The Palais Royale - Albany

Friendly white working class non-forced carbonated, natural Utica Club beer, pool table, neighborhood bar. No gangsta rap. Safe.

Interesting and reliable drink menu. They have a small patio in the back and a pool table. The primary virtue of this bar is that it closes at 4 AM. 2nd biggest virtue is that it is never too loud nor deserted. You can have a good conversation and not be too crowded. And their chorizo empanadas are very good.

The code must shut down the store. I love a good dirty dipable, but the holy **** is full of crack heads. There's **** on the walls in the bathrooms that you can say they don't clean the place. No thanks

My friends and I lived here 30 years ago! It makes me so happy that this place is getting strong! What a jewel.

I go at night to play on the bar game machine from behind in the day as a 90s child nostalgia. It is still the old vibe of an old school bar with a billiard table, darts and a built-in wall jukebox that actually works. It's certainly a dive bar, winter coffee was too high up there and the bartender and I laughed. I have to bring a hot coffee and I'll buy the shots, we can meet halfway and be a rocking time haha.