Libby’s Bar & Grill

The food is good and the drinks aren’t bad but sometimes with drinks like tequila sunrise the orange juice tastes like it was left out over night. Over all it is the best bar in Durham and has a good atmosphere.

Awful customer service and the staff is just overall rude. They were all definitely made fun of in high school and are now trying to make up for it. Unless you’re there every night or have some sort of relationship to a staff member, be prepared to be treated like dirt. Don’t go here, go next door to Scorps instead.

The old Libby’s burned down before I turned 21, and I had graduated after it reopened, so I don’t have a lot of memories of the place from my student days. It has been a go-​to bar for UNH kids for a long time, though. In general, it’s nothing special, but it’s a good go-​to bar and grill. The food is a couple dollars more expensive than it should be, and beer selection isn’t terrible, but limited. It’s nice enough that you can take the family and they won’t feel like they’re in a gross student dive. The food quality is fine, maybe a little on the heavy side. The waffle fries are GREAT, though. Get those if you have the chance.

Good place overall. Fun atmosphere. However, they advertise for $ 5 dollar burgers on Tuesdays but they fail to tell you that it’s a specific burger on the menu so when we got the check, it was double what we thought… Pretty annoying.

Let me begin by stating that this is a college bar. If you have a family, please proceed to evacuate your children promptly by 7pm. Why? Because at this time every UNH Wildcat over 21 funnels through the front doors for Beat the Clock specials. Be ready to fight like a beast on animal planet for your drinks. After attracting the attention of the bartender, you may feel the urge to buy 4+ drinks at a time when you realize they cost a dollar for the next ten minutes. And that’s why the tables look like a pincushion of dirty shirlys and whisky sours. All of a sudden, you feel the bar start to shake as if from an violent earthquake. They open the downstairs at 10 pm and the dance floor fills up like a minifridge in Williamson and Christensen. If you go anywhere in Durham when you become an «adult», go to Libbys.

Good bar food. Great wings and decent drink specials. Good place to take the family, but avoid Thursday-​Saturday nights unless you get there early. Can fill up with students especially since Ballard’s closed.
Black and Blue Burger is very good. I recommend adding bacon. I haven’t had anything here that disappointed me terribly, which is really saying a lot for food in Durham!

It’s a college bar. so your standards have to be set a little lower then if you were at any other restaurant. It probably will still smell like the dollar drinks from the night before. and don’t look too closely at the carpet. As a review based solely on the food. it is great. The chicken fingers, nachos, pasta dishes. are all my favorite. I honestly can’t say I have had a «bad» meal here (remember the standards are lower). In all honesty though, the fries and chicken fingers are some of the best that I have had. ever. That says a lot.

It’s a college bar with wicked decent food. They’ve got everything from burgers to salads to wicked good wings. It is what it is but I’ll take it.

I had high hopes for this meal because it wasn’t cheap. When struggling to pick what I wanted to eat because the food was pretty overpriced I couldn’t help but notice it smelt like feet. Everyone else at my table agreed. The service was OK but the table next to me was really rowdy and our waitress was being practically sexually harassed. I knew that it was a bar and that was what I should expect though. The food took a long time to come out and when it did I was less then impressed. It was an Ok burger but for 10 $ I wanted something delicious. I have better burgers at home. Also the French fries were pretty soggy. I couldn’t help but want to leave the entire time and it was hard to eat with the raunchy smell of feet at the same time. Everyone had food left on their plate but none of my friends wanted to bring it back to the dorms with us. At the end I had thrown 20 $ and was wishing I had just ate in the UNH cafeteria. The service wasn’t bad but the food was much too overpriced for what it really was… a disappointment.

OK, I’m going to give this place a shout out because it definitely isn’t getting the love it deserves.
I am a UNH graduate and have lived in the coummunity area for the past 15 years. I have been to this restaurant at least 40 times.
I will admit, that my experience is either lunch or dinner by 6 PM. But for these experiences, I have always found the food to be excellent. My wife is a bit of a haddock expert and she thinks the fish and chips are about the best around. I have had some meals here that are amongst the best I have had in the entire Seacoast area.
I definitely disagree with the greasy bar foot comments. I think they do a great job and the food is always excellent. I always look forward to their daily specials because they are typically fantastic. Sometimes I have a hard time choosing which one to get.
I guess the food they serve is right up my alley and I always sit on the side without the bar. So, for me, five stars.

Nice College town restaurant. Most other choices involve pizza. Have a seat by the window since the restaurant offers little ambiance. I had an excellent tasting Chicken Pesto and side salad. Good service and mostly a college crowd.

This was the most popular bar to go to at UNH back in the day. We did not go for the food; we went for the drink specials and because it was a fun, cool place to go to. Also the facility itself is by far better than any of the college bars. Good times; good memories!

Good atmosphere to watch a game and have a drink. Service and food sucks.

Went back a week or so ago and it was much improved. The food was much better and it didn’t stink anymore.

Went here for the specials on drinks. Didn’t stay on the main floor, was mostly in the basement.
DECOR: Main floor was a large bar, lots of TV’s and tables. Definitely a sports bar, everyone was watching the Bruins and yelling at the TV’s. We didn’t stay long but the basement would be a great place to go to dance. They had tables everywhere, alot less crowded too, and there was a DJ and dance floor.
DRINKS: Drinks were alright, very strong which is good I guess because you get your moneys worth. They were cheap too because we went when they had specials. Think it was only around 1 $ a drink actually, at the time.
I would definitely go back and stay longer next time so that I could dance in the basement.

Love this place for a window seat to people watch and enjoy a great burger or some nachos. Good service, kid friendly and nice location right downtown makes this a regular stop for us.
It’s a bar in a college town so don’t expect peace and quiet. ;-)

I have been here twice while traveling on business in Durham, New Hampshire. Both times, the service was quick and friendly, and the food was good for the price point. The place was not amazingly crowded or noisy, but I went on weeknights during the summer, so UNH was out of session. All in all, I liked it. Would go again.

Went in for the first time the other night. Service was great, food was good. Lighting is awkward so I’m going to have to give it a second try during the day.
I liked the burger that I ordered. But I think «it is what it is».
I’d go again, but I probably wouldn’t be excited about it.

It is what it is.
The service isn’t great, but this isn’t exactly a nice place. It’s a bar geared towards UNH students.
One thing I really like is the California Pita. Grilled Chicken, hommus, veggies and avocado. I’ve also had the chili and that’s pretty good.
If you have a choice, head to Portsmouth. But if you’re limited to downtown Durham, you’ll be able to find something here. Just don’t expect anything great.

Mediocre food at average prices. You are impressed when you walk into this college town restaurant the engulfs a bar. The place is clean and the menu looks great. The food reminds you of your friend’s mom cooking, if she wasn’t a good cook.
The food really tastes like it was mode in someone’s kitchen. I had the special grilled chicken and bacon wrap with ranch. It tasted just like I described it — bland with tons of ranch dressing and maybe bacon bits? The grilled wraps were served warm so be prepared for that.
We didn’t have room for the deserts but they sounded really yummy. So maybe start with that and then hit the large number of draft beers on tap?