Goldfish races on Wednesdays are really fun. Â Only $2 for a fish and you're guaranteed two races. Â They generally don't start until late, close to 10, so don't expect to be done until close to midnight. Â The bartenders are really nice though, and very accommodating. Â I don't enjoy super strong tasting drinks, so they made me something they call a Lipstick Lemonade and it tastes like sweet tarts. Â So good!
They often don't get enough people in the bar to be able to race the goldfish so the staff jumped in the last time I was there, which was kind of unfair since they work there. Â It was a staff member who won, and that didn't seem right either. Â But if you come in 2nd (which is the highest anyone I've been with has placed) you get a $15 bar tab, and that's pretty cool.
I guess I'll provide the perspective of the "old-timer" for the benefit of the readership over 40. Â (I'm 44 and been in Ramona on and off for over 15 years).
Molly's is probably not the place for the over forty crowd, unless you like loud music and a lot of younger people looking at you like you're a museum specimen. Â I'd say the age range is from 21 to about 35, but really not a lot of people over 30. When I went in there with my 27 year old male companion who happens to weigh in at 220+, he found himself with several opportunities for fisticuffs (an old-school word meaning "fight.") Â Every time he turned around it seemed like some big dude was either blocking him or bumping him -- and this was when he was walking out to the patio, not on the dance floor, where such things could be interpreted as inadvertent. Â Â
My friend is not a long-time Ramona resident, and he said the vibe made him feel distinctly "unwelcome." Â Being in the appropriate age group, he has even tried going to Molly's more than just once, and he never really had a good time.
Bottom line, IMHO, not necessarily a place for an outsider unless you're real comfortable with the loud bar scene.
The drinks are average-priced, but I've seen them pour a little lite.