Nice dive bar with solid though not exceptional beer selection. If you're in college, you will love it. If you're a few years out of college, you'll be really fond of it in between self-conscious jokes about it being a college bar. If you're here with a dozen other friends who are clearly too old to be here but not yet so old as to make it creepy, you'll enjoy it. The dartboard in the back will keep you occupied, for sure..
Review Source:Its the best, no question. Its so chill and laid back, they have self serve water and the bouncer recognizes people
You go there with a group of friends and talk for HOURS, time flies by and everyone is still entertained
they are so accepting of every unique individual who walks through their doors and they treat everyone with respect which is honestly why i love the place so much.
thank you das for providing me with countless great memories and never discriminating against anyone!!!!
My boyfriend went to Skidmore 10+ years ago. I sort of thought his love of DA's was clouded by nostalgia, (really? the bartenders are still gonna remember you when we show up during reunion weekend?) but it turns out this is the exact type of bar I just love. Cheap drinks, great jukebox, darts, pool AND foosball, plus a clientele who doesn't take themselves too seriously. I've been informed the guy's bathroom takes no prisoners - the test of a real dive. I also love that they put out pitchers of water for customers to serve themselves when it's busy - reminds me to hydrate in between my whiskey diets, as they are poured with quite the heavy hand.
DA's won't try and pretend to be something it's not, just a casual, yet slightly grimy bar to relax in for a few hours. And yes, the bartenders did remember my boyfriend after all that time. Good thing we didn't bet on it.
Had much too much fun last time I was here! Saratoga is cursed with causing people to drink way more than they bargained for, and this place is no exception...and the cheap Pabst flowed freely. Played darts then foosball then pool then jukebox, all the while making new friends who's names I many never remember!
Review Source:DA's is the best bar in Saratoga. I say this without question--I've tried nearly all of them. Everyone that works there is awesome, especially Izzie. You can relax there and watch a baseball game while enjoying some cold (and cheap!) beers. They have a few booths for catching up with friends or a date. Trivia on Thursdays is awesome. Definitely check this place out if you are looking for an unpretentious good time.
Review Source:This is by the far the greatest watering-hole I visited in Saratoga.
Great jukebox, great staff, great prices and great crowd. Misfits, Danzig, the Specials, Talking Heads and The Clash on the jukebox. Â They pour a good Guinness and the staff was cool; the crowd is interesting, not stuffy, definitely plenty of hot tail running around. The bathroom is interesting, no lock, commode and urinal side by side, no partition, but when you gotta go you gotta go. Â
Definitely a great time.
this is my favorite bar in saratoga and, for quite some time, was the destination for most of my weekend nights. everyone's already covered the juke box, pool table, dirty bathrooms (wahhhh), and general atmosphere so i'll cover a few protips:
1) you punch the pinball machine, you get kicked out. it doesn't matter if it stole your money.
2) making a habit of finishing your road sodas while milling around out front and then leaving the cans on the sidewalk when you go in will earn you the disdain of the bouncers. this is a practice you should try to avoid.
3) rock and johnny are two of the best bartenders in the world and should be treated as such. if you're cool with them your life at DA's will be blessed with prompt service, entertaining stories, an occasional free shot, and the quick expulsion of anyone who fucks with you. be polite and cool, tip well, and you'll be set.
now go drink up
DA's is the best bar Saratoga. Â I don't have much else to say that my friends Bob, Alissa, and Lily haven't covered. Â Strong drinks, pool and foos, nice people bartenders. Â If you tip well enough, the guys will ring a bell for all the bar to hear. Â Very Pavlovian. Â
The prices here are so cheap, it was a little shocking making a transition into Boston pricing. Â DA's G&T - $3.50. Â Anywhere in Boston - $6. Â If you're adventurous and slightly anti-social, you can carve messages into the tables. Â Kind of dick, but oddly satisfying. Â Check out the cool graff in the bathrooms.
I really like DA's. It's the first bar in Saratoga that I've really wanted to go to on a regular basis. The jukebox is great (ignore the "hipster college rock" post) and changes based on suggestions and new staff picks.
I've yet to see DA's busy - at most there have been ten other people there. Good drink specials, darts, a pool table and a nice, dark interior should make this place a much busier hangout.
Or maybe not, 'cause then I'd never get a seat at the bar.
My girlie and I went to DA's on Halloween. Lots of interesting costumes and plenty hussies running around with their sexy costumes on. A display that reminds a Saratogian why we live here.
Halloween is about exploring the parts of us that we keep tied up all year. Bare trees and stiff branches remind us that there is a dark underworld that acts as a framework to our personalities. Â It's not as pretty as those autumn colors, but it's there staring us in the face.
Da's is the silhouette  of an elm tree after the leaves have fallen. It's the branches that knock at your window on stormy nights.  It's cheap drinks, fast women and loud music. It's the lowest common denominator, and that's what makes us equal. It gives Saratoga a little backbone after all that pussy shit at the track.
If that's the kind of thing you like as many of my fellow Yelpers do, I suppose you'll like Da's.
Best bar in Toga, hands down. So much fun was had sitting in DA's feeding endless quarters into the Jukebox that had everything from Morrisey to Johnny Cash. As it has been said, this is one of the best JukeBoxes in a bar in the whole capital district.
There's a pool table crammed in the back, some darts.. But that's not why you came here. Pretty good beers at pretty cheap prices.
i will follow suit with alissa d's rating: 5 stars all the way for da's. it's likely i spend more of my waking hours at this bar than in my own apartment.
da's doesn't have fancy inis. go there to drink beer or traditional (and cheap!) well drinks. but don't expect lime in your tonic, a cherry in your jack, or lemon in your weizen. there's a fair amount of beers on tap: newcastle, stella, two types of magic hat, the sam adams brew of the season, a few others i'm sure. plus you have your standard bottled fare.
da's is the closest thing i'll ever probably have to a cheers-like establishment. really. i think everyone knows my name. and i know theirs: travis, rock, johnny, izzy, jeremy, ross.... it's such a great bar that even bartenders from the other nearby bars go there when they aren't working.
amenities include, but are not limited to, two tvs, pool, darts, foosball, arcade games, a cigarette machine, and a dope juke box. their should be a ban on how many songs can be played from the dmb, phish, sublime, and oasis albums nightly, but that will probably never happen.
on the weekends, you can also get your top 40 fix by standing outside da's and listening to the music from the bar 13 across the street... at times, the best of both worlds.
only negative: never order wine at da's. a mistake i recently made. woof.
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