Original Fat Cats

You want live music and great food this is the place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

That new band that played on Saturday night def captivated the room! HOLY SMOKES. Reign and her band were incredible and SO versatile. I was shocked it was their first time there!! excited to see them again soon. they rocked the room!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We loved the music. Lisa ann said I had too many beers

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

No free parking

If you want REAL PHILLY FOOD. This is your spot. Top notch bar food/a lot of craft beers to choose from this is your spot. From Guinness to Founders Rebaeus on the nitro line to tank brewery (local great beer) you can have it all at this bar. Enjoy!😉 oh also- best prices in town PERIOD. Check out the live music good vibes and delicious offerings cheers. Local review ❤️ we like good stuff

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Beware of this place if customer service is a thing to you, for which it essentially non-existent with certain members of their staff. This place has such great potential, but the service just ruins it...guess I am banned from here for life! LOL Always thought this place was cool, but...eh, guess I'll find a new spot earn my business.

So like many regulars, I have been visiting OFC for the better part of 20 years...hard to believe that place has been around that long. I should say that it's not hard to understand why this place has been around that long...but it has always had an raw edge to it, and that falls on the service. Generally, horrible. There are a few tenders that are generally cool, but I have always noticed a theme here...some of the bar tenders are either rude, not courteous, or engaged in things other than tending to the customers. Last night, I got ejected from the bar, but let's understand why.

I ordered a Jack Daniels Tennessee Blackberry whiskey, double-shot neat. The drink was poured, and I proceeded to enjoy...didn't think to inspect the drink, as I generally probably never have...who knows. However, last night, I was vibing to the live band, which is always awesome by the way, and I just happened to have to noticed two rather large flies or knats just chilling at the bottom of my plastic cup. So, I proceed to the bar to inform the tender what I had discovered and not looking for anything other than positive acknowledgement, although a repour would have been to correct etiquette for just about any business establishment.

Alright, this already too long. Long story short. The tender coldly told me what do I expect...we are outside, turned dismissively and walked away. I flagged him back and asked to close my tab, only after pushing the bug ridden cup to the ground. When he handed me the clipboard, I proceeded to express my frustration by slamming board on the counter. Of course, the tender, who is a weakling I must say...who did nothing to help, yelled for security to boot me. I accept my fate...lol. But it was interesting that the tender was more willing to boot me than address the bugs in my drink.

Says a lot about certain staff that work there. Anyway, I was looking for this to be corrected, and I got booted instead. Steer clear of this place, as I mentioned, if customer service is a thing to you.

To me friendly atmosphere is everything when in a place like this, and it quickly turned hostile over bugs in a drink...go figure. And I really wonder what the owner thinks of this...I am really interested in knowing.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Cheese steak was one of the best and certainly the best in Ft Lauderdale

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had a great time. Probably the best Philly cheesesteak I’ve had in a very long time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is so much fun. Live music every night

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

The best onion rings I’ve tried honestly

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

I have been going to fat cats for over 17 years. On Friday July 25 2025 I went to fat cats after a show at revolution live. When I walked up to the door the doorman wouldn’t let me in and when I asked why he said it was because I was stumbling around. I have a titanium rod in my leg from my knee to my ankle, and screws in my knee and ankle as well. Of course I have a limp I’m disabled. So they wouldn’t let me in, but they let my extremely intoxicated friends I was with in. I was seriously offended. I will miss going here but I will never go here again. The door men are always way too extra.

I had a Philly cheese steak here and it was amazing. It took forever to get an order in though and the bartenders were rude to me and my girlfriend. It's a fun location that gets super packed, it's impossible to move around when it's busy

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 1

Was kind of dead the night we went.

Atmosphere: 3

Service: 3

Don’t worry atmosphere when it’s busy the bartenders only pay attention to the regulars even though I’ve been gone there for 15+ years they still will ignore you and does not care

Trying to tab takes 20+ minutes
The restrooms are in dismay and honestly if there’s a health department that could check on that, that would be great

Fort Lauderdale‘s dive bar

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

REALLY good Philly cheesesteak! Bartenders were cool and interactive. Good spot to listen to live music and to meet locals.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5