Kruz

This was my first time coming to Kruz and it will not be my last. Nick, and the very friendly staff, made me feel welcome shortly after walking through the door. I have been to the other gay bars in town and have never felt as comfortable as I did here. Great drinks, amazing staff, and a pleasant atmosphere. Best gay bar in Milwaukee.

I really had nice time here with my buddy from New York playing pool and nice atmosphere on patio.

This is a great place to send gay tourist, especially if they are from a small town. They want this kind of experience. I don’t but i guess someone does. They have marketed themselves well and people are willing to pay more for the same thing you can get at other bars for less. I have actually turned down dates who wanted to meet me here.

Kriz has a great patio, great drinks that are cheap and strong, and the patrons are of all ages and backgrounds. They even welcome the straight girls like me! The patio attendants are wonderful, and the bartenders always make sure to let you know you’ve been noticed. I am always pleased with kruz, I have been for years!

Credit card was unintentionally overcharged by an employee who no longer works there. Be wise, pay in cash. Still it’s my go to place. Great patio, good prices.

Definitely the most popular of all Milwaukee’s gay hot spots.
The bartending staff is the best in town.
Kruz is definitely the place to hang if you want to be seen.
Update: if you haven’t seen the patio makeover for 2015, you’re missing out.
This bar continues to be simply the most well-​run and mostly professional in town. And their pours are legendary!
Nick and CC rock. Jerry and Serge are awesome. It’s like a «Queer Cheers»!

I… guess?
Stopped in on a random Thursday night with a couple friends. It was pretty dead. We got some drinks and sat on the patio, which is really nice.
I’ve heard this bar gets pretty fun on busy nights. This was my first time there in like 5 years, so I had no lasting memories to sift through.
Bartender was nice. Not sure what the specialty of this place is. It is certainly not beer (just Miller products), so I’m guessing they mostly make strong tall rail drinks. I ordered a short, and the bartender looked at me like «are you sure?». Then I remembered that gays drink talls, but I’ve been out of the loop for a while, so there we are.
I would go again. Seems like a good place to chill out with a group.

Kruz is always a great place to visit, either the parking lot is deceivingly full, or its really damn full, always hard to tell. Hey, at least’s busy!
Its a bit of a jaunt from the community bars a little ways left on national and 2^nd, but not hard to find by any means. The ambiance is phenomenal; walls painted dark, a very large back mirror, disco balls and lights always going, and very elaborately decorated. No televisions; the bar means what its named; its for ‘cruising.’ This is a good thing, its meant to engage conversation, something most people lack glued to their phones these days.
The clientele is primarily a daddy /​leather-​levi bar since Bootcamp burned down, but can attract somewhat of a young crowd on fridays and saturdays. Drinks are strong as hell, cheap as hell, and served in long, flute like glasses (at least for tap beer, anyway).
Bartenders are great, too! excellent in remembering you’re name. They mave even pull the fog string when certain songs come on! (think: «im so excited» by the pointer sisters!)
The patio is probably the best one in Milwaukee; flamboyantly decorated but very tastefully so. impeccable displays of plants, amazingly comfortable couches and benches, and even well heated in the winter!
Kruz is an awesome, relatively new addition to the gay bars here, but long may it live!

Good space, including a great patio. Friendly staff and much friendlier crowd than other places we visited. I’m a fan.

This is the nicest bar in Milwaukee for those friends of Dorothy’s to visit.
A very friendly atmosphere in a tastefully done and clean bar that is very conducive to meeting new friends, talking with the locals or just having fun.
Wonderful outside patio that is homey and very relaxing under a large canopy tent with comfortable outdoor furniture, well designed and accented with many tropical plants and seductive lighting. Kruz bar is top shelf!
However, the main draw of this whole place is the bartender, Nick. What a beautiful specimen of man of 29 years old! Friendly, polite as apple pie, handsome beyond words, great body, not pretentious and quite comfortable being naturally masculine. His presence adds the final cherry on top of the whip cream that makes Kruz bar such an outstanding place to visit, even for me, coming from Chicago with countless bars to choose from.
This place is worth a visit!