I believe this is actually the smallest bar in LA. It's awesome and a total time warp. Feels like a little galley bar inside and has some classic songs in the jukebox. The bartender is this old seaworthy dude and makes a mean dirty martini.
For extra awkward points, play nudey photo hunt on their extremely out-of-place digital game machine. Every person in the bar will see what you're up to.
I love this bar. It's a total dive, so if that's your thing, you'll love the harbor room. Cheap STRONG drinks (cash only)
My friends and I are by far the youngest crowd to ever be seen in there and it's so much fun. Jukebox has a lot of classics, people are friendly (to us at least) and like I said before...CHEAP and will get you drunk.
This is my go to bar for in town and out of town guests. Â It is where I learned to tip at 21 and in the years since have gone though several T Shirts from the cig machine. Â The crowd is always friendly and you never know who you might be sitting next to... Â Just ask. Â It might be a rocket scientist....really. Â Perfect screening bar with dates as several have failed but my fiance loved it. Â Remember, plastic is evil here.
Review Source:Came here on a little bar hop, and was pleasantly surprised. Â Mostly since, as you walk in, you'll see the most appropriate sign: "Open, but don't expect too much."
This is an old dive bar in every sense. Â It's old. Â The people were old. Â The bartender was old, and a little surly. Â Decor is badly dated. Â The space is very small, but there weren't a whole lot of people in there at 11:30pm on a Saturday night. Â Pretty sure people were smoking in the bar, and no one seemed to care.
And like all dive bars, drinks were cheap with a very generous pour. Â I got a gin and tonic, and pretty sure there was just a small splash of tonic. Â My two friends got whisky on the rocks, and $6 got them a really high pour in a rocks glass. Â Frankly, he seemed surprised that people ordered off the top shelf. Â Gf probably would've gone with water, but like Mexico, you're probably better off drinking booze or nothing at all.
Very chill "lounge", but maybe not the most comfortable seats. Â Take in all of the pictures, including the signed poster of the World Champion Lakers from the 80s. Â Good jukebox that was spitting nothing but The Doors that night. Â If you like dive bars, you'll love this place. Â If you don't, you'll hate it, and you should lighten up.
Somewhere I read this place accepted credit cards, but they don't... and that's what really killed it for me.
This bar is attached to an Italian restaurant that smells delicious. The bar itself is called Harbor "Room" for a reason. It's the size of a broom closet.
There are no draft beers, just bottles. Coors Light was about 3.75. The crowd was all 60+... which is fine, but not really. There's a bunch of used books along the back wall, for one reason or another.
One guy helped me turn on an overhead light so I could see where I was sitting, but some other, rude, old man came over and, without saying a word, turned it off and mumbled away. *eye roll*
Anyway, there's a couple TVs and an introverted crowd. Not much of a mingling place, but if you want to feel youthful, step foot in this joint... Then go somewhere else, cuz they don't take credit cards.
Something about this place, maybe the layout of the bar/ the decor, the feel and the size of the place and most likely that it's low key therefore it was an instant hit. I been to a lot of good bars, but to me personally this one is one of those bars i've been looking for. Overall, a very unique place to have a drink for...loved it!...
Review Source:2 reasons to go: 1) My best GF evah lives in PDR and so this is her Local. 2) The fishbowl size double Grey Goose martinis they make....and all the other ethanols they scrum. Outstanding. And not a jawdropper in price. Super efficient bar folks. Maybe I liked it so much because it is super intimate, that is to say, objectively micro. Like trying to navigate inside the cabin of a 40" sailboat. Maybe I liked it because we forgot to eat and drank on empty. haha Lose the weak jukebox and I will bring a sleeping bag next time.
Review Source:My instinct is to give this place 1-Star and writing a scathing expose about how horrid and worthless it is. Â Truth is, the only reason I have for that is that I want you all to stay the hell away so that when I want to go in for a drink with the old regulars, you wont be crowding up the joint.
To be honest, I am in LOVE with this place. So here it is:
This is one of the realest bars I have been to my entire time in LA. The bartender that works at the harbor room has been there for 32 years. THIRTY TWO YEARS!!!! Â Most of the time in this town I find it hard to believe the stuck-up super-model behind the bar is even old enough to drink, but this guy has been mixing drinks at this bar since before I was a glimmer. Â Watching him work is enchanting... he literally doesn't even have to look at what he's doing. Â Know's where every bottle is located by sheer muscle memory. This could have something to do with the unusual (in the best way) strength of the drinks here as well.
Along with my friend and I at the bar, we're about 4 regulars... 2 of whom have been fixtures at the bar for at least 10 years. These guys are hilarious, it was like sitting at the bar with an older version of Cliff and Norm from cheers. Â
The younger and less interesting patrons playing the bar video games informed us that the place gets wicked crowded right before last call, as well as Friday and Saturday nights.
Guess when you'll never ever catch me at the harbor room...
Came here on a whim with a couple of drinking buddies, and literally you can reach across the room and touch both walls at the same time. Strangely though it gets really crowded! The bartenders are nice but its practically standing room only on weekends. It wouldn't be my first choice but at least its an alternative to the other bars in the area, or a good place to start or end the night.
Review Source:I don't even know how to begin this review.  My night started off having a private 5 course dinner  with wine pairings, prepared by a personal chef in Beverly Hills, to drinking cheap gin and tonics eating peanuts out of an old tequila bottle, in the tiniest divy~ist old ass bar in a hippie dippie beach community.  The patrons are bitter old drunks that don't hide the fact that they either want to kiss or kick your ass.  I couldn't quite figure out which they wanted to do with mine.  The bartender was a lovely quiet tall white haired man that you know has a treasure of stories... or maybe not. The Harbor is definitely a place to forget memories, not make them. Be aware of the barfly, dear gents.  She might be buzzin behind your ear all night.
Another perfect Sunny evening.
i don't know the reason, but it's quite obvious there's some fixation with the number 7.
case in point:
the seven dwarves...
the seven seas...
the seven deadly sins...
the seven days of the week...
the seven continents...
the seven wonders of the world...
and the seven bar stools at the harbor room.
i would rave and rant about the "smallest bar in LA county," but that would decrease the chances of my ass landing on one of the seven stools.
so yeah, stay away. Â this place sucks.
*** 10' by 10' maximum but they serve liquor ... burp! (lol) ***
i swear this place should have its own movie made for it.
it's that quintessential dive bar near the beach, y'know?
the one where James Dean would make some kinda
convoluted emotional soliloquy just before plunging
off a seaside cliff in an old Chevy traveling 60 mph.
*** one jukebox, one bartender, old patrons ... drink up. ***
LA Law in real life!
If you want to see drunk middle aged beach locals that have poofy hair, this is the place for you. Â Parking is not too bad. Â It's a small joint with lots of drunk folks. Â There may be a cougar or two there, so watch your back. Â Go here for booze and get a taste of the real Playa.
Don't half step. Â Order something that requires a fruity garnish.
I finally made it to the Harbor Room last Saturday nite. Â It's great when you can walk into a bar on a Saturday nite and have it nearly empty, get a stellarly strong drink and play some good tunes on a jukebox.
The crowd is eclectic and friendly and everyone is there to have a good time.
I'm not sure that it is actually SMALLER than Tiki Ti, honestly. I think it's just laid out differently (since it's essentially a triangular bar). But, maybe. It's a great dive that's not too far from home and I will be back again and again.
Love it.
A tiny, easy place to go with a (small) group of friends.
The jukebox is cheap, and since the place is so small, you will hear your songs soon, if not immediately. Â Be warned: the jukebox selection is wonderful, but the most modern CD is the "Sleepless in Seattle" soundtrack.
Also, if you're bored, there's a pile of paperback books featuring a lot of Tom Clancy.
My degenerate drunk friend loved this place when he came out from Phoenix last summer. I live a few blocks away from the Harbor Room, and he said he was taking a walk before we headed out to the beach. Â Next thing I know, he was sitting in one of the 5 or so bar stools drinking Citron and Sevens at 10am, surrounded by what seemed to be a crew of ex-sailors who were intent on getting equally sloshed. Â An hour later, the bartender was begging us to take our friend with us, but he refused, and continued to get served. Â So I would have to say that if you get kicked out of Mo's or Prince of Wales down the street, hit up the Harbor Room and see if they will serve as your enabler of last resort.
From what I understand, this is the smallest bar in LA county.
I discovered long ago the joys that the Harbor Room can bring. Â You can show up with a small group and basically take over the joint. Â It has everything you need...jukebox, check! Â Touchscreen photohunt...check! Â Really strong drinks...check!
Add the fact that their last call takes place about 15 minutes later than all the other bars in Playa and you got yourself a winner!
Bar is cash only though so hit up the ATM first.
perfect after work place to go get a few beers. Â last time i went i was wearing a baseball cap and got called "sir" but hey, whatever, just gimme a cold beer and it's all good. Â
absolutely no scene here, nothing fancy, just the regulars getting their drink on. Â and siamak is right, the bar's for the locals, it's either find a stool elsewhere or SRO for y'all other folk.
Hole in the wall. Â The place is tiny but a favorite. Â The clientele is eclectic just like Playa. Â A lot of old folks mixed in with college students. Â The jukebox has great country music. Â Definitely a drinkers bar. Â Strong cheap drinks. Â You go to the Harbor Room to drink...it's what you do...never what could happen after. Â Be careful where you sit...You might be in Local's seat.
Review Source:"It's not the size that matters." Â Well, maybe that's not true for *all* things, but in this case, the saying definitely fits. Â The smallest bar in Los Angeles County, this is the place for a REAL drinking man (or lady). Â Lots of locals, a mostly older crowd of serious boozers. Â Fantastic juke box and VERY strong drinks. Â They even have a shelf or two of free books, so you can go alone and still have a great time. Â A real dive, in the best possible sense.
Review Source:Big pours, Merle Haggard's "Misery And Gin" on the jukebox, and an old pull-rod cigarette machine (that now dispenses T-shirts, alas). Â It's apparently the smallest bar in LA county. The bartender wears a giant Lakers belt-buckle and the crowd is appropriately older and leathery. This is a bar, my friends, for people who drink.
Review Source:Come see a real Playa bar. Â Cheap booze, cash only. Â One of the tiniest bars in LA, smaller in fact than Tiki Ti. Â No Yacht Rock in the jukebox: Cash, Beach Boys, Sam Cooke. Â Stumbling distance to home. Â Hit the P.O.W. during the day, come here at night -- if you really wanna Bukowski your day, come here in the afternoon.
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