If you're looking for a fancy, high class bar keep looking.
However, if you're looking for a laid back place to get some drinks and have a good time you've found the right place.
Sure, JRB's is rough around the edges, but that's what gives it its charm, and the bartenders are wonderful!
Worst bar I've been to in my entire life. I just moved to Simi and despite the other bad reviews I wanted to give it a chance. HORRIBLE bartender that rips you off and makes crummy drinks. This place isn't even worth the full S*** talking. If ur using yelp you are too smart to patronize this dump.
Review Source:I do NOT recommend patronizing this establishment. If you aren't a drinker and you can't drink sodas (due to medical reasons, which are nobody's business but yours) , then you must pay an outrageous price for a bottle of water! Most places you can get a glass of ice water free without being antagonized by the management. The owner refused to turn on the fan in the pool area without purchasing a beverage! Considering 99.9% of the clientele do purchase drinks, the non drinking patrons of which are very few should be respected. As the night wore on the beer went from $4.00 to $5,00! WTF! Why should non drinkers be vilified and singled out? Â I'll tell you why, the owner doesn't give a shit about people, only the bottom line... We shall never enter this establishment again.
Review Source:Simi's best watering hole by far.
I've never had a bad night at this place. Â Great live music on occasion, good looking bartenders who will do shots with you, and low prices. Â
I've never found the police station across the street to be an issue... if anything it probably makes drinking here less of an issue than it used to be because the bar fights are far less frequent than they were in my Dad's days.
Drink here instead of Fridays. Â You'll have a better time, unless you prefer corporate cookie cutter bars.
This was an experience. A strange dive bar in the middle of a shopping center, but it was just ok. Drinks were a little expensive in my opinion, at least for a dive bar in Simi Valley I thought they were expensive, I paid $8 for a rum and coke, and that was just their house rum. The music from the Juke Box was playing way too loud, If there were more people in the place then the level may have been ok, but since it was empty, it was hard to hear the person right next to me, I found myself constanly yelling just to have a conversation with my friend sitting right next to me. The Bartender, Karen was very nice though, a real sweet heart. The crowd in there was a little off putting, a few guys near the pool table seemed like they had a bit too much to drink and would knock out anyone who looked at them the wrong way. At the bar there was a hangman's noose hanging from a light socket on the ceiling, weird. I asked the bartender what it was about and she said that was to honor Judge Roy Bean because he was known as the "Hanging Judge," thats cool i guess. I just felt dirty in this bar, I felt as if i touched anything in here I'd leave with a parting gift of herpes or something, the restroom was nasty and they had arcade games in one area of the bar, which made me wonder if they were targeting toward young kids. Im confused as to what this place is, is it a restaurant? a bar? I dont know, I never saw any food being served so im not sure what to think on all that, but to be honest if they did serve food, i could guess the quality off it by the looks of the rest of the place. Im not trying to be harsh or anything, but Im just being honest, maybe this is the place for some people but its just not for me. I may try it again, but not for a while. The best part was the bartender, as I said, she was really awesome, great service, just kind of a bad atmosphere. I hope the judge doesnt hang me for giving this review to his place. Oh well, better luck next time Judge Roy Beans.
Review Source:If you think you're too good for this bar.. don't go in more than a few feet cuz no one wants you there anyway!
This bar is amazing if you like to hangout and have a few drinks with some friends or interesting people you might find there after you go to fridays of course! There's darts an pool which is always a win. Good prices. Decent service for what it is and the karaoke guy on wednesdays is super awesome!
I once came here with a group of friends. One friend asked if our coats were going to be checked in... that's when I knew, he was going to hate this place.
The Regulars. I don't think they care for our kind; the clean, outgoing, happy-go-lucky-friday-night drinker.
Pool Tables & Darts are always a pleaser! I like that they have bar stools, booths and 4 person table by the back.
What I don't like is knowing that the Simi Valley Police Station is *right there* (Look up, and across the street.)
If you like dirty., Come here. If you like Simi... Come here. If you like getting wasted for cheap, Come here. If you don't want a DUI... Stay Home.
Went here with a group of friends after we decided TGIF was too expensive across the street.
I think this place is too big to be considered a dive bar. I mean their bar went full circle. They almost had a second room to play darts and pool in. Drinks were cheap.
The most memorable shots they had here were called... oh man i forgot but the bartender knows their house special shots. Good clean place large enough to hold alot of people.
I can't even lie like I didn't have fun.
Before I walked to door the bouncer outside stood up and gave me the weirdest look I have ever seen. As I was going for my wallet to show some ID he asked, "Are you Jack?" Yes I replied. He proceed to laugh and tell me we sat next to each other in 5 grade. And I didn't need to show ID because we are the same age. I kind of remember him. Names Nick he seems nice enough.
When I finally entered the bar my ears started to ring. There was some horrible sounding karaoke to my left. In the corner of the bar was a small stage with a very tone def young lady standing on it holding a mic singing Uncle Kracker. No lie! The singing went on the whole time I was there and it was all bad. I read a flier on the wall that said Wednesday is Karaoke night and Thursday is when the finalist from the night before compete for 500 bucks! I can't want to throw my name into that game.
The wench behind the bar was not very nice to me but when I learned draft Budweiser beers were only $2.50 a glass I was no longer upset. Plus I saved a lot by not tipping. The crowd of the bar was a weird one. I should have known something was up when I realized I had the smallest truck in the parking lot. The group was mostly dudes who either had a shaved head or was wearing a trucker hat. They all had on Dickie shorts and skate shoes and rocked forearm tattoos. Oh and EVERYONE was white. How crazy is that!?
I don't know why but I had this weird idea wearing a western shirt and sporting a pomp would look cool in a dive like it does in LA but sadly I was mistaken. I stuck out out like a sore thumb. Which made me feel very uncomfortable. Though the female attention was nice. One girl came to sit with me because she swore she knew me. Thought I dated her older sister. Yes Simi is that small. After a few minutes she went back to sit with her boyfriend and friends who I was sure was going to jump me once I got outside. Thankfully that did not happen.
While I sat on my stool people watching one girl kept staring at me. You know how guys always wonder what subtle things women do to get a mans attention? Well this was not one of them. I actually now know how girls must feel in places like this and frankly its creepy. LOL! Â Besides for all that jazz I don't remember too much about the bar itself. It was dark, the customers were scary, the bartender was mean and there were pool tables and video games no one played. All which should have made for a one star review. But honestly I had a blast at this place and cant wait to go again.
I just moved back to Simi after being away at school for years. I grew up here and had heard my whole life that the bar was quite divie, but had never been old enough to go to bars let alone know the difference. I've given it a chance a couple of times and its an alright experience. Not as many young people as I would have hoped for but the game room is fun and the drinks are well priced. Don't go looking to score unless your fetish is cougar-style.
Hope you the best of times!
NO...
Unless hick dive bars are your scene, stay out of here...
I love being the only brown guy at a bar and seeing swastika tattoos on people as I walk in...I shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but by my guess, I'm not gonna assume that I've run into a better knowing Edward Norton from American History X...
I've been in there more than a handful of times to hangout with a lot of my townie friends who love this place, but after several mediocre experiences, I've gotta move on...
From a strict drinking perspective, it's not bad, but there a lot of other places I'd rather be drinking...
At least it isn't the Arena...
I didn't live in Simi Valley but I worked out there. I wanted to go to a dive so my friend brought me to JRB. When I first walked in, I loved it. A real actual dive with all bros and hicks. Thats totally my scene. My friends and I did our thing. We eventually went outside to smoke and was talking to a few random people that were cool. All of a sudden, one of my friends friend gets sucker punched in the face. square on his jaw. He got stunned and fell. Dude, the door guy was right there and didn't do shit. I had to run in between to stop them from fighting and I asked the doorguy to do something. That douchebag said, 'you want me to do something? do you really want me to do something? i'll pepper spray their ass" WTF is that? Anyway, I tried to go back in when all was done but then he wouldn't let me back in. I asked why and he said it was because i was with the guys in the fight. I didn't even know them! I was doing HIS job. That was some BS so I'm giving them less stars. The drinks were strong so that was awesome and the prices were just right. Would I go back there again? No.
P.S. the guy who threw the punch got to stay. Â DOUCHE.
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