Rea was a awesome bartender , she made my first impressions of The Sportsman bar very memorable , she was always on top of making sure me and my party where well on our drinks . 10/10 service!. I hope to run into her again next time I show up to have a few drinks with the boys. Great times!
Ryan S.
This place hasn't changed much since I started visiting 15 years ago lol. This is never my bar of choice, but friends wanted to go since it was nearby. Every now n again you get a rude bouncer. What their problem is, I have no idea, I'm in my 30's and I'm showing you my card like you asked, so check your ego. The inside looks the same as it did years and years ago. Pool tables are in decent shape but it's hard to play because people are huddled around them and constantly getting in the way. Music is very loud so naturally people are trying to yell over the music which doesn't help. Still got the ladies in the skimpy outfits so guys can perv out on em and maybe throw a few extra bucks towards a tip, not my thing but whatever. Ultimately it's just another Dive Bar with a nice exterior.
Chris Bane
I used to come here about four or five times a week but I won’t anymore after today. Besides the bathrooms being dirty and disgusting the women are not that friendly. today I walked in I wasn’t even greeted. Nobody said hello to me all they said was what do you want to drink handed me a beer the woman bartending today was especially rude maybe because she’s on steroids, like trwnbolone which she told me. She’s going through her menstrual cycle possibly or because she apparently has a bodybuilding competition coming up, but none the less was super rude. The clientele which is mainly old thirsty men who don’t wanna spend a lot of money and want to look at some booty come here and they say dumb shot and don’t want to back it up. One was super rude to me today and I was rude back and the bartender took the other guys side and made me feel very alienated and like I never wanted to come back so I told her I would not come back and I’ll be taking my business to Distractions and Pub 33, the bartenders there talk to you they flirt with you they make you feel good and they serve you drink in a timely manner and they don’t make you the bad guy at the bar over wanting to leave! I was trying to close out and apparently I got some ribbing for that and I gave some ribbing back to the guy giving it to me, and now I’m such a bad guy and getting rude treatment! This is a bar a bikini bar at that and one I will no longer spend money at. sayonara
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Alejandro Optional
Good to hang and play billiards. Clean bathrooms. Sierra and sheila are really
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Bane S.
I used to come here about four or five times a week but I won't anymore after today. Besides the bathrooms being dirty and disgusting the women are not that friendly. today I walked in I wasn't even greeted. Nobody said hello to me all they said was what do you want to drink handed me a beer the woman bartending today was especially rude maybe because she's on steroids, like trwnbolone which she told me. She's going through her menstrual cycle possibly or because she apparently has a bodybuilding competition coming up, but none the less was super rude. The clientele which is mainly old thirsty men who don't wanna spend a lot of money and want to look at some booty come here and they say dumb shot and don't want to back it up. One was super rude to me today and I was rude back and the bartender took the other guys side and made me feel very alienated and like I never wanted to come back so I told her I would not come back and I'll be taking my business to Distractions and Pub 33, the bartenders there talk to you they flirt with you they make you feel good and they serve you drink in a timely manner and they don't make you the bad guy at the bar over wanting to leave! I was trying to close out and apparently I got some ribbing for that and I gave some ribbing back to the guy giving it to me, and now I'm such a bad guy and getting rude treatment! This is a bar a bikini bar at that and one I will no longer spend money at. sayonara
Fiya
Such an opening atmosphere and Sheila is a great bartender, very attentive and nice and I will definitely be back?
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Maria
I was 86 because I went thru the back door twice. AJ embarrassed me in front of multiple ppl. To be frank, he has wanted to "hook up with me" and I was 100% that I didn't want to and he still took it out on my entry and my patronage. I highly recommend you seek other bars.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
John P
Cool bar. Cool people. Bartender on Wednesday Is hot but self absorbed
I've had a "security" person tell me if I'm into a "black ppl" but the derogatory term in spanish and he also tried to kiss me and I told him no. This isn't the a safest bar for women. His name is JeffAlso I've had the other regular security person have me kiss him even when I didn't want to. He was super forceful... His name is AJ.Boon docks across the street is WAY BETTER!
Maria E.
I've had a "security" person tell me if I'm into a "black ppl" but the derogatory term in spanish and he also tried to kiss me and I told him no. This isn't the a safest bar for women. His name is JeffAlso I've had the other regular security person tried to kiss me even when I didn't want to. He was super forceful... His name is AJ.Boon docks across the street is WAY BETTER!
Tai T.
It's rare for me to come across a dive bar with actual dive bar prices, the bartenders are cool, service is attentive, the well cocktails are stiff, the patrons are chill and they take credit cards with no additional credit card fees or order minimums. To date ever since I picked up drinking booze as a favorite pastime, I can only think of two dive bars that meets 5 of the 6 things in my book of what makes a great dive bar: The Roost Cocktails in Silverlake/Atwater Village area and The Office Bar & Grill in Lincoln Heights. The caveat here being The Roost is a cash only spot while the Office Bar & Grill actually charges credit card fees on top of the drinks and/or food that you order, which is unfortunately inconvenient but it is what it is. The Sportsman is the first dive bar I've been to that fulfills all 6 of the things that make a dive bar great. With that said, this is just my first time here so who knows? This review might change in the future upon future visits to this spot but based on initial assessment, I'm impressed. Unlike bars in East LA, DTLA, Glendale, or in the San Gabriel Valley, I find that this particular thing about dive bars seem to be totally non-existent in the LA County area and that is female bartenders dressed in bikinis for the entirety of their work shift. What is not to like about some young nubile T&A walking around and serving booze with a smile? It's every guy's fantasy. It's basically a strip club minus the actual strip club with cheap booze, pool tables, and a Touch Tunes Jukebox. I ordered 3 vodka soda's on well and my total came out to be less than $20 on a Saturday night at about 6-7PM or so. Not sure if they have happy hour or if that's the usual price but I'll take it. The same 3 vodka soda's at my two favorite dive bars would run me up $30 before tip at The Roost and $24 at the Office Bar & Grill. Don't get me wrong though. There was a point in time in both of those bars where well cocktails used to be $4-6 a drink, respectively but the pandemic and recent across-the-board price inflations have hit my usual drinking holes and it's just become unaffordable for me to drink alcohol on the regular at these two spots. But Sportsman is charging what my old bars used to charge like several years ago before the pandemic and before the price inflations--the only downside being that the drive is so, so out of my way. It's a 21 mile one way trip for me from East LA. Otherwise, if I lived closer to the area, The Sportsman would have become my new drinking hole--hands down. No contest. Taylor and Lauren were the bartenders that night and wow--smoking hot--but not just that, they were very attentive and made sure I always had a drink in my hand the moment it was empty. And it was a pretty packed Saturday night. All 3 pool tables were occupied, the front of bar were filled up except a couple of spots here and there. It's also very dark inside. Not so dark that you can't make your way to the bar but definitely pretty dimly lit inside. The bar itself is U-shaped space and seats maybe 12 people max at any given time. The pool tables take...quarters, I think? I didn't check how much it'd cost for a game but I'd imagine it'd be a $1 to $2 per game. Pool sticks weren't in the greatest of conditions but they'll do the job. The entrance leads you down a couple of flights of stairs in an L-shape curve and you are immediately greeted with the trio of pool tables to your right along with the digital Touch Tunes jukebox while in front of you is the front of bar 'area'. TV's line the walls at the front of bar and more TV's also line the wall on the 'pool table' side. Restrooms are to your right hand side but at the far back end. You'll have to zig-zag your way through the pool tables and front of bar area OR walk to the front of bar, make a right, and walk straight down the hallway. It's a cramp restroom with two standing toilets and one normal toilet
Ernie Ayala
Wanna go see pretty gals with atmosphere??and have that drink after work??
smells like sewage and the restrooms are
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 2
Lola was
Atmosphere: 4
Service: 5
Rea was a awesome bartender , she made my first impressions of The Sportsman bar very memorable , she was always on top of making sure me and my party where well on our drinks . 10/10 service!. I hope to run into her again next time I show up to have a few drinks with the boys. Great times!
This place hasn't changed much since I started visiting 15 years ago lol. This is never my bar of choice, but friends wanted to go since it was nearby. Every now n again you get a rude bouncer. What their problem is, I have no idea, I'm in my 30's and I'm showing you my card like you asked, so check your ego. The inside looks the same as it did years and years ago. Pool tables are in decent shape but it's hard to play because people are huddled around them and constantly getting in the way. Music is very loud so naturally people are trying to yell over the music which doesn't help. Still got the ladies in the skimpy outfits so guys can perv out on em and maybe throw a few extra bucks towards a tip, not my thing but whatever. Ultimately it's just another Dive Bar with a nice exterior.
I used to come here about four or five times a week but I won’t anymore after today. Besides the bathrooms being dirty and disgusting the women are not that friendly. today I walked in I wasn’t even greeted. Nobody said hello to me all they said was what do you want to drink handed me a beer the woman bartending today was especially rude maybe because she’s on steroids, like trwnbolone which she told me. She’s going through her menstrual cycle possibly or because she apparently has a bodybuilding competition coming up, but none the less was super rude. The clientele which is mainly old thirsty men who don’t wanna spend a lot of money and want to look at some booty come here and they say dumb shot and don’t want to back it up. One was super rude to me today and I was rude back and the bartender took the other guys side and made me feel very alienated and like I never wanted to come back so I told her I would not come back and I’ll be taking my business to Distractions and Pub 33, the bartenders there talk to you they flirt with you they make you feel good and they serve you drink in a timely manner and they don’t make you the bad guy at the bar over wanting to leave! I was trying to close out and apparently I got some ribbing for that and I gave some ribbing back to the guy giving it to me, and now I’m such a bad guy and getting rude treatment! This is a bar a bikini bar at that and one I will no longer spend money at. sayonara
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Good to hang and play billiards. Clean bathrooms. Sierra and sheila are really
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
I used to come here about four or five times a week but I won't anymore after today. Besides the bathrooms being dirty and disgusting the women are not that friendly. today I walked in I wasn't even greeted. Nobody said hello to me all they said was what do you want to drink handed me a beer the woman bartending today was especially rude maybe because she's on steroids, like trwnbolone which she told me. She's going through her menstrual cycle possibly or because she apparently has a bodybuilding competition coming up, but none the less was super rude. The clientele which is mainly old thirsty men who don't wanna spend a lot of money and want to look at some booty come here and they say dumb shot and don't want to back it up. One was super rude to me today and I was rude back and the bartender took the other guys side and made me feel very alienated and like I never wanted to come back so I told her I would not come back and I'll be taking my business to Distractions and Pub 33, the bartenders there talk to you they flirt with you they make you feel good and they serve you drink in a timely manner and they don't make you the bad guy at the bar over wanting to leave! I was trying to close out and apparently I got some ribbing for that and I gave some ribbing back to the guy giving it to me, and now I'm such a bad guy and getting rude treatment! This is a bar a bikini bar at that and one I will no longer spend money at. sayonara
Such an opening atmosphere and Sheila is a great bartender, very attentive and nice and I will definitely be back?
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
I was 86 because I went thru the back door twice. AJ embarrassed me in front of multiple ppl. To be frank, he has wanted to "hook up with me" and I was 100% that I didn't want to and he still took it out on my entry and my patronage. I highly recommend you seek other bars.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Cool bar. Cool people. Bartender on Wednesday Is hot but self absorbed
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I've had a "security" person tell me if I'm into a "black ppl" but the derogatory term in spanish and he also tried to kiss me and I told him no. This isn't the a safest bar for women. His name is JeffAlso I've had the other regular security person have me kiss him even when I didn't want to. He was super forceful... His name is AJ.Boon docks across the street is WAY BETTER!
I've had a "security" person tell me if I'm into a "black ppl" but the derogatory term in spanish and he also tried to kiss me and I told him no. This isn't the a safest bar for women. His name is JeffAlso I've had the other regular security person tried to kiss me even when I didn't want to. He was super forceful... His name is AJ.Boon docks across the street is WAY BETTER!
It's rare for me to come across a dive bar with actual dive bar prices, the bartenders are cool, service is attentive, the well cocktails are stiff, the patrons are chill and they take credit cards with no additional credit card fees or order minimums. To date ever since I picked up drinking booze as a favorite pastime, I can only think of two dive bars that meets 5 of the 6 things in my book of what makes a great dive bar: The Roost Cocktails in Silverlake/Atwater Village area and The Office Bar & Grill in Lincoln Heights. The caveat here being The Roost is a cash only spot while the Office Bar & Grill actually charges credit card fees on top of the drinks and/or food that you order, which is unfortunately inconvenient but it is what it is. The Sportsman is the first dive bar I've been to that fulfills all 6 of the things that make a dive bar great. With that said, this is just my first time here so who knows? This review might change in the future upon future visits to this spot but based on initial assessment, I'm impressed. Unlike bars in East LA, DTLA, Glendale, or in the San Gabriel Valley, I find that this particular thing about dive bars seem to be totally non-existent in the LA County area and that is female bartenders dressed in bikinis for the entirety of their work shift. What is not to like about some young nubile T&A walking around and serving booze with a smile? It's every guy's fantasy. It's basically a strip club minus the actual strip club with cheap booze, pool tables, and a Touch Tunes Jukebox. I ordered 3 vodka soda's on well and my total came out to be less than $20 on a Saturday night at about 6-7PM or so. Not sure if they have happy hour or if that's the usual price but I'll take it. The same 3 vodka soda's at my two favorite dive bars would run me up $30 before tip at The Roost and $24 at the Office Bar & Grill. Don't get me wrong though. There was a point in time in both of those bars where well cocktails used to be $4-6 a drink, respectively but the pandemic and recent across-the-board price inflations have hit my usual drinking holes and it's just become unaffordable for me to drink alcohol on the regular at these two spots. But Sportsman is charging what my old bars used to charge like several years ago before the pandemic and before the price inflations--the only downside being that the drive is so, so out of my way. It's a 21 mile one way trip for me from East LA. Otherwise, if I lived closer to the area, The Sportsman would have become my new drinking hole--hands down. No contest. Taylor and Lauren were the bartenders that night and wow--smoking hot--but not just that, they were very attentive and made sure I always had a drink in my hand the moment it was empty. And it was a pretty packed Saturday night. All 3 pool tables were occupied, the front of bar were filled up except a couple of spots here and there. It's also very dark inside. Not so dark that you can't make your way to the bar but definitely pretty dimly lit inside. The bar itself is U-shaped space and seats maybe 12 people max at any given time. The pool tables take...quarters, I think? I didn't check how much it'd cost for a game but I'd imagine it'd be a $1 to $2 per game. Pool sticks weren't in the greatest of conditions but they'll do the job. The entrance leads you down a couple of flights of stairs in an L-shape curve and you are immediately greeted with the trio of pool tables to your right along with the digital Touch Tunes jukebox while in front of you is the front of bar 'area'. TV's line the walls at the front of bar and more TV's also line the wall on the 'pool table' side. Restrooms are to your right hand side but at the far back end. You'll have to zig-zag your way through the pool tables and front of bar area OR walk to the front of bar, make a right, and walk straight down the hallway. It's a cramp restroom with two standing toilets and one normal toilet
Wanna go see pretty gals with atmosphere??and have that drink after work??
Love to go when Jolie is there ❤️