The Swamp

The woman who I later learned was a manager at this establishment was so incredibly rude. We ended up leaving early because we felt unwelcome.
One of the employees was talking to me and she was at the bar taking shots… she looked over and told him that he shouldn’t be talking to me. When he responded, she said, «Is this Bitch paying your bills?»
I was so incredibly offended at this behavior, I approached her and she denied the comment. I apologized to the bartender and told him that we felt unwelcome and we left. Wow! Worst experience ever!

The Swamp «Where questionable decisions will be made». Spent most of the day on Mardi Gras here. Let me tell you, the morals of the women are loose at best. But that’s a story for another day. In general we had a good time. $ 100 Red Bull vodkas inside. So you may want to hit the outside bar. 3 for 1 beers ($ 7ttl). They have a bull for riding.
Lost a lot of good friends in the Swamp. Miss you Snoochie!!! Owwwww!

Stay away from this place at all cost. There is a group of thieves targeting tourists and stealing wallets and purses. Management does nothing about it.
They work the crowd in the main room where it is super crowded with people. They hang around a small table to the right of the stage/​DJ between two doors. I was there about 2 minutes tops and felt my wallet taken out of my back pocket. Turned around and two women looked at me like «what?» Then one turned around and hurries out the door but Nobody saw anything.

This is the kind of trashy, good time you want in New Orleans. With a mechanical bull? Sure, why not? There are two bars, and plenty of other ways to get a cheap drink, so you never have to wait too long. Or you can go to the top and people watch up from the balcony.
We came here twice during our Bourbon St. adventure, and both times not disapointed by all the action and characters we met. Very touristy, but I enjoyed that (being a tourist myself!). It’s pretty big and packed though, because we later found out that two people we knew were there all night, and we didn’t run into either! Oh well!

I feel like I’m wasting my time rating a place like this because I am clearly not in their target demographic but I’ll do it anyway because I don’t want anybody going to this crappy place.
Bartender was probably the worst in the history of anything, moved like he had rocks in his feet, had no concept of how to orderly take drinks or establishing any form of order of succession and when you finally get a chance to order he can’t be bothered with making the drink right. How hard is it to make a whiskey and Coke.
Can’t speak on the rest of the place as I left after less than 10 minutes because the bartender was too damn dumb. Music was decent I guess, other than that I have nothing positive to say.

Oh the swamp. If you are looking for a place that plays hip hop, well you made it. If you were looking for something nice that you defiantly did not get that. We walked into The Swamp because of the music. I’m a huge fan of hip hop and love to dance. We figured why not? It shouldn’t be tooo bad right?! Wrong!!! Downstairs is packed full of people and so hot and smelly! We ended up going upstairs to get out drinks. They do the 3 for 1 drinks. They have a couple different ones but i decided on the swamp because well, it was the name of the club and why not. We ended up on the patio after 2 guys hit on us. One kissing me on the cheek and the other grabbed my friend by the head to kiss her and she almost slapped the shit out of him. We were almost done with they place when we ran into a waitress that was really nice. She is the reason for 2 star and not 1. She was nice and talked to us about where we were from and made us feel comfortable. After talking with her we decided to leave and in the way downstairs saw someone turn their head, thrown up, and walk up stairs… Nope we out. It was a gross place and we figured out what the smell was.

This is a place to avoid at all costs. They will run scams on you taking advantage of the noise and confusion. Much better places on Bourbon Street.

There are over 40 bars on Bourbon St, STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE!!! My group took 12 shots at $ 3 a piece, should have been $ 36 total. Paid $ 32 cash for 4 not knowing they were only $ 3 and should have only been charge $ 18!!! and then after taking 8 more shots we paid with debit card and were charged $ 58, I’m no math major but a total of 12 shots at $ 3 a piece should have been $ 36 NOT the $ 90 we were charged!!! Shot girls here are ratchet and think they are sneaky taking cash from one person and then trying to get another person in the group to pay for the same shots that were ALREADY paid for with another form of payment! If your looking for a place to have good time at with out being taken advantage of, I would highly suggest going to another bar!

Fuck the rude ass, muffin top, bartender (worked on friday, ¹⁰⁄₁₆! You don’t know how to make a long island ice tea if your life depended on it! You get mad telling us to buy our drinks outside after getting 0 tip… please tell me why you deserve any of my money. Go back to bartending school and get rid of your muffin top, you SpongeBob square pants looking biishhhhh!!! No customer service whatsoever. She yelled at me asking wtf a Henn and coke is? Maybe its a west coast thing, but dont snap at me if you dont know your drinks. Pleaee stay away from this place and dont buy a drink from here!!! Worst customer service I experienced in LA.

I wish I could give 0 stars. My boyfriend had two shots and was told they would be $ 4 a piece. The bill comes back and it’s $ 13. I realize it’s not a huge price difference but it’s the principle that counts. We said something to the waitress who lied and said she never said $ 4. I asked to speak to a manager and waited for about THIRTY minutes, I was assured he was coming «any minute now». He never showed even though we asked multiple people to speak to him. Cannot believe the lack of customer service. Will absolutely never go back and will tell everyone to avoid. Despicable how they treat paying customers.

Awesome bar with great 3 for 1 happy hour specials that last all night up stairs! Check out the swamp thing ride! It’s so funny to see all of the people getting thrown off. The staff is polite and attentive.

This was the first bar we came across when we got to Burbon Street and only walk in after coaxing from the bouncer out front. No one was here (it was early Friday afternoon) so we got our drinks quickly and took a seat outside.
The service was quick but not exceptionally friendly. The drinks were huge and a great deal cost wise and we got to keep our cups. The Hurricane was on our list of drinks to have while in New Orleans and they happened to serve them here. Looking back, I wish we would have held off and gone else where. It was a fruity drink and you could easily taste the alcohol in it but it tasted more like a mix instead.

I was in town with a group of friends for a 25^th birthday celebration. We were passing by The Swamp when one of the security guards ran into one of my friends. My friend put up his arm to tell the security guard to watch out. The security guard immediately shoved my friend and another security guard came out of nowhere and punched my friend in the face. He immediately bled from his nose and mouth with his glasses destroyed. The security guards processed to lie to the police and say that he did not punch him when myself and my 4 other friends witnessed the entire thing. We could not press charges because the security guards insisted my friend shoved the initial security guard. Please know that you are not safe at or around this club.

Bourbon Street sucks. But, if you’re gonna deal with drunken frat boys and sloppy bachelorette parties, The Swamp is the best location.
Plus, the upstairs is 3−4−1 all night.

During my friends and my first night on Bourbon Street on a poppin’ Saturday night or should I say early morning, we stopped at The Swamp. Straight to the outdoor bar we went and my friend ordered a round of «Vegas Bombs». We weren’t paying attention to the bartender because we were people watching.
Once we saw our drinks, they didn’t look like Vegas Bombs; when we asked the bartender what she poured us, she told us they were a round of Jagger. OBVIOUSLY she misheard, so in any other bar/​club, what they would normally do is apologize and make the right drinks that the customer asked for. When she told her manager, they both had looks of stress and annoyance on their faces. The mgr then told us that he couldn’t do anything.
My girlfriends and I were not used to this at all. We’re from Jersey and in all of the bars/​clubs in Jersey and NYC, they always correct the mistake, which was made on their part anyways. There were 2 guys that saw/​heard this whole thing going down and they nicely offered to buy our unwanted shots off of us so we could pay for the drinks we truly wanted. These guys were truly cool and even gave us the shots to drink with them. When making the shots we truly wanted, the «Vegas Bombs», the manager totally had a smug face on.
The experience at this place totally disappointed me and ruined my Bourbon St experience. You’re a club on Bourbon, I’m sure putting 5 wrongly poured shots down the drain will not bankrupt your establishment. Apparently the customer is always right does not apply everywhere.
With all the other places on Bourbon, AVOID THE SWAMP!!!

I would rather jump in a swamp than to go here again. Where to begin?
It’s packed and tight as hell, uncomfortable in the way of a crowded elevator with overly loud music.
This is a thieves playground, several people got stuff stolen while we were here. Watch your things here, trust me.
The close quarters, bumping into people, very dive like andddddd…
The shot girls are annoying. They are a combination of those Dead Sea skin product people, debt collectors, your most annoying classmate, the one awful coworker that asks you to lunch, the velociraptor from Jurassic park, someone who invades your personal space, a fly, and your spam inbox. When you combine all of those you get the swamp shot girls.
They have a balcony as well and while some are fun, but with the clientele here the thirst can get real.
It’s very dumpy, I know it’s Bourbon street but damn. You can find better places.

The owner is a MISOGYNIST and treats his staff and even customers like GARBAGE. There are plenty of awesome bars on bourbon street so do yourself a favor and PASS THIS ONE BY.
A business where the owner will not support his employees in situations concerning personal safety is a corrupt establishment that needs to go down. After witnessing a conflict between him and a cocktail waitress, my friends and I approached the owner about an encounter between a waitress and another customer. he was utterly disrespectful to us and it resulted in an altercation. NoLa offers so many vibrant experiences and I implore you to find them elsewhere. DON’T GO!

Frat boys of the world unite, this is your bar of choice! Get out your double popped collars, visor, pucca-​shell necklace and other items of douchebaggery, because you’re going out tonight!
I should clarify, I once was a frat boy myself so I speak from Bro-​experience when I recognize familiar territory. Sticky floors, copious amounts of booze, loud retro hip hop and rap, and a predominately alabaster muscle bound group of patrons.
The cocktails and beer are basic, but the prices really cannot be beat, the 3-​for-​1 during mardis gras may have been the reason why this place held our attention for more than one evening. The balcony overlooking Bourbon street was fun times when you could get out there.
Those are the mixed positives and negatives, with the exception of one — the shooter girls. Jesus… if you want to know what it feels like as a guy to be stalked and ultimately have your face raped, then make eye contact with one of these ladies… just one time, you’ll see (Brace yourself)
Sure we were on a bachelor party and our group stood out like sore thumbs, but when a shooter girl shoves you on the floor, sits on your chest and gags you with two test tubes… literally against your will, something is wrong.
Some guys might love that (you double popped visor wearers I’m looking at you) and some of you might even confuse this with hooking up. If that’s the case then you’re probably the same guys who feel that a stripper likes you because she pays attention to you — and I feel sad for you.
In our groups case, each assault by one of these shooter girls was borderline, assault/​rape/​robbery. No kidding. I basically would have had to physically push, punch, flail to avoid having a test tube rammed down my throat. And you didn’t/don’t have a choice, once they get it in they pour it down your throat and then ask for money.
I even ran to the other side of the bar and hid to avoid one girls approach, I thought I was safe and then as I turned the corner, like glitter adorned Velociraptor, she popped out of god knows where and cussed me out for avoiding her and gagged me with 2 tubes…
Crying each time and wishing I had an adult present… sniff.
So if an emasculating, bro-​tastic good time is your bag, then fellas, this is your business right here. If you want to enjoy drinks with you friends and listen to music… go elsewhere.
… I still wake up drenched in sweat some nights, screaming «STOP STOP… NO… I DONT WANT ANY… NNOOOOOOOOOOOOO»
Shudder

With a name like The Swamp, how can you go wrong? LOL! The first time, it was dead inside. I couldn’t believe it, because the DJ was playing a lot of dub step. At any rate, bartenders were really slow and there were few people waiting for drinks. The second time, it was packed, and the bar tenders were still slow.

On a scale of 1-​to-​bro, this place is a 11.
A selection of crappy beers, $ 10 Long Island Iced Teas (guaranteed to get any females you’re hitting on extremely drunk), 3 for 1 drink specials and a mechanical bull will bring in a bevy of dudes from all corners of the world. And by all corners of the world, I mean fraternities across America.
Now that being said, this place isn’t all bad, only because the crowd is extremely fun. If drunken bros broing out isn’t your scene, you’re in the wrong city (and definitely on the wrong street), bud.
As for the comments about people «forcibly pouring shots down your throats,» I just think that’s a bit ridiculous. I’ve been to the Swamp a couple of times (a bit sad, I know), and never once have I seen someone physically prying a patron’s throat open, pouring test tubes of shots down their throat, and asking them for money.
This place is a business, and obviously, like most businesses, they’re going to try and extract as much money out of you. Just because you caved in to some broad walking around in short shorts and a low cut T, doesn’t mean they forced you to do anything.
Anyways, strong drinks, good specials, too many dudes.