Staple in Pacific Beach for sure, always a great time, strong drinks, and good vibes. Service is always on point as the bartenders are very tentative to your needs. I really like the game side and then the chill side. read more

See all

Love the pool tables here. The bartenders are chill cool gr8. They got some video games as well. Plus darts. read more

PB Pub - Pubs Near Me - San Diego, California

Carly is THE BEST!!!! Love her!! Heart is broken she's leaving. Such a fun place. Games, drinks, great location. Definitely a place to visit

This is such a random place. I forgot where I parked and walked down this block which is off the Main Street and found it. Came here on an early Sunday morning around 1am. There was about 20 people in here. Some playing pool. Some outside smoking. And most people at the bar all heckling the bartender who all knew them so it was fun heckling and harmless. Everyone seemed to know each other or had a good rapport with one another which tells me it's a bar that a lot of locals goes and there's a lot of regulars there. I didn't eat here. Just drinks. Don't even know they served food. But judging from the crowd and people. It's probably finger food and anything else feels like a "eat at your own risk." Despite everyone being at the bar and only two bartenders, they were surprisingly fast and efficient when they finally got to us. And that's where the 3 stars come in. They seemed to be more interested in the locals than us. When they did get to us... The girl bartender went down the line and took 5 orders from 5 different people and remembered all of our orders and served us in about five minutes. It was quite impressive. Especially since the orders were all vastly different. I didn't interact with the patrons as much as I would have liked. I felt like they were very much to themselves even tho I tried a couple of times to chat with the people next to me. 4 stars for everything but I'll give this a 3 star because of the seemingly pecking order of who gets served first. read more

See all

Local Bar to the Max! Many loyal customers hang out here, all so welcoming and fun to chat with. We brought our dog inside and everyone loved on him. Only drinks fot me! Good beers on draft, bottles back that up. Full bar, plenty of liquor to drown your sorrows. Play Whiskey in the Jar! read more

PB Pub - The Full Bar! - Pubs Near Me - San Diego, California

Great dive bar vibe, friendly locals, great bar tenders and all the bar games (pool, darts, Golden Tee) you could want!

One of the best dive bars in Pacific Beach. Then going there for years all the bartenders are super friendly. The owners are phenomenal. People and drinks are strong. It's been alive and thriving For more than 40 years. Plenty of seating for everybody. Definitely check out the back wall where the big TV is at. Thank you, PB Pub for being around for so long and take it in so many of us locals. read more

Not see bar? Pretty sure. But at least they have $5 beers. Not for me though. -3 for nat sees read more

Have come to live this place over the past year. The service is always on point and it's a fun place to hang out. Free pool on Monday and "hot spot" the rest of the days. Food is just around the corner and most days they bring in pizza or food along the way. Friendly's, Mexican and tons of other choices are just a hop/skip away. read more

Great Bar, always love coming here!!! Bartenders are full of energy and everyone is always having an amazing time. Jamie and Mike are always incredible!!!! Definitely one of my go to spots. read more

PB Pub - Pubs Near Me - San Diego, California

Seth, Jamie and Squirrel were amazing. I forgot his name because we were feeling pretty good when we left. My fiancé and I came to this place for my birthday weekend on Feb 4th and on the the 6th. Everyone made us feel welcome 100% including the regulars. We were conversing with everyone like we knew them forever. This is the best bar I've been to in PB. I can't wait to go back. read more

PB Pub - a person's hand reaching for a drink - Pubs Near Me - San Diego, California

The bartender matt was extremely accommodating and his service was above and beyond. The door guy dave was also super helpful with recommendations for food places nearby and just an overall enjoyable person. read more

Come to the Pub on Wednesday afternoon to see Ashley. She'll take care of you all day! Always happy and having a great time! read more

See all

I've only been here a few times, but it totally has a Cheers feel. Same bench warmers every time I come in and that makes it very welcoming. The bartenders are super personable and remember you, which is always nice. 2 bathrooms are always a reason for a 5 star review. I even added a photo of the PUB sign in one of the bathrooms bc it's so cute. It's nice to have a local pub that welcomes adults in a sea of "tween" bars. read more

PB Pub - Pubs Near Me - San Diego, California

This bar needs more Natalie. She's always friendly and attentive. And ridiculously good looking

Great staff!!!! We went in and had trouble with the pool table (turned out the people on next table took a ball & table was fine); however the bartender helped quickly and made sure we got what we needed and even had free pool after. I don't know how expensive it was because I didn't pay but the beer tasted great in a pitcher and my tequila shot was very smooth. Whomever was playing music had great choices in my opinion and the whole environment was very chill!!! We are 30's and 40's and the crowd was 20's-40's which was nice! read more

PB Pub - Cut-throat pool - Pubs Near Me - San Diego, California

Ok, can't beT cheap drinks & the ability to just blend in and drink ones misery away. Glad to see pets are under control. A good wager? As anyone with a tat if they have a skull tat. Make a bet with your friend and say the person WILL have a skull tat. I'm at 90% win rate with that one here! read more

PB Pub - Nice place to get a hard cheap drink. - Pubs Near Me - San Diego, California

NATALIE IS SO WONDERFUL always so entertaining and fun to have her as our bartender

Seth the bartender made me and my friends the most delicious shots, and Steve made me the finest bag of popcorn I've ever had. Great service, great times. read more

My friends have discovered this place before me and took me here and BOY, I do love this place. This is my friends and I to go place before hitting any other place in PB and now I'd say I'm a regular hehe. Their drinks are cheap and the bartenders make them strong and the bartenders are very personable!! Definitely a lot more casual than most other places in the area and not too crowded. They also have a pool table if you're planning to just drink and hang in a casual setting and they have outside seating if you want a breeze. Drinks are around $7-$10 and usually 2-3 drinks got me feeling good and ready to take PB by the night LOL. Love this place and feels very welcoming, but if your younger- you might get some looks of judgement once in a while from other older customers but who cares- it's a great cheap place with great people. read more

Great Dive bar. Would come here before and after softball in PB. Place is cheap and they let you bring food in. Atleast they did when I was there from 2015-2018. Cheers! read more

Okay the drinks are cheap , jukebox is full, and lots of locals I know because I work there. Very Strong strong drinks plus there a stuffed lobster on the wall what more could you ask for? **Its hard too be Ghetto these days read more

Stiff drinks and good times!! It a dive bar y'all! Save your one stars for another day! Come see Carly and hotties! The best!

They have Golden Tee This is a pretty cool little local dive bar, but I wasn't impressed with the drinks. Usually when the bartenders free pour drinks you get a decent one, but not this time. The pool tables and Deadpool pinball game makes it fun. I recommend ordering a bottled beer if you go. read more

Natalie is the best awesome service great personality I love her !!!! I wish she was here this week but she's not she's at The silver Fox. Guess we will spend our money there ... love and peace !!!! Screw all people that review her or one of my favorite bars ! read more

If you want seedy dive bar, that is what you get when you walk through the doors of PB Pub. Personally, the divier, the better. PB Pub gives you that stale beer smell coupled with a pool table, low lighting, a jukebox and some tvs to watch sports on. The staff is fun if you aren't that douchy loser that likes to cause problems or doesn't know what s/he wants when the bartender is clearly busy and waiting. They used to be cash only, however, more recently that have added credit card machines which is amazing and saves you the surcharges from the ATM in the corner. The drinks are cheaper than surrounding bars and you can socialize with your friends without having to worry about someone random and creepy hitting on you. It's a good location to belly up to the bar, have a strong cocktail and maybe watch a baseball or basketball game while having a good time with friends. There is plenty of street parking surrounding the bar and it isn't overly crowded all the time like other places. You can typically get in quickly and have drinks without any lag time. read more

Went in midweek with some friends...Steph was great. Gave us great options for down on the beach, where we were gonna go...she is awesome!!! read more

When rating a dive bar you have to rate it as a dive bar and what a good spot this is and wow the drinks are super inexpensive, I was able to get a beer and a wine for $4.50 total! They have a good crowd, friendly bar staff, lots of people and pool tables. It's also right on the main strip of PB so it's a good place to go to start with cheap drinks and move on if you're going somewhere afterwards! read more

PB Pub - Last minute Wednesday fun, Michelle is such a fabulous bar tender! - Pubs Near Me - San Diego, California

See all

Service here is awful. The bar tender was awful. She skips people for not tipping her what she thinks she should be "tipped" it was the pregnant woman. Super rude will never come here again and extorted us for money or she won't serve us. Waited 30 min for a 3 people at the bar, Will never come here again. read more

Dope happy hour. 4$ wells, they serve dogs and brats now. I had the brat, for 2.50$ was totes worth it. Will be back.

What a craptastic place. Wife and I were recently married. When you go to get your name changed and your license updated you get hole punched in your current ID and a little paperwork with it. She did not have her corresponding paperwork, so they would not let her, and thus us, in. Fine. OK. Whatever. So our group of seven is out front of the place discussing where we should go next. The bouncer emerges from this hell hole to tell us our presence is no longer required. To his credit, he snidely added please. Wife tells the guy there is no need to exert his power over us. He calls my wife a bitch. I step up and say do not call my wife a bitch and he shoved me to the ground. I have not been in a physical altercation since age 12. Unbelievable. Avoid like the plague. read more

Dear PB Pub, Where have you been all my life?! Yar drinks be stiff, the price is right, and the dick to vag ratio is ideal. I have a sneaking suspicion that I am going to be back....often. PS. Thank you for letting me and my friends play speed quarters all night, and for not complaining when we broke four of your shot glasses. OOPS! Warm Regards, LL read more

"Not even most people who live in PB have heard of PB Pub," our intrepid hero was told by one of the regulars here. This hidden gem serves an eclectic crowd of mostly 25-35 year olds who usually sport piercings, tattoos, radical political beliefs, or a combination thereof. Upon our hero's arrival and until his departure, he was bombarded by a guy telling him to vote for Ron Paul in the upcoming election. The decor looked like something from the mind of Captain Morgan on an acid trip. Our hero managed to engage in some stimulating political discussion with the PB locals while his friend was hit on by a (fairly attractive) cougar. Nevertheless, this place sold cheap pitchers and had almost no line ups. Two thumbs up for those points. PROS: - Friendly staff and crowd - Next to no line ups CONS: - Dirtiest washrooms ever seen in a dive bar read more

It's punk kids meeting the older old timers from PB crowd-wise. Divey of the dives but yet always a great freakin' time. Pool table, jukebox I think, and some other games. Cheap drinks, lots of shots and rarely ever packed nuts to butts. Bartenders know my BF by name and drink. They know me as Brian's girlfriend, but they are always buying me shots. That said, I always have fun here even if sometimes, I'm the most overdressed person in the room. read more

It's a dive bar. The beer is cold, the drinks are strong, and the douchebag ratio is the lowest I've seen in PB in 2 years I've lived here. Maybe it's the eclectic music selection (Yusuf Islam followed by 1998 Offspring?) that keeps them at bay. Whatever it is, I'll be back. And don't believe the hype: in true dive bar fashion this is a cash only bar. You'll get so hammered that you'd leave your tab open anyway; they'd rather avoid that for both our sakes. These guys are pros... read more

I was surprised. A friend who prefers to drink whiskey drinks wanted to go here. I am more of a craft beer guy. I walk in expecting that I am going to have to either drink a cocktail or a bud light. Wow. They have Sculpin on Tap. Cold. Fresh tasting. This is nice. Also, even though I am wearing a sport coat because I haven't been home from work yet and haven't had a chance to change, the bartenders treat me like a human. Don't be afraid of PB Pub. It works. Thank you! read more

Beerbohm place basmati full perfect hhsha Beerbohm place basmati full perfect hhsha Beerbohm place basmati full perfect hhsha Beerbohm place basmati full perfect hhsha read more

PB Pub - Pubs Near Me - San Diego, California

Great bartenders and awesome music. By far my favorite dive bar in PB. It gets a little crowded, but everyone there is down for a good time and it's easy to make fast friends in such a close environment. Definitely not your typical PB bar, but that's why its so great. Make sure you go to Josh at the bar. He makes amazing drinks and is a super cool guy. One downfall: They don't accept credit or debit cards, so you have to use their ATM. Make sure to bring cash!! read more

I consider this a decent place to have a drink, with really pleasant staff and a friendly group of regulars. Surprisingly, I have no tattoo's or body piercings, but maybe people have been nice because I'm bald and freakishly tall, who knows. Outside of the regulars, I generally don't come here on a Fri-Sat night, as I the crowd is bit younger than the rest of the week. As to cleanliness, I guess I have been in some crap holes, at least the men's room door locks. They always have some drinks on special, and generally have a beer special (especially during the summer). For you bargain shoppers, get a pitcher after 9 pm on Sun-Tue. For the cocktail drinkers, they are served STIFF!!!!, and the shot's are served in large shot glasses. I have seen plastic cups, but that is only late at night or during rushes, at least as far as I have noticed. The pool tables are decent, the jukebox is the PB standard digital jukebox that is present everywhere. Also, if you don't care for the music, try the "Play Next" function. You pay more, but you will hear your song in less than 3 hours. And after 3 hours, will you really hear your song anymore? read more

Been in here a few times, nice place not too many TV's. Always is a good crowd. Last night a potential brawl was escalating quickly. The bartender (Michelle?) came from the other end of the bar and shut it down. Very impressive. It was around 9 before the door man was there. What was notable is that she did this in a way that everyone was happy and continued to have a good evening. read more