Fats Fairfax 10673 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA 22032

"Staff is on point with drinks & security. Overall friendly atmosphere; pleasant blend of college kids & Gen Xers"

"Meh. Karaoke is fun and the food is surprisingly good. The main problem is service, which is routinely awful. I was with some friends last night sitting at the bar and ordering drinks. Initially, our bartender came to us and took our orders...but then he didn't come back for 45 minutes. But I get it, when it's busy you forget things. So when he didn't come back, I went over to the service bar and asked for a single of something and sat back down. Mind you, we're half way across the bar- not a far distance to walk. Guy comes 5 minutes later and angrily, sternly, tells me not to order and "just walk away". Frankly, what do you mean just walk away? I'm sitting at your bar and you're not making an attempt to serve us. As a bartender, if you can't walk a plastic cup of whiskey 15 steps down your bar you don't deserve to be in this industry. You sure as hell don't need my money. We won't be coming back."

"I spent $6 on the jukebox only for my songs to get skipped.. it's a college bar, the music may not be to the management's liking! if they're skipping the songs, then why even have a jukebox?! Jukeboxes are hard to find, hence why I wanted to go in the first place. Food was bad, definitely frozen but that is to be expected at a dive bar. Gross bathrooms. Subpar service, again, to be expected. I was unaware of the NFL incident and how they no longer play football. I was the only young, non-White woman in this establishment and did not feel comfortable after learning about this. Dingy, dark, and sleazy. unless that's your thing.. STAY AWAY!!"

"Slow, unfriendly staff to start. Followed by questionable tap quality. So the happy hour is cheap and the fried pickles were OK. Felt just less than filthy inside. I thought the all whiteness was odd for even this area til a “regular” made it a point to give me a history lesson on the bar about how it changed from Fat Tuesdays to Fats due to being required to do so after controversy around not airing NFL games during the whole kneeling thing. Finally, they don’t take American Express and charge $1 for card transactions. Not surprised college girls don’t hang out here."