*Bartender let's someone cut in front of us after we've been waiting* Me: "Can I get a Starburst shot and 2 Moscow mules?" (Very easy to make and common drinks I've gotten at other dive bars) Bartender:" I don't know what that is. What is that?" Me: "NVM can I see a menu?" Bartender: "No you can't, cuz we don't have one" Me: "um so what DO you have then?" Bartender: "were a dive bar so we have dive bar drinks..........adios' and stuff" Me: "great. I'll take two adios'" Bartender: "24 dollars without tip" (WTF 12$ FOR AN ADIOS?) "CASH ONLY" ( Again, WTF, that would've been nice to know beforehand like at the door or something. ) *my bf questions the price* Bartender: "I don't make the prices dude!" Me: " I can't even verify if you're overcharging us because there's no menu to reference price." Security guard was great vibes. This bartender needs to find another job outside of customer service. Owner needs to pay attention to whats going on inside his club for newcomers. Lovely diverse crowd, decent music, INCREDIBLY sticky floors and tables, don't touch em. Dear owner and bartender, have you ever watched Bar Rescue?.....because you should. read more

The music was great ... the bartender on her phone all night not so much. These are crowd bartenders, there for a rush of people ... if it's dead, these bartenders will just resort to their phones and let your business sink. No longevity, clock in and clock out . Not personable at all. The dude was polite, the girl had better things to do, like her IG. read more

I love the anarchy Great music Cheap drinks and the crowd is awesome. If there is a fight everyone starts yelling CULERO which makes the Isidora look like fools. Then everyone starts dancing again! I love it read more

This dj doesn't know how to cross fade nor read a crowd it sucks. HE CANNOT EVEN MATCH BPM. Especially since it is a Saturday. Wish I was at Blue Monday or Rock It. read more

The Anarchy Library - Dive Bars Near Me - Downey, California

I've heard so much about this place and I've been invited so many times but I never got the chance to go. I finally went on a Tuesday night. I didn't know they open on Tuesdays. I was expecting something different but honestly, I loved it. They have $2 drinks and the music is great. 80's/90's hits with some indie. The attire is casual. I would definitely be going back. read more

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This review update is SPECIFICALLY for the energy drink they serve.. I frequent this bar all the time. I decided to go here for my birthday in August and I ordered a red bull only no alcohol that night. So I drank it all and I had to leave the place because I felt sick and threw up. The energy drink made me feel sick. Ok so I went here last night. Halloween night and again I order one drink ok just one red bull drink no alcohol at all because I am driving. And again same thing happened I ended up feeling sick to my stomach. I don't know what the hell these people put on this drink. An energy drink should never have to make you feel sick. I won't be ordering anything from here again. I do love this bar, but I'll just come here to dance I guess.. read more

Been here a couple times...This is actually a cool little dive bar out in the outskirts of Downey.. They have a good beer selection. Bottled and canned, and a full bar. The bartenders are pretty hot as well. The owner is really nice, and always around. Bathrooms are clean. Now music, gotta love all the industrial, 80's mixes they play. Came here yesterday, and yes more of a suasage fest for all you ladies. We came in around 11pm, and place was not packed, but by 12pm, the dance floor was packed as well as the little bar area. All in all, good times, no cover, and free parking. read more

All those one star reviews are pretentious net bangers, this bar's the shit if you aren't stupid‍ the bartenders are tip top

I'm a bartender and I'm pretty sure it's not illegal or maybe moral to refuse a customerbwater unless they pay $3 . Every bat has tap water . Talk about trying to get every dime you can get out of people read more

How can you mess up a Jameson and ginger ale? Well this bartender did. Tasted like carmel syrup. Well never come back to this dive bar again. Plus I parked in the front and they made me move my car. Worse bar I've ever been to in my life. Made a mistake coming here. read more

Just waking up, lost my credit card, raccoon eyes.. I've come to the realization that they don't call it the anarchy library for nothing. Lol It was mayhem last night, whatever they put in my dranks did me beyond good. Cool crowd, some people of all walks of life, plummers, strippers, taco makers you get the point. Lol read more

Anarchy Library is not one of the prettiest places in town, nor would I want it to be. The name itself is a subtle hint that would cause one to think "hmmm maybe there is potential for some craziness to go down at this place...maybe I shouldn't wear my good shoes" and if you think that, then BY GEORGE YOU'VE GOT IT. Okay in all seriousness, it's a cool place to hang, its not ridiculously loud to where you can't hear the person next to you, but don't be fooled it's not some hipster coffee house, where everyone speaks in hummingbird voices. Can't go wrong with Wednesdays, THAT'S REGGAE NIGHT..$3 Rum & Coke, great old school reggae on vinyl, then around 10ish a band goes on. GOOD VIBES, GOOD DRINKS.....OOOOH CAN'T FORGET THE TACO CART. AND THE BARTENDERS ARE FINE. (the female ones) read more

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We stopped by on a Friday night and there was a good amount of people. It's a small bar with chill people which makes for a cool atmosphere. There were a few people dancing and other just standing around listening to the DJ. On Friday and Saturday's they play the best of the 80's and We parked in the shopping center across the street and walked on over. They have a security person at the main entrance checking ID's prior to entering. The restrooms were pretty clean for a bar. I probably won't go back or want to go back myself unless one of my friends wants to go to this bar again. I had heard so many great things about this bar being so amazing that I had high expectations for it. Once insider, there wasn't anything that blew my mind. It was just another small, chill bar with cheap drinks, and good music. read more

This has become my go to pregame spot. They have happy hour from 8:30-10:30 $2 beer! The music here is great. Depending on the night they play 80s, punk, 80s house music, Spanish rock, and sometimes cumbias). Although the bar gets super busy the bar tenders move through the line quickly. Bam and Z are by far my favorite bar tenders! read more

I came here on a Friday night. They had a small line outside, but they got everyone in within a timely manner. It's a small kind of hole in the wall bar in Downey. They play lots of 80s music and a variety of some old school hip hop and Spanish rock. The drinks are a little expensive for being a type of dive bar ($7.00 for vodka/cranberry), but it's not a bad place to drink and dance. The dance floor gets extremely packed though. read more

The bartender Amy is the worst. She will stare at you and will not serve you. She also changes her prices all through out the night. She has also can't count money she gives you more money back then your change is supposed to be. read more

I don't recommend this location to anyone. I went on 2/11/18 and the security started a fight that could have been completely avoided. The security started the fight! No good location mostly due to employees. Avoid this place. read more

For a dive bar I would give it 5 stars because you can't expect opulence, that's why it's called a dive bar people. This place had pretty much what you can expect from a bar beer and booze, I normally stick to beer but my boyfriend really enjoyed the drinks he ordered and at a good price. The place is a little old but I like that they have the 80's decor which goes great with the great 80's music that they were playing last night. The bathrooms need a little TLC but that's what you can expect from a dive bar, although I have seen worse in the so called hip and trendy bars. The bartenders were nice and made sure to come around and ask if you needed anything else throughout the evening. Will come back on a night they have the live bands playing just to check it out. read more

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Oh my gooooodd! I started going to mi vida first because anarchy was closed during the pandemic but this place is so dope! They've been doing hip hop/throwback nights on Wednesday w/ DJ Blok and he fucking kills it!!! Anytime you go is great but Wednesday nights are so refreshing now. If you're even slightly thinking about coming here just GO! They have themed nights so check out their IG too. - Definitely would recommend wearing something thin or just something you don't get easily hot in because you will sweat! read more

Was my first time and the security guard was extremely rude when I tried to have a conversation with him. Another security guard alerted me that he was new and kept saying to him "customer service, customer service!!!" but it seemed like he cared less about customer service. I did my best to be nice to him until he threw my brother's beer into the trash when he wasn't being rude to him. I'm so appalled with his behavior. I've never been so disrespected. Greg helped us and he was extremely nice. The gentleman who was rude seemed to be African American. I won't ever return to this bar after hearing about it for years. I'm a business owner myself of two in the city of Downey and I'm disgusted with the way I was treat As you can tell below, the owner doesn't care either others are complaining about the same damn security person. No wonder this place is shit, the floor is filthy and the bathrooms are gross. No one was rude to your already rude security guard. He's rude for no reason lol. Why were the other security men apologizing on his behalf? LOL read more

Atmosphere is cool & all but one of the security guards or employees or whatever he is was a total dick. I was waiting outside the restroom for a friend and he started yelling at me saying, "that's the men's restroom! It's a men's restroom ugh stupid bitch." totally disrespectful. everybody there is always so nice I was shocked this guy was being a dick. Never going back. read more

They always have the best music. Come here if you want to dance, for sure! I tried a couple drinks; paloma, margarita and jack with coke. I only liked the jack and coke and drank that all night, it was delicious to my preference. It does get packed with little to no seating, but that's okay. Just dance read more

I went there last night to take advantage of there $2 before 10:30 drink special... I had a total of 8 drinks between my girlfriend and I. And ended up with a $31.00 total not including the tip I left.I was conscious of the time and I know for a fact she overcharged me thinking I wouldn't notice on my bill. It was a woman with leopard tattoos who was bartending that night. My girlfriend also mentioned to me that at 10:17 the bartender charged two women In front of my girlfriend full price for the drinks and the girls were not aware of the happy hour deal.my girlfriend made sure to remind the bartender that it was still happy hour and the bartenders face wasn't too pleased. Aside from the shady service And moving toward trying to use a restroom I'm a male and and used to shitty restrooms in public places, I'm not expecting it to be a five star restroom but C'MON MAKE A WALL SO A GUY CAN TAKE A SHIT and they could have at least left some paper towels to dry your hands or a air dryer. And there was literally a swarm of flies just buzzing around in the restroom. read more

Visited last night st. Patty's day. It was 80s music all night and some rock en espanol . My sisters her friend and I felt at home. We loved the music, the crowd was fun and cool. The bartenders were efficient . All employees working hard and fast. We got in easily at 11am no issues. No rowdiness at all. We had a great time! We will be back again! The missing star was for the women's restroom. I can see the issue, because it's next to the dance floor and it's only two stalls in it. So it's hard to make a line and the door is not allowed to stay open which makes sense plus it's hard to organize a bunch of drunk girls that need to pee. Maybe a quick solve would be to hire someone to handle the women's restroom for the night. Anyways, thanks for the fun time! read more

Awesome dive bar. I came here with the wifey because she loves the music they play. I'm a fan of 80's as well so I had a really good time. This is a dive bar in every sense of the word. Everyone is pretty much there to have a good time and chill. The drink specials that they have are also pretty legit. I think they have $2 drinks until 11 or 10:30. All house alcohol, but that's a deal that can't be beat. If you get like a long island or a drink like that it will cost you $8, but it will be worth every penny because the drinks are super strong. They have a mini dance floor that you can dance at if you've had enough $2 drinks lol. read more

The Anarchy Library - Dive Bars Near Me - Downey, California

I don't usually give bad reviews to places unless they really deserve it and I gotta say that this place definitely deserves a bad review all thanks to one extremely rude bartender. I went to The Anarchy for the first time on this past Sunday (St. Patrick's Day) with my girlfriend, her sister and their friend. Started out decent, waited in the line patiently to get a drink at the bar. The first two bartenders were ok, nothing special, kinda just did enough to get by. The bartenders there were a taller guy and a shorter girl. Fast forward toward the end of the night. My girlfriend asks me to get her some water. This is after having about 4 drinks each (2 beers and 2 shots each). Mind you they have a $10 dollar minimum at the bar for debit cards. I say, sure, I'll get you some water. I walk over to the bar and it is a new bartender. I ask her for some water and she proceeds to tell me 3 three times in a very condescending way that they only have bottled water all while ignoring me by looking away every time I would give her a thumbs up (loud music). She brings a water over and says $3 dollars, again in a very very rude way. I pull my card out and give it to her and again in a very condescending way she says, "it's a $10 dollar minimum." I tel her in a very mild mannered way, "I only have a card and I just spent more than $50 dollars on drinks." She then proceeds to tell me that I am being rude and signals her posse of security guards to kick me out. I felt very disrespected and just overall disappointed at the service there from this woman who I found out from the security guard as I was being escorted out that she is "the new manager" and also that she "is like one of the owners"-(paraphrasing what the security guard told me). Anyway, the woman who threw me out, refused to serve me water, and is apparently the "owner" of the bar has cheetah print tattoos on her shoulder, unfortunately I did not get her name, I'm sure if I asked the security guard, he would have told me. He was actually pretty chill and it seemed like he was used to her behavior. I hope that this review reaches the proper people of this establishment or even the person who treated me this way and also gives a warning to people planning to go there that they should stay away. I know I was honestly having a good time there with the music and dancing and it's sad that the whole experience was ruined by one person and now I will most likely not go back and I will definitely share with other people the negative experience I had of being tossed out of a place called the Anarchy for being "rude" while trying to order water. Sounds a bit ironic.... read more

The parking is wild but not impossible and the drink line is pretty vicious, but the music is great.

One of my favorite dive bars! I always have a good time when coming here . Plus everyone is cool and friendly. I've made tons of new friends here (: read more

Wow this place had poor service. It's not my favorite genre of music but It I still wanting to chill. Anyway bartenders do not care about good service so me and my man left. This place ain't no good read more

This bar use to be good times. I don't know when this bar switch to 21 and over because the new guy at the door doesn't let me or my friends in. But the dude with the long hair never gave me or my friends a problem. This was my go to place! For goodness sake I would do coke in the bathroom with the DJ and he would play a couple of songs I requested. I really miss this place. As soon as I turn 21 ima be back anarchy!! read more

I love this bar! My favorite drink to get is called "bootylicious" Its very small, but the atmosphere is great! Everybody is in a great mood! & on Wednesdays nights they have a live reggae band! The only bad thing would be the parking, you have to park in the residential area nearby. & also the restrooms, they are disgusting! read more

This is my go to bar if I'm not at The Glen. I love Anarchy! I love the music, the energy, the bouncers, the bartenders and the fact that I have never had a bad time here... Not once! The bad reviews I seen here on yelp for Anarchy is just those who can't act right and end up getting kicked out and they come on here so newbies won't come here. I recommend Anarchy to my friends all the time and I'll always recommend it. Cheap beer and great vibes. read more

This is one of the worst bars I've wasted my time going to in years. I went recently after a 5 year absence thinking maybe it will be better this time, because I like the music genres they play there. First of all, we showed up and one of our friends didn't have their vaccination card. So we went to the car to look for it, and came back in about 10 minutes. When we got back the bouncer charged us because it was 10:03, he knew we were just there and could have gotten in for free, rude! Then when we were inside, the bartenders are super weird. They're not friendly at all, don't say hello, or engage you at all. They stare at you until you say what drink you want. The drinks are way over priced for being this shitty of a bar. You can go to actually fun dive bars in Lakewood ca where drinks are easily 5-7$ each, not 12$. During our time there, there was no where to sit, so we stood up the whole time. One of my friends walked out to go to her car to get more money for drinks and when she came back they charged her another $5 to get in. This bar is straight trash, the service sucks, you pay an entrance fee for literally nothing and the drinks are overpriced. Its also cold af inside with nowhere to drink and I've heard of several people claiming they got drugged while there. read more

This place is great! I went on a Thursday night it was 80's night. in the beginning the dance floor was dead, but once all the drinks were flowing it got popping! It is a little too small for me since I'm 6'3... but overall, It was an awesome night! Cheap drinks is always a plus in my book. I'll be returning fersure! read more

Is so cool that is always to pack lol but I love the music and the drinks are 2 dollars before 10:30 is free to go in can't complain

Our favorite spot, gets to crowded but still nice...bunch of friendy people, Tuesday is my favorite day read more

The Anarchy Library - Dive Bars Near Me - Downey, California

This place is awesome to come and relax with friends. Just don't come with the upscale attitude because this is not the place for that but other than that it's a great dive bar. Happy hour 8:30pm to 1030pm everyday. Monday's is karaoke night and the drinks are specials are 3 dollar blue moon and well gin. Tuesday's and Sunday's are 4 dollar selected beers and well drinks. Wednesday you have reggae night with 3 dollar Red Stripe and House rum. read more

So I've read some of the reviews on here and a lot of it is BS If you like dive bars and good music this is the spot to come too. Every time I have come here it's a great experience Good Music and awesome atmosphere $2 Tuesday's are the best Friday's and Saturday's are always packed and sometimes there is a line to get in but always worth the wait DJ's always spinning great music 80's, Spanish rock, indie The door guy is really nice I can honestly say out of all the dive bars I've been too this one is very respectful to the LGBT community Good drinks and good times Oh and keep in mind when other bars may have a cover charge on weekends due to DJ spinning The Anarchy is always free read more

WORST BAR I HAVE EVER BEEN TOO. The bouncer was the biggest jerk I have ever encountered. He was BEYOND rude. I have never had the need to write a bad review until now. Do not waste your time or money here. You will be treated like dirt. read more

Love the vibe here and its awesome how each day has its own theme! They even have live music too i brought my bf here and he actually loved it he loved the vibe and we had a blast! read more