Rock Rest Lodge

What a place. This is a classical dive bar in the simplest sense. Weird shit all over the walls and ceilings like bombs, a rhinoceros serving PBR, shrunken skull, weird torn up ceiling, cheese pool tables with one roof light kind of lighting it up. Back bar that looks like a cheap wedding hall reception bar like at an American Legion or Elks Club. Great service from the waitresses and at the bar we move to the bar a bit later in the night. Great cheap $1 drafts for happy hour and other mixed drinks for cheap. Then the wings we tried for a snack, whole wings three parts each. It's like getting two wings for the price of one. 8 full wings for $9 or 10 dollars. There not spectacular but tasty. Again this is a dive bar and this rating is biased on that regard. Be prepared to watch the hillbilly scuffles begin around 9pm. We'll be back for happy hour and plan to leave early.

This is an interesting place.  I've drove by hear a couple times and always wanted to know what it was like inside.

First off, this is a bar and should be viewed that way.  Yes they have food, in the form of a self serve BBQ window, but in it's soul this is a bar not a restaurant.

Positives:  Spacious interior with lots of room for pool, live music and an awesome patio (also with live music), OK beer selection, friendly staff and clientele (on a Sunday) with just the right amount of weird.

Cons: A little dingy...which can be a positive depending upon what you are looking for.

All in all I think this is an alright place to go with a group of friends for a couple beers (the BBQ is just OK)

Homeless people, druggies, and drunks.  Its a good place for laughs.  Be careful. Golden Police wait in the parking to arrest drunk drivers. The food is so greasy and salt is the main ingredient.  Its prison food.  The bathrooms are freaking nasty and the place just smells.   The yard house beats this place by far.