Newell's Cocktail Lounge

My first visit....This tavern style "Dive Bar" has a generous amount of space with a small corner bar feeling. The Bartender was kind, with a generous pour. People were all in good spirits as old school jams were on the juke box, dancing and laughter filled the first half of the bar, and steel tipped darts and a game of pool entertained a smaller group in the back part of the bar. My second visit was on a Sunday night, only 3 people were in the bar when I arrived, but when I left an hour later, there was a good sized crowd that had found their way in.I will definitely be returning to this "neighborhood" bar.

Great place to come to if you're in the mood for a dive bar. Drinks are reasonably priced, bartender is friendly enough. You know it's a dive bar when there are a bunch of locals there who know each other. There was one local who had prepared a beautiful charcuterie board that she brought in to share with her friends and they were nice enough to allow me to sample some for myself. Not a ton of bar seating, not that this was an issue for us, as there were only a few other patrons there. On a busier night, you can take advantage of the plenty of standing space available. They have a back room available with more space and possibly a pool table available. Bathrooms were decently clean, although one of them smelled heavily like urine.

Was in San Bruno on a Thursday evening and we ordered take out but wanted to hang out more so I looked up any bars or dive bars around. I called and asked if we can bring in outside food and I think the Irish Owner answered and he said yeah sure you can bring whatever you like. So we brought out Korean fried chicken close to around 9pm and pretty much had the whole place to ourselves in the beginning. He let us turn the lights on by the table and Christmas tree and we started with beers to go with our Korean fried chicken. And we later ordered shots. It looks like they have usuals that go there. They have a pool table and play pretty good music and it wasn't so loud. There weren't any other places open around it and it felt really safe, there was street parking right out front. So the best of both worlds to catch up and grab a drink with friends, plus for being able to bring outside food. The owner worker was so friendly and inviting.

This is a great place to go for good drinks at really good prices. They are always open until 2am. They have plenty of open space with lots of seating. They have TV's playing sports. The bartenders are great! (I know this because I am one of them)Good vibes & energy.

My rare pina colada I was here a couple months ago, but I didn't know about yelp then, so I'm catching up now. I remembered Newell's Cocktail Lounge not because they basically didn't have my favorite drink, but that the bartender easily agreed to make it just for me. Everyone there paid attention and was amazed because that rarely happens. It always gives extra points to the place and you probably don't forget it. Moreover, I'm thinking of stopping by again because their sign has the word 'darts' on it, which I've been wanting to play for a few weeks at the moment.On a separate little side note, I love the way the place looks from the outside (like it was taken from old movies).Finally, I gave a minus one star due to their restroom, which wasn't exactly clean, and I felt a little uncomfortable there.

An a-OK dive bar with a wide selection of drinks and a decent tap selection. Really spacious inside with a secondary back room, and a nice old-timey building style and interiors. This is a dive bar, so if you come in with the right expectations, it's truly not bad. I came out pretty content after a couple of pints!

This place is a local patron bar. The bartenders give free drinks to friends a lot. Probably bad for business owner. I've witnessed a lot of patrons being over served. Lots of drug use in the bathrooms by locals. Probably still smelling like fermented drunks and visually outdated. The bartenders would allow gambling during the day too. Entertainment like Ol' Johnny is always a pleasant experience.

Who doesn't love the sound of a comfortable wooden floor under your feet? With a large comfy couch 2 steps up on the left loge area when entering the front door, to the well patina'd wooden bar long enough to seat myself and all of my existing, there's nothing like a familiar dive bar. I freaking love them and frequent none other. Been coming here for years and always happy to see the same familiar faces as well as meeting new people there. They open EARLY STILL! Covid has changed so much it feels good to walk into an establishment that's like putting perfectly broken in gloves on. Where the leather is soft and the wrinkles have conformed to fit you just right.

PLEASE READ BEFORE COMING HERE!I AM VERY, VERY NOT HAPPY and I have been living in San bruno for 31 years!!! If I could give this place a -2 star review I easily would.Let's get this review started while painting the night. My fiancé and I brought her mom that had just arrived on the plane to visit us from Mexico. I shouldn't have to say that my fiancé and her mom are Latinas and has Mexican features let's not forget the accent with my fiancé. The fact how I have to say this is terrible as is. Ok, ok, ok so we walk into the bar and go to the back of the bar where the pool and darts are right, while walking to the back I hear a comment from one of the white men in there saying "I think they are in the wrong bar." Ok so whatever, that doesn't bother me. So we are looking around and one guy that's not white playing pool commented to us that he liked our sweatshirts as they are couple sweatshirts. Then he says "you guys don't look from here, welcome." I thought it was a weird comment. So then we move to the bar area where I see eyes looking at us and faces smirking too. So I waited until the bartender got to me and he asked what I wanted, when I said do you have a menu he said "no." When I said ok hold on. he said "While you figure that out let me attend to people." After I told my fiancé he had no menus, she went up and tried getting his attention by speaking loudly even though there was no loud sounds to talk over, he ignored her once. Ok, once is whatever, but twice that's weird, but a third time?! That's when I got upset because even though she was trying to get his attention he looks at me completely ignoring her standing right besides me and says to me" what would you like?" She ordered not 3 drinks, but 1 drink because we didn't like the attitude that we were receiving since it wasn't welcoming at all. She ordered a margarita. While she was ordering, two white people were smirking in a condescending way at her that I noticed.The bartender was rude, it seemed like he just wanted money that's it, he wasn't friendly besides that.I as well as my fiancé felt very uncomfortable. My first thought was "this would be a good bar for my white friends." Since I felt segregated even as a white man bringing in non white people...Oh and the margarita that the guys said he could make just tasted like old lemon juice and tequila and decided to charge $12 for it. In all honesty it should've cost $4 since it wasn't amazing. The fact how I should bring race up into this review is very concerning, yes I am white and my fiancé is Latina from Mexico... if you aren't white don't go there.

Walked in with my pool stick, getting ready for a tournament coming up wanted to get some practice shots in with my brother The Irish accent bartender sir, immediately demanded I buy a drink before stepping on to the pool table. Mind you , I informed him that I am 3 years clean AA RECOVERY from alcohol. He said I couldn't have water , again I'm in recovery . I asked for a soda he said they ran out. i needed to buy alcohol. And to hurry up " because he didn't have time.NO ONE WAS IN THE BAR. I felt like he was RACIST because of the fact I am Lesbian female. (HATE CRIME VIBES) Mr. William Wallace accent old man... threatens us to leave the bar or or have a drink before playing pool. Being a professional pool player and a woman at that, my friend and I were both appalled.