The Shrunken Head Review

great first time experience here for a show! wonderful bar prices and bourbon selection.

A great dive with awesome comedy. Cute patio too. Good beers on tap.

This is a beautiful place for beginners to gain experience in what ever their poison is. It was a very nice atmosphere everyone was very respectful and supportive to each to each other. Hopefully everyone is still around next time I want to jump on stage.

The parking was not hard to find and the audience was more composed than the previous band members or the current band.

Amazingly talented down to earth people here. Open mic is great. Will definitely be back. Staff are cool people's too. All around great atmoshphere.

My band played here on tour (based in Denver) and absolutely loved it. Nick is a killer sound guy and he set up the whole show himself. Great venue, great location, great sound.

I love this place. Happiest Hour specials are the best! Live music, patio in the back, great staff (hey Hannah).

Clean and friendly atmosphere, and drink prices are phenomenal.

Was here for a stand up comedy night. We arrived a little later in the evening and the way it was set up made it difficult to enter without feeling in the way. And even more difficult to get a drink since we had to walk in front of the stage and around the audience to get to the opening in the bar where people were ordering drinks. The stand up was amazing and the environment was really relaxed and comfortable. Highly recommend this place.

Great Host bar. Always puts on great shows. Bar staff looks great and is super nice. They are always noticing when you walk up to the bar!

There was a fantastic band, Blaten Finger it was the best show I have seen in a long time

The air conditioning works, the bar service was great, the sound was exceptional and we had an amazing time, as always, at The Shrunken Head!

Local dive bar with good bartenders and great trivia nights. Food is always a crapshoot since they seem to change so frequently.

The show was great, bar ran out of CBC IPA early. Bartender offered great alternative.

Played a show at the Shrunken Head last week and have nothing but the highest regards for the venue and staff. Service was excellent and the venue is both intimate and spacious for performers and attendees. Big shout out to Nick Magoteaux who handled all the audio for the show as he took the time to work with us in finding a great sound for our music instead of asking us to fit into a preset mold as we have seen with most other venues in the area. As the singer, I have always been self conscious about the raw sound of my voice and expressed this to Nick before the show who then used his knowledge and expertise to cultivate a new sound using delay effects on my voice that left each of us awestruck by how brilliant it sounded. He then took the time to explain in detail how and what he did so we can use it for future shows. I have never met a more personable and professional audio engineer and look forward to the day we get to work with him again.

I play in a band all around town, and for the size that it is, the shrunken head has the best sound by far. Before we even started, we could tell the sound guy, Nick Magoteaux, already did a fantastic job setting up. He was very involved and his attention to detail made the overall sound for us, and the audience, beyond expectations. Great venue.

Great place to watch a show! I saw Black Coffee and they killed it

Open mics here are a hell of a way to spend your Wednesday night. Great music (as good as an open mic can be) with a wide variety of acts and performances.

Beer and liquor have a good selection.

Certainly has a trendy dive bar interior but surely a place with a lot of character (decor and patrons alike)

Cool little place for music if you like what's playing. Pretty good selection of beer. Sound can be awesome, but haven't heard enough of a variety to say definitely.

My favorite venue for local and various national acts. The audio engineer is very professional and the sound quality is top notch. The bartenders were polite, quick, and precise. All around excellent experience and I suggest all to visit this place.

Our band, Compass & Cavern, came through and have only positive things to say about The Shrunken Head! Nick ESPECIALLY is the man. Super responsive, great sound tech, awesome person.

Great venue for bands with excellent sound balancing and quality. Good selection of beers. Would be even better if they served bar snacks.

AttentionTouring bands! THIS IS THE SPOT. This venue was insanely legit . Best Sound we have had on our entire 2 week tour, Nick who runs this place is a total sweetheart and sound gangster. His attention to detail on what you need to hear on stage is insane !- Local bands drew a great crowd here , the locals/crowd were super into everything and with loud applause ! and we had the most amazing time. There is also some wonderful regulars here that can add to the draw which is always ideal on tour ! You will be very happy playing on stage here! Thanks again to The Shrunken Head for a very enjoyable tour stop/show !

The food here is soooo amazing ... not your typical naches and pretzels .... this is REAL food ... the bar tenders are amazing and the music is out of this world .... it's an amazing "corner" bar!!!!!

Prices are a little steep. Two basic beers set me back $9. However, they also have new PBR hard coffee, which is amazing.
Sound guy (Nick) is a perfectionist, which makes it great for the audience, but I personally think it removes are the rawness of coming to a live punk/rock show.
Biggest gripe is the parking situation. Everywhere has a "no parking between hours of ** and **" and is very confusing.

Comedy show was great, but they didn't have enough seats.

flooosies and wanna be rockstars sullied the experience. p. s

The bartender was amazing and very attentive. She was so nice and stopped to talk a bit with us. Drinks were made well and the bar itself was clean and tidy!

Had a great time last night! Sound was pretty good, bartenders we're cool didn't even get irritated with me or my non-alcoholic beverage drinking buddys

Island drinks, whether you're avoiding the snow, or wishing for the sun! Beautiful place!

The Devil Doves were awesome and the bartenders are on point.

First time there. Bar staff was fast and friendly. Burlesque show was great. Would love to return.

Great drop in and grab a beer neighborhood bar. Awesome music lineup and stage. Fun and friendly staff!

The best thing about The Shrunken Head is Nick Magoteaux, the audio engineer (i.e., "sound guy"). I've played in many bars around Columbus and Nick is in a league of his own. He not only adds his own personal touch to each instument's sound, he is very helpful and makes sure everyone in the band is happy with their sound before the set starts, making the experience fantastic for everyone in the crowd. Nick's pretty much ruined every other venue for me because I'll have to deal with a bunch of amateurs until I get to play at The Shrunken Head again.

Great venue for live music. The sound is great in there and the bar tenders are really on it. And the cover is almost always 5 bucks. You can't beat that.

Taking the pandemic seriously, great service, nice facilities.

They had a good show the Friday I went. Their bar tenders are kinda shotty. They have no lock effective on the men's room. They have the BEST urinal discussion board on the block

Great drinks and staff. Great venue for metal shows.

Been here for a couple open mics. Great sound system with staff on site, which is surprising for a venue that size. Cozy place that has a pretty good selection of beer. Has an interesting selection of food. Will definitely be back.

Reasonably priced drinks and cute patio in the back. It was nice going to a chill bar off the strip.

Played there, made friends there, drink there, partied there....I LOVE this spot!

Great staff, super fun burlesque shows, and some of the best live music in the city comes through!

Great bar! This bar has lovely staff and an amazing atmosphere. Great place to get some drinks and unwind.

Great place, great people. Fantastic happy hour. Really good shows. Is there any thing else to say?

the best drink specials in Victorian Village, a unique, old, beautiful space, and live shows that will take you down an alternative path (I went on a rockabilly night)

it's a fun local haunt, and everyone in Vic Village should check it out at least once

Figure out which Thursday they have the 2000s (or 1990s) music trivia and go then. Always fun. Starts at 7.

Bar staff was extremely efficient. (Saw me standing @ the bar, had me refueled without me asking).
Went to see a band with a friend. The resident sound guru, needs a raise!
The only negative I can give, (and I really can't give a bad review on account we didn't stay to see if management took action). A mosh pit, (two youngsters), changed the Vibe near the stage.
Would I go back/recommend to someone, an affirmative YES!

My band performed here tonight to a crowd of around forty brave souls. The venue was exceptionally clean and the women working were among the best and toughest in the service industry; also the sound engineer is one of the best I've worked with.

Great Ambiance with Punk, Skate, and Rockabilly/Rock n Roll Elements and music on rotation. The Company was diverse with welcoming Locals and nice food options. I appreciated the Well displayed list of this weeks events and activities. Will return. #nohaterzone

Very hard to get to the bar on a busy night, often ran out of glasses. Great local shows, just wish I could get a drink

What an eclectic bar. They have an antique perm machine in the entry way, and a cactus tucked around the corner.

Burlesque on the 4th Saturday of every month is a nice treat.

Prices are average and the drinks are made right.

Live shows suck here the place echo so bad need some sound proofing
Drinks are ok
Patio too small
Plenty of better spots near by

Cool place, good prices on craft beer, great trivia on Tuesdays!

Love the open Mic nights, great atmosphere and the little bartender is cute af

A smaller venue that comes with a short draft list. Four different artists played on one Friday night. Overall a good experience. I would go again.

Too small, dirty, and DO NOT attempt to go to any shows here. They are awful from terrible bartenders, to disgusting bathroom, and what appeared to be bugs on the floor. Parking is a nightmare.

Great comedy open mic. Plenty of comics for all tastes.

Well Pillorian slayed and the bartenders were super cool so, awesome. The venue is intimate and has several sections that afford different standing or sitting options. I highly recommend this venue if you want to see a band in an intimate setting with very cool white staff.

Life is like a box of Chocolates, you never know what your gonna get

The only bar I go to music trivia I live and die for

Quick and friendly staff, funny if not interesting open mic night(s?), nice patio!- AND a very clean women's bathroom! For a first impression, I'd definitely go back.

Fantastic venue for live music and a surprisingly impressive inventory of bourbons. Sound in this venue is top notch.

I love these guys. Ze Head is definitely my bar of choice for lmost anything. They have a lot going on, every night, and the staff is friendly and knowledgable. The bar owner is a riot, and they are able to bring in some killer bands. Everyone should visit them at least once.