Southbound bar and Nightclub

106 S Central St, Knoxville
(865) 474-1039

Recent Reviews

Faith Lowrance

The bartender was rude! Politely said, excuse me, may I place a order and he shook his head at me and no, and walked to the other end of the bar and proceeded to take somebody else’s order and also told another gentleman that he wasn’t gonna take his order all because we said excuse me. That bad behavior and bad for business! The bartender was a white guy with long curly hair!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 1

Talal Abdullah

It’s so racist!! we tried to get in but the bouncers decided to act weird and throw some racist gestures and words! I can’t comprehend this as a tourist and it’s shame on who ever run this place. They decided to not let us in because how some of my friends looked. I expected more of

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

boy boy

Horrible bouncers. Awful staff. Bad music and drinks. Would not recommend to my worst enemy.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Hayley F.

Had the worst experience here last night with the bouncer with beard and hat. My friend was celebrating her bday (27!!) and was just joking around with the bouncers by putting her id on her forehead ( from a scene in a movie). We were kind and giggling but they did not think anything else of it. They continued to check out purses and confiscated our THC / delta 8 LEGALLY BOUGHT in the state of TN vapes!!!! Did not care about nicotine vapes ( clearly as the staff was smoking inside??) but threw out brand new in the trash. He was on such a power trip about it and was so incredibly rude. Our other friend with us had been before and said that they're always rude but had never seen this. When we went to other bars after, because no way was I going to give them my money, the bouncers told us that it was illegal of them to do that !!! Don't go here. Give your business to literally any other bar in Knoxville!!!

Andre Searchwell

The bartender is racist, she told the security we are causing problems at bar because she thinks she should be getting more tips from us s The bartender told someone in our party that she isn’t getting enough tip. She is a racist person and there were other people buying drinks that were not tipping and we tipped but she wanted more . The security said there was no manager on duty to speak with. I believe we were racially profiled by the blonde bartender that is at the bar to the left. She was very unprofessional, unfriendly and made it seem as if we were bothering her so she didn’t deserve a tip anyways but we still tipped her. She lied to the security and told him that we were arguing with her. The short security with a lot of beard is very rude .

Service: 1

Mike Johnson

We went there a couple weeks ago the bouncers are on a power trip and Like to touch the patrons without just cause....I use to be a bouncer at this bar and it has changed dramatically,the bouncers will put hands on you and tried to intimated our group of 4 guys and 4 females and us males ended up getting jumped by about 8 or 9 of their bouncers and the weaker punk bouncers who started it couldn't even fight so they stayed back while the other bouncers skuffled with us...place is a joke anymore and a bunch of wannabe gangsters....

Atmosphere: 1

Caitlyn Hearn

bouncers are so rude and basically try to scam you to pay them re-entery if you step outside. also tried to steal my friends real

Food: 1

Service: 1

Heidi Avery

The bouncers ruin the experience. They didn’t give me back my REAL ID for an hour because they were on some kind of power trip and the only person I could actually get to listen to me was the kind girl at the front, highly invasive screening process + some sticky fingers and guys who are high on the most level of authority they get from their mediocre lives. 0/10

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Valerina Schmirkovich

As a local we call this "club roofie" because if you're a female, you have to be careful (as you should be anywhere but this place is frequented by a lot of college guys and some unsavory male clubgoers). I've lived here a decade, I've slowly seen this club go downhill. They used to have multiple levels open, the back was open etc. Now it seems the upstairs is closed and so is the back/outdoor area. They play decent music, the floor often seems sticky, bathrooms are set back and VERY tight. A little renovation would really help this place, I think the owners have kind of just given up and you have to wait a very long time for drinks! Like others said, if you don't "know somebody" or you aren't a hot chick and you smoke, you're going to have a hard time getting back in after your cig. I don't have this issue, but I've seen it happen to others. There are better bars in Knoxville, but if you just want to dance, this place can be kind of fun. Just come prepared to wait, witness fights and get claustrophobic in the bathroom...

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 1

Cam Lowe

Music is always Selena Gomez and other songs in that category the best u get is maybe a couple nicki Minaj or cardi b songs mostly music that I do not wanna dance too it’s gotten so bad and is just no fun anymore I hate that Knoxville don’t have a verity of clubs unfortunately this is the best we have

Caston Holt

By far the worst club I’ve ever been to. Music, Staff, and Atmosphere 0/10.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Katy S.

worst club I've ever been to and I've been to some awful clubs living in Kingsport... This places staff is rude, the DJ plays a terrible playlist and the atmosphere is terrible. 0/10 will never be back!

Emily Ogle

5 grown men put their hands on me as I was waiting for my ride as well as asking for the passcode to get into my phone. Police said it was up to them on how they treat people so be warned.Parking: This place sucked. Close it.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

clarissa chambers

Never in my entire life have i been treated the way they treated me. Treated me horribly and one of the bouncers shoved me. I use to come here but I will never be back and I hope this place gets closed down.

Stephen M.

Gender discrimination. I identify as a woman and was refused entry until I paid a $10 cover because they said I didn't present as a woman. I asked them what they considered a woman and I was told to leave. I'm currently researching lawyers to see if I have a legitimate case.

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