Alley Bar,

112 West Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

"Used to be a good bar in Ann Arbor but now they play country music and there are too many students"

"Pretty typical dive bar. Not a bad place to grab a drink, and they're open late (or early, depending how you look at it)"

"Came here bar hopping with my husband. He went up to order drinks while I sat at a booth. A server came up and asked for my order and I informed her that my husband was ordering and I did not know if he was at the front of the line. She said no worries I see him If his order is in I'll forget about yours. Sounds like a plan. My husband comes with drinks. Great it's handled he opened a tab. Suddenly the bartender comes up and accuses us of trying to get drinks for free and distracting her from making drinks by pulling her from the bar? She demanded we pay for the first two drinks. She was a red head. If they brought us all four drinks we would have paid. As far as I knew my husband opened a tab? It was an extremely confrontational encounter for absolutely no reason. It was a miscommunication we had never been to the bar we were unsure of the ordering system. We did not know there were servers to begin with. Someone needed to just ask us for a card and we would have handed it over. The entire encounter was not necessary. It was escalated to a degree that I have not encountered in the high end bar scene. Ultimately, I couldn't even enjoy the drink and dropped it off by the bar. I would be careful with coming into this bar as a newbie. Wait for someone to speak to you and follow their lead. Either way the drinks are a bit lack luster to risk that kind of encounter."

"I would give a 2 star only because mixologist was complaining about how busy it was and did not want to check what customers are asking when it comes house favorite cocktails. “Sorry we are busy to help you with it” was the response. Ambience was good."

"Come find the Alley Bar next to the... Good n Plenty Alley! Or find the round AB neon sign. A simple no frills bar with great service and a great place to have amazing conversations with friends. This was our last stop on our bar hopping adventure, and I'll say it was one of the best of the night. Thank you Alley Bar!"