CASH ONLY. Great bar with fun, casual vibe and live music. Great selection of draft and bottled drinks and everyone in the joint is so friendly. Love music was also very good. Great spot for a fun night out.

Slow night, but the patrons there and the staff made the best of it. Great live music too.

Very unique bar at the end of Allen Street. Funky decor. Great music. Good crowd.

Love Nietzsches! Classic Buffalo establishment with a great musical history! Cash only bar but very well priced. Highly recommend!

Cool spot! Live music every night but their beer list needs to be updated. Servers were very friendly and helpful!

Great music! I really enjoyed the comedy, but the tuesday-night burlesque show was very inauthentic.

Place has soul! Dana and Mike will take good care of you. Entire place is filled with good people.

Really fun! Better Irish Pub experience than pubs in Ireland!

This is by far one of the top 3 bars in buffalo. Live music all the time, burlesque, and a unique atmosphere where youll run into new experiences depending on the day! Its cash only, which makes the experience better in my opinion. There is an ATM near by, though, and the drinks are reasonably priced. Definitely a must see in Buffalo!

Great music; boring berlesque show. Made me feel sad to be back in Buffalo or in the USA.

Always a cool show going on at Nietzsches, although there is typically a cover. Bar is also cash-only so plan on bringing some bucks or stopping at an ATM. Getting to a show extra early will give you access to the limited seating on the sides of the floor where there are raised spaces to sit above head level.

A fine buffalo staple. Most the band stickers in the bathrooms are scratch and sniff.

Classic music venue in Buffalo... stop in almost ANYTIME to hear awesome local artists. One of my favorite spots to drink and to perform.

Wildly talented musicians! Great jazz on Sunday night!

Its a very interesting niche establishment. The music and talent is great! Please remember its cash only!!

Nice place to meet new people and spend a great time with friends.

Great music, scuzzy atmosphere. Ive seen LEGENDS perform here for five bucks at the door...But I wouldnt touch any. thing. in the place. It has got to be at least a few decades since any kind of a cleaning crew has been through there. I can tell, because the smoke grime is still coating everything from when smoking was allowed in bars, way back when.Dont use the bathrooms, if you can get away with it. Its just plain frightening. And if you do absolutely need to use the loo, at least you have decades of bathroom graffiti to read, which can distract you from the walls that are covered in decades of every type of bodily fluid.However, they have Guinness on tap, and when the music is good, I wear a depends and hop on over there.They have about 12 parking spaces that are quickly taken. Parking around there is very tricky on a busy weekend night. Be ready to navigate one way streets to find parking within a few blocks. Many people just park at an easy spot a few blocks away and get an Uber to Allen St.

This place is a small but really cool , dark jazz bar with friendly bar staff, great music, and atmosphere.

Good service. Friendly Customers. Great Live Music every day.

A staple of Buffalos live music scene, but it could use some updates. Namely, the bar is cash only which is inconvenient, and the whole place could use a deep cleaning. I think there might be cobwebs from the 90s in there. Overall, its fun playing there, and the sound is usually decent when seeing bands play.

What can I say? Great rockin dive with cool bands easily worth the cover. Love it.

Had a great time listening to A Boy Named Sue there. Met a nice group of friendly people and am planning to go see the band again.

I am delighted I found this venue and extremely grateful to the Celtic group that play on Saturday afternoon between 4:30pm and 7:30pm for giving me the opportunity to sing a song when I am there. Though you guys do not know it,my gratitude runs deep. Fear of speaking or standing up in front of people to say something, never mind sing bound me to a silent prison for way too long. Considering I write and publish poetry I still have to tackle that one speaking the created word. However, that will come later..I love how the group involves the bartenders Bill and Megan in singing their part and a few of the patrons to join in with their solo performance. I have met many beautiful people there, friendly, personable and a joy to communicate with. A special thank you goes out to everybody that makes Nietzsches a wonderful place to hang out in.

Really nice bar and good live music at later hours run in there at 6pm because of Hearing nice Irish Style Volk music in the streets....we also enjoyed this ,,older music Part. All in all i would recommend this place

Great place for local comedy, music, and entertainment!

If you like to get down with the get down this is place to get weird

Cash only bar, but awesome venue. Tuesday nights for comedy are awesome! Dive atmosphere, great room.

I havent been here in quite some time, and forgot how nice of a place it is. Great crowd and the room sounded pretty good. One request...get an ATM

A great place for live music and dancing in the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo, NY owned by one of my high school classmates.

Sexy burlesque show. Great live music. Sweet stage setup. Cash only

Super chill spot. Drinks are good, staff are great and its a cool place to go to with friends and if you like live music

My favorite live music venue!!

If u love music this place is it. Open mic on Mondays... Love it here. Drinks are over priced so drink before u come. Cash only no atm.

Always entertaining, easy place to spend time at

Great fun. Loved the music. Not enough parking in the heart of Buffalos Allentown neighborhood.

Friendly staff, good live music

Love the bartenders, theyre so friendly.

Went here to hear a band Id been wanting to see. Great location in the heart of Allentown district of Buffalo, NY. Wonderful atmosphere - great place to see live music. I believe they have live music every day of the week. The only real drawback to going here can be parking. This is a cool area of the city that is well attended. If you plan on going out on a Friday or Saturday night, youd be smart to take an Uber, Lyft or taxi because its very unlikely youll find a parking spot. Hope you have fun when you go! Its a great place with an awesome vibe.

Without Nietzsches, Allentown would be a mistake.

Cheap drinks cool shows on Saturday nights.

Mixed emotions. I like the music. I like the location of the stage. I hate the rundown condition of the place. Its depressing sometimes. The bathrooms are not the greatest. But you can meet some pretty interesting people in there. You can also meet some pretty sketchy people there. I didlik the fact that they always have a cover charge anytime anyone is playing. sometimes I like to go in and check out the music before I decide if Im going to stay. However, if you explain to them that youre just there to check out the scene, they may give you a pass at the door, but they will keep their eye on you and if you hang around, you will have to cough upthe cover charge, which is only fair, because we have to support our local musicians!

Quite the interesting place to enjoy great music and learn all the past history of the place. VERY relaxing and inviting. A must experience!

Cool place great ppl

Such a great venue for music in all its grungy, jammy glory.

Can someone just sit there until closing and chill? It sounds wonderful!

There for the comedy and burlesque. Had a great time, especially with the dancers on the bar! Also the piano player was fantastic

One of my favorite places to perform.

Great Vibes. Atmosphere. People. Music.

The music is great but the bartenders suck. Blatantly over looking customers that have been waiting way longer. On top of that one bartender has stayed giving people dirty looks when theyre asked what they want. Same bartender didnt give someone their change back.

Great atmosphere and lots of music to soak in.

Cool vibe, great music..always

Best bar on Allen. Great service, great people, and great entertainment.

Nice little bar for bands to come and perform. Haven’t tried the food, but the drink prices are fair.

Excellent music every day with a friendly staff. Fairly priced drinks but no food available. Bring your own pretzels or candy. This is where the locals go.

One of my favorite places in Buffalo. Live music EVERY night, fantastic bartenders and great atmosphere

Funny, weird, and chill. Had a great time talking to the bartenders. Great live band. Would come back again whenever I visit Allentown.

Quirky. Amazing environment but not for everyone. It isnt a fancy uppity bar, so if that is what you are looking for this isnt it. For everyone else there is so much character and as someone from out of town, to come in and blend right in to the crowd and enjoy the amazing celtic music happening on Saturday night was the best.

Great drinks, cool vibe, wicked sweet music!

That Old Buffalo feeling. Steam Donkeys are always great to hear as well.

Great owner, super staff, A Band Named Sue is the best.

Everyone was ranting and raving about this place. I dont get it. Personally, its not my kind of ho-down. Its a huge space and Ive seen a crazy amount of different kinds of things there from acoustic acts to huge bands. For entertainment, the place is great. But the bar is a tad bit inconvenient. Its a cash only bar and theres no ATM. So, you need to walk to the convenience store if youre only carrying a card. The drinks are made okay and the decor is definitely on the trendier side.I dont hate the place and Ive gone there a few times now. And maybe catering to the customers might ruin some of its charm that attracts so many. But, its not my kind of place.

Its a good place to hang out drink beer and enjoy local bands.

Definitely not your regular bar. The ambiance there is always fun, live music, lots of beers, people from all ages from every corner of the word. One of the hidden gems in Allentown.

Great music... great service... decent prices

You can catch some really great music here and its always good vibes. Also they make a stellar hot toddy.

Ecclectic; friendly; music every day.

Live music is always great and drinks are somewhat reasonably priced.

Great music, cheap beer

Dr Jazz & the Jazz Bugs... AMAZING!!!!

This place is great! Has been a long time favourite.

Great local haunt that has a ton of history and is a staple of Allentown​...but the service...ugh. The doorman doesnt know whats going on inside and he doesnt care. When I asked who is playing before paying the cover, he said I dont really know. The band members dont tell you that anymore. This has happened a couple of times. If Im paying a cover Id like to know at least the genre of the music I will be listening to. Then on the inside, every time we go, the bartenders overcharge my husband for drinks (depending how slow or fast things are going) or they charge him different prices for the same drink...

Awesome live venue for conversational jazz (saw a banjo/clarinet duo) and more than sufficient array of beers on draft in comfortable digs. my kind of place.

Oldie but goodie!

Great music but old and dirty bar!

Live music every night!

I am in love with this artsy bar in the historic Allentown neighborhood. The bar is cash only, but the drinks are cheap and the bartenders are friendly. It seems like there is always something going on at Neitzches.

Great weird spot. Tons of character

Probably the only place Im willing to pay a cover for. I love their themed live band nights.

The staff and patrons are very friendly here. Its much larger on the inside than it looks from outside. Theres a large performance space in the back and smaller musical acts play upfront. They dont serve food but there are a few restaurants nearby.

One of the coolest dive bars I have ever visited. Great decor, friendly staff, cheap beer and live music every night. If I lived in Buffalo I would come here all the time.

Good time promise

This is a good place to see some live music. You can see all different types of music depending on whos playing that night. The place is small and usually crowded on weekends. There is a main stage in the back and a improvised stage in the front.

Very dark dive bar. Kind of dinghy. Dont accept credit cards, cash only. The only redeeming factor is a pretty awesome and friendly staff.

The ambiance in Nietzsches is like no other bad on Allen St. They have great talent, bar regulars, and atmosphere.

Great little hole in the wall with awesome music and live performances.

Pretty darn laid-back

Bartender was very nice. Interesting and welcoming crowd. Beer selection (draught) was not great. They have live music almost every night. Large space and very local.

Great vibe chill atmosphere awesome service.

Excellent jazz and strong drinks - glad we visited while we were in town.

Best bar in buffalo .. amazing staff great ambiance always live music playing.. its always a lot of fun

Good music in the heart of party district

Amanda was very friendly, the music was great, the atmosphere was dark & the selection standard.

Music 7 nights a week.No food or credit but still a great place.Different every day.Bartenders friendly.Check website for listings.Go and have fun.

Nice. Good vibes.

Great to hear live, local bands. Bar (service) consistently underwhelming. Better options all up and down Allen

Always a good time,Home town Bar.great bartenders music and patrons.

I always make time to stop into this little gem of Allentown. Great service, drinks, company, and often, live music!

This is the most amazing place Ive been to in a long time. Ive lived in London, New York, and Switzerland. This is an incredible vibe!

The best venue to experience sounds and music original to the region.

Great Allentown dive bar. Lots of different kinds of entertainment, live music, burlesque, comedy. Usually a cover charge, but worth it.