I have been here a few times. Nothing special. Just a couple of pool tables. Â They don't have a kitchen that serves food. Â Some of the dudes like to mean mug you as you walk thru the door. Â Guys often are in there picking fights & ruining it for other customers. I like the canyon club up the street a whole lot better.
Review Source:Went there last night (Thursday), there was a handful of people in the bar. Â Ordered 2 beers (Shock Top and Newcastle) the Newcastle tasted old and skunky. Â Went to play darts the machine is broken and does not register your throws. Â Shortly after giving up on darts a mouse ran from one side of the bar to the other. Â
Only thing I can really say that was good about the place was the bartender, Â she was very welcoming and tried her best to help with our problems with the dart machine.
Archway Lounge is all but .8 miles from my house, making it well within stumbling distance to make it inebriated back to my house. Â And yet, I still don't go there. Â Its not the drinks, which are kinda pricey for wells with a measly tap list to boot. Â But rather, its the kind of crazy that bar attracts.
Now, don't get me wrong, crazy is not necessarily a bad thing at a bar. Â I have had my hair smelled by many a random drunk woman and I've been likened to a "Jonas Brother who let himself go" by a few intoxicated blokes to be scared off by amusing crazy. Â But this is crazy is the kind that'll pick fights with you for no reason. Â The handful of times I have gone here with a few friends we have always been hassled by some guys or stared down by some lone dude. Â In the Canyon Club down the street, I, of ambiguous racial descent and long hair, tend to get ignored or ogled by some cougs on the prowl.
So overall, no thank you.
This is a South Bay staple and has been for years. No frills whatsoever but it is always a good time. Great place to meet up and just drink. You can shoot some pool and listen to tunes on the jukebox and some nights they have live music. They don't have the best beers on tap but they usually have at least 1 or 2 that I end up drinking all night long.
Don't expect to find your true love here, this is just a great local watering hole. If you want a night out on the town where you get dressed up and dance the night away, then head Downtown. Â This is a drinking, chillin' kind of bar. Â Mixed crowd most days/nights. Oh and the glory of the taco stand that pops up on those weekend nights to feed the crowd is an excellent plus.
Overall, it is a great drinking dive bar where one can hang out with some friends and have some laughs.
This place is a dive. Â I don't come here to get laid, I come here to drink while thinking of a good way to get through the next soul crushing day where I have to grin at people I hate, pretending to be interested in their shit, for enough money to pay my bills and then get some in to the all important savings. Â I don't need to impress other people I won't remember the next day to boost my self esteem, I just don't give a fuck. See hipsters, this IS what a dive bar is. Â It reeks of depression, bitterness, and stale beer. Â There's pool tables, and the folks you can meet there are probably not ones you'd want to. Â If you want to go someplace where trendy people are connecting to some obscure soundtrack while sporting ironic mustaches (NP), or 14K a year "millionaires" wearing their best dress clothing with the sole goal of getting ass (DT), or roided out bro's with MMA shirts that are 2 sizes too small (PB), then don't go here. Â It's not fucking rocket science. Â Take your manorexia/Ed Hardy crap somewhere else. Â This place is great if you want no bullshit straight up alcohol. Â
And in the case for San Diego's dive bars: RIP Hong Kong Nite Club. Â I visited your shell last night. Â Just not the same.
There were a lot of fat people here (not that there's anything wrong with that) and there was free shitty pizza and wings.
Also worth noting: this is one of those places which have deemed it proper and fit to remove the doors from the toilet stalls in the men's bathroom.
This practice has always intrigued and infuriated me; I can only assume fat people enjoy shitting in front of each other.
If all you're looking for is a game of pool or a couple of drinks, the Archway may be for you. Service is ok, and it doesn't seem to get overcrowded so you may find this place a bit relaxing compared to some other bars. It can be a bit difficult to find. By the time you spot it heading east on Telegraph, you've already passed the entrance.
They definitely need to do something about the women's bathroom. The minute you walk in, you're facing a toilet, and an enclosed stall to your right. Somehow a toilet out in the open made sense to them.
Unfortunately I have been here before. My friend who lived in chula turned 21 and didn't know of many bars in her neck of the wood so we went here. I dont remember much. There were an interesting selection of specimens there. I dont usually pay attention to other people besides my friends who I came with. All i know is playing pool was fun, gin and tonics were flowing and for that night I had a pretty good time. Would I ever come here again? NO
Review Source:I dig this bar. No poppin club, but it is a bar's bar. Yes there is a lot of regulars, yet I would not consider it any more shady then any other Chula Vista bar. Good week day drink specials. Overall a good bar to chill at. As far as the crowd goes it is hit or miss, but always a good place to stop by and check out. Good pool tables and decent juke box...
Review Source:Meh. I've experienced better way better... As a guy i don't want to be in a place full of guys i have plenty of guy friends. Some one has one to many drinks and a bunch of guys are going to do what guys do... No need to say more and not that I'm looking but eye candy is always a plus at a bar lol I wont go to the Archway unless the group I'm with decides to go. Beer is cheap, there are 2 pool tables, full bar, but nothing special you can find all this in a better bar with a better mix of people and atmosphere.
Review Source:wow. if it werent for the company i was with, this could have been bad.
but i liked the fact that we were allowed to share the pool tables, take over the juke box with some hip hop - and the best part was the patrons bopping their collective heads to a little Snoop and Dre, and beer beer beer beer... kinda fun.
but it was far and hard to find, all up in the strip mall in otay, and a bit too seedy for my tastes... a solid 3 stars.
I came here twice before during my alcohol drinking years. Â
The first time, several years ago.  I came with some  friends, those friends met some new friends who lived in the Canyon Apts down the street (mostly were in the Navy) who met some friends who lived in the true Chula Vista (West of 805).  It was a fun night to my recollection.
The second time, I came with friends to splurge on cheap drinks and play pool. Â We walked in, saw a Mariachi Band, and women and men of Hispanic origin, dancing. Â We walked right out.
That was my last time at Archway. Â
So after drinks and dinner at Ono's, we all decided we weren't ready to call it a night. Â We didn't want to drive to downtown, PB or North Park, so what better place to keep it local then Archway!
Walked in only to see maybe a handful of patrons and a 3$ you call it special (It was Tuesday). Â $3 for cheap drinks, who wouldn't agree? Â After a few juice and cheap vodka drinks, the night became a blur and I could have sworn I was at Star Bar or something minus the Filipino Auntie behind the bar. Â Music wise, they had their share of the dive bar jams with Journey, Bon Jovi of that liking. Â The Bartender was awesome as well, very friendly.
Oh one weird thing is that the ladies bathroom is configured oddly. Â You walk in to a vanity room and then walk into another room complete with a sink, and a toilet. Â And adjacent to the toilet is another stall. Â I guess you have to see the previous chick in a compromising position before you can use the other stall. Â But in a place with cheap liquor, it won't matter after a couple drinks...yah'll will be bff before the night is over.
So in conclusion, if you wanna keep it local, this is the best place to be east of the 805 and south of the 54 (and north of the 905).
I have a friend who is a bartender when she got her license this was her first job. Â When she was bored she would call me to hang out at her work.
This bar has a strange stench. Trashy socially awkward ghetto  people, and its just a rats nest. Great place to meet overweight snobby women with 3 kids a piece.  Every once in a while there will an attractive guy or girl but they are just hanging out for a self esteem boost.
Has a multicultural crowd which is nice, the drawback they all the filth of chula vista. Its a place to visit on a whim but far as a hangout spot its usually very low on the places to visit in southbay list.
I don't recommend this bar at all unless your just an alcoholic looking to stay close to home.
My lazy ass Chula Juana friends don't like to venture out of their border home. What is there to do in Chula Vista really? Every time I come visit them this is where they take me! I hated this place from day 1, but got so used to coming here all the f'ing time until they replaced the old juke with a new one. I now love it. Sure it's a piece of shiet what a real ghetto dive is suppose to be. I think? Once you go in looks like you've traveled miles along the dirt road looking for a pit stop and this is what you'll find. You get a scale of all kinds of beings in here. From cool to extremely weird. Good for people watching for me anyway. Pool tables, music, dance floor, funky bathroom, chalk board, darts, naked poker machine, and best of all Cheap well drinks and beer(s). I've never seen a cute guy or girl here. So, don't bother. Just as long as you have a group of friends with you it'll be a good time.
Review Source:Sweet baby Jesus... Â the Archway.
I have to confess that my friends and I were a regulars here from late 2000 to mid 2001. Â It got to a point where my friends and I were hitting this place up like 4 or 5 times a week. Â I feel a bit ashamed in saying that, but then again I have so many memories here that it couldn't have been a bad place. Â There is a lot of Chula Vista history at the Archway. Â I remember being a little kid and for a long time The Archway was the end of town.
When I got my fake ID at age 20, I came here to get drunk.
After breaking my hand, I came here to get drunk instead of going to the ER.
After my sister's wedding, all of my friends met up here to get drunk.
I remember crank calling the bartender (Melonie) from the back room and laughing my ass off.
I remember a drunk friend puking all over the floor and then falling in it.
Yeah the Archway is that type of place. Â It's a neighborhood bar with neighborhood prices. Â The place gets it's character from it's clientele, and needless to say it is rough around the edges. Â Right about the time people (myself included) say "Man, I think we should find a new place..." there are other people saying "Hey, how about we try the Archway out."
You don't come here to meet new women, new friends, or future business partners, but rest assured you will run into a burntout ex-, that jerk you knew from high school, and that drunk guy you used to work with at the Archway.
Come with friends, preferably ones who don't scare easy. Â Stay until you've had enough.
I still wonder why the cops don't set up a DUI check point right outside this place.
A good dive in Chula Vista. No frills and a very old juke box selection. A couple of pool tables and darts, unfortunately there is no food (maybe that is fortunate). Whenver my friends just want to hang out and get cheaps drinks around the neighborhood, this is the place. Service is usually good but when its packed it can be a hassle to get a drink. They do take credit/debit but there is a 20 minimum...so get drinking!
Review Source:Good little dive in Chula Vista. Nothing real awesome about it. Drinks are cheap, juke ain't that great, people are chill.
I don't know its just a good dependable bar if all else fails. Theres a bunch of pool tables. Okay not a bunch but more like four. I really never had a problem playing if i wanted to. So that was cool.
Damb! i really don;t know how i feel about it. Its cool and lame at the same time i guess,,,,,Well i would go back so i guess its cool...... Uh i don't know...3 stars!!! thats right smack in the middle.
One of the very few bars of Chula Vista. Â Lots of locals and sometimes athletes from the Olympic Training Center. Â Good beer, usually crowded parking, has one of those video juke boxes, so whatever the crowd is listening to is what you hear. Â Lots of seating and a couple pool tables. Â Overall, not bad for a sit down bar that's close.
Review Source:The sense of smell is the sense most closely tied to memory.
When I was a little boy I used to have a rabbit. His name was charlie, and when my parent's weren't home, I'd bring it inside. Sometimes it peed, and I couldn't lie about it because the smell was so strong. Now the smell brings back some pretty cool childhood memories.
We were meeting a couple girls here, and their directions were horrible. Up and down the street, until we figured it could probably be behind the big white dentist building. Can someone please put some light on that sign?!
As soon as we walked in we looked at each other, and said "rabbit piss." Either this used to be a petting zoo or the carpets need to be shampooed or ripped out entirely.
It took us a good 10 minutes to get our beers. There was only one bartender running the joint and it was pretty packed for a wednesday night.
There's three pool tables. The music is not too loud, and there's an extended room with plenty of tables and chairs, perfect for groups.
The bar definitely had an eclectic bunch: Old, young, white, brown, black, and yellow. At one side of the bar I heard talk about 'Nam and Veteran's disabilities. On my other side I heard something about "My baby's daddy." And clear on the other side I heard some talk about a psych exam.
I'd say it was a pretty chill bar until one of the girls' friend we met up with started crap with my friend. We opted to leave since the bar was full of his hommies. Â But not before we sang Happy birfday to some girl (Brooke) we didn't know, and got our slice of cake from the nice girls running the "Little Kitty" theme party.
I'd definitely come back for the nostalgic memories of Charlie and the 4 buck heffys.
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