Michael’s Pub

This review is based on dive bars which I love and I love this place…
Great bar… atmosphere is dark. the .locals very, very nice… best bartenders… I live in Hollywood, but I
drop in every chance I get. right in line with Frolic Room, very Bukowski-​ish.
Pool table with hardly anyone on it and a great juke box… beer is cheap and cold… cant go wrong here folks!

They charged me $ 5.50 for a Rolling Rock. This is not Manhattan. The one star comes from the fact that they have bull fighting on TV, which is a mildly entertaining «sport».

Cash only with a wonky ATM that charged double for the amount I withdrew, and overpriced beer given the atmosphere.
Better off going down to the bars around Lankershim if you’re in NoHo. Better atmosphere, most take cards, and the beer costs the same or less.

A neon sign «Michael’s Pub: Cocktails» beckons to the lonely souse stumbling down the streets of Los Angeles. Within is a scene straight from «Barfly»: A dimly backlit bar, jukebox playing «Beer is Better then God», patrons that look like they have crystallized in the form of stalagmites from the condensed whiskey on their bar stools, and a sticky bartop perfect for hunkering on in a miasma of self-​loathing. Its the perfect place to artificially experience rock bottom, if you’re into that sort of thing, which I am.
Drinks, in keeping with the skid row ambiance are ridiculously strong, and obscenely cheap. My whiskey ginger was probably 9/​10ths whiskey, as was my buddies whiskey sour (both of which were made with Ten High). My Martini? Straight gin. The total? 12.50, not including tip. I would be hard-​pressed to find that sort of deal anywhere else in Los Angeles, much less in the state of California.
Michael’s provides the sort of gloriously perfect Bukowskiesque experience I no longer thought could exist in Los Angeles as a bastion of an almost extinct LA drinking culture more interested in a stiff drink than the vapid status-​mongering so seemingly prevalent in bars across the area. Without a doubt, this diviest of dives gave me one of the finest drinking experiences I’ve ever had in a city which I was certain had lost its soul.

The place looks ok on the inside it’s a bit small but it’s alright to chill with your friends. The people that go there are chill. older crowd but it’s ok I just go to play pool with friends not to pick up :) Anyways 75 cents per game $ 2.00 for a soda, I don’t drink beer so I don’t know about the beer prices.

This is my home away from home. Cheap drinks. Great music. Pool and Darts. No fake people. All the regulars are hard working people who want to have a good time but not spend there entire paycheck. If you ever grew up hanging in the garage with your buddies then you will fit right in. If you are looking for a yuppy dive bar, then keep on walking. This is not the place for you, nor will you feel very welcomed. Because like I said we are all down to earth simple people who look to unwind on the weekends. We prefer laughter and fun over drama. So if you don’t want to spend a lot of money, and enjoy a good night out. Micheal’s Pub is the place to be.
Love you Michael :)

No drink specials. A double jameson was $ 12. Dark even in the day. Pool and darts. Boy, did I take a dive, I’m glad I could swim back to shore. Admittedly, it was day drinking — so take your clinical depression vaccine before entry is my tip.

With a mix of regulars and 1^st. timers its a fun laid back bar. On Wed. night a bunch of studio cats named The Shuffle Bros. play the Blues there. Its not unusual to have more great musicians there waiting to jam.

I live right across the street from this place. Firs time I went is during Open Mic night on Tuesday and some drunk washed up-​emo chubby emo girl started yelling at one of the comedians. I laughed so hard I thought I was gonna pee my pants.
Awesome.

the last time i was here, prior to tonight’s visit… there was a local crust punk band playing. the place was noisy. screams, heavy distorted riffs, growling vocals. one song, the singer clarified before starting it off, «this song is about humans» sounded like all the rest, it was great! but any who…
someone a couple months back finally explained to me what a dive bar was, and boy this is the first place to come to mind. and today’s visit confirmed it. and it also burrowed into a small place in my heart. Vita the bartender was there! she’s a sweetheart, cept after last call, cause she trying to get home, understandably so.
this place is around the corner from my house, love it.
the bartender is friendly.
prices are dirt cheap.
bathroom’s clean.
free pool all day sundays.
there’s a new flat screen for sports, holla!
yeah, i’ve found a home away from home.
and oh yes, you can smoke at the bar. your local dive bar can suck it, cause mine pwns yours. cash only snitches.

Great neighborhood dive bar to hang out, drink cocktails, play darts and pool. The bar tender greeted us with a warm smile, and a hug as he came to our table to get our drink order. As someone who really appreciates dive bars, I felt really comfortable and will probably come back to check out a country or punk band in the future.
I stumbled upon this place by accident because I thought it was an English pub, so I went their to watch the World Cup last week. There was nothing English about it. Mostly an over 50 crowd of regulars. There was no beer on tap. Some guys started playing pool right in front of the big screen, but I didn’t care. I knew that I wanted to come back in the future to hang out. I probably won’t try to watch sports there again.
The best thing about it was that it was unpretentious. I know that I won’t have to dress up to go there and I won’t have to worry about weirdos trying to get my phone number. I would probably like to meet my friends there for a drink in the future. I look forward to trying the cocktails, since there is no alcohol on tap.

Ok, so my review is a little biased… Smoked some medication before I went to this place… And to my surprise found it quite hillarious!!!
I went on a tuesday night… I live right down the street and thought. Wow I want to get drunk and not worry about driving, So I went here.
It was Open Mic Night for comediens, They were all terrible and trying to make offensive jokes. I found it entertaining when 1 guy said I killed your dog the jerked off on it and came on it’s dead body.
Whiskey is cheap. $ 4 for a single (double) $ 7 for a double (glass full of whiskey splash of sprite)
Overall I can say that I approve of this place. If you drive, 24 hour Taco Bell is right next door.
If you like Hillarious oddities of people and have a warped sense of humor and like cheap drinks, darts or billiards. I suggest going here. Bring $ 30 bucks and you will walk out black out drunk!
Which is why I am gonna go there after I finish this drink.
Since this place is only good for it’s odd characters and phenomenal drink prices I am giving it a 3 star…
But if you value a TRUE dive bar. Then this is the place that you need to go to.
Drinkers, Tranny’s, 3 toothed people, and a juke box with 25 CD’s in it.

I’m all about a good dive bar, believe me, but… this place was just… no. Just no. Played there with my band a couple years ago and we didn’t even stay long enough to grab a drink afterwards — just set up, played, packed up and went to a Denny’s nearby. Funny enough while loading in our equipment I had tripped, fallen (sober, I swear!) and tore my knee into a bloody mess about 30 minutes before we were supposed to play, but hell, I looked like I fit right in there. ;) The crowd was okay from what I remember, but several people were bordering on scary drunk, and it was one of those places where I half expected someone to whip out a shotgun and spit some tobacco on my foot.

this is a dive. hookers outside. liquor sto’ round the co’na’. taco bell. where’s the gun store? mike is great. drinks are cheap. Tuesdays is comedy and pool tournament. darts. tv. two vidya game dudads. powder soap in the mens room? what up with that? weird. oh yeah. if you think yer tough, i think they’re hiring…

Some highlights:
9 handles of high quality Barton Rum behind the bar.
10 handles of highly drinkable Ten High Whiskey behind the bar.
5 handles of Barton Gin behind the bar.
One almost fight between local old men.
Frantic manager shooting out from the back to stop said fight.
About 42 apologies for starting said fight.
Harassment of the bartender by old men locals.
One younger local passed out while sitting up.
Darts.
Pool.
and a Juke Box Hero Fund.
Go ahead and ask me if they actually played Juke Box Hero with my donation dollar… no. No they did not. Jerks…