I'll agree that Buckhead is probably fun if you're wasted. Unfortunately, I've never been able to stand it long enough to get to that point in the night. I'm totally fine with bars that aren't fancy, but I do prefer places that don't have peanut shells on the floor and deer heads on the wall. Plus, as is the problem with many Uptown bars, the guys there tended to be jerks and the girls tended to be embarrassingly trashed.
You can, however, go on a Wednesday night and watch dozens of people vie for prizes in the cornhole tournament. That's pretty entertaining.