JR's Bar & Grill

Only go when I have to

Only go when friends want to meet here after work. Drinks are a little pricey. Crowd varies. I can usually only stand an hour here because the queens with attitude usually ruin it for me. Why do you have to be so mean?

A don't miss while in Houston!

Nice bar with music, lots of events and four counters to get a drink. The only drawback is if you are a smoker, the patio is quite small.

.... POOR customer service, expensive drinks....

I have lived in Houston all my life and JR's was my first bar to go to. At first, it was the greatest bar in the world, where I met my first boyfriend. However, over the years, the "edginess", fun, vitality and "gayness" of JR's left, to be replaced by overpriced drinks, butthole bartenders (not all, but most) and the WORST dick dancers in the country: good looking, big schlonged men with absolutely no sense of decorum. I and my boyfriend are not old trolls, nor do we search out dick dancers. But we noticed over the years, the young men they hire all have the same body language: GO AWAY. JR's is really for the gay monied crowd - the gay attorneys, doctors and $100,000+ crowd that seem to inhabit the entrance when you walk in. The body language of the A-listers here is always: GO AWAY. The only place that I have found comfortable at JR's is the pool table where the normal people stand. Both sides of the bar seem to be inhabited by the trendy brand whores that stand in the middle of the aisles, drunk, with their drunk str8 girlfriends ( which is, the same for South Beach "the night club" which is now more str8 than gay on the weekends! ) All that JR's needs to change their "GO AWAY" attitude is a change in the owners mentality: start by treating the gay community with respect - lower the drink prices, hire bartenders and dick dancers that have great customer service skills that SMILE, fire the old guys that SCOWL everytime you order a drink and get RID of the straight dick dancers in favor of gay men with great bodies.

Good Times

An awesome place with great crowd. The only bad thing I can say about it is that the staff has too much attitude for their own good. I'll defenitively go there again.

Don't pretend much

If you are in Houston you have to visit JR's. Simply because it's the place where most gays ( ages 21-35) go. They have drag shows, wich are the same week after week. On weekends you have some little queens with attitude...and no looks. Apparently ugly is the new hot in this town. But in general people are friendly and fun, especially early or during happy hour. The staff can be helpful, attentive and educated or the opposite. Good luck with that one!