They are a bar, not a restaurant. Snacks are readily available.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
William Hinkle
0/5 the bartenders are creepy sexist and disrespectful. Last night me and my friend ordered a coors on draft, the bartender asked for plastic or glass, we said glass, I was given a bottled beer and she was poured a 16oz glass. The bartender (with black glasses clean shaven and stretched ear lobes) left her beer in front of the draft handles for several minutes while he ignored us. After several minutes of trying to wave down a bartender we finally got her beer from a different employee. As she walked away the bartender smiled at her. What was that about? It made all of us uncomfortable and we will not be back
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Angeline Jaramillo
Went here Saturday the bartender seen me standing there for 10 minutes. She kept waiting on other customers as they walked up finally I walked away. So my friend and I jumped on our Harley’s and the bartenders she was standing in the bar looking at us hugging the young guy who works there laughing. I think it’s poor service. That’s really make the bar look bad. I hardly ever come to this bar but definitely won’t be going back anytime soon.
Service: 1
Jackson Harrison
This place is horrible. Don’t waste your money
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Holly Miller
Best dive bar in Denver!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Andrew Black
Your classic neighborhood dive bar, what’s there not to love?
Bill Hornstein
This is not a bar — it’s a living artifact. A sacred ruin. A cash-only cathedral of cheap beer and brutal honesty parked right on the edge of Sloan’s Lake, Denver’s glimmering puddle of cosmic reflection. The Lakeview Lounge doesn’t care about your apps, your IPA flights, or your precious little debit card. Bring cash, order your drink, and stay out of the way.
I asked for a Coors Light — and bless them, they poured it into a glass. Not a mason jar. Not a frosty mug. A glass. Clear, cold, straight from the tap. It hit exactly as advertised: like a liquid apology from the state of Colorado itself. Not fancy. Not ironic. Just beer the way it was meant to be — fast, cold, and consumed within earshot of a pool cue smacking chalk-dusted vengeance into a corner pocket.
The pool table in back? A survivor. Sloped. Slightly angry. You don’t line up shots so much as negotiate them. The regulars know the lean, the light, the curse words that help. Play at your own risk.
And then there’s that patio — a stone slab of outlaw luxury with a direct line of sight to modern America in four acts: bar, busy street, walking trail, lake. You sip your drink with traffic howling ten feet from your skull, joggers panting past in the distance with Bluetooth ears and haunted eyes, and beyond them all, the lake — shimmering like a lie you almost believed. There’s peace out there, if you squint past the madness.
Five stars. No flair, no plastic in your wallet. Just glass-poured salvation, a battered pool table, and the best damn view in the city. The Lakeview Lounge isn’t for everyone — just the lucky few who know exactly where to sit and what to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Brooke Bachman
Gorgeous views of Sloan's lake. It is a super divey bar. Cash only, smells like how a dive bar smells. I went in March when it was quite freezing outside.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Lil Garcia
Just took my friend to this bar and the bartender Anna was so rude. I asked her if she had lemonade and she said I need to see your IDs as I’m just doing my job. Then on top of that, she got my drink wrong, but I didn’t tell her because she was so rude to begin with. I just wanted to drink my drink and get the hell out of there.
This was my friends first experience and last of this place I will not go if she’s ever working. I have been going there for years and loved this place. This totally changed my mind today. What a disappointment!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Beau
When you think of the perfect dive bar, lakeview lounge is what you are imagining.
One of the good places on West Colfax. Good band nights!
Raquel Del Real
Old fashioned feel
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
sharee
Best ever!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Magdalena Flores
Love this place, my dad is a regular and often brings food during sport events. Cash only, but they do have an ATM. Patio is great when the weather is nice.
Bailey Rogers
“IM AT LAKEVIEW LOUNGE EATIN A PIZZA HAHAHA” - this place is the shit. Don’t come here if u suck tho.
They are a bar, not a restaurant. Snacks are readily available.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
0/5 the bartenders are creepy sexist and disrespectful. Last night me and my friend ordered a coors on draft, the bartender asked for plastic or glass, we said glass, I was given a bottled beer and she was poured a 16oz glass. The bartender (with black glasses clean shaven and stretched ear lobes) left her beer in front of the draft handles for several minutes while he ignored us. After several minutes of trying to wave down a bartender we finally got her beer from a different employee. As she walked away the bartender smiled at her. What was that about? It made all of us uncomfortable and we will not be back
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Went here Saturday the bartender seen me standing there for 10 minutes. She kept waiting on other customers as they walked up finally I walked away. So my friend and I jumped on our Harley’s and the bartenders she was standing in the bar looking at us hugging the young guy who works there laughing. I think it’s poor service. That’s really make the bar look bad. I hardly ever come to this bar but definitely won’t be going back anytime soon.
Service: 1
This place is horrible. Don’t waste your money
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Best dive bar in Denver!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Your classic neighborhood dive bar, what’s there not to love?
This is not a bar — it’s a living artifact. A sacred ruin. A cash-only cathedral of cheap beer and brutal honesty parked right on the edge of Sloan’s Lake, Denver’s glimmering puddle of cosmic reflection. The Lakeview Lounge doesn’t care about your apps, your IPA flights, or your precious little debit card. Bring cash, order your drink, and stay out of the way.
I asked for a Coors Light — and bless them, they poured it into a glass. Not a mason jar. Not a frosty mug. A glass. Clear, cold, straight from the tap. It hit exactly as advertised: like a liquid apology from the state of Colorado itself. Not fancy. Not ironic. Just beer the way it was meant to be — fast, cold, and consumed within earshot of a pool cue smacking chalk-dusted vengeance into a corner pocket.
The pool table in back? A survivor. Sloped. Slightly angry. You don’t line up shots so much as negotiate them. The regulars know the lean, the light, the curse words that help. Play at your own risk.
And then there’s that patio — a stone slab of outlaw luxury with a direct line of sight to modern America in four acts: bar, busy street, walking trail, lake. You sip your drink with traffic howling ten feet from your skull, joggers panting past in the distance with Bluetooth ears and haunted eyes, and beyond them all, the lake — shimmering like a lie you almost believed. There’s peace out there, if you squint past the madness.
Five stars. No flair, no plastic in your wallet. Just glass-poured salvation, a battered pool table, and the best damn view in the city. The Lakeview Lounge isn’t for everyone — just the lucky few who know exactly where to sit and what to order.
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Gorgeous views of Sloan's lake. It is a super divey bar. Cash only, smells like how a dive bar smells. I went in March when it was quite freezing outside.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 5
Just took my friend to this bar and the bartender Anna was so rude. I asked her if she had lemonade and she said I need to see your IDs as I’m just doing my job. Then on top of that, she got my drink wrong, but I didn’t tell her because she was so rude to begin with. I just wanted to drink my drink and get the hell out of there.
This was my friends first experience and last of this place I will not go if she’s ever working.
I have been going there for years and loved this place. This totally changed my mind today. What a disappointment!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
When you think of the perfect dive bar, lakeview lounge is what you are imagining.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
One of the good places on West Colfax. Good band nights!
Old fashioned feel
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best ever!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place, my dad is a regular and often brings food during sport events. Cash only, but they do have an ATM. Patio is great when the weather is nice.
“IM AT LAKEVIEW LOUNGE EATIN A PIZZA HAHAHA” - this place is the shit. Don’t come here if u suck tho.
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