I’ve come here on weekends when it was a busy, fun college bar but coming midweek it was honestly most enjoyable with great service from Taylor and Sage. As a woman, I especially appreciated being checked in on when a (weird) man had me and my cousin cornered. All in all, service was great, drinks were great, and I will definitely be returning.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Khadijah Wilson
I’m a Wisconsinite! Born and raised! I’ve been to the Paul’s club several times before. I’m in my 30s now. I want to say, the last time I had a great experience at PC was on June 10, 2024. The bartender serving me that night was a younger woman, who provided great service. I’ve only thought great things about the Paul’s club since then. So, whenever I’m in the area that’s one of my first bar options to go to for a drink. Some weeks ago I went in and told the bartender that I wanted a beer but needed to use the bathroom first. I did. And while I was washing my hands, the bartender burst through the door, demanding that I leave. I was so confused and uncomfortable I left. Now, weeks to months later, I find myself in the area on a rainy day. I hop in for a beer or two before my ride arrives. When I go in the PC bar, there are 3 people. 2 men behind the bar and 1 lady sitting at the bar on her computer, clearly she’s an associate to the men behind the bar. I order a beer and the bartender takes my money. I recognize this bartender as the man who came in the bathroom to kick me out the last time I had been in. I asked the 2nd, short red headed man if I could speak to him about an experience I had there. He was clearly counting his register, so when his response was “no, now is not a good time” I respected that and asked “when a good time would be?” His response to this made it clear that he couldn’t care less. He shrugged disrespectfully and said “I don’t know, call in and make an appointment.” I asked him “are all of y’all A-holes?” He then stopped what he was doing and came over to me, finally. Scarily, he was turning red and asked me “what is your name?” I did not respond to this question, instead I asked again if he had time to speak about my experience I had in his business. I told him I was a customer and enjoyed the bar but I had only been met with negative energy and terrible service. His response to this was “then don’t come back.” I did not respond. I finished my beer and left. I actually attempted to order another beer. The same bartender said “ok.” Took my cup and told me to leave… I left. Paul’s Club really needs to do better. I’m so disgusted that this type of service STILL exists. I’m a server myself and it hurts so deeply because I can’t fathom ever treating any of my customers this way. Truly traumatized. I will never be returning. Thank you for reading.
Chloe Clary
They do not have food!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Jaki Kotlark
There's a tree in here, what's not to love?
Carl M. Gregory (Max)
3 - it seemed okay
Isaac Hall
I don't write reviews unless I'm unusually impressed. I pick places carefully so I rarely have a bad experience. I see some reviews here picking at the all-u-can-eat fish fry, I can't imagine the amount of fish they have to try to get out to customers on Friday nights. If it comes out a little less than perfect I mean, come on.
I can't imagine anyone reasonable going to Paul's Club and not rating it 5 star. I've only gone at night though so maybe the atmosphere is different?
The crowd that comes at night is really friendly and social. There's all this stuff to do like pool, darts, pop-out tickets. A really nice open space. The bartenders have great attitudes and joke with us drinking or what not and that flows over to the customers. When I call to ask for something on the phone I've always been met with someone friendly when alot of times barkeeps at other places scoff at answering the phone. They make the drinks nice and strong.
I tried the Buffalo Boneless Wings and the Cajun Fries... both were delicious and better than some restaurants that supposedly specialize in chicken or fries.
I've lived here 17 years and graduated from UW Madison, so I've been to a large number of bars around here, and I can't say I've ever been to a bar that had the same combination of friendly crowds, staff, space and games, food, and the drinks. Price are also very fair.
I highly recommend Paul's Club. Whoever is currently managing the place, please, please don't ever leave, thank you;)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jason Mohoney
y’all should listen to emma
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Turner Valle
I love it here one of my favorite bars in madison, AND , they didn’t skip Who Let The Dogs Out when I put it on Touch Tunes and that’s like super cool :-) YIPEE YI YO!!
(Great dane skipped the song, come here instead)
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Emma
I usually really enjoy Paul’s Club and am a semi regular customer. My experience tonight has me feeling like I will not be retuning. My friend left a drink with our other friends at a table when we went to the bathroom. A bartender came around to clear drinks and took her full drink (minus one sip) before our other friends could say anything. When we went to talk to another bartender to try to get the drink she asked why the drink wasn’t taken into the bathroom and then said they weren’t about to give us another free drink if that’s what we were trying to get. Really disappointing experience.
This place made me reevaluate my life decisions. So I stopped going here.
Staff is pretty great for the most part. For the Most Part.
The Clientele is pretty hit or miss. It's a mix of college kids, and aging people who still want to be in college.
I just like drinking under a tree and watching sports.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 2
BRIAN D Vivona
I like this place and have had good experiences there. Normally have very good service. Tonight I ordered a name brand whiskey on the rocks. The bartender charged me double the price saying drinks on the rocks are double. This has never been the case before. Good bartenders normally ask do you want a double?. She didn’t and tried to up charge me for her error. I walked out.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 1
Doc Phipps
This place made me reevaluate my life decisions. So I stopped going here.Staff is pretty great for the most part.For the Most Part.The Clientele is pretty hit or miss. It's a mix of college kids, and aging people who still want to be in college.I just like drinking under a tree and watching sports.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 2
Luke
Chloe is an amazing bartender! Would recommend stopping by for a drink. She gave us great recommendations.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Carolina Zhagnay
The bartenders were really rude to me and my friend. Definitely do not appreciate the negative feeling. Will not be coming here again!
I’ve come here on weekends when it was a busy, fun college bar but coming midweek it was honestly most enjoyable with great service from Taylor and Sage. As a woman, I especially appreciated being checked in on when a (weird) man had me and my cousin cornered. All in all, service was great, drinks were great, and I will definitely be returning.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
I’m a Wisconsinite! Born and raised!
I’ve been to the Paul’s club several times before.
I’m in my 30s now.
I want to say, the last time I had a great experience at PC was on June 10, 2024. The bartender serving me that night was a younger woman, who provided great service. I’ve only thought great things about the Paul’s club since then.
So, whenever I’m in the area that’s one of my first bar options to go to for a drink.
Some weeks ago I went in and told the bartender that I wanted a beer but needed to use the bathroom first.
I did. And while I was washing my hands, the bartender burst through the door, demanding that I leave. I was so confused and uncomfortable I left.
Now, weeks to months later, I find myself in the area on a rainy day. I hop in for a beer or two before my ride arrives.
When I go in the PC bar, there are 3 people. 2 men behind the bar and 1 lady sitting at the bar on her computer, clearly she’s an associate to the men behind the bar.
I order a beer and the bartender takes my money. I recognize this bartender as the man who came in the bathroom to kick me out the last time I had been in. I asked the 2nd, short red headed man if I could speak to him about an experience I had there. He was clearly counting his register, so when his response was “no, now is not a good time” I respected that and asked “when a good time would be?” His response to this made it clear that he couldn’t care less. He shrugged disrespectfully and said “I don’t know, call in and make an appointment.” I asked him “are all of y’all A-holes?” He then stopped what he was doing and came over to me, finally. Scarily, he was turning red and asked me “what is your name?” I did not respond to this question, instead I asked again if he had time to speak about my experience I had in his business. I told him I was a customer and enjoyed the bar but I had only been met with negative energy and terrible service. His response to this was “then don’t come back.”
I did not respond. I finished my beer and left.
I actually attempted to order another beer. The same bartender said “ok.” Took my cup and told me to leave…
I left.
Paul’s Club really needs to do better. I’m so disgusted that this type of service STILL exists. I’m a server myself and it hurts so deeply because I can’t fathom ever treating any of my customers this way. Truly traumatized. I will never be returning.
Thank you for reading.
They do not have food!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
There's a tree in here, what's not to love?
3 - it seemed okay
I don't write reviews unless I'm unusually impressed. I pick places carefully so I rarely have a bad experience. I see some reviews here picking at the all-u-can-eat fish fry, I can't imagine the amount of fish they have to try to get out to customers on Friday nights. If it comes out a little less than perfect I mean, come on.
I can't imagine anyone reasonable going to Paul's Club and not rating it 5 star. I've only gone at night though so maybe the atmosphere is different?
The crowd that comes at night is really friendly and social. There's all this stuff to do like pool, darts, pop-out tickets. A really nice open space. The bartenders have great attitudes and joke with us drinking or what not and that flows over to the customers. When I call to ask for something on the phone I've always been met with someone friendly when alot of times barkeeps at other places scoff at answering the phone. They make the drinks nice and strong.
I tried the Buffalo Boneless Wings and the Cajun Fries... both were delicious and better than some restaurants that supposedly specialize in chicken or fries.
I've lived here 17 years and graduated from UW Madison, so I've been to a large number of bars around here, and I can't say I've ever been to a bar that had the same combination of friendly crowds, staff, space and games, food, and the drinks. Price are also very fair.
I highly recommend Paul's Club. Whoever is currently managing the place, please, please don't ever leave, thank you;)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
y’all should listen to emma
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I love it here one of my favorite bars in madison, AND , they didn’t skip Who Let The Dogs Out when I put it on Touch Tunes and that’s like super cool :-) YIPEE YI YO!!
(Great dane skipped the song, come here instead)
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
I usually really enjoy Paul’s Club and am a semi regular customer. My experience tonight has me feeling like I will not be retuning. My friend left a drink with our other friends at a table when we went to the bathroom. A bartender came around to clear drinks and took her full drink (minus one sip) before our other friends could say anything. When we went to talk to another bartender to try to get the drink she asked why the drink wasn’t taken into the bathroom and then said they weren’t about to give us another free drink if that’s what we were trying to get. Really disappointing experience.
nice tree. (it’s fake).
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
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This place made me reevaluate my life decisions. So I stopped going here.
Staff is pretty great for the most part.
For the Most Part.
The Clientele is pretty hit or miss. It's a mix of college kids, and aging people who still want to be in college.
I just like drinking under a tree and watching sports.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 2
I like this place and have had good experiences there. Normally have very good service. Tonight I ordered a name brand whiskey on the rocks. The bartender charged me double the price saying drinks on the rocks are double. This has never been the case before. Good bartenders normally ask do you want a double?. She didn’t and tried to up charge me for her error. I walked out.
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 1
This place made me reevaluate my life decisions. So I stopped going here.Staff is pretty great for the most part.For the Most Part.The Clientele is pretty hit or miss. It's a mix of college kids, and aging people who still want to be in college.I just like drinking under a tree and watching sports.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 2
Chloe is an amazing bartender! Would recommend stopping by for a drink. She gave us great recommendations.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
The bartenders were really rude to me and my friend. Definitely do not appreciate the negative feeling. Will not be coming here again!
Service: 1
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