Fernandes Stein Lounge

This place gets a FIVE on my dive bar rating for a number of reasons: great atmosphere. Lots of derelicts. Some old timer named Chuck bought a round for the bar- twice! Very sketchy atmosphere. And lastly- two people got 86éd out of there in my two hour visit! Dive bar heaven in Hayward!

If you want to have your own true Bukowsky experience, it is likely to happen here.  It can be depressing and a bit dodgy seeming if you aren't used to really dicey bars... And maybe even if you are.  I have a high threshold, but even I would not hang around here late at night.  You won't find cheaper, stiffer drinks, but at one point I felt as if I were in a lunatic asylum.  If there were a "divey as hell" classification on yelp, I would've checked it.

What a shitty bar.  Bartender was either pilled out or tweaked out.  Was dark and hard to tell.  Not enough teeth amongst the regulars to chew a steak.  Was difficult to tell if I was in a soup kitchen or a dive bar.  Even by dive bar stand, this place is a shithole.  And I really like dive bars.  Oh well.  In a pinch before a movie, maybe I stop in and have a shot,  Otherwise, I give this place a big miss!

Add on:  And do not look up because there is dust, spiderwebs and other crap on the ceiling.  Has not been cleaned in years I would imagine.