The Midnight Underground

I love this place. I love the staff. I love the food. This is the most chill place you can find. Hidden away and unlike any other place in Gainesville. 10/10 would recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Craft Beer, blt

Amazing staff, shoutout to Shyne ✨

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Such a cool chill spot. Reminds me of the bar I used to work at. Bring on the Underberg and its perfect here. Awesome events for sure!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Craft Beer, Pressed Sandwiches

The Midnight Underground has a long and storied history in Gainesville as a local bar, hangout, artist venue and safe space for everyone. Current setup has almost daily events with a stage for trivia, open mic, bands, performances, sometimes karaoke and more. A nice, chill vibe to get away from the college "fraternizing" at some other spots. Beer, wine, and tasty food. come check them out!

Can't wait to return for amateur night.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Craft Beer

Awesome service, great atmosphere, and karaoke is on Saturdays. (they also have food) ;)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Craft Beer

The Midnight is open still. It has new owners and management. The bar is fully stocked and there are events (like Sundays Arts and Drafts).It's a nice calm place to hang out, with lots of cool people, and great if you want to distress after work or school.Parking is validated via a QR code, for 4 hours and you can re-validate. Or use GRU's lot on the weekends and after 6 pm.They have craft beers, bottles, cans, wine (red and white), mimosas, ciders, the whitecap and nutrals, and some non-alcoholic drinks like soda, original sin's white non-alcoholic drink that is more like a carbonated tonic. Plus they have hotdogs, sandwiches, Mac and cheese (top tier), and chili (you can mix the 2).

Vegetarian options: Some vegetarian menu options. No more veggie chilli.

Wheelchair accessibility: They have an elevator that allows accessibility.

Recommended dishes: Craft Beer, Chicago Dog

I have been coming to this establishment a long time. It’s open late it isn’t noisy. Nice chill environment. Everytime I have done a long drive and I need to unwind I will come to the midnight underground. Anytime I have friends come from out of town I tell them about this establishment or I will bring them there myself. The thing I love about this establishment is how relaxed and open everyone is… mostly. I have now had two experiences that have now been very poor with this establishment. One one occasion I was walking with my family who was visiting from out of town and we had dinner reservations near by. My sister desperately needed to use the restroom. Normally I don’t pop into an establishment just to use the bathroom but today was an exception my sister didn’t know the area but I assured per. ” I go to this place all of the time the people are really nice and honestly after dinner we should grab some beers here.” We stepped in the front door and there was a staff member standing there with her arms folded and shouted “here to BUY anything” I attempted to explain the situation and the woman huffed really loudly and said “fine go ahead” while my sister was using the restroom she preceded to get angry and complain that people always come in there to use the bathroom and never buy anything. I attempted to explain to her that I come there a lot and absolutely love the place but she scoffed at me. I then attempted to explain that people probably liked coming here to use the bathroom because they know it is a safe and relaxed environment and that is the sole reason I go there myself. Because they stand out as chill and welcoming whereas other businesses aren’t. She essentially said don’t come back ever again unless I’m going to buy something. My sister came back from the restroom and said she felt uncomfortable and that she didn’t want to return to that establishment and that she felt extremely embarrassed. I agreed and I did not bring her back there. This again happened with a friend of mine who we were going to grab a beer while we were walking in. I was parking the car and my friend had to use the restroom badly he ran inside (his first time there) and by the time I’m walking to the door he said he wanted to go some place else. Apparently while he was trying to explain that he was going to purchase something after he used the bathroom first apparently a woman fitting the description of the previous woman Rudely cut him off before he could explain fully and demanded he buy something first. Needless to say I’ve been going to boca down the street instead even tho it is loud and kind of unpleasant. Which is unfortunate I have had so many amazing times there watching movies. Playing games and just having a real nice time. I’m definitely going to return here eventually but I need to wait until the sting has kinda worn off. Anyway other than those two examples this place is my favorite place in all of Gainesville it would have an almost perfect score otherwise.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2

We went here after visiting an art gallery and loved the atmosphere. The owner was there and really kind, the food was tasty too! Being and to sit and visit with friends while we eat and have a drink was great, being able to play board games made it even better - and it's in a good location. Definitely give this spot a try! Where we parked was paid parking but it was a reasonable price!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Craft Beer, Midnight Nachos, Chicago Dog, Chili Cheese Dog, Quesadilla

It was after ten and we wanted something fun to do and something to eat. The Midnight Underground was the perfect choice! There were many games to choose from for a chill night out. We ended up distracted by the food that was better than we were expecting! The chili was so good that we all had it in some form! The chili cheese dog, and the nachos were the group favorite

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had a blast hanging out here with the GRR !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cool relaxed bar and nerd hangout.

Cool staff, nice atmosphere. But most of all for me they have a foosball table.

Great spot with fun events and a friendly staff!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Habanero Cheddar Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Great local bar, always something going on. Interesting brews on tap. Really good food. Get the chili mac, treat yourself. Playing some Smash Bros. Some Pacman, Watch Ghostbusters with the bartender, Grab a board game, with your tankard in hand.