Joey’s Tavern

It’s a bar. A bar that people should go to in the middle of the day like me. Fast wifi. Great burger. Actually put soccer on the tv.

A chilly night brought myself and my two friends upon this small bar located on the west side of Grand Rapids. We arrived around 10 and sat the bar ordering PBR, Bud Light, and Oberon. The bartenders were very polite and catered to our every need.
It was a Thursday night, meaning we were in for some karaōke. DJ Thighpads was extremely inappropriate and crude– yet he was a true crowd pleaser. My friends and I sang two songs which the crowd loved. KC and the Sunshine band and R. Kelly songs that we sang rang through the front all the way to the pool tables in the back where our college peers were enjoying their own time.
We ended up moving to a table about an hour into our time there where we met some more friends who were definitely interesting.
The boyfriend of one of the girls was rolling, which to our surprise was very chill. Behind us there we met Greg, a 37 year old man who bought my roommate and I a beer each. A very low key, relaxed guy, he seemed nice and well put together.
We stayed until about 1:30 in the morning, but overall had a good time. I will be back at Joeys soon enough. ³⁄₅.

Love Joeys! Cheap, friendly (unlike a certain place across the street), solid food, free popcorn, what’s not to like? Try the Reuben egg rolls! Good happy hour specials as well. Would be there all the time still if I hadn’t moved away.

Love this place. It’s your quintessential west side bar. Low key, pool tables, laid back people and decent bar food. Occasional they create some interesting things in the kitchen like Ruben spring rolls. Bizarre, yet yummy

Nice little bar. Very good drinks and reasonable prices. Good bar food and pizza. Typically an ‘end your night spot’.

Super bar. Everything you are looking for in the area if you are between the ages of 21 and 35.
I’m from Texas and I’ve never seen so many ridiculously hot drunk people before.
God bless you Joey’s!

Great little bar. Decent drink prices. Interesting group of regulars. Mini burgers are the best! Tacos, sloppy Joe minis and other $ 1 specials. My only complaint is that the staff tends to rotate a lot and some of the bartender/​servers are not on the ball. Three weeks in a row they have screwed up my tab. Once charging me double for a drink, once adding a beer to it (I don’t drink beer here), and once running two separate tabs. After a few drinks, you might not notice the discrepancies. I don’t think it’s intentional, but keep your eye on it.
UPDATE 11-​20-​2010
Kiss the $ 1 specials goodbye. Mini burgers jumped to $ 2 each as did tacos. What was a bargain is now a rip off. .75 to add anything to your mini’s also. They also reduced the prizes in Trivia. I don’t know who is running this place but they are not making many friends. Staff is still transient, if they treat customers this way I can only imagine how the help is treated. –one star. You can do better.

Great dive bar. Wide variety in the digital jukebox, lots of TVs if you’re looking to watch a major sporting event, cheap drinks, decent bar food.