Mickey's

Can‘t beat this place. Cheap drinks, pretty damn good service, dance floor in basement, and patio.

And for being dirty, you are at a bar, i can‘t see anyone not spilling once. And the point is to get drunk.

The bar itself is dirty but like mentioned in other reviews what bar in campus town isn‘t. The service is excellent when you know they are obviously really busy. If you leave a tip the bartenders will usually come to you first the next time. The specials at mickeys are by far the best in town. How often can you get $1 draws and wells on a monday night. And the $2 you call its on Tuesday are better than the 2 for 1 special of wells at Paddys. The patio is great and the basement is really fun for the 2 for 1 shots and busting a move.

Sure this bar is dirty, but what bar in campus town isnt. Just shut up and get drunk. This is the best bar I have been too in a long time. The patios open now so my buddies and I will be their every weekend over the summer!

In response to the post about the female bartender from earlier...I go there quite often and enjoy seeing the people that work there when they are working and out playing when they don‘t have to work, except for her. I dread the nights she bartends and tend to go out of my way to the other side of the bar to order drinks because she has a chip on her shoulder that nobody gets. She is rude to everyone. I think she needs to get up on the right side of the bed some day.

Mickey‘s has a great drink specials...who doesn‘t love 2fer prices until 10 pm every night? That‘s something other bars in Campustown don‘t give you. Also, the bartenders do not skip people NEARLY as much as bartenders at other Campustown locations. They do their job and go in the order you are lined up at the bar, not by picking who they think came next like other ones. If you tip well at the beginning of the night they also tend to give you better drinks all night long. Finally, for being a campustown bar, they are generally pretty clean. They‘re certainly much better than Paddys.

Worst bar in Campustown. Full of arrogant, unpleasant hipster patrons. I can‘t believe that people actually wait in line to get in here. If you‘re not some frat guy with a popped collar and ‘product‘ in your hair, prepare to wait at the bar while that female bartender with the dark hair ignores you. I suggest going there when there‘s no cover, eating all their bar food and then leaving.

The female bartender screamed at us because the lightbulb over our table went out. She was convinced that we did it. When my buddy reached up to see if he could fix it somehow she screamed at us again. We pretty much just gave up and continued sipping our drinks. When I turned to look at the bar about 5 minutes later a male bartender let out a string of expletives telling us to quit f*ing around and not to look at the bar?! Strange. Anger management may be needed for the staff. So...if you go here, make sure you don‘t sit at a table with a shitty light fixture or you may get an @$$-chewing. Also, the door guy needs to lay off hitting on people. It‘s creepy and annoying. I do like the patio, but now that the tables inside have been ruined for me, the patio‘s about the only place I‘m willing to hang. Especially since the basement is nasty.

One of the best place to go and get your drink on.

One of the best bars in Ames, you know that its going to be a good night if you end up in the basement at Mickeys

Drink specials are great, love the atmosphere, it‘s a little crowded but what bar in campustown isn‘t?

Mickeys is by far my favorite bar in campustown and the only place I will ever FAC. Service is usually really good, doesnt take long for a drink, free food, staff is cool, and drink specials are usually pretty good too. Basically, this place offers a chill environment upstairs where you can hang with friends or play darts,foosball, or pool....or you can head downstairs at night and dance instead. The best is chilling out on their patio/deck area during FAC while enjoying 50cent draws.

Mickey‘s has something for everyone. It is by far my favorite bar in campustown - you can‘t beat the patio in the summer. The girl bartenders in particular are incredibly quick to serve drinks, and are not bad to look at either!

I always have a GREAT time at this place!!! You have to have done something really wrong to not get good service here.

Great place to go if you want service without a smile and to be surrounded by smoke.

This is the BEST bar in ames. If you want a great drink at a cheap price than this is the bar for you. The service here is absolutly incredible. If you are a fan of FAC you must go to Mickey‘s for the best FAC on welch.

Mickey‘s has something to offer to everyone. You can chill outside on the patio, dance, play pool-darts-games, or whatever it is you want to do. great drink specials during the week and two for shots in the basement. guarantee you have a great time!!

all i know is when i get to mickeys i get my drink fast. that dark haired girl behind the bar is vicious and takes no crap, but i get my my drink fast and strong. i dont go to the bar for a show, i go to get drunk and hang with friends! cant wait for the summer patio!

I go here quite a bit, and I know all the other opinions matter...But when the owners of Club Element, Cy‘s, and Chasers all show up on a friday night to have a good time it must be happenin‘. P.S. I love the bartenders.

I have come to terms that all bars on welch are dirty, however Mickey‘s is one of the better ones. Drinks are not that cheap, only during the week and the bartenders are NOT NICE.

I LOVE MICKEYS! I know a lot of people that go there. The bartenders are super nice and it offers a variety of things: Pool, a dance floor that actually has people dancing, a patio when the weather is warm, a nice lounge place upstairs, and GREAT drink specials! I would reccomend it to anyone!

i agree the mickeys in des moines is cool but the ames bar just sucks a lot of ass, too small, nasty downstairs and too many people/tools that go

I guess really lame people cruise this site. Mickey‘s is a GREAT bar with super-cheap drinks... The music usually caters to no one in particular. Different music for everyone. If you hang out at Welch or some other tired place, this is not the place for you

‘tis a crappy bar indeed

I hate Mickeys, all the ugly people in Ames flock to this bar! Needs a lot of improvement!!!!

They used to have a small town environment, but now the music selection has gone down hill... I don‘t know how playing terrible rap/hip hop qualifies as a "small town" environment in Iowa.

Any attempt to play classics such as led zepplin, lynard skynard, etc. on the juke box is immediately changed by the staff.

they play the most annoying music here, I can‘t stand it! Last time I was there they were playing "save a horse ride a cowboy" so I went downstairs to get away from it because they play it constantly, and they were playing the same song downstairs also. The songs were about 15 seconds off each other. I want to break things just thinking about it now.