Well.. this was a good bar/club to come to before the last two months.. Unfortunate it's now classless, I blame management for not keeping a better eye on some of the newer girls. Went in last week looking to get a dance and was immediately dismissed and aggressively cut off mid sentence by a newer dancer I was interested in when asking for a private dance. I don't know why AJ's has started slipping but I've been coming for the last three years to this bar and have never had such a bad encounter with one of the dancers. Jupiter really just seemed careless and more interested in the bouncer than any of the other customers creating an un welcoming atmosphere in a place I used to spend in weekly. I think I'd rather spend my money where I'm appreciated. If I do return it will certainly be for Ruby. read more

Thank you Carmen your invitation to check out your new coworker to me as i finally had time to make time for myself and a friend to enjoy are selfs.I missed you as it was your day off . The Bartender wad attentive and pleasant the nice little magic trick for me ring up with some of my favorite bartenders.. As for Ruby (S.C) WOW . Beautiful courteous athletic way above and beyond helping me enjoy my evening truly helps pick up the spirits of my good friend.. looking forward making more time for myself . Yes come enjoy your self read more

AJ's Bar - Bars Near Me - San Jose, California

Great vibe and classy entertainment. The dancers were talented and confident -- more performance than anything else. Fun, energetic atmosphere without going over the top. Would definitely come back! read more

it was alright not my favorite place but it was defetly not a negative experinse I got a drink or two then left I would go back if I had nothing better to do read more

I went to this place and they had so many drunk people they should have cut off. I complained about them and mother happened. I felt scared and I'm never coming back here again. Plus the cocktails were watered down. I wish I could give them negative stars read more

Todo riquísimos servicio tan amable. Y me divertí mucho. Es un gran lugar con gran ambiente divertido y gran servicio

One of the women here tried to suck my cock after I said specifically I did not want anyone doing that. They have no respect for boundaries. Will never come here again. Food was good though, got drunk as hell read more

My favorite when I come to San Jose. Dive bar but the girls are awesome. Better than other bars.

Best place, do not let the reviews fool you, I've been coming here for years to hang out. This bikini bar/little gem has a lot of fun, entertaining, sexy, good looking people. For the price you can't beat it. It's a different experience, these places are hard to come by. I will keep coming back, don't hesitate to take a step into this neat place. The girls are sweet, funny and beautiful! Bartenders are great as well. The owner seems like a very good guy, not approachable at first but if you talk to him he's great. Check out AJS, I bet you won't regret it. read more

worse bartender ever! charge me $10 for a beer and never come back to check if I need it another one.

If you want to waste some money, AJ's will definitely help you out. $5 dollars cover, even if you are a female. And $7 dollar beers on tap. And there were only 2 choices on tap, Sierra Nevada or Hef. The set up is extremely strange. There were no poles anywhere. Just a stage with about 5 chairs. If you want a dance from the girls, you have to do it up on stage in full sight of everyone. Kind of creepy and less enjoyable. Also, it is not even a real lap dance. They make the guys straddle the chairs the reverse way, so all you really get is a girl dancing near you. And, one of the girls ended all her dances with a weird shoulder massage. Also, I am not sure how they determine the length of the dances since you don't even get a full song. But either way, out of all the girls, there were like 2-3 that were pretty good looking. The rest were butter faces but I think the uglier girls gave the best dances. Anyways, this place is pretty dumpy but it was a good time. I probably wouldn't come here again since Brass Rail is a way better deal since there is no cover for females and they serve beer by the pitcher that isn't ridiciously overpriced. read more

What a shithole. Desperate employees: uncooperative drink tenders. Worried about that next TIP no matter the circumstance. It's funny.... the drink tender says she was 22yrd booty tender of the year and made some upcoming moves. Lol. And made aMtv!! read more

I went there the other day with a few guys I met. I recommended the place because I heard from a friend that it was alright. When we got there it was relatively empty. The bouncer was at the rail inside the club, and told us it was $5 each. One of my friends made a comment about it being empty, and the bouncer quickly told us to leave if we didn't want to be there. That was followed by a few get the F outs if we didn't like the place. Never got to see a girl or taste a drink because the doorman was so rude, and just a jackass. No worries, I just know where to never visit again. read more

Worse bar tender ever! I use to go here all the time and spend alot of money never had no problem until now. Idk if I will go again after this she needs to have some respect for people especially if she's the one who made the mistake they need to hire better bar tenders read more

Place was OK... Here is a break down: OK First parking sucks... And its in a somewhat ghetto area. There is a lot of street parking, but man-o-man, it's a dark scary walk to the bar from the section of street parking we parked at. Lots of dark alleys and hiding spots... Right when I walked in... Five dollar cover charge. I came with two girls. You think they would have hooked up the girls? No it was 15 for us to get in... Not a huge deal, but still... The dance format was different than I was use to. I'm use to the couple stage shop with girls all over the place, some dancing on stage, some serving drinks, and some doing privet lap dances. At AJ's there is a dance floor in the middle of one big room, with chairs, and to get a lap dance, you go on stage in front of everyone, and get your dance. Other then that, the girls won't get any where near you. Even if you leave money on the rail, they come over shake it a little bit, and take your money. Then they bug you to come get a lap dance. I'm too much of a privet guy myself to want to go on stage and get the lap dance. Oh well... The girls were OK.... Most of them had nice body's with not so hot faces... In fact, some had terrible looking faces... A few of the girls there, were just bad looking all around, head to toe. And there were two girls there that were 100% awesome in my book. Problem was if they weren't on stage doing lap dances, you never saw them. What a bummer... Drinks were way over priced. I think the drink girl flunked math because every time we ordered and paid the total was different. We didn't make a fuss about it because she was hotter then the dancers, and we could sit and talk with her off stage. Another real let down was the fact that they use girls that come into the club as dancers. While it is hot and funny to see, I personally don't think it's right. You paid five dollars to come in, tips, plus crazy priced drinks to go up on stage for a lap dance, then you are dancing for the stripper? Not in my book... Glad I'm not a sexy girl. Not to mention the two girls I went with were for me, not all the guys in the club. Witch brings me to my next point... I went with two girls. Two nice looking girls. Everyone in the club was staring at them all night. Because of the odd shape of the place, and how confined it was, guys kept bumping into them all night long. Made things uncomfortable for them, and me... One last thing that rubbed me the wrong way, and this one I take personally... While we were in the club, we met up with some friends, three other hot girls, plus one other guy. So there were 5 hot girls, 2 guys... Towards the end of the night, we got board of this place, and went to leave. As we were walking out, the security guard was sitting with the door guy, and they made rude comments at us (as a group) while walking out. I was the last one out, so I heard a lot of what they said. They were making fun of us (two guys) to the girls we went with. And said why are you leaving with them. Damn should be us... WTF? I'm not going back any time soon. So that was my night at this club. I think next time around I'm going to the hip hugger, brass rail, kit kat, or something other then this place. read more

Blundered in here with JZ the other month. I was a bit tipsy after a heavy night on the brew. Knowing this, we should have just got a cab home, but we didn't... I had no idea this place even existed! Needless to say we had a fun night. I was a bit surprised to find out the owner and JZ knew each other. He even persuaded her to get up on the dancefloor for a 'freebie'. Everyone loved that, I can tell you... All that aside, it's a really cool dive bar. Very quick service from the staff - especially Andrea who was awesome. Everybody's drinks were nice and cheap too. Now read first letters downwards... :) Woohoo! read more

Yes, they stopped serving food. It's kind of Dive-ey But the bartenders are super friendly. The crowd is pleasant. Not too roudy or ghetto. Girls are cute. I have actually made some friends here. I like the chill atmosphere. Cheap cover charge. CASH ONLY read more

Is this the place where you bring your old TV? It's a strange setup and in need of some major upgrades. There are lots of old TVs on the dance floor which always cracks me up. If you sit on the tipping bar hold on to your drink because when the dancers back their junk up your drink may go flying. Don't expect too much of this place and you will be a happy customer. read more

I believe the Porky's trilogy is one of America's last greatest cinematic achievements. Okay, most underrated. You have John Hughes movies about teen angst yadda yadda yadda, but Porky's captured most of the... sexual tension of teens. There was a long, dry spell before American Pie came close to it's class. AJ's was my Porky's when I was a teen who just got his driver's license and first car. Yes, when I trace back all my debauchery and explorations into adult entertainment venues, this has to be my adulthood Archaeology wet dream. My bachelor holy grail. I was on light rail recently, on the way to check out the Bascom shopping area for work ideas. But when I realized I was in the area I rang the bell, uh, prematurely to get off on Race St. There's only other 2 "adult" clubs in the south bay, also open back then. One made me feel like even I was disgusting, and the other (Poodle) was known for crime and I steered clear from that back then. Now I go headlong to the eye of a hurricane for a story. I may go there again sometime. There's an innocence in AJ's that I still saw and experienced when I went. AJ's is a bikini (/lingerie) bar, there aren't any lap dances. Women dance, shake and jiggle cleavage at you, close up when you tip. Guys expecting a Mitchell Brothers tug and tissue in a back VIP room are going to be disappointed. And I suspect the average woman that complains about this place hasn't made the easiest $5 by offering to shake their bra covered cleavage at a guy. You could really clean up at a house party, you know. Years before there was Coyote Ugly or Hooters and all those bars with lady bartenders wearing vests or tank tops with nothing underneath, there was AJ's. We guys had to settle for the hot teller at the bank for a thrill back then, without making the voyage to San Francisco strip clubs. I sat at the bar, same bar stools mounted to the floor, eh. They could use a change after all these years. There are familiar bar ad posters all over the place, but AJ's has posters of the girls from back in the day. Looks like they haven't made a poster of newer girls since the last one I bought. I had many of those posters and wondered what the hell happened to them! (Uh, both posters and girls.) The girls used to sign them and I had one filled with signatures, so now I suspect theft. Hmph. What an artifact, to have my poster back. When I started going that magical summer twixt high school and college, they featured Marilyn and Barbi (Doll). They used to hand out little photo business cards in envelopes as a bonus when you tipped them repeatedly, this was before you could print a million of them on home computers. I found some of Marilyn in my things, but couldn't find any of Barbi?!?! Marilyn was a blonde with huge boobs and got away with just arching her heels up a lot. A CSI could send the kiss prints to trace for DNA work. Barbi Doll was a brunette known for being one of the best dancers there. I imagined her being a jazz dance instructor somewhere as her "day job." Unfortunately it was slow when I went in. It was in the afternoon, before the girls came in. It was also after the kitchen closed, was it still even there? I remember getting the best lunches there. This used to be a working man's bar in the day time, there were a lot of industrial factories in the neighborhood. Walking around now, a lot of them are closed, replaced with high tech offices, or are janky old buildings with local businesses on their last legs that can't offer competitive prices without taking a loss on their inventory. Thank you, internet. AJ's even had overflow from the neighboring country dance hall, Saddle Rack. It's now an apartment complex and the relocated club is now out of my transpo range. Andy, the manager, still was there! I think he was the first person to welcome me on my first visits. Was he an assistant back then? We're about the same age. Cool, kickback environment. When I went with my friends, we always felt like we were going to a friend's house to hang out all night to catch glimpses of his hot sister and her friends having slumber party games. Ah, innocence. I think it's why I enjoy burlesque over a strip club, now. Burlesque is a dry well in the south bay :( You know, this place could pick up again with some live (girl?) bands. Thanks for the beer and the memories, AJ's. Come to think of it, the first head shop I went to is also in the area... read more

I liked AJ's. Being a ex city boy; I found the non-topless bar cool to hang out and drink. The bartender, Andrea was totally cool and a real sweetheart. To the haters, all I can say is; you do not go to this place to get lap dances; go for the scenery and to have a few drinks. As far as the drink prices; they are cheaper than at Boswells...... Whatever works for you.....I have had fun @ AJ's and never felt ripped off read more

This is a dive bar. My friend and I wanted to get drinks and this happened to be closest to the house. The parking lot was filled, we parked on the street...it wasn't that scary..geesh it's WILLOW GLENN! We heard bumpn music and thought it was bar/club...lo and behold, walked in and saw the girls dancing..ah I'm game it's always fun to go to dive bars anyways. It was pretty packed for a school night (Tuesday) $5 cover charge SUCKS and I'm a girl..no luck there. My guy friend was pissed about that too..all night!! :-) All we wanted were drinks..overpriced for a dive bar. But we entertained ourselves by watching the other patrons. As we all know..dive bars are good for character building :-) There was one guy that stood out..we'll call him Rennaissance man..had a feather in his cap and kilt! Fair enough, we can wear what we want to a bar like this. I asked the bartender if he was part of the bar entertainment, no he was just a friend of the bar. He wasn't so rennaissance like as he paid for 3-4 lap dances and was wootn and hollern..but entertained us!! Girls were all natural (no boob jobs) except for one. None of them were hot or anything and for the tips they were getting...I don't know why they were dancing for those cheap bastards! Fun to go once just to have a story to tell. Oh yeah, they have the "kitchen" back there...but hells no I ain't gonna try it. So if you make it there, say hello to the rennaissance man, he just might pay for you to get a lap dance :-) he did for me! hahaha And he's Scottish no Irish :-) read more

Strip bars in the Bay Area are non-existant, outside of Cheetah's in Sunnyvale and Hanky Panky's in Palo Alto. If you want to get your beer n' cocktails on in an environment where women clad in bikini tops n' bottoms gyrate some 3' away from you, there are a good number of those joints around. Ever since the untimely demise of the elegantly decadent T's Cabaret in the early 'oughts, I've found myself drawn more to AJ's Restaurant & Bar when it came to hunkering down in a dive bar that also happens to have a couple of lovely, friendly ladies dance about within a confined single-center stage. The owner Andy and his delightful Mrs. Susan can often be seen hanging out to the right of the center stage on any given night, gabbing away with anyone game, to discuss just about anything interesting under the sun. The dancers are friendly and not about some sort of hardsell [esp. since lapdances or any sort of private entertainment are a no-no here]. The bartenders are swift, efficient and just as pleasant to deal with. The food is actually very good. If I had to give it a single knock, it'd be the fact that it's a cash-only establishment and has been for many years. Despite that, it's still a lot of fun to drop by random,ly and hang out in-between venues. read more

I am from the Eastbay and came to San Jose for a friend of a friends birthday party. Some wasted dude in our group was like..."lets go AJ's" This place is something like a 80's movie a la "Porky's" Not so much as in smut but more like the spirit of a good time. This place is more class than trash. Staff was hella chill and everyone in our party had a great time. And Mercedes ***if that her real name**** is amazing. Not to mention they have a full kitchen/dinner deal going on! Cant not go wrong read more

This fine establishment holds the record for classiest joint in all of San Jose, if not California. I frequent such top notch bar & grille's nightly.The bloody mary's were perfect; hand made to perfection and made with the finest swedish vodka's. The food was to the tens. The regulars consist of your bluish-white collar goodfellows. I would recommend this place to just about anyone old enough looking to get in to the place! read more

Place sucks! Came here with a bunch of my girls to start my bachelorette party but not exactly what I was expecting. The Dj was some old creeper, good music but he was obnoxious. I got a 60 second "lap dance" and then was asked to dance for the stripper? Umm ok I did a better job than her and when I touched her leg they were super prickley lol seriously girl it was a Saturday night, shame on you! We ordered a round of kamikazes and they were hella gross and overpriced. Needless to say, we stayed maybe 15 minutes tops and checked it off our bucket list lol! read more

This place was the worst they need to be on an episode of bar rescue 1. the guy on the stage was rude 2. the girls were not that great looking 3. they ruined the drinks that we over payed for needless to say I will not return or recommend to anyone to come here read more

The owner here is extremely annoying. He stands on the stage while the women dance saying things like "go [insert name]" as if it's a middle school dance. He even says to men in the crowd that he will buy them an on stage dance [which is a man sitting on a chair and the dancer dancing around them for 1 song.] The owner does not allow actual lap dances so you will pay 25 dollars so sit in a booth where everyone can watch you, only to have the dancer do the exact same thing she does on the stage. She isn't even allowed to sit on your lap. Most of the dancers here don't even try. One who wears a gold outfit every time literally walks around the stage when it's her turn, pushing her boobs together and asking for money. No dancing. The only good dancer is chole. She is awesome and actually tried. Also, the owner runs his business illegally. He does not pay the dancers and forces them to stay 8 hour shifts even when they are not making tips and no customers are there. It's bad. read more

AJ's is a really chill neighborhood bar which also happens to have beautiful dancing ladies. The women there are friendly, smart and sexy. Always a good time! read more

Aj's is pretty dumpy, the dancers are "fair to partly cloudy" and on a Saturday night, around 10PM, it was completely dead, but a handful of quiet, depressed looking men. If you want to watch cute-to-mediocre go-go girls and drink a couple of $6 beers for a $5 cover charge, Aj's is your place. If you want a fun bar to hang out, go somewhere else. read more

This place was really fun. The owner bought Char three lap-dances. The girls were hot and very nice. Girls in bikinis, a dive-bar, and a taco buffet all in one place. Good for groups and goofs. read more

Super old and needs a facelift! Also they dont serve food (anymore?) so not sure why its called a restaurant. The girls are really sweet though and cute. Thank god. Thats the only good thing about it. Due to strict San Jose rules the dances are beyond PG. read more

I've come here on many occasions with my beau and this time around I was downright dissappointed. A girlfriend and I came here the other night after we had already been bar hopping. Girls are below average. Not worth the cover they charge. read more

Definitely not my scene. I came here with some co-workers for a going away party so I was obligated to go. Some of the dancers were overweight and one of them even had prison-style tattoos. The bartender was an extremely nice lady (and pretty too), so I'll give the place extra stars for her. She made my drinks extra stiff, which helped make my experience here more tolerable. I didn't get to try the food so I can't comment on that. Overall, I'd give a high rating to the bartender and a low rating to the dancers, which averages out to 2.5 stars. read more

Your typical local dive bar with a bunch of TVs all around. Chicks in skimpy attire that don't really dance just kinda wiggle around waiting for a guy to sit on a folding chair to dance in front of them for $5 a minute. Woo hoo. I'd save my money for a real club. read more

This is not a place you want to take your girlfriend (unless she wants to bring another girl home). This is place you come with your boys for a guys night out. Come see some girls dance around in their small bikini's for $5 a solo dance in front of everyone in the middle of the stage. We usually sit at the bar or at the tables. Sitting around the stage could be annoying at times because the girls can be a little snobby if you don't tip them. They need to get rid of that $5 cover charge. read more

$5 cover for guys and girls. "Lap" dances are given on stage. Manly girls in bikini wear. eh....

One of my favorite hangouts. I've been coming here for about a year and it's always a good time. Dancers and bartenders are friendly.

Aj's sucked!!!! MOst of the girls just try to hustle you for money, drinks, or even shopping sprees outside of the club. Some of them are snobby and won't talk to you if your not putting out money. They have way over priced drinks about $5 for one beer...WTF. That's a six pack right there, and a bottle of water is $4... Their not trying to my a customers night there fun they're trying to make as much money off us as they can.. The M.C. was trying to be funny, but he wasn't.. He didn't seem to try to help the girls out much. I saw he keep walking off stage. Some of the girls there looked way to old to be dancing, even if they had a nice body. Most of the girls are way to thin and look like they've been starved. To top it off they had small ass boobs. There where a couple of girls who where pleasant to talk with and see. One of them was very straight forward, "a tell it like it is girl." She was very fun to talk to. The other was very beautiful and very curvy. She was different from the rest. She didn't where a bikini like the other girls she was wearing those corset things. When I asked her why she wasn't wearing it, she had told me. I like the fact that she was honest and she was one of the only girls that came and talked to me without expecting money for it. All and all it was OK... They just need to lower their prices and get younger looking girls. read more

Not bad if you wanna grab a beer and see some bikini girls in your face.

The fact is that the owner is th best and the ladies rock and great conversationists and the bar tender makes me smile and I'd great.