Coyote Ugly Saloon

RIPPED OFF. I would give zero stars if I could. As we walked by last night a nice young man was outside trying to get patrons to come in. The bar was completely deserted with the exception of one person. The ONLY reason we went in was to get a $ 3 Michelob Ultra that was the special on the board and the boy told us about it. We ordered 2 to go (the bartender first gave us a Miller Lite bottle). We told her we had ordered the $ 3 Ultra from the blackboard outside. She took my $ 10 and started pouring our bottles into a to go cup – no change. I asked for my $ 4 change and she said the beers were $ 5 each. I reminded her of the special to which she replied, «That’s a draft special and we’re out. Sorry babe.» WHAT!!! Rude to say the least. No wonder they call it Coyote UGLY. Never will go back even though I wouldn’t have gone there in the first place if not for the special. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Banking they will be out of business soon.

Love this place! The girls are absolutely amazing and very sweet! If I’m back ever in New Orleans this will for sure be a place I frequent :)

I was walking by and they had a guy at the door trying to shoo people in the door. I normally don’t go into places where they have to beg you to come in, but once he said 2 dollar happy hour beers, I made a right turn into the door and sat a spell. There was only 4 other people in there and they were playing music on the juke box. It was an ok place, a bit dirty looking and not really appealing at all. So, I finished my beer and headed out.

This bar ROCKS ! ! ! ! Great bartenders, awesome manger, friendly security, and terrific drink specials each day. I LOVEEEEEE THIS BAR ! ! ! !

Avoid this dump. I say this from several terrible experiences, some of which didn’t even involve entering the building.
The first time I stopped in here, it was fun enough. I was in the military at the time, so I was coming back to New Orleans to visit. I went in alone and spent the evening drinking and chatting with other customers. That experience started off okay. Then I went over and put a few dollars in the juke box. No where on the machine was there any sort of warning that stated that if the bartenders dislike your selection, that your songs will be skipped.
Now, I can understand if I was one of those guys that went over and dumped $ 20.00 in the juke and hogged the music all night, but I selected about 3 songs, all of which the bartender skipped over without so much as an apology or reason. That was it, the machine took my money and the bar staff stole my songs. That is probably the most vile form of customer disregard I have ever seen. If they were to post some sort of warning, I wouldn’t mind so much, but to just give a giant middle finger to their guests like that is ridiculous.
But wait, it gets worse.
Picture a fat, bald guy with a megaphone. Now picture him in a Coyote Ugly T-​shirt. Now picture him screaming insults at you as you walk in front of the bar. I was showing a female friend of mine around the French Quarter one night. She was a close friend of mine from California. We were not a romantic item. We weren’t holding hands. However, the fat bald guy with the megaphone, wearing a shirt representing this establishment still proceeded to hurl insults directly at me as we walked by.
Perhaps he thought it was charming or funny to inform me, via an amplified voice, that my female friend was way too «hot» for me, that she was out of my league… blah blah blah. I attempted to say something back to the guy, but he had the megaphone, and was clearly determined to keep ranting at me about how I was clearly too ugly to have a girlfriend. You can’t tell me even for a second that the bar management wasn’t aware of this. The guy is sitting out there on a megaphone. Yes, Coyote Ugly, the epicenter of professionalism.
The last straw came a bit later. My cousin was in from out of town, and she really wanted to go in there. I actually begged her not to, I tried to tell her the horror stories, but she insisted. Trying to be a good host, I went in. It was the typical trashy nonsense that this place has built itself on. No big deal, until the manager on duty demonstrated what a moron she is when it comes to customer service. My cousin’s boyfriend was joining in on the fun, and he raised his shirt to about the belly button. That was it. He wasn’t rude or crude about it. He was going along with the crowd.
The manager swooped upon him like a vulture on a dead rabbit. Now, did she politely inform the man who has been spending money in her bar all night that male belly-​buttons were a product of Satan and that he needed to lower his shirt?
No.
Did she politely explain to him that belly-​button privilege in Coyote Ugly is strictly reserved for the half naked bartenders dancing on the bar?
No.
What she did do was speak to him as though he were a child, scold him as though he just flashed his penis, and threaten to immediately remove him should he make the mistake of trying to have any belly-​button related fun in a bar that is supposed to be all about showing skin.
Bottom line, this place is a dump and should be avoided. I have been to the Coyote Ugly in Austin TX, and they were polite and fun. I can only imagine the poor results of this place can be directly placed on terrible management.
On a side note, after the incident with the moron with the bullhorn, I did call their district office. I got voice-​mail of course, but I left a long, detailed message about how terrible this clown at the door was, and since I do work in the CBD/​French Quarter, I would appreciate a courtesy call back from their upper management to explain to me why this was ever permitted to happen.
I never heard back from them, I guess they had a belly-​button emergency to tend to.
AVOID THIS DUMP!

Dump. Asked us to buy $ 10 shots of kool aid after they gave them to us as part of their show. Would have stayed if not for the «by the way those shots were $ 10 each.» Needless to say we did not pay and left.

I would give it negative stars if it were possible. The ogre behind the bar was way too pushy. She basically forced us to buy shots, then told us we couldn’t have the shots that we wanted, but we had two other choices. Also, the shots were SO SMALL! They were slightly larger than the communion shots at church, but they were $ 9 a piece!!!
We will never go to another coyote ugly again.

If you just want to drink and have a party and watch coyotes dancing on the bar and get nutty and crazy, this is the place to do it. It’s ya own damn fault if you don’t have a hell of an awesome time here! Only females can dance on the bar with the coyotes– so if you’re male stay the hell off the bar, don’t even ask! She’s your coyote not a street hooker so keep ya paws and horny comments to yourself!!! You can get somewhat drunk if you want but if it comes to you falling asleep or getting «too» boisterous and obnoxious you will get put out. As long as you’re in control you’re welcome to stay!!! Please respect the coyotes and give as generous a tip as you can. Thank you!!!

Love this one. Our group stumbled in after many drinks and a little dinner to find hot girls dancing on the bar, one guy was so drunk they wrote I love penis on his bald head. He is going to wake up Christmas morning and probably not remember where he was or how it happened but we have images to commemorate the great event. I also got to sing there which was on my bucket list. I have the worst hangover today tho. Ouwie.

We went on a very slow night Christmas Eve I guess is not a big bar scene. Have been in other coyote ugly’s before and it is quite a wild place. One thing I did notice about the New Orleans coyote ugly they do not stop serving you until you fall over.

Not a bar I ever feel the need to visit again, but a must see if you’re in the area!
It’s a lot smaller than I imagined. We went around 4pm and it was pretty empty. The bartenders were really friendly and funny, and dressed just as I expected them to be. We got lemon drop shots and they were served real quick and actually fairly tasty.
You can’t leave this place without standing (or dancing) on the bar so make sure you do so!

I’ve been hesitating to write this review… mostly because I’m on the fence about what rating to give. This establishment is so not my cup of tea BUT…
The staff was pleasant. When I turned down their kind offer to dance on the bar and then have the choice to purchase a t-​shirt, they weren’t pushy about it. The bartenders were quick (order a straight pour, simple mixed drink or beer). Security was courteous and advised that we might want to move as a dart board was being brought into action… or was it a wheel. The manager was nice… yes, I talked to just about the entire staff in the short time I was there. They really made an effort to make me feel welcome.
The restroom was clean (a huge plus in the FQ). The older women working out their same sex fantasies by taking body shots off the attractive bartender were amusing, but the whole body shots off a stranger triggers my cross-​contamination issues.
In summation, not as bad as I feared.

Would give it zero stars if possible. Not worth going to, bartenders are white trash who think that flipping off customers is cute. Plus the skipped my songs on the jukebox because they didn’t like them.

Not the best bar but a must see!
This place is an anomaly, with very fun and wild girls dancing on table tops. The entire show is clothed and friendly, not sexual or suggestive. The staff is very engaging and encourages everyone to get involved, especially if you are sitting off in the corner by yourself begin silent. If you’re a girl, they invite you to dance with them on the bar top which my girl thought was a lot of fun.
Note: the overall scene attracts older men and a «biker» crowd, meaning leather and denim. But you should still go here even if that is not your scene.

Coyote Ugly is not only a downtown bar, it’s a chain bar and that might be the worst of the worst.
Look, I get it, a place like this isn’t interested in appealing to the local crowd. They are just hoping to attract enough tourist foot traffic to keep the doors open. I totally get it. The people who work here are super nice and welcoming. If you think your experience here is going to be anything like the movie that shares it’s name, you are going to be sorely disappointed.
Not once did anyone say to me, «Hell no, H2O!» Pfft!

Stopped in here based on the guy outside advertising $ 1 beer specials without even realizing what place it was.
Mid week happy hour was pretty dead — there were about a total of 5 people in the place. The bartender was nice and was trying to engage people, I think she got us playing some form of bingo — which was still fun.
Now, she did, at one point get up and do the whole dance number on the bar thing for the guys, which was a bit awkward, but I guess they liked it. If I were with a BF instead of a gay friend that would have been strange.
Decent drink specials and alright for a divey place.

The category for Coyote Ugly should be seedy dive bar. This place is a DUMP… The bathrooms here ya lets just say toxic is a complement. It is like someones ass blew up and shot all over the walls just gross (and we were here in the afternoon when it wasn’t even crowded). Dirty bathroom dirty bar. Had I seen the bathrooms I wouldn’t have ordered a drink. This place is just gross.
While the bartenders were friendly the dancing on the bar felt awkward. I have to agree with Jane S’s review that they look ridiculous grinding and groping each other. It was obvious they weren’t enjoying it and neither were we. The drinks here also aren’t worth what they charge. My double shot jack and coke was weak in comparison to drinks I have had in Chicago and almost twice the cost. If you are walking down Peters St. and hear the music don’t be tempted to walk in this place just keep walking… With that I’m off to burn the pants I wore here because god knows what crawled on them while I was here YUCK

Look, as I walked into this place for the first time I was mentally composing the review I was going to give just savaging this place… I didn’t want to walk in in the first place but the friends (read, the lovelys) I was with wanted to hit it…
However, on the night and at the time (October 6, 8ish) it was a cool experience… not too crowded with the early crowd… the redhead behind the bar was trying a little too hard to fire up the place but seriously I can never be too pissed at a redhead… overall the girls behind the bar were cool and funny and handled their business…
They have Guiness on tap (That’s a star right there) if they had Harp or Smithwick on tap that woulda been an extra star cause I coudla enjoyed a Half & Half or a Blacksmith… but straight Guiness will do…
After a couple, my mood brightened and by that time the lovelys were dancing on the bar so it was a fun time and a good way to ease into the night of revelry that was to come, down in NOLA town…

Coyote Ugly is one of those places that was better years ago than it is now.
Years ago I had a motorcycle. When friends and I would ride, we would always end up here. It was a divey, wild, and fun bar that catered to dudes. What more could a guy want? I was here on some very busy and very wild nights. The sights we saw here rivaled any other bar I had ever been to. In fact, those memories are what made me come back.
Unfortunately it seems that this bar has calmed down significantly. Sure the bartenders still dance on the bar and so can female guests, but it isn’t the same. Maybe I have just grown out of the wild dive bar scene, however that is highly unlikely.
On my last two trips, the bar was nearly empty. The bartenders were friendly, but tried too hard to push shots. I realize that is part of the allure, but not every dude wants a body shot or his ass spanked by a belt.
I would probably come back to avoid Bourbon Street, but I miss the Coyote of old.
Fun fact: I don’t do shots, but one day the owner (Lil) bought a friend and I a shot and I happily took it. That may be my best Coyote memory.
In summary, Coyote is just OK. It is now just a much tamer version of its original self.

Day trip. Average girls… almost too young to look at.
I got carded and I know I’m old enough to mother the bartenders. The theme is the same as the rest of the chain.
They did have a super cute collection of hard hats which I wanted to take home.
Other than that, it’s a pit stop on the road to live music.