Corner Pocket West Seattle

This is my favorite pool hall in Seattle. They do a reasonable job of keeping things maintained, but the local community is the real attraction. This is the kind of place where you will get out of it what you are willing to put into it. I encourage visitors to get to know the regulars (Monday through Thursday) and maintain a healthy amount of respect for others and the equipment. If you do, you won’t be disappointed. I don’t really know any other places where you can consistently go and be welcomed onto a pool table rotation, simply by being respectful, friendly, and reciprocating.

There’s also a regular Monday night tournament that alternates between 8-ball and 9-ball. You can get a 10% discount off your bar tab if you join, and it only costs $10 to buy in. The regular players in the tournament are skilled but very friendly. It starts at 7 pm sharp, and if you’re late, you can’t join.

The community of regulars generally won’t tolerate disrespect of others or the equipment, but Fridays and Saturdays get very busy with crowds of people who are not necessarily regular. West Seattle is somewhat out of the way for most people, so there’s always a solid core of locals even when it gets very crowded. If you become a regular, you’ll be able to play almost any time you come in, whether it’s popping or relatively dead inside.

Good tables, but they play too much Taylor Swift on the jute for a basement bar.

Seedy...

Atmosphere: 1

Neat place to hang out and have a couple drinks

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Fun bar with pool tables, Pinball and darts.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sometimes they dont always have everythibg on menu, but staff are the best and games are abundant. Great dive!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Was expecting so much more. It was just eh. Service was blah. Place was clean and restrooms were kept up with. We were the first customers of the day. We got the beers and shots we ordered but bartending was hit or mjss and back of house seemed annoyed to help. They offer lots of playing options. If in the area again I wouldn’t return.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 3

Bartenders won’t make you a Long Island but, they’ll sell you horse 😵

A fun bar with good food and drinks. They have pinball, Skeeball, darts, a jukebox, and 3 9’ gold crown pool tables.

The middle table has been out of level for 2 years, they re-cloth the tables about every 18 months, and do not polish the balls regularly. They keep their house cues in good shape and they all have good useable tips and are generally pretty straight.

The tables get a lot of use, and most nights require getting your name on a list to rent one, but there is pretty good turnover and rarely have to wait more than an hour before one is available. There is a great group of local pool players that tend to all share a table to avoid clogging the list and taking up multiple tables, they are welcoming to new players and set standards and maintain a culture of respecting the equipment.

They have free pool on sundays, and often times this is when the longest wait times for a table occur. I have strongly encouraged the staff to implement a chalkboard style list at one of the tables on sundays. If they left 2 tables to be traditionally rented, and one table that all people are welcome to sign up and play, people could come in and immediately get into rotation while waiting for their turn at a private table.

Some of the best pool bar cultures I have been a part of have included a chalkboard. It brings people together and builds a community. My understanding of the hesitancy revolves around having the equipment stolen since there is no specific person responsible for the balls, which are expensive and a target for theft. But I think there is a big enough community of regular players that there could be at least an option when grabbing the balls from the bar, that someone could also request the chalkboard and be responsible for both. or better yet, if the 2 private tables are already rented then the chalkboard table would be the last option to rent and you could keep your spot on the list for a private table but you are responsible for and able to use the chalkboard table until it becomes available.

Leveling the center table next time the cloth is replaced, vacuuming the cloth at least once per week, polishing the balls at least once per week, and adding a chalkboard to the table closest to the bar would all be massive improvements to an already great bar. I can’t give it less than 5 stars as it is, but I hope these suggestions at least get a moment of honest consideration.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pocket Burger

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Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Grilled Veggie Sandwich, Texas Brisket Sandwich, Korean BBQ Sandwich

Good dive bar, with better than average drink prices.

Fine condition pool tables with free pool on sundays, great service, Seattle dog tasted fantastic. Thanks Jimmy and Alex!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cool little bar with pinball machines and a couple skeeball machines. Had a good time here.

Atmosphere: 5

Get The Beer Cheese sauce on the fries .

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

A must visit place when you are in Seattle.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5