No food ordered, but i did order a cocktail. Lemon drop cocktail, because I was designated driver, the service was great. We were celebrating my brother's bday while we were there, RIP!!!! [[HIGHLIGHT]]The ambiance is dive bar vibe.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]It was such a fun time doing Karioke to celebrat as he would have.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

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Service was bad As a first-time customer, I was disappointed by my experience. Several people were clearly intoxicated and involved in a minor argument, yet the bartenders seemed to favor the older patrons while treating the younger customers unfairly. Instead of handling the situation impartially, the police were called over what appeared to be a minor dispute. The whole experience felt unprofessional and left a bad impres read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Amazing little dive bar!![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Jo (female) bartender was amazing. She made our drinks exactly how we wanted!! Not a bad place to stop by on your way to a wedding or pregaming before Ventura. read more

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Good beer got to enjoy seeing Sam Tripoli! My family and I really enjoyed it! It's very much a dive bar but nothing wrong with that!

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Wonderful bartenders and a nice crowd make this a perfect place to do karaoke or play pool.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] They have a decent selection of local beers like Topa Topa and Made West, and the bartender will make her secret vodka drink if you ask her. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The couple that run the karaoke on Thursday Friday and Saturday are just wonderful and the sound system is top notch.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]All of the singers were good too![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]My friends and I had a great time.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] If you get hungry there's also a food truck in the parking lot. The first time you come here can be tricky. Make your first left after the freeway on Ventura. If you cross the railroad tracks you went too far. [[HIGHLIGHT]]For pool lovers they have tournaments on Sundays![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Happy hour is from 5-7 great prices! read more

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[[HIGHLIGHT]]The place is super dingy and grimy[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] the drinks are gross and the service is just a bag of bones

love their karaoke nights. great bartenders, solid prices. if you want a good time and want to sing or hear singing, you show up here.

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Great atmosphere, but the Karaoke jock (Steve) is inappropriate to women and doesn't know how to run the singer queue properly.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] There were several people that would sing multiple times in the time it would take me once AND I TIPPED THEY GUY $10 when I first signed up. Do Not come here for karaoke! read more

Gigi's is one of the best bars in Ventura county for multiple reasons. 1. Place sucks don't come here... unless you love company 2. Bartenders are on point! 3. Pool tables are perfect! 4. Bartenders are on point! 5. You can always find a friend... or someone to take shot with you! 6. Bartenders are on point! 7. Location is perfect (always on the way home) 8. Bartenders are on point! 9. All your friends are here 10. Most importantly Bartenders are on point! Thanks for being there for us! Appreciate you all!!! read more

Stopped by to use a restroom and have a soft drink when I was in the area and could not sleep. People were really friendly. Lots of long time locals. Bar tender was really kind and did not give me a hard time for not ordering alcohol. Wish I could stay longer to hang out and get to know the community. read more

Fun dive bar to hit up if ya got nothing else going on. Karaoke was way fun there too.

If you expect service, this place is not for you. The bearded male and blonde female bartenders serve their friends first before they'll serve you (even if you've waited in a long line until you're at the head of the line). When asked why, the male bartender gets angry and starts arguing with the customers. Me and my friends no longer drink and karaoke at GiGi's Lounge. We're taking our money someplace pleasant and devoid of rude employees. read more

We went here because we thought they had karaoke Saturday night, ended up being a band, so not quite what we were there for, but our bartender was so nice. And we had some great beer. Overall, we'd be back next time in the area. Just wish we coulda sang a song or two. read more

Moved into the neighborhood back in August and my honey and I wanted to find a low key "Cheers bar" of our own. This is the spot! Super fun karaoke four days a week and kindly people and bartenders that remember your name. Always a good time! read more

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I this place and the bartender are the best! the 1st place I drive to when coming to town to visit friends.. goodtimes

I only know this place as a guy who sometimes sings karaoke, and this is one of my favorite spots in the 805 area code. The KJ is polished, professional and runs a well organized show. There seems to be a smaller crowd on Thursday and Sunday evenings, so you get to sing more songs in an evening. I can't comment on the bar, since I don't drink. read more

great for karoke and good cocktails. they have a food truck outside for food pool tables.

My first time here and the bartender was amazing. Great service fun crowd!! Erik is awesome

Bad ass spot! I conversed with a muppet earlier! Well not really, just a drunk couple who's wife/GF liked to express her excitement and opinion with high pitched noises i.e. imagine what Helen Keller sounded like when she found the cow's udder. Any who, drink prices are spot on as is service. The stay was cut short when I realized my GF had to many and was demanding to go to the car to sleep. Oh well, next weekend GiGi, see you then. *and that's born after 1990'not before. Hey, they pour healthy drinks. read more

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Friendly crowd and two pool tables, but this place is in desperate need of air conditioning. The multiple air fans just don't cut it.

Gigi's is a dive bar. If you are a karaoke fan the locals sing mostly happy vibing tunes. They refs are accepting of outsiders. There is pool and darts. It's my understanding that the place is getting a face lift and there will be live music once a month to begin with! If the bands are good, we may have a new dance venue!!! read more

Voted Best Karaoke Bar in Ventura County!!! Check it out!!! read more

This little gem of a dive bar is tucked away in a grimey little strip mall in a gritty little area of town. Surprisingly, once inside you'll find that GiGi's is the crown jewel of what would otherwise be a tough neighborhood that one would typically want to avoid. I sense the patrons of this bar want to be here. This is definately a destination watering hole. As with all good dive bars you'll find pool tables, live music on weekends, a small dance floor and juke box to round out the offering. All this aside, patrons come here for one primary reason; to drink in a chill atmosphere anytime from 8:00 am to 2:00 am. I suspect a few of the barflies I encountered on a recent Friday evening both start and end their day here. read more

While driving up the 101 for a birthday weekend in Ventura, I notice a sign that reads COCKTAILS. I nudge my boyfriend, awakening him from his nap in the passenger's seat, and enthusiastically point at the discovery. --Should we go? --Yeah, let's go! I pull off at the next exit, make a couple turns, and find the destination: GiGi's Cocktail Lounge. Gigi's appears delightfully dangerous, nestled in an industrial part of Ventura with a parking lot full of dusty pickup trucks and a sign straight out of an eighties nail salon. Without hesitation, we enter and make our way toward the far end of the bar. The place is relatively busy for a Friday afternoon, with an eclectic crowd consisting of daytime-business drunks, geriatric drunks, and one sexually-confused soldier. The bartender is a slow-moving and slow-speaking guy reminiscent of my grandpa, who welcomes us regardless of our 'you're-not-from-around-here' appearance. We order up a couple of drinks and start discussing our plans for the remainder of the day. Mere moments after serving up our beverages, Grandpa sets two shot glasses face down in front of us, and says "Drinks on Gladys". He points to a tiny, Sofia Petrillo lookalike down at the other end of the bar and says, "She's the owner of this place." What an honor to have THE Gigi buy us a round. Before we are able to finish our drinks and redeem our free ones, the aforementioned soldier parks it next to us. Wasted, he sputters 'You guys look great", and proceeds to tell us how he can never go into a bar without people buying him drinks, bla, bla, bla. Eventually, we just give him one of the free drinks and leave before he tries to touch my boob or something. I highly recommend stopping by GiGi's for an afternoon coolie if you're heading up to Ventura. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to meet Ms. GiGi too! read more

I found this place on Yelp because I am making it my mission to find all the dive bars n Oxnard/Ventura since we just moved here from Pasadena. We headed over on a Saturday and found it in a little strip mall. Another Yelper coined it "Delightfully Dangerous" and I would agree. We walked in and there were a few people in there, about 6 in total and we sat at the far end of the bar. It was very cozy and cute inside and had a touch tunes juke box which was pretty darn loud for the space. We were SO happy to see that they had Firestone on tap as the others were your typical, Bud or wheat beer and the bartendress served us and it tasted awful. When I pointed it out to the bartendress, she asked me if I wanted something else so I switched it out for Bud (which I hate). I have to admit, we were getting a bit of the stink eye from the regulars but nothing too obnoxious and when I started researching places to eat fish in the Area on my phone, they all jumped in with opinions and comments and I felt much more relaxed and welcomed at that point. Because of the lack of draft beer selection, unfortunately it won't be my "go to" place but it was a nice change of pace and nice people. They have Karaoke on Thursday and Fridays and entertainment Saturday nights so would like to check that out sometime. read more

Having a good time until I purchased some Touchtunes credits so I could listen to music. I played 5 songs and suddenly the jukebox quite playing. Turns out the bartender was asked to pause the music because of a football game that was on TV. Football can be watched without sound. Go to any sports bar and you will see. I wasted 5 credits, that I paid for. No warning or anything. I think that is BS. read more

Whiny day bartender The nighttime guy was pretty cool pool tables crap good karaoke crowds Go at nighttime daytime sucked read more

This place is absolutely awesome. Great music. Great environment. Great people. I'm definitely coming here again. Jo is amazing. Make sure to ask for her when you drop by. read more

I love this place I come here almost every day... I really liken the friendly atmosphere... I just love it... Been the only Hispanic most of the days I feel welcoming to this place... All bartenders are SUPER cool.. read more

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rolled in on a sunday funday after brunch and was met w a smile by errick.... fast proficient and most of all friendly! thats what its about right? i enjoy "bars" and if your looking for a place to have a drink and toss one back, this is where its at because of who is there! read more

I love finding local bar pool places! Not only did Erick provide us with great service but made us feel very welcome. Cheers to you!

I want nobody to know about this place, because it literally is the best dive bar ever. Best people, best bartenders and drinks. Let's keep this place a secret and keep it for Locals Only! Arturo Montalvo read more

I love this bar. Julie, Shaana... They are my usual bartenders... They are super greate interacting personalities. Jo-jo (I don't know if was spell rigth) but you introduce me to this location and I love it. Lot of Karaoke nights and lovely people. Check them out read more

Went the first time tonight. Liked the place but being a cocktail place and having diabetes I needed real food so I had to leave after doing only one karaoke song. I was impressed by the friendliness. Someone mentioned that was Cheers like. I agree. I will be going back sometime no doubt read more

All other reviews are right on. One of the few places that has live entertainment still. I always feel like at home and crowd always friendly! My favorite band is What The Funk! read more

Was with a group of folks doing the annual Ventura triathlon over in the harbor last weekend. Myself and a couple other lads were just along for support, so after everyone went to bed at 9pm we google mapped our way over to GiGis since there's really nothing else around the good ol' La Quinta Inn. It's sort of in a weird location within a neighborhood. There was a sweet little blues band with a ripping guitar player tucked into a 5x5 stage and 1 of 2 pool tables worked. Really sweet bartender with a heavy pour who looked like she'd worked there for 30 years. Got hustled for beers by some dude named Dusty who by the end of the night was a pro chess player, ex-special forces solder, semi-pro pool player, ex-con and fluent in Japanese. read more

Great service from a group of excellent bartenders - Jo, Shannah, Megan, Julie, Errick and Chaz. You can always get an ice cold draft beer or bottle, great cocktails and if the Dodgers are playing you can bet they will be on a few of the TVs as well. I'm not the biggest fan of the "open mic" night (way too loud) but it's still a great time. You would have to "try" to have a bad time at Gigi's! One of our favorite hangouts in Ventura! There is a great, "no-trouble" crowd that patronizes this hidden gem and we have met some of the most wonderful people here. If you're ever in the area and want a "Cheer's" atmosphere, go on in and say hello, you're sure to meet a friendly face or two! read more

My friend and I went out last night. We looked for a good dive bar and found this place. It has a few pool tables and a small stage for the live band. We listened to music and played pool. The tender was nice and made good drinks....strong...wow! We had a the best time here and will return. read more

Best place ever! The bartenders are awesome! Come have a bud light on ice with Gladys

Ive never been here but I cant wait to go. It looks so cute with the big window and small table in the middle by pool tables. I am disappointed that i have never heard of this place before; especially since I am a pool lover and a dive bar groupie ;-) Its Friday so maybe tonight will be the night? read more