I recently went to this place for the first time and was quite pleased. A few friends and I went and played a couple of games of cheap pool (cheapest I have found in Santa Rosa), and the drinks were fairly priced. Nothing about this place is over-the-top. It is chill, relaxed, and a fun place to hang out with a few friends. Not recommended for large groups (8 would be a large group). There is no dance floor, no fancy sound system, and no light show so don't come here expecting a hot Friday night out with the ladies. Its Chill
And you WILL be carded no matter what age you are, so don't be rude, it's their job.
I like this place. I wouldn't go here if I were going out with a group of girlfriends, just because yes, it is a dive bar and does attract some seedy guys (although none that have ever bothered me), which is probably because I've only ever come with guy friends or mixed company. Drinks are cheap, and all the bartenders are friendly and love talking about sports and Giants baseball! I haven't had a bad experience here and will continue to come back. Check it out, relax a little, and play some pool. As long as you don't expect too much, I think you'll be glad you came.
BTW, it's the Dirty Bird.
Ive only been here 2 times and after getting tattooed so I really just wanted some strong drinks. The place is CHEAP! and the drinks are strong. and the bartenders we've had have all been pretty cool. there are creepy ass people in this bar though and the bathroom is shady too. Definitely a place you wouldnt want to venture too alone late at night and get really wasted. the regulars might eat your liver.
Review Source:So they dont call this place the dirty bird for nothing. They stright try to rip you off on drinks, saying you didnt pay for them when you did and them say there charge card machine is broken so you use there ATM. NO way. The place smells like a dirty hookers arm pit and the bar tender on Sunday nights is beyond rude and started a fight with my brother!
Cops were almost called!
Please save yourself the misery and chance of getting gonorrhea by walking into this place.
Its really that bad.
Of course I love this place... but I've got a bone to pick with the guy who was bartending last night. And that is:
If you're tending bar on a Friday night and you're the only one behind the counter and the people keep coming and things are insanely busy, it's quite alright and totally understandable that you're a little frazzled and have to be on your toes, constantly moving.
HOWEVER, that does not make it OK to talk shit to or yell at your bar back, particularly when he's doing you a favor by helping out the customers who are waiting, and most especially when it's in front of the customers. Just sayin.
This place truly sucks. Â The crowd is like running into all of the losers from high school that you wished you would never run into again, who are drunk, listening to loud crappy music and are angry at the end of the night, possibly wanting to beat you up.
I wish this place would close.
This was one of my favorite places to stop and have a drink. Mimi is great. However their priorities make it so i will never be back. The ass who owns the juke box like to only have his music on. He went on a power trip while we were there even though we were trying to spend our money! He is also a creep! Months before he was hitting on my girlfriend and i by telling us he could play whatever music we wanted. He could not take a hint and we left.
The bartenders and or owners should think about this. We are the people spending money there and tippig well! The 5 of us will no longer be back and i will do my best to spread the word.
Used to go to the Bird all the time in the old days of the joint. Now, not so much., haven't been back in maybe 2 years, as the last time I went, the place was awful. They renovated a couple of years back, expanding the place a bit (but yet not adding any more pool tables?!), adding a ridiculously loud juke box, some flat screens (who cares?) and a stripper pole (as if that doesn't tell you everything you need to know?). The fire pit's still there, and nice, but that's about it. The place is even trashier and dive-ier than ever before, and if I never go back, it'll be too soon. The crowd has gotten worse, and yet the bar's gotten busier. You'll wait a long time for your drink and have a lousy time drinking it. Go to the Bel!
P.S. In regards to a previous review" since when is "not for the upper Fourth Crowd" a con? Seems that's the one thing the Dirty Bird has got going for it..
God where do I start with the Dirty Bird. I mean, it's seriously gross (hence the name) but it is part of the trifecta of dives in Santa Rosa so how could I not go here? I actually I protested for ages and am STILL proud I have not been to the 440 because for FUCK SAKE I REALLY DON'T LIKE DIVES. Take me dancing! Please! Take me somewhere they have martini glasses!
Again the white trash of Santa Rosa live here. Plus there are random tranny sightings which is just bizarre. Seriously, other than the one time I came to the Dirty Bird, I have NEVER seen a tranny in Santa Rosa. So why would you be in this shitty ass bar?
Any way the one time I came it got me laid. By a dude with a HUGE DICK. Hence the extra star. I also remember going out with him at later date and having awkward silences the whole night. Lesson learned? Never try & date your one night stands.
So I brought some out of town friends here from Brooklyn who are in a band because I have never been before. It goes without saying we were the "Odd" group because they were wearing "tight pants". I gave up counting the looks from the guys inside who were obviously all uncomfortable because my boys were not wearing white t-shirts and baggy jeans. The girls there really seemed to like the regulars though since there were at least 5 giving lap dances around the pool tables. LAME. The only reason I am giving this one star is because the girl working behind the bar gave me a couple free drinks and called me cute.
Review Source:With its plywood facade and barred windows, the "Dirty Bird" looks like it's been closed down for years. However, the same crowd of drinkers have been religiously imbibing here forever.
I used to go here but have since grown out of this kind of trashy scene. If I want a dark and dingy dive in the Mendocino/College area, I'll just head over to the 440 where the crowd is slightly more savory.
I'm not sure how the place remains open without bringing the front of the building up to code so that it doesn't look like a burned out slum right in central Santa Rosa, but I'll give 'em two stars for pulling it off for all these years!
Well this is definitely a place to go to if you want...Well if you want to get to know the locals and the the exact same people day in and day out, and the fight that happens practically every night. its a great place to go for that type of crowd. yes its a dive bar which i usually thoroughly enjoy, but i feel that every time i go i need to order a drink, and a shot of penicillin. Im not a fan, but you can make your own choices. You're a big boy now. Â GO GET 'EM CHAMP!
Review Source:The Bird is where every buddy knows your name; they may NOT always be glad you came, but you find a good time there just the same. To me it feels like home, except my stripper pole is in my bed room. The bartenders treat you like an abusive mother would, the patrons will laugh, joke or fight with you the way siblings do, and I can always find a strong drink for $4 and a game of pool for 75 cents (Three song for a dollar of the juke). The place stays open till 2am, 7days a week and I am proud to call that dive my home away from home. Yes it is cash only, all good bars are. Yes you need your ID, but you need your ID to drink everywhere in the state of California. So bring your ID and plenty of cash, I'll see you at the Dirty Bird.
Review Source:People might want to talk about the wicked fire-pit, the digital jukebox that charges about a dollar per song, the pool tables, the crowds that linger and smoke by the door, the security people, the ridiculous rules concerning what colors can be worn inside, or even the service at the bar. I want to say but one thing.
Portable stripper-pole.
Really.
Thanks, now my ears and my asshole are bleeding from the music in here.
The bouncers carded us (we are all over 35)... and inexplicably let our friend in who had an expired license anyway.
this place is called "the dirty bird" by locals for a reason. They could cast a low budget horror film and a Carnival from the patrons.
If Steve Buscemi and Mickey Rourke had shown up, they would have been the best looking dudes in the joint.
lots of testosterone if you get there early (before 10pm)... burly dudes with mustaches drinking cheap bear and listening to death metal at eardrum shriveling volume. Metal needs to sharpen up it's game because this sounded like the same underground shit people were listening to in the late 80's except now somebody famous is producing it because it's clearly more commercial. Mall Kid Death Metal!
Hot Topic is the choice of Satan! Yeaaah!
anyway...
There is a palpable tension in the room, like everyone is waiting for the first punch to be thrown so they can pile on.
fun!
when the ladies started rolling in after 10:30, it was like a furlough bus from a state prison had broken down and the inmates were allowed in for a cocktail or 2.
There was a girl wearing a shirt that said "I'd fuck you", and she was with some serious country trash with white supremacist tattoos that (big surprise) she had gotten while in prison.
personally I like my whiskey without the racism thank you very much.
thankfully the music had switched to really loud White Stripes and we watched wannabe pool hustlers play 45 minute games of pool... truly some of the worst bar pool playing I have ever seen.
There is also a lone video game in the back that consists of 2 shotguns and a series of very non-ironic animal killing games. yawn. don't metalheads have a sense of humor anymore?
2 stars for excellent people watching but overall disappointing.
The Round Robin is universally known as The Dirty Bird by everyone whom I drink with. It is the eastern point of the Dirty Triangle at the intersection of Mendocino and College (the other points being the 440 Club and the Belvedere). This a dive bar. It is trashy, they only take cash, and you can get your ass kicked without too much trouble. 500 cigarette butts are on the street outside the front door every Saturday and Sunday morning. Gotta love it.
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