something to be said for a place which continues to sling slightly over-​priced Bud Lights in an area where every other bar and club lasts about as long as Brady Hoke’s Michigan coaching tenure. Ugly Tuna has achieved the perfect mix a cheap swill-​centric happy… er, Ugly Hour, convenient location and I don’t give a F*&# attitude.
Hey, all I am saying is I understand the appeal of place which totally shucks all pretenses. As one of the other earlier reviewers lamented, «I got my IPA served in a PLASTIC CUP!!! Are you Kidding me?»
No, they are not kidding. Though I am probably a little too old for the Tuna now, I will come an visit again during football season when I am three-​sheet to the wind and feel like sticking to the floor as I drink on the second floor patio reminiscing about my brother getting kicked out of the place five years ago for «making it rain» lime slices on an unfortunate passerby.

First time going will be my last time going. Bartenders more worried about gossiping and dancing than serving customers. And the cherry on top!!! Their toilets overflowed slipping into the bar and they couldn’t stop it. So they had to close early.

I actually forgot that I had been here once. Now I remember why I forgot… THIS PLACE SUCKS! It smells like a urinal mint in here! They have a half-​dozen taps with fizzy, yellow beer. And I got my mainstream IPA served in a PLASTIC CUP!!! Are you kidding me?

Came here with my husband for a fun night out and were pleasantly surprised with how good the food was. We visited when school was out, so it wasn’t too crazy with students and enjoyed sitting out on the patio. Their «ugly hour» specials are great — $ 1 wells. Fish tacos are delicious.

I was looking for a quick drink with my date before a movie. The only bartender working was annoyed when we asked her to clarify the specials. The place smells like puke, and the only other patrons were drunk and loud. This place it’s gross, we will not be Back.

I’ve had two types of experiences here. One was at 6 pm on a Monday looking to grab a bite to eat and a drink with friends. One was on a Friday night for their acclaimed Ugly Hour looking to grab a couple (or 5) of their $ 1 Long Islands.
The Ugly Hour wasn’t bad. The place was packed, I repeat, PACKED, with your typically OSU Friday night crowd. The floors were sticky. The music was loud. And we waited a good 10 minutes at the bar before someone finally made it over to us. Understandable, considering how busy it was. We hung around for an hour or so, and over that time period, nothing terrible happened to make me hate the place.
The food is another story. A girl friend and I went there on a Monday when we were looking to kill some time to grab a bite to eat and a drink. We walked in and the place was dead besides one couple and someone eating who looked like they worked there. I think there was a bartender floating around too. Long story short, a girl came over to get our drinks and then never came back. We asked for a menu so she knew we were ordering, yet the next time we saw her (a good 20 minutes later) she was bringing out food for her to eat. Yes. We were ignored so our waitress could sit down and eat a snack.
We paid our bill for our very weak rum and cokes ended up walking out.
If you’re looking for bad drinks, crowded bars, sticky floors, and fake Floridian charm, this is the place for you. If not, OSU certainly has more to offer than this place.

The only reason this place exists is because college students go here to get hammered. If this is what you are looking for then you will be fine here. But if you are looking for anything else then you are in trouble. And to be honest, there really isn’t anything appealing about the drinks here either. Go somewhere else to have too many.

Ugly Tuna isn’t really my sort of place, but I understand the appeal to it.
The location is great being a nice restaurant/​bar close to south campus and the Charlie Bear club for those who want to pre-​game. Though I’ve not been in on weekends after 8pm when it gets crowded and boisterous, I’ve walked by and am told they don’t serve food past that time, in which entry is also 21+.
When I’ve been, service has been ok, food not bad, and the beer selection decent, though none of which what I look for in a place, I see them fitting the appeal for a college adult.
My biggest issue with Ugly Tuna though is their hamburgers — a staple of any good restaurant in America. After not being too happy with the quality of my hamburger, I was informed that they receive their burgers frozen and cook them all well done. Not really my idea of a tasty burger, but to each his own.

In the olden days of leaded gas, wine coolers, betamax, and campus bars, we used to look forward to going to OSU haunts to drink cheaply. We were college students on pre credit card budgets working our way through school. This corporate bar across from the movieplex in the new Gateway development had promise and could have garnered four stars, but alas…
I took co workers here for lunch and saw «bucket of beer» on the menu. I declared we were not going back to the office so that these folks could experience the time honored tradition of dipping a plastic cup into a pail of Natural Light until it was time to order another. The waitress turned the corner with a metal bucket holding 5 bottles and some ice. Upon seeing my crestfallen face, she said, «Oh, you thought it would be a plastic bucket filled with beer not in bottles. Yeah, a lot of guys your age think that.»
What was the food like? Who knows, it all tasted like ashes after that bombshell. Good second floor deck, from which one can toss over a bucket of ice and bottles, if one were so inclined.
My advice, ask a seventh year senior what the best campus bar is and go where he/​she tells you. Start at the Bier Stube on south campus or the Out R Inn on north campus if no sages are available.

We were staying in the University area for work and this was definitely the busiest bar in the area on a Saturday night. Here are some notes:
–Drinks were reasonably priced.
–The staff was friendly and attentive.
–There is a Lobster Zone vending machine.
–The crowd is a little «thick» if you are going to meet women.
–Drinks are all served in plastic cups, so evidently there is a problem with them being tossed over the balcony.
–The place is called the Ugly Tuna, so expectations should be set accordingly.

For: Location. Décor. They serve beer.
Against: Dinner so-​so. Cheesecake appeared to be fashioned from wedge-​shaped sticks of flavored margarine. Greasy, waxy, unimaginably bad — sent back. Maybe they accidentally served the display desserts from a restaurant down the street?

I was there last night with some friends when one of them became sick so I took her home. I returned to the bar to close my tab and the bartender had given my card to someone else. They ran up a couple hundred dollars in charges so I had to cancel my card and dispute the charges. I complained to a manager and he did not care and would not help. I will not be returning.

Ugly Tuna Saloona, ok. this place is supposedly themed to a Florida beach side seafood shack. I’m not sure how authentic it is, but its hard for me to imagine the warm breeze of the Gulf when I’m perched above the Gateway in the rain and snow and concrete. Whatever, lets get some Coronas and a Chum bucket, y’all.
What’s a Chum Bucket? Glad you asked! It’s «A heaping crap-​load of crispy fried junk. Mozzarella sticks, fried pickles, onion rings, boneless wings, and fries.» Do you hate yourself yet? Too bad, fish and chips are up next! Freshness on the fish is usually pretty good, though I have had orders that didn’t quite live up to expectations. When everything is right the fried fish is spicy and delicious.
I wish I could say more about the menu, but honestly if I see fish and chips I usually stop looking. The bar is pretty rockin, they make good margaritas and they have good happy hour specials. In fact, happy hour is the time I usually visit Ugly Tuna. You see? Writing is a journey of self discovery.
Since its in the Gateway you’re going to want to avoid it on weekends unless drunk undergrads are your thing, but it’s perfectly fine for lunch. I wouldn’t say you need to try this place, but you could certainly do worse. I’ll be back for more cold beers and hot fried goodies. Fwee stars.

Ugly tuna is really almost worthy of 4 stars, the service is excellent and even not drinking we had fun here.
I don’t drink at all so what was I doing here?
In the mood for fish and a bit shocked when I got their menu that had no fish on it?
WTF?
I was told they just revamped their menu and I asked for tuna, she said they can still make me a tuna steak with a side.
With that I was happy, it was cooked well, the veggies fresh and steamed perfectly and I loved the side of ginger soy, a perfect match for both.
We were tempted to try the 6 burger and pound of fry challenge after being told 4 people can participate and noone has NOT made it.
But I wanted tuna and with that my husband had the single challenge, 6 mini burgers and fries, which he made no problem, so his meal was free.
My son had the all you can eat boneless wings for $ 10 and they let the whole table share which is crazy, between the 3 of us we ate over 30 of them so that was also well worth it.
Yes, its smelly and the bathrooms yucky, but thats part of the fun, the food was good, service great and you can smoke on the balcony which is perfect for when downing fishbowls, I could totally see myself getting drunk here a few years back…

This is probably the worst place I’ve walked into in Columbus. My wife walked in on a Thursday night around 7 to have dinner. I swear, there wasn’t another customer in the restaurant. We stood and waited to be seated for a couple of minutes and no one came over, so we walked over and sat down at the bar. We were there for a few uncomfortable minutes where no one acknowledged us, and then got up and left. There were a couple of bartenders there chatting with each other, but neither one gave us the time of day. The only person who acknowledged us at all was the cook from the kitchen. He gave us a sad look as we walked out, as if to apologize, or perhaps lament that he had nothing to cook. Strange, strange place. I expected a tumbleweed to blow across the floor. Perhaps they didn’t want any customers. They certainly made us feel that way.

It was unbearable being here when I was wasting time before a movie. The beer selection is horrible. Like, really bad. I guess the only good part of it was that it was practically empty and we got to sit on the patio outside and people watch.
I don’t know what kind of person goes to a bar like this frequently and is all, «I LOVE THIS PLACE!!» Do people like this exist?

Don’t like the music, sticky nasty floors, some girl peed in the bathroom floor.

Believe it or not, Tuna is one of the go-​to places for us college folk. I tend to steer clear of the place, but it is pretty popular amongst the young 20s crowd.
You can’t go wrong with Ugly Hour and a fish bowl (watered down, I might add).
The patio is nice, and they have a good karaōke night but service is slow, the patrons can vary from cool and laid back, to frat and douchey, to gangster and tattooed. I would advise going with a huge group of friends, that’s the only way you’ll have fun.