Library Bar & Grill

I’m going to write about the Library-​not the one with the books, the one with the booze. The Library Bar and Grill is a beloved destination for dinner and drinks on the patio.
I am a personal fan of their pizzas. Ranging around $ 10, the personal size pizzas are delicious and filling. The crust is hand-​tossed, rubbed with olive oil, and sprinkled with a mixture of herbs and cornmeal. Pizza choices include Four Cheese, Pepperoni, Veggie Pie, BBQ Chicken, and more.
The Library’s signature dish on their menu is The Library Burrito Supreme ($ 9.95). It starts with chips and salsa and then comes this huge post roast burrito with beans, chili, cheese, and pico, all covered in even more melted cheese. It’s one of my good-​to-​favorites if our group is wanting a meal to go with our drinks.
If you are wanting something lighter for dinner, keep in mind that even their salad portions are generous. The Library Salad ($ 5.95), is a basic (but filling) large bowl of fresh greens, cheese, tomatoes, and mushrooms. For $ 3 more, chicken or turkey can be added.
The Library has a wide selection of house, bottled, and draft beers from around the world, including a $ 6 Made in Oklahoma Beer Flight of four local beers.
So while customers won’t find any books here (or even drinks named after authors), the Library Bar and Grill has an excellent selection of good food and drinks, and is a perfect place to catch up with your friends.

Good food & great beer. Food menu is limited, but happy hour with $ 2 drafts makes it worth it. Plus: patio!

I get that this place is popular for the ambience but it’s just not for us. We want a quaint like this to pack some punch on beer selection and offer more healthy/​interesting options for food.

Slow service, ok food. But they serve cheap drinks, so it’s alright. You can easily get drunk for $ 15, including minimum 20% tip. I wouldn’t choose this place to eat at, but the veggie nachos are pretty good when you’re tipsy.
Nice patio, but it’s so dark you can’t see anyone’s face at night, so make sure to get a candle from the serving tray they usually have outside.
If you’re cold, they hand out blankets, which I love.
Great bar, really. Very comfortable and chill. Laid back. Cheap.
Not a fun place to hang out with your family, really, unless your family are interested in getting hammered. A place for friends and drinking buddies.

After fleeing a loud, annoying bar, I found a good recovery spot here to finish the night. Patio was quiet and nice despite being next to the street. The landscaping dampens the street noise well. Music was chill. Good selection of local and international beer. Service was quick and polite. Looking forward to returning soon!

I struggled with what to leave as a review for the Library. I ordered up a Burger, and their House Wheat Beer. They both left the same impression; pretty much average/​mediocre, nothing to write home about. I got good service, and the atmosphere was charming, so I’ll give it three stars. I will say that if you are just looking for a bar to hang out and drink at, it seems like it would be an awesome place. When it comes to lunch/​dinner, you could probably do better in the area.

Good Blue Moon on draft, and not the crappy 3.2% that most bars in Norman seem to be selling lately. Happy hour drink prices are only for Boulevard beer I believe, but still, the other drafts are $ 3.50/$ 4.00 which is pretty good. Good appetizers, higher quality pizza and nachos that you would expect from a bar, and the waitresses are usually cuties with black skirts on — reer!
Outside seating is a big olé plus, especially when the weather is nice, and the crowd is a mix of college students, professors, working 30’s and 40’s people and families. All kinds. Throw back a few and watch the bartender girls take shots right before close — it’s a hoot and a half by god.
It’s time to go study at The Library.

What started as a nice evening turned into a nightmare. We waited over two hours for our food and the service was spotty at best. To top it all off the food was cold when we received it. Normally have excellent service but will go elsewhere from now on.

Probably my favorite place in the entire world.
First things first, the cheapest drinks in town during Happy Hour — which there are TWO. 3pm-​6pm, and 10pm — close. Prime drinking times. A light Brewhouse beer on the patio in the summer — nothing is better. Not to mention, their happy hour also includes pizza and nachos.
I’m not a pizza fan, and I could eat theirs everyday. They have a set menu but they’ll normally make anything you please. Might I suggest tomato, basil, garlic, with olives and onions? Dream pizza.
This isn’t a «locals only» bar but if you go there often enough, you’ll start to recognize everyone. People have been going to this bar for years and years and continue to frequent.
Good for study dates in the afternoon and going out with friends at night. This will almost always be the place I end my night after Campus Corner.

One of the best places to go for lunch, dinner, or drinks in Norman! Everything I’ve had here is great. The spinach queso dip is my go-​to for an appetizer. The pizzas are fantastic as is the Monterrey chicken sandwich. The BBQ chicken pizza is my favorite pizza. Great environment, great food, great place. It can be very crowded during happy hour or any time the weather is nice.

This is one of my favorite hangouts in Norman. The only reason I’m giving it 4 instead of 5 stars is because I’ve had mixed experiences with the service. Sometimes they’re on top of it, other times they’ve taken 10 min just to bring waters. Overall, great beer selection, decent pub fare, $ 2 wells all the time, happy hour specials on beer and food, outdoor seating.
The best thing to do is go from 3−6pm on a Sunday. All day Sunday is half-​priced pizza, and then happy hour (3 – 6) brings half-​priced nachos. Walked out stuffed, and with a $ 10 bar tab for two people!

Even though they no longer have their badass spinach & feta-​filled soft pretzels, The Library is still one of my favorite places to go to in Norman. (But, really, guys, can you bring those back, please?)
As with all Good Life establishments, they have great happy hours and well drink prices, a fine selection of beer on tap, tasty seasonal/​special occasion shots and mixed drink concoctions, and scrumptious bar food to soak up the evil.
Service can be hit or miss like any college bar with a steady rotation of graduating staff, and I wouldn’t recommend ordering anything too fancy like a White Russian, but The Library is full of that nostalgic, collegiate magic.
Dark wood and stained glass inside with a killer patio outside (heaters provided for chillier months!), and satisfying booze and food options, make this a notable year round spot near Campus Corner.

This little bar is one of our favorite places to hang out in Norman. It’s tiny and always packed but I wouldn’t change a thing. The atmosphere is partly why we love to visit The Library. The owners have a few different restaurants all located around campus but the Library is by far where we hang out the most.
The bar is the most coveted seat in the place. The service is great and the food is far better than most bar food. We love their Pot Roast Nachos. Absolutely mouth watering! They are also known for their pizza. Yummy! They have quite a selection of beers on tap and their wine selection is pretty good. The waitresses are typically very attractive as well.
The patio is a fun place when the weather permits. They have heaters in the winter so it’s quite comfortable all year long. This is a must if you are on campus and need a fun place to hang out for great drinks and food.

Best patio next to the mont. Great happy hour but slow service!
Local beers, great pizza and pot roast nachos!

Amazeballs. Great local spot.

One of the best patios in Norman and a fantastic beer selection. Inside the atmosphere is cozy and warm. Staff is always friendly.

Food is basic — sandwiches or reheated pretzels, etc. The service is terrible; my last server brought us drinks we didn’t order twice and expected us to pay for them — that’s when we could get a server.
The only virtues are that they have $ 2 well drinks and the actual establishment is kinda cool and very mellow. Oklahoma needs more patio seating at pubs/​restaurants.

The atmosphere is relaxed and chill, and if you want some good grub while enjoying the scenes around campus, you’ll like this place.
Starting out the service was slow, but you don’t go to the Library to rush you go to relax and take your time. The food was tremendous. I highly recommend the quesadillas. If you’re a pizza lover, this is a great place to find and pizza of your own.
Highlight: they order their cheese fresh so if you’re into cheese, cheese it up at the Library.
So if the day is sunny, park yourself at the Library and enjoy you a cool beer whist getting some work done. Also, it doesn’t hurt when mom or pops call to ask where you are to say you’re at the Library.

Clever name. If I was a OU student and my mom or dad called me, I could rightfully say that I’m at the library. This can also be confusing to some people who don’t know their is a bar called «The Library» in Norman.
The inside of the bar is tiny. So cozy in fact that you actually end up almost sitting face to face to someone in one of their booths. The patio seats remind me of a mini jungle. As stated by others– people tend to smoke outside. I think the beer selection at McNellie’s is better, but I think it’s cool that this place offers beer flights. As far as food goes, I’ve only tried their nachos. They’re nothing special. Service wasn’t all that great either so I really don’t have any reason to come back to this place. Maybe I’ll give it another shot in the future.

The Library, the first time I’ve heard of this place I was thinking the Bizzell. Little did I know these were two very different places in two different locations, but very close to each other.
It’s a great little hidden location within walking to school and the «real» library. It has that pub feel to it, sassy waiters, dark and dim, mismatched chairs, and sticky tables. Parking is limited, but at that time we just walked there.
I’ve been here for food, and drinks.
Their pizza, is really well flavored, but kind of on the small side. Given the chance I would probably get it again mostly for the taste, not so much the price. I believe we got a regular cheese pizza. Their nachos were alright, our chips were slightly soggy and the cheese wasn’t much to harp about.
Drinks, well at this time in my life I drank anything and everything. But my favorite was when the bartender created for us a gingerbread shot, delicious going down.
Conclusion: I mostly miss this place because of the fond memories with friends and the cutesy close atmosphere you get but for the food not so much. I’m okay with their drinks though.