Banks Ave Bar

Great little LGBTQ friendly bar in Asheville. The prices are excellent and the pours heavy! Had so much fun drinking and playing ski ball late night. Couldn't have gotten better service, either!

Staff here are really great & personable. Large open courtyard out front which is always a bonus. Beer selection somewhat limited but enough for mist everyone in your group. Large liquor setup. Interior pretty large and open with high glass walks for views, nice sized L shaped bar & plenty of floorspace for seating and dance area.

We stopped by banks tonight for a quick shot before we headed home. (I decided not to indulge in taking a shot). There was maybe 3-4 people in the whole place. It was dead. My friends were getting their ID’s checked as a normal bar would if you’re ordering drinks. And I was also called up to get my ID checked too. (Even if I wasn’t drinking). Which is fine. I don’t mind at all. I came up and I quickly gave the bartender my ID. Which is an Illinois ID. For some reason it didn’t scan or came up as fake in their system. And he promptly told me to leave his bar in a rude manner. Took my friends ID and used him as an example of an ID that their system passed. And told me I needed to leave immediately and pocketed my ID. Refused to give it back after I had told him to check it. And told me the only way to get it back was to get the police involved. Which i understand, he’s doing his job. But there was no reason to accuse me of having a fake ID or talk to me in an unprofessional manner. As I went to go call the police to come to check my ID for them and retrieve it for me. My friends I was with that night exchanged words with their staff and their staff went as far as shoved one of my buddies and caused an altercation. Luckily nothing escalated. Police showed up and retrieved my ID, confirmed it was real and we finally left. All their bad reviews speak loudly of who they are and their smirky replies to each negative review. Don’t recommend this place

Amazingly the only place in town that offers regularly scheduled country western line and two step in a fun, bar setting, consistent dancing and two lessons each time! A gay scene to boot (my personal heaven!) A nice mix of genders and lots of women. Yeehaw! Every Thursday and most Sundays. The group that offers them are Steppin Out AVL. The drinks are great! The vibe is fun and inclusive and friendly. No one forcing you to dance either. There's pool tables and picnic tables if you just wanna watch. They just taught a partner barn dance that was such a good time! You kinda can't help but wanting to try -- they make it easy. There's mostly line dances -- easy ones to harder ones, for those that get things more quickly so there's literally something for everyone. I'm so happy this exists in Asheville!

I love coming to banks. The bartenders are great, security is really secured the best nights there is when GiGi is DJ or karaoke night!!!!!!

Terrible and unsafe environment with even more terrible staff. Go to burger bar if ya want a real good time.

I'm here for Pride and they gave my DD a free soda! This place is great! The bartenders are great and. The Queens were awesome!

The DJ was the best DJ I’ve heard! He played the best songs and it was a vibe!