I love everything about this place! Perfect desert bar with cold AC and even colder beer. Also, food prices that can't be beat. Belly up to the bar and it feels like you've known the bartenders forever. All of this is even better after finishing our L'Ocotillo Baby Badwater race! read more

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Great service for drinks and they make pizza there! We played pool and would have played music but it's about 50 cents a song or 12 for $5. I thought it was a bit pricey because we were going to stay longer than 12 songs so we opted out. They have plenty of parking in front and side of building. They also have great merch options, my favorite being the hoodies. read more

Lazy Lizard Saloon - Beer Bar Near Me - Ocotillo, California

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Best Saloon in town! Ice cold beer and lots of local flavor. Visit every time we are nearby. read more

Donna Earle is the greatest! Beer flows , wine & Appatizers along with pool table & great friends and family

Love this bar! Everyone is friendly and has great service. Highly recommend going here at least to check out if you are near by. The food is good and the beers are cold. 21+ Only. read more

Great place to hang out! were from San Diego and we try stop by whenever we get a chance. Michelle is an awesome bartender and a great host. Everyone we have met this far has been super friendly. As well as the owner! read more

A very fun little bar in Ocotillo. The epitome of a dive bar, what else can you ask for?! Perfect spot to stop on a motorcycle ride. Great staff and super friendly. read more

The Lazy Lizard bar in ocotillo is a local institution. I've been coming out here for over 20 years and the bar, with the original owners, were running it well before I came out. Some people might call it your classic "dive bar." They have a decent selection of beers on tap and a good selection of bottle beers as well. Last I recall, they were also serving a low alcohol "margarita." In terms of food, it's pretty basic with pizza and nachos. Unless, you happen to get lucky and Rose is serving her famous burritos. There are a couple of pool tables and a couple of electronic dart games. Apparently, the Lazy lizard is part of a dart playing league. The place is kept clean, including the bathrooms. It's in California, so it's no smoking. However, they do have a outdoor patio. When my nephew used to come visit me, the first place he always wanted to go was "the Lazy Lizard." You can also pick up Lizard hat or a T-shirt, if you'd like. The Lizard seems to either be quiet or full. You may walk in there and there might be one or two people there. Or, on a weekend during desert season, you might see 10 cars parked outside. Just don't be intimidated because it seems dark when you enter. That helps keeps it cool during the hot season. Ocotillo has people that live here full-time and part-timers, like myself. I've always felt welcomed there. So, if you need a cold one and you happen to be in the S-2 (which takes you into Anza Borrego state park), take some time and drop in to the Lazy Lizard read more

Awesome spot great people. I always have a relaxing time here and their draft is sooo refreshing

This place is a desert gem. Ive always noticed this place while driving though and we finally decided to stop in while visiting nearby Jacumba. As soon as we walked in, everyone stopped and starred. This is definitely a locals only type of place. We must have stuck out like a sore thumb city slickers. They only serve bottled beer here which is fine by me as long as they keep the cold ones flowing. Pop back some IPA's, check out their cool lizard merch and relax after a day in the hot sun. read more

This place is great fun. Nice and polite owners and bartenders are always there to serve with a smiling face. Very good prices as well!

Larry the owner is the best host of the local saloon. He greets all customers with a positive and funny attitude. Tells jokes that make you laugh yourself off the bar stool. The rest of the staff is happy and can keep up with the busy clientele for this local "cheers" like saloon. read more

Cold beer in the hot hot desert, this place is an oasis when making the trek from San Diego to Yuma. They keep the A/C cranked and the lights down low. Be careful riding in and out of the gravel parking lot, it can get tricky. read more

Been going here for 30 years. In a typically hot and dusty micro town. Lazy Lizard is the one constant you can count on it Ocotillo. As many business come and go only the Lazy Lizard has survived. Expect to experience a blend of local residence and off roaders having a beer and playing pool. read more

This is where the locals go but then again there's not much to choose from. That aside the beer is cold and the bartender is warm and friendly. You can get most anything to eat...as long as it's microwaveable...and on their menu. :D It's very old school and laid back. Don't go there to get drunk or rowdy or Rose is sure to show you the door. read more

I love this place!!! Best burritos ever, always good service and kind faces. Every time I come go I have so much fun.

After a few hours of ATVing, my coworkers and I went to Lazy Lizard for a few beers to recap and relax. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming! They serve only beer or wine, but we all found something that we wanted and enjoyed. We definitely want to make this a tradition if we are ever out there again. It's exactly what you need! A nice, quiet, relaxing place to escape the desert heat and crack a cold beer with a pal. Cruise through, you won't regret it. Enjoy!! read more

Always stop here in passing! You can't beat the ice cold bud WiFi and friendly service from Rosemary! Their tee shirts are fabulous too. Best clean restrooms ever which puts this desert bar on top of my favourite bars I impe read more

i love this place ! its a nice rest spot going to yuma and back , super nice people! cool merchandise too .

In the desert.... beer, good food and friends are worth their weight in goal. Does the LLS have the best pizza in California? Hell no! Do they have the best pizza within 20 miles of where I am camping? You bet they do! Will they keep the beer flowing at a higher cost than I am used to at home.... oh yeah. But its all worth it. If you are driving down the 8 right now trying to use Yelp to find a "good" place to eat, you are doing it wrong. Keep going a little farther for better food with better prices. But, if you want to experience some authentic desert cuisine then check this place out!!!! read more

The lazy lizard is an oasis in a seemingly bleak desert landscape. Whether you're in Ocotillo to rally with your men's group, chase the American dream, or to get a sweet taste of that sans-clothing lifestyle, the lizard is here to serve up frosty brews and good vibes. Yo boy Fred loves to pop in for a quick brew, or five, before heading out on a weekend of 3-wheelin' fun in the sun. The folks running this place offer top-notch hospitality with genuine community feel, and of course, the unique lizard lifestyle vibes. Anyway, if you see an Asian dude with a tight flattop, a toasty neck, and some fresh lizard merch, holla at yo boy Fred before he's slithering into the sunset with a hot a little momma named Beth. read more

It was a bar. It had A/C. It had cold drinks and a friendly barkeep, clean bathrooms and is the only bar in the one-horse town of Ocotillo, CA. It was SO EFFING HOT TODAY. But nice inside. Bikers beware, the parking lot here is small gritty gravel about 1" deep. My friend dropped his bike on it when he tried to brake in it. Great spot for a stop on a motorcycle, pretty classic place. read more

Best hole in the wall dive bar in the middle of nowhere. Along I-8 at Ocotillo. Friendly service, good beers and mediocre food. Set your expectations low and they might exceed them. Nonetheless a good stop for the curious but not the faint of heart. read more

Sort of the "Last Lizard Standing" this is the longest running business in town. In the summer you can get out of the blinding light and catch a little respite from the heat. Winter it's still a good place to grab a drink and something to eat. Pizzas are pretty good. But so are the Fritos - can't beat good old fashioned engineered food products!! read more

All stars amplified due to lack of choices! I camp in the desert in ocotillo and this place is the bomb. Yes it's microwave food but burritos are homemade and taste like it. Drinks are cold and bathrooms clean. T-shirts are high quality! Must have a pic with lazy lizard himself!! read more

I loved this place! Totally unexpected to have some decent frozen pizza and cold beers after being out in 115 degree weather. Bathrooms were clean and fun to look at! read more

oh wow, what a gem. my friends and i drove from our campsite to this saloon when we could no longer stand the heat. i think that 95% of the people in here were older locals, and that made it all the more endearing. the drinks are cheap, although they only have 3 beers on tap, and i think they were bud, bud light, and something else. they had a sign up behind their bar with their hours of operation. and i couldn't tell if it was a joke, and i didn't want to ask. it said something like... open most days at 11, closed some days at 5 or 6, but sometimes open till midnight... etc. kinda funny. the bathroom was clean, and much appreciated after being in the backcountry. they also had random food, but it looked like cafeteria-like options, and we already ate our salami and cheese. read more

This is a great bar! The beer is very well priced. You can hear anything you want on the jukebox. Riding season is the busiest time of the year. If you go on the off season, you will get the opportunity to meet the locals. They are all very friendly and everyone pretty much knows each other. They have a nice selection of snacks. I recommend ordering a burrito. They are pretty tasty. The bathrooms are always super clean and big! They have a lot of cool knick knacks all over the place.... Check it out! read more

Bud & bud lt on draft, fun place to to with friends when staying down here.

Cheap drinks and we did not venture to eat anything, although something smelled good. This place was like a mirgae in the desert to us. Following a backpacking trip in which we ended up hiking in a lot more than planned and waking to rain/mud, a cold beer and clean bathroom were a nice stop on the way home...or many cold beers as it turned out. We were the only people in there with the exception of the bartender and one other guy who seemed to be a local (insert your own image here). We had run of the jukebox and I woudl definitely stop in again if I were in the area... :) read more

I love this bar, the beer is cold and cheap, the locals are friendly and the bartenders are awesome, enough sad.

My favorite cooling down spot around. Cold beer and warm food. The staff is excellent and keeps us coming back. Recommend highly.

I drove my street legal dune buggy from San Diego to El Centro and back and needed a cool place to stop and to get a cold drink in the middle of June, this place was like a cool oasis in the desert! Friendly people, good air conditioning, and cheap drinks! A great resting spot! read more

This here be the best estableshmint in town. Normlly in a 1 horse town that aint be sayin much a nothin but that aint the truth here. The beers is cold and refreshin. The barkeep is always friendly and so are the folks that wander in. If'n you be wantin to git lickered up this aint the place fer ya you should go to the hard bar down the end a the street. I aint be goin thar cuz the lizard is the place to be. read more

Lazy Lizard Saloon - the front of the restaurant - Beer Bar Near Me - Ocotillo, California

My friend Rich and I have stopped at the Lazy Lizard through the years on our bike ride through the desert. Good cold St. Louis, MO beers and snacks and now the wind people. I know we need clean energy, but now the view in that part of the desert has changed!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

The Border Patrol operates a checkpoint a few miles north of town on Imperial Highway.