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Merchant's Saloon

Dive Bar$$$$

Jack London Square, Oakland

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Merchant's Saloon

8.1^/10

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Ranked #3 for inexpensive places in Oakland
"Great place with cheap drinks... very busy spot!"(4 Tips)
"Awesome place with a good beer selection."(2 Tips)
"awesome bartenders!"(4 Tips)
"Great bar! Full of the spirits of old sailors!!"(4 Tips)

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Mynisha TaylorOctober 29, 2014
Tap beers. ..tap cider is great! Great liquor selection. .. tvs.. karaoke. .. love music. .djs awesome bartenders! Sam Tina melissa sasha zhiva. ..McGinty!
Byron WilkesMarch 8, 2016
Been here 5+ times
Cash only, love the pours and love the ambience. Billiard table ain't that hot, though.
Christy ClarkAugust 17, 2015
Great place with cheap drinks... very busy spot!
Cesar AbidesFebruary 18, 2019
Been here 100+ times
Great bar! Full of the spirits of old sailors!!
Kian LaviFebruary 8, 2020
make sure you use the photo booth and the piano in the back. martinis, extra dorty
Tim HarrisonAugust 6, 2014
My favorite dump. The Dive of Dives.
Tonya ShippOctober 26, 2018
Bring all your buds and tip, drinks are cheap!
Sherrell ByrdNovember 4, 2013
Awesome dive bar! Got to see a love triangle come to a head.
Amanda MorelandJuly 6, 2015
Awesome place with a good beer selection.
Irene ChouJuly 10, 2013
A whiskey neat + a whiskey ginger = 6 bucks. What.
Bill, the ButcherFebruary 11, 2011
Come from 7am to 10am for morning specials daily
Oliver ClothesoffSeptember 15, 2013
Been here 5+ times
Best bar, everyone is welcomed :)
Eric MitchellMarch 2, 2013
Dive bar they have it nailed. Credit card payment and juke box not working, bartenders arbitrarily making up drink prices, random shit sporadically happening. It is what it is.
Derrik DennisApril 14, 2013
A great dive bar with a friendly crowd!
Alfredo CasanovsNovember 8, 2010
Been here 25+ times
PBR tall boys!!! Don't forget the luxurious bathrooms. If it's not yer kinda place, yer not our kinda patron! Lol
mike lyonsNovember 15, 2014
Biggest dive in the bay area.
George HayesMarch 30, 2015
Such cheap drinks!
mike lyonsNovember 11, 2014
Awesome dive bar
BetsyMOctober 28, 2013
Bartenders are more drunk than the patrons.
Brett JohnsonNovember 7, 2011
It's a dive bar. Cheap drinks and interesting people watching.
Vasken HauriAugust 7, 2011
Diveiest dive I've ever seen. Fucking win.
M-C ReidOctober 7, 2011
Yep. This place IS supremely dive.
Sharif RApril 7, 2010
Best Dive in JLS!
Shawn KormondyOctober 3, 2010
$4 bloodys!!!
Maddie MaeSeptember 18, 2014
Stop whining. It's not that dirty. It's Oakland.

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