The Library

Reviews

• Julie D.

  star star star star star 25 July 2026

  This place gets a bad rap, but it's honestly my favorite spot in SLO to get weird.
  
  Whenever I'm in town, this is my go to place for drinking/dancing.
  
  Let me tell you why.
  
  They have a great staff. From the folks working the front like Billy to the guys inside like Rick the bartender who makes awesome drinks to Wes who makes sure the place is spotless.
  
  All the times I've come here, the music has been great and my drinks were always on point.
  I'm particularly a fan of the DJ who plays 90s hiphop on the regular.
  
  Another plus is that they have an outdoor area where you can smoke.
  I don't personally partake, but the fresh air is nice after sweating your worries away on the dance floor all night.
  It's usually filled with college kids who do too much and end up puking or making bad decisions in a corner.
  
  Just to give you an example I'm of why the staff is on point, a couple of weeks ago I was in town with friends having a girls night out when someone tried to put a damper on our night.
  We were at the bar waiting for Rick to make our drinks and noticed a guy by himself babysitting a drink.
  A girl walked up to the bar and stood next to us. Not even a few seconds later she turns to the guy and yells at him to not touch her butt. The guy apologized and said it was an accident. I knew it wasn't. A few seconds later he does it again, this time she yelled louder and left. I was surprised she let is slide because I honestly thought she was going to clock him. My friend decided to stand next to him while she waited for her drink. And what does the guy do? He grabbed her butt too. Not okay. She told him to stop and he had the look on his face like he didn't know what was happening. You would think he'd stop, but homeboy was clearly stupid. My friend turned away and he did it again. This time around, we told Rick who then called Wes over and kicked the guy out.
  
  In summary, if you're into 90s hip hop, good drinks and appreciate outdoor areas, this place is your friend.

• Sarah A.

  star star star star star_border 9 July 2026

  Very cool name but there was no library themed anything inside that I could see. Nice bartender, large window table was cool to watch busy downtown SLO on a Saturday night. Music was a bit loud but okay but it turned even louder at about 10 so we left. Good place for an early drink.

• Bree F.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 8 July 2026

  Shitty drinks, asshole security guards. Security in the back yard area was extremely rude, didn't check if we had a drink or not as we were leaving and as we tried to get back in bullied us and threatened us. Definitely not the kind of atmosphere you want when wanting to have fun. Definitely never going back.

• Tori S.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 4 July 2026

  Normally, I come here for the night scene because they play great music!! I come here to listen to rap/hip hop and get down but tonight all I hear is some EDM/pop bullshit. You're not doing a great job of appealing to your customer base and I probably won't come back here if this is the kind of atmosphere you're trying to create. Very disappointed

• Selina V.

  star star star star star 4 July 2026

  Bartenders were awesome. Showed us a great time and on top of the fabulous cocktails. Music was good also. Great job to the DJ