We stopped by The Watering Hole during a bachelorette trip and so enjoyed meeting people and hanging out. Prices are great, and the owner and staff feel like family when you first meet. I will definitely come back next time I visit!
Cachet Caraway
I had a very enjoyable evening when I dropped in at The Watering Hole earlier this week. This establishment is small enough to have an intimate atmosphere with old friends yet large enough that people can come and go allowing for new friendships to transpire throughout the night. There's a pool table and dart board on towards the back door that attracts plenty of challengers to play. I recommend this place for a low cost load off if your ever in Hochatown and want to have a drink with friendly folks.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
James Hart
The best Hochatown local experience..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lisa Riedel
While it’s not TX BBQ.. it’s pretty good.. I had something called the bottom feeder.. I had pulled pork over the smoked potato salad, and it was very good! But there were a couple tough, inedible pieces. My husband had chopped brisket and sausage.. potato salad and pinto beans.. decent portions. Friendly
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
a. barker
Clicky work bar, but not bad. Just take it in, and they warm up to you. Good prices for this neck of the woods.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Anna Breaux
The bbq is pretty good here. Some of the best potato salad I have ever had. It's served warm and the brisket is very tender. This was a nice little town with good bbq.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Taylor Ross
Great drinks, friendly staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Kelly Brewer
Went in to try to eat. They didn't even show online that the restaurant was closed. Poor
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Stacey H.
Made me feel like a local!If you are trying to find fun places to go out in Broken Bow/Hochatown, the internet often is not much help. I found scant information online about the Watering Hole, but something about what I was able to see made it seem like a place we wanted to go. I mentioned it to staff at some of the places around town and was told the same thing over and over "it's really a local's bar.". This was usually followed by a compliment like "it's great", but I wasn't sure what was meant by the first part. I remained stubbornly committed to checking it out.I was visiting Broken Bow as a group of three ladies celebrating a birthday. We were looking for a place to kick off a Saturday night that would definitely end with some dancing. We were appropriately, if not slightly ridiculously, wearing matching fringe jackets and hyped for our fun evening. When we pulled up at the Watering Hole, we could see inside the whole place. Less than 10 patrons were inside, about 90% were guys. Real guys guys, ranging in age from 45 to 65 and we had a moment of trepidation about how our silly feminine energy would be received. Any nerves we had shook right out of our fringe after we went inside. We were greeted warmly by a few of the patrons, who came over and inquired about our outfits. The curiosity came from a nice place and they kindly wished our birthday girl a happy birthday. We were even gifted a beverage called The Sasquatch.Bright yellow, deadly strong and banana flavored, we split it amongst the three of us and enjoyed it to the last drop. Grant was bartending and chatting with him was a highlight of our entire evening. He was interested and interesting and clearly a skilled barman. He shared insights to the local are humored our music selection before wishin and sending us on to scoot our boots. This is a perfect local's bar, and we were welcomed like locals.Every town should have a Watering Hole.
Olliegra
If you are trying to find fun places to go out in Broken Bow/Hochatown, the internet often is not much help. I found scant information online about the Watering Hole, but something about what I was able to see made it seem like a place we wanted to go. I mentioned it to staff at some of the places around town and was told the same thing over and over “it’s really a local’s bar.”. This was usually followed by a compliment like “it’s great”, but I wasn’t sure what was meant by the first part. I remained stubbornly committed to checking it out. I was visiting Broken Bow as a group of three ladies celebrating a birthday. We were looking for a place to kick off a Saturday night that would definitely end with some dancing. We were appropriately, if not slightly ridiculously, wearing matching fringe jackets and hyped for our fun evening. When we pulled up at the Watering Hole, we could see inside the whole place. Less than 10 patrons were inside, about 90% were guys. Real guys guys, ranging in age from 45 to 65 and we had a moment of trepidation about how our silly feminine energy would be received. Any nerves we had shook right out of our fringe after we went inside. We were greeted warmly by a few of the patrons, who came over and inquired about our outfits. The curiosity came from a nice place and they kindly wished our birthday girl a happy birthday. We were even gifted a beverage called The Sasquatch. Bright yellow, deadly strong and banana flavored, we split it amongst the three of us and enjoyed it to the last drop. Grant was bartending and chatting with him was a highlight of our entire evening. He was interested and interesting and clearly a skilled barman. He shared insights to the local area and humored our music selection before wishing us well and sending us on to scoot our boots. This place is a perfect local’s bar, and we were welcomed like locals. Every town should have a Watering Hole.
We stopped by The Watering Hole during a bachelorette trip and so enjoyed meeting people and hanging out. Prices are great, and the owner and staff feel like family when you first meet. I will definitely come back next time I visit!
I had a very enjoyable evening when I dropped in at The Watering Hole earlier this week. This establishment is small enough to have an intimate atmosphere with old friends yet large enough that people can come and go allowing for new friendships to transpire throughout the night. There's a pool table and dart board on towards the back door that attracts plenty of challengers to play. I recommend this place for a low cost load off if your ever in Hochatown and want to have a drink with friendly folks.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
The best Hochatown local experience..
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
While it’s not TX BBQ.. it’s pretty good.. I had something called the bottom feeder.. I had pulled pork over the smoked potato salad, and it was very good! But there were a couple tough, inedible pieces. My husband had chopped brisket and sausage.. potato salad and pinto beans.. decent portions. Friendly
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Clicky work bar, but not bad. Just take it in, and they warm up to you. Good prices for this neck of the woods.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
The bbq is pretty good here. Some of the best potato salad I have ever had. It's served warm and the brisket is very tender. This was a nice little town with good bbq.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Great drinks, friendly staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Went in to try to eat. They didn't even show online that the restaurant was closed. Poor
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Made me feel like a local!If you are trying to find fun places to go out in Broken Bow/Hochatown, the internet often is not much help. I found scant information online about the Watering Hole, but something about what I was able to see made it seem like a place we wanted to go. I mentioned it to staff at some of the places around town and was told the same thing over and over "it's really a local's bar.". This was usually followed by a compliment like "it's great", but I wasn't sure what was meant by the first part. I remained stubbornly committed to checking it out.I was visiting Broken Bow as a group of three ladies celebrating a birthday. We were looking for a place to kick off a Saturday night that would definitely end with some dancing. We were appropriately, if not slightly ridiculously, wearing matching fringe jackets and hyped for our fun evening. When we pulled up at the Watering Hole, we could see inside the whole place. Less than 10 patrons were inside, about 90% were guys. Real guys guys, ranging in age from 45 to 65 and we had a moment of trepidation about how our silly feminine energy would be received. Any nerves we had shook right out of our fringe after we went inside. We were greeted warmly by a few of the patrons, who came over and inquired about our outfits. The curiosity came from a nice place and they kindly wished our birthday girl a happy birthday. We were even gifted a beverage called The Sasquatch.Bright yellow, deadly strong and banana flavored, we split it amongst the three of us and enjoyed it to the last drop. Grant was bartending and chatting with him was a highlight of our entire evening. He was interested and interesting and clearly a skilled barman. He shared insights to the local are humored our music selection before wishin and sending us on to scoot our boots. This is a perfect local's bar, and we were welcomed like locals.Every town should have a Watering Hole.
If you are trying to find fun places to go out in Broken Bow/Hochatown, the internet often is not much help. I found scant information online about the Watering Hole, but something about what I was able to see made it seem like a place we wanted to go. I mentioned it to staff at some of the places around town and was told the same thing over and over “it’s really a local’s bar.”. This was usually followed by a compliment like “it’s great”, but I wasn’t sure what was meant by the first part. I remained stubbornly committed to checking it out. I was visiting Broken Bow as a group of three ladies celebrating a birthday. We were looking for a place to kick off a Saturday night that would definitely end with some dancing. We were appropriately, if not slightly ridiculously, wearing matching fringe jackets and hyped for our fun evening. When we pulled up at the Watering Hole, we could see inside the whole place. Less than 10 patrons were inside, about 90% were guys. Real guys guys, ranging in age from 45 to 65 and we had a moment of trepidation about how our silly feminine energy would be received. Any nerves we had shook right out of our fringe after we went inside. We were greeted warmly by a few of the patrons, who came over and inquired about our outfits. The curiosity came from a nice place and they kindly wished our birthday girl a happy birthday. We were even gifted a beverage called The Sasquatch. Bright yellow, deadly strong and banana flavored, we split it amongst the three of us and enjoyed it to the last drop. Grant was bartending and chatting with him was a highlight of our entire evening. He was interested and interesting and clearly a skilled barman. He shared insights to the local area and humored our music selection before wishing us well and sending us on to scoot our boots. This place is a perfect local’s bar, and we were welcomed like locals. Every town should have a Watering Hole.
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They have a very different but really good potato salad.
They have a very different but really good potato salad.
It's a neat bar! Has a pool table and music machine.Make sure to ask when they stop serving food...
Good little place to get a drink and shoot some pool
Great small bar. Very friendly and cold beer.