This is the place to see and be seen. Especially if you like GenX music. It's totally gnarly.
telma juarez
We didn’t get any food we so not sure if they offered food I was there for line dancing awesome time with friends highly recommend It’s hard to get good old fashioned any where else but the bartender killed it 🥰🥰
Rell Rell
Best days we'd karaoke and Saturday kinda hip hop.. Mix with everything else
Sarah Carpenter
Went there with my husband and it was a great place but he got a little hungry and decided to get some food they had in a fenced off area that they provided. He was told that if we exited to get food we would have to walk all the way back around to the front when we were both paying customers with the cover charge at $20 per person. My husband is a disabled veteran with one leg and it didn’t make sense to provide an area to get food and be told to walk all the way back around to get in the building. My husband recorded all interactions with security and will upload to show how people from this country that served and defended for our freedom are really treated.
Jeremy Lafrades
Great place to go but stupid rules when the have a fence off area to get food thats 10 feet from the door and if you step outside to get food you have to walk all the way around to go back inside after being in a fence off area they have provided.
Chester Davis
No food just drinks 😋
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Teresa Wenzel
People walking OUT and you refuse to let people IN for new years eve!!!
Snap Dragon
Great music, but the security is thuggish and excessive which overshadows the vibe. Sorry, but you know it’s true! Potentially causing more problems than they solve and so many surveillance cameras, too much. Stop you creeps!
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 3
nathan higgins
This place is the most fun you can have in Walnut Creek.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spiccoli & Whisky and Coke
HP
I'm very disappointed. Music is good, and the service is good, but after around 11pm, a lot of drug activity. And obviously, that attracts a lot of getto people 🙄. A lot of people wagering tennis shoes and shorts. What's up with that?
Really hit-or-miss bar from my experience. The tribute shows are awesome, and the few that I’ve been to have been a great time. Fun place to play some arcade games or pool as well.
That being said, the cover fee is ridiculous, especially since they lost the outdoor area which gave the location a whole different dynamic, allowing you to get some air, chat where the music isn’t drowning out your voices, etc. also considering it doesn’t get super packed very often and the cover feels greedy (especially when they end up being empty).
They also have some strange rules. Last time I went with a friend they made him remove his sports hat to enter… They said it was because people get in fights over sports teams there- whatever reason there is it’s something the business should do something about rather than causing customers to change their clothing… Like if I show up in a Lakers shirt am I supposed to go change? hysterical.
TLDR: If there is an intriguing tribute show, swing by, they’re a blast. Otherwise I wouldn’t go, good chance you’d be paying $15-$25 to enter an empty room and leave within 10 minutes (This happened the last few times I went).
Reply Response: My point is that Retro aren’t providing an experience that is worth a $15+ cover based on my experiences at many bars.
It’s very telling that in responses to negative reviews Retro Junkie seems to be quite snarky and defensive.
I’m commenting on my personal experience which is that paying a $15+ dollar cover to enter a near empty bar lacking any energy feels like a waste of time and money. This has been the case the last few times I’ve been here. If there was no cover I’d think “oh well, it’s rough tonight” and leave, but be willing to come back in the future because I’ve had good times there before and didn’t pay $15-25 for no reason. I also think that without the outside area the offering is decreased which makes me less willing to pay it and return in the future.
I don’t think it’s a crazy suggestion to say they should drop the cover if there are under 50 people, for example. Countless bars do that because it’s quite logical. (Or have no cover before 9 PM, etc) Nobody wants to pay a cover to enter an empty bar, but is happy to do so if it’s energetic and they can assume they’ll stay for a while.
Simone Azmoudeh
This is a place to be! Wanna have a good time? Come over!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
jessie kent
Great spot, good shows and fun games, the staff are all awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
mmaier58
Always great live music from a daily stream of tribute bands. Great sound system, video feeds. And 5 minute walk from Bart.
This is the place to see and be seen. Especially if you like GenX music. It's totally gnarly.
We didn’t get any food we so not sure if they offered food I was there for line dancing awesome time with friends highly recommend
It’s hard to get good old fashioned any where else but the bartender killed it 🥰🥰
Best days we'd karaoke and Saturday kinda hip hop.. Mix with everything else
Went there with my husband and it was a great place but he got a little hungry and decided to get some food they had in a fenced off area that they provided. He was told that if we exited to get food we would have to walk all the way back around to the front when we were both paying customers with the cover charge at $20 per person. My husband is a disabled veteran with one leg and it didn’t make sense to provide an area to get food and be told to walk all the way back around to get in the building. My husband recorded all interactions with security and will upload to show how people from this country that served and defended for our freedom are really treated.
Great place to go but stupid rules when the have a fence off area to get food thats 10 feet from the door and if you step outside to get food you have to walk all the way around to go back inside after being in a fence off area they have provided.
No food just drinks 😋
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
People walking OUT and you refuse to let people IN for new years eve!!!
Great music, but the security is thuggish and excessive which overshadows the vibe. Sorry, but you know it’s true! Potentially causing more problems than they solve and so many surveillance cameras, too much. Stop you creeps!
Atmosphere: 2
Service: 3
This place is the most fun you can have in Walnut Creek.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spiccoli & Whisky and Coke
I'm very disappointed. Music is good, and the service is good, but after around 11pm, a lot of drug activity. And obviously, that attracts a lot of getto people 🙄. A lot of people wagering tennis shoes and shorts. What's up with that?
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 5
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Really hit-or-miss bar from my experience. The tribute shows are awesome, and the few that I’ve been to have been a great time. Fun place to play some arcade games or pool as well.
That being said, the cover fee is ridiculous, especially since they lost the outdoor area which gave the location a whole different dynamic, allowing you to get some air, chat where the music isn’t drowning out your voices, etc. also considering it doesn’t get super packed very often and the cover feels greedy (especially when they end up being empty).
They also have some strange rules. Last time I went with a friend they made him remove his sports hat to enter… They said it was because people get in fights over sports teams there- whatever reason there is it’s something the business should do something about rather than causing customers to change their clothing… Like if I show up in a Lakers shirt am I supposed to go change? hysterical.
TLDR: If there is an intriguing tribute show, swing by, they’re a blast. Otherwise I wouldn’t go, good chance you’d be paying $15-$25 to enter an empty room and leave within 10 minutes (This happened the last few times I went).
Reply Response: My point is that Retro aren’t providing an experience that is worth a $15+ cover based on my experiences at many bars.
It’s very telling that in responses
to negative reviews Retro Junkie seems to be quite snarky and defensive.
I’m commenting on my personal experience which is that paying a $15+ dollar cover to enter a near empty bar lacking any energy feels like a waste of time and money. This has been the case the last few times I’ve been here. If there was no cover I’d think “oh well, it’s rough tonight” and leave, but be willing to come back in the future because I’ve had good times there before and didn’t pay $15-25 for no reason. I also think that without the outside area the offering is decreased which makes me less willing to pay it and return in the future.
I don’t think it’s a crazy suggestion to say they should drop the cover if there are under 50 people, for example. Countless bars do that because it’s quite logical. (Or have no cover before 9 PM, etc) Nobody wants to pay a cover to enter an empty bar, but is happy to do so if it’s energetic and they can assume they’ll stay for a while.
This is a place to be! Wanna have a good time? Come over!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Great spot, good shows and fun games, the staff are all awesome!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Always great live music from a daily stream of tribute bands. Great sound system, video feeds. And 5 minute walk from Bart.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Puro Bandido Band was soooo good!!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
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