Great bar, great service with live music pool tables and awesome bartenders!!!

Great local bar, love it. Come down and get messed up. This place is great.

Quiet place for a cold beer. Havent been here long, but Kathys is my clear favorite.

Great low key old school feeling dive bar. Has dart boards and pool tables, and the best thing THE SPECIALS.. wow

Fairly priced drinks, a nice rooftop deck with views of Rochester. Come for Happy Hour.

Standard kind of pub. Reasonable drink prices, fun bartenders. Not pretentious like a lot of the other drinking establishments downtown. Bar pizza and free peanuts.

One of the best local hangouts in Rochester. Good dance floor with DJ/live music.

I have been a customer of kathys for over 20 years. Tonight I experienced the most disrespectful display towards a very regular customer and others I have ever experienced by the bar tender. I will bring this event to the attention of the manager on duty next time I visit

The place is good, it misses a good dj

Bored in your hotel room? Kathys has more of and adult crowd and always lively . Live music on weekends too. ..oh and really good pizza!

Great place to meet friends good happy hour too

So, it wasnt exactly bad going here, but I wouldnt go out of my way to go back. Its a more change of scene before going to the actual bar type of place. It has a lot of wasted potential. They have 3 floors. The top is the roof and has a bar area, which is cool.The middle has pool tables and a little bar. The bottom has a bar and a stage for local bands.The service was a little teeny bit slow. But the place was really, really messy and sticky.

Probably the best bar in downtown Rochester if youre looking for a place to have some cheap drinks and hear live music. For sure not the classiest establishment but you get what you pay for. They also have a really cool rooftop in the warmer months. The only inexpensive place I really will go to downtown.

Walked in and got IDd by the bouncer. No big deal. Took two more steps and got IDd a second time. I asked if there was a problem and the girl just rolled her eyes at me. Not only is this place out dated and full of people older than my grandparents, but they inconvenienced me and I will not go back.

Great place to meet weird people.

Had so much fun at this place. The staff is great and the drinks come fast. Great spot for live music.

Acually got service by a great bartender and fast thanks man you made me feel young again !!! And the waitress too upstairs rocked it!

When visiting Rochester I always make it a priority to stop here! Alot of old memories and look forward to making new ones here. If you like the authentic street bar feel, this is the place for you. Have had nothing but friendly experiences with the owners and staff. Reasonable prices and adequate pours with the spirits. Hands down my Rochester favorite.OH yea, I must add GRETCHEN!

Kathys is a great bar in Rochester, MN. Staff is friendly and accommodating to all customers. Gretchen is a fantastic bartender and makes everyone feel welcome! Rooftop Bar is awesome during the warmer months.

Its a classic bar, nothing fancy but its fun. Regular spot for Rochester locals, so you feel like youre walking into Cheers or something. Drinks are cheap with a wide selection. My only real issue is the layout & how crowded it gets makes it kinda claustrophobic

Had a great time. the roof is pretty awesome. and its not over priced.

Quiet at 3 in the afternoon. But, always a good place to stop for a cold beer. N u cant go wrong with 2 for 1s!

Best bar in Rochester!!

Great spot in town to catch a live local band, have a drink after work, and not pay out the ears for it. Essentially a cheaper less dance-y bar compared to others around it. The shows on the roof in the summer are my favorite though, and very much worth checking. About as much of a bar as as bar can be.

People watching here is fantastic.

Great people working there. Had so much fun

Good downtown location Still a great place for music and drinks but honestly, not like when Kathy owned it. Rooftop (both stairs & elevator access) is beautiful and comfortable if youre lucky enough to find seating. Theres almost always only 2 bartenders at each bar (now only 2, 2nd floor is wasted space now) on busy Friday & Saturday nights in my experience, so you may have a good wait for drinks. Was given a warm can of beer, literally warm to the touch... bartender was not impressed that I preferred a cold one and she gave attitude when I nicely asked for a cold one.Darts & pool Sunday thru ThursdayP.S. Bathrooms are not handicap accessible

Great bar, great people. Cant ask for much more.

Good, reasonably priced drinks. Definitely my new chill spot.

Not sure what was going on. 2 bartenders working but 1 just sat on the cooler all night looking at everyones empty drinks. Strange situation.

Chill bar with friendly staff and live music every other weekend.

Awesome laid back place to catch a drink

Fun pub. College kid bar though.

There are actual good looking grown up mature women at this Bar every Friday and Saturday night. So I guess Ill just come out and say it~~~if your a person looking for a potential hook~up or maybe looking too get married and, and, and youre not a douch or um... Well I thinI made my point there but yeah chances of getting together with someone for a friendly after bar rendezvous Weatherby go get something to eat or just go for a walk down the river. Its a cool place.

Is there a way to give less stars?

Nice little local pub

Bartender was cool. Laid back and good conversation.

Fun location. For a younger crowd then us. :-)

A great place to have pizza and a beer with friends

It was decent.

Great music, nice atmosphere for someone who is looking to have a great time. Cheers setting even though I didnt know anyone!

Great spot for drinks and frequent live music. The roof is also a nice area when the weather is nice.

Great friendly pub a must if you are in Minnesota?

Dive bar. Good bands. Dirty bathrooms. Smells

Great Staff. Home bar atmosphere

Scotty is awesome.

Had so much fun dancing and drinking!!

Cheap drinks and a live band most Saturday nights. Rooftop is open during the summer as well

Fun cool atmosphere and great staff.

Good dive bar, roof open

Went early New Years Eve 2018. Friendly staff, reasonable drink prices, laid back.

Summertime on the rooftop bar cant be beat! Weekends can get a bit crowded at night, but that can be blamed on its popularity more than anything else.

Cool rooftop bar!

Still a good place to see live music

Love going here Friday nights for the live shows

Its an odd bar. Part dive bar feel part hipster roof top bar. Not sure what its trying to be. However they staff is nice and drinks are poured adequately.

Cheap and just the right level of divey. Music on friday nights, too!

The floor is always sticky, the bathrooms are gross, and its very crowded most of the time. The rooftop bar is amazing in the summer and there are 3 levels. I avoid the first level at all costs. There is usually live music here. The second level isnt always open but they tend to do smaller EDM type shows sometimes. The rooftop will have Jazz or more mellow live bands. One time a guy peed next to me in the elevator on the way up.

Been coming here for along time. Love it!! Good price on drinks. The roof top excellent!!!

Only the divey-est of dives. Highlights include the rooftop bar (seasonal) a bar on the 2nd flpor with pool tables. Sometimes converted into a dedicated dance floor

Not for me but my homie like it

A nice little bar with great service and the prices arent bad

DJ InztraMENTAL every last Friday of the month is ALWAYS bringing through new DJs! Never a dull moment on the second floor

Had a great time. Darcys always on top of when it comes to a bartender.

Awesome bartender!

Outstanding rooftop. Outstanding service. Everone there is enjoying themselves.

Bad customer service

Used to be a frequent visitor in my younger days, but the horrible jam bands they like to book for weekend entertainment, is enough to keep me away. Now my only reason to stop in is if friends wanna stop in for 1, otherwise, having to listen to stoner jam bands is an excellent reason for me to avoid the fine establishment.

Gr8 place to hangout

Enjoyed my time here. Was almost too busy to enjoy time with friends, but there was also an event downtown.

Typical dark bar with multiple TVs, which is what I generally like in a watering hole. First bar tend was great, but unfortunately for me and most of the other patrons a new person relieved the original. The new bar tend, although somewhat attractive, was more interested in being a DJ than a bar tender. Terrible service for the most part and alienated most of the patrons due to her demeanor and overall lack of service. Would I go back? Yes, if the first bar tend was behind the bar.

Fun dive bar, Great bartenders, 3 levels of bar, first floor has good live music, 2nd floor is dark with a bar and sometimes has djs and a dance floor, and roof top had a bar and a fun view of the Rochester sky line - be aware that this is on the weekends and that during the week its just a typical dive bar with its five regular patrons

Dive bar, great.

Best place in town. Good specials and each floor has its own vibe

Always the go to bar in Rochester. It is a bit unclean I guess but than again it is a bar... live music often which gives Kathys pub a good vibe. Great bartenders!

Absolutely wonderful time we just dance the whole night away it was great

It fun and layed back they have free bads

Great bar. . But the BAR takes up half the space

Good day at work a nice MOTHERS DAY MARTINI....

Great place to let go and not worry about anything! All walks of life there, everyone is welcome!

3 floors of bars during the summer weekend, weekend bands, and a dive bar atmosphere. Decently priced drinks.

Feels like home.

Very chill . Best local bar downtown rochester

Great atmosphere, great service and good/ very good entertainment

Love the rooftop and 2nd floor. First floor is not really my scene but many people I know that like to watch the live bands love it. On the rooftop on weekends is gets really busy and there is defiantly a shortage of bathrooms.

Awesome staff. Super relaxing and great drink specials

Good happy hour prices, great staff.

Good time reasonable Virgil was a great bartender

They always have a band playing, the rooftop is perfect, the drinks are cheap... its the perfect college/dive bar

Good music

Beautiful rooftop area that is a blast to enjoy with some friends on a weekend! Live music also plays here.

Nice place, very narrow layout of the building. Love the rooftop bar, great view of downtown Rochester MN

Cheap drinks and great rooftop bar in the summer where you can meet people and chill. Many Pool and darts games, busy on the weekend.

Sat for 34 minutes and no one came to see if I needs something to drink. Would not recommend this place to anyone. Would of given them a 0 stars but wouldnt let me.

Live bands and a dive bar feel but kathys has one of the best roof tops in rochester!

Its gr8 for short stop drinks an small group sessions

Live music, love the rooftop bar, great prices and atmosphere

3 floors of amazing fun

Grody

Admittedly the rooftop bar is fairly cool, but the rest of the bar is pretty average, and usually dirty. Just average overall.