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4.0 of 5 stars.
OK... So I guess someone beat me to the punch when they said that this place is a 5 on weeknights and a 3 on weekends. That's very true. I have always had fun every time I go there during weeknights....
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I will never go back to this place! Before I had a chance to even walk inside with my friends I was told to step to the side because I was wearing athletic shoes. I didn't know that wearing a pair...
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, some of you are just idiots. Complaining about no parking at a place in midtown or downtown is just dumb. You shouldn't expect a huge lot, this is not the suburbs. Anyone that lives in the area...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is good for after work HH or just hanging with friends. The crowd can be very entertaining. On the down side the waitresses can be very unwelcoming. Not sure if they are over worked or...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great place for people of all ages in Midtown. It's also the best place to watch a sporting event. Mondays and Tuesdays ALL food is 1/2 off! I recommend their chicken quesadillas (ask...
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Nope - I didn't like Pub.Maybe it's because I'm new to the city - well, actually even the country - and am not aware of was is cool here and what not.Or maybe I'm just too Euro and don't like a place...
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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door staff will not let black people in. they dont let black people in. group after group of whites went in door guy made every excuss not 2 let r group in. he even started singing hitt the road jack. dont go...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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Shoes are very important in this place. You can have not style with leather shoes and you get in, but not leather shoes with prada and you do not get in. I have never seen anything like that before. And I am...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
You know what, I like Pub. I have heard alot of people talk their mess about the door, but guess what - it's a nightclub. Bouncers have a job to do, and that job is to keep a good crowd in the bar. If...
yelp.com - user review - 01/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had heard of this place before I moved to Houston and had been wanting to check it out. I'm a fan. The people were all ridiculously nice. If someone bumped into me, they immediately apologized for...
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I just want to say that in my drinking rounds on Saturday, I mentioned this place over and over again, yet couldn't go because I had on what they perceived as gym shoes the last time I went.The simple...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for a happy hour with coworkers and I've definitely been to better happy hour locales. The prices were decent. The drinks so-so.I find the place to be teeming with show offs who have nothing...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is either hit or miss for me. I guess part of it is my fault because the usual times I have ventured here is 11 pm on a Friday or Saturday when it is wall to wall. Sometimes I'm in a mood...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I came here with a friend to catch up while I was in town. This is their "spot". Here were my impressions-a) For anyone who is craving nachos, get the 1/2 order. The full order is HUGE even for 2...
yelp.com - user review - 12/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent place for happy hour. On Thursday nights they have $5 domestic pitchers and other good specials. The food is typical bar food fare, but pretty good for what it is. I recommend sitting out on...
yelp.com - user review - 12/01/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Kymberlie's review of this place is dead on. Don't go here unless you want to feel like you're at a fraternity party. This is definitely one of those wanna-be Hollywood "pretty people" bars where the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If I learned anything about the Saturday Pub Fiction crowd, it's this: those people LOVE them some Neil Diamond. The cover band played "Sweet Caroline" and the entire place, even the throngs of...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2008
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I love going to Pub after work and on the weekends. The drink specials are a great value. My favorite are the $3 mimosas (half price on Sundays) and beer buckets. There are always a few groups of fun...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pub never fails when I'm looking to have a good time, be it to watch a game or just meet friends to catch up over some beers. Like others say, avoid the weekends unless you want to encounter long...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pub is a 5 on the weeknights and a 3 on the weekends and a 4 if your there to watch sports. The reason this place is a 5 on the weeknights is the great specials and friendly after work crowd. Now...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
They need to make up their mind. Either be a club and have some place to dance, or turn down the music cuz I CAN"T HEAR A DAMN THING in there. Always too crowded for my taste on a wknd for a bar....
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2008
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This bar is the place to be any night of the week. Sometimes it gets a little too crowded on weekends. But it is always a good time!
kudzu.com - user review - 09/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I always have a good time at this place. I made a stop here during my night out this past weekend. I've never had any trouble getting in or with the door guys; however, on some occasions I have...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2008
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DoorBoy: You're wearing baggy Jeans he said! It was not a baggy at all, in fact I just came out of the red door with that so called baggy. So he must be saying that shorts and flip-flop are allowed by...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/03/2008
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I love Pub Fiction (minus the shoe policy)! I always stop there when I am out and about in the Midtown area. There is usually an 80's cover band playing. It is a larger place with a sports bar in the back. The...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/28/2008
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Come early enough to find a seat. If you are standing, the isles are narrow, you'll get pushed around by customers if not by servers who seem busy until you are seated. If you happen to be at the table, it'll...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Coming from Los Angeles, I loved this place so much, I went first by myself, then took two friends back to try it out two days later.On my first night, a Tuesday around 10:30, I just wanted a good...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2008
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I've patroned Pub Fiction multiple times. I've been denied the opportunity to patron Pub Fiction twice. The place caters to yuppies, that's a fact. If you don't like it, leave it. I am not a yuppy, but Pub...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/17/2008
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I was hanging out at Pub the other night and some drunk girl walks up to me randomly while I am with friends and says "YOU ARE SO F'ing UGLY LOOK AT YOUR UNIBROW" then tells me that she hates all people from...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/08/2008
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first the kudos. It's nice to see a bar have nice big HDTV's and actually have an HDTV tuners for them. Bravo. Now the not so great stuff: Why does this place scan driver's licenses? What do they plan on doing...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/05/2008
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I am extremely annoyed by small lounge/bars that try to create an air of "exclusivity". Pub Fiction is my FAVORITE pub in mid-town. It's a great place to have a drink with friends, grab some food, listen to...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/05/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place looks like its really fun and happening but beware because they racially profile against Asians. My friend walked up with tennis shoes on, they proceeded to tell him they weren't in the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I have been to Pub Fiction twice before. Once as part of a group event and another on a Saturday. I have always heard that the place racially profiled their clientele, but had never really taken the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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Hoodrats, especially white ones need to stay away. I waited 20 minutes in line only to have some guy named "Gillagher" or something like that tell me that since I didn't meet the dress code requirements I...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Its like a dance club without a dance floor...strange I know. This place is always crowded so its gotta be good. The bar is always crowded so you've gotta be patient. Sit down on some interesting...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2008
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My boyfriend and I went to Pub Fiction last night and the bouncer would not let us in. because he categorized my boyfriend's Steve Madden shoes as sneakers. When I questioned him about other men already inside...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't come here often, but the times that I've had, it's been good.I can see what everyone's saying about the "pretty" people coming to Pub Fiction to party, but why not jump on the bandwagon and...
yelp.com - user review - 05/15/2008
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A lot of cute guys. Cute girls too that get kind of wild dancing. Good music. Great for mixing and mingling or getting a table with some friends. Music not so overwhelmingly loud that it's impossible to talk,...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/22/2008
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I went there last thursday and had a great time. I didnt see any of the discrimination talked about in these reviews but I was wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and black shoes and they let me in no problem. They...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/19/2008
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Is Friday, night and couple of friends thought to gathered at a nice spot in Midtown Houston, Well from the moment We arrived it was straight on Prejudice, and basically who ever owns and manages this place...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/12/2008
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Been to this place MANY MANY times. It truly is a place in Houston to 'see and be seen.' Most of the girls that go are all 7/10 or higher, very well dressed. Great place to see a ton of eye candy on...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's a little crowded but the live bands are good. This place has always been a little crowded when I go, and very crowded when there is an Aggie football game going on. They have an 80s band on...
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Not sure what all the hates are about for this place. Sure, the place is crowded and it seemed like a place where all the Fratty McFrat-frats and their pretty blond girlfriends hang out, but my...
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Pub Fiction epitomizes the general feeling I have about the majority of Midtown bars (Sunday nights at Front Porch being the exception): If you aren't a size 2 twentysomething, there really isn't a...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
There are a lot of haters on here for this place but if you are looking to be seen or wanting to see the great looking peeps this is the place to be. It isnt the place for me but for the crowd that...
yelp.com - user review - 02/05/2008
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I have been living in the United States for four years and it was the first time I was discriminated against along with my countrymen. We had made a reservation to celebrate an event at Pub Fiction. However,...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/01/2008
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I am visiting Houston for the first time on business. I was referred to Pub Fiction as the spot to check out. After reading the reviews on this site, It looked great. When I arrived, I was quickly brought back...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/26/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Maybe its because I am old but I hate waiting 5-10 mins to squeeze my way up to the bar and wait for one of the thirty bartenders to notice me and order a drink. I am not really dissing this place...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2008
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Same problems with other people here, 1.Asian 2.tennis shoes Tips to get in 1. don't be an asian 2. don't wear tennis shoes 3. get in the line with your other superior friends and dont be the last one of your...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/05/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Upon leaving my house Saturday night, a friend asked our cab driver for a recommendation on where everyone was headed to that night. When he told us it was Pub Fiction and neither of us knew what it...
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2007
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Great place any night of the week. GREAT wait staff that never leaves you thirsty. To all the people complaining about the door man not letting in you in because of your skin color....quit dressing like thugs....
citysearch.com - user review - 12/01/2007
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Over the years me and my buddies thought of this place to be a exciting place to hang out. Recently we experienced that the place has just has become a nightmare. The food is awesome and the bartender girls...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/15/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not a bad place, but the liquor is a bit on the pricey side. I like the HD screens, given the World Series was on last night. Good size crowd, but not too crowded. Then again, it was Wednesday night....
yelp.com - user review - 10/25/2007
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Last night a friend of mine and I went to meet up with a couple of other friends. My friend and I are white. We got in with no problem. Five minutes later, my two Asian friends showed up and were turned away...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/19/2007
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My husband was unable to get in one Saturday because he was wearing tennis shoes. Not your typical white tennis shoes, but expensive ones. We are of Hispanic decent. As we were walking away from the entrance,...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/04/2007
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Have been going to Pub Fiction for years now, however, I will not be back. A couple nights ago my friends and I decided to stop by and we were turned away at the door. Why? Because my friend was wearing...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/01/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Horrible yuppie bar... People sat around trying to act wealthy and cool... lame.. and one waitress?
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Oh my sweet dear tender lord of all that is good and right in this world of music... the DJ at Pub Fiction this Saturday made me want to gently tear off my ears van Gogh prostitute-gift style...
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2007
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I always have fun when I go with my girls. The music and crowd can be fun, however, they are weird when it comes to the guys dress code. esp if you're not a frat guy from UH. my guy friend could not get in...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/06/2007
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i like pub fiction a lot. the music is good, there's always good looking people there. i love the lost boys band and it's a nice place to people watch. the thing i don't like is how inconsistent they are about...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/27/2007
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Great atmosphere and set-up. Loved the outside patio bar and more room in the place than we expected. Went on Wednesday night and really nice crowd. Beautiful people - boys and girls. For us - that was the...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/26/2007
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I normally do not go to clubs, but half an hour until 2AM a friend of mine dragged my wife and me to this one the other night. It was absolutely horrible. The place is extremely crowded (even for a club) and...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/19/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Nice college pub like bar. The line outside might make you thing you are getting into a lavish night club. Busy on weekends. Good place to go with a group of friends.
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
UPDATE- 11/2/07- I stopped in Friday night and was happy to see a large crowd (even though it was early at 9pm) and a live band. There were 2 waitresses serving the happy hour crowd on the patio and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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They have a good beer selection and very friendly staff. Parking isnt a problem at happy hour as you can park on the street or valet if need be. Great atmosphere.
citysearch.com - user review - 06/26/2007
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I hate this place!! We were there on 6-9-07 Saturday and when we got to the front of the line they wouldn't let my husband in!! He had 500 Gucci Loafers on and the white door guy with bald hair said no! They...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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We went to Pub Fiction on Saturday 6-9-07. The place wasn't even crowded!! We got to the front of the line and the big white door guy with bald hair wouldn't let us in because he said my husband's shoes...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
it was open late monday night - which is a good thing. still had a scene until closing. my impression it was a more sports bar/ drink heavily and not discriminatingly kind of place. but there are pool...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2007
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I went to this place to meet my wife with her girlfriends. as I waited in line for about 30 minutes I finally got to the door. Where the door man told me "Can't let you in wearing tenny shoes" I said, "That's...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is always busy, so if you are looking to chill this is not the place. There are TV's everywhere so that you can watch the game and there is usually live music Thursday, Firday, or...
yelp.com - user review - 04/28/2007
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i have gone to this pub a few times, and the times i've made it inside, it was a lot of fun. but the waiting and powertripped bouncer make it not worth it. they really do enforce racial profiling, even when...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/04/2007
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This is a pretty cool bar from Sunday through Wednesday, with really good beer and food specials. On Thursdays the yuppies begin to move in, and they're in full force by Friday and Saturday nights when the...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/04/2007
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I just moved to Houston Jan 1. Not knowing anything and being used to Austin and Dallas night life I wasn't expecting to have fun in Houston. I went out with some people from work to Pub Fiction and had the...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/06/2007
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This place is fairly decent for happy hour. I don't get the whole race thing, being I'm Hispanic and our group included 3 Asians, 3 Indians, 1 black, 3 whites, and myself. But, I'm sure it happens based on the...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/28/2007
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On Friday Jan. 26th, I took 2 professional football players (who happed to be black) to Pub for drinks & a good time. I have never experienced ANY kind of problems before. I really LIKED to go to PUB, but this...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/28/2007
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I think this is definitely one of the best if not the best bars in Midtown. I've lived in Midtown for 3 years and when this bar opened I knew it would be a new favorite. Thursday night always has great bands...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/28/2006
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I don't know why this place is called Pub Fiction. Perhaps the name Loud Poser Bar Fiction was taken. I would imagine the only kind of fiction its patrons read would be Versace catalogues and Sports...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/21/2006
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Having been going here since it opened, Pub Fiction is a good bar, not a great bar. The service is good, selection is good, and the food is good, but it definitely suffers from a split personality. If you're a...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/14/2006
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Some of my friends and I headed out to Pub Fiction last night and we had such a good time. We didnt experience any problems - No line, no waiting for drinks, we had a place to sit near the stage, the band was...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/09/2006
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So here's how a night at Pub Fiction will pan out for you: you will wait in line at least half an hour, get inside and get a drink from a bad bartender, then you'll stand there, maybe take in something on one...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/15/2006
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OK yall, I'm sick and tired of everyone bitching about the lines at pub and saying that they are being discriminated against etc. This is cr*p. If you show up looking like you just rolled out of bed or like a...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/13/2006
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Well I am sure glad I read the reviews. I went there before but could not get in because the bouncer said that my id was not mine. Belive me I was furious after waiting in line for about 35 minutes. I was...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/27/2006
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lets get tot he point people... if you are not white... it is hard to get in the door! lets go back and read some of the comments from different folks. playing the race card? no. i am actually white but my...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/18/2006
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I thought it was a great name the first time I heard it, but now I think they should change it to Pub Discrimination! If you think I'm wrong take a look around the next time you are there! Also, watch how...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/25/2006
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Correct me if I am wrong but this is Houston, not La and not Vegas. So why should there be an hour line to get into a pub. I think they are too full of themselves becasue I will not and my friends will not...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/24/2006
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We were at another place in midtown, but we thought we would check out Fiction since it was so close. As we walked up to the front of the line the bouncer said that we couldn't get in because of my shoes (I...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/17/2006
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Not sure what this last guy was talking about. Pub Fiction is far from a dump. I live across the street and go there quite often. Great Food and Great Drinks. TV's are everywhere, and I watch all my sports...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/07/2006
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A very Frat like atmosphere. There's good music but no place to dance. What's up with that?? Nothing striking about the bar either. It definitely lacks imagination. Cool name though.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/03/2006
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I was here for happy hour last night. The atomsphere was ok but I thought the drinks were a little on the weak side and the food was not that great. I would not order the spinach and artichoke dip it had too...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/27/2006
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Great place to hangout and watch a big game or even go on a weekend, the place always seems to have a great crowd. The only downside is the joke of the door service, which perpetuates phony lines outside of...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/02/2006
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To the last review, I am a bit confused. I spend quite a bit of time at Pub Fiction, and I must object to your view on the attractive ladies. Pub any day of the week has some of Houston's finest ladies. Check...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/09/2006
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While I can't attest to the line issues everyone has here (I make sure to bring a hot girl friend every time to bypass lines), it does seem ridiculous for what lays inside. I've been there quite a few times on...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/05/2006
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This place is completely overhyped. I expected something much more out of a place with such buzz. I found this place crowded, smokey, and completely without character. I wanted to leave the minute I walked...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/28/2006
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Classic case of underpaid doormen with delusions of grandeur. I don't understand how a place that plays Ted Nugent has a line wrapped around the building. Very racially homogeneous crowd-I'm Bengali by...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/02/2006
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There was an insane wait at the door of this place, and once we got in, a friend commented that he wasn't sure why judging from the looks of the place. I agree. It's . . . well, it's a pub, and not even a...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/07/2006
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There are a lot of great places to go in mid town, and this is not one of them. I waited over 45 minutes in a line to get into a second-rate bar, with no atmosphere. There is no reason to waste time or money...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/19/2005
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you get to hang out with the Houston Texans (football players) and Jose Lima at this bar. Can it get any better than that?
citysearch.com - user review - 10/20/2005
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Food is a little pricy but location is great for after work, staff is friendly, drinks are poured well. Great to watch any sports since TV's are everywhere. Good beer specials. Only improvement to recommend is...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/15/2005
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great crowd, great people, and good fun good food we started watching the game and stayed all nite! my new favorite place in midtown.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/05/2005
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Good music but the barstaff consists of porrly trained, incompetent fraternity boys who do not know how to treat a customer. I would avoid using a credit card at htis place since it'll take you 25 miniutes to...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/01/2005
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My friends and I went this weekend and had blast! The service was great along with the music and the staff. I love this place b/c there are so many different things to do with the patio, lounge, and irish pub...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/23/2005
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This may be a great place during the week, but unless you like 20-30 minute lines to get in, get a drink or go to the bathroom, don't bother! Don't get me started on the parking situation either. I can't...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/21/2005
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This is one of the better looking venues in Houston. It is classy and comfortable. The only problem that we had was getting a drink.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/06/2005
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Another good idea properly turned into a good pub. Don't let the high flutin' decor scare you, it's NOT a snobbish joint. Nice and laid back, this place is easily 1 of my new favorites (by far my fav in...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/19/2005
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The scanner does not collect information. It merely checks the information on the strip to make sure the face of the ID has not been changed. You were there on 80's night, so hence the more cheesy music by the...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/08/2005
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Very impressed with the service, atmosphere, hh...everything. Not very crowded for hh yet, but that is sure to change once the name gets out. Check it out. Midtowns best hang out bar so far.
citysearch.com - user review - 06/03/2005
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