Club 20

Bar was closed Saturday night/​Sunday morning 1230am on January 3^rd. No sign was posted. Door was locked. No reason given. Don’t know why a bar would normally close on Saturday night.

Liquor selection has improved greatly and has moved up the ranks to a top notch dive bar. Darts, scaryoke, jukebox and a large patio. Bonnie is a hoot so make sure you treat her well. Clientele mostly older guys but during the day they are rather respectful and fun to chat with.

Small hole in the wall next to great pizza options! Good drink prices and a game is usually on. Gay friendly!

In some circles, it has the nickname «club pretty» for what isn’t there. Drinks are weak for a gay bar, and it smells of piss worse than Exile. Go figure.

Small bar, mostly local crowd.

I love this bar, especially when Stevie is working. I’m never in a bad mood when he’s there. Lee is also a treat. He does his job well and he’s not hard of the eyes either. The regulars are like family, it’s usually not too loud, there’s always something going on, and it’s not horrifically expensive. The only qualm I have is that all the beer is domestic swill. Bud, Miller, and Coors. (Is a Sam Adams too much to ask?) If you like vodka cocktails, this is the place for you. This is your typical bar, yes. NOT your typical gay bar!

I love this place! I’m 25 and straight, but hate all the bars in Columbus due to them being over filled with testosterone ridden college assclowns and floozy skanks riddled with STD’s not to mention the prices. Club 20 is a nice friendly place that can get rowdy at times but in the fun way with awesome staff. When you order a drink they actually pour you a good drink, not a watery sad excuse for a drink. Final words: best little bar around

After trying to get some fellow Unilocalers to come here with me for upwards of a year, and then getting beat to the chase by some other Unilocal friends, I finally went here at the beginning of the summer. I can’t say for sure why it took me four months to write my review, but so it goes.
It is a small bar with a handful of tables situated throughout the floor as you walk in, with the bar directly in front of you. Drinks, as one might expect, are fairly stiff. Unlike some of the other gay bars I sometimes frequent in town, Club 20, being a dive bar, is rather cheap. It definitely didn’t hurt my wallet too bad, and I even bought a round for my friends.
The real feature that makes this bar shine, though, is the patio. Although the door to get to it is kind of cramped along the left side of the bar, which can make it tricky to come in and out if it’s busy, the reward on the other side is worth it. The patio is nearly as big as the bar area itself! It is fenced in, slightly tranquil (I swear I recall a water feature or two), and has the vibe of an oasis in the O’No! neighborhood. I haven’t been back since that initial visit, but I can’t for the life of me think why not…

As far as gay hole-​in-​the-​wall bars go, Club 20 and Havana take the cake.
Located a mere bock from High Street near Hudson, parking is on the street so make sure you read the signs as some places you can’t park. Inside you’ll find a quaint, well taken care of little bar with a friendly staff and gay misfits… however everyone is really nice and more than willing to strike up a conversation. Karaōke is Saturday night and despite the fact I do not part-​take due to sounding like a dying yak, it was really fun… makes me wish I was born with vocal cords too and not just the «gay ear».
Drink prices are reasonable and there is a dart board, pinball and pool table crammed into this place for your A.D.D. pleasures.
Haven’t been here in a while and this has reminded me… I need to pay it a visit :)

Club 20 really is A-​OK!
After another unsuccessful trip to St. James Tavern (they were slammed once again), SaRea S. decided to take us to Club 20.
I was feeling totally dive-​ish, and I just wanted some cheap drinks and even cheaper gossipy convo. And Club 20 did not disappoint! There wasn’t anything spectacularly awesome or terrible about this hole-​in-​the-​wall. We all had a great time and could actually hold a conversation, and the drinks were strong and cheap.
Oh, and the jukebox is fabulous — if you’re a gay man. Luckily, I am.

So yeah, I had fun with the karaōke and will probably be back, but after an experience with a gropey guy, I totally hid in a corner behind my female companions. I asked a friend how gay it was before i went on a scale of 1 – 10 and he said 6 I think, but just about everyone seemed gay to me. Anyhoo, seems like a good group of friendly regulars. The bartender was nice, but don’t expect much of a beer selection on tap. They have a pool table, (which I think I saw more dancing and singing on than pool playing), and dart boards. The karaōke was a little cramped into a corner, and a little loud sometimes, but still fun, and he had a pretty good selection and setup. Altogether it was an interesting evening, and worth repeating with the right company.

We were bar hopping in the area and I had read online that the place attracts a mixed crowd. If by «mixed crowd» they meant «gay guys», then they were spot on. Definitely a gay dive bar and even has cement block walls (plain white). You’d think they would have added a little bit of color. Drinks were cheap and there are pool tables, so we stuck around for a little while. An extra star for no Kelly Clarkson/​Lady Gaga songs. It’s the closest thing you’ll find to a non-​mainstream gay bar in all of Columbus (very sad indeed).

Club 20, hands down, is my favorite bar in Columbus.
To outsiders, it may appear to just be your run of the mill gay dive bar, but if you actually come back from time to time it takes on the feel of great neighborhood bar, with lots of friendly regulars, and some of the greatest bartenders Columbus has to offer.
The drinks are cheap as hell, and the bartenders are pretty heavy-​handed. The jukebox is actually pretty good too. Also to my surprise, Club 20 has one of the best patios in Columbus. It’s even heated in the winter so all the smokers don’t have to freeze their asses off, and in fairer seasons, they have a bar out there that they serve you from.
Also, I just found out fairly recently, apparently Club 20 is John Waters’ favorite bar in Columbus!!!
If you’re like me, a homo who’s not really into the gay bar scene but still looking for an alright place to hang out, make sure to check out Club 20 at least once.

Small neighborhood gay bar. Closed at end of August 2007 for remodeling and due to a fire but recently reopened in early 2009.