Dave’s Other Place

Seriously my favorite bar! Never met such a fun/​nice group of regulars in my life. Love it!

Nice place with surprisingly great sandwiches and a mean mimosa. Family owned since 1968

This place is a great old school home town bar!!! Cristina is my favorite bartender !!!

I stopped in today for a beer. Friendly service, and people. Needs more people, and a little more of a selection to eat with. All though, they do have a sandwich and choices of potato salads ect. I found that they do not carry a «food license which is lacking in supply of the items maybe wanted.» This being what the bartender told me. Outside of that, the food is limited. I had ordered a pastrami on SD, but they were out. So I tried to change it to Turkey on white, but again low on supply. I ended up choice the hotdog and potato salad which was okay. They have beer on tap, 3 choices, and with a bottle selection which is affordable for a neighborhood pub hangout. Pool table, and shuffleboard. Clean restrooms and television /​internet Music box. Parking is limited but is available. Nice place to stop for a beer.

Christina is the bomb. Pitcher prices are legit. The atmosphere is so welcoming it’s unreal. This is my new spot in seal beach. I’d recommend this joint to everyone. You can’t loose here. 5 star bar tender and 5 star spot.

Not my kind of establishment. Ok if nothing else

Petit bar plus qu’authentique sur la Pacific Coast Highway, de la bière, des habitués, un billard, et un même un jeu traditionel de lancé de gallet sur une longue planche en bois de presque 5 mêtres ! La serveuse Bridget est adorable !

I wish I could rate this place by the bartender on duty because I would give Bridgette 5+ star for her warm welcoming spirit, attentiveness, entertainment factor and overall customer relations.
I wish I could say the same about the two other bartenders that I’ve experience at this establishment, but I unfortunately can’t. Its not that they are bad by any means, but I just dont care to listen to the bartender bash and throw other co-​workers under the bus with the customers or have the other lick her finger as she making a sandwich for a patron.
I give this place 3.75 stars. Aside from the two small mishaps listed above, I choose to focus on the positives – the beer is always cold, the people watching is great and for the most part you are always greeted with a smile.

From our very first visit we were treated like regulars. Of course, the regulars are a bit irregular. Sure, they get a few sailors when the ship docks and some kids who lost their way to Main Street, but it seemed to be mostly the kind of sunbaked, Golden retriever owning locals you’d expect to see passed out on a fishing boat or bopping to the Beach Boys cover band at the car show. (What’s their name? God Only Knows).
For $ 8, got a pair of ice cold beers in those big frosted schooners with broken ice sheets on the glass surface like some Al Gore documentary. A dish of pistachios is only $ 3. The shuffleboard is three dollars less than that! Woo hoo!
We were suspicious our second visit to see if it was a fluke. Nope. Again we were treated like we were regulars. Maybe they are looking for new regulars as the old regulars will be «taking a trip to Belize» sooner than later. (Breaking Bad reference) Who knows. We’ve met two bartenders so far: Bridget, the sweetheart who reminds me of a stacked, brunette Goldie Hawn, and a more Rachel McAdamsy gal who did a silly and spontaneous interpretative dance around the 50 cent pool table to a Lionel Richie song with some barrel-​chested, sunburned Jimmy Buffet fan. We knew we had found a new favorite bar, one that feels like the high school parties my big brother had in our garage. Only here, instead of worrying that your mom is coming home soon, you have to worry about your mom already BEING there.
It’s a unpretentious rumpus room full of friendly locals.
Youngsters and scenesters: stick with Main Street.
If Main Street is a meat market, Dave’s is a farmer’s market, (in a good way).

A fun place that caters mostly to locals. Close to the Weapon’s Station they get their fair share of sailors when a ship is in port as well! One pool table and a dodgy shuffleboard table are the highlights of this beer and wine spot. Small menu and peanuts in the shell if you get the munchies. Near zero parking as well, but a great place where you feel at home immediately!

Rad beer bar. Feels like you’re hangin in your buddy’s garage. Beware the pool rules. There is a jar of money behind the bar. Drop a cue stick, put a buck in the jar. Knock a ball off the table, buck in the jar. If you happen to hit the 8 ball in on a break, you get the cash in the jar!

Great place!
Very local crowd.
Walk in by myself, late night and was greeted not only by all the locals but also by the extremely awesome bartender named Rebecca.
She made me feel right at home, immediately with fast and friendly service.
Go to this bar to relax, play pool and catch the angels game with cold beer and good company.
Fun Facts: 1. they closed at 12 the night I was there, not the standard 2am
2. No plastic, cash only

First thing — beware the ATM in this place. It continuously denied my card due to «insufficient funds» though when I went to use another ATM at Bay Liquor down the road, I had plenty of money. A few days after visiting Dave’s, someone charged almost 100 dollars from my card to Radio Shack. There’s probably something installed on the reader to «sniff» your account info and pin.
About the actual bar — pretty small, not enough seating IMO, but the owner (Mike, btw, you’d think he’d be called Dave) was a good guy and bought me and my friends a round. They have tall-​boy PBR’s, which is always a plus. The peanuts were no longer free, though, as someone mentioned. I had a pretty good time watching the game and playing pool. Decent atmosphere.

Amy is the best bartender ever! She is half the reason I go to Dave’s Other Place. Make sure to play lots of Grateful Dead for her.

Went with my hubby and all of his Navy division, practically filled the whole place up.
Got the jukebox going and was off to observe the insanity that is sailors drinking, eating free peanuts, and playing shuffleboard and pool.
The bathroom was clean, the bar floor itself is covered in peanut shells but it’s cool… it’s part of the charm. They ONLY serve beer, no liquor which I was slightly disappointed with but whatever. No biggy.
The bartender is cool she is very attentive, talkative, and loves to kid around with everyone. Oh and the walls are covered with old magazine pics and posters of semi naked to completely naked women. It was interesting being the only other girl there but knowing everyone makes for a fun time.

CASH ONLY!!!
Now that i just saved you a walk and allowed you to enjoy your beer cold, lets get on with the review.
This place is great. Great crowd. Everyone knows each other, all Seal Beach locals or so at least it seemed. There were several Navy folk who came, some contractors, some retired and some surfers. Great experiance. Bartenders are cute girls and are really cool and talkative. Beers are about $ 3.25 for a domestic so not bad but not anything to ring the bell over either. Has one pool table (50 Cents)
Bartop, tables and counters by the windows. I have to say my favorite is the classic old school centerfolds on the walls. However my favorite was a picture of a woman mounted on a peice of varnished redwood with a clear coat over the photo as to better preserve it or the oil painting of the naked woman. I didnt at first notice the nudy photos on the walls until I was done people watching but damn. I was with my girl and she noticed them and didnt even point them out. So as lame as this sounds… it wasnt distasteful. It was just rad and odd at the same damn time.

I live in Old Town Seal Beach, so does my guitarist. He pointed out that no one on his street works. I pointed out that he didn’t work either. We pointed out that no one on my street works either, my wife and I included.
Middle of the day, middle of the week; every bar stool at Dave’s Other Place is occupied and everyone’s got a schooner. This is more proof that this is a town where working a regular job is foreign. I love it.
I also love Dave’s other place. Some people call it a dive bar. I just moved here from Culver City, you don’t know what a dive bar is if you think this place is one. It’s just an unpretentious working man’s bar in a town where not everybody works.
However, it’s even more crowded when those who do have a job for some reason get off work. Everybody here looks like they were born a few minutes a part and pick out their clothes from the real man’s wardrobe supply (wherever that is). And there are sandwhiches!
Best of all is the old timey super long shuffle board thingy. My wife loves those things. Oh yeah, and it’s a gay bar. Just kidding. hahaha. Don’t be afraid. Come on in.
One more thing that let’s you know what’s going on in here is that it’s been there forever and I’m the first one to Unilocal it. They care about schooners, not computers.