Cue & Brew

Cue & Brews is really a pool hall that happens to have a full bar. The bar is well stocked and they have several beers on tap. The beer selection is nothing special and all from big name brewers.  They do not serve food but there is a Wingstop in the same strip mall and you can bring food in without a problem. Seating is limited to the bar and stage area. They have a bank of 5 TV on the stage and other scattered about to watch sports on. Music is pay only via a jukebox. You'll be listening to everything from Freddy Fender to rap music. It all depends on who is feeding the machine. It's really an odd place.

I will say this I am a fan.  I came here on a Thursday night with some of the boys to grab some beers and play pool.  We got in there and it's a pretty big place with lots of room so you won't be bumping into people all the time at cramped tiny bars. The atmosphere is a little confused. It's definitly a dude bar, hardly any women inside and the music choices are scattered. One minute they play country the next minute ASAP Rocky, it was hard to get into the scene.  The bar is pretty well stocked and the drinks areat a decent price so a plus. However the price to play pool is their downfall. It is way too expensive for my liking. There are cheaper rates at the local bowling alley or another pool bar in Berkeley which has more young people and college students and since that is my age group I feel more comfortable but this place is more low key for chill nights.  It is in the middle of a strip mall in the wal mart parking lot so tons of parking. It was pretty cool just a little confusing trying to figure out it's identity and pool rates are too expensive but it's okay for what is around the area.

First thing is first, this bar is in the Wal-Mart parking lot.  I guess that should have been a tip off.  The bar itself is pretty shabby - everything about the place just screams "low-budget-never-going-to-renovate."  With that said, the pool tables are some of the worst quality I've ever experienced, and they've got about 10 of them. The staff is uncoordinated, the bartender seems overwhelmed with just 5-6 people at the bar, and the bouncers are all midgets that are looking to start a fight, not prevent one.  I went back after my first negative experience only to now have to double-down on how horribad this place is.  While chatting it up with the bartender (seems to be the head bartender) and a few locals, she said one of the single dumbest things I've ever heard, "I think gay people are gay because they lack self-esteem."

I don't know where else I'd go if I was in Martinez, but this would be my last pick.  Scratch that, I'd just stay home.