Wally’s Corner

I just moved into this area with my boyfriend and we had nowhere to go on Thanksgiving. We came in for a drink and to my surprise they serving a home-​cooked thanksgiving dinner! Turkey, stuffing, pie! It was a blessing. Staff is nice and drinks are a reasonable price. I will be coming back.

Somewhat grungy little dive with a pool table. Budweiser is the only beer on tap.

Aaron is so cool! I was bar hopping because the other bars treated us like sh*t! But Aaron, great guy. I hope the bar owner give this guy a raise cuz he’s awesome. He treated me and my best friend like actual customers and we appreciate him for that. Our new best spot in town! Thanks Aaron!

I didn’t feel very welcome in this pub. We had to show our ID thats no problem but the bartender wasn’t very nice. The furniture and the other people in the bar were more from the older generation so I think there are a lot of better places to be for younger people.

Aaron is the best bartender in the Easterly Bay and it’s a rad, unpretentious place with AC/​DC on the box. Ok, they could use something other than Bud from the spigots, but Aaron is still the best bartender. Stop by on the weekends.

One time at the bar of La Penca Azul, back in 2009, I was picking the brain of a Alameda-​raised acquaintance regarding other Alameda drinking establishments. His take on Wally’s Corner: «Don’t go there, man.» He said it like the old man warning Bastian in «The Never Ending Story».
So obviously I knew I would have to check out Wally’s one day.
In 2011, I moved back to the Webster side of town and started to visit Wally’s Corner every other month or so. Two TVs on each side of the bar typically showing the Giants, Warriors, or Raiders (This ain’t Whine and Cheese country.) There is typically 4 – 5 men in their 50’s –60’s, devoid of emotion, with a Budweiser pint in front of them. No one really talks to one another. It’s pretty quiet in here. Typically one of these men are sleeping.
I have been served by 3 different bartenders here, and all of them pour strong and charge cheap. If you don’t want to watch the game, there’s a pool table to the right, and the jukebox to the right. I have been known to throw in some coins and crank some Skynyrd.
Last time we invited some A’s fans to meet us here, to watch the Bay Bridge series. The female of the other couple proclaimed: «This place is just sad.» I guess she didn’t appreciate the tuna salad (They usually have some type of free grub in the back, one time during the recent Golden State Warriors playoff push they had 5 layer dip and Twizzlers. SCORE!!) or the sleepy veteran patrons who have the most stoic expressions you’ll ever see.
Hopefully you understand now a little of what Wally’s Corner is all about. A quiet place, with efficient bartenders, strong drinks, older clients, and the Bay Area sports teams you love always on the tube. It’s not trendy, cool, or showy, but it’s special and unique to me.

I enjoy dive bars and I think this one is alright. It definitely has that neighborhood dive bar feel and the drinks are some of the cheapest I’ve come across in Alameda. Depending on your bartender you may get some really strong drinks too. The crowd isn’t anything to exciting and it wouldn’t be my first choice of bar to stop at on the island. That being said, its a pretty cool place.

Discovered Wally’s while walking through Alameda this past weekend. Great dive bar!!! Walked in after a ten mile walk through Alameda heloing a friend who had just moved into the neighborhood, discover all thing around. We wanted a draft beer and were laughing at the fact the only draft hey had was Bud. We were fine with that… they were cold and quenched our thirst! Wally’s Corner is a dive so it truly «is what it is.» We’ll be back on my next trip to the area!

Walked in late one night to one of the old guys who bartends watching porn with another old guy sitting at the bar! they quickly tried to turn the laptop the other way but it was too late &I walked right back out! Dirty old men. On to the next bar!

Wally’s Corner is the most unpretentious bar on Webster Street. Locals of every age come in and enjoy Monday night football, pool tournaments on Thursday evenings and liar’s dice whenever anyone wants to play. Check the back table for complimentary food, ranging from donuts and potato chips to a lavish birthday buffet in honor of one of the bartenders. Wally’s may not be your best bet for a drunken hookup, but it sure is fun!

I’ve lived .1 miles from this bar for 3 years and have never went in… until I faced my fears one day and opened the doors. Drank $ 3 paps and played $ 1 pool. From 11pm to 12am listened to a 49 year old-​ish Coast Guard lady yell to sum other weathered drunk that there was not one gynocologist in the whole city of Alameda, «NOT ONE!». Then the live-​in bartender w the flat top heated up a homemade enchilada/​taco/​burrito in the microwave in back of the bar. What a great night! A+ bar

People who say Wally’s needs a change want Wally’s to be something it’s not, and shouldn’t be. It’s awful to look upon, filled with an array of depressing characters and that’s completely awesome. Super great staff, the best bang for your buck drinks, a great place for your afternoon beer, or were you can practice playing pool without having to worry about running into anybody you know.

Give this bar some zoloft… it’s sad & depressed.

This was an awesome little dive bar in Alameda. I live not that far down the street and glad I found a new place to hang without being in a cramped packed bar to have fun in and on the north side of the island.
They have a kick-​ass jukebox with an extremely large classic rock collection that plays at the perfect level (were you can talk to someone playing pool and not have to shout). They also have 2 very large LCD tv’s on each corner of the bar where I can see game days being the place to be without the crowds.
The pool table is only 75 cents, but you need to be gingerly with it to make it work. The 8 dollar pitchers and bottle beer collection is awesome, not what you would expect. It also has a full bar, but my lady and I just enjoyed the pitchers.
They do have an interesting free buffet that constantly changes throughout the night. It had doughnuts (that other Unilocalers reviewed that I couldn’t believe was true), bags of chip/​doritos, mystery meat in bowls, every condiment you can think of from the surrounding restaurants/​takeout places and someone brought in a half eaten cherry cake (hence the constantly changing buffet). I guess I need to contribute on my next visit to feel like a regular. It also has a free coffee, tea and hot chocolate station next to the bar as well. Yeah, very interesting for sure.
The ambiance is very interesting! The random regular falling a sleep multiple times at the bar throughout the night, random large groups that floated in and out, a cool bar tender, the regulars glued to the tvs watching a TBS movie sipping their beers with the awesome jukebox playing in the background.
We will definitely be back for another fun night and we’ll bring some friends with us next time too to enjoy this gem. I can see that place becoming a regular spot, but its just missing dart boards to make the place perfect.
Don’t go changing Wally’s Corner Bar!!! Keep it classy as is…

wally’s corner is a archived dive bar that’s frozen in the 80’s when alameda was awashed with seamen. there’s a few overhead tv’s and a pool table in the back. mostly older white men here.
only draft available is bud ($ 8 a pitcher) otherwise ipa & guinness (4) can be had in bottles.
hightlights :free doughnuts, pretzels, and salad early afternoon.

dive bar older cats joint kinda look like bikers no hassle they got good drinks and pool table they are friendly.
few tvs overhead and music playing
group for small groups
cheap beer
service ****
ambiance ** lil older crowd, not crowded even on a friday nite

Get ready to jump off the high dive and hit the pavement with this one.
Wally’s, they have books and vhs rentals in this place… which for the most part would be ok if they had something more legible than «See Spot Run.»
Pool table in the back but be ready to play for it with one of the Wally Pool Sharks (NEVER PUT MONEY ON A GAME WITH THESE GUYS).
Doreen is the bartender, she’s very nice but you know she’s into young guys, so don’t drink too much or Doreen will find an excuse to «take care of you» if you know what I mean.
The one great thing about this place? CHEAP BEER. Come here if you’re on a budget.

Time passes. Wally’s doesn’t.
Wally’s is a dive, the one that kinda empties as 9pm rolls around since it’s all past the regulars bedtime.
Alot of the old schoolers, you can tell from their camo gear and USS Hornet hats, were probably stationed here at the naval base from before.
Even though some of the «younger (40−50yr old)» regulars may look mean with their biker wear and mullets. They didn’t really care as we were there for their $ 8 pitchers of Bud and $.75 pool table as much as they were.
Dale Earnhardt would feel comfortable here. I counted about 3 folks rockin’ the hell out of their mullet.
This is what I think a dive bar in the back country Midwest would look like.

Sit back and relax. I would say close your eyes but then you couldn’t read this review, duh! So, anyhow, picture your eyes are closed as you read this review. If you can’t do that then you do not have the imagination to move on to part two of this review so stop here and go read some «useful» (ie. boring) review.
Ahhh, still with me? Good. Now imagine, if you will for a moment, the sort of bar who’s tap beer selection includes Budweiser and Budweiser. Get a good image of the layout of the bar. Now dim the lights a little bit. Not that much, this isn’t a damn lounge. Okay, perfect. Throw in a few regulars at the end of the bar, you know the ones… the fixtures in the place who know each other and the bartender by name and a long history of drinking. We need a splash of color. That can come in the form of a pool table in the back with some brightly colored felt. Now, hmmm… something quirky. I choose dice presented to me on a mouse pad that has some sort of patriotic design, but, really you can choose whatever you want.
Okay, you have an image in your head? What? It reminds you of somewhere? That bar, that one you went to that one time, that I miraculously described perfectly, where you drank the Budweiser and did a little gambling while chatting with that guy down the bar in the flannel shirt?
It was just like Wally’s.

As we make our way out of the Fireside, the following (paraphrased) conversation unrolls:
«I’ve played Liar’s Dice, but I don’t remember how. How do you play twenty-​four?»
«OK, so you roll six dice, and you want to get four sixes, and you need a one and a four to qualify. If you don’t qualify, you loose. You have to keep at least one roll. Then you re-​roll. You’re trying to get twenty-​four, or at least higher than the other person.»
«I… wait… what? What are??? I’m not following you.»
«Alright, so I can’t explain it– maybe Wally’s will have dice, and I can show you.»
And the very first thing we hear as we enter Wally’s is the sound dice clacking on the bar. Outside of my immediate attention, a man is playing video poker in a corner. If I can remember correctly, there’s a pool table in back. The bar is stocked with your typical boozes, bolstered by bags of chips as snacks.
The bartender kindly accommodates our request for a set of dice with our drinks. Over a bottle of decent beer (Wally’s only has Budweiser on tap), the game plays out quickly. Bets are made. As it turns out, 24 is a very simple game, and I’m a lucky man.
Sadly, even now after learning, I couldn’t explain how to play 24 either.