Roddy B.
Yelp
Do you like live Country music? Are you a diehard boot scooter? Then Matt's is the place for you. In fact, they are the place in Prescott where you can line dance in style every Friday and Saturday Nigh with loads of like minded folk. They have the largest dance floor in Prescott with plenty of room to accomidate a crowd. If you're part of the uninitiated or have "two left feet" Matt's offers regular Line Dancing Lessons. How 'bout that!?
It is important to note that Matt's has a high quality house sound system and a soundman that keeps you from suffering from that harsh and unpleasant sound of the-band-set-themselves-up-in-the-the-corner syndrome that plagues some local's watering holes. The band plays on a professionally lit stage platform that is above the Restrooms, Back Bar, and Pool Table, which offers a great view of the performers from every bar seat, every table, and the dance floor no matter how packed the place is.
They also have Karaoke Hosted by Anthony a couple night a week, and that sound system REALLY helps the singers rise above Scaraoke level. By the way, if you had avoided Matt's Karaoke in the past due to the out-of-date and limited song selection, and problematic displays for the song lyrics, well, that's all been taken care of. The numerous big screens, and Anthony's system has that all fixed.
Matt's is open all day, and is more of just a regular bar where you gan grab a beverage and tuck away at a corner table, or belly up o the awesome gigantic bar and chat it up with locals and tourists from all sorts of interesting, faraway places like Europe, Australia, or Michican.
With all that being said, I am not a fan of Matt's. I don't get friendly service here. I find the bartenders to be slow to notice you, a bit surly or too matter-of-fact, and usually hanging out chatting at one end of the bar with their friends. I also find the weekend security staff overall to be less than welcoming. Sorry, if that sounds harsh to you, Matt's staff, but I've been coming here since the 70's long before I moved here, and that's just the way it's been consistently over the last several years.
I'm also not a MODERN Country music fan, even if one of my dogs IS named after Johnny Cash. So Fri/Sat nights are a no go for me unless I'm doing a Whiskey Row crawl. I do enjoy coming to Karaoke here. The restrooms are also substandard in my view, but maybe that's not a problem for other patrons.
Matt's is like Whiskey Row Pub to me: a 1 or 2 star on weekend nights, but a 3 star "OK" at other times.