Ye Olde Watering Hole

My favorite Santa Cruz dive bar. Loud jukebox, really clean, drink specials are great. Bartenders are helpful, semi-friendly locals, not hipster douches.

Best drinks in town. Service is beyond impressive. Selection is amazing. Mission West is the oasis after a long day at work.

best dive bar close to laundry svc. so it makes a great spot to hang out while getting chores done.

Robin Searles

A great place for an impromptu birthday party! Steve is a great bartender. Good atmosphere.

Hannah Grant

An awesome place to stop near big trees park. The food was incredible there’s a ton of options very reasonably priced. Staff was so kind and everything was incredibly clean. Stop here you will not be disappointed!! The views outside were beautiful too!!

Betty Gunderson

Inviting place to have a drink or two. Strong drinks, great atmosphere. We love patronizing these type of establishments. We would definitely go back!!

Apryl Lawshe

Excellent 5 star dive bar. Now called Mission West.

Sheila Gunn

Best drinks in town. Service is beyond impressive. Selection is amazing. Mission West is the oasis after a long day at work.

Alexandra Weber

The Watering Hole is now Mission West! It's beautifully cleaned up, the owners Max and Grant are super friendly and love what they do. It's so nice to have a clean, safe, inviting place to grab drinks on the Westside. Highly recommend! Come check out the new digs!

Victoria Arild

I like hole in the wall places, so this place tickles my fancy. Cash only!

Paige Englehardt

best dive bar close to laundry svc. so it makes a great spot to hang out while getting chores done.

Jake Winstanley

Fantastic little bar, very frendly locals, loved it.

Matthew Galvin

My favorite Santa Cruz dive bar. Loud jukebox, really clean, drink specials are great. Bartenders are helpful, semi-friendly locals, not hipster douches.

Bennett Ratzloff

Perfect dive bar. Friendly staff. New go to spot!

It is a neighborhood bar. I haven't tried the food. It is only outside right now but after 6/15 all of California will open up

It's local, people are sincere. A bit pricey, but a great bathroom and pool table.

Best dive on Westside. That urinal is a bit low and leads to some difficulty with drunkards hitting the target.

Love the CLEAN bar, super nice and classy bartender with a rugged twist. Not too serious and smiles at the right moments. Just a nice relaxing casual spot to enjoy some quality drinks with great background music!!

Sometimes too loud, but easy to het a drink. Nice folks behind the bar. Whiskey and a beer type place.

An honest joint with the cheapest Lagunitas in town, nice bartenders, free pool, eclectic clientele without being creepy. I like it. Cash only.

Brian McCall

Sometimes too loud, but easy to het a drink. Nice folks behind the bar. Whiskey and a beer type place.

Barbara Vela

Love the CLEAN bar, super nice and classy bartender with a rugged twist. Not too serious and smiles at the right moments. Just a nice relaxing casual spot to enjoy some quality drinks with great background music!!

Donald Steiny

It is a neighborhood bar. I haven't tried the food. It is only outside right now but after 6/15 all of California will open up

Denise McGrath

Best dive on Westside. That urinal is a bit low and leads to some difficulty with drunkards hitting the target.

Michael Brucoli

It's local, people are sincere. A bit pricey, but a great bathroom and pool table.

Dan Killam

An honest joint with the cheapest Lagunitas in town, nice bartenders, free pool, eclectic clientele without being creepy. I like it. Cash only.

The beers are ok . They claim it’s the best burger in the county ! But the patty is so thin , you can barely have a good taste of the meat . Anytime when they don’t ask you how you want the burger to be cooked , then it’s not a real burger . Because they can only cook it one way - well done and crispy ! They need to throw out the two thin patties and make one thick juicy one and make it medium or medium rare and the. It’s solid !

It's a dive bar, it's the last bar as you are headed north out of Santa Cruz, hwy 1. No draft beer, but have many selection of cold bottles and hard liquor. Open noonish.

T P

The beers are ok . They claim it’s the best burger in the county ! But the patty is so thin , you can barely have a good taste of the meat . Anytime when they don’t ask you how you want the burger to be cooked , then it’s not a real burger . Because they can only cook it one way - well done and crispy ! They need to throw out the two thin patties and make one thick juicy one and make it medium or medium rare and the. It’s solid !

james rankin

It's a dive bar, it's the last bar as you are headed north out of Santa Cruz, hwy 1. No draft beer, but have many selection of cold bottles and hard liquor. Open noonish.