Fire Water Saloon

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  The bartender was hot and sassy. They don't tolerate douche bags so it was great! Don't go into this bar thinking you're a hot shot and being an asshole. They will kick you out. Other than that, the people are cool. The bartender and door man are really nice.

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  Posted on 03.21.13 Joceline D.

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  Ive been to some pretty hick bars and close minded cities in my life. This one takes the cake.
  
  Im a normal guy in his 20's. i was wearing a grey tshirt and jeans. and the moment i walked in the door the bartender asks what shithole kicked me out.  she seemed to be half joking and have shitting on me. which im used to, im a bartender too and work in a redneck like saloon in LA. and she assumed i was some hollywood pretty boy. shes clearly never been to LA.
  
  She gives me shit all night and says Welcome to San Diego (even though we are in Oceanside) and keeps telling me that shes not making me another round if she closes out hte tab.
  
  I still tipped the white trash bartender because , hell....im a bartender too. But this is the first time ive given a one star rating. I havent felt so hated by a stranger in my life. all because  I live in a city thats about an hour north.
  
  Then again maybe her dad raped her as a kid.....seems more likely

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  Posted on 09.04.12 Aaron S.

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  Firewater Saloon does not allow MC Colors in their establishment. The bar's admission policy constituted unlawful discrimination under the Unruh Civil Rights Act. We will not return to the bar and urge other bikers to not give them their business.

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  Posted on 07.11.12 Adrian T.

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  This is a great bar if you are a local that has friends that work there. Otherwise you will feel about as welcome as a cold sore. The surfer dude bartender was the only person there that was smiling and being cool, everyone else in the place was an angry mess.

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  Posted on 05.30.12 Mr. B.

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  I was jumped by 3 samoan's in their bathroom, for as big as they are they did zero damage. Those guys are big pussies. I'm goin back with my little sister and
  Have her whip some somoan ass! This place is trashy with a bunch of gay gangters!

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  Posted on 05.17.12 Will E.

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  Came here this weekend with a friend and had a great time.  Drinks were resonable and the bartender was on her game with drinks.  The music was good and the people are sociable.  The crowd is totatlly a mix so anyone from 21 to a grandma is in this joint but it makes for an interesting night.  There is plenty of seating a good size dance floor and pool tables.  My friend and I plan on coming here again!
  
  P.S 5 dollar cover charge here

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  Posted on 05.01.12 Connie G.

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  Smells weird, TVs are horrible, music is trash, and always seems to be empty. We ddi have a cool bartender once though, so plus 1 star!

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  Posted on 03.06.12 Mike M.

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  This place scares me. That's all.

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  Posted on 02.06.12 Alyssa K.

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  This is much more of a loud blaring music hip hop club then it is "saloon". It is not a "saloon". The place has had to change it's name several times, probably because of bad word of mouth. Save the trouble and your night and go to Haunted Head Saloon, it's about a block away. *** Much warmer atmosphere *** and security there seems much more professional. OCEANSIDE POLICE watch the place like a hawk after it lets out, I wonder why. Much better chance of getting a DUI here. At Haunted Head, if you're a little drunk you can walk to the pier relatively unnoticed until you sober up. Don't allow these positive reviews trick you into walking into this place, there is nothing good here. Read between the lines on the positive reviews. If curiosity gets the best of you, just walking past this place will tell you everything you need to know.

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  Posted on 11.27.11 Brad B.

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  Leili is the hottest and loveliest bartender in the world...and I say that as an objective observer not as her cousin :))) Love you Leili jooni!

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  Posted on 11.14.11 Susan S.

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  Good music, smells like vomit, the bartenders are trashy looking with terrible attitudes, especially the manager. The manager was rude to me for no reason, literally threw my change on the counter. She was just so busy attending to everybody she couldnt even take one SECOND to make eye contact and smile, I think she thought she was 'saving lives.' News flash, your only serving drinks, make mine, be nice and I'll tip you. Oh yeah.... and putting dollar bills between your huge saggy boobs isn't appealing it just looks desperate.
  
  Never going back. Period.

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  Posted on 09.05.11 Jennifer B.

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  I've been here a few times and prefer to come here then the Haunted head.  It's nice that you can walk to 3 or 4 bars in the area.
  
  Whatever you do... DO NOT eat the snacks they put in bowls... Someone had their dog in the bar she was petting her dog along with other people then they were putting their hands in the snacks and eating them.. I'm sooo weird about needing to wash your hands!
  
  They pour great drinks and the prices are reasonable! I didn't really find the bartender to be overly friendly and she always seems to be there when I am... but, hey.. she's very busy... and gets us our drinks so I can deal with that!  I can't deal with a not friendly bartender that won't get your drinks like some other places I've been.
  
  I like to play pool here in the afternoon even though the house cues are not that great.

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  Posted on 08.16.11 Deanna C.

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  I came in on a Saturday and it was real busy, I thought I wouldn't be able to get a drink but Leili , with a beautiful smile got my shot and beer very quickly. I hung out with her and Andrea , another bartender all night and instantly became my new favorite local bar.  I came-back the next morning for Sunday funday and she actually remembered my name and everything. She was. Everything a bartender is supposed to be.

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  Posted on 06.26.11 Grayson B.

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  I'm semi new in town.  Lived out here for a couple of years.  I thought Oceanside would have nice people so I tried going to this bar once and their sister bar (Bub's) across the street once.  The night I went to Bubs someone stole $70 out of my wallet (possibly the female bartender)...  the night I went to Firewater the entire staff had thrown a house party then went to work extremely drunk.  I'm a cute girl and everyone in that place was giving me a hard time from the moment I walked in the door.  All of the staff girls were glaring at me all night.  I tried to just smile and have a good time.  Well this night ended with me being followed into the bathroom by one of these lovely "locals" (Athena who actually WORKS here...) and getting a glass beer bottle smashed over my head.  (for no apparent reason other than how trashed they all were). I later learned that Athena was on cocaine and that she was wigging out...I didn't even know the girl.   I obviously will not be coming back to these establishments.  I have a feeling that no one other than the "locals" have a very fun time at these bars...  so don't waste your time.  Most classLESS group of idiots I've ever seen.

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  Posted on 06.01.11 Shannon M.

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  Firewater was one of my favorite bars.  
  
  WAS.  
  
  Last night I came in around midnight with the boyfriend.  It was crowded and loud, yet the bartender, Lindsey, had cold beers in front of us within about 10.4 seconds of us taking our seats.  Awesome.  This is why I came here.
  
  Came.
  
  "Assisting" Lindsey is some drunk thing in a skirt that looks more like a belt, and softball socks that come up to her knees.  Thanks for making my hometown look so classy, lady.  
  
  This chick, Leili, is climbing all over the bartop, screaming, giggling, and taking shots with her customers.  This is fine; this is great.  I have been a bartender, and I have been tipsy behind the bar, so I have no problem with this.
  
  I DID have a problem when she was kneeling in front of me, smashing her shot glass into her friends' shot glasses about a foot or two above my head, and spilling her trampy, sticky, washington apple all over me.
  
  But I am nice, and I wrote it off as a hazard of bar patronage.
  
  Ten minutes later this drunkard is squirting her friend with the soda gun.  Her friend is sitting right next to me, so she is also squirting ME with the soda gun.  Again I say nothing, though I am starting to get soaked.
  
  I have a very long fuse.  I am a teacher.  
  
  But the THIRD time it happened, I had to say something.
  
  I wasn't rude; I talked to her like the second grader she apparently thought a trampy mini-skirt and a couple of fruity drinks gave her license to act like.
  
  "You know, when you squirt your friends with that, you're hitting me too."
  
  That was it.  That was all I said, word for word.
  
  This is where a good bartender would have said, "Oh my God, you guys, I'm so sorry.  What are you guys drinking?  Next one is on me."
  
  But this is not a good bartender.  This is not even a good person, apparently.
  
  Chick glares at me, picks up a stack of cocktail napkins, and throws them in my face.
  
  Oh.  HELL.  No.
  
  I throw them right back at her.  I am in the moment.  But the boyfriend, thankfully, is a step ahead of the moment, and is already shaking up his beer.  I love him, SO so much.
  
  Before you judge us for what we are about to do, you should know that this chick's "friends," with whom she had been involved in her waterfights, had been doing the same thing all night, and she was loving it.
  
  So we are both spraying her with cheap domestic beer, and appallingly but not surprisingly, the next thing I know this swamp thing is climbing over the bar, about to swing at me(!)  I jump back out of my bar stool.  Again, the boyfriend is quick and gets in between us before this horse's ass in bobby sox can eat my face.  
  
  Then the bouncers told us to leave.
  
  I called the next day around noon to complain and was told that the manager only comes in around 10 am.  Mmm-hmmm.
  
  Firewater, I'm pissed!  You treat me like this and then you don't even have someone there to fix it when stuff like this happens? Who is in charge here? Really?  Are the inmates running the asylum?  No wonder you hire such crappy bartenders and let them get away with stuff like this.  
  
  I want to come back, even after that.  I really do. You guys WERE awesome and you had the latest last call for miles.
  
  But you've got to get your shit together. Seriously, do SOMETHING.  I should be at your bartop right now, enjoying a cold beverage on the house, and raving on Yelp about how amazing and responsive you are.  Yet here I am, telling the whole world and all of your possible future customers what an awful experience I had and how totally unorganized and awful you are.
  
  I will remove or at least update this review when my problem has been handled.  AND, I will keep calling until I talk to someone who will be accountable for this. Ball's in your court, Firewater.
  
  Meantime, I encourage yelpers to check out Pier View Pub less than a block away.  The bartenders there are AWESOME, quick, and friendly, and they have a way better selection of beers on tap.  It's better lit, and less crowded.  And somehow, a place with peanut shells all over the floor seems ten times cleaner than this shithole.

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  Posted on 05.31.11 Ashley D.

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  After not being able to go into Cabo Grill(A friend had a white tee) we decided to go here. First impression, and sorry if i insult anyone, was that it was going to be a shitty night because of all the Marines I saw in there. A few minutes in I noticed mostly everybody there was just kickin back and having a good time, with the exception of some few obnoxious marines just drinking to get drunk. A Hennessy with pineapple juice was $7 bux, not bad. The DJ was playing some good songs. All my friends where having a good time. The bartender girls are super nice and kinda cute. The securtiy guards are beasts, they are huge!!!
  
  Overall a good night. One of those "lets keep it simple and local" type of nights where I would go back

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  Posted on 01.17.11 alex v.

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  Fun place to hang out, the female bartendars are so nice! Love Dewey too!!

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  Posted on 10.20.10 Lousia R.

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  I usually go with my homegurl Currie... it's a chill place and the people there are real nice; sometimes the bartenders get hella busy there, so I understand why they take a while to greet and serve... I've only been here a few times and I like and will try to go more often :)
  
  It's pretty much a small bar/night club, it gets hella packed on the weekends and people get all sweaty and slutty and they need some A/C or more fans in there...
  
  P.S. Dewey or Huey(THE BARTENDER GUY) he has a great smile ;D
  the girl bartenders there are pretty nice. The security guards scare the F outta me ;D

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  Posted on 10.20.10 Sylvia A.

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  Very popular bar at night. Live DJ's every night from 9pm until closing. Lots of very friendly bartenders and with decent prices and a good pour.
  
  In the daytime it is a pretty nice place to get a drink and play some pool on the two pay-tables. With a good jukebox and colorful regulars, there is usually plenty of fun to be had.
  
  Located in downtown Oceanside, there are two other full liquor bars and one beer and wine bar, all within a one block radius.
  
  This is a good place to bring your friends or come find new ones any night of the week.

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  Posted on 01.23.10 Jeff C.

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