Great experience, Olmo made use feel like home and gave us a great experience while while we were here for after hours after the ball game !! read more

Chee-Chee Club - Bar arena - Dive Bars Near Me - San Diego, California

A regular popped in for his bday, it was cute. I felt like I needed to buy him a bday beer so I did :) Bartender was chill, got my drinks in a blink and pool table was open. Great night read more

Popped in on a whim on a Sunday night. If you want a dive to be away from the unz unz and pounding of Gaslamp this is the spot. No frills, friendly bartenders and a crowd that can keep itself entertained. It's a little tight at the bar if someone is playing on the front table but there is plenty of seating room. Dog friendly and affordable af. Be sure to bring cash or face an ATM fee! read more

I am visiting and my hotel is fairly close so I walked down. This was on a Tuesday. It was very closed. I tried to call as well. No answer. You should probably update hours if this place is still open. read more

Bring cash and your pool stick, cheap drinks steps away from the Gas Lamp clubs. Close to MTS 2 for me, easy win and no parking issues. Perfect. read more

As other reviews stated, it may not be open, but when it is you can rely on a cheap yet stiff drink from a nice bartender, two solid pool tables, and frequently friendly patrons. I've also bought some rad art off their walls. Overall, yet another solid SD dive bar. read more

Nice little local bar around downtown. Cash only and really chill vibes. Dog friendly and beers are 6~

Come here for an after industry shift. This is the shiz-nick as when us service folk get off we don't want to keep smiling for free or be nice when we don't need to be. This place is our perfect hideaway from people. Bring your cash tips:) read more

March 5, 2024 and it is 9pm. Their website says they're open as does Yelp. Well, walked 6 blocks through the unlighted streets/sidewalks and dodged numerous urban campers only to find it closed. Off to "Time Out." read more

A group of us came here as we waited for others to arrive in the area for dinner. We each got a mixed drink. Total was $20 which isn't too bad. Forewarning the place is CASH ONLY. There is an ATM machine in there. There is also two pool tables and art on the wall that can be purchased. Overall, is a chill spot. read more

Chee-Chee Club - Dark rum and coke - Dive Bars Near Me - San Diego, California

Fun dive bar with two pool tables! It's cash only, but they have an atm on site. Beers are fairly cheap and the bartender is super nice. They also have some cool art on the wall. Will come back in the future. read more

Had two completely different experiences with this dive bar. The first night, my friends and I came in for a drink and some pool. Drinks were cheap and strong. Bartender was a taller slender guy-- was attentive and friendly. 4/5 stars. We enjoyed the divey ambiance so we returned the next night. We came with the intention to do the same thing, but started with pool first. We forgot that the car was cash only which is when we decided to just hang around the pool table and pass on the drinks because who carries cash nowadays? A few minutes later, the bartender asked us if we planned on buying anything. I asked why it mattered, and she said that's what's expected when a group comes into a bar. She was being very condescending with no knowledge that we were here and spent money literally the night prior. Her reasoning was totally valid, but her approach was completely unprofessional and inhospitable. She spoke to us from across the bar and all the other patrons were able to listen in. Felt like it was her intention to embarrass us. She made us so uncomfortable that we left immediately after our game. Should she had approached us directly and let us know that we would need to order something to stay, we would've done so. More than likely, we would've made the effort to withdraw cash and just get a round (because as I said, the drinks were cheap anyway). That night, she lost our potential business and all five of us will never be coming back. read more

Honestly a waste of time, went to an after party and it was cramped, bad drinks, good music, but they can't charge a door/cover charge and pretend to be a dive bar. All the bad aspects of a dive bar and none of the good read more

I'm a San Diego dive bar enthusiast (pay sucks) and must say The Chee Chee is my favourite dive in downtown SD. Great punk music, cheap drinks, awesome bartenders, Hamms in a can, pool, art, and the list goes on! This bar knows how to party cheers y'all read more

If this is what a cool dive bar is...I just don't like dive bars at all. I have passed many times by the door as a have friends living just by the corner and never really wanted to take a look at what is inside just by seeing the outside sketchy people. Still, that photogenic facade (from the other side of the street, check my pic) convinced me to go and see what was chee-chee about (by the way, someone commented that chee-chee in Spanish means tits, at least in Spanish from Spain means vagina, so I actually initially thought that this some sort of strip club). Not recommendable for women (unless you are into this type of place). You actually won't see many. I would not say is unsafe, but if you have been taking a shower, put a nice dress, put perfume on, go to the salon to do your hair and your mani-pedi to go out on a Sat night, socialize and get a drink...well, your effort to beautify the nocturnal landscape with shock with the dramatic reality of urine smell at the door, toothless people asking you for something, people at the bus stop offering sexual favors, homeless drunk woman yelling 'i love your dress, bitch', a rat passing by all well fed...hell not even fun. Not even for the cheap drinks. I did not see any hipster as other comment, but only really old patrons, most people very drunk and all the above at the door. Again, if that is what I dive bar is...I like pretty, clean, light and positive. So won't come back and probably won't be missed either:) read more

Chee-Chee Club - Dive Bars Near Me - San Diego, California

This is one of the greats! Too many doucey bars out there these days. This is a bar back in time before everyone was so consumed with their cell phones. This is a place where you'll find conversation with the greatest of ease, fueled by some of the cheapest drinks in town. read more

Where the under world go for a drink . This is the last stop for drink you can afford in downtown. Ok for me to give a 5 stars to place where the jukebox has no Madonna. Jesse people skills make this Jen a 5 star dive . read more

I thought this place was a strip club for at least the first six months I lived here. After stumbling in one drunk night I was pleasantly surprised. The dirty bar and giant brown stains on the pool table were made up by a simple conversation with the bartender that went something like this: Me: "do you have any specials?" Him: "yeah, we're the cheapest bar in San Diego" Me: "ok what's your well vodka?" Him: "shit." And then we got two PBR tall boys and two vodka drinks for $13. Will come here forever. Edit: I take back what I said - they have not one but two new pool tables. This place rules. Also I'm here right now and "lets get it on" is playing. read more

Chee-Chee Club - Dive Bars Near Me - San Diego, California

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DIVE BAR CHECKLIST: Urine smell - CHECK Cockroach running across the bar in front of our $3 PBR tallboys - CHECK Disgusting bathroom with plastic bag over the urinal, a door that doesn't lock, and completely visible to the entire bar when the door is open - CHECK Morbidly obese woman with a walker - CHECK Guy in crushed velvet pimp suit - CHECK Dartboard with no darts - CHECK This place is only three blocks from my East Village condo, but for a long time the place looks so shady and has so many suspicious characters hanging around outside that I've never gone in. They seem to have toned that part down a little, so I decided to give it a go. The drinks are cheap and the crowd isn't so bad. Some are friendly and the rest keep to themselves. The bartender was really cool too; he's from Cleveland so he had a lot to talk about with me (Chi-town!) and my cousins (originally from Youngstown). I love dive bars, and this is as divey as it gets. Cheap drinks and an interesting crowd, but if you're a clean freak I wouldn't even walk within 10 feet of the front door. read more

Chee-Chee Club - PBR tallboys - Dive Bars Near Me - San Diego, California

The place is in a sketchy ass area but it's very good vibes and the drinks are very cheap would highly recommend.

Hmmmm, dull, dark, vacant.... 'cept for the seniors. Friendly (on an early Thursday for whatever that's worth). Cheap drinks!... $3 Vodka Tonics :) read more

Chee-Chee Club - a bar with red lights - Dive Bars Near Me - San Diego, California

Anytime a bartender tells you "Read the Sign - Cash only " and then points to an ATM is a red flag. Save your 'cash' and go somewhere else; life's too short for rudeness and belittling. Drank half my beer and left - not a good vibe there at all. read more

This is the ideal div bar, it was Super mellow and had a decent crowd, The drinks were A good price, they don't have beer on draft but the have plenty of bottles of beer. The Lights are really cool and the music is good. Again, if you looking for a Div bar this place is good read more

Great dive bar with about a dozen microbrews on tap along with top and bottom shelf liquor selection. + 1 star for the cool bartenders and their generous pours of liquor. read more

Dive bar with two pool tables, jukebox, cheap drinks and an eclectic crowd. There it is.

Such a chill dive bar. Regular crowd, good music, CASH ONLY but very relaxed environment. Jesse is the best bartender ever. read more

Chee-Chees is a true local bar. I went here for a taste of the real San Diego. This is a cash only place. I forgot mine, but the bartender let me enjoy my pour like a true gentleman. read more

I love the Chee Chee Club! I would give it 6 stars Great drinks, Nice bartenders, I always have a great time here! My favorite menu item is a Hot Terry! Ask for it! read more

It's a dive bar, not a trendy dive bar just a dive bar. If you don't like it it's not for you, nothing wrong with that, heck it's not for me and most of the regulars aren't checking yelp, and they are regular there. It's not trying to be something, it's been around for decades it just is and it is happy being that and good for them. read more

Best dive bar in SD hands down! Drinks are generous and fair. Crowd and bartenders push this into must visit territory.

Whenever I see Chee-Chee Club, one thing comes to mind: BOOBS Its like the slang term for boobs in Spanish except its spelled "chi chi." It always makes me giggle in an immature way. Anyway, I had been curious about Chee Chees and I am glad I finally got to check it out. It's not nearly as divey as I expected...which is good and bad. It's a lot cleaner than I expected and the crowd was very diverse. They have cheap prices on drinks and have a pretty good selection of spirits to choose from. Overall, it strikes me as an inexpensive place to pre-drink before going off to some other place in Downtown in the same way most people go to Star Bar. I guess the convenience of choosing one place to pre-drink over the other depends on where your ultimate destination is located. read more

I'm pretty sure women are allowed in this place, but I wouldn't know from seeing any inside. I've been about 3 times and the score is Sketchy looking dudes 20 Females 0. It's not exactly a hotbed for hotties, but then again what dive bar really is? What will keep me coming back is the extremely cheap drinks paired with the feeling that a fight is about to break out at any minute. You've got to be on your toes, but it's a dive bar vibe at it's finest. I for one dig it for at least a drink or two. read more

Don't get me wrong, I love me a good dive bar, and understand that dive bars are grungy, ghetto, filled with toothless patrons and dirty pint glasses. But when I can't even step into this place without seeing a stream of piss running down the floor and the place reeking of urine and in a haze of thick smoke, I think "biohazard" over "dive." read more

chi chi n the urban dictionary...but it depends on how you pronounce the name of this bar (dive?) "Chi means a variety of things in different languages as stated here. In Jamaican it's basically the equivelant to the american term gay (can be used when not reffering to homosexuals, just in a deragotory way). In spanish it refers to breasts/tits, in this way it's used commonly among blacks and mexicans. In japanese, it's short for daddy (Chihayo)." Why did I start the review this way. This was my first visit to this bar. After checking out the reviews, I anticipated a mix of old and new. The old Chee Chee was a dangerous place to visit, the new Chee Chee was a hipster art haven (now being next to Hodads in East Village means more touristas). I say it's the mix of both. When we come to have a drink with our former Yelp Talk enthusiast raconteur Danielz for his Birthday debauchery, we expected unsavory characters lurking in the bar. Unfortunately, we found a hipster, artsy show of various forms of art products, paintings, jewelry and other items. The bar was lighted generously for all and the bartenders were not bad (except the bartenderess who shifted Poor El Gato and when confronted stared us down teh rest of the night). Overall, it wasn't as divey when I went, but I did see fringes of that old dive bar feel, there was a big dog at the bar (possibly one of the regulars). I would have loved to see the crowd when there was no art show because it would have lived more to my expectations. I live through the '80s and '90s when I went to some of the most diviest/scariest bars (because when you are young, you want to be scared but awed!). Drinks were considered strong by others, I had a PBR for 4 bucks probably a little less than at the other hipster bars to be found in the Gaslamp Westward. I'll be back Chee Chee and next time scare me please or not! cheap alcohol often trumps scary characters (see Tower Bar review!) read more

Why five stars? Because this place has character: 1. It's ghetto-tastic 2. It's gay-tastic 3. It's homeless and crazy people-tastic What else do you need? read more

After pitching a shutout on the guest list at HOB, my friends and I were trying to decide where to hit for a drink. As we were walking down the street, I remembered that I saw a few positive reviews from people whose opinions I value, so we strolled on in. I was expecting it to be way more sketch, but people in there seemed to mind their own business. So we drank a bit (for cheap!), played some good tunes on the jukebox, wasn't horrified at the bathroom and had a nice convo with Fred. He was cool enough for us to drop him a $20 tip - I hope that made his night. I'm definitely down to come in here again. read more

When going downtown you can expect a few things..... 1. Street folk and street posse's 2. Girls dressed in almost nothing wearing ridiculously uncomfortable shoes 3. Expensive Drinks 4. Congestion getting in or out 5. Absolutely no parking Well, at Chee Chee Club you DONT have to pay an arm and a leg for a drink unless you wear a prosthetic and WANT to pay with your arm or leg and of course IF the bartender that night is into it. (serious drinks on the cheap). To me, this joint is a win WIN! Pool tables? YES Juke Box? YES YES Bathrooms? GROSS DONT DO IT AND!!! THE BEST PART:::: IF you like art they have a monthly rotating art show and local artists plaster the walls with their creative spirits! ENJOY and tell Fred I say "Hullooooooooo" read more

This is hands down the best dive bar in town. Durk is my favorite bartender of all time and always takes great care of me. I even bought a shirt! Go here is you want a fun vibe cheap drinks! read more

I love dive bars-and this place doesn't disappoint!!! Dark, old school Tvs, pinball, jukebox, ATM, and a couple video games! Oh-and here's the added bonus-THEY LOVE DOGS! My little one just happened to be with me and they let her in, and even had treats for her. MY kind of bar. We popped in here for a couple cocktails while our group was waiting in line to get in to Hodad's. Perfect spot, perfect timing, really nice prices. Me likey. Double-dipping at it's finest. read more

This place really is the last true dive in the 92101 (and I do know about the Star Bar , but they cease to be a dive when they start charging cover in the evenings). All I can say is, be ready for anything. In my many trips to the Chee Chee I have experienced things that you could only experience there. Here are the cons: A (human) turd on the ground behind the pool table Multiple people vomiting up there recently swallowed well shots Loud fights between men who seem like they have known, and hated, each other for years yet still hang out everyday The worst dance moves possible and the charm of hanging around people who really make you scratch your head and wonder, "when did they let this guy out of the hospital?" All these things taken into consideration, they still have the best juke box in central San Diego read more