Five Points Bar

If you find yourself at Five Points– I have to ask how? Why? What went wrong in life? If you are already a customer the one stars ratings won’t mean much…

dangerous. people in there looking for a fight.
Prison rules apply. Below taken from Prison Consultants…
Respect everyone.
Don’t make yourself big.
Don’t be loud.
Don’t borrow things.
Keep proper eye contact.
Don’t accept gifts.
Don’t complain.
Respectfully hold your ground.
Make friends slowly.
Watch what is going on around you.

A legend in Escondido since 1947. Über friendly neighborhood bar with the best bartenders and Diamond pool tables — no I’m not kidding.

This is one of my friends favorite Escondido spots so we hit this location on a bar crawl one night. It was a good thing this was the third place on our list because I might have shoved her into the street had I been sober.
I don’t want to call this place dirty because it’s really just a very old building that I felt dirty being in. Drinks are cheap. Service is okay. Bartender was a lady and she was very nice. There are some pool tables and a juke box. Lighting is very dim which might just be for the best.
I don’t want to go back.

Great place to have fun, I came here with my friends and we had a great time, cold drinks and friendly bar tenders

Grab your cues if your into pool lots of good players leagues on several nights a week tournaments Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sunday with three tables

I seriously don’t know how this place has so many great reviews. Unless you’re a regular here or know someone who is a regular… good luck getting a friendly smile from anyone. My friend moved in across the street and we were excited that we’d be walking distance of a bar. Good thing Sunset is walking distance too, because if it were up to me, I’d never come back to this place.
A group of like 6 of us walked in and our ID’s had to be checked but there person checking them was more concerned on keeping his conversation with a patron at the bar because he spent like 3 minutes per person, mostly holding the ID and talking to his buddy instead of actually checking it. We headed to the back «outside» area that doubles as a smoke room. We ran into a friend and one of our guys was shootin’ the shit with the friend we ran into and started talking about a ball game that happened. Apparently discussing 2 different opinions of a situation doesn’t fly with this place because we were told that if we were going to be «arguing» that we’d need to take it outside. 1. Aren’t we outside already? 2. We weren’t arguing. We moved inside because we obviously weren’t welcomed in that area. We picked a corner of the bar to order our drinks and a couple of us sat down for like 20 minutes. Some older woman walks in at about the 20 minute mark of us hanging out and asks my friend to move out of her chair because she was sitting there and/​or her seat was being saved. Whatever. So we move over to the darts, and before we even have the chance to breathe, someone approaches us telling us if league pool night and that the corner by the darts and the chairs and the benches, and whatever else that can possible be claimed is theirs. Um what? Okayyyy lady. We ask how often league night is, and it turns out it’s Mon-​Sun. Awesome. We start to play darts and accidentally bump into someone and some other person tells us that that’s why they told us about everything being claimed, because it gets crowded and people bump into each other. Dude, bump into each other, no big deal just apologize when you do it. Obviously it’s not on purpose.
The thing that put me over was towards the end of the night, some guys were moving tables through the darts area and I was throwing. These guys not only proceed to bump into me, but they didn’t say excuse me OR sorry. Even after calling them out on it. Nope, not cool with that.
Saving grace was the cool bartender and cheap drinks, but I will never willingly go back.

I’ve been here twice and have to admit… the first moment I walked in on my first visit things could have swung either way because this truly is the epitomy of diviest of divey bars. It was Sunday pool tourney night. The bartender kept the cold beers coming and the crowd was welcoming and fun. The ambience is pool bar cool and the north county clientele though mainly pool players on Sunday nights kept the juke box going all night. Closed the place down and was back for more a week later. Def. recommend for the pool, the crowd, and the Sunday night bartender who also works at the Brigantine. My new fave place to hang in Escondido!

We moved to the area 2 days ago… and we have been to this bar both nights! This place is awesome to come and have a cheap stiff drink and chill. When you walk in it looks like a lodge. All wood interior, wood bar, old school bar stools. Towards the back of the bar there are pool tables and some other bar games. A little further back is an outside patio area where you can smoke AND take your drink.
First night we came we had 5 mixed drinks for $ 20 bucks… Second night our group had around 6 beers and 4 or 5 mixed drinks and the tab was around $ 50.
If you are looking for a fancy dance club, this place is defiantly not it. But if you want to grab a drink or 2 and have some friendly conversation… this is your place!

I give it a big 0… this place is small, its full of pool tables its hard to walk around. The people are Rude, theres one siting area in the back and its dark and makes you feel like there throwing you in the alley of the place. The place is full of drunks and even saw peope sleeping in there cars after the bar closed… Pretty bad I would never go back to this place again.

Fun place to come hangout and chill. There are lots of regulars that frequent the bar, so in time it’ll feel like your own little cheers. If you like shooting pool, then it’s a great bar to challenge yourself. If you’re not a billiard fan then there are darts, a punching machine and lots of tv’s to catch whatever sport you desire. Drink prices are very reasonable and they have a mon-​fri happy hour from 4−7pm.

typical dive. the girl bartenders look. dry. a middle aged man threw up by the door last time i was here. enough said.

put ur hands out in front of you and get ready to DIVE

Do you want cheap stiff drinks? How about pool tables? A nice, knowledgable bartender? A covered patio with ample seating, where you can enjoy not only your cocktail, but a cigarette as well? I’ve heard people say this is the worst dive in Escondido, and to those I say PPPBBTTTT! Go back to the «nice bar» pay too much for your weak drink, get ignored by the rude bartenders, struggle for a seat, then get hit on by the 40 something sleaze that won’t stop staring down your shirt. Sure 5 points isn’t the hopping younger crowd you may be looking for, but if you want to sit and enjoy a conversation and wonderful cocktail with friends and be left the f alone, this is the spot.
PS Check out the specials board. $ 3 grey goose citron? WTF?! Amazing. And the best cactus cooler in town.

The diviest of dives. This bar is located at a five point stop intersection (hence the name) but it is within walking distance from our house too. We decided that on a random Sunday night, we would hit it up because we were looking for a little adventure. Armed with fake names and a fist full of cash, we entered the bar and saw a very mixed age range of patrons and a lady selling… tamales? I did not ask, but I only assume.
I was pleasantly surprised to see the NFL Network airing the Charger pre-​season game (and this was one that was blacked out for airing during game time) and the jukebox was pretty amazing (White Zombie then some dance stuff was played). There are a few pool tables and the patrons seem to want to play seriously. We saw a lot of people with their own cues. The drinks are very well priced and there is a lot to do here, so it is pretty cool.
The patrons were pretty chill, but if you are looking to find a date for the night, steer clear of here. We were definitely among the grizzly regulars. But I did not find this place scary at all. If you want a quick drink and want to be among a crowd, this place is not that bad.

i said before that churchills was my fav bar… well this place is my fav! way cheaper than churchs[sorry] lol, and has more pool tables. doesnt serve food but i dont care, coz i go there to drink, play pool and dance my ass off to the music of the jukebox!

Decent little place… don’t be scared off by the shifty-​looking people milling about outside. The bartender was friendly, in a genuine way (as opposed to the «fill my tip jar» way). Good drinking music on the jukebox, and a very diverse crowd. I’ll be going back for a second shot… I may ammend this review after that visit…

This place is one of those nice classic bars and it seems like this little bar really pulls in a nice crowd of people when the nightlife kicks up in Escondido.
This place is set with a jukebox, little television bar games where you play some silly games, a television to play some kind of lottery game on, darts and three pool tables in the back for all the people to keep entertained. Also, this place has flat screen television paying different sports stuff and the news.
The bar also has running fans to keep the place super cool. All the other hot bars out there, remember, RUNNING FANS MAKE FOR HAPPY DRINKERS!!!