I love this place and have fond memories. If you go to Alaska or live there, its an institution.That being said, the bouncers kick people out pretty quickly (usually for good reason, but not always?

Not the best not the worst. They usually have goodish live music. On a regular basis. There drinks are over priced because they have no cover. The bartenders are sassy and fun. Plus the bird room has bras hanging on the ceiling.

The Wolskis of Anchorage.Great times !!

This place is amazing been going here for 35 years, best bar in Anchorage, Alaska.

Was steak night. Steak was meh. The fries were delicious. Server was awesome

Went with 2 other friends drinking more than i was, they let them in, but not me!!

All was well until bar decided to close precipitously. Tried to cancel drinks wed just ordered. Bartender basically made us pay for order then called last call. Told us wed have plenty of time to drink them but then they took drinks and threw them away. Ive never felt so disrespected by a place where I just spent so much money! Never going back!

They will kick you out of the bar without even giving you a reason for doing so. I did nothing wrong except hit on the bartender who was a check Im a check next thing I knew I went to the bathroom and I was getting kicked out.

Cool atmosphere and ambience

This place is alright. Things didnt start getting lit until 12 am which was interesting but it left the venue feeling empty and boring before then. No one was ever really on the dance floors.The little girl serving drinks on Friday 6/28/19 near the hip hop stage had a very bad attitude. I asked for 3 cups of water after waiting 15 minutes for her to acknowledge my existence. She gave a huge sigh as if her life was so overwhelming and then rudely said, Three?! Well Im serving paying customers first so youre gonna have to wait. Even though we had been paying customers all night and desperately needed hydration.Luckily, I walked to another bar where a much more mature adult was able to provide me with water without the attitude and hassle.Not the greatest place in the world but its OK. I guess its some of the best Anchorage has to offer..

My favorite bar in town! Great music and great service. They have pinball machines and pool. The air-conditioning is amazing for the extra hot days.

If youre visiting Alaska, you should go just because its an Anchorage Institution. Walk around the whole place, have a beer, grab some great pizza, and maybe get a t-shirt. Take in the environment while you can, but its going to be extremely crowded during events and late night weekends.Good scene for local singles, or those just wanting to listen to some loud music and drink.

Great bar staff is friendly.. And theres varity in every corner just watch out who playing a gig there.customers get too drunk every once in while

Friendly bar tender and awesome Russian antique items.

Typically I have a decent time here with no problems. But last night before the bar was even busy, I opened a tab and before I walked away I confirmed with the bartender that they held onto my card. I came back not even 20 min later to close my tab and they seemed to forget about me. I come back an hour later to try again and they couldnt find my card. turns out!!!! They gave my card to someone else last night, luckily that person was nice and returned it the next day when they noticed it wasnt theirs, I get its busy but that is not acceptable.

Koots, as the locals call it, is a landmark bar with live comedy shows, karaoke, music, and other events happening every week. If you are wanting to go to a bar in Anchorage and on a budget, Koots has $3 beers and other specials that will cost you much less than going to the bars downtown like Humpys. And even nicer is that there are multiple sections with their own bars inside like a room full of pinball machines and an outdoor patio. For food, they have chips and popcorn on the bar and a full menu that includes pizza, hamburgers, and steak.

This bar/venue might as well be a museum at the same time with the amount of history on the walls. Live music 7 nights a week is something I can always get behind. There is a diverse amount of entertainment and something for everyone at this classic Alaskan bar.

Walk in perfectly sober, got turned away for being “drunk”. They said “can’t be drunk in a bar”. Terrible customer service.

What happened? Friday night and Koots was dead. The jazz side was playing rap. The rap side had the worst live karoake band ever in it singing. I think people were just there supporting a minority because it was not good, and even they were not very thrilled. The live band area had a DJ playing oldies.No techno/house/trap area for real dancing. People are disgusted with the dirty underwear now. I think koots you need to revamp! The upstairs i guess is no longer open. Advertise please and make your DJs stay in certain genres for their rooms.

The best bar in Alaska, hands down. Even if you don’t drink, you can still have an amazing time with friends. There’s shuffleboard, pool, live shows, good food, and awesome Alaskana decor.

HORRIBLE. I live in anchorage and I have been to Koots a couple times. Most recently I was there on 6/3/19. The bartender completely ignored us. We had 1 beer in 30 mins and no check back. She told us she had friends in town and that was the reason she ignored us. She literally said that. Go anywhere else if you want to have a good time in Anchorage.

I used to got to Koots when I was stationed at Ft. Rich back in 96. I remember the band Junkbox played there quite often. I had some of the best times at that bar. Thank you for the great memories!

I absolutely love this bar! It’s been a staple in Anchorage for as long as most people can remember yet stays current with the times. Tons of different rooms with different themes and music, between live bands, stand up comedy, dance music with awesome DJ’s, drinks at the Bird House, outside hanging out on the deck. So much all in 1 place! The staff has always been amazing and drinks are inexpensive. Don’t forget to grab a piece of their delicious pizza for a snack before leaving!

Visited on Wednesday, $12.00 12 oz rib-eye, steak night. Amateur stand up comedy same night . Good stuff overall. Food was good but steak was not a ribeye. It was either a sirloin or a New York strip. No marble characteristics like you see in a ribeye . Meat was also tough, unlike a typical ribeye. They also forgot the mushrooms I ordered and the ones they didn’t forget were cold . Regardless, overall a good experience .

Great people, good drinks, good times!!

ANY MINORITIES IN THE AREA... AVOID THIS PLACE. VERY RACIS, ESPECIALLY THE MANAGER. IM ASHAMED IVE BEEN LIVING IN ALASKA FOR YEARS AND HAVE NEVER BEEN TREATED W SO MUCH DISRESPECT.

Everyone who works here is kind and conversational, Koots has hometown atmosphere and plenty of events.

This was the first bar I was taken to in Alaska. And, Ive been searching for the better one ever since. A bit dusty? Yes. Busy at peak times? Yes. But youll get a beer AND an experience for sure!!

Visited real quick before my flight home. Loved this place! Will go back next time I go to Alaska

This has been the most welcoming and friendly bar my server almost every time is this beautiful happy attentive waitress Maddie she’s always smiling and god I could go on listing positive things but if your there and don’t know much ask fora tour you will be pleasantly surprised and they have amazing food and cooks know a steak thanks to all stafffor being awesome

Great place usually. Gone here for parties and birthdays and music shows great venue for all of the above.

Not a bad place to grab a drink but often brought down by an overly loud and rowdy cross, definitely not where youd go for a relaxed night out but suitable for the younger more party oreinted crowd. Overall a three start joint because of the limited demographic appeal in my opinion, would recommend but only to people looking for a lively night.

One of the most unique bars/venues Ive ever been to. Was lucky enough to be able to get a tour of the facility and learn about the history in all of the different rooms. This is a must stop for anyone visiting the Anchorage area.

Great experience!

My favorite venue for live entertainment so far in Alaska! Its a fun venue to perform at as well as hang out and catch some stand up or a band. The employees are kind and Ive never had an issue! Also, the Russian Room is WAY COOL!

Talk about an experience! If you are in Anchorage, this bar is a must! Made up of 6 different bars all in one location, each bar has something unique to offer, no matter what you are into.I also highly recommend inquiring about private events, there are hidden spaces you may not know about!!

So dont leave your money at the ice bar or it will disappear. Caught her the first time gave her 2 bucks tip she got me after a bit of an distraction say good bye to $ 12 denied it but didnt charge me for the next drink

May be one of the coolest bars Ive ever been. Hung out in a bar with thousands of bras hanging from the ceiling. Stayed there and got drunk. Played pool and ate pizza. Has everything.

Variety of bars within a bar with different atmospheres to choose from! From live music, events, arcade games, pool, karaoke, tasty food, novel Alaskan history, comedy, and concerts to the comfort of a local dive where you can always meet a new friend. Be sure to check out the BirdHouse with its magically entertaining bartenders and ask to hear the story of its origin!

This place is rude and disgusting. The bartender at the 1st bar on the left when you walk in asked my sister to open her jacket up because he thought she was someone else. We both looked at each other and pretty much walked away. Gross!

An unrivaled Anchorage cultural institution! I had fun here in 2012.

Multiple rooms. live music. big names. underwear room with the coolest old ladies. definitely come here.

Its an absolutely amazing bar and live music venue. The kitchen is top notch. Stop by and find your new favorite bartender

Was visiting some friends in Alaska went to Koots and we had some native friends with us. A very short time after we got there one of my Alaskan native friends went to turn around at the table we were at and accidentally knocked over one of our drinks with her elbow. The security staff came over to our table and told her she needed to leave she had too much to drink. She only had 1 drink so far! As the night progressed they we making lame excuses like that to keep having friends of ours leave. I started to notice the fact they were specifically targetting and only kicking out my native friends and not myself and a few others who are not native. Later that night another one of my friends got out of work that night and met up with us with her native friend who came with her. We got a drink sat down at a table to catch up. Out of the blue the staff walked up and said to my friends native friend she looked like she had too much to drink and needed to leave. She had about a half a drink at that point. I finally stood up and said this is ridiculous you have been kicking out all our native friends all night for no reason. The bouncer than told me if i did not like it i could leave too. Needless to say it did not end well after that. It is absolutely dispicable how this place treats the natives. Granted i lived in Alaska for 5 years and i am well aware of the issues the state has with intoxicated natives. However you can not treat them all like that nor can you profile them that way! When i lived in Alaska in the early 2000s i went to Koots all the time and never saw this issue. I heard rumors they were under new ownership since then and maybe that is the issue. I dunno but i know i will not be back there.

Fairly fun but pretty dirty and gross. Also a shooting occurred in the parking lot the night I went. For $20 admission they should act a little more professional.

Staff at the main bar seem to be rude while the ice bar staff are amazing. The bouncer is awesome. The Sahara Storm Burlesque events are awesome at the ice bar.

Favorite bar in town. Staff is fun, cant go wrong with the birdhouse.

They have great parties! The best place in town with very good music! Good service!

Great bar in youre ever in Anchorage you need to check this place out

Best dive bar in Anchorage hands down like 10 different sections with different bars a bunch of craft brews and any drink you can think of. This place isnt fancy but its a great experience.

Great place for music food and drinks

Super fun. Koots needs to be on your Anchorage bucket list. Its kind of a dive bar theme park with lots of fun things happening like karaoke and live shows. Keep your expectations low and Chilkoot Charlies might exceed them.

This place is always fun to chill at and have a good time with friends if you want to kick back and chill while jamming out to various different kinds of music. Highly recommend this place.

If you have a chance to stop in and have beer or listen to some live music, you wont be disappointed. Koots has multiple themed bars inside. Be sure to check out the bird house bar. It is an exact replica of the bird house bar that burnt down a few years back.

I come out of this place smelling of wonderful smell of other peoples BO and dirty panties. Best dive in the state, I love it!

Not much for going to bars, went there pretty late a lot of peaceful drunks. Got my lighter pocketed though.

Whats not to love? Live music, weird bra and underwear room, ice bar, and a spacious patio. If you are in Anchorage, this is a must.

Only giving this place 2 stars for the food, music, and layout. The first waitress took out order and demand we close our tab and then rushed us to pay so she could leave. Since this was our first time my friend asked where he ordered pizza and the bartender said it wasnt his job to order him a pizza. It was extreamly rude!!! Then i tripped and cut my food open on a lifted piece of metal lining the staira. I went to inform a bartender she told me to tell security. Security informed me thwy would be right over to fix it i waited over an hour for no one to show up. The staff was rude especially to the men i will not be back.

Huge multi bar place. Very interesting. Bartender too busy to be friendly.

I mean its 10 bars in one so why wouldnt this place be the best bar in anchorage?! I have fun every time I come here!

Koots is a meat market/ dive bar, if youre into that sort of place. It reminds me of that saying about selling the sizzle, not the steak. Theres a lot of hype and not much substance to this mega-bar. As others have stated, the bouncers seem to think they are cops, and act in very aggressive and pompous ways. Recently bought out by Moose Tooth folks, so prices for everything have been raised, of course, with nothing to show for it.Best left for the early 20s and horny crowd.

Small community of bars within a bar. Great food, killer beer selection, and oh yeah, LIVE MUSIC!

Some great servers and bartenders. That is my only compliment.

Love the friendly bartenders and staff at Koots. They cater to a vast array of clients and almost always have a live band. You cant go wrong with Koots. Not to mention the superb people watching - My personal favorite.

Koots is a great bar with a mix of entertainment happening every night, live music, DJs, etc.

Unique and fun, lots of different things that are going on at once.

Great atmosphere, but kinda empty. I may have gone at a bad time, but both times I went there were very few patrons.

A historic drinking institution. Recently sold to a group of former employees. Well see if it survives Alaskas upcoming economic depression.

My boyfriend and I are visiting from Seattle and had done some research and found this is great place to go and he wasnt wrong! You go into a place and walk through a scanner.... of something, who knows and they scan your ID and take your picture and pair it with your ID.We went around 930 on a Thursday night and listened to the band that way playing before karaoke started (they were pretty good) and I love the set-up of the stage... lots of people dancing... some younger, some older. Pitcher of MGD was $13 and they also had some pizza.. not sure when they started serving that, but I saw it when it was bar time.I really like this place because it has an awesome set-up. There are tons of separate rooms for different things... one room has a DJ, another a band, another pool table, another karaoke, and I am sure there is more. With that said, there are multiple bars to order drinks so I never had to wait in line for a drink. Karaoke finally started in what they call the Ice Room (the bar actually has some frost/snow) and it was unique. The DJ and MC were so awesome, friendly, and funny... definitely one of the best karaoke bars Ive been to.Wish we would of came here earlier on our vaca... we would have definitely come multiple times! I recommend.

One of the best places in Anchorage for live, local music. Staff and bartenders provide quick and friendly service even on busy nights. Great place for locals and visitors alike...Koots is basically an Alaskan landmark.

This place is awesome. Go see Wanda in the birhouse!

Great place to go after a long day. Received a tour in Koots about the history and friendly staff. Will return every time I come to Anchorage!!

Fun bar or bars to go to but could have better seating

Awesome place with different bars inside. There is something there for everyone

Always good live music on the weekends and sometimes weekdays

Overpriced, dirty, old, rundown. The bouncers act like they walk on water and s _ _ t gold bars. And the guy below has a good point. Why do only guys have to pay to get in? I would go to midtown or diamond anytime for a chill bar. Or downtown for fun and action. Kootz just wants you to think they are where the cool kids go.

Fun place. Many choices for bars, a wide variety of people due to Apts close by.

Great pinball. Good specials during the week.

Couldnt even get in said my card was fake because there machine couldnt read it said to my friend it was fake, just because they rely a card reader to do there work for them. Ill waste my money somewhere else

This massive 5 room bar is hands down the biggest and baddest of the bars in Anchorage. It has something for everybody including a live band room, gaming room, bar and table area and some adjoining rooms just to make it all flow. There is a mixed crowd of frontiersman, tourists and locals any day and hr. Dont bother with mixed drinks because this is a beer and shot kind of place. The old west theme is a little over bearing but what do you expect, its Alaska! Its a bit out of the way (not right downtown) but any taxi can get you there in a flash. People watching and fighting over the 10 available women are the two mainstays of going to Koots as the locals call it.

Great music, Alleyway Grill kicks ass !!

Not my cup of tea. I recommend against it, but they do have live music from time to time and many different bars.

Walking in I should have known that is a bad omen to go to a bar where you are patted down, ran thru a airport metal detector and you license photographed, I later found out that it was because the security people want to make sure you are disarmed so you cant defend yourself. I have worked private security in clubs all over the U.S.. The security people here were very aggressive and from my perspective caused more problems than they solved. Come to find out they actually have killed a patron there in the past. I watched these goons approach a man who was drunk and ask him to leave which the man immediately started to go. Then the little security guy who was bald and about 5 tall started pushing and taunting the guy to fight. The whole time the drunk guy was non reactive and was trying desperately to get out of there. Soon more security joined in like a pack of school kids. As for me I took my party and we left and will never return. These clowns give my profession a really bad name.

I had a blast last weekend. Live music, djs spinning in two different spots, and great pizza.

Chilkoots Charlie is one of the best bars Anchorage! I love this place

Lots of different bars and rooms with different music. Good place for your full nights entertainment.

One of Anchorages hot spots, lots of fun !!!!!

Great place to go hang out with some friends have a few drinks grab a little bite to eat and just enjoy a good time with live music

Band started hour and 15 minutes late and played hard rock. One bar One band. Ripoff.

Lots to do. Many events. Bathrooms are nasty

This is the place to go, even if youre not drinking. Staff is friendly and people watching is never boring.

Great people working here, loads of fun!

Koots woooooow its the perfect place to have a party with your friends, the party was on fire :D

Smells like a toilet in north bar. Here for a concert right this second. Over-hyped, the turn out is lame. Expensive drinks. People are relatively tame, although that could be attributed to the mosh waiver they make you sign. Probably wont come back.

One of a kind bar and a must see if you are ever in the area!

Good place to meet with someone on weekdays and before 11pm

An amazing place, that goes on and on. Many different bars and bands playing all under one roof.

Doesnt smell very good in the bar.

Many, many fond memories here!!! We used to play horseshoes out back after work, but that was a long time ago. Havent been here for a while, but will return soon!

Best place to celebrate your 21st birthday!