Sports Page Pub

Stopped by for a few drinks while I waited for my flight! The bartender Hope was absolutely fantastic! She was very friendly and made me feel right at home… Thanks Hope for such great service

I had a little bit of time before my flight out of John Wayne. Dropped in here for a brew. This place was hopping with the football game on. I had a pint of Red Hook… then I was back on my way. Good place to drop-​in for a quick beer.

I usually stop by here to catch some scores to an ongoing game whether it be NBA, NFL, or college sports. I don’t really buy anything from here because its fricken expensive (just like David E pointed out). What more can you expect from an Airport Bar?

Tall glasses of beer… Shock top. Stella… And $ 4. Shots with a beer? Can you say wasted while waiting?

Had a tall glass of Blue Moon and watched the Lakers vs Thunder game here while I waited for my flight back to Vegas. The place is always packed when I’m in this airport and I was lucky enough to find a seat. The seats are jammed very close together and it gets really tight with everyone’s bag and stuff. You have to get your drink yourself at the bar… no waiter/​waitress service here. They also don’t serve food… there’s a Mickey D’s next door or you can walk down the terminal for some other food court choices.
The bartenders were OK the last visit… not too friendly, but they poured my Beer pretty fast.
Return Factor — 50%

This is a nice place to sit and have a beer, right across from the main United gates. The bartenders are pleasant. There are also outlets for your laptop or cellphone. However, do NOT order a mixed drink. I’m normally quite a lightweight and I know what one cocktail does to me. It’s been obvious to me every time I go here that they put water in the liquor bottles. They’ll pour you a nice overflowing shot of water.

We waited for our flight back to SFO here after a grueling conference in Anaheim. We sat down at our gate, and I looked around to see what was around us and saw a faint glowing halo around the sign that read «Sports Page Pub.» Alcohol?! Mother, may I!
I turned to my co-​workers and asked, «Do you guys want to get trashed before our flight?» Nobody objected. It’s great to work with people who share your interests.
They were playing a Giants game on the TV and my eyes zeroed in on the beautiful blue of a bottle of Bombay Sapphire. I was ready to weep with joy. We ended up staying here until about 5 minutes before the last call for boarding, and I still insisted on finishing up my Bombay tonic and racing to McDonald’s next door for a large order of fries to keep me sane during the flight back.
I’d definitely come back if I’m in SNA again.

Our flight got delayed so my husband and I stopped in here to spend some money, buy some beer, and kill some time. One round of beer was over $ 20 and the bartender was took his sweet time and was kind of a douche. It wasn’t even remotely busy. There was only a couple ahead of me who needed drinks — both beers — and it still took him over ten minutes to even acknowledge that I was standing there, money out, staring at him. Don’t even bother unless you’re desperate for a drink.

The Sports Page Bar is inside the John Wayne Airport, aka the Santa Ana Airport, aka the Orange County Airport.
It is one of the few eateries inside SNA (the airport ID) for food, and one of the fewer for Alcohol. I like SNA airport for its easy in and out, close to several major freeways, lack of crowds, and close by rental cars. But eating place choices, it lacks. There isn’t much room to add any, either.
So the Sports Page Pub or Bar, is on the left side of the terminal, toward gates 1 — 6, is one of your few eating choices. It is cramped, filled with middle-​aged pot bellied businessmen catching the scores on one of its little TVs, sprinkled with the occasional business woman from Norcal with her nice leather shoes and briefcase, or the occasional cougarish OC lady hopping a flight out to Vegas or Scottsdale to have some Spa treatment.
Casual food like sandwiches, juices, and beers or cocktails from the small bar. They do have some sports memorabilia type decorations on the walls and tables. As you would expect, Airport prices. Not just airport prices, but O.C. airport prices! Smoke Turkey sandwich is $ 9.49. Arizona Ice Tea, the ones n the liquor store for 99 cents? Try $ 4.49.
But again, this is the O.C. You have to look real hard to find anything reasonably priced here (outside of Little Saigon, K-​town Garden Grove, or Taco Flats in old downtown Santa Ana.)

Sports Page Pub is like Cheers for travelers.
Not only did the bartender (Dave) remember me by name from the last time I traveled through John Wayne, but he upgraded me to the sterling wine for the price of the basic stuff; each glass filled to the brim with fabulous, airport-​quality Chardonnay in all its splendor.
He even gave me a bonus glass for the hell of it!
Sure, it’s the airport, it’s a sports bar and they have the hugest boner for Angels Baseball & families wearing Mickey ears and diluted Nightmare Before Christmas attire. But there is just an over-​all good vibe at this pub.
I couldn’t tell if Dave remembering my name was a good or bad thing, I mean what does that say about me?
I believe it says that I’m a goddamned lush & I’ll be back for more, because traveling with a buzz is the only way to fly.

As mentioned in some of my other reviews, I really detest bars with TV screens playing sports everywhere. That being said, I have had more than my fair share of drinks at this bar while waiting for Southwest flights.
A popular thing to do seems to be to get McDonald’s fries and then get a drink. In the wide world, I would think this sounded completely pathetic. While in an airport (especially in John Wayne!) waiting for a plane, it is not a bad idea, and a sound alternative to having a drink and fries in the Oasis.