Ordered a drink and paid for it with a twenty, and the bartender gave me change for a five. Â It was all downhill from there. Â The mixed drinks are eight bucks a piece which is a ridiculous price for a bar on Main Street in El Centro. Â The bartender was the unfriendliest bartender I'd ever encountered in my life. Â There wasn't another soul in the bar and with the overpriced drinks and the scowling bartender who obviously hates his job I wasn't surprised I was the only customer. Â I'm in El Centro for a week on business but The Owl lost my business on my first day in town and my first visit will be my last. Â Never again.
Review Source:I'm giving two stars only cause its the only club like place without going to Mexicali. Â I thought it was ok. Â I've gone about 4 times because my friends wanted to go. Â I would have to say that its probably pretty cool for some people but not for me. Â I'm not a big club scene type of person so thats why I'm against it. Â But on a lighter note. Â If you want to see old friends from the valley they most likely will be here haha. Â I think it would be a better value if there was no entrance fee, but thats just me.
Review Source:Its not Hollywood, or LA, or New York, its El Centro, get over it.
For the location, it's a fine hang out for a weekend night where you can dance and drink.
Yes, its over crowded in the front bar because of the nasty, mostly naked, "waitresses" dancing on the bar.
Although Crystal's review is actually spot on, I think everyone should experience it for themselves.
The Owl reminds of the garbage compactor scene in the first Star Wars movie except I am hoping that R2D2 doesn't stop the compactor from crushing everyone. Then I realize that it can't be Star Wars cause there are no Mexicans in the future. But seriously go to Chillis........way hotter fat chicks.
Review Source:The Owl was once a place where the locals would come to eat a well grilled burger and fries, then have a beer on the bar and socialize with your friends. It has now become a nightclub with Go-Go dancers and fights galore. They have a goon squad of a security staff that will handcuff you first, then beat & kick you. Then they list one of themselves as a victim and press charges for assault. This happened to my 22 year old son.
Review Source:This place was a valley tradition and now it has gone to crap the only nice thing I have to say about the bar is the have two great bartenders Jose and Oscar other than that I doubt I will ever step in the owl again the music is awful the place gets so crowded and five dollars to get in I understand that five bucks is not alot but still for this place I dont think so.
Review Source:WHY AM I PAYING $5 TO STAND IN A HALLWAY????? I have to say "Excuse me" & "Sorry" about 100 times, while getting felt up & purposefully rubbed on, as I try to quickly make my way to the back room.
One time I asked the DJ, who thinks he's the man wearing that clown mask, to play a Gaga song & he said "Nah, I don't play that Top 40 shit. Only real Hip-Hop here, girl." He proceeded to play Britney Spears, Bruno Mars & every single Ludacris song that came out in the early 00's.
Another time, my friends and I had started to dance on the table in the elevated section (aka piece of shit excuse for a dance floor). The security guards made us get down as soon as we got up, BUT they didn't make the 20 shirt-less, English, military boys dancing on each other get down when they were up there before OR after us. O______O
The only reason this place gets 2 stars & not 1 is because the back room is usually kinda empty - thankfully. So you actually have a bit of room to dance, if you're up for it.
Claudia A.'s review can't be topped, but I will throw my game in anyway. Â
Since I am the type of girl that drives to El Centro after work on Saturday to party with my...friend, we of course had to go to the right kind of place to see all the amazing things that El Centro nightlife has to offer. Â Hello, Owl! Â It was pretty fun, and some amazing people watching. Â I include us in the fun people to watch, we were wasted and having all kinds of good times. Â I did decline a few offers to dance on the bar, I guess I wasn't that drunk. Â Or I was but I know that I'm a white girl that can't dance.
Cougars? Â Check. Â Cholas? Check. Â Jarheads? Â Check.
Will I go back if I happen to be in El Centro again? Check.
What happened!? This used to be my old stompin' ground! Â This place WAS a tradition... but now $8 Jack and Cokes (gotta pay for that big new Elvis statue I guess) and the counter that used to serve the best burgers in all of the Valley has been removed and replaced with a stripper cage?!? Used to be able to go in there and everybody knew your name... Nope, not anymore, the Owl has now Officially gone to shit with gay guys dancing on the bars, packs of shady, wannabe gangsta's around every corner, metal detectors, bogus $5 covers, smoking areas that double as mugging areas (the fuckin' alley), and security brute squads... Pathetic.
Review Source:This place is a bunch of horny lame guys from the base and the only night club in the valley. Being from the Los Angeles area I notice cute girls that attend this hole in the wall act a lil stuck up, since there are only a hand full of attractive girls. Bottom line place is a joke and there are a lot of regulars that attend this place often lol. If you have nothing to do enjoy the cheap drinks otherwise just stay home or go clubbin in SD,LA, or Mexicali !
Review Source:The Owl. Not a cafe anymore. But when it was, it was one of the best cafes around. The breakfast specials were awesome and priced low. The hamburger lunch specials were the best. The grill was on the opposite side of the bar in the front. Too bad it is gone. A few owners later they decide to get rid of the cafe and turn it into a club type atmosphere. You can still have a good time, but the history and mystique of the bar has left with the previous owners.
Review Source:Don't let the $5.00 cover charge sign by the door fool you, there is no cover charge!
Either that or the bouncer thought we were cute?
Owl Cafe is quite interesting. Why is it called Owl Cafe if there's no Cafe? Can we just call it "The Owl"?
There's 3 parts to this place, the front (which is usually packed), the middle (what I called limbo), and the back where there is a stage and tables.
I prefer to chill in the limbo section, it's like I am watching a fashion show of shorts+high heels, guys with buzzcuts and popped collars, and the infamous Imperial Valley, CA beehives.
Right in the limbo section there are some stools and a bar, and this punching game arcade thing.
I loved seeing the guys prove their masculinities to female bystanders by first managing to put in a crumbled dollar and giving it their best punch.
Some dudes took it way too seriously. My drunk self couldn't help but obnoxiously comment, "WOW! You punch like soooo hard! You are such a MAN! You have full access to my vagina now!"
Everyone looks the same, it was SO AMUSING.
At some point some ladies were dancing on top of a bar and when buzzcut dudes would come and ask me and my lady friends if we were "having a good time" I would point them to that direction. "Look buddy you seem like a nice fellow, but you might want to divert your attention to the ladies with the shorts and high heels and beehives dancing on top of the bar over there because they seem to be in some need of it. Now get over there and make them believe that their self-esteem depends entirely on you!"
I am a fan of going to bars and watching people. Just watching, sometimes throwing some comments, and talking a LOT of shit. The way people throw game these days! Or how some of them go to bars to meet people and have sex with them at the end of the night.
I believe in going to bars for the drinks and the lols.
Lookout if you ever spot me in the nightlife, I might be judging you!
Fun times.
In the back there's a stage and another bar. The best bar of the 3 bars. The lady running it ensured to make some stiff and tasty drinks. Except the screwdriver I had, the OJ tasted like cheap OJ.
In the stage was a live band that played every depressing song in the book from Hoobastank's "The Reason" to Audioslave and even Radiohead's "Creep". Would I like self-loathing buzzkill alternative rock on the side with my depressant substance?
No. Get some better music, Owl! And by better I don't mean Journey, try a little harder!
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