The Round House Bar

Probably one of the most fun places I go. Guys weekend for the last 10 years has been in Put-​In-​Bay and the Roundhouse bar always has a great atmosphere and always a great band. I’m a big fan!

One of the more fun bars to hang in on a hot afternoon. Mad dog show was FANTASTIC. Great service from the bartenders. My only beef was security. In the afternoon w adults they need to take a chill pill. Security could ruin your experience.
Other than a YOUNG security a little uptight, I will return to the Round House for their shows and the customer service w bartenders.

I have been to Roundhouse about four times over the course of two visits in two summers. I am by no means the expert on Roundhouse, but I gave it four stars for my combined visits. 3 stars for Roundhouse itself, and a bonus star for the fabulous chicken meal next door and those wonderful (and dangerous) Bushwacker drinks at the outdoor bar! If you want an excellent lunch or early dinner, get the wine basted chicken at the Chicken Patio. I could also sit at the bar next to it and drink delicious chocolatey drinks all day.
Roundhouse is fun, definitely crowded late at night when there are live bands. Quieter during the early evening if you just want to stop in for a drink or to see the atmosphere. Not a bar that I’d write home about, but I’m glad I’ve been a few times, even if it doesn’t top my list of the top favorite bars in PIB.

A great place to visit if you like the smell of sour beer, don’t want food, and are traveling with teenagers. With so many better choices up and down the street, you’d be better off visiting almost any other venue. :-(

Every time I’ve been here I’ve always have a blast. I love all of the performers they have and the décor inside. I love how they seriously serve buckets of beer. Like a WHOLE red bucket full of beer and you just pour it into plastic cups. I think it’s a casual and cool place to hang out. The only thing that I don’t like are the bathrooms. They need help, major major help.

Terrible service! Bartenders ignored us because they were having conversations with some other island workers who came in to drink on their day off. It was so blantant that we had to ask if we could order a drink. She continued her conversation with friends while she poured the drinks and didn’t even look away from them when she snatched the credit card out of my husband hand for payment! Won’t go back.

By far one of the hot spots on old Delaware avenue, besides frostys of course. AJ, Jen, Ashley, Brandon, Gilly, Audrey, Craig, Katie, Austin, Shuttle, Amanda, Paula, and of course Bean do phenomenal work making the Round House a happy place for Put-​in-​Bay visitors to hangout. Quality people completely and do their jobs well.
PS never throw cups at bartenders you hippy loser, rule number 0ne. No one wants you anywhere up here anyways, ever!
Keep up the good work RHB

«The Roundhouse Bar… Where One Can’t A Drink… Offseason, In October».
I recently took a friend new to NE Ohio on a small adventure out to see more of the area and we ended up going to Put-​In_​Bay for the afternoon.
I had told him about the Roundhouse Bar and it’s long history and he was excited to visit.
It was our first stop downtown.
We knew because it was offseason the bar wouldn’t have it’s usual flavor (there were six customers not counting us), but we thought at least we can enjoy the establishment and getting some drinks shouldn’t be a difficulty.
We were wrong.
We were able to get a round of a coke and a cider from the young female bartender.
But when it came time to order another, neither the female or male bartender (who had been playing with a plastic bar glass made into a shuttlecock for the last five minutes) would give us a second, third, or even forth glance. They each moved on to talking to their boyfriends, and even though we politely said «hello» or «can we get a drink, please» a few times, we received no attention at all. Still polite «hellos» became a little bit louder. The female bartender looked at us but provided no service and went back to conversing.
My companion decided to make a last-​ditch effort to get their attention by lobbing a similarly made shuttlecock in their direction to get their attention in a humorous fashion. It bounced off the male bartender, which gave him the opportunity to still say nothing but give us a slow look and squint, Dirty Harry like. If only he was looking forward to bartending as much as he was looking forward to an opportunity to be macho.
My friend told him he had been trying to get their attention for the last 20 minutes, and this was his last resort.
The immature bartender’s reply was to infer we were drunk, cutoff, and that we should leave the bar ASAP.
We told him we were happy to go after we finished our coke and cider.
I won’t be returning.

This is one of the worst bars I have ever been to in my life. Come to witness 21-​year-​olds and 45-​year-​olds who don’t know how to act at a bar make fools of themselves while everyone in between those two age groups exchanges knowing glances of «What the fuck are these people doing?» and «I remember MY first beer!»
Apparently this is what they are trying to be, so I guess they get 5 stars.

This was a fun bar to stop into at night which wasn’t too expensive. I wouldn’t get the bucket of beer though considering it’ll set you back almost $ 30. A little steep for my liking but they had a cool stage up high. Wasn’t the largest bar either. I’d stop back in but wouldn’t be too upset if we passed it by either.