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Antlers Tavern
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- DJ, Music Videos
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu, Sat
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Very Loud
- Good For Dancing:
- Yes
- Has TV:
- Yes
22 reviews for Antlers Tavern
Review Highlights
22 reviews in English
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Review from Darwin B.
Walnut Creek, CA
1/9/2012
We were here with some of my co-workers. We were here for a drink but ended up staying for a few more.
Great Music, pool table, the bartender is pretty cool and entertaining!
We'll be back for sure! -
Review from Lisa H.
Livermore, CA
11/27/2011
I drove up from Livermore a couple days ago to meet with a friend here and barhop Pinole. We started here and went to a few other places, but this one is my favorite of the ones we went to that night. I immediately felt welcome here by both the bartender and the patrons. It's a very relaxing envoironment with a juke box, pool, tv's everywhere, just like a regular dive bar. I haven't had the food here, so I can't say anything about that, but the drinks are good and they serve Shock Top on tap! My favorite! I can't remember how much they were, but I know it wasn't a lot. I think about average dive bar prices.
All in all, I had a lot of fun here and I hope to be able to come back soon and often! -
Review from Novy D.
4/23/2011 1 Check-in Here
$5 shots of patron is unheard of in So. Cal but who's complaining?
With miserable rains keeping our clan indoors for the last couple of days a few of my cousins and I put on our warm weather clothes, shook off this cabin fever and hit the town- well the dive bars in the neighborhood. First stop, Antlers Tavern.
Our expectations were met as we street parked the ride and peered over to the bar; music thumping and bodies swaying behind steaming windows of the joint. Jackpot!
Club hit after club hit was playing on the speaker system and my cousins and I made our way to the bar dodging the older females group dancing in their venue appropriate attire of sports team jerseys, crushed-velvet spaghetti tops and muffin-top hugging acid washed jeans. I think we were the youngest one's there. Anyway, back to the main focus shall we? Alcohol. Not a very good selection of beers on tap to choose from but the total price for our top shelf shots and beer came to (i think) a mouth-dropping $18 bucks. I'll drink to that! It was a great kick off to our bar hopping night in good ole Pinole. -
Review from Rworange C.
San Francisco, CA
2/21/2007
Three stars for what it is, a local bar where the point is booze.
Other reports are spot on. Heads turn and new people get a brief glance when walking in. Don't make eye contact and you are left alone.
There's a nightly dinner special that is super cheap and not bad. Prices went up recently, but it is still a deal. Order at the bar and a few minutes later pick up the food served on a plastic plate.
There's only one nightly meal. If you ask for a menu, it gives the locals entertainment value.
Good smoky tri-tip that was pink in the middle, served with corn on the cob and soupy beans with pieces of beef.
There's a pool table and a bunch of TVs in various locations broadcasting sports programs or tuned to the lottery channel
Often there's food for special events like crab feeds for the Super Bowl or corned beef or cabbage for St Patrick's Day.
A big moose head on one wall is a nod to the bar's name ... Antlers.Listed in: Pinole Eats
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Review from Sam F.
San Rafael, CA
2/27/2008
"i love this bar, it's my kinda place....just walkin through the front door, puts a big smile on my face!"
For a younger crowd with a chill atmosphere with a little dancing to the jukebox, thursday is the night! I hardly ever miss a thursday at the lers! ya, im a regular...and dave aka mississippi and logan are my favorite bartenders ever....and everyone elses!!
it's cheap and drinks are STRONG. open till 1:30 am.
Fridays are fun with dj jim and joe! great music...mostly hip hop.
you might get stared at when you walk in and you're not a local/regular...but thats just cuz we wonder who you are!! everyone is very friendly, as long as you're good people!!
and p.s. don't underestimate those famous cosmos and woo wooz -
Review from Analisa S.
Berkeley, CA
10/7/2010 1 Check-in Here
During the week at lunch, Antlers makes these sandwiches which I happen to crave pretty often. I love their grilled cheese or grilled cheese with ham. Their French fries are really good, just the perfect crisp. The way the sandwich is grilled is what I love, the cook puts it on the stove and makes sure the bread has the extra crisp goodness. They also make a Philly cheese steak sandwich that is also really good, I seldom order it though because they don't make the bread with that crisp I love. :-p
The beer selection at Antlers is really good and I also just really like the bartenders. They're super friendly, they get some good banter going and I just really enjoy going to Antlers. Its clean, reasonably priced with good food and I know I'll always be laughing, having a good time. Definitely the place to hit up for a good lunch in downtown Pinole. -
Review from George P.
Pinole, CA
5/31/2011
This is a neighborhood bar that serves food. It is a good bar and serves good food! Antler's does not pretend to be anything that it is not. Table service....really...that's is not what I go to a local tavern for. The bartenders are friendly and capable and real and the drinks and food are very reasonable! Great local spot and local color!
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Review from James D.
Hercules, CA
Updated - 10/13/2011
Thank you George for proving my point. I would agree that most people don't go to a tavern for table service, they go straight to the bar and order a drink. I would also agree the bartenders are friendly... to the regulars who pony up to the bar! You say, "Antlers does not pretend to be anything it is not." uh, yeah they do! At least when I went in there on Friday for lunch. They had a big sign out front saying that they served lunch. When I go into any establishment for food, I expect service! Since you say its just a tavern, maybe I should have just walked back into their kitchen and placed my order!
1 Previous Review: Show all »
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5/27/2011
So I have noticed for a while they have been promoting lunch, so I figured I would try it out today.… Read more »
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Review from Chelsey L.
El Sobrante, CA
2/14/2011 1 photo
Came here on my 21st b-day! Got lots of free b-day drinks. The Bartender suggested rootbeer shooters, and man look out! Those are dangerously tasty! :) i had to kiss the moose as is b-day tradition and got a free shot from the dj to. Great night
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Review from Trevor N.
Pinole, CA
2/28/2010
I walked in here one Sunday looking to watch a Football game. There were a number of locals sitting at the bar already watching. I got stared down hard. Once I pulled up to the bar, the bartender was so rude about not airing the game I was hoping to see, and the unwelcome atmosphere in this place, if you werent already an insider. I finally just left. What a let down.
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Review from Jill D.
7/11/2006
I got so wasted here one night that I puked in the parking lot, cried for my mommy and had to be picked up by friends that also had to drive my date home. So the moral of the story is to not drink 7 cosmos and a double shot of tequila in one sitting. Especially if you only weigh about a buck twenty-five like me. The locals are...interesting, but if you grew up in West County then you know what I'm talkin' 'bout Willis. You don't go here to be seen, you go here to hide and drink. Newbie's don't stare at the locals or make prolonged eye contact, it's not safe and you might get attention that you thought was unsolicited. Which it would be...if you hadn't made eye contact first. Just pretend it's an everyday thing to see a one-eyed gold-toothed biker.
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Review from Joe E.
Concord, CA
11/29/2009
It's an interesting spot...nice layout, cool bartender, and it has a tidy parking lot. I'm not a local, so I enjoy the awkwardness. I'll also add that this place served me the best Hefeweizen I've ever had...yes...in Pinole.
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Review from Myka S.
Vallejo, CA
1/12/2011
Too crowded for me, or the place is just to small.
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Review from mike M.
Hercules, CA
10/6/2011
My wife, brother and I just had their Thursday night NY steak $9 special. we all thought the steak and baked potato were outstanding and equal to what other famous restaurants would charge $16 for. highly recommended.
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Review from marcelo j.
Rodeo, CA
1/31/2006
Like the first who "reviewed" it... its a local bar... if you didnt go to pinole or know where pinole is..... you will get looked at funny. its prety chill otherwise and i think its relativly cheap?? go check it out if you want to see cowboys in suberbia
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Review from Trisha J.
Hercules, CA
8/10/2010
Love the Antlers, right in the center of town, you can see all your friends and family driving by. Windows are always open so you can drive by to see who's out and about. Beautiful interior, old world turn of the century charm. The owner Goeff has done great things managing the place. It's a fun place to meet up with friends, get a quick lunch on the weekdays or have a really good affordable dinner Thursday (NY steak) or Friday night (prime rib). Way to go Goeff!!!!!
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Review from I. A. H.
Oakland, CA
6/29/2010
I'm a fan. What's not to like about drinking booze in the semi-darkness while surrounded by a cast of salty characters? It's what life's all about.
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Review from Margie N.
San Francisco, CA
11/22/2005
A total local's bar. I grew up in the area, and my friends insisted that we complete one of our rites of passage by going to Antlers awhile ago. The bartender seemed really surprised to see anyone under 30 coming in, and carded us and looked at us suspiciously for awhile. After we passed his music recognition test ("I bet you kids don't even know who this is (referring to the music playing at the time)." "Yah, its the Beatles. Who doesn't know the Beatles?" Silence. ... "Ok, what do you kids want to drink?") he seemed to be ok with us being there. The bar seems to be open late on random nights - one weekend we drove by around 12am and it was closed, other nights we'll see it open till 1ish. Mostly locals, cheap drinks, knowledgeable bartender, chill atmosphere.
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Review from Chanel K.
Berkeley, CA
5/25/2008
Love this place. Love the bartenders!!!
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Review from Mike R.
Walnut Creek, CA
9/7/2009 1 Check-in Here
I can't speak much for this place other than what it's like 12pm on a weekday, but I'll be damned if they don't have the best cheeseburger around.
Bartenders are awesome, too. -
Review from Toni P.
Berkeley, CA
7/26/2010
Drinks and food are way overpriced and dining service was awful. The waitress was a real bitch. She didn't even get a simple order correct and she had some serious attitude when we politely requested for the changes to correct our plates.
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Review from C C.
Pinole, CA
11/15/2008
Life in Pinole is boring. 15 years here and I just went to this bar last month. A nice place. Mostly white. My girlfriends and I are blk. The bartender was great and the drinks are cheap. I never hung at a bar so I think the drinks are cheap. I would most likely go there again....
