Old Pad

The old pad is great but don't go there alone becasue if you do the young adult crowd will gossip about you and look at you like you are a criminal.Other than that I love this place for the kareoke and the nice staff.The big screen t.v's and the ambience really set the tone for a quaint college sports bar

Posted 09/12/09 | Report Abuse

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The Old Pad is by far and hands down the best bar in Eugene. On Thursdays for over three years, my friends and I would head to the Pad for karaoke. We would show up in numbers (20+ people) and sing classics from such artists as Creed and Genuine. These nights of Old Pad mayhem were with out a doubt one of my fondest memories of college and will for ever have a place in my memory. The bar tenders are awesome, the food is some of the best around, the pool tables are plentiful and the have Buck Hunter Safari addition in the corner. If you are reading these reviews in the hunt for a good bar in Eugene then trust me you will find nothing better than the Pad. Don't listen to that crap that those haters wrote.

Posted 01/27/09 | Report Abuse

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This is the worst p[lace in Eugene for a bar or grill. Don't even consider going here if you have any other choices. The people are terrible the service is terrible the food is terrible the drinks are terrible.

Posted 09/15/08 | Report Abuse

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08/25/2007 - Our experience was so terrible that we had to make it a priority to warn others before they experience something similar. We went to the Old Pad to watch a UFC fight and arrived at 6:00. Whitney, our waitress, took our drink and food orders--a salad, burger and fries, glass of wine, and a domestic beer. About half an hour later, she notified us that they were out of the domestic beer. We changed our order to a different domestic beer and half an hour after that, she came back to tell us that they were again, out of what we ordered. Approximately 1 hour and 12 minutes after we had ordered our drinks, Whitney brought only the domestic beer to the table (which, coincidentally, turned out to be one of the beers that she said they were out of). She inquired if I wanted a drink and I had to remind her that we were still waiting for a glass of wine. 1 hour and 36 minutes after we had put in our orders, I went to check on our food. Whitney began crying when I asked her where it was and said it should be out soon, even though eight people (we were closely examining who came in before and after us and who was eating and who wasn't) who came in after us had already received their food. Whitney finally brought out our food. It's important to note that while the bar was full, it was not packed, and therefore we cannot excuse Whitney's lack of with-it-ness to it being a busy night. In our additional snooping, we figured out that the owner of the bar was sitting close by and he had to serve his own table food and drinks after waiting for Whitney. We are perhaps willing to give the Old Pad a second chance on a less busy night, but we are certainly not willing to ever have Whitney as a waitress again. We do not suggest that you do, either. Unfortunately, this bar goes down as the very first disappointing bar experience we've had in Eugene. If you do go on a UFC night, or perhaps any other night, eat somewhere else first and order drinks from the bar. The wait staff is terrible.

Posted 08/25/07 | Report Abuse

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Total UFC and other exclusive sports event headquarters. On UFC nights you can barely make it through the crowd. The bartenders and servers are totally cool and make some of the best drinks in town. The menu is extensive for any sportbar and includes the best nacho's around. With three pool tables, pinball, other video games, a great juke box and covered smoking deck this is the place to hang.

Posted 06/11/07 | Report Abuse

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This is a great place to watch sports on their big screen tv.
There are several tvs throughout the place including behind the bar. The place is on the small side so it is often packed on big game days. Their menu is extensive listing several pages of food.Their service is fast and friendly.

Posted 05/25/05 | Report Abuse

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