Instant Replay Dive Bar

I stopped in here for the first time with my friendThe place is a nice hang out spot, the bartenders actually pay attention and don't have you waiting forever for a drink. Affordable drinks too! Pretty chill vibe!

Rolled up to Instant Replay Dive Bar in Rancho Bernardo yesterday to meet a friend for some ice cold suds. The joint is warm welcoming and clean. Rocking tunes blast from the sound system while patrons have plenty of room to relax and get their drink on. Quaffed a pair of delicious IPAs in no time. Plenty of pool tables and dart boards here. Barkeeps are professional informative & efficient. Relaxed vibe all around.Top level local establishment for adult beverages and brews without any doubt.Stoner Grub Ranking: N/A

Attentive staff. Drinks were well balanced. People were all nice. Billiards and darts (with real darts). Only downside (for me...others may not care)...music is so loud it's hard to have a conversation. One suggestion...tables need to be wiped down more often. They were a bit sticky...like a fruity drink was spilled and not cleaned up right away. I will say, a staff member came right over when he noticed us grossed out by the table too. All in all...a nice neighborhood joint to have a drink. Not pretensions. Not intimidating. Just a good casual time.

Could not have been a worse night at the Instant Replay Dive Bar. Went for Trivia (they were 20+ minutes late which isn't the restaurants fault. I went up to ask for a food menu. They apparently didn't have food in store, but you could pay under the table to food that they made in the back. The lady asked for my ID even though I wasn't drinking and just there for Trivia. I showed my ID, but little did I know that my CDL was expired. Whatever... oops, guess I have to get a new CDL. I showed them my school ID, passport, and definitive proof I was over the age of 21. Didn't matter as the bar lady and the bouncer thought my license was a fake CDL. Who would ever get a fake CDL that is expired and says I'm 27? Embarassing by their management team. My entire friend group that came with me left as they were laughing at how horrible they treated me. I wasn't even trying to drink!

Theres nothing like a good dive bar and you can't possibly do much better than the Instant Replay. I've been a semi-regular at this Rancho Bernardo place for decades and it whenever it changes (even incrementally) the more it remains the same. New owners Pete and Dave took over a few years ago and added credit cards and some new TV's. Those are big changes in a place that hasn't changed much over the years. It's impossible to go to the IR not see people you know. It's also impossible to go to the IR and not have a good time. People are friendly, they have pool tables, obviously they have booze. How can all those things not be fun?Please note Instant Replay doesn't serve food, but what the hell, there's pizza and Thai nearby. Sadly, the former drive-thru Taco Bell diagonally across the shopping center is now a Starbucks, (so no more late night fake Mexican food to help you sober up and drive home safely) but if you play your cards right the pizza place might deliver your pie to the IR. (Just ask for Joey.) Most recent visit 9/25/21. Jannette took great care of us. Three Pacifico's for me, three Coors Lights for Scott. Watched Giancarlo Stanton bang a grand slam for my Yankees against the Red Sox. First place baby! It was another chill visit, the latest in a very long line of chill visits, to this classic gem -- A truly timeless watering hole in RB. If you come in, please say hi. Thanks, IR. I love you.

If you're looking for an authentic dive bar, this one's the real deal. Metallica and Dio on the juke box, PBR $4.25 (like it should be), friendly bartenders, pool tables, regulars...it's all there. Since 1978.

Nice people, fun environment. Pool, Darts, Trivia all good times. New Felt on 3 tables

Pretty cool neighborhood spot. Great people and staff. Definitely will come here again

Mitch, Michelle, and Mack are the best!!! They are the ONLY reason we come back every Friday night. Drinks are great and the pools tables are cool but those three make it hard worth it.

Awesome service, great people and fun vibe! Have been up from Los Angeles to San Diego twice have visited this bar always a good time!