The Vibe

The Vibe is hands down my favorite venue in the Inland Empire. The owner is extra cool and is one of the last venue owners to show love to the underground hip hop scene in the IE. Nikki the bartender is amazing and makes me a drink called «Scooby Doo Snack» that taste great! There are shows here every weekend just about and I perform at the venue up to 4 times a month and still havent gotten tired of it!.. If you want to grab a drink. maybe something from the grill. and meet the locals involved in the music scene this is a great place to come!

They have a beautiful knowledgeable bartender here they have to guess no bar food which is pretty good and they have live music and good drinks

I like this place! Cool spot for upcoming independent artists! It’s clean! I feel safe. They check IDs at the door. Good job, keep it up!

That hottie with the body of a bartender knws how to pour a drink! Always tipped her fat bc she keeps me happy! Good music n food too !

Really cool place. It’s a little hidden gem because it’s not a big venue, but I think the smallness kindve brings together everybody inside which is cool. They have a nice patio outside u can go get done fresh air at without having to actually leave the venue and I thought that was cool.
There’s a dirt lot right across the street where there’s plenty of room to park, The bouncers are nice and protective without over doing it which is always nice. While everyone was Moshing and what not everybody helped everybody up, zero bad vibes, zero confrontation, everyone there seemed only interested in having a good time. I like this place

I love the Vibe, this is our home away from home, we play shows here at least 4 – 6 times every year, The Security can be a hassle sometimes, but its easy to smoke trees on the patio outside, the bathrooms are not the best, but the place is decent sized, the liqour is good, The bartender rocks, the food is good drunk food, and the place books great shows for the underground, Mike the owner is a GREat guy as well.

Great food. Great music. Great bartender. Riverside staple. Near UCR. Definitely recommend.

On Wednesday night, it’s Vengeance Industrial/​EBM dance club. The bartender was nice, she made great cranberry vodkas. I tipped her plenty. Jalapeño Poppers was good. Again I tipped. We had fun dancing all night and pretty much had the dance floor to ourselves until 2AM. There was free water. I tipped. Most everyone did a fine job. So why only two stars?
We didn’t like that a start-​up club had an owner which found it necessary to talk down on another Industrial/​EBM night club and DJ, to prove to us that their club was better, on our first visit! Other than that, It was kind of strange that she also said there are no rules, do whatever you want, yet the DJs were pretty much solid on their set list, so only one of our requests were played.

Love it here :) A lot of local bands come to play. If you catch a really good band that will perform, you’ll have an amazing time :)
The bartender is THE BEST:) Super friendly, very approachable and DEF NOT your typical bartender that tries to ignore you until wait 10 minutes. She’s super fast, her drinks are yummy and overall super cool chick.
Been here a few times now. Middle of the week, they might have sorority events which are always fun. I believe they have different music daily too, like hip-​hop night & dubstep night which is cool cause it mixes it up.

I haven’t been back here in four years since moving away for school and work. I didn’t know if it was going to be the same dive bar I knew and loved. I used to go and chill with friends and knock some drinks back. On this night in particular, it was empty in the front and patio areas, but completely packed on the inside. Regardless of the my friend’s band playing for the night, the crowd that wasn’t there for the show didn’t seem to mind the music. The bar area almost completely separates the rest of the venue and the show went smashingly, even with a different crowd on the other side.
There are TV screens showing sports or whatever is requested most. The only thing I am bummed about, (and I don’t know if this is now the status quo), but I paid for two Jäger bombs– and received it sans the «bomb» effect! The bartender slid two double-​shot sized glasses with the Jäger already mixed in after I ordered them. I stood there for awhile, having one of those Norman Bates, shower scene moments where you hear the knife-​slashing sounds.
I’m used to (and prefer) a Jäger bomb where we would drop the shot into a separate glass containing the rest of the drink. It would fizz. and then we chugged. It was happy joy! Not tonight though… «For old-​times sake» turned into heartbreak! Now I know to request the old-​skool Jäger-​Bomb, dare I say, demand it!
Overall, it was what I remembered. My friend and I could barely fit in the bathroom area without bumping into other girls trying to get in and out. The drink issue and the bathroom situation is what keeps me from giving The Vibe five stars. It’s still has the dive bar-​rish, feeling. It has fairly-​priced booze and you will definitely have a good time.

I love this place! The employees are always nice, the atmosphere is chill and every time I’ve been here, the ladies room is clean (I haven’t been in the guys’). They have 2 areas, there’s the couch and table section where you can bring your friends and chat and my favorite is the live music area where there’s space to dance and a stage for the live shows. There’s also a smoking area outside and I find the drink prices reasonable. I’ve gone to the Vibe on Fridays, Saturday and Sunday to watch my favorite performers and I always have a good time!

Its a fun place as long as you don’t plan on drinking. I bought a thimple full of tequila for $ 2.

Live Music, GREAT SOUND, Cheap Drinks, & lots of fun, Yes the vibe uses promoters and yes some promoters are better than others but if you find out a band is playing that you have been wanted to see, you wont be dissappointed!

This isn’t a place that I can review for one main reason. When various promoters take over the club for the evening, how do you review the venue when the operator is not there consistantly.
I wouldn’t judge this place by the venue, but by promoters. These guys come and go so fast your head will spin.

Its a dive bar that has local bands play live music. Pitchers of beer are super cheap. Small but has a dance floor and it’s own private parking lot.
Been here 4 times and it was A-​ok.

So we went to the Vibe for the first time ever last night. This place has been open for years and it is right around the corner from our house. The reason why we never go there is because they don’t have a website and the only information you can get about events is from their outdated Myspace. I always find out about shows after the fact.
Our friend’s band was playing so we decided to venture to this hole in the wall club/​bar. The cover charge to see 3 bands was only $ 5. The bouncers were really nice and I even had a lengthy conversation with one about horoscopes. The inside bar is a good size but there was only one bartender. They didn’t have much of a selection as far as beer goes. No hard cider and no Guinness on draft. I got a bottle of Guinness ($ 4) and it tasted like soy sauce. Later, I changed it up to cranberry and vodka ($ 6). My drink was the size of a shot glass glass and I finished it in 3 sips. On a positive note, they serve food late so Serj ordered some onion rings. We weren’t too happy when we went to pay our tab and were told that there is a $ 2 charge to pay with your card. Really? It’s 2010 people!!! No one has cash!!! So our bill was around $ 50. We were definitely not expecting to spend that much money last night. This is also one of the places where you can’t take your drink out on the smoking patio… super annoying.
Well, I guess I shouldn’t complain and i should just be happy that there is something to do in Riverside besides hang out at Menagerie. We are always down for some live music and this venue gave it to us…$ 2 fee and all.

Went to see three bad jacks and it was ok…
They need more chairs if they are going to hold legit shows there, which amounts of people go to… small and cramped but otherwise okay

Cheap drinks, good sound guy, nice people, but empty on a Friday night.

I wish I could give this place better reviews, but it always seems like it’s crowded full of douchebags and dudes look to fight.

The Inland Empire here in SoCal reminds me of Spokompton back in Washington, it’s crazy. I came here to watch a friend’s band and was surprised how empty the place was for a friday night. No local traffic except for the scratch cat bartender and (2) bros flirting with her. I felt like I was in Spokane Valley all over again. It was awful. O and they were all rude, like they could tell we didn’t drive big trucks and drink Bud Light all weekend. They could tell we didn’t tow our boat to the river and listen to Nickelback. They could tell.
I forgot to mention how draft beer was served in plastic red cups. I wanted to ask for a sharpie so I could write my name on it, but refrained. I’ll pass next time anyone wants to go here. Would rather sit at home…
xxx C