The Liars' Bench

Vanessa is the only bar tender in Hangtown that can serve a good Mai Tai! Ambiance is super casual. So show up in your pajamas if you want. Nobody cares. It's the best part about this place! Anything goes!

Awesome dive bar. Great staff and the locals were very welcoming. Happened to stay in town last night and it was just across the street. Drink prices were awesome. Bartender even made an awesome custom drink for me. Nick named "bull$hit". Hahaha.

Disgusting, dirty glassware. Building smells like mold. The employees behind the bar were unprofessional and had no idea how to make basic drinks.

Lori and her staff were very welcoming to us into what seemed like a "locals" dive bar. Nice place good drinks and inexpensive games they have darts and pool and plenty of bar space as well as tables to sit and talk.

One week ago tonight, I was here. The quintessential "dive bar," right in the heart of Northern California Gold Country. Placerville - aka "Old Hangtown."It's hard to leave a review for a dive bar. I mean, what are you going to say? it was a "dive." It was smoky. It was crowded. The bathrooms were gross. The drinks were strong. Well, let me tell you, that's exactly what I'm going to say! Ha, ha!My brother and I walked in after an eventful Thanksgiving with my 91 year-old grandmother, my uncles, and other extended family. We were ready for a couple of drinks, that's for sure! We knew this place would be rough around the edges, and we were right - It was perfect!No smoking inside, of course - everyone smoked outside the front door. Naturally, all the smoke came inside anyway. The place was crowded - we traded off the one single barstool that was vacant, but this was not a big deal. Sitting would have just made me tired! The bartender was super attentive, and took our order right away - we got a couple of Jack and Cokes, and they were no joke - super strong, thank you very much! The only real "negative" was after we ordered a second round (why not) - that's when the karaoke started. I don't normally mind karaoke, but this was ridiculously loud - we couldn't even have a conversation without screaming at each other! To make matters worse, the people singing were phenomenally bad. I mean, they stank! We chugged our drinks, and were out of there! Too bad, as we were really enjoying our time! So, if you're in the area and want to experience a true dive bar, intoxicated locals and all, this is it! Oh, and by the way.....the bathrooms were super-gross. I was tempted to burn my shoes after leaving!

What a surprising and disturbing experience from the owner and staff. We came into celebrate a birthday after a long hard days work and rather than a welcoming atmosphere I was immediately targeted by the owner. She demanded my ID, which I supplied, then determined it wasn't good enough for her. She then demanded a second form of identification. Claimed she didn't believe I was as old as I claimed lol. She was the rudest "service professional" I've come across in a long time. Typically this area is a great place and the people are friendly. However, I will NEVER recommend this specific dive discrimination bar to anyone in my life. I'm sad I had to give it 1 start because it deserves nothing. This woman ruined my friends birthday.

Liar's Bench is old school dive Bar if you enjoy and appreciate, going back to how times used to be way back in the days 1930s 1940s in the saloons even before I was born or even a twinkle in my mom's eyes, the beer was cold from the tab and reshfresibg to my drinking soul The outside climate today is hot in the high 80s it's a beautiful day here in Placerville the staff super welcoming and friendly I failed to ask our bartender his name he made our beer hydrating stop an A+ we had a blast!! Thank you!!

The staff is great. Nice atmosphere. Friendly people. Drinks are a good price won't break your wallet

Stale atmosphere. Big gal at 1:50 pm July 27th was rude with forced conversation. I hope they have a lot of savings cause they act like they don't need out of town money.

Sad to say the same bartender last time I was there, was new, so I cut her some slack, went there tonight, waited for 15 min to get served, she was too busy drinking with her regulars, didn't even look around, service is good when the guy is there, at least he pays attention the one star was being generous, I walked out since there were plenty of other bars around