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    The Republic

    4.2 (159 reviews)
    InexpensiveBeer Bar
    Open 2:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)

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    THE REPUBLIC ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Juke Box
    Moderate noise
    Divey
    Casual

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    Environment is always great bartenders are on top of their game and have a great selection of beer.

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    Jason G.

    Exquisite brewskies, darts and foosball are extremely entertaining, impeccable service!!

    Tania S.

    Casual place for a beer either alone or with friends. The experience was great yet again and Kyle at the bar was attentive. I love that The Republic carries an array of beers that from in and out of California. I saw Epic Brewing (Utah) and Great Divide (Colorado) on the overhead list. The Lagunitas Cherry ale was so good! I wish they carried that everywhere. Although they have about three dozen craft beers, they also have domestic beers if you'd like a safer choice.

    Craft brews!!
    Alex B.

    Was looking for a place to grab a couple drinks after dinner with some buddies and we saw this spot. Looked kinda sketchy from the outside but went in anyways. Turned out to be a good idea. They have a good amount of craft brews on tap! Love that! They also have a couple a dart boards and a foosball table inside. Bartenders were really cool. Place isn't very big so as the night went on it got a little crowded. Only complain I have about this place is the restrooms. They were pretty bad and it's only a one person bathroom. They need to be more attentive about their restrooms for sure.

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    Delina K.

    Randomly found this place on yelp and it had good reviews so decided to check it out for a girls night out. Definitely not a Wednesday girls night out kinda place. All the previous reviews were on point with the bar having awesome beers on Tap and a great selection! Atmosphere: "going out to the club/bar" style place. The floor is polished cement with about 10 small high top tables running along the wall and lots of open space. It has a Foosball table, juke box machine, TV's and two high tech dart boards. Also it was very dim lighting. Food/Drink Options: lots of awesome beers on draft - and some peanut on the side if requested Parking is street only If you looking for something really low key-local dive bar- with good craft beer options in the covina area this is the place for you. Shout out to the bar tender who was awesome and pick out the best beer for me.

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    Great selection of craft beers. Friendly service. Cool bartenders . Like the TouchTunes juke box.

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    2 years ago

    Great selection of craft beers AC is always on and This is the place to watch lakers and dodgers baseball... cold craft beers!

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    Awesome loved it ! Will definitely be back ! Will definitely be back, keep up the great service. Your bar is so nice!

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    Good place no pool table, good darts, drinks and vibe though. Cozy and overall good place to be and hang

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    This place is the shit if you don't like it here then get lost top notch service top notch beers great music selection on touch tunes KAILE

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    A really chill atmosphere, spacious bar and seating, a really good mix of craft beers on tap, nice music mix...

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    I have been wanting to try this place for a while, it looks like a lot of fun. We came on a Friday…read morenight around seven. You seat yourself, we chose a spacious seating section to the right. There's a bathroom right here so that's convenient. Unfortunately, the start of the experience wasn't great. A nice person came to take our drink order said she would be right back. Between now and then it's been 20 minutes, and 4 different staff/servers have stopped by our table to ask us if we need anything. In which we've been replying yes we would like to order. Each one of them responds the same way, ill notify your server. I don't really blame the girl though, they're pretty short staff. She's all over the place, she probably just forgot about it or didn't realize how much time was passing by. I mean, what can she do at the end of the day. It would've been nice if one of the other four people would've taken our order though. They're not just helping out as the customers, but they're also helping out there staff as well. I got to the point where we were debating about leaving, but we had already ordered our drinks. Aside from that the vibe is pretty cool. I really enjoy the music they have been playing. They also have a live band. It's good for parties and groups. The staff is friendly, they're nice The drinks and the food are very good. Unfortunately, the wings were not very hot when they came out. We both think the wings were probably done first, and just sitting there for a little while while the rest of the food was being made. Because we were able to very easily pick up our wings and eat them no problem. They were barely warm. I'm not sure if I would be back again just because they seem so short staffed and they don't seem like they communicate very well with each other. But I did enjoy the overall experience.

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