The Library Bar Lubbock — Restaurant in Lubbock

Figured we would try them out since we heard they were under new ownership…strange experience all around. We walked in to see that we were the only people in besides the DJ and a guy sitting at the bar on his phone, no bartender in sight. I ended up walking up to the guy asking if he knew where the bartender was after us walking around for a minute. He pulled the uno reverse on me and walked behind the bar. Not bad for the first round, but we ended up getting 2 lemon drops which were their “$4 special” for the night. Long story short, I paid $8 for two half shots of vodka, lemon juice, and water, poured directly in the shot glass respectively. Not mixed, not chilled, no sugar rum…not to mention that’s not even the CORRECT ingredients. I understand a bartender not knowing how to make something, but how do you do that bad on your SPECIAL? They added pool tables though, so that’s a plus… Manager was talkative and welcoming. Toilet paper holder was broken off of the wall and upside down on the floor, it still worked for the purpose served, as it was locked and loaded with TP, so no points deducted for that, but like fever dream vibes ya know? Would give another chance overall, just...

My fiancé went out for the first time in months so we thought the library would be great since it used to be so chilled out we were wrong... it took us literally 5 Mins to go to the restrooms and another 5 to go back to the front but that’s bc people were pushing and shoving us out of their way my sister in law almost got elbowed in the face and she was getting shoved out the way. Once we got our drinking and we were standing where it wasn’t crowded and a big 6’0ft staff went and pushed my fiancé towards me and I clearly told him that, it was unnecessary he couldn’t simply have said excuse me but I guess since he’s white he’s entitled to push and shove but the moment I tell him that was unnecessary to push and shove people like that he told me I had to leave bc that was no way to act... but simply he was the one who shoved my fiancé towards me.. but I’m in the wrong! Ya I am not going to recommend this bar to anyone at all bc it’s just BASURA! Maybe they should teach their staff to not push people out...

I don't like loud places so when my friends suggested we go to the library I thought "that sounds perfect!" Boy was I wrong. It's insanely loud. Who names a super loud bar "the library"? I felt mislead. Also, I would've given two stars, but putting the bathroom on the opposite end of the hellscape that is the dance floor is unforgivable. Those people are monsters. I had to stop to let some poor girl who dropped her ID crawl on the ground in front of me to get it (people just kept walking on it) and people behind me started shoving me and to prevent myself from getting pushed over this girl and trampled I had to brace myself on people making out. There's gotta be a better way to get people to the bathrooms. This just...