Bamboo Bernie’s

Pretty rough crowd of mostly regulars. Pretty awful food. Surprise credit card fees. This bar has been in a nose-​dive the last few years.

Drove 20 miles to watch steelers game at a so called «Steelers Bar» Reception on every tv sucks — no HD. Heading to Shooters. Never again

Not sure what night everyone else with bad reviews went on. But I went for my friends bday on a Thursday night so it was ladies night. Drink all you want for $ 10, there was a dj there playing all of today’s music and I loved the outside bar/​tiki area. It was my first time there and I had a great time.

My wife, I and two of our friends came here Saturday night because we heard there was going to be a good band. This place is not really any of our’s scenes. The band was Thrill and they were pretty good. The music was fairly spot on to the band that actually sang the song. I didn’t have any drinks mainly because already had some earlier and still had to drive home but my wife did and thought it was pretty good. The girls behind the bar and on the floor were dressed in Playboy bunny outfits. Let me just say that some of them were fine to be wearing it but others were not. Probably won’t go back unless some other band is playing that sounds good. Just not our scene though wasn’t very crowded for a Saturday night around 10

This is the place to go when Cancun Cantina is too club-​y and you want something larger than your neighborhood bar. I’ve never been here and NOT been hit on by a guy over 40… who all seem to own their own business, have a large boat, and sole custody of their cute preteen kid because their ex-​wife is a terrible person. Aside from the creepy older dudes (which I can’t complain about too much, listen to their stories and let them buy you free drinks, it’s whatever), the other clientele seems to be the trashiest women within a 50 mile radious, and skeezy guys in their 20’s visibly preying on the drunkest women they can see.
The trashy women are hilarious though. They get on the dance floor in their way-​too-​small outfits and dance so horribly, it’s a highly entertaining sight to see. Ladies night is ok, $ 6 for a bottomless cup… but of extremely watered-​down liquor given to you by sub-​par bartenders. All in all… it’s ok if you go when it’s warm out. You can stick to the cute beachy outside area and sit down with your friends. :)

Oh Bernie’s…how far you’ve fallen. When I first moved to the area, Bernie’s was so much fun, with good bands, cold drinks, and a nice mix of people. But the last few times I’ve been there I’ve realized just how badly it’s gone downhill. My last visit was for St. Patrick’s Day and was so bad that I only stayed about 30 minutes before leaving to come home and spend the evening with my dog, who was MUCH better company. I seriously doubt I’ll be back.
The quality of the bands has gone downhill… either that or their sound system is so bad that everyond sounds like a high school garage band. There is such a wide age range, with barely 21 yr old women grinding up against 60+ yr old men and vice versa. The outdoor tiki bar would be nice if it weren’t surrounded by all the smokers. But hey! If you’re willing to fight your way through a smokescreen to get to it, it could be good, I guess.

Look, I grew up in Pasadena so I’m aware of the night life culture in those parts (if you can call it that). I was still shocked at the overall creepiness of Bamboo Bernie’s. Granted, bar maids in school girl outfits are an understandable necessity. But 60 to 70-​something year old dudes with terrible dye jobs hovering around clusters of 20 to 30-​something party girls? And the droves of cougars waiting to pounce on any number of unsuspecting doofus with no less than a pound of hair gel slopped on his crown? Well, that’s maybe not as surprising these days :) All of this can be yours for a mere $ 5 cover and at least a day’s worth of ear damage from the grossly ample sound system. You know what? Ignore the one-​star rating, it’s almost worth it for the people watching — enjoy!

A mix of redneck and ghetto with delusions of grandeur. Only redeaming quality is the tiki bar, but that’s ruined by all the smokers. It’s also suffers from the same sexism and racism lot of local bars are guilty of. Only men are charged, and on occasion I saw white males not being charged for a cover either. Clearly the venue’s management needs a lesson in equality. It only gets a second star due to its size and ample parking.

This is a place that’s beyond a scam.
Locally this place is ’ the place to be.‘
The age rage of this place is something raging from 20 something to 45+, yuck.
Don’t waste your money, though nothing is really worth the time in the area, I would avoid!

Why not? Servers are friendly, the drinks are cold.

Last night I went to this place knowing that I would not have a good time. I went with some friends and as soon as I payed the $ 5 cover charge i regretted it. I stepped into this bar/​club with this live band playing metallica like music as loud as humanly possible. Then when I looked around I asked myself why I was talked into coming here… first of all the average age was maybe 45, they all seemed to be going through a midlife crisis– women dancing half clothed and men with their bandanna’s and Harley davidson clothing, I would have been happier drinking by myself. There was an upside however, an outside tiki bar which was nice in terms of being outside. The crowd that went with it was a different story, maybe people thought by coming to this bar it would suddenly warp them into their younger days. Well drinks were expensive and weak, the atmosphere sucked and the people were ridiculous. This one girl had on a skirt (which was not for her body type) that was literally three inches long and did not cover her ass just standing still, let alone when she was dancing to the music, I felt like i stepped into ghetto land… all i could do was just shake my head and wonder what in the world were these people thinking?