High Dive

Soak yourself into the glow of LED lighting cast by four beautiful Pinball machines at the High Dive. Reasonably priced drafts and cocktails are offered up to drive your tongue off the cliff of extreme flavor.

A classic Milwaukee dive bar. It's super small but the walls are all rock and roll. Drink prices are cheap. We saw a band there but unfortunately they were pretty terrible.

One of my favorite bars in Riverwest. High Dive, as the name might suggest, is a no-frills establishment with friendly bartenders and cheap drinks ($2 PBR tall boys!)Longtime RW bartender Jason runs the joint, and he clearly knows what he's doing. There's occasionally free food (specifically during Packer games!), which is a solid incentive. The live music they host is top notch, and it gets packed very quickly. If you're checking out a show, get there early!Pro Tip: before heading over to Mad Planet for an evening of dancing, hit up High Dive and pre-game with the super cheap PBRs.

Honestly, I want to like this place because it is literally down the street from my house. However, every time I've gone by there two things happen, either it smells horribly of pee or I get some pretentious asshole treating me like I don't belong there because I don't have a septum piercing. I get it, Riverwest is a "hip" area of town, but for most of the residents who are families or non-hip mid 30's people, it'd be nice not to get an attitude when we want to enjoy a drink at a local bar. I won't be going here again.

I absolutely love High Dive. Great prices for drinks, excellent atmosphere, great selection of pinball and arcade games in the back, and some of the best shows in MKE. Also, excellent bartenders

We went to High Dive during the Riverwest 24. Because it was near a check point and they had a band playing it was packed inside and out. Loved the music and they had pizza at the bar for everyone(?). I had been wondering what the RW24 bikers eat during the race. The one problem is it is a tight space for a band and it was HOT inside because of all the sweaty bodies. I love the location so I'll be back to check out what High Dive looks like on a quieter night.

I followed Jason McBrady the owner here from Bremen cafe where he used to work. The high beams of Jason's shit eating big headed Irish bastard smile can make your day. He hires nice professionals to work for him. I like dancing here on Saturday nights some times. If I get out of work early its a nice spot to drink one or two meditative drinks while playing pinball in the back room. It is a slightly nerdy dive bar. The men's bathroom is disgusting and looks like a scene from the first five minutes of a Law and Order Special Victims Unit episode. A very eclectic revolving door of bands play here. The stage is tiny and bad and the sonic qualities of the room are bad. I really don't like live music but do enjoy the performance art aspects of the bands Jason gets to play.

Standard dive bar, nothing much to say either way about it, to be perfectly honest I was pretty drunk when I was here, they had a decent beer selection I remember, though I couldn't tell you what I ordered :p

So much fun!! I love the ambiance there and will be back for more live DJs! Drinks were cheap too

I loved this place when it was River Horse many moons ago. It was my spot when I lived in the neighborhood. No frills, dark, and cheap. High Dive does a good job carrying on that legacy.