Wiseguy Lounge

My girlfriend and I stumbled upon this amazing spot on her bday last year. We immediately were drawn by the cozy feel, and dedicated bartenders. We also noticed the great selection of beer, and plethora of bourbon! It wasn’t until the next trip, during Oktoberfest, when we began to see just what the bartenders were capable of. Locals/​regulars ordered drinks that blew us away by the work that went into them and the visual perfection of the craft. We tried a few of these speciality drinks and wow! We just got back from my girlfriends bday trip to Cincinnati with our good buddy, and we just had to come back! Kevin, a doctor of tending bar/​mixologist blew our minds with an array of different drinks with bourbon! Literally, the best drinks I have ever tasted (one was bourbon/​espresso and was sensational). Not sure what to get, or what a certain drink is called? Simply tell them what kind of liquor, imagine what sounds good, and let the professionals blow you away! Oh yea, the pizza downstairs is amazing as well! We will be back!

Fun bar, amazing bartenders, good music, a bit crowded last night but an overall fun experience.

Great beer, great drinks and damn good pizza at this location!
If you order the whole pie, they will deliver it to your spot at the bar or table. There is also a much larger location in Over the Rhine in downtown Cincy, but I prefer the Mainstrasse location much better.
This is a small bar upstairs from the pizza store with an outdoor deck overlooking the backyard music stage. I enjoy the gangster theme and the knowledge of the bartenders was top notch, but the selection of bourbon is truly amazing. They also have about 12 taps for us beer lovers as well. As I recall, most are rotating taps. The only downside is the men’s bathroom is located downstairs in the pizza store.
If you come here for drinks and pizza, you simply can’t go wrong. The bourbon selection is much better than the OTR location and better than most places not named OKBB or Newberry’s. I think the prices are just a tad more reasonable here with a just as good if not better vibe. Not too pretentious and not too mysterious or run down scary. The menu fully describes the prices of all drinks but the super high-​end bourbons at market prices. Still, you can get a decent shot for under $ 10 and a nice pint of beer for about $ 5. Slices of pie were about $ 4 for a huge NY style wedge.
Lastly the patrons are quite friendly. I’ve met locals who were professional, outgoing and knowledgeable to regular Joe’s who just want to unwind after work. I hope to be back soon.

Stumbled upon Wiseguy Lounge mid-​afternoon Saturday wandering through the MainStrasse Village in Covington, and I mean that quite literally. Got a little hungry and needed a restroom, so we popped in and decided to head upstairs with our pizza (2^nd floor of Goodfellas). We were able to have our tab open upstairs and put our pizza on it without having to pay separately, which was nice.
I fell in love with the old-​timey feel of the bar and marveled at their selection of spirits … I’m almost ashamed of myself for not getting a cocktail, but ended up ordering a Moerlein Shiver Chai Porter and it was a fantastic decision. Our bartender (so sorry I didn’t catch her name) was great and a goldmine of information about the area (we were in from Pittsburgh for the weekend).
They weren’t busy, probably because of the odd timing of our visit, but there were plenty of seats at the bar in addition to couch seating around the lounge. The music was great, and that was the icing on the cake for us. We will probably come back next time we are in the area.

I can’t even begin to describe how much I love this place. Not only can you get delicious pizza downstairs, but the drinks are delicious and reasonably priced!!! My personal favorite is the boss Manhattan — I highly recommend it if you’re a bourbon fan! The bartenders are very skilled and I’m sure can make just about anything, but with such an amazing menu (with seasonal specials) I’m sure everyone can find a delicious drink to order.

Terrible experience here recently. Asked the bartender for a bourbon ale and she rudely replies that it’s a $ 17 beer. Ok. So I ask for the bourbon stout — same thing. So I ask if she has any reasonably priced bourbon beer. So then she gives me an ugly face and takes a beer glass and pours it half full with bourbon and tops it with beer and hands it to me. This is fine with a shot of bourbon, but a half full glass? She was just being a bitch. I took it and told her I wasn’t paying for it. I wanted to throw it in her face but instead I took a drink — awful– and set it down and left to go to OKBB. Then she charges it to my boss’s tab! What a bitch! Hate this place now lol. Hope it goes out of business, but I do love the pizza. They just need to get rid of shitty bartenders with too much to prove.

A magnificent old fashioned with Weller 12 followed by a perfect Boulevardier with Rittenhouse Rye… Absolute perfection in bourbon cocktails.
The pizza is from downstairs at Goodfellas is also incredible!
A great experience!

Really liked this bar… the bartender was super friendly and fun, and made great old fashioneds. I especially liked the fire applied to the orange peel!

Dude, who knew that a «by-​the-​slice Pizza place» would have a pretty sweet lounge upstairs. A friend told me about this, and I kind of laughed at first, but he told me it was a really nice place, so we decided to check it out. He was right! This place was great for a midweek hang out.
I had an old-​fashioned, it was probably the best one I had out ever.
There are plenty of seats available on comfortable leather couches, the noise level is not too loud, I personally hate yelling over silly bar music, so I truly appreciated this fact. My wife and I had a great conversation, and we were not bothered at all by smoke inside because there is a smoking patio easily available through a door next to the stairwell.
If you like bourbon, they probably have about 100 bottles to choose from.
Will be back soon!

There’s good beer, lots of bourbon, kick ass bartenders, and pizza downstairs when you need to soak it all up. Pretty hard not to enjoy

Hubs and I LOVE this place! It’s by far our favorite bourbon bar in NKY and the amazing pizza is just icing on that bourbon cake! The bar tenders are friendly, for the most part. It’s a small place so getting a spot can be a challenge but it’s always worth it!
These pizzas are ginormous so beware when ordering! They are always so fresh, with great rustic Italian ingredients. They aren’t cheap but they are huge, so there are always leftovers.

Seriously might be the best bar ever. 350+ bourbons to choose from with great service and atmosphere + a great pizza joint downstairs to take out with you = amazing. Do not miss out on this hidden gem!!!

Awesome place. .great place hang out.
Pizza is the best. Staff Is very knowledgeable about their drink selection.

Great service.
Great atmosphere.
Great that pizza from downstairs restaurant was delivered to us upstairs.
Decent prices.

Stopped in while visiting. Amazing pizza and amazing whiskey.
Come here or you’re stupid

I could not imagine a trip to Cincy that didn’t include a night at Wiseguy Lounge. From the amazing drinks to the incredibly friendly and talented bartenders, this place never disappoints!!! Always a treat. Those guys will spoil you!!! And the pizza… Fugetaboutit!!! Fabulous!!!

The best part about this bar is being able to buy pizza and/​or breadsticks when you leave. The bar has space, though it still gets cramped, it has space and that is like gold in OTR. The drink prices are average. The bartenders are friendly. What more could you ask for?

Awesome outside seating area and fun indoor area. It gets pretty crowded on the weekends but it’s a good time. Get some pizza downstairs at goodfellas then go up and get a drink, sounds like a perfect night!

Absolutely love this place. It is small but it is not too small where you feel like sardines in a can. They have comfortable chairs to sit and allowed to bring pizza up from Goodfellas below the bar. I believe weekdays are better to come because the seating arrangement are more intimate. Meaning the seats are facing each other. On weekends, the seats backed against the wall does give more space on the floor but lose that friendly feeling.
The bartenders are very helpful. Have a large selection of beers and they are happy to help you decide. They will give you samples but PLEASE dont take advantage of it and we lose that spark from them.
I will definitely come here again.

This is a combined review of Wiseguy Lounge and Goodfellas Pizzeria because to me they are a great combo:
Goodfellas Pizzeria: relative small space with stools along the wall for sitting — reminiscent of NYC pizzerias. Walking in the smell is the first thing you notice –amazing! I am from NY and it is hard to replicate NY style pizza, but this place comes close. Lots of different kinds of pizza and all the ingredients are fresh. This place is now in my top 2 – 3 pizza places in Cincinnati. I actually didn’t spend much time down here (you can order food from the 2^nd floor upstairs bar which is called:
Wiseguy Lounge: towards the back of the pizzeria you will see stairs leading upstairs. Follow the signs up the narrow stairs and you will enter the Wiseguy Lounge. Similar size to the pizzeria. They have a few sofa chairs/​love seat couches along the wall opposite the bar but get there early because there are only a few and they fill up (especially if you want to eat your pizza comfortably while enjoying drinks). Also have seating at the bar.
Huge selection of bourbons (bar tender said they have 156 difference kinds) and they have a bourbon club — if you try 100 different kinds (including in mixed drinks) you get your name on a plaque on the wall. They also have a good selection of unique mixed drinks (think Japps, but they opened first).
Overall had a great time and really enjoyed the pizza. But get here early if you want a seat.