Cowboys

Cowboys

5:00 PM - 4:00 AM
Monday
5:00 PM - 4:00 AM
Tuesday
5:00 PM - 4:00 AM
Wednesday
5:00 PM - 4:00 AM
Thursday
5:00 PM - 4:00 AM
Friday
5:00 PM - 4:00 AM
Saturday
5:00 PM - 4:00 AM
Sunday
5:00 PM - 4:00 AM
About
Come join our team at Cowboys for a fun filled experience in our Cowboy themed bar. Show us your skills on the Mechanical Bull or have a game of Pool or Shuffle Board with friends and family. You will find yourself singing along to all your favourite 70’s, 80’s and 90’s hits with a few catchy current songs and of course a little bit of country thrown in. Karaoke is always a fond favourite with the locals on Sunday night from 9.00pm. We look forward to seeing you soon. Yee-haw!
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3.5 of 5 bubbles200 reviews
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dwayne B
3 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2023 • Couples
The bars done really nice lots of cool things to look at. There was good. But the guy behind the bar look like the manager if you don’t like your job mate quit you grumpy bugga. Didn’t smile. When we gave back our billiard balls, no conversation, no smile just gave us back your ID and the money rude.
Written 18 April 2023
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Josheta
Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand93 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021
We stumbled across this bar and visited it for a quick drink. However after ordering our drinks they offered us a free pizza, one of the best I have tasted. Loved the authentic Cowboys decor and the Iron bucking bull, great night
Written 18 August 2021
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mrnickylu
Las Vegas, NV36 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
So bizzare. I was shocked to find out this isn't a gay bar. Cowboys behind the bar, 80's pop music videos and "americana" style hunting lodge decor... this place is a hot mess with a mechanical bull to top it all off. Surely this place is suffering from an identity crisis. 100% gay bar. I watched 2 David Bowie and a Wham music video in 30 minutes. SUPER GAY.
Written 9 May 2015
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Taylor W
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2024 • Friends
Fantastic service from both the manager and the bar staff. There's a pool and a shuffleboard table!!! The bull is a joy, and the atmosphere and hype around it are worth visiting Cowboys. The music was always a hit for all ages, and the security was welcoming and professional. I would 100% recommend going to Cowboys, and I will definitely be coming back when I get back down here :)
Written 13 May 2024
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Inspiration248676
4 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2022 • Friends
Went with a group of work mates. We were not made to feel welcome by the staff who were rude and miserable. We went in there particularly to play on the shove ha'penny table but a large group of locals were on it for a couple of hours despite lots of asking it was clear that tourists would not be able to play. I know you've had to survive with locals during these times but tourism will come back and I'll not recommend this place to anyone visiting QT anymore as its full of rough local lads and miserable staff.
Written 21 January 2022
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Mark
Brisbane, Australia8 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2024 • Friends
Wow. Such a shame… This bar has gone from one of the best in Queenstown to the worst one here! The new manager is pompous, condescending, and arrogant - and sadly his poor attitude has trickled down to most of the staff and even the security. Our group of 22 walked out - and won’t be back!!! Such a shame because the old Cowboys was such an awesome place!!! Sad to see its demise at the hands of a guy who apparently knows everything!!! :( Luckily - There’s plenty of choices in Queenstown.
Written 18 July 2024
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Alysha F
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Friends
As a 31 year old female I felt completely misogynistically treated by security. I was trying to enter with friends who were 30, myself aged 31 and the security stated that I required my passport for additional ID. No one else in the group of 8 people I was with needed a passport. My drivers licence and bank cards were not apparently satisfactory. Such a shame because I love country music and I just wanted to enter the pub with my friend. The worst part was when I walked 30mins back to my accom to get my passport just to enter - many pub goers said no one else had to get their passport out for entry. Hence I felt this a misogynistic attack - stopping me from entering.
Written 27 July 2023
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Kate M
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022 • Friends
Staff were incredibly rude, and I see this isn’t a unique experience reading others’ reviews. I was grabbed by the arm by a non-uniformed staff member who was rudely pushing through the crowd, hard enough to leave a bruise. Upon asking not to be grabbed again, was rudely shoved out within a minute of getting in. Bouncer outside was verbally abusive despite just having let our group in and having a friendly chat at the door. Saw the same bouncer in town the following day who said “that’s just our GM she does that sometimes”. Completely unacceptable, both in terms of terrible hospitality and overall customer experience, but also using unreasonable physical force on patrons to deliberately get a reaction - to some people this could be extremely triggering. Never go here, management has ruined this place which used to be a Queenstown hot spot.
Written 12 September 2022
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rachael B
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Friends
The members of staff were so rude as soon as we entered the bar and acted like they didn’t even want you there. I had a drink and was stood by the bar, then I looked around and my drink was gone! I told a member of staff my drink had gone and she said ‘well i didn’t take it’ (brunette hair) and i said ’that’s fine, i know you didn’t take it, but maybe a member of staff cleared my drink without knowing i was still drinking it’ (it had a third still left), this woman then literally looked at me and shrugged her shoulders and walked away,

I thought this was so rude considering i bought this drink about 10 mins ago.

This then happened a second time!! my drink got cleared and the same girl acted like that was normal.

Also i really wanted to go on the bull ride and the person in charge told me i needed a $2 coin and to go to the bar to get one.

Iwent to the bar and they told me they didn’t have any. I waited for over an hour all the while other people were able to get coins and go on the same ride then other people were able to get some coins so then i asked if i could and a different, very kind member of staff helped me and changed my coins.

Anyway i think this bar needs to talk to its employees about making people feel welcome. i am here on holiday and this was the first bar i came to in queen town and honestly you were were so rude and unkind to us! I was with other friends who live in Queenstown and they told me this bar has a reputation for really unfriendly members of staff and to only go if you’re going with good people as the staff will not make u feel welcome at all.
Written 7 October 2022
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jfieldfit
104 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2021 • Couples
The place has dropped off over the last few years. A few years ago it was a fun place. Recently the quality of the place and especially staff has dropped off and I wouldn't have bothered going.

The bouncer is one of the most arrogant doormen ive encountered anywhere. We were in a group of 8 and are all in our 30s and it was our first bar of the night and we told some friends we were going to cowboys and the friends, who are local, laughed and said good luck.

Upon arrival we were greeted by the least friendly bouncer who clearly needs a new occupation. He didnt make eye contact with any of us and spoke down to us right away. He said our group was too big and there were no tables big enough. We can understand this is possible with level 2 restrictions. So we suggested we split into two tables and were happy to wait. He immediately rejected the idea. We left and as we were leaving let a group of 5 people in.

Won't spend our money here out of principle now.
Written 17 November 2021
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