Love this bar! Â Total dive bar with East County trash people. Â Great bartenders, great karaoke hostess, and owner comes off as a jerk but he is really a big teddy bear once you get to know him. (unless you work for him, lol) Â Always a good crowd. Â Try it once, if you dont have fun, try it again, I promise you will end up being a regular. Â :)
Review Source:This place is great. Not too crowded when I was there and they had great Karaoke going on. Stiff drinks and a fun crowd make this a great dive bar in Lakeside. Plus they have pool tables and parking is easy.
If you're in the mood for a good stiff drink and some fun in Lakeside, this is your spot.
This place is....interesting. I came here a while ago with this white trash girl I used to know. It's a ways off the freeway...quite a drive if I remember correctly. I thought we had missed it, then I sort of felt like we were going to be murdered because we were in the middle of nowhere.
It's very...country. Nascar crap all over the walls. I don't know. It was fun in a dive bar sort of way, except for the skeezy guys trying to pick us up (as well as every single other female...desperate much?). Worth going once, but I wouldn't come back.
Don't go to this trashy place, it smells and a girlfriend and I came in for a good time sat down and before we could enjoy it a huge skin head pos threw popcorn and trash at us and called us stuck up bitches. Totally scary and the lady bartenders did nothing!! Horrible experience and would never return!!!!
Review Source:Cool place to have a beer and head home. Nothing to much to brag about only if you like country karaoke I know I do!
I definitely got my Bro fix this weekend. If you are adventurous and are headed East County mood you won't be disappointed. So pull out your Skin and Fox gear and borrow your Bro's truck just to fit in.
But don't be surprised by the cougar's and scantly clad dressed lady's in there. Just be careful they didn't bring a dude with them.
NASTY NASTY NASTY.........
This is the most disgusting bar I have ever been to.
The owner is a FAT NASTY SWEATY PIG who sits at the end of the bar and gets plastered and talks down to his employees and customers every chance he gets. Â He is the epitome of the term "LOW CLASS". Â
Most of the clientele are the type of people that pay for their drinks with nickels and dimes and go around begging everyone for a cigarette. They have two teeth left in their mouth and dirty smelly clothing. Â I swear I was the only person there that had all my teeth.
Drug deals going on in the bathroom and out back on the dirty filthy patio, where none of the furniture matches. This place is a joke.
I felt like the classiest person here because I was the only person not wearing flip flops or barefoot.
I ordered a shot of Patron and the shot glass was dirty with old Irish Cream milky substance all over the side and floating in my drink. I told the bartender and she dumped the shot out and re-poured it in the same dirty glass.
If I could give it 0 stars........ I would
DO NOT (I repeat) DO NOT go to this place
My Co worker had her birthday party otherwise I would've never came to this bar. I wish I never had. I used to play pool in a league for 5 years so I've been to my share of dive bars all over San Diego County. This is one of the worst.
1. The Drinks: One ounce shot glasses (dirty) also asked for a Jager shot and the bartender shook the jager with ice and poured it into the one ounce shot glass. It looked like coke. I sent it back and asked for it warm. So I could at least get what I was paying for.
2. The Staff: Mike the bar back who also substitutes as a shitty bartender. Who I also heard likes to sexually assault patrons from behind. My friend who had been at work since early in the morning as a dental assistant had been leaning on me. Not drunk, not eyes closed, just leaning on me. Mike rudely told me if she was going to go to sleep she had to go. I understand this rule very well, Drunks sleeping at bar, sleep walking..ect. But some hot sober chick that is just resting her head on my shoulder. Then at 1pm kicks the bday girl out, she is drunk but not falling down drunk. Wouldn't even let her use the restroom before she was kicked out.
3. The Patrons: Trying to get through the clammered walk way some guy pushes his way thru and I'm like hello Jerk were all trying to get thru looks back and says something rude. I reply likewise.
4. The Karoake Dj: I won't even get started.
Wow.
Ok, so I really havent been east of 70th since my days as a student at SDSU. And that was to drive out to lake Havasu.
Im aware of the unsavory things that El Cajon, Lakeside, Spring Valley, etc are known for, however, only anecdotally. After last night, I have first hand experience.
An old neighborhood friend of mine that moved to San Burdue tracked me down and invited me to this bar. It turns out, this bar not only looks like it was in a Dusk 'Till Dawn movie, but is irresistible to the valley-types. An Uber-seedy version of Incahoots!
The first thing I noticed was a sign that warned patrons who are caught doing "illegal" activities they "may" be prosecuted. This was next to the sign that was promoting the "wear your PJ's" discount night. AWESOME! Ive been to plenty of night clubs where drugs can be rampant (think Montage in the late 90's) but I have never seen something like this.
i was relieved to see they offer Blue Moon on tap. Guinness is my beer of choice, but I cant drink Bud or Miller even if its the champagne of beers. Its pretty clear that this isnt the kind of place where citrus is enjoyed with your drink (unless, of course, speed-rack tequilla is involved) so I was prepared to drink it sans orange, I wasnt prepared to hear the bartender say, "you know thats a premium beer, right?" AWESOME! Apparently, those who mob in East County, get offended when a pitcher of beer costs more than $7.50. Them's fighten' words.
The older I get, the more I value people watching when I go out. Coo-Coo is a Mecca for this activity. All of the East County stereotypes can be found here: cowboys, pale, toothless, impossibly skinny meth heads, chain-smoking 300 pound cougars and guys who drive big trucks, etc.
My favorite part was the men's bathroom. The door is propped open and the lights are REALLY bright. Im talking BLINDING bright. This is a brilliant way to prevent someone from being tempted to use drugs in the bathroom. After all, they "may' be forced to prosecute. AWESOME!
For those in the neighborhood, this place likely sucks. For those who need a break from the usual routine, it comes highly recommended.
I can think of 3 letters that sum up my feelings about this place.
W. T. F.
I give it 2 stars though, because there is always guaranteed entertainment (that is, if you think toothless 47 year old prostitutes and obese hicks in plaid are funny...)
Dont judge me, I only go here to watch my man play his pool league. ;)
Keep an open mind when walking into this place, its on the border of lakeside and el cajon sooo... its divey, hickish and hella country.
The bang for the buck steal here is pitchers of domestic beers...Not to mention the free popcorn.
Entertainment for the night: Watching American Idol wannabe's performing their favorite karaoke tunes... This place is GREAT PEOPLE WATCHING!
I enjoy this bar on occasion, like once or twice a year... Its a fun place, I always have fun there.
Went last night for the first time (Saturday night). Â Fairly busy for a smaller dive type bar, but nothing too crazy. Â Very different mix of people, a lot of east county folk. Â 2 or 3 pool tables, dartboard and a few other bar games were nice. Â Staff was annoying with their little nitpicky rools, like not stepping over the red line next to the bar, lame. Â Beer was cheap so that was a plus. Â One good looking bartender, but other than that not a lot of lookers, dudes or chicks.
Review Source:We arrived at about 9:30 and he still hadn't started yet. He advertises a start time of 8 pm. Not a big deal. The venue appeared comfortable, clean. They had pool tables and other types of bar games in another room. No food is served, just drinks, however there was a Mexican food stand right next door.
The KJ was seemingly nice when we first arrived. There was a small rotation even though the bar had a decent amount of people, always a plus in my book. He's comperized so bringing your own disks is out. He had only one book, which was constantly being used everytime I wanted to look at it. When I finally did get to see it, I had to be careful with it as it was falling apart. He didn't appear to have too many songs from the early 2000s up to present, but when I asked him about it, he did have more songs not listed, to just ask him if there was any particular song I wanted to sing. Now, I'm noticing more of the KJs are doing this, foregoing to books and just asking them. Â Personally I like to scan the book as I don't sing the same songs every time and am constantly looking for new song ideas.
When the singing started, he sang two songs in a row, then about five more singers, including myself each sang one song. Then about 10 to 15 minutes of dance music: A major strike against the KJ in my opinion. I'm there to sing and listen to others sing, not dance.
The singing starts and again he sings two songs in a row, even though the rotation was longer this time. Then 10 to 15 minutes of more dancing.
The singing starts again and once again he sings two songs in a row, an even longer rotation, the once again, 10 to 15 minutes of dancing. Now, I should mention that during my song, there was various things happening with my song, feedback, some sort of muffled booming at least a couple of times. After my song, I wanted to know what the noise was and if I had done something to cause it. His reaction: There was no noises. The system sounded "perfect." He said this while appearing to be forcing an exagerated smile. Okay. Fine. Move on. No big deal.
When the fourth rotation starts, he again sings two songs. I couldn't believe it because the rotation was even longer this go around. I'm patiently waiting my turn and then the dancing starts. What?? He skipped me. I approach him and ask him if he had my song request in. He did. I said, "Well, you skipped me." With that same forced smile he says, "No, I didn't." I was soooo angry. All I could say was, "Well, I think you did. Now take me out of the rotation because we're leaving." I thanked him and left, with no tip. I usually tip as we're leaving if it's a new venue.
Just my personal experience of this particular club. Maybe he was having an off night, maybe I rubbed him the wrong way. I don't know. But his singing TWO songs was huge no-no where I come from, or even singing at all when the rotation's long. And the dancing is also a personal pet peeve. If I wanted to dance, I'd go somewhere that offered it as their main sorce of entertainment.
One more thing to note: His sound system was not that great. It was hard to really hear the singers' voices over the music.
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