Let's get ratchet, well just a little bit. Stopped in here to pre-party before the party. Good thing my friend knew the area because I would have overlooked it by a mile. Great place to stop in for a few drinks and shoot some pool. We had the table to ourselves- awesome. Would def recommend if your in the area and your looking for a good place to dive.
Review Source:I went on a Friday night at midnight with a +1.
-This was a very casual, low key bar. It's not fancy. Don't expect to find love at this place. lol
-Mixed crowd: old people, and young people.
-It was a humble bar with billiards and karaoke.
-Many different people sang and like others have previously said, everyone is supportive and nice!
-Lot of rock, alternative rock, and oldies/soulful song choices.
-Cheapest well drink I got = $5
-Cheapest beer on tap=$5
-credit/debit card $10 minimum!
Parking was pretty easy. The lot wasn't crazy at all when we left around 2am so the previous person who mentioned this problem might've gone on one of those busy nights.
I'd definitely come here to sing and get my confidence up some more before I hit Hollywood where all the younger, more-critical crowds are at. This is a good place to "practice" & just have fun and let go without worrying.
This place is a favorite of some of my close friends. I've been here maybe three or four times total and it's fun. Everyone there seems to know each other, it's got a total "Cheers" vibe which is nice to have in LA.
I'm only knocking off two stars because I had one bad experience there and I hope it doesn't ruin anyone else's. I got sick after drinking one of their beers on tap, and found out it may have been a dirty tap. It turned me off from drinking there too often. I'd recommend drinking bottled in the future because I never had a bad experience with bottled before.
This is probably my favorite bar on the planet. Â
I don't think there's a single regular here who isn't a massive alcoholic, which makes this place infinitely better than Dimples or any of those other dumb karaoke bars where you have to wait 2 hours to sing. Â
This is some hardcore deep valley shit. Â This place is the REAL DEAL.
If you want to get away from guys wearing striped shirts who think they're funny when they sing Kelly Clarkson, this is the place to be. Â I'll stick to hanging out with the red-faced 60 yr old guy who probably beats his wife when he gets home singing Neil Diamond any day of the week.
Ahh yes the Winchester room my home away from home. Literally a block over my apartment  its nice and quiet on the weekdays. I love coming here and already made friends with some the regulars. Mixed drinks are strong just how I like it and there's a popcorn machine and pool table to add some fun. 3 flat screens and comfy seating. You can also chose what to watch if one of the TV's are free. The owner and bartenders are super friendly and treats me like family which is very important to me unlike other bars in LA. The regulars are very friendly and laugh with you depending on the situation or whats on tv. People after work come here to relax and have a quiet time with their drinks like me.
Review Source:Warner: Check your bank statements. They charged me double what I agreed to pay on my receipt.
I have to wait till Thursday night to talk with the manager and hope this gets resolved.
I was with a huge group for a party that happens here every year so it's a little off putting to want to go back next year.
I think it's finally safe for me to write a review for the Winchester room. Â I went here back in May and had to be retold the happenings of the night after about an hour and a half in. Â Things got fuzzy.
I can safely base this review on the Winchester Room on the previous times coming to this bar over the years. Â My mother-in-law loves karaoke almost as much as she loves her cats, and she recommended this place a few years back. Â The crowd is diverse, funny, laid back. Â The karaoke is fun and the bar is not so big that you can only sing 1 song in a night. Â
Oh, and note to my future self upon your next outing at the Winchester Room: do not drink gin. Â It's your kryptonite. Â 2 drinks and you will perform, in a drunken stupor, the song from A Chorus Line "Dance 10; Looks 3" otherwise known as "Tits and Ass". Â I'm almost not afraid to show my face again. Â And next time there will be no gin.
Wow. It smells like...something in here. I came here with my sister and one of the regulars comes up and asks if we came here because of the Best Dive Bar article.
That was only half the reason.
The Winchester room always struck me as a bit dangerous and the regular saw to it that my suspicions were not far off...but only on the weekdays. Apparently the regulars are a surly bunch.
HOWEVER on weekends, a younger crowd invades the joint with karaoke and lots of drinking.
Ah. I fit into that second category. I still haven't been in on a weekday. I will report when I do.
The Winchester Room, how do much do i love you? i love you a lot. seriously... if i could i would take you out back and get you pregnant.
The bartenders are super nice and they also make great drinks. Which is perfect for karaoke when i need to build up my courage.
If there is ever a zombie apocalypse, i'll meet you at the winchester room. i'll bring my cricket paddle and my tape of Queen.
As authentic as it gets. You just don't find too many places like the Winchester Room in Greater LA. The people are extremely friendly and the place feels like some podunk town in nowheresville, USA.
Friday and Saturday nights the bar hosts karaoke and it is fantastic! The regulars are a riot and among the drunken wailers there are some truly talented folks.
I'm almost apprehensive to write a good review for them for fear that someone reads it and starts bringing folks around who don't fit the atmosphere. I would never want this place to change.
Winchester Room: you smell, you're trashy, you make people watching a sport, and I love you just the way you are.
This place is a riot. Â My soon-to-be-German friend Paul used to come here all the time when he lived in Glendale. Â
If Scotty beamed you in here, you'd swear it was situated on a long lonely road somewhere in West Texas, but no, actually you're in Glendale, a sleepy Valley city. Â Driving around, you wouldn't think there'd be this gem of a brew bar. Â Â Pool tables, karaoke, classic clientele. Â Busch Bottles! Â Wow, who the christ serrrves those? Â
Any-hoo, Paul and I got up there and WOW'D THE CROWD with our take on Neneh Cherry's timeless classic "Buffalo Stance." Â It's always fun doing karaoke in LA, because you never know when the lead singer from Krokus might be in the crowd, looking to discover you. Â He wasn't this fateful night, but some dude did rip out "Queen of the Ryche" by Queensryche. Â I was quite impressed that the 'yokie machine had this deep cut available. Â
Set up shop here with a group. Â You'll have a blast and meet some colorful characters fuh sho.
I roll up on my bicycle and step through the door only to be smashed in FACE with the smell of farts!!! I gag a little, keep composure and order a vodka cranberry. Meanwhile the place is bumping with one of the worst karaoke singers I have ever heard. There's no place to sit, because the tiny bar is filled, but just enough so you can't take a load off and have to dodge pool players sticks jabbing at the air behind them.
I get another two drinks and the fun begins! Some of the singers happen to be 5 star cover song masters. WOWOWOW!!! I am AMAZED and for those who merely scrape by on all fours I am laughing at! And this is the BEST PART, those who are butchering songs don't care if you laugh at them as long as you clap or hold your drink up afterward!!! HA HA HA!!! Best bar EVER to go alone to!!!
To the Winchester!!! GO! GO! GO!
Going to the Winchester says "I've given up any hope of getting laid but it doesn't mean I still won't try." Â
The drinks are cheap enough....my Stoli and Red Bulls are $6.50 during Friday karaoke night, which also happens to be the only nights I've ever been in this place. Â
Between Cowboy, D-Dawg and the owner that wears flip flops and looks like a fool chasing people down the street who skipped on their tabs, you can't go wrong at all. Â
If you get there early enough, get a cheap ass pizza at the place nextdoor and bring it in. Â It's great drunk food and no one in the Winchester cares what you do.
Ah, The Winchester. Â The closest thing to I've seen to "Cheers" slap on the Burbank/Glendale border. Â Noticed this place one day driving, tucked away in between a liquor store and an Armenian restaurant, and got curious. Â
First impressions: Â A REAL DIVE (Yes!). Â Pretty large room, couple tables and booths, a pool table, TV's and a pretty kick ass internet jukebox. Â Sparse, strange patrons -- but the good kind of strange. Â Definitely an older crowd, not seeing many young faces around here. Â David R. is on POINT with the Cowboy review. Â That guy is a riot. Â The owner buys a case of Busch Beer SPECIFICALLY for Cowboy, because he's basically the only one that orders it. Â Yeah, it's THAT kind of bar.
Bartender was laid back, unpretentious... A nice change from most bars around the area. Â Drinks were cheap, service is quick and if you stick around long enough you'll have a story to tell. Â For better or worse. Â I guarantee it.
Middle of the week is incredibly slow, so I recommend checking out the karaoke on the weekends. Â It's worth it just to watch the circus of characters step up to the mic and belt it out.
Oh! Cowboy is hammered!!!
So, this guy the locals call "Cowboy" was so blitzed out of his mind even I couldn't handle it. So I but some music on  - just to drown out Cowboys "AAGGGGHHHS!" No kidding. This guy was making some serious noise. You should have heard his call to the cab company.
Apparently he was in love with Evelyn, the girl working. He pulled some of this "I mean what I say. THINK about IT!" language... One of the older guys, Bill, had to help Cowboy to the cab. I was glad to see him go - he was bringing the place down.
Makers on the rocks - $4.50. Yes! Only wish they had more whiskey to choose from.
The juke is one of those Internet based ones - so go crazy and play what ever you like. Some how I had all of the older people (I was by far the youngest person there, by a good 20 years...) moving with my selections... Just made me laugh thinking about my next music pick...
Hint: As mentioned - avoid parking in the lot as you will have a hard time getting out of the lot when the night is over. I had 2 drinks in the middle of the day and I had a rough time getting out of there... Park on the street if you can.
I'm getting a hangover just thinking about this place. It's tiny and parkings a bitch but in the end its all worth it. How you might ask? Do you know how much my red bull & vodka cost me? $4.50!
*GASSSSSSSSSSSSSP*
Yes thats right! I payed for a red bull & vodka at half the price I would normally pay at some upscale joint. And the drink knocked me on my ass and gave me the best red bull & vodka hangover I've ever had! Fair warning this place does karaoke which I can't stand! Avoid those hours and days as much as possible and you'll enjoy this place as much as me, my friend and my liver did.
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