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Clancy's

3.8 (92 reviews)
Closed 8:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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CLANCY'S ATMOSPHERE

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Divey
Loud
Juke Box
Good for groups

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Beer, Long Island, Shirley temple, water
Faith L.

Amazing service. My friends and I were celebrating birthdays, and the bartender with blonde hair and glasses was the most welcoming and sweetest ever!! Bar was not crowded at all. Would def come again!

Espresso Martini *made by Matty*

MATTY makes the BEST espresso martinis in all of seal beach!! Come here if you're looking for one!!! Hands Down the best place to get one, no where like it!

RoseEllen S.

Once upon a time, Clancy's! This is a tried and true locals pub where everyone is welcome. There is always a good bit of Craic here. Great conversations, antics galore, and rapid-fire service. Not glamorous, but such a good time. How can you resist? The end.

Matty and Jake are the best bartenders in seal beach They will make sure you have a good time and are taken care of. Go longhorns baby

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Heidi runs this cute little dive bar so well! We spent 4 hours eating, drinking and playing pool. What a fun day! Bummer the Rams lost

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Cheap drinks by the beach, good customer service once your served. But very slow service otherwise they would get 5 stars.

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We love Matty and chelcie!!! Best place to have drinks !! Matty is the best. Captain is the OG. Come here for a great time

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Matty and Jake are the best bartenders in seal beach They will make sure you have a good time and are taken care of.

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They had me at Bloody Mary. And for 7.50, it was meant to try it out. We walked around Main Street…read morelooking for someplace for lunch and ended up here. Saw the open patio as we had the little pup with us. Noticed the hostess cleaning one of the tables and asked here if it was ok to have our pup with us. Of course she said, which we later seen that so many people would pop in with their fur babies. We checked in which there was about 4 other parties ahead of us. We were wanting the patio seating which they had plenty of seating but still had to wait for a table. It was about a 10 minute wait or so. They were going by the sign in sheet. Hostess was quite sweet and friendly. We got seating which there with plenty of seating still available. There was also hi top bar seating where it seemed like it was first come first serve seating. Menu for the place looked quite interesting. They had breakfast but it was only served till a certain time. Of course the reason we stopped in here was for the Bloody Mary deal we saw for 7.50. Not sure if it's all week or only on for the weekend. Found out that it goes on till 5:30 I believe. Of course we had to try it out. It was a pretty decent size and extra spicy how we like it. Adorned with celery stick, pickle slice, pearl onion, olives and perppercini. For the price, it was quite nice. I thought they would have just used the premixed but it was quoted that each one was made specifically. Quite tasty I must say. Entrees, we just went for a salad. The poke salad on top of mix spring greens was excellent. Nice full chunks of poke in a nice glaze and served with dressing on the side. Portion wise was massive for the price. And the Cobb salad. Your classic with all the usual toppings. Grilled chicken with bacons, tomatoes, avocado, eggs blue cheese crumbles and black olives. Food was nice. Nothing major but they were great. We did also order a side of fries which never came out but later didn't see it on the bill. Waitress must have not heard us ordering it. It was fine. The food was great and service was nice. Seating situation was by the list but we noticed that you could just walk in and have a seat along the patio hi top tables.

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Clancy's - divebars - Updated May 2026

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