Black Watch Pub

I like the new driftwood! The owners have been really kind and interested in the folks coming in. They opened the look of the space up by taking down the cupboards and have painted the walls. They have a good selection of draft beer (& some local brands). Feels like a friendly local neighborhood bar. I like the place!

Love this dive!
Older crowd
Not to bugler or sloppy
Great music box
Cash only
Bartenders are a little bitchy

Lol

If there was a negative I would rate it — 100 I saw someone smoking drugs in the bathroom or somrhing it was definitely not weed plus he was hooking up with the bartender. Not friendly at all I am a local to stay the fck away from this s, hole.#wheredremesgotodie

«Where dreams go to die» is what someone told me about this place. Exactly my thought the second I walked through the doors. We grabbed a pizza next door at munchies and I walked in with a soda and immediately this girl came up to me and said I wasn’t welcomed there and needed to leave with my soda. Didn’t have to tell me twice, I’m not the cocaine doing strung out junkie working there. I understand I shouldn’t have brought my dr. Pepper in, but was told you can bring your own food in so excuse me. You can be polite about it. Never going back.

Cool little place to grab a beer after work, during the game, whenever. Can’t beat the price for beer. Seriously. You can’t.
The bartender on the night I went was Hannah. Super nice, easy conversation not pushy or crabby. Oh yeah, didn’t hurt she’s a total cutie ;) But really, Customer service isn’t something you expect from small local bars. Speaking of which, the patrons all seemed to be neighborhood regulars but as a first timer I didn’t get a «members only vibe»
Did I mention free pool?! Yeah, unbelievable I know. You really need to come check it out.

Not a friendly place. This bar does not attract the professional types, exceptions exist but not enough.
Women are typically scared away by the black crotch pub. You can bring food, but you get stared at by broke dudes with broken homes.
The owner brings food Monday nights. So those dudes don’t stare quite as attentively.
Clean bathroom for the establishment. Some bartenders are cool enough to feel sorry for.

Free pool, friendly staff, clean bathrooms, expected beer and wine prices.
The reasoning behind the 2 stars is the douche bag that sits in the front corner of the bar day and night policing and giving dirty looks to new patrons. He is not the owner but sure acts like it and is completely unwelcoming. If I was the owner I would not want this guy at my bar at all.
This past weekend we went to meet up with some friends and he had the nerve to come up and tell members of our party that we were too close to the pool tables with our beer… WTF. It is 7:30 pm and we were sober, what is this guy like to the patrons at 12 am?! The place wreaks of cigarettes as they allow patrons to sit on a chair propping the doors open to enjoy a smoke. So it is okay to break laws on smoking but too close to the pool table will get your kicked out, got it!
If you want a local bar and low key vibe I suggest Redz Jukejoint over this place… the Black Watch doesn’t have a decent juke box and that old bastard is not worth it.

This pub is a locals only joint! It has some of that old Huntington Beach feel from the 1990’s. They serve beer and wine only, mostly form bottles, not tap.
The pool is free as along as you’re drinking and a regular isn’t spending hours on it. There’s munchies pizza next door if you get hungry.
The service is great and if you live in the area, it’s a great way to meet some neighbors. It’s not in an exciting part of town, so this is a destination place.

Its definitely a locals only bar… new years eve last year, we had 20 minutes to kill while waiting for one of my girlfriends to finish getting ready, so we headed here, as it was in the neighborhood. It was about 4PM in the afternoon, and as the 4 of us walk in, everyone sitting at the bar turns around and just stares at us. The music went dead. We were frozen in place… it was almost like one of those awkward moments from a teen movie. Already uncomfortable, I tried to make the situation better by ignoring them, going up the bar, and ordering a pitcher of beer, 4 mugs please! I get the beer, hand over the cash, and say «Thanks, sweetie!» to the older gentleman who was pouring my beer. Big mistake. He looks at me and says «Im not your sweetie» and just walks away. Now, I know some people are sensitive to the «honey/​sweety» thing… but an old ass man behind a bar (someone told me he was the owner, no less!), talking to a cute little 20 something chick who was just trying to be friendly? that was a little much… I think we drank half of our pitcher, then left. I’ve been in there a few times after, and if its busy, its fine. But if its slow, dont even bother. You’ll get pushed out…

Ehhh pretty much a locals only place. I don’t think they welcome new people. I’ve never actually been in but I walk by all the time and say hi and the bald guy that works there has never once said hi back…

Standard dive bar, but it’s in Huntington Beach. Seriously, leave your attitude and Affliction t-​shirt at home, otherwise, something might happen to you. Came here on a Saturday night, and had a few beers with the lady and some friends. Good atmosphere, and free pool as well. I like the place, but then again I always feel at home at a seedy dive bar.

This place is just awful… first bad sign was all the beat up beach cruisers parked outside the doors. Second bad sign was all the skeezy looking dudes (many of them w/​shaved heads and full beards), a few of whom looked much like the animatronic characters from the pirates of the caribbean ride. Third bad sign was the poster up near the back of the bar with the native americans that read, «Homeland Security… protecting our nation since 1492.»
I almost want to say that they were looking for an excuse to kick myself and the other «colored people» out of the bar, but the bartender was able to find a reason to kick us out because of someone in our group «loitering» outside.
As we left we cleared the bar out… not a surprise that the only ones left were the local alcoholics they continue to happily poison for $$$.
Choose wisely… choose somewhere else.

My favorite local watering hole. Walking distance from my apartment and not having to deal with the typical Huntington Beach crowd. It’s just a bunch of regulars that want to enjoy the $ 6 40’s and free pool. The bartender have always been amazing as well.
I use to live in Germany and traveled Europe and this place is a good replica of a typical Pub. Love it.

Get rid of the bums and get the beer cold for starts!

Eeesh, this place SUCKS. Ass. Hard, on the lips. It smells like a wet dog in front of a heater. The bartenders are so hideous the mice stand on the chairs. Regardless of being 1,000 yards away from my front door, walking distance, I have literally been in this hole 3 times. It has the biggest posse of grumpy, crusty old-​man locals who lay the stink-​eye on anyone who DARES to come into «their» bar. Also, would it kill you to get your bottled beer BELOW 60 degrees? I think I would have more fum if I bought a twelve pack and drank it in the laundramat next door.

This is my new place to just enjoy getting out of the house, but not going to far… I can keep my sweats on with flip-​flops, a warm hoodie, and head up the street arm and arm with my man to enjoy getting my ass kicked at a free game of pool.

While were there, they have decent priced hot sake which has sold me from day once since I’m not too much of a beer girl, and for him a decent selection and they have 40s! Its such a laid back little place, Munchies Pizza next door will deliver to your table and the bartenders don’t mind. All the girls there I’ve met are easy going and just down to earth but I think any one that comes to Black Watch has the same general attitude and that’s why I love it here :)

This is not a place to go if you want to have local HB ngihtlife. This is the place to go if you want to kick back with some old friends and enjoy some beers. Its an old «cheers» type vibe. No BS, No tramps, No ‘tudes. Just some kick ass songs playing, some cold beers drinking, and good friends hanging out.
I dig this place.

This is a cool neighborhood bar tucked away in a small strip mall on Adams. They only have beer and wine, but the prices are spot on and you won’t find cheaper in HB anywhere.
What’s even better is they have free pool when you drink and there’s a good amount of players there at all times.
There’s lots of locals, so be on your best behavior, they def. don’t allow for riff raff or hassling of the patrons or bar tenders. You WILL get kicked out, drug out and beat if you misbehave, I’ve seen it happen a few times.
All in all, a great local hangout, good selection of beers and free pool.
They do close at midnight though and only accept CASH…

I checked out this dive when it first opened. I was very interested in seeing what a bar in HB that was called the Black Watch was all about, me being a Scot American and all.
I found out it was run by a couple that went on a trip to Scotland and I guess fell in love with it. So they opened a bar, trying to recreate an authentic Scottish Pub. They threw some Scottish iconic stuff on the walls and called it the Black Watch…
I really wasn’t feeling it. No Scotch servered for one! And not really any Scottish beers, although they did have the usual assortment of British beers.
I’d pass on it unless you just lookin for a dive to pound some beers at in HB i suppose.

Located between Main st. and Beach just off of Adams, it is no wonder that this place is a hole in the wall, local joint. I would always pass this place on my drive to OCC vowing that I would pay a visit when I turned 21. When that magical year arrived, I finally did. This bar has a really local vibe to it, except it’s not like the local bro vibe you’ll get at downtown; instead it’s more of a regulars, 30+ age crowd who don’t want any bullsh*t and only listen to rock. Also, yes, there is a parking lot, however if you use it people will stare at you since most of the people either walked, biked, or skated to this place, as you might notice by the display of alternative transportation. If you do decide to drive here, all I ask is that you do not park directly in front of the bar, high-​beams flashing, but instead park to the side of the building or in the spots in front facing the streets.
The inside of the bar is pretty dark. It’s not a glamorous dark like you’ll find downtown, but more of a dive dark to it. I remember playing pool yesterday and the lamps above the table being dusty with words and initials marked in the dust. There are 4 pool tables and, amazingly, they are free! This place is a gem for that reason alone, but also because the equipment is actually quality, so please respect it as most people do. If you want to play pool for free go down the street to the rec center and you can use the equipment that’s been jacked up by kids who’s parents didn’t raise them right. There’s also a CD jukebox that has mostly rock with the exception of the «drinking songs» album that people would rather not hear. There’s a number of muted televisions on the wall displaying mostly sports, but no one really seems to care about them. The bar is fairly long, seating about 15 people and there are tables on the surrounding walls. On a busy night there’s not much seating either, but that doesn’t mean you can’t stand next to a wall and drink.
Now on to the drinks. I’m going to admit that I only order beer, so I don’t know whether this place has anything more than beer. There’s a good selection of domestics and imports available which are all pretty typical for any local bar, but the price of the domestics is excellent. It’s $ 7.50 for a pitcher of Pabst, which can’t be beat anywhere else I know of. There’s also Bass, Guinness, and Harp if you’re feeling more across the pond. I forget to talk about this place being a Scottish pub. Well it is and it isn’t. The sign does sport the St. Andrew’s cross and there is a bunch of Scottish memorabilia and decorations, but that’s about where it ends. That’s simply Huntington Beach and much of Orange County for you.
Another important detail: it is CASH ONLY. Remember that.