Went there last year for APA tournament. Â The refused to turn on the AC. Â Over a 100 people in the building, some over 60, and they were too cheap to turn on the AC. Â It was over 80 degrees in there and rising. Â Ordered some fries....then waited....waited some more....after 20 mins asked about them....waited some more.....waited some more.....50 mins later I received my fries.. ......50 mins for fries. Â I don't know what it is like at night and I'll never go to find out. Â Pretty sure it is a waste of time and money, based on other reviews I read. Â I'm quite convinced none of their employees OR the owner wanted any of those people there... Â I will be happy to oblige....
In Simi....looks elsewhere...
Wish there was a zero star review. Â This makes the nick name seedy valley stick. Â What a crap hole. Â Went there on a saturday night to see a band, that turned out to not be a band but 4 fools with daddies instruments. Â 8 people in the place at 8 pm. There is a cover charge??? Â For what??? Â Bartenders that wish you were not there. Â Horrible service. Â Ordered nachos out of the bag chips with mystery ingredients . Â Tried to stay local what a mistake back to ventura or westlake area for entertainment and fun.
Review Source:half a star. Let me just say ...WORST BARTENDERS IN THE WORLD!!! I could not believe how sloooooooow they were and rude it was beyond me how long it took to open two bottles of beer for this other customer. Ill hand it to the Arena for having the best band BOy Hits Car perform there but that was just one nihgt of luck. These people are veryyyy confused. Â I can go on and on.
Review Source:This place...seems a little confused.
Came here on a Sunday because we needed a place to watch football, and the first few bars we tried were already full.
Pros: plenty of seating, decent prices.
Cons: The atmosphere is bad. There are fish hanging from the ceiling, strange cages that look like they're for go go dancers, odd 70s wedding/high school dance decorations (metallic streamers), and a weird mix of dance hall tables and bowling alley chairs. Service was awful. We couldn't get anyone to wait on us, finally ordered some beer from a bar, after 30 minutes found someone to get us menus, and then had to wait at the bar for a bartender to notice that we wanted to order. Finally the manager (I think) noticed we were looking lost and sent someone over to take our order. After that the service was fine.
Food was average. I had nachos, which were all chip, no cheese or meat. The chips seemed more like baked pita chips than a Mexican nacho chip, but I was more disappointed by the fact that I ate about half the plate with just chips, and no toppings. My husband and brother in law had the pulled pork, and seemed to enjoy that.
Probably won't come back here again, we'll just make sure we get to a nicer place earlier in the day so we can get a table.
For a sports bar.....it has what you want.....3 big screen tvs, 7 at the bar and in the back 3 tvs with leather couches, a sort of vip area. They upgraded the outside tv, which is nice if you want to have a smoke and a beer. As for the nightlife......it's hit or miss with the patrons, but the music is pumping with the DJs. The place isn't bad for Simi Valley.....the bartenders are ok, but on some night they look really sexy. The bands that play there are too loud and sometimes not good, but again it's Simi Valley. I have read some of the reviews about this place and realize people watch too much MTV. If you want a hollywood type of club....go to hollywood, if you want to have a good time and hang out with good friends the Arena isn't that bad
Review Source:In my opinion, this establishment deserves 1/2 star, but Yelp doesn't give me that option.  Kät A....right on! Â
After shlepping from the SouthBay to support a friend that was booked to headline at this hell hole of a bar, the adjectives that come to mind are sleazy, seedy and just plain 'don't want to touch anything' disgusting. Â
The show was advertised as an 'All Ages Show'. Â Many artists have young fans and this is their opportunity to support their favorite musicians. Â I do not profess to be an expert on 'All Ages Shows' but have been to countless events over the years. Â While you might hear an occasional f bomb dropped...for the most part, they are usually tasteful, fun events, until Saturday night that is!
In addition to my 13 year old niece, there were numerous girls in attendance as young as 8 years old. Â To begin with, two strippers took off their tops to expose their breasts that were painted (they did have on pasties as the manager explained to me). They were paraded on stage, throughout the bar and in the 'bird cage'. Â It was extremely degrading. Â I expressed my dismay to the manager and asked if the girls could be covered since this was an all ages show and there were numerous young girls in attendance only to receive a classless and very rude response. Â He blamed ME for bringing a 13 year old out and blamed the headlining act (my friend) for costing so much that he had to obtain sponsors (the sponsors were advertising on the naked chicks backs). Â After a short period of time, my 13 & 18 year old nieces went to the ladies room (and I use that term loosely), only to walk in on a woman grinding on top of a man! Â Remind you, this was the 'ladies room'. Â BTW, they were on the couch that is located in the women's restroom... apparently not used for resting. Â If that wasn't bad enough, our friend was getting ready to come on stage when the two basically naked chicks started dancing in front of the stage and grinding on each other.
As a side note, there is NO SERVICE...you have to go to the bar to order any food or drinks. Â And the sound system is horrendous!
I will take responsibility b/c I should have trusted my instincts and took the girls out of there right after the first exhibition but thought it couldn't get worse plus the girls (on vaca from MS) were so excited about seeing my friend perform and meeting her. Â I usually never say never but I can unequivocally say that this establishment will NEVER see my money again.
Avoid this place. Â Poor customer service and high prices, for WHAT??????
As I left the establishment, Â I wondered why they had so much security for a place that was empty and it was a weekend. Â It takes one bad guy to ruin everyone's night and that's not the place I want to see that stuff at. Â They also have a poor sound system and your ears will ring when you leave and forget about having a conversation in there.
By looking at the "Out Of Work" strippers behind the bar, they hire WEAK and I mean weak bartenders, you have to figure the owner / management is a slimy bastard. Â
AND JUST THINK, YOU PAY A COVER CHARGE FOR ALL THAT!!!!!! Â NO DEAL!!!!!
You can do much much better elsewhere.....
I find it funny how people dislike this club yet they keep coming back?!? True this place  is seedy especially with the D-Bags wanting to score. We always come with a group of friends and have never had anyone be disrespectful towards our group.
The D.J. does play your requests and dance floor is huge!
We've never eating here so can't comment on that, Â the drinks can be weak unless you know your bartender ;)
This isn't our #1 go to spot in fact we rarely frequent it (we normally drive to Hollywood) but if you feel like just wanting to hang out somewhere locally this club really isn't THAT bad.
WHAT THE HECK was I doing at this place or Simi Valley for that matter?!? Â I went on a Saturday night, totaly dead, and there was a band playing with a chick singer. Â Sucked. Â It kind of reminded me of Harpers in Reseda which I'm not really fond of as well.
Then all these Simi Valley meatheads came in with somekind of UFC affiliated t-shirts and started dancing to Snoop Dogg.
No thanks.
Oh yea, if you want to put yourself through this, there is a cover.
I want to set this place on fire.
1. 90% meathead bros. 10% miserable, middle-aged (and above) women, scamming on the meatheads.
2. A COVER CHARGE is required to get into this shithole.
3. BOTH times I went, pointless fights broke out. Among the meatheads.
3. It takes 40 minutes to order a drink because the place is so full of idiots.
and 5.- the most IMPORTANT reason: Is because the last time I was there, some uneducated, uncultured, ballsy and blasphemous fool thought that it was acceptable to mix 50 Cent and Nine Inch Nails together. No. You CAN NOT do that.
The bar itself is huge, and very occupied. Live music, DJs, giant TV screens playing music videos (that don't match what is playing... whatever you're into I guess. Not very artsy if that's what you're going for). It's a shame this place is so terrible too, because the Grand Vista Hotel isn't bad at all. Everybody likes this Arena place for some reason... I don't know what's going on here.
I guess it's just not my scene. My colleauge is pretty enraged that I wrote such a mean review... ha ha I'm sorry Yonni. I am entitled to my opinion, and all of you deserve to know!
I hate the Arena, but a lot of friends I have who are from Simi Valley really dig this place. Why, I'm not sure, but probably because it is one of the only places of its kind around the area. I'm the type of person who has been a Hollywood frequent since the age of 12, so forgive me if I seem rash.
I'll compliment the venue -- outside patio, pool tables, large bar, dance floor, bird cage for girls to dance in, DJ and VJ -- cool building and atmosphere...well until you look at the crowd that is. I'm pretty sure there's always a $5 cover charge but that's funny if you think I'm going to pay that. Um, I'm making your bar look good -- thanks.
The bartenders, Â men and women, mix weak drinks. I have never been drunk here before lol.
The venue is nice but the crowd is AWFUL. I'm not trying to sound conceded, but every time I've been there I have been the most attractive female BY FAR in that entire place. It's sort of like...God how do I word this...the freaks come out at night I guess! That, or Simi Valley breeds a peculiar crowd. Perhaps their water supply is contaminated? Ok so basically everyone was fat, ugly, and sloppy.
Go here if you want every nasty, middle-aged, desperate man to hit on you constantly throughout the night. THIS PLACE IS GHETTO. If you consider yourself to be a diva, fashionista, hipster, raver -- anything but Simi Valley trash -- stay away!
The only good thing I'll say about the Arena is their DJ plays a good variety of house music...always hearing some Deadmau5 when I go there. I always want to dance to the beats too, but I'm too embarrassed when I look on the dance floor and see WHO exactly I'd be dancing by.
If you have any dignity or self-respect, find somewhere else -- just a friendly warning.
First off, why do I have to give a star?
Ok, so you drove all day and you get to the hotel (the Grand Vista), which was quite nice and should really be ashamed of this place. When we got settled, the on-site restaurant was closed, so our consolation prize was that their bar and grill was still open. Doesn't sound too bad, does it? You have no idea...
Had we not stayed at the hotel, they would have CHARGED A COVER for us to endure utterly inexplicable audio-visual, social and gastric trauma. The "band" performing were some dudes so amazingly awful it would almost be funny if it were not so all-around painful. No "guests" should ever have to be exposed to anyone playing a KEYTAR, especially when that person has no sense of musical ability, social consideration...or any sense of dignity for that matter. And don't even get me STARTED on what kind of people would bother attending such a stellar example of the collapse of civilization as we know it, let alone paying a cover for it!
So we quickly hid on the back patio, chugged mediocre, overpriced drinks, which did NOTHING for the inescapable sonic assault. Within 10 minutes, we just couldn't take it anymore and ran off to our room with their food to go. We got some fries and their Ahi sandwiches, which happened to be REALLY tasty.
Just when we conclude that this unholy hole of desperate depravity might have one possibly redeeming quality, here comes...ARENA'S REVENGE! Seriously, we were both SO SICK from some sort of food poisoning- we hadn't eaten anything else all day, so it was definitely from their food. And it was not pretty.
Yea, that just about sums up our Arena experience. At least I can honestly tell myself on bad nights out that it could always be worse. Thanks Arena!
This review will probably get me my first Yelp hate mail. I know this review is mean, and I even feel a little bad for it, but its TRUE. And remember everyone, truth is an absolute defense for libel or defamation!!! Now, some of my statements are opinions (see keytars, overpriced, dignity etc) but Arena's Revenge does not lie! Neither do the practically unanimous appalling sentiments of the other reviews- HA!
All of my other reviews are pretty nice. I try to say nice things, but only when I CAN. All that comes to mind here is that the guy checking IDs at the front was pretty chill. Maybe Arena's would have been bearable if that band just returned to their parents garages that they climbed out of... apparently, at the supple age of 50! Â It just might be possible...
To any potential hate mailers: come on, how could someone possibly be offended or hurt by anyone who would even try to defend this place? Ick!!! Besides, I'm gunna yelp about how yelp hate mail can shove it. And conclusively, so can Arenas.
Arena was the butt of many-a-joke when we stayed at the (attached) Grand Vista hotel. Â The actual complex is nicer than you would expect, but the experience is much worse.
The patrons were *shockingly* unattractive. Â The crowd largely consisted of cougars, women who were blissfully unaware of their own size, and typical L.A. douchebags with flat-brimmed baseball caps (actually, Jamie Kennedy in Malibu's Most Wanted pretty much hits the nail on the head).
The bartenders weren't particularly kind or effective and were even mildly neglectful, and the drink prices weren't exceptional.
I'm fairly confident that the only reason this place stays in business is because there's nothing else around. Â I'm sure no one would miss it if it went away.
If you're looking for the epitome of a trashy club, welcome to the Arena...
The only word I can think of to describe the few times I've been forced into this club is: NO
Drinks were warm... Overly jacked guys were aggressively trying to force girls to get lap dances at a table....Weird thing was, that happened all three times I had the non-pleasure of being there...
You're probably asking, if it's this bad, why would you go in there again?
I had to show my 2 friends...I had to...I said before walking in, "This is how bad it could get...This is why we don't do +18, ESPECIALLY IN SIMI VALLEY..."
The only thing that was missing was the wrestling team trying to get me to do a keg stand...
Go Highlanders/Pioneers!
I paid a cover to get in here? Â Did the 16 year old with a fake ID with a short skirt and tits poppin out have to?
The only times I've been here have been Thursday nights because of my APA League.
I will agree with Vicarious, there are definitely trash chicks/dudes but not more than the average place does.
There are also young professionals that will occasionally be there to unwind after work. Â Their tables are decent, with the one leading to the patio which is ideal. Â
Their service is friendly but it takes a long time for their food. Â BUT the pizza is SOOOOOOO worth it. Â Extremely delicious!
Trashy chicks, trashy dudes, cougars (RAWR) and a slew of other random types... Â This bar seeks to please everyone, but really only satisfies those who are looking to get drunk and get laid out in the middle of nowhere. Â I was playing pool with some friends the night before a wedding and I think a 16-year-old girl grabbed my ass. Â Then tried to charge me for copping a feel. Â Say what??
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