The Kraken Bar & Restaurant

I have been here a few times with my biker friends. I love the bar. The crowd is cool. The outdoor patio area is fun. I like the live music & watching people dance.  The guy in the patio area grills up some pretty good food.  It's a biker dive bar so it's not clean and the restrooms aren't clean, but I don't care! I love this bar!

The kraken is an Cardiff must. Across the street you have some fancy pants restaurants with views and price tags to match so if you want all the kooks and none of the bourgeois and maybe just the sounds of crashing waves... This is your place. It's a beachy dive bar with live music often and the burgers in the back? Serious business and a surprise to non locals. Parking is a bitch, that's just the truth. Beers and picnic tables and Harley's, all along the coast hwy!

Made my first trip to the Kraken this past weekend and it exceeded my expectations (granted I did not have the highest expectations to begin with)!  It's a pretty sweet dive bar on the east side of Highway 101 just across from the beach in Cardiff.  It's a biker bar, so naturally we rode our bicycles there during a birthday booze cruise.  It was the last stop, so we chowed down on some BBQ (really great hamburger and tri-tip cooked right in front of you with all the fixings)!  They also had a live band there which I could have danced to all night long.  It's a bit of an older crowd, but everybody seemed friendly.  

P.S. They don't have ginger ale here, but props for having ginger beer!  

+1 - live music and jukebox
+1 - waterfront location in Cardiff
+1 - awesome, covered back patio with pool tables
+1 - reasonably priced drinks and BBQ
-1 - cash only