This bar is literally perfect.
First of all, I would like to mention how AMAZING their food is! Not only were the fish tacos to die for.. but the french fries too? Wayyy better than Wahoo's tacos.
After telling the waitress ( who was super nice & attentive ) to give my compliments to the chef, he came out, chatted with us and even gave us some hot wings, how nice!
We came on a Thursday with beers for only like $1 and mixed drinks were $3.50...... not to mention that the food was pretty cheap as well.
Overall I would say this bar is one of the few gems in the Southbay that offers quality service, food, and drinks for a very reasonable price. I will def be back for some more shrimp/fish tacos and some dirty shirlys :)
Been coming here off and on for about 7 years and it hasn't changed much. Typical old neighborhood bar with reasonably priced drinks, friendly service and laid back clientele. If you come in a few times, the bartenders will probably remember your name and likely what you drink (Jen, Maggie and Cassidy are great). It is well kept (bathrooms are always in good shape) but hasn't seen a remodel in ages nor does it need one.
The only major change/improvement is Hector in the kitchen. His food is absolutely amazing and you can tell he takes pride in what comes out of his kitchen. His Mexican specialties are on par with many great restaurants but he also makes a mean burger complete with a "homemade" bun. I especially like that he is open to special (and in my case oddball) requests and will come out to see if he hit the mark.
$1.50 "ice-cold" bottled beers and surprisingly good $1.25 tacos on Mondays & Thursdays after 4pm.
Like any service based business they have bad days too, but I'd say 9-10 times I come in I leave very satisfied....
My buddy took me to this place letting me know he found our next watering hole near/around M Beach and at 1st I was like ... a bit on the ghetto side - dingy carpet, old tired looking TV and such ... but price and service is the great equalizer. The food is pretty good (try the 1.50 slider or fish taco 'has some kick to it') and the beers are hella cheap... I ordered 3 sliders 2 schooners came out to like 9 bucks or something.
This place is worth checking out if you like diver bars with Sons of Anarchy kinda feel to it.
The stars weigh more heavily on the atmosphere than the food. Â The beers come in schooners, but not all of them, since I think they run out easily. Â So, maybe yours won't. Â The bar has trivia on Tuesday nights at 8pm, which brought us in originally. Â Living in the south bay my whole life, I never knew this place was here.
Some of the food can be greasy, but it's a dive bar, so don't set your expectations too high. Â The best bet is probably the pork slider.
Came in here on a Thursday and it was kind of full. On Tuesday and Thursdays the beers are 1.50 until 2300hrs, the cook is friendly and the food is great. The cook is friendly and as well the bartender. The bad part is that the parking gets pretty full and as well people on their 30's are mostly there. I recommend it to go!
Review Source:I love a good dive bar.
After a sweaty (and alcohol-filled) late night run through Manhattan Beach, The Schooner was just what we needed to quench our thirst and fill our bellies.
The food there is cheap, and the kitchen is open pretty late. I had a few pulled pork sliders which were fantastic. I also down a few tacos that definitely hit the spot.
Toward the end of the night, the head chef (or owner?) came around and brought our table a huge heaping pile of fries on the house. It was a nice touch for sure.
There were plenty of beers on tap here, and they serve them in the most badass goblet looking things on the planet. I kept calling it my 'pimp cup', which I'm sure got annoying pretty quickly. But hey...I was a little intoxicated. Those things happen sometimes.
I love this bar! My friends and I often find ourselves here after work on Thursday nights for dollar beers! I mean, really? That's the best deal in snobby Manhattan Beach. Hands down.
The icing on top of this place though is Hector's hideway taco's. It's kind of ridiculous how this typical all American dive bar has this hidden gem within it. The dollar taco's are good, but I ALWAYS happily spend an extra dollar for the carne asada tacos! I don't know what Hector does, but they are SO good! I've heard from my friends that the chicken wings and sliders are super good as well!
If you're looking for a great place to relax and talk about how the week's going then Thursdays at the Schooner is the place to be. Â Dollar (50) beer? dollar (25) tacos? What more could you ask for? Â Pool is here 75 cents a game which isn't too bad seeing as it's in MB. Â The chef there Hector is awesome and cooks damn good food! Â My buddies go in there just for the tacos sometime. Â Oh and the dollar beer night is on Mondays as well but on both of these nights it cuts off AT 10:45! not eleven, I guess there's some sort of "bar time" that's fifteen minutes ahead so don't look like a fool like me!
Review Source:i'm not really sure is there a way to give no stars???
..aniwho on with the show..
The Schooner is LAME, Depressing, nostalgic it's like waking up in a bad dream....
the guy girl ratio is the worst i've ever seen
either ugly or No girls at all
they should call this place Hawthorne College
the younger bartender is nice so i'll give it 1 star the other lady is rude as hell, she thinks you owe her something for setting foot in her bar....
this bar is weak i'd rather drink on skid row with the homeless guys next to a piss smelling dumpster.....
...waaaaaaaaaaaaaita minute you know what something good can come of this place!
if you feel you have no meaning in life, if you feel you want to do something better with yourself then come here you will walk into this dump look around and think! Â "I gotta go back to school make something of myself" Â "i gotta get a better job" Â it can inspire you to do something better with your time.........
I love The Schooner! Â The quintessential dive in Manhattan Beach, replete with long-time bartenders, old beer posters/neon signs, and shoddy pool tables. Sometimes there's karaoke, sometimes there's food, and sometimes there's neither. Â I like it no matter what. Â I prefer Schooner to The Castle because it's off of the main road.
There's plenty of parking in the back, but they share a lot with Magic Skewers (a restaurant I'll never go back to again after getting harassed on Yelp by their owner!).
My friend and I were vising California and were roaming around Manhatten beach for an authentic experience. We are low key girls from Pennsylvania who like to relax with pint and take in the "real side" of whatever town we are in. Definitely try the local Schooner's Ale - it is delicious and cheaper than all the other pints which in the area begin at 7 or 8 bucks. We stayed for about 3 hours and met a bunch of fun ppl. It got pretty fratty around 11 so we left, but before then it was a good, low key vibe with 80s rock on the juke box. This is where all the beach volleyball players go, so it turned into an Amazon jungle once the sun went down...good times!
Review Source:I got here and it was quite empty for Friday at 11:50 P.M.
We sat at the bar and no bartender. The chef had to call the bartender out.
She came out and she looked drunk and kind of shabby.
We were about to grab a drink and she had said a bartender's son had just gotten killed... and another bartender was in labor.
So talk about an awkward situation.
We ordered whatever she would give us and she poured us 3 shots of Jameson. I let it be the bartender's choice since she seemed depressed as hell.
I looked at one of the glasses and it looked like there was a black booger inside it or something. She picked it out with her fingers and luckily she took it and gave me another glass.
We took the shot and sat there waiting, figuring out whether we wanted another drink or leave. We opted for another drink but more people came in and she told them the story, and it took another 10 minutes for her to realize we were there.
So instead we left. She charged us 16.50 for 3 shots of Jameson.
Definitely the slap in the face I needed to realize I won't ever be back here again.
Sorry for your loss, but this night was definitely unacceptable.
Ok, Ok, I'll finally review this place. I've lived in Manhattan for a long time and I've been to the Schooner a million times. It's great if you want some cheap beer and like people watching. There are a lot of idiots that come here. I like to spend my time at different places nowadays but the Schooner lifestyle was great while it lasted. I don't know if Jen still woks there but I love her. She's a good bartender and a great girl. Maggie is also cool. I used to think she was a bitch but just talk to her and you'll see she's really nice! Anyhow, I do like to visit every now and then just to stop in, but I'm not a regular anymore. Make sure you go for dollar beer nights! awesomeness!!!!
Review Source:I have been dying to hit up local bars but have been too scared to go alone and couldn't find a friend who would go with me. Finally, when a friend picked Schooner's for her birthday kick-off, I threw on shorts and sandals and jetted off to Manhattan Beach.
The first impression was best put by my boyfriend: "Where's Swayze... we're in Roadhouse."
When we first walked in we realized my friend wasn't in yet and we were standing smack in the middle of a bar full of people downing $1 beers and staring at very lost looking huge guy and me, the only asian to be seen. I'm embarrassed to say this, hoping I won't offend anyone but, in the peak of our anxiety, we walked directly back to our car to wait for our friend. (Hides face in shame)
The experience when my friend arrived was actually quite awesome. The food  passing by me on the way to their destined bellies smelled delicious and I had a few folks nudge me to get the $1 carnitas taco, but I passed due to having gorged prior to driving over. What was shocking to me was the price- I got a vodka pineapple, vodka tonic, and a beer for $8. That's just amazing considering my friend actually complained that her drink was really strong (which is not a legitimate complaint!) The bartenders were all very attentive and fast and the folks were rather friendly; rowdy, but friendly.
And yay for $1 beer Thursdays!
There was one person who creeped me the hell out by asking me if I waxed my eyebrows and then following up by asking what I did with the rest of my body. But I guess one creeper can be allowed. He was pretty entertaining anyway.
I'm down for local dives!
I never knew it, but I work right around the corner - SCORE!!!!! This place is a bit divey - but I love dives!! :)
$1.00 domestic on Mondays and Thursdays - And I would like to say that my favorite bartenders in the world work on these nights! Annie works on Monday and Maggie works on Thursday. These 2 girls are nice, professional and they run a tight bar! Always, always, ALWAYS service with a smile! I LOVE THAT!!!
Several TV's, full bar, 2 pool tables, dart board, video games and plenty of seating. Oh and they also have a kitchen that serves up burgers and fries, wings and street tacos.
It packed so get there early!
I cannot believe i have not been here before. Â I have had this place bookmarked for a while and FINALLY stumbled in after a day of cruising around.We walked in and there was a small group hovered around the bar and when we walked in errrrrrrr they all turned and looked and silence fell over the place. Â I asked if we were interrupting and they were the only people in the bar wasnt sure if they were even open...but the bartender welcomed up and waved us in. Â what a great vibe thisplace has onewe broke the ice. Cheap drink, some beer on tap, a small kitchen serving the bar essentials, pool tables, darts, juke box and an awesome bartender who damn i forget her name but says she has been there for 31 years. Â Now that is dedication to a bar! Â As the time went by the joint filled with locals clammering for a pint after work...im a fan i love this place i will be back...
Review Source:If you look up "Dive Bar" in the dictionary, you'll find a picture of The Schooner right next to it.
It's hidden on a small, quiet, almost residential street with plenty of parking. The bar itself is roomy with a jukebox, a couple pool tables, a scattering of squishy booths and a big old tv set up for the purpose of displaying karaoke lyrics every Friday night.
Cheap beer is served in giant goblet-shaped glasses, the bartenders are generally friendly and the crowd aside from our birthday group  looked like a rougher crew of locals (several of them could SING although they looked like more like Susan Boyle than Carrie Underwood).
I gave the birthday girl her gift, played a few games of Photo Hunt (very disappointed they didn't have Sexy Photo Hunt, I much prefer looking for third nipples on an 80s porn star than extra fish in an ocean scene) and called it a night. If you go with a big crew wearing jeans and t-shirts and have fun wherever you go then The Schooner might be a good choice, if you're looking for a place to see and be seen then The Schooner ain't your scene.
Quick Review: Fun atmospher & cheap drinks.
If you lookup "Dive Bar" in the dicionary you will see The Schooner.
Please don't think I'm putting this place down. To quote Toby Keith
"I love this bar
It's my kind of place
Just walkin' through the front door
Puts a big smile on my face
They have a full bar with a standard selection of alcohol, nothing too exotic. I don't believe they have a blender, so no pina coladas etc. The big deal is $1 beer nights
They have a kitchen. I have never eaten here, but have heard the sliders are good.
On Fridays they have Kareoke. On other nights there is a digital jukebox that has just about any song you can think of.
There are 2 pool tables, a dart board (ask the bartender for darts), a bowling arcade game, a Ms. PacMan table top and a Golden Tee arcade game. They also have Hot Spot (Keno).
I'd give them 5 stars but they need to clean the bathrooms!
Yes, it's a dive. Hidden off of Marine Ave. But it's got LOTS of room, and things are well kept. The pool tables are in good shape, no holes. It's elevated above the general hangout area. No asking people to MOVE. Gotta love that part alone!
Decent, if old tunes in jukebox..
It's a locals place for sure, but I used to go there years and years ago, so I feel pretty comfortable.
Never too full, or too empty. Bartenders are basically OK. Nights can get a little rowdy. Good spot to meet after hanging out at the beach with a big group!!
It's 20X better than The Castle across the street on Sepulveda!!
Hole in The Fucking Wall! Thurs are always packed for Dollar beer night but worth it in my opinion. Th place looks like its a biker hangout until the Mexican chavalos and chavalas, preps, punk rock kids and the local geezers show up for the 1 dollar piss water special. I should know, I'm one of them! The only thing I dislike about Schooners is having to leave early otherwise ill suffer the hangover consequences the next day at work. Nice big booths for your entourage. Does tend to get packed though so be prepared to stand at the bar for a while until you get the barkeeps attention. Â Not the greatest bar but its def got some character.
Review Source:This bar is da shit!!!! It's my former boss' favorite bar so whenever she's there (which is pretty often) we always follow along. Beers are cheap and they serve them in HUGE glasses. They got a jukebox, street parking, and good food that's from the restaurant next door. I recommend their sliders. This place attracts college crowd on the weekends and they have Kareoke night on Friday nights. Pool tables and darts.
Review Source:When describing to a friend how to get to The Schooner, I said, "it's in between the abandoned Blockbuster and that kabob place we used to think was a money laundering front." And she knew exactly what I was referring to: the one block seedy underbelly of Manhattan Beach. We actually went out one night EAST of Sepulveda! Shocking!
This place is so under the radar that we've probably passed it a hundred times without realizing that it existed. When I want a simple drink on the weekend without having to worry about who I'll run into, this is the place I go. It's usually us and the seven regulars who think we're intruding.
The Schooner is your typical dive bar complete with neon signs, pool tables, darts, and cheap, stiff drinks. If you appreciate a little bit of flair like myself, then always always say yes to the Schooner when you order a beer on tap. You'll be glad you did after enjoying your beer from a monstrous goblet that requires two hands to drink.
If you're looking for a low key, cheap bar, I say venture east to The Schooner!
A pretty standard dive bar. Â My friends and I had mixed feelings about the place. Â I particularly liked it. Â You can't go wrong with cheap beer and tons of parking. Â Plus this place was only a couple blocks down from where I live, so kudos for the short distance if I ever need to drunkenly stumble home.
*Random Thought:
Why does the pool table have only 14 balls? Â And double the number of solids than stripes? Â Oh well, let's get drunk!
Fin.
There is karaoke here on Friday nights with my absolute favorite DJ! So that's why this place gets 4 stars from me.
Schooner's is a true dive bar. Never too full, same crowd each time, and stiff drinks.
If you drink too much, the bartender will make sure you take a cab. They have a cool phone that directly calls the cab for you!
They accept cards here and you can run a tab. My BFF Kelly and I have drank here extensively on many occasions with bar tabs well under $50. You just can't beat that!
There is a parking lot in the back  but there is ample street parking along 22nd. There is also a lot across 22nd where we've parked on a Friday night, left our car, and it's still there with no problem the next day.
Since it's never too too busy in here, if you come on karaoke night, be prepared to sing!! You can sing a billion times if you want, so use this place to try out new songs or impress with your standard picks. If I'm there, I will cheer for you!
**If there is a half way decent, ok looking, 30ish guy here named Scott, ask him if he sucks balls. Seriously, this is part of his pick up lines. He is oblivious to why this makes me want to ignore him. Instead he thinks that I have no sense of humor...
This is your standard dive bar. Â What qualities quantify a dive bar, you ask? Â Here's a few:
1. One bartender, 20+ customers waiting to holler their order.
2. Cheap shots and beers.
3. Bad decor, such as Nascar-shaped lights dangling above...
4. Pool tables with guys betting drinks.
5. A dart board (this one complete with an oddly-placed bump, right near the bull's eye, making it nearly impossible to accurately aim at the spot).
6. A Bat Phone. Â Except this one calls Yellow Cab, not Batman. Once you're drunk you're just one push away from your chariot home. Â
Here, a schooner is not just a type of boat, but a large, goblet-like mug full of beer for the bargain price of $4. Â It's heavy and ridiculous-looking, but everyone here seems to think it's cool. Â If you're looking to escape the hubbub of downtown, here's your place!
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