The Trap

Decent bar and prices. I really love what they’ve done with the outside area. They should really build another bathroom though!

I love a good dive bar. Place is great! Busy enough to not feel like you are in a locals joint but still can get a table to stack empty glasses on!

The Trap is a great dive bar. My friends and I always have a great time. The owners making some changes out back that are making this bar more inviting. Drinks are always great, bartenders are always friendly, the crowd is diverse and under control and the motorcylcles out front are part of the atmosphere. The western theme park out back is under construction and is looking great. Take a chance and walk on in for a drink and take a look at one Lancasters original watering holes. It is a come as you are kinda place and well worth a visit. The crowd ranges from young to old and is always different which makes this a go to dive bar for a drink and a good time. Leave your expectations and attitudes at home and you will have a great time at The Trap!

I try not to be quick to judge
And I know for a fact that I’m open minded
But I got the feeling I came in during racist hour, I’m not going to completely assume from one experience that its a racist bar, but it sure did appear that way to me.
I never got served, there was no inquiry made at all for the 10 minutes i was there even though, I know, I was seen and the bar was not busy at all. I don’t know maybe the waiter is just rude but I did hear the patrons refering me to an African girl right after I walked out. African doesn’t insult me but why are they mentioning me i. That way right after I walked out is beyond me.

People are super nice, drinks are cheap and knocked me on my butt, tacos are delicious and everyone seemed pretty friendly to me.
That’s why I’m surprised by the review saying they got stared at, considering the clientele of The Trap, you’d have to be dressed like a creepy clown covered in blood or something before people would start to give you the side eye.

Ok just moved out hear and been to the trap a couple times and I always have fun the drinks are cheap, the people are always nice never had a problem at all. Bartenders are cool, the brunet with all the tattoos is hot just saying lol

the minute you walk in, smell of stale cigarette smoke and god knows what else that funk was from. that was all i needed to tell me NO WAY! how do places like this go under the health dept radar is beyond me.

I live in LA, which is about a 1hour and 15min or so drive. Yes, its far! However, it’s definitely the spot to be on a Tuesday Night! TUE. STEP Night!
$ 1 Beers, $ 1 Tacos, along with great DJ’s, currently adding GoGo’s, Contest to win Free Drinks/​Shots and sometimes even MONEY!
It’s a great atmosphere. Everyone is friendly, even when drunk not hostile.

this place is DISGUSTING!!! the bartenders are WHORES & the owner is TRASH!!! they lie, cheat & steal, dont turn your back on your things or your husband for that matter!!!

This place was a total dive bar, and the bar was sticky– yuk. The drinks were awesome, and I have a hangover today, so they did their job. Sticky bar, not good, though.

I may be partial to this place because I’m friends with the owner and staff and because I’ve performed there many times as a musician. but even if i didn’t I’d still make the drive out there because the drinks are ultra cheap, the music usually is good, fun environment and the people are good for a laugh and a smile (even if a few are missing teeth). You might be taken aback by this rustic dive bar at first and write it off as a crappy place, but if you go with an open mind have at least a drink and you’ll be trapped. I recommend karaōke night

Based on the rest of the reviews on Unilocal,I thought I would have a better experience here than I did. I have one word for this bar. TRASH. that describes the place and the people that go there. I have never seen so many tweakers in one spot. Although the awfulness of the place was kind of entertaining, I still couldn’t get over how nasty the bar itself was, and how creepy the people there were. I will never go back to the Trap unless I feel like maybe getting kidnapped and raped ! I will say however that the back yard area was pretty cool. Or it would have been if it wasn’t filled with people on meth and crack whores. The blonde bartender was hot though and she was the ONLY hot one I saw there all night. I give it an epic fail !!

Oh The Trap, I have so many diverse memories of you. I remember cheap beers, but not all of them. I remember being honest about being undercharged and getting a very generous hand the next time that bartender made my drinks. I remember the time a trucker asked me what he’d have to pay to get me to meet him at his hotel later (I was in jeans and a hoodie, mind you, not typical hooker clothes to my knowledge). I don’t remember my 22^nd birthday, but I’m told the festivities took place here. I sadly remember the uncomfortable comments and looks directed towards me and my more melanin-​blessed boyfriend; that’s not the bar’s fault, but it’s important to get an idea of the clientele. Perhaps most importantly, I remember playing cornhole, and the skills I acquired at The Trap served me very well when I moved to the Midwest, where allegedly the game was born.
Overall I had very good times at The Trap. I’ve yet to return since moving back to California because my partner in crime had to go and get pregnant. Who does that, seriously? I jest, kinda. I’m sure I’ll make it back eventually though.

Cool bar, friendly people, strong drinks, live bands, a good jukebox, karaōke, ladies nights, and one of the best burgers ive had in a long time. Its a little off the beaten trail, but worth the drive! Out door patio w/​bands in the summer with tons of seating.

Ya know, it’s a pretty good bar
Being an East Coaster, I’ve been to my fair share of dive bars, but nothing like the Trap. It was a great time, and got to meet some pretty uhh… interesting characters. haha
but they had a great home cooked meal special on Friday I think it was, chipotle rubbed pork chops with like garlic mashed potatoes or something. It was AMAZING, and the drinks were nice and cheap
And you get to be served by Hotty Jackie, which is DEFINITELY a plus.
I think everybody should go at least once…

If you want a true description of this place, you will have to get up and go look. Brian T. paints an accurate description of it, but the Book of Revelation paints a vivid description about the end of the world yet there is still no way that we will know until that day comes. The bartender was very nice who gave my buddy and I enough gin in our Gin & Tonic that both of us were feeling warm and comforted – and I had to finish his because it was so strong. (NO COMPLAINTS THERE!)
The back yard is amazing like a little bit of Arkansas got spit out in the Antelope Valley! There is furniture there for to sit outside with your buddies to chat the night away. There are ²⁄₃ horseshoe pits and also pong table where you can either pong it or throw it…
LOOOOOVED IT!!! Go there! You won’t be disappointed! :-)

The trap is the best dive bar ever! And its so funny! I think this bar should be in movies! I’m serious. I love the back yard. You have to go to this bar, just so you can see their funny back yard. Its just funny! There are toilets, couches, manikins, just to name a few! Hehe… The people that work there are really nice! I love their drink specials! Its diffidently a FUN «hole in the wall» dive bar! You have to check it out for your self. Its the divey’est dive bar i’ve ever seen in my LIFE!!! I have some great funny memories there. =)

If use lived in Lancaster all ur life… all u hear about is how this bar is total white trash and blah blah… so me and my Filipino «gangsta» looking friend decided to check it out…
It was a blast!!! Once we got in every one was sitting in the bar was already drunk… so everyone is just kinda talking to us and welcoming us to the bar in the warmest-​drunkest way possible!!!
We go outside to smoke a cig and they have about 2 acres of land…
Some «regulars» were sitting outside at a picnic table bbqing. It was a really old guy who was the sweetest drunk vie ever met… he told us to stick around for some tri trip!
We get some drinks going and I’m already talking to the friendly owner about having my 22^nd bday party there… They have a stage for a band and beer pong tables outside too!
We end our night feeling great without breaking our wallets with drinks… and we got a free friendly meal out of it.
:)

Sooooo, The Trap might owe Unilocal reviewer Brian T. a penny or two for this review. It’s 99% of the reason my friend and I stopped in for a visit.
I’d like to pretend I could review this lovely spot as well as he did, but I wont.
Just be sure to read his.
Take the advice about no short skirts.
And warm up your horseshoe arm.
Brian T.‘s review:

This is not the trap that Admiral Ackbar warned you about. No, this is just another local A/​V dive bar that’s just daring Patrick Swayze to rise from the dead and rehabilitate.
Actually it’s not that bad. Sure’s there’s bikers and boozy broads and all manners of bad-​assery afoot, but that’s a good thing.
They’ve got live music to offer, plus karaōke, pool, and all the usual prerequisites for a lofty tavern such as this. Plus you can smoke here in the bar, as well as lounge around outside, in the vast acreage of land I know I saw in the Devil’s Rejects.
I swear the last time I went, I saw Gabby Johnson from Blazing Saddles sitting at the bar… and who can argue with that?
I give their White Russians/​ambiance 7-​painted toes out of ten.