Palomino Pool Hall

We got there on Memorial Day right after it opened around 4:30ish. The first thing you need to know is that the parking is terrible due to the construction around the downtown area and specifically around this establishment. You can still find spots, but you might have to walk a little. There were three other tables occupied and one bartender. While we did not play on all the tables, I can say that the tables look to be in good playing shape (cleanliness, rails, felt). Most of the house sticks that you can find left on the wall were 20oz sticks with some variance. You are not likely to find multiple 18oz & 19oz sticks if the place has some traffic. Despite that, all the sticks with exception of a small few had decent tips and the stick themselves were as straight as you could expect. So even if you can’t find your weight, you have a good shot a at clean ball strike. The tables were nice to play on. There was enough pool chalk around to have your choice and pick what you wanted. If you are an experienced player then I would say the speed was medium to medium-fast. There is plenty of room around the 9 tables they have to play with multiple people. They have a good deals everyday.

This is the best bar. A modern day Cheers in that everybody knows your name. But when you're here, you're family, so maybe it's more like a modern day Olive Garden? I don't even play pool; I just hang out for the groovy vibes, cold drinks, and the real treasure--the friends we made along the way.

Definitely a pool players venue! Not a fancy place, but plenty of good solid tables to play on!

A couple of things to this review. As a feat venue this place was awesome. It was small and perfect for small bands. The air conditioning was on, they had a lot of great beverages. the bathrooms were normal and clean. And they had a few comfortable chairs and stools to sit on and rest. As a regular bar it was great. The staff was friendly and fun and seemed to enjoying the customers. I love that they played a lot of great stuff on the tv. Also I was stoked to see they played Thursday night football. Was looking hard in Gainesville to find TNF on Amazon to watch ravens and this was the only spot with it. But it was a good spot to watch ravens. As a pool hall, it’s pretty cool too. Lots of full size table and not too expensive to play. I’m bummed I forgot to buy a shirt before I left Florida

Bad experience with bouncer. Had some friends visiting from Columbia. My friends showed the bouncer their IDs (Columbian drivers license). Bouncer was an old guy, probably in his 60s. He was rude saying they don't accept foreign license as ID and it's Florida law. We did challenge it at first because they had been using them all night elsewhere. So after he started to raise his voice we went to get their passports. I'll admit, he was correct about foreign license not being acceptable in Florida. However, right or wrong there, that didn't give him the right to call us be-ners when we returned. We left immediately after that.