Grizzly Bar

Firstly: Don’t expect clear signage outside, indicating where the Grizzly Bar is. Their sign actually reads: Red Lion.
Just walk through the hotel lobby. You’ll find it.
Friday Night: «Salsa» Night
Pro: The cover was ½ the price that they’d told me it would be when I had called earlier that day. They had told me that there would be a live salsa band playing, and that the cover would be $ 10.
They charged me $ 5. Yay!
Con: They told me that there would be a salsa band playing, but they were just kidding. Boo. The band was playing Latin music, but they were actually playing what they called «Rock.» It sounded like it was from the 80s, and wasn’t my jam — but to be fair, there were clearly people there who were enjoying it.
Pro: The bartenders were friendly.
Con: The mixed drinks are mostly small cups filled with ice and a tiny bit of the drink you are hoping for, and, if you aren’t there early, there is nowhere to safely leave your drink, once you’ve purchased it. In fact, that leads me to:
Con: If you don’t get there early, you will have nowhere to sit/​place your jacket and belongings. When I arrived around 11, the bouncer did say, «There aren’t very many seats in there. Don’t worry, with your looks, someone will offer you their lap.» Umm… Thank You?
Con: There was no salsa dancing or salsa music on salsa night. I don’t know how you would know for sure one way or another, because I had even called to confirm.
Pro: Other nights might be fun. I think I saw a pool table in the back… AND, if you don’t have a DD and drink too much, they are conveniently located INSIDE the Red Lion Hotel — so perhaps you can just get a room.
Pro: The area is so quiet, there was no traffic when I left.
This was probably a 1 or 2 star experience for me because I had been there specifically to dance salsa, which didn’t happen! But, in fairness, I could see that others were having fun, and there was nothing inherently wrong with the establishment itself. So… there you have it. It’s meh.

Interesting hotel bar. Drinks were average priced, decent happy hour. Good selection of beer. Once the lights went down on Saturday night it turned into quite the Salsa dance club. Even for those of us that didn’t dance it was great for people watching.

Dark. Dirty. Smells of stale beer. But the place to go when you’re staying at the red lion. Food is just ok and very sloppy preparation.

Well this place was cool. Its been on my radar to check out for sometime. So last night (Friday) my friend took me and her other friend there for salsa dancing night. The cover was a little silly, but whatever, I wanted to have fun and I was already there so wtf. I had no idea how to salsa dance, so I was one of the only white boys out on the dancefloor looking like, well, a crazy ass white boy. I really liked the music a lot though and would be interested in returning.

Don’t go here unless you want to wait an hour for your food, an hour for your receipt, and you enjoy only seeing your waitress every half hour. The bar WASNT full.

Ok, I have to give this place 4.5 stars (rounded up to 5), because they need to be given their props. Over the last couple years The Grizzly Bar has brought in several good salsa bands:
5/​2/​08 – Carlos Cascante y Su Tumbao
7/​25/​08 – Afincando
9/​18/​09 – Cubaneo
These bands are from Portland and Seattle, and they all put on great shows. Here’s to supporting the Grizzly Bar and it’s aim to KEEP BRINGING more live entertainment into the Tri-​Cities.

Sports bar. Nice bartender. Big space. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Go if you want wild woolie, unpredictable with assorted other features.
The drinks are good.
The staff tries hard, there are a couple serious hutlers cocktail servers.
Music blares at times. Then there are the dull times.
Comeon folks! It’s the Tri-​Cities. ther eis no where else good to go.
Thisis in an upscale hotel with good food.

So I guess Corey G. does have some good points but overall, MEH!
My biggest complaint about this place is the fact that it is in a hotel, right by an airport and they CHARGE A COVER!!! So let me get this straight? You are a hotel that should be catering to travelers. here I am as a guest of your hotel, it is late, I just dropped over $ 100 in your restaurant and I would like a little nightcap before turning in and you are going to charge me a cover (I think it was $ 10) to come in and have a drink. Shame, shame!
So when my husband and I said forget it and went back to the restaurant to see if our waiter could get us a drink (the restaurant had just closed) the «bouncer» at the Grizzly Bar gave our waiter a hard time when he told us he would just get us in for free. We saw our waiter go up, explain we were restaurant and hotel guests and the bouncer gave him a dirty look and argued with him for a few minutes before begrudgingly letting us in. Yes the place was hoping, yes the drinks were good but really, treat your hotel guests better.