Front Row Sports Bar — Restaurant in Columbus

Usually, i love front row. Tonight was sponsored by x files / left field. Boy. What a strange night. I've been playing at Tony's for close to a decade. And I ALWAYS bring my own ball (matter of a fact i bring my own cue balls for a plethora of reasons (which this isn't the place to get into reasons). But one main reason is.... So I CAN clean it as if it was going to be in a money matic, on steam. I digress. I go to leave and bartender says it's her ball. I ask her why wasn't the cue ball put up. She went with the really busy excuse. Now since I've arrived, no new patron has graced themselves with their presence. I approach the front desk thinking its a joke. (NOTE. Now she can see my cueball, while she's got cueballs moving around like it's a tourist/ny hustle. She finds her newest ball. And says "unless yours is beat up then, they both mine". Of course mines new i clean them mid play, and between racks. So she just takes it, "not getting it back". (Meanwhile I'm literally carrying a measles ball, a predators v1 measles ball, a valley barbox ball (with a giant magnet in it), a cyclops cue ball, and I'm supposed to be carrying the (aforementioned) diamond cueball as well. I offer to let them search my stuff. Only to get brushed off by the female bar tenders (awesome), uninterested in searching my bag to prove me correct, or really anything at this point besides closing. She just keeps talking to her bf, ignoring me. HOWEVER the worst of the WORST PART WAS... I think it her bf (who kept asking me to tip, the more and more he drank, the more frequent his remarks that I should tip her because she was pretty, despite me not drinking, but only playing pool) i was planning on tipping at the end/ when I turn my rack in. Just like any of the other halls i go to in Ohio. Opposed to the bf wanting me to tip between every rack). Why would I steal a fuggin cueball when I offer to let you search ALL my stuff so you can see that I didn't take the cheapest ball. I just told them to keep it, cuz something tells me the only thing she cared about was getting out of there ASAP... Between those shenanigans they were just there figuring out between them which of their houses to stay the night at, had she even bothered looking SHE'D of been able to SEARCH MY my bags.... REALIZING 1 cueball slot is missing... thank God it was a diamond cue ball. Any doubts, run them tapes back. I'm gunna start to put inclusions via a laser in my cueballs, that can only seen under a jewelers monocle. So next time there's no arguing... but what can you do about it. (Besides have recordings as proof.... 🌠🤷🏽🤷🏻‍♂️the more you know.... I guess. Disclaimer - this has nothing to do with Tony, only the bartender and her bf that were there. Unfortunately no rational* 3rd party existed that could have summarized objective facts, rather than subjective facts like "we both live 25 mins away, what do you wanna do? Where do you wanna stay babe? I also wanna say I've NEVER HAD a problem like this at front row sports bar, UNTIL LAST night. So if anyone is reading this, you're most likely gunna have a great time. ...

Brunette female bartender flirted excessively with one other patron, then when I walked over to billiard tables, both patron and bartender came over yelling at me and harassing and accusing me of "getting into restricted areas of the barroom". I didn't know the billiard table area was off limits to patrons, especially with no signs posted stating anything! Another patron, totally wasted, took a swing at me and luckily only knocked over my Budweiser, so I was only able to drink a quarter of the bottle I ordered, so after such events, I paid my bill and told everyone how horrible the bar is and I will never come back to that bar again! DO NOT COME TO THIS BAR UNLESS you like getting harassed, threatened, assaulted, or wanna waste your money! If I could give this place a negative star rating for very horrible service and atmosphere, I would, but can't! So I only give it what it'll allow......

Great place. Not quite an actual pool hall. I try to frequently play there and bring other masters quality players as well as teams to help out their in house league. I tried to rent a table per hour and was told no, flat out, I tried to negotiate an hourly fee to sweeten the pot, but to no avail the answer was still a firm and slightly rude "NO". But unfortunately I was told no, on many occasions that I simply stopped going back. And as a pool hall frequent, I always tip, and tip quite generously. However, with service like that, tipping simply isn't an option. I wouldnt tip someone if they spit in my face either. I think most people are like that or would feel that way.... Hopefully Tony changes that in the future because it has potential. It's just all being wasted. Shame to see it...