The Albatross

The Albatross was our destination for an off-​the-​beaten path ladies night. Michelle, the bartender, was awesome and many of the locals were super sweet to us «foreigners». It’s definitely a dive bar, but the drinks are made well (and served in clean glasses!), and there’s an interesting mix of tunes on the juke box. If you’re on the island and looking for a low-​key place to hang out, The Albatross is a great option.

A group of ladies (and sometimes the men in our lives) like to get together and do some fun stuff, and hitting up a «dive bar» and having a fun night out was on the list… so, we tried The Albatross. Most of us live off the island, and we happened to pick a evening where it had rained and flooded all over the Bay Area, but it cleared up by the time we headed over there.
There were around twenty of us total. We started getting there just before 8pm, and I think the last of our group left right around midnight. The bartender Michelle was super nice and she suggested some drinks for us to try, and even made some specials for some of our non-​drinkers/​designated drivers. We spent some time on the outdoor patio, and they turned on the music out there for us, and because it was our first time there, she even gave us a few dollars «on her» to pick some songs off the juke box and to set the tone to our liking.
A few other patrons/​locals/​regulars were very kind to us… opening doors, pulling out chairs, and even helping the bartender carry drinks. One nice lady even came over and offered to grab one of our camera and take some pics for us.
There was a pool table that was pretty popular all night long, but we focused on getting a fun game of the Head Up Ap going, which they had WiFi accesses opened up for us to use.
Everyone was so friendly and made us feel like we were welcome, and the service was just so great.
I am sure we will make it a regular spot for our group to meet up and have a nice night out.
(One thing that was a bit of a surprise… if you can’t handle smoking, it might be tough for you to be in there. We started on the patio, but ended up inside later that evening, and the smoke smell was a little rough at first, but we all got use to it.)

local dive bar… with juke box, gambling machines, and one pool table
went in for the sweet tea frozen lemonade $ 5.25 – yum
valerie — really cool and considerate bartender