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The Next Door
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street, Private Lot
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Tue, Fri, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
16 reviews for The Next Door
16 reviews in English
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Review from Patrick V.
Houston, TX
7/16/2011 6 Check-ins Here
Been coming here since I moved to Houston, one of the best dive bars in the world as far as I'm concerned. Lots of sofas and chairs for groups to sit and chat and the staff are some the nicest, weirdest and interesting people in Houston.
Drink specials every single night and they always have the cheap Pabst Blue Ribbon for the white trash in all of us. One the best jukeboxes in Houston if you don't like the selection then you've probably got bad taste!
They have art shows pretty often and always art hanging on the wall, plus on Wednesday they have a sketch session with a bunch of local artist. -
Review from David N.
6/29/2011 1 Check-in Here
So this is "Next door" to Rudyards's. Rudyard's is cool, but this place is lame. Bunch of dive bar snobs.
They do have Foosball and Video games in the back.Listed in: Houston: Worst Bars
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Review from Cameron B.
Houston, TX
8/2/2010
I came here after a Rudyard's concert to have a few drinks before last call and was denied service for at least 10 minutes while others around me were being taken care of. I finally yelled "Is anyone gonna freaking (didn't say freaking) wait on me?" in which the bartender attempted to belittle me in front of the crowd before finally taking my order.
If you expect to get waited on be sure to wear black.
This bar is run by a bunch of people still bitter about high school. -
Review from Deana R.
Houston, TX
2/23/2010
This place is cool. It is not my favorite place, it is not my least favorite place, it is just a small bar, that has a decent crowd most nights and is priced reasonably.
This bar does have one of the best digital jukeboxs you will ever find. Nice mix of old school rap, 80's punk, new wave and some country and classic rock hits to make you shake your money maker. I even met Johnny Lee's daughter the other night here (apparently)...she did resemble the "Lookin for love" singer of yesteryear...
Friendly Bartenders, decent selection of spirits and they carry Lone Star for those so inclined.
Two thumbs up...best with a crowd, but if you just have yourself, this place is not prententious enough to keep you from making friends at the bar.
Cheers! -
Review from Art B.
Montrose, Houston, TX
Cheap drinks! Daily specials! Amazing Art! Montrose tradition, stop by!
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Review from Palmer A.
Shreveport, LA
12/5/2011
Nice, chill place. The bartenders were attentive and the atmosphere was eclectic and cool. Local art hung on the walls and it was good! Couches surrounded the main bar area and the patio was awesome. The only thing I'd chance would be the hard seating on the patio but otherwise, great experience.
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Review from Gretchen P.
Houston, TX
7/25/2008
This is a great "oh it's not quite 2am, let's just stop in here for a beverage or three" bar. It's actually a great dive bar. Great music in the jukebox, pool table, a number of couches and tables, a TV to watch B-movies on inside. Outside, seating and tables are a little precarious. Excepting the picnic tables, there are (actually as of my last visit, were) very uncomfortable barstools to sit on. Also, the "patrons of the bar" are all relatively friendly, which I've never really find at many other places. I've had many random, odd, but interesting conversations ranging from the pros and cons of the desserts at a restaurant in town (only to find out later that I was speaking to the pastry chef at said restaurant-whoops) to a punk-rocker kid telling me where to find Howard Hughes' grave site at Glenwood. (An awesome old Houston cemetery on Washington. Check it out, if you haven't been.)
It's virtually dead until 1am or unless there is a show at Rudyards (lots of spillover from Rudyards). Quick note on the bathrooms. They're unisex. Or at least they appear to be. They're both "relatively" clean, however the one on the left is a little cleaner, and if you have a purse, there's a relatively safe place to set it down.
Also, if you like the Tamale Guy, he frequents the place around 12-1ish. -
Review from Jeremy D.
Houston, TX
9/6/2011 39 Check-ins Here
Great dive bar. Cheap beer and a full bar. Occasionally they will show a cheezy movie on the screen inside.
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Review from tatiana s.
Houston, TX
Convenient when the flat is dead, Rudyard's is packed, and you just want a $2.50 beer outside on a picnic table. The long bar is filled with the grizzled to the beauties and staffed by a sweet smiling bartender. The black couches are comfortable, you can actually hear people talk, and they play good music ranging from alternative 80s to 21st century rock. An added touch is the occasional pooch hiding between barstools. Outside is the convenient picnic table but bring your deet because you will feed the population of skeeters hanging out drinking THEIR beers - you.
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Review from Ruta P.
Houston, TX
2/9/2009
good as a last stop, or a hang out all evening, if you happen to enjoy parking yourself down on a stool and either people watching or maybe running into folks you know. a dive in the true sense of the word. takes all kinds, gets all kinds, plays all kinds of movies on the projected screen and all kinds of music from the jukebox. ain't nothing wrong with that.
as is the case with most dive-bars, be nice to the bartenders and they won't be surly. this is a beer and shots kind of place: "Chet" with the biceps and the $80 haircut is not making you an appletini. go to midtown for that. come here for real people and a good time. -
Review from Elaine N.
Houston, TX
5/21/2011 2 Check-ins Here
I love this little dive. Cheap drinks, friendly peeps. Next to Rudyard's and The Flat if you're bar hopping.
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Review from Ellen C.
6/11/2010
I've been here twice and I can say that I am definitely down with The Next Door. More than what it's next door to, in fact . . .
It's a no frills, rather small bar situated next to Rudyard's. I assume it's a prime location for pre-show at Rudyard's drinks since the Rudyard's downstairs bar isn't exactly the most welcoming-feeling place.
There's a limited patio area that people tend to linger around for smoking purposes. The interior consists of a bar on the left side and then a small family of plush (possibly chockfull of nastiness) couches on the right. There's a jukebox and some random arcade games in the rear, by the restrooms.
The couple of times I've been here, it's been fairly relaxed and the service has been prompt and friendly. Prices are decent as well. They do seem to have different specials every day of the week, but I failed to note them in great detail.
This is a totally legit neighborhood bar, but I can't say I would go out of the way to come here since it can be a little lacking in people. -
Review from Mike S.
Houston, TX
3/31/2010
Good times. Great for the last few drinks before last call. Decent prices and a bad ass music machine!
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Review from Angela F.
Houston, TX
1/15/2008
I guess i'll be the first. Next Door is next door to Rudyards (kinda sorta). It's more or less the place you go AFTER Rudz and you already have a good buzz going. It's a tiny little place, but everytime I've been there, sans one and that is just because of the company and a less than comfortable situation (sitting with 2 guys I went out with back to back and was still going out with one) sorta put a damper on things. There's a chick bartender who's a total beey-atch to other women, but a sweetie to all the guys. I'm not too fond of her and I guarantee I tip way better than most of the clientele there. There's another bartender who sorta looks Samoan. He pours a bad-ass (as in strong) tasty cocktail. Again, this is usually just a way station before venturing out to the other little nearby spots.
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Review from Matthias S.
Houston, TX
2/1/2010
I wasn't sure what I thought about this place originally, but it's kinda grown on me. Arcade games in the back, sometimes a movie is projected on the wall, interesting bathrooms, and the jukebox is AWESOME!!! Everything from RL Burnside, to the Dead Milkmen, to Michael Jackson, to Johnny Cash, to NWA, to the Ramones and lots in-between. Yeah, sometimes there are fighting-types in there, but I've seen worse elsewhere. Occasional art openings as well. Not exactly a family-outing type place, but not bad for just hanging out and having a couple beers. Rudz is right next-door, and people seem to bounce back and forth.
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Review from LAWJISTIK -.
Houston, TX
12/7/2008
Next door always has "fly" art...friend of a friend type of place.
