Best place in town to have a stiff drink in an old lounge type environment. Bar staff is quick and professional. Best priced and tasting bar food. They also serve a home cooked plate lunch to die for. Fresh made burger buns. Where else can you get an order of wings and one of the 100 plus variety of beers they carry for less than 10 bucks? Last but not least the entertainment that comes through there reminds me of a night out on 6th Street in Austin TX or Beal St in Memphis TN. Come see the live music or hang with the regulars at happy hour you won't be disappointed . #ILOVEMARTINS
(5)
Keandra R.
Friday night, live brass band, am I back in New Orleans?! The Southern Komfort Brass Band definitely started off my St. Patrick's Day weekend in Jackson off right! They need a standing night here....it would surely make for some regular fun for the locals.
(5)
Jason F.
I stopped by here with my wife late on a Saturday in order to have a few drinks and listen to some blues music. Having never been here before I was trying to figure out if we were in the right place whenever we first walked in. You see we were in a small crowded bar area with lots of people smoking and no stage. After a second I figured that there had to be a bigger area and walked towards the back room which did have a stage and a bar. It was dark back there and fairly empty whenever we arrived. So while I saw the setup on the stage I still had to ask the employee in the DJ booth if we had missed it. He let me know that it had not even started even though it was about a quarter past ten and the show was supposed to start at ten. So my wife and I sat ourselves down at the bar and ordered a few drinks. I have to admit that I was pretty impressed with the bottled craft beer selection, especially for what felt like a dingy hole in the wall place. Our bartender ended up being decent even if he had no clue on the prices for a couple of the bottles that I ordered. After we were there a little while the room started to get a little more crowded and finally at about 10:45 we were about to hear some of the music that we had been waiting on. Thankfully both my wife and I were fans of the music and we were glad we stuck it out and didn't go elsewhere. The bottom line for me is that I might head back here again in the future. I was pretty happy with their beer selection as well as the music that we heard. What did bother me was the lack of promptness and I am not sure if it was the musician or management that held up the performance but if you have an advertised time then you should probably stick with it.
(3)
Rusty D.
Some kind of local hang out. Has regular entertainment, went for the first time on Sunday evening no entertainment
(3)
Frances L.
Martin's is a downtown Jackson bar frequented by a mixed crowd of nine-to-fivers and college kids from Millsaps, Mississippi State and occasionally Jackson State University. They feature live acts frequently enough and one can host a karaoke party if they chose to. Plenty of seating either at the tables or at the bar. Bartenders are friendly folks and you can buy a pack of cigs at the counter. Wow. It's kind of strange to see people smoking in bars again, but there they are! I don't mind smoking indoors, but I really wish that there was a better ventilation system so that the blue haze wouldn't hover 4 feet above everyone's head. Looking at the place after having lived in San Francisco for 4 years, the beer and spirits are pretty inexpensive by comparison, but for local Jacksonians, the prices are actually quite standard. If you get itchy for a slight change of scene, there's Hal and Mal's about 10 feet across the street lot.
(3)
Pete J.
In March of 2004, I was driving cross-country, moving from New York to San Francisco. It's a big country, & I was hell bent on exploring as much of it as I could, but I was also keen on keeping my budget on a shoestring, so I'd arranged to crash with friends & friends of friends the whole way. I was maybe 10 days into my trip & heading towards Jackson when I called my friend Justin (I'd never met the guy, but he'd been vouched for by one of my very good friends who was living in Austin, TX at the time --- she'd gone to college with him). On the phone, as he was guiding me into town, he asked me one of those no-brainer questions: "Do you like Ted Leo?" "PSH. Do III like TED LEO?! Damn, son, who DOESN'T like Ted Leo?!" (actually, I pretty much said "Yeah" or something like that) "Good, cause he's playing tonight for $8 at this dive called Martin's" It turned into one of the unforgettable experiences on my trip, as much for the show & the company as for the bar itself. Dirt cheap beer, chain smoking staff, hipster clientele...it's like it stepped right out of the deep Mission & into Jackson. I got good & drunk for about $15 & had myself a nice long slurry conversation with Ted after the show. I'm sure he was impressed, too...
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Takes Reservations : No Delivery : No Take-out : Yes Accepts Credit Cards : Yes Bike Parking : Yes Wheelchair Accessible : Yes Good for Kids : No Good for Groups : Yes Attire : Casual Noise Level : Average Good For Dancing : Yes Alcohol : Full Bar Happy Hour : Yes Best Nights : Fri, Sat Coat Check : No Outdoor Seating : No Wi-Fi : Free Has TV : Yes Waiter Service : Yes
Connie M.
Best place in town to have a stiff drink in an old lounge type environment. Bar staff is quick and professional. Best priced and tasting bar food. They also serve a home cooked plate lunch to die for. Fresh made burger buns. Where else can you get an order of wings and one of the 100 plus variety of beers they carry for less than 10 bucks? Last but not least the entertainment that comes through there reminds me of a night out on 6th Street in Austin TX or Beal St in Memphis TN. Come see the live music or hang with the regulars at happy hour you won't be disappointed . #ILOVEMARTINS
(5)Keandra R.
Friday night, live brass band, am I back in New Orleans?! The Southern Komfort Brass Band definitely started off my St. Patrick's Day weekend in Jackson off right! They need a standing night here....it would surely make for some regular fun for the locals.
(5)Jason F.
I stopped by here with my wife late on a Saturday in order to have a few drinks and listen to some blues music. Having never been here before I was trying to figure out if we were in the right place whenever we first walked in. You see we were in a small crowded bar area with lots of people smoking and no stage. After a second I figured that there had to be a bigger area and walked towards the back room which did have a stage and a bar. It was dark back there and fairly empty whenever we arrived. So while I saw the setup on the stage I still had to ask the employee in the DJ booth if we had missed it. He let me know that it had not even started even though it was about a quarter past ten and the show was supposed to start at ten. So my wife and I sat ourselves down at the bar and ordered a few drinks. I have to admit that I was pretty impressed with the bottled craft beer selection, especially for what felt like a dingy hole in the wall place. Our bartender ended up being decent even if he had no clue on the prices for a couple of the bottles that I ordered. After we were there a little while the room started to get a little more crowded and finally at about 10:45 we were about to hear some of the music that we had been waiting on. Thankfully both my wife and I were fans of the music and we were glad we stuck it out and didn't go elsewhere. The bottom line for me is that I might head back here again in the future. I was pretty happy with their beer selection as well as the music that we heard. What did bother me was the lack of promptness and I am not sure if it was the musician or management that held up the performance but if you have an advertised time then you should probably stick with it.
(3)Rusty D.
Some kind of local hang out. Has regular entertainment, went for the first time on Sunday evening no entertainment
(3)Frances L.
Martin's is a downtown Jackson bar frequented by a mixed crowd of nine-to-fivers and college kids from Millsaps, Mississippi State and occasionally Jackson State University. They feature live acts frequently enough and one can host a karaoke party if they chose to. Plenty of seating either at the tables or at the bar. Bartenders are friendly folks and you can buy a pack of cigs at the counter. Wow. It's kind of strange to see people smoking in bars again, but there they are! I don't mind smoking indoors, but I really wish that there was a better ventilation system so that the blue haze wouldn't hover 4 feet above everyone's head. Looking at the place after having lived in San Francisco for 4 years, the beer and spirits are pretty inexpensive by comparison, but for local Jacksonians, the prices are actually quite standard. If you get itchy for a slight change of scene, there's Hal and Mal's about 10 feet across the street lot.
(3)Pete J.
In March of 2004, I was driving cross-country, moving from New York to San Francisco. It's a big country, & I was hell bent on exploring as much of it as I could, but I was also keen on keeping my budget on a shoestring, so I'd arranged to crash with friends & friends of friends the whole way. I was maybe 10 days into my trip & heading towards Jackson when I called my friend Justin (I'd never met the guy, but he'd been vouched for by one of my very good friends who was living in Austin, TX at the time --- she'd gone to college with him). On the phone, as he was guiding me into town, he asked me one of those no-brainer questions: "Do you like Ted Leo?" "PSH. Do III like TED LEO?! Damn, son, who DOESN'T like Ted Leo?!" (actually, I pretty much said "Yeah" or something like that) "Good, cause he's playing tonight for $8 at this dive called Martin's" It turned into one of the unforgettable experiences on my trip, as much for the show & the company as for the bar itself. Dirt cheap beer, chain smoking staff, hipster clientele...it's like it stepped right out of the deep Mission & into Jackson. I got good & drunk for about $15 & had myself a nice long slurry conversation with Ted after the show. I'm sure he was impressed, too...
(5)