The Green Room

Sweet dive bar! The outside looks sketchy but the inside is pure gold filled with history. Perfect spot to grab some friends and play some rounds of pool. They also have darts, arcade games & shuffleboard. All the beer is canned and fairly priced. They have some sodas too. You can't smoke but there's a faint smell. Cool spot to bring a date or hang with friends! Accessible & really friendly staff that can show you some tips and tricks with pool.

Hands down - They Green Room is the best pool and local hang out in Durham (and beyond)

Durham's got a TRUE dive, and it's called The Green Room. Oddly enough, I lived right down the street from Green Room for a whole year and never visited [I'm kicking myself over this now!] The Green Room is a pool hall with cans/bottles of beer, an arcade game or two, some dart boards that have seen better days and a fuzzball and shuffle board table. Pool is tracked per person [NOT per hour!], the time is recorded when you start and then you pay up when you're finished. Beer is kept in a cooler with prices under each bottled section and if you give the bartender a tip he rings a bell! The whole bar is one big open area with five pool tables on each side divided by a competition sized shuffle board table in the middle. Although it's a large space, it has DEFINITELY seen better days. The linoleum floor is definitely falling apart, with pieces and parts missing all over [careful if you're wearing heels!] But honestly, The Green Room is all accepting, whether you just want to grab a seat at the bar or gather a group to shoot some holes, you're got options. Beer bottles range from about $4-$7 with LOTS of options for the craft beer lover [they even had grapefruit Sculpin on our last visit!] I wish the Green Room was a little more convenient to downtown but it's not too far off by car. If you're looking for an evening activity and don't mind a grungy spot, The Green Room might just be your new favorite spot.

What a great dive! We had a super cold beer and played a few games of pool. Everyone was very friendly! We will definitely be back!

Decent pool hall not far off Duke's campus. It has a definite divey vibe, with cracked concrete floors, low light, and walls covered in faded posters. They've got a few other games (shuffle board and darts), and a couple of small TV's.They have a full bar, but no draft beer. The bottle selection, however, is AWESOME...it's clear that they put a lot of effort into tracking down some rare and special ones.All in all, a nice, low key place to go for a game of pool and a good beer.

One of the best places to shoot pool in Durham. Although the decor is old, the tables are still nice and smooth. You can tell this place has history. The staff makes you feel at home, and the regulars are friendly. Few old school video games, and darts as well. Oh and not to mention good micro brew beer selection!

Oh, be still my heart.I love dive bars for the random-people-watching-and-encountering, and this one is the best in Durham for rubbing elbows with people from all different walks of life. As others have said, the atmosphere is fantastic. I kinda miss the old days when it was foggy with cigarette smoke, and you had to squint your eyes to get a clear look at your pool opponent, but then again, I appreciate the lack of injury to my lungs, and lack of ashtray smell on my hair/clothes.There's a pulpit in the corner if you ever get the urge to preach to distracted pool and dart players. And the requisite pinball machine. The music is also kickass, exactly to my indie taste.The bartenders are universally friendly and good-natured. I brought a friend to this place who yammered about requiring a woman of certain sized hips in order to handle the power of his ejaculation, and the bartender just cocked his eyebrow and joined me in making fun of him. I'm a terrible pool player, but this place gives me such warm fuzzies that I barely notice my repeatedly bruised and battered ego each time I pick up the cue.

What you will not find: wall to wall flatscreen TVs, fancy cocktails (or any non-beer beverage whatsoever), homogeneous patrons, food of any sort, a boring Saturday night.What you will find: a dive bar with massive bottle beer selection and even bigger divots in the floor, friendly owner, eclectic clientele, plenty of pool tables at a fair price to play, great jukebox, zero attitude, a perfect shot of Durham with a beer back. Darts and shuffleboard if you dare.

The green room is everything I want it to be. Excellent variety of beers. Lots of high quality tables. Great atmosphere and stellar service. I'll miss it.

Cheapest pbr within durham city limits. Kept on ice in the cooler, not in the fridge. I don't play pool. Five stars.