Rec Room Lounge

I felt like I walked through a vortex when I walked into the Rec Room. The best way I can sum up the atmosphere is Asian Backyard Frat Party. Yup. That sums it up.
The floors are concrete. What I guess is considered the «dining room» is full of picnic tables and there is another smaller eating area on some green turf. Yes, turf. Along one side of the picnic table dining area, there are beer pong tables set up… complete with red plastic cups. Along another end of the picnic tables, there are ping pong tables. Behind the ping pong tables, there are some lounge chairs and a couple pool tables. The pool tables and the drinks are what my friends and I really came here for. There were random barriers set up which took us awhile to figure out why they were there. The only reason we guessed was to stop the ping pong ball from rolling around all over the place. They failed. There were also arcade games along the back wall, but no one seemed to pay attention to these.
I don’t know if I would feel comfortable ordering food here, given the atmosphere, but there were people eating in the green turf area. The place is close to the U of M and was full of university students.
My review started out to be 2 stars because I found the place awkward, atmosphere is not inviting and service was slow but I give them place props for being a unique lounge that offers something different so I gave an extra star. However, when my friend went to order us tequila and they said they didn’t have any… what bar doesn’t have tequila??? So we’re back down to 2 stars. Final answer. But it’s definitely a «must see to believe» type place… especially for the ‘Peg.