Good drink selection and prices, pool tables, darts, and televisions. It’s rather spacious but tends to get crowded on the weekends, and the type of crowd also depends on when you go. Bartenders are quick and friendly. It’s definitely one of my favorite B-Town bars.

Good place for group drinks. 6 coin operated pool tables ($0.50). Nice people & good service. Crowded on weekends.

“Mike” at the door was a really unpleasant guy. Plenty of other alternatives to have a drink and avoid harassment.

Good one. Lot of space. Decent pool tables and darts and big screen for games

Bar staff was attentive and patient while ordering multiple, complicated drink orders. Really liked all the different rooms throughout the bar, and the option to sit, stand, or play bar games. Good music and video screens going. Would come here again.

Great place to celebrate your best days and forget your worst days. Love the chill atmosphere and shooting pool with my buddies. The no cover charge is also a HUGE plus

The best bar in town, it has its own feel and groove..it has snooker , dart and a pinball machine as well... if you visit, do ask for Jeremy!! He is the best bar tender!!

My favorite bar in Bloomington. Darts and pool are always fun.

Great place to grab a drink with your friends, just dont be crazy!

Since I moved here from palm springs california a friend introduced me to this place and instantly fell in love with it! Amazing staff, drinks and just all around a great atmosphere!!

Great bartenders, decent prices, darts, and pool. Nice place to hang out.

Nice and spacious but still can be really packed. And hot. But still a staple

Not what it used to be, but still better than most. Billiards, darts and beer. Only missing the not cool crowd. Recommend.

Cheap beer, lots of space, lots of restrooms, darts and pool

This place has really everything you want in a bar. 2 Pool areas with 6 and 2 pool tables, dart area with I think 6 dart boards has a main bar area that has a few booths. Has a dance hang out area. It is pretty cool and laid back college kid hangout. A lot of locals work here and some hang out here too. It has kinda gone main stream over the last few years but is still a cool bar to go to.

Good place to get a drink and pay some affordable pool

Always consistently fun. Best bar in Bloomington.

This may be the bar that I have most frequented. They always have a good selection of standard beers and a few local ones that are rotated often. There are 7 pool tables and some dartboards which are always fun to use after grabbing a pitcher. I really love its vibe. Its not like some of the other college bars that are for dancing and taking shots, its a place you can go to chill and hang out with friends.

Good place to play some pool or darts and have a drink

Quick service and nice dart boards!

No dress restrictions, why would they its a good place to hang out with friends and have a cold beer or two. Does look like something out the 1970s.

Good spot for late night drinks. The beer is good but you wont get anything to eat. Although, you can get food from outside if you want to.

Beer, pool, darts, some acrade games, big bar with good bartenders and a good vibe. Always a fun place for a Friday night with friends

Good place for billiards / snookers and darts, bar tenders are great and very friendly. Its not as crowded as brothers so there is a lot of space to move around. The lighting is dim and it appears depressing. The tissue rolls in the restroom is not refilled on time. But these are the only two problems, other than That its a great place to hangout. Its also Next to tacos, so its a good place to sober up.

Classic bar. Go! Meet friends, play darts, drink cheap beer or craft beer. No one will judge you for either, and you wont be the oldest one there!

The best bar in town if youre looking to chill, throw some darts or shoot some pool. Jeremy, Chelsea, Jason, Nick, and Goober are some of the best bartenders in Bloomington.

The Vid. Beer, pool, darts, Mike, fun!

Best bar to vibe in town

My favorite bar in town... great atmosphere.. fun place to hang with friends

This is a really cool place to hangout. If you go on a Monday - Thursday evening its not as crowded as the weekends. Theres pool thats 50¢ per game (you can give the bartender cash and theyll give you quarters) and free darts. Ive been going here for a little over half a year, always have a good time.

One of my favorite bars in Bloomington. I would consider this more of a townie bar with an older-than-freshman-college age range which is what i like. They have approx 8-10 pool tables, 5 dart boards, a basketball shooting game, a projector that plays movies/games, and good music playing. Pitchers are generally pretty cheap and always flowing.

Bloomingtons pool & used to be dive bar. Still good place after all these years

Great place to do so many different drinking games. No covers and great atmosphere

Really enjoyed my time here

Lots of room, lots of pool tables and darts. What you would think of as a large grungy college bar.

Best bar in Bloomington hands down. Great place with tons of room. Even when its busy its not too crowded because of how big the building is. Fun place to shoot pool or throw darts.

We ordered a whole pizza and it took them 20 minutes. They got the type of pizza wrong and were also serving others whole pizzas.

Darts, billiard pools and good beer

Cant comment on the bar experience itself, but the doorman is an absolute joke whos apparently never seen an Ohio license before. Threatened to call the police on one of group for daring to be from out of state, despite checking the (completely valid) license over and over again and seeing all the very clear markings of a state-issued ID. We left rather than waste our time and the polices time. Ridiculous. If youre a younger out-of-stater, you might want to go elsewhere to avoid the hassle.Furthermore, throughout the entire conversation he was incredibly rude and condescending to all of us. Not a human who should ever be interacting with the public.

Great bar! The staff is great and plenty of bar games to partake in. A must stop for me anytime Im in Btown.

The vid would be a great place to hangout but the bouncer “Mike” is so rude and simple minded that it makes the bar not an enjoyable place. Will not come back as long as “Mike” is working there. He is also homophobic, it’s 2018 the Vid needs to get rid of this guy and his unwelcoming nature. I am completely unhappy with my my experience there and wish I could enjoy such a unique bar without judgement.

Door guy is a pretty rude, which is based on my experience over the course of a couple visits. With that being said, its still a pretty decent place to hang out and have a cold beer after work. If youve never been here, its definitely worth checking out.

One of my favorite watering hols in this town. Great place to play pool (if you can get a table).

Darts, pool, drinks. Not bad, absolutely nothing special. Takes forever to get a drink, bouncer doesnt seem to understand his job only gives him reason to feel as important as a Wal-Mart greeter, but Ive enjoyed it well enough to return.

Love this place. Good drinks/ prices and pool tables

Lots of bar games, but can get crowded with college kids after 10 and weekends

Awesome local spot with pool tables and good drinks!

Very nice inside but not good students get drunk

Atmosphere is awesome, the beer selection is great, and the staff is even better. Definitely one of the best bars in town.

Just a good bar up the stairs . A newer place with your bar standard bar go-tos. It has pool tables and a jukebox, and two bars with plenty of room. The staff is friendly and of course you get to hang with IU students. Also its located right on Walnut.

Good place to hang for drinks. Drop some quarters and wait for your turn to play pool!

Best dive bar in Bloomington!

Dont come here if you have an out of state ID. They threatened to call the police on my cousin (who is over 21)for having an Ohio ID and they thought it was fake (it wasnt). Its just an out of state ID! Terrible experience and thankfully ALL other bars were more accommodating. Our entire group left, and wont be coming back.

Dive bar gone trendy. Johny Walker Black now costs 9$!!! Just weeks ago it was 7$. Still a decent place to play pool or darts.

Great place to play darts or pool! Drinks are reasonable priced. Definitely the less traditional college crowd at this bar.

Hadnt been there in years, brought back memories

A Bloomington staple. Cold drinks and good times. Always worth checking out when youre having a night on the town.

Great drinks. Lots of places to play pool and darts. Never super busy. Quiet and relaxing

Best chill spot in town, but dont come here because I like the pool tables to myself. Just kidding, stop in for some good beer at a reasonable price, pool, darts, and fun times

Great bar downtown that doesnt get super crowded. Theres a great selection of beer and Mike was in a band on MTV! I will give 5 stars when they take a stance against the City of Bloomington banning vaping in public places.

Typical bar. Popular with college crowd. Happy to be able to play darts locally!

A lot bigger than I expected it to be, staff seemed friendly enough, seems like theres a lot to do there game-wise but I didnt play much.

If you need a real bar in Bloomington, without the frat kids and bumping music, this is a great place.

Great pool hall with great dart boards

Great service cheap drinks pool darts cant beat it best bar down town BLOOMINGTON

Mike (doorman) is a legend. Nice place to just hang out

Low key classic town bar. Darts, pool, affordable drinks, not trying too hard to be anything other than what it has always been.

I had a GREAT time here! Fun and games abound!

Always a great bar to go to. Even better during the summer!

Low key and chill, cheap beer with pool and darts, never any cover, great bar

Ozzy “door man” will always be my favorite.

Great place to play pool, bartenders are awesome and always have time for a chat

Cool place to grab a beer and play miss Pac-Man or billiards.

One of the few places in town with pool, darts, and pinball. A little dive barish. Decent beer selection. Can get crowded

The bartenders are excellent people to be around and the shots are pretty big for a very reasonable price. I

I really enjoyed this place! There are plenty of pool tables.

Chill place for bar games if you can get there early. Even then its a nice atmosphere away from the common college bar rabble

Even though the drinks are cheap, they arent watered down. And who doesnt love a game of pool?

Played darts and shot some pool. Nice atmosphere

My absolute favorite bar of all time. Great staff, great atmosphere.

Big fan of the drinks there as well as the laid back environment.

Best place to play darts and pool. Great atmosphere and always my go to bar in Bloomington

This is not the classiest establishment but its lackluster appearance is made up for by its unique character and charm. This bar is never packed to the brim and you can almost always get a dart boards or pool tables.

Great place for bar games. Gets a little crowded on weekends, but perfectly deserted on weeknights.

One of my favorite places to go in Bloomington. There are never any fights and the scene is always relaxed.

I will never return to The Vid again. My friends and I went out for my friend and his twins 21st birthday. The doorman (Mike) informed my friend and his twin that their IDs were clearly fake and gave them the option to leave with their IDs or try to get in and have to cops called. My friends chose to stay since their IDs were real. We all waited at the entrance for the cops to arrive and stayed there while the officers ran the licenses. Once the cops arrived he was trying to convince the officer that the IDs were fake. He was overall rude about the whole situation. Lo and behold the IDs came back real and me and my friends (about 10 total) all left the establishment. Mike was rude to us during the endeavor and attempting to convince the officers of one thing instead of just letting them do their job. Overall, the poor treatment my friends received from Mike has ensured that I will not be bringing my business to The Vid in the future.

Nice relaxing bar to just chill and have a good time

Always a favorite when in btown. Darts, pool, good people, cheap drinks. Its got it all.

Interesting group of people, great bar games and local selection of beer.

Amazingly cozy place to chill with your friends.

Great atmosphere

Fun college bar

Fun place to play pool and darts with a chill atmosphere.

Used to like the Vid years ago, so went back here a few months ago.Some things have definitely changed from the last reviews. Stopped being a cash-only bar for one, and while obviously one experience isnt scientific, seemed to be more a fratty bro crowd these days.However Im not going back. Fellow trans* folks: Heads-up, Mike Shiflet, the usual bouncer, isnt good people when it comes to us. The owner, Michael Black, hasnt represented himself very well either. Ill leave it at that understatement.

Fun place with good drinks!

A fun dive bar with darts and pool

Great for pool sucks for everything else

$0.50 pool games, lots of tables with quality cues. Weekends it gets a little rowdy and crowded with college kids, but early evening weeknights and weekends its very quiet and theres no wait for a table.

A different bar with Pool tables and darts. The downside is it gets too crowded and sometimes it is hard to find tables

Fun and friendly environment