Tara our Bartender was wonderful. Great service. Yummy drinks! Clean area. We went early and had a fun time read more

Sweet Springs Saloon - Margarita - Pubs Near Me - Los Osos, California

This is such a great little hole in the wall. The bar is clean and tidy, and I've gotten great service every time I've come in. So far I've met David and Annie, who are really good bartenders and very personable. Taps seem to rotate pretty frequently. Food menu is nothing special, but that is not a deal breaker for me. I've enjoyed playing some pool on the two tables in there, although one of them is a little packed as there are chairs set up right behind it. I'll definitely keep coming back here. read more

I found my people. I visited the SLO area and decided to look up some local karaoke. Sweet Springs Saloon popped up in my search for Tuesday evening around 9:00 or 9:30. They had plenty of parking spots, pool tables, and an outdoor smoking area. The bartender, a lovely gentleman, was very attentive and served that sweet cerveza with a smile. The KJ was an absolute ROCK STAR. Every singer gave it their all, and the crowd was incredibly supportive. The locals of Los Osos were very welcoming. They went above and beyond to make me feel safe and comfortable. I made a bunch of new friends that night, and I look forward to coming back again. Thank you, Sweet Springs! read more

I wasn't going to leave a review until the restrooms. The bar is typical dive bare. Lots of foul language and regulars. Now I was impressed with how immaculate the bathrooms were. Cleanest I've ever seen at any bar. read more

Sweet Springs Saloon - Pubs Near Me - Los Osos, California

Horrible place all employees are rude it smells like u ke still liquor cause the never was the bar matts very unsanitary and horrible customer service read more

It's Cheers! Fun dive bar. Lots of karaoke, pool tables, locals and tourists alike! Great Staff!

Amazing remodel, some old some new. Great new venue for music. They are partnering with Nichols down the street for food. Super smart. When they have food for events, they are using local restaurants. Good and smart. This place will continue to grow. Mark and Gabrielle are real assets !! read more

Sweet Springs Saloon - Pubs Near Me - Los Osos, California

One of the best places in SLO County to play pool (some hardcore players post up here for great battles on the green felt) and the bartenders are always super-friendly when I stop by. They're also open late for those area night owls that want a cold beer after midnight. read more

Sweet Spring's Saloon is the Cheers of the Central Coast and one of our favorite bars. We've been going there for a few years now. Every time we come to the bar we're welcomed with warm smiles, friendly staff along with an interesting and entertaining assortment of patrons. The drinks at Sweet Spring's are superb whether they be beer on tap or expertly made cocktails. "Cowboy" Chris, the bar manager, and his staff of skilled bartenders like David, never let us down. They are some of the most talented and nice service professionals that we've ever encountered. Sweet Spring's is also a fun and safe environment for just going out and having a good time whether it's hanging out during one of their many awesome karaoke nights, listening to bands perform, playing a pool game on one of the two tables or listening to some cool tunes on the jukebox. Also on site is Armida's Kitchen serving up incredible high quality food. If you're ever in Los Osos definitely swing by and give Ben, Chris, Annie, David and the rest of the bartenders a warm hello and tell them we sent you! read more

Best bar in town, from up scale classic cocktails to cheap beer they have what you need to quench you thirst. The newly remodeled bar host live band karaoke, pool tournaments and quality live music. Truly the place to be in Los Osos/Morro bay area any day of the week.....Mark John and Gab would live to get you anything you need to brighten up your day! read more

Sweet Springs Saloon - Pubs Near Me - Los Osos, California

I rarely give any "dive" bars a 5 star, but this place is seriously legit. The main reason is solely based on the bartenders. They are AWESOME. Super friendly and inviting. Let's be honest, you can get beers and drinks anywhere. You go to the bar to be social and have a little fun. The bartenders do this. The local crowd that is usually there is also very friendly. They are usually setting up music on the jukebox or playing some pool. One of my favorite bars on the central coast, hands down read more

Five star dive bar! In lovely little downtown Los Osos. Great hospitality, stiff drinks, friendly customers. Music, sports on TV, clean and comfy. We passed through and found a gem we will be back for! Live music at night which we will hit next time for sure. A+ read more

Just left there ,, served some poor man with an spinal injury (scar down his hold back$ too much alcohol! I am a nurse picked the poor man up off the floor and the bartender I charge told me "step the fuck down " instead I checked his pulse and set him up and fed him my leftovers, the man seemed mentally I'll and did have physical injuries that were apparent. They called the police on him probably sue to the fact he was "African American "! I will never go back to to his place and will ever recommend it to anyone! Every human life matters and to take advantage of someone who has obvious disabilities and not even help or stop the music ? Omg how diabolical! Just call the policies and report an African American ! Really ? No one from the whole place that worked there never even checked on a customer who fell and did respond ? This is a racist terrible place that I will never go back to read more

Sweeties is a pretty legit dive. There are all the symptoms of a good dive: Townies in flannel, bartenders that are rude unless they recognize you, drinks in plastic cups, crazy bands that nobody has heard of, and a fat old drunk checking IDs. The only thing they've got to get their shit together on is the elitism they exhibit by charging ridonculous covers. There is NO reason to pay a $5 cover for an empty bar with a shitty band. Silly townies. read more

Sweet Springs Saloon - Pubs Near Me - Los Osos, California

Very Freindly Bartender!! Great service and prices are awesome. I had a great time with the shuffle board game. Drinks are awesome and Not Skimpy on the Liquor!! I Highly recommend this establishment!! read more

Sweet Springs Saloon - Delicious and spicey like I wanted it!! - Pubs Near Me - Los Osos, California

9-23-2021. Had a great experience earlier today when Annie was bartender. After she left, 2 new bartenders took over. Unfortunately, these bartenders were non-responsive to us as we were sitting at the bar with no drinks. We watched about half a dozen customers come up and the bartenders were very responsive to these customers, yet we had no drinks and were never paid attention to. The fact that we had better service with one bartender as opposed to 2 is baffling. We would have stayed longer if it weren't for these bartenders. Will come back when Annie is present. read more

Drinks are good. Pool tables are fun. People seem pretty chill. They have pretty good food

Sweeties is a fun place to have a drink! I like the full bar and the fact they are rotating their taps now. Hopefully, they will start having more concerts and add some food or a food truck at night. The staff is incredible and always friendly! read more

I love this place beacuse gabs and chris are so friendly and always great me by name. This place is home!

Famed Spanish explorer Don Gaspar de Portolà was thirsty when he and his expedition reached present day Los Osos in September of 1769. The party was marching by foot from San Diego, in search of Monterey Bay which had been discovered by explorer Sebastián Vizcaíno in 1602. Portolà's task was to find Monterey and determine if it was indeed a suitable place to establish a new Spanish colony. It is said that Don Gaspar was so enchanted by the beauty of Morro Bay that upon first sight of it he demanded the procession rest, and that a barrel of ale be uncorked at once as reward for his men who had made the 350 mile trek up the coast. Señor Don Gaspar was himself so parched that he took down five mugs of ale in under cinco minutos. As the entire party was schwasted that night, reports are a trifle inconsistent; however, most historians subscribe to the following theory of how the rest of the evening went down: With a bladder as full of urine as Fox news is full of shit, our boy Donny G. had to piss like a ten-peckered racehorse. According to legend, when he finally did drop trou' and lubricate the local foliage, his eyes were watering so thoroughly that in them his men were said to have seen the reflection of enough constellations to navigate a ship by. So relieved was our hero that he bellowed at the top of his lungs "I AM DON GASPAR DE PORTOLÅ AND I'M HERE TO PARTY AND FUCK BITCHES!!!" The Sweet Springs Saloon was built on the very site of that historic urination, and it is said that the ghost of Don Gaspar de Portolà still frequents the Saloon. Kegs of ale have been known to deplete faster than they ought to have, and the smell of his piss haunts the bar. Tourists and idiots who complain of this smell in reviews of the saloon are ignorant of the legend, and should be ignored. In fact, good fortune is said to accompany those who catch a whiff of de Portolà's pee. One man who was fortunate enough to have gotten a good lungful of the sweet golden odor discovered the next day that his arthritis had completely vanished, and no longer did he require the assistance of little blue pills to satisfy his wife's carnal cravings. Regardless of whether or not you believe the myth surrounding the Sweet Springs Saloon, it's well worth a visit. Just get here. read more

The drinks are cheap and stiff, the ceilings are low and if a band is playing it's loud. But a good local vibe and fun for a game of pool. Nice outdoor area for those who smoke. The bartender makes or breaks the experience. Usually pretty good, but on occasion there is an unfamiliar bartender who seems to be clueless. read more

$3 cover on a Friday night for a cover band that was truly awful and a crazy woman with a seriously 5-month pregnant pouch of fat hanging out of her blue paisley skin-tight shirt dancing by herself and slurring loudly that "YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME." To boot, the ink they used to stamp me in took days to come off, and it was so dead in there that using a stamp at all seemed awfully silly. Follow that with a $5 beer in a plastic cup, and you've got yourself a losing number. It's too bad, I once came here and had a great time at a friend's birthday celebration, but that night the music brought its own crowd and others bought me drinks. The bouncer was nice if not a little creepy. read more

If your looking for a laid back fun bar then this is the place!! The first time I was here I had literally made friends with Rayna (great bartender) and some locals in the first 5 minutes! Everyone is so friendly! Happy hour is M-F from 12-7 and they have bands most weekends! Plus, $4 famous bloody marys on Sunday during football!! (you know you need that hangover relief!) I'm the new bartender here on Wed, Thurs, and Sunday days so stop in and tell me what you think! read more

Sweet Springs Saloon - Pubs Near Me - Los Osos, California

Love Bubba, love this bar! Great service and good atmosphere. Very nice people. My friend loved the bloody Mary's. read more

Sweet Springs Saloon - Bubba! - Pubs Near Me - Los Osos, California

This place is my favorite dive. The people are chill, the atmosphere is low-key, and the drinks are stiff. That said, if you come for anything, come for a bartender called Cody Hartwell. Dude pours stiff drinks, is kind and helpful, and is never short of hilarious and amazing stories. All this from a local... Tell em' Jawsh Holland sent ya. See what happens. read more

The title of this review is How to survive a gun shot or the benefits of being drunk. Where to begin? As most of the 5 star reviews say, the tenders ( short for bartenders) are what make this one of the best bars in the downtown area of Los Osos. I've seen them called psychiatrists (I didnt see any degrees on the wall while I was there so before paying for any pschiatric services I suggest requesting proof of their certifications), Friends, and Family. I say that these terms sell them short as they are some of the most technically proficient tenders I've ever seen work behind the stick. Their uncanny ability to freepour some of the trickiest drinks, such as a gin and tonic, is something to marvel at. I could watch them work for hours as they deftly work the shaker making a Bombay Sapphire Martini, something Michaelanglo would dub a thing of beauty. Each movement is well thought out and technically masterful, and on display as they roll a drink, a move that left me with flashbacks of Tom Cruise in the movie Mission Impossible (the sequel to Cocktail). While the tenders are definitely what make this an amazing spot, I want to touch on one more point before I finish my review. I've seen several reviews label this a dive bar and i want to dispute this assertion. The reason a bar is considered a dive bar is that it dives into the deepest darkest crevasses of the soul. Sweet Springs is far to bright and happening to reach those places fr me. In my professional opinion, this is less of a dive bar and more of a snorkel bar, just breaking the surface of the dark saltiness that lies within me. If you've read this far i salute your perseverance as this is just the ramblings of an old crustacean. 5 stars - come for the alcohol stay for the alcohol. read more

Ah, good old sweeties... The pool nights are great and the local talent they bring in is often pretty damn good. All the bartenders I've met there are great, nice people. There ain't much in Los osos, but if you wanna stop for a drink and maybe play some pool... This is a good place. Signed A Los osos native read more

7'-6" acoustic ceilings and full bar and shuffleboard... what else do you need? This has been a Thanksgiving traditon for years. Pig out on turkey, walk 1/4 block to Sweet Springs and drink Rumpleminze while BSing with friends and getting smoked on shuffleboard while Boy Named Sue is playing on the jukebox. Good strong pours and friendle tenders help with the dive bar ambiance. Next time your are in THE O check it out. read more

This place really cleaned up nicely and all the staff especially nice! Great live music on weekends and nice size dance floor Yaay

It may look like a dive from the outside but I was surprised at how nice it is on the inside. Cool spot with straight tables and sticks.

Never had "my bar" before Sweet Springs last year. I walk in and the bartenders know me by name and drink. Rainey, Joe, and Chris are all awesome bartenders. Super friendly and funny. Atmosphere is fun. Not a classy, upscale bar, but I wouldn't call it a dive bar either. It's a bar bar. The patrons are mostly cool. They have love shows quite awesome, providing a much needed venue for local metal, punk, and rock bands. Cover charges on those nights are cheap, unless there's some well known band playing (which happens from time to time). Great jukebox and sound system. Two pool tables. Shuffleboard. Best bar in Osos! read more

Been remodeled and cleaned up, but still has that Sweet Springs vibe, love it! Go in and see Chris!

Sweet Springs is rad. Solid beer selection! Chris is the man and took care of us. Shuffle board!!?? My kind of place.

Chris is a great bartender! Remodel is excellent!! Good beers, pool and music!!! Welcome to Los Osos

Let's face it, a Dive Bar silver medal in a two-bar village isn't much of a recommendation. But even Wikipedia bows down to the dive bar preeminence of The Merrimaker. read more

I've been there a few times on the weekend. The bartender, a younger woman was rude and didn't seem to have time to make a proper drink. She also seemed to expect a $2 tip for pouring a beer from the tap. The older women who work the evening shift seem nice enough, but this one (Rachel I believe was her name) was rude to the me and my guests. As long as she works there, they can do without my money or recommendation. read more

Meh. It's kind of a divey locals place. Casual and comfortable though. Occasionally you can catch a good band.

Definitely a dive bar in a good way! Mr. Cash rockin' on the Juke Box while the sweetest bartender Lily served me the best Bloody Mary I have ever had! If you're in the area swing by and ask Lily for either their signature (award winning) Bloody Mary or the Jameson Pancake Breakfast Shot (it comes with a piece of thick cut BACON!!!)...you won't be disappointed! read more

This place is so cute! That bartender Rachael is the best and let me sample the beer to see what I would like the most! They have a beer called tap it and its a IPA I've never tried this but it's amazing. Cool ass memories for life! read more

Not a bad bar. I drove down to visit family and was still wearing my tie from work. By the look on everyone's face in the bar, you would have thought I just molested the family pig. Dressing up is frowned upon here, but it's a dive bar so that's o.k. Don't take atm or credit, so you have to go to the in bar atm machine to pay for your drink. Probably wont go here for a big night out, but if I absolutely needed a drink. I'd go. read more