Pied Piper

Unfortunately we no longer frequent this establishment. It’s just not safe to go there at night.

Always friendly, always Have Fun there! Last of the bars that allows smoking. SAFE place for women. People look out for each other here. Highly recommend All ages interaction.

This place is horrid and completely illogical. The «owner» personally questioned myself and the group I was with about our ages; when we showed him our Official CA licenses and after he accused us of having fake IDs, he asked one of us what our horoscope sign was, being that we aren’t superstitious, we didn’t know. So we were kicked out.
Mortal of the story, don’t waste your time with this trashy bar.

Divey, smoky, and absolutely a good time. The crowd is rather elderly and they are a drinking kind of bunch. perfect for a hair of the dog kind of day. Everyone is always respectful and the bartenders are attentive.

Awesome New team of bartenders Michael and jarred! great neighborhood bar that has good drink prices as well as friendly people to chat with.

Nice little dive bar, the bartender (a young guy, I don’t know his name) is awesome and always attentive, even when they’re busy. Karaōke on the weekends, electronic dart machines, and shuffleboard! Smoking is allowed inside the bar, and its never been too crowded when I’ve been there on the weekends. The crowd here is usually pretty mellow, love this place. If you like little divey bars, the Pied Piper is your place.

The bartenders here are some of the friendliest I’ve experienced. Smoking allowed and no food but I still like it here!

So Im not ashamed to admit that once in a blue moon I partake in what my friends and I have nicknamed «day drinking». You guessed it… drinking in a dive bar when the sun is out and I should be doing a hundred other more responsible things. Oh well.
Stopped by this little joint with a couple of friends… felt like I was in a Reno casino with all the smoke and 80s feathered hair, but hey you’re right off Watt Ave so you get what you get.
The bloody marys here are strong, spicy, and best of all cheap as hell. Want to get buzzed on a budget? This is your place.

As divey a bar as you can get, but if that’s what you want for the night, this will do in a pinch. I haven’t been to an establishment (drinking or otherwise) in Cali for YEARS that allowed smoking, but this place does! Crazy. But, it kinda went with the ambiance, so I didn’t mind so much (and I’m a non smoker… go figure). Came here to have drinks to celebrate my friend’s birthday (they have a monthly birthday board, which I thought was pretty cute). They also have karaōke which makes any event more fun and lively. The drinks were strong yet tasty, and the crowd is definitely diverse.

Great place to hang out with friends and sing! best suffleboard table in town.
Someone had to be the 1^st to give this place 5 stars

I love thy neighbor dive bar. It’s a smoking bar so if you don’t smoke, you’ll hate this place. That being said, this bars got everything: old geezers, trollops, karaōke, cheap drinks and sometimes cheaper women. I would strongly recommend this dive for your next drinking excursion.

Holy 1983. For better or worse, the interior of this bar reminds me of the one in «The Accused» circa the same time period. Dated pictures and trinkets adorn the wall, the jukebox blares out songs that are three decades old and the clientele is all 40+ and smokes heavily. This may sound like a disastrous combination, but to anyone who enjoys a good authentic dive as much as I do it’s heavenly.
I came in with three buddies just for the experience. I’d heard about the piper from some barfly legends I occasionally chat with and wanted to see if it lived up to their praise. Everyone was raucous and friendly and it had a genuine warm vibe that made me want to glue myself to a stool, drink cheap and stiff gin and tonics and waste the evening away.
The only downside (and this could be a deal breaker for many) is the smoking. They allow it, state laws be damned. If you’re okay with some cigarette fumes to go along with your equally unhealthy alcoholic beverage, this is a place you could really enjoy.

If you like dives then this is your place, the bartender’s are friendly and the price right!

Closer to 3.5 stars…
Pied Piper is right near my house and I finally made a point to visit. We walked in around 8:30 to find mostly older patrons, TVs playing assorted games, shuffleboard and other bar games. «Sway» poured from the jukebox and filled the low-​lighted room. At the end of the bar a tall older man dressed in all black and a cowboy hat danced the mambo to Dean Martin’s words, and tried to convince the bartendress to join him. I promptly fell in love.
We grabbed a table and had some cocktails. The mixed drinks were a mixed bunch– some were great and some were not as good. No problem, we figured next time we’d stick to beer or straight alcohol. I also liked that smoking is allowed inside, though at times it got pretty stuffy in there.
By 9/9:30 most of the older patrons left and people our age were showing up. The jukebox stopped playing classics and started rap and hiphop. A man started setting up for kareoke. Girls with bedazzled jeans showed up. None of this ruined Pied Piper for me… hell, I sang along to a Westside Connection song. But admittedly I like the vibe of the place when I first arrived, cuz I *love* me a nice cozy dive bar.
I’ll come back again, just probably a bit earlier :)

Jason makes the BEST BLOODY MARY’S I have ever had! Amazing! I will return for the bloody mary’s for sure.
As a smoker I like being able to smoke while I drink HOWEVER I hate smelling like cigarettes. So no 5 star rating for me. :(
Great dive bar!

A fun little dive bar… no dress code (we wore jeans and tee shirts)! We went for a friend’s birthday party… it was a blast! The «locals», or «regulars», were great! The bartender even gave us a free round for getting on the karoke stage for the first time! There was plenty of seating avaiable and a pretty good song selection.
The bartendered was awesome… fast and freindly! The crowd was a little on the older side (about 40 – 60), but a ton of fun! A couple of younger groups came in here and there, so that added a little to the mix.
OMG… the bathrooms (at least the ladies room) was awesome! Clean, smelled good, spacious, stocked, recently remodeled… it was a nice surprise!
We’ll be back!

Ever find yourself in the Arden-​Arcade area and looking for a cheap drink?. Stop on in and say hi to Cherry. She keeps this bar fun and the regulars in check. Karaōke on the weekends, Domino’s open late next door. Yes, it’s the kind of bar you can bring outside food into.
You can smoke in here, or not. Either way, you’re going to smell like smoke when you leave.

BEST DIVE BAR AROUND!!!
Ya it’s a little smokey, but you can’t beat free shuffle board and karaōke!!!
The décor is all original and the service is great… Cherry is the best in town.
It’s a great place to go with a group of friends when you want to dress down and get your drank on!!!

As far as Bars go, not so much
As far as Dive bars go… Nothing tops it.
If you want a sense of how the other half live, the Arden Arcade Dive Scene is the place to roam.
This is the greatest dive bar I’ve ever been in and I spent some time in Wisconsin. What’s on the menu? Alcohol and cigarettes. Yes, there are still places that you can go and share your smokers breath with others in close proximity and not worry about them whipping you with a lawsuit.
The beer is usually cheap and so are the hair cuts in this place. If you’re lookin for tail, guys, hope you like the cotton tops or women with dental work that is long over due. Ladies, well I can sometimes be found here when my alcoholic friends are dragging my from seedy bar to seedy bar. So if yer lucky we may just meet sometime. Like any bar, ladies, you will be mugged and groped by several men who are older than your father and haven’t realized that Viagra is certainly necessary but may give them a heart attack or stroke.
I’ve never seen a single girl in this place under the age of 40. So if yer a male cougar cub, bless you my son. Make an older woman happy and go knock the cobwebs off those rafters.
They have karaōke on Saturday nights, but so does almost everywhere else. It is however located next door to a domino’s pizza and they will bring your order over for you.
The bartenders are usually friendly and pour heavy. So go knock yourself out and cough up a lung tonight.

The Surgeon General says Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, and May Complicate Pregnancy. Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide. Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health. Smoking by Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth and Low Birth Weight. SECOND HAND SMOKE IS BAD!!!
Having said that… this place is Smokin’!!!
They offer lots of smoking and lots of karoake singing. We didn’t smoke but we sang a little karoake. The Ice Cold Red Budweisers in a special aluminum bottle were VERY cold. I needed mittens. $ 3.75.
We attended because we’re part of the Dive Bar Connoisseurs group. Otherwise, I would not hang out here mainly because of the cigarette smoke. Second hand smoke is tough for me to deal with. Maybe if I did smoke it would be easier to hit the low notes on a Johnny Cash tune. If you like to smoke and sing this is your Nirvana.