I've been coming to this bar for years and it's only right that I leave a review. I have been a returning customer since I was 21. A kid who had no idea how the bar scene was. I am 31 now. This is still my "home bar" as I call it. The staff has always been great with me. I don't have a friendship with any of these bartenders or staff outside or inside of this bar. But they have still been very kind and welcoming to me. No matter who I bring. My Gf, family friends. I have always felt a sense of comfort being here. Sometimes. Rarely. you'll get people from next door (Vatos Tacos) who have had a few and they bring a certain "off" energy. But the staff has always done their part to make me feel safe, when they didn't have to. I've read up on a lot reviews here that were rather negative towards certain bartenders. But as a witness, I feel like they return the same energy as you give them. If you come in rude. That's probably the service you're going to get. I think it's fair to refuse service to someone who is being belligerent. With that being said. Their Cocktails are great and serve their purpose. The beers are ice cold. The place is always clean. Including the men's and women's restrooms. (As said by my gf) They have 2 awesome pool tables, 2 dart boards and great music. I've been coming here for 10 years, I can totally see myself coming for another 10. Even the new generation of bartenders are great. Thank you all for your services. read more

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Absolutely worst experience in my adult life. My boyfriend almost lost his life at this establishment. If you want to go home safely to your family or children, do not go here. Does a Bar Have to Keep You Safe in California? When you're a patron at a bar, have the same rights as you do at any other place of business in California. What this means, in the context of a negligent security incident, is that the bar's management, staff, and owners have a: * Duty of care to keep you and other patrons safe Under California law, the bar also has to take reasonable steps to do this. Most of the time, this includes doing things like having surveillance cameras, keeping up with maintenance and other things around the property, controlling access to the property, and taking care of any known hazards on the property. When this doesn't happen, incidents can come up where you or other patrons get hurt. At that point, someone is legally responsible-or liable-for covering your injuries and damages. The starting point of any potential legal claim involves establishing the following: * Breach - When the bar's management or staff neglect to take sufficient precautions to ensure safety, especially when they are aware of potential risks, it means there was a breach of their duty to you. * Predictability - If the bar's management or staff reasonably could have anticipated the possibility of negative events, such as altercations or assaults, they ought to have prepared for such things. * Causality - If their breach to implement adequate security measures directly results in harm to you, the owner or manager bears liability for the injuries you suffered. * Harm - Genuine injuries or damages must be demonstrably linked to the lax security measures. In simpler terms, there must be a clear cause-and-effect relationship between the negligence and the harm you've suffered. read more

Great bar, good service . Love Keith, and I'm Mexican, ignore other reviews definitely coming back. Great weekday bar

Keith is cool, I wouldn't say pretty though. He thinks he's funny and striking, I'm not sure he owns a mirror, though. And be sure to use proper grammar, just to be safe. But, honestly, sports is a great hang. Love the pool tables and darts, and the drinks are always good. Thanks for the good time! read more

SW BAKO Dive Bar. It's a bunch of real people having a real good time. They got a dumb amount of liquor to choose from & fun shooters. The beer is COLD and the music is bump'n if you get the music app. Pool table + darts = that's cool. read more

Sports & Spirits - Bar - Sports Bars Near Me - Bakersfield, California

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Experience was terrible! Doesn't matter if you've been there before . They talk to you like you're a child or Incompetent ! Just overall poor service ! Rather spend money elsewhere! read more

The blonde bartender I think her name is Brittney she just ignores you when you try and ask for another drink. This isn't the first time either it's every time I come in for a drink. I love this bar but she makes it difficult to enjoy a few drinks cause we have to get her attention multiple times to get anything. read more

Your perfect neighborhood bar. Pool tables, cheap drinks, good staff, and a clean environment. read more

I'm not in town very often anymore, but when I am and I'm looking for a night out this is where I go. Reasonable prices at the bar, flat, level, well-kept pool tables, dart boards, jukebox, awesome pizza place right across the parking lot, but above all, the service here is top-notch. It seems to be a pretty popular place with the locals, it always picks up about 9pm. In all the times I've been here I've never seen "favoritism" with the service - belly up to the bar and your order will be taken in turn. I've always gotten excellent service here and I don't see what people are complaining about. The bartender has a great sense of humor and it's obvious he knows his trade and has been in the business many years (decades?). The recent facelift on the place looks great as well. Like I said, this place is awesome and I expect to go back the next time I'm in town. read more

Worst bar ever!!! Not sure if it's favoritism or racism. It took about 20 minutes to get the bartenders attention to even order a drink and then when I did order it, he was rude AF. I don't see how this place is still in business with all of the violations they had through the health department. I guess not only is machine disgusting but so is the customer service. Maybe you just have to be part of the in crowd or friends with the bartender. Hopefully all of these reviews will get to the owner and he will review security footage if there is any and fire some people.. or is this one of the bars where you go in and the theme is to be rude? I would definitely not recommend this place to anyone not even my enemies only one star because I had to give it a star to leave this review. Definitely not a bar that should be in this neighborhood. read more

Love Red the bar tender!! Always great service and always a great time!!! Reasonable priced drinks too!!

Keith was rude because of a bad day ... I got kicked out with a capital K because no one said pls or thanks to Keith... he charged me for 5 drinks that I ordered but only gave me two drinks after addressing the situation... he told me boo hoo everyone is still waiting just like you while still holding my card in his hand to charge me... my question was why would he charge me for drinks and tell me boo hoo read more

Cheap drinks, chill environment. Not somewhere I'd spend my whole evening, but a good way to start it.

Very Ginuwine and respectful Bartending was fast and severed. I'm from out of town love the hospitality here!

Went there to have a drink with my boyfriend. The bartender, who had a long red ponytail, served about 10 of his friends before he even acknowledged us and then when another female patron mentioned we had been standing there for a long time, he said, when people yell at me I don't respond. When he finally asked what we wanted he proceeded to say, so how long is a long time to wait. Don't go to this shit hole bar if your not a regular, you won't get served by the shitty bartender that thinks he owns the place and had literally the worst customer service. We walked out. read more

Not my cup of tea, took forever to get a beer and the seating is very limited. My friends and I were standing like idiots in the middle of the bar. read more

Prices are great atmosphere is good bartender with the long hair is just rude straight asshole several times tried to order just ignored us he knew it too and didn't care read more

Yesterday was a very sad day for Marc (the barback of Sports and Spirits) as well those who love him and his family. Cobb, the owner, was very generous in encouraging and supporting today's fundraiser for Marc's niece at Sports and Spirits. Clearly, this is not "just a bar," it is a place filled with people with generous and loving hearts who stand up when the people they love are in need!! I also want to commend, Brooke. She was the bartender on duty and was absolutely amazing! She is such a hard worker and had everyone's glasses filled while having a sad(due to the situation) but genuine smile on her face. I'm amazed at her ability to do her job so thoroughly, especially during this sad time. She's amazing! read more

Along with Richard, I also saw Julie come in today. Brooke handled herself extremely well. She is very respectful, but as any bartender, is not shy in turning away troublemakers. Apparently, there has been issues in the past with this customer. I have never met this bartender in my life, and am not a "regular" here, so this review is far from biased. I frequent many bars in this town and Julie's review is nothing more than an insecure twat's bitching and moaning trying to stick it to a flourishing business. Jon Taffer, you are far from needed here. read more

Sports & Spirits - Sports Bars Near Me - Bakersfield, California

Chill place to go have a drink and beer prices are super reasonable. I ordered 4 michelobe ultra drafts and it came to $10 cant neat that. If your in to pool they have 2 tables youll just need some quarters to get a game going. Darts are avaible at the countet so you can throw them at the 2 dart boards located near the restrooms They also have a jukebox you can pay to change the music to your liking. read more

"Keith" & Marissa are amazing bartenders. Love the renovations. Thank you for the hospitality. Dave ensures that everyone has a safe night. Keep the drinks flowinnn' PSA: don't come here with a bad attitude and learn some manners. This ain't your mommas bar. read more

What I like about this bar is the ghosts that haunt the southeastern holes on each pool table that dictate bizarre poetry in your ear as you shiver in the too-cold AC, verses somewhere between Bukowski's most misanthropic diatribes and Dave Barry humor columns from the mid 1990s about getting creepy massages in strip malls and borrowing cigarettes from gas station hookers. You have to stand in just the right place to hear the ghost poetry but trust me it's worth it. Otherwise, if you can't tune in, it's a good spot to eavesdrop on the commonplace and tiring woes of suburban strip-mall Bakersfield barflies and their disgusted girlfriends. You could easily write a decent script for Jim Jarmusch after about a week of consistent $3.50 drafts. Did I mention the pool tables? read more

Great place, nice people, awesome bartenders. I actually don't drink , So I will say the Shirley Temples are great for the DD ;-) Most of the time the music is good ( if we pick ) haha read more

Sports & Spirits - Sports Bars Near Me - Bakersfield, California

Horrible experience... I used to go to this bar from time to time, but after so many bad experiences I decided to stop going all together. Fast forward, years later I give it another try after the upgrades and clean up. I'm there for about half an hour before midnight when the bartender Keith calls last call because " someone messed up his bathroom. Being that's it's last call, I get my second beer and ask him if we have time to finish a pool game we started, he says yes. Within 5 mins the bouncer comes over and turns the light off on us and the bartender is yelling at everyone to get the F out of his bar .. if you don't work there get the F out.. multiple times... after having what I noticed is his second shot. Horrible experience and put yet another, bad taste in my mouth for this bar and I won't be going back .. I even left him a $5 tip for 2 beers because he was having a hard time having to clean the bathroom. He was choosing to close 2 hours early over a messy bathroom. My boyfriend checked it out , said it was a mess but nothing serious and it shouldn't take more then 30 mins to clean up .. isn't that part of your job and working there? Don't treat your customers this way, or the people tipping you! The owners should know about what's going on in their establishment. read more

The guy with long hair is so rude. I love coming here since it's down the street from my house but this guy literally has the worst attitude he refers to girls as bitches and I heard him complaining about Mexicans and blacks to his white regulars. Every time I come he's always been so awkward but last night he pissed me off I left mad once I heard him talking about how annoying we are. Never again !!!! Please don't waste your time coming here if you are black or Mexican he will treat you horrible!!! read more

This place is legit. My wife and I enjoyed ourselves for the short period of time we were there. The beer was cold the mixed drink was good. The vibe was cool. Mixed crowd similar to the vibe you would find in places like Long Beach Or South Bay. Very legit. Very chill. Two pool tables. Ice cold bottles of beer. Direct Tv. No ode smells. Lots of bottles on the wall. Last call was kinda weird dude yelling loudly. The Lights worked better for me! Slide through you will enjoy yourself guaranteed. Happy times ! read more

This is my favorite place in the entire world to drink! Bartenders are dope! Keith is pretty Dave is chill af Justice is the cutest security ever! And Ed is always there to listen read more

Bar Tender with the red pony tail is a disrespectful prick. He lost a lot of business for his boss Brian Cobb tonight. I ordered two drinks for my wife and I and when I finished he said what about them? I asmt sure what he meant . Then he said "may I have it's 2nd grade grammar learn it" Really!? I walked out with my wife will not be returning. I had a group of friends with me as well and he asked them "hey where did numb nuts go" very rude and unprofessional. read more

I've come here a couple times and I always get this bartender with a beard and red hair who is always drunk. Took 30 minutes to get my first drink while he closed everyone else out. Also was extremely rude for it not being busy. Never coming again read more

Fantastic service, great music, wonderful atmosphere. Great location for our annual fantasy football draft.

Keith is my fav. "dude w the long ponytail". if you don't get his humor then just say that, no need for a bad review 10/10 will return

I've only been here once and the service was horrible. The night was going great the atmosphere was awesome but the service broke down as the night went on. I tried to give the bartender the benefit of doubt because it was getting very busy, but I noticed as the bar got busier he would tend to people he knew first. He was overwhelmed and maybe instead of correcting people on how to ask fir drinks he should of concentrated on helping customers. If u said "can I get a beer" he would say "may I get a beer". Was kinda irritating but whatever. When I tried to cash out I waited patiently at the end of the bar. I waited maybe twenty minutes and as I was waiting some one he knew walked up and wanted to cash out and the bartender immediately cashed him out. I told the guy that cashed out, that's messed up I've been tipping good spending good money here I would expect a little bit better service, which he replied " it's not how big your dick is, it's about who you know". I guess he was referencing me thinking since I was tipping big I would expect faster service. I just wanted to cash out. Long story short. If u go early enough in the day it's an ok place, but once it gets busy don't expect much as far as service goes. read more

I Love this bar and the whole staff ! Keith hands down the coolest bartender! Cobb runs a great business! Never a bad time at sports n spirts, always enjoying the cold beer n good vibes! read more

Keith and Marissa are amazing bartenders. Come here with respect and common decency and youll get phenomenal service in return.

Keith is always quick with service and friendly.. always makes sure I have a good time! I appreciate the vibe here & you can't get a better drink in town. read more

What's up with people being impatient in this town? Great local spot. Good regulars. Chill during the day. Nice central location. Food close by. Liquor store next door. Good tenders of bar. Lots of personalities. They need to bring back the vanilla hand soap. 10/10 They've gotten my money quite a few times. read more

Marisa is very respectful and so is Noah!!! They are both trying very hard to manage the best they can. I think that someone in management can realize that they need a little help to make things go a little smoother and faster on weekend nights. Love the service that they can both provide in high stress situations!!! read more

Came back in tonight and Keith did an exceptional job!! He definitely corrected his wrongs from my last visit and kept my drinks filled and coming in a timely manner! Appreciate all the bar tenders hard work! Will continue to return! read more

This place is my "Cheers"! There is a steady group of regulars you will see at the far side of the bar. We have a great time in here! There's always a friendly face and good music. During football season each TV is marked with the game that will be showing. Check the board next to the bar for daily drink specials! The beers are always ice cold and pretty dang cheap! read more

Went in with a few friends a few months back. I asked the Bartender what beer they had on tap and he replied "ugh beer bro" in the most condescending tone. Ordered 1 pitcher and left. Will never go there again. read more