Great spot to hang out and play a bit of shuffle board...or sing karaoke! Great local spot...underground. Parking can be a bit crazy...as long as you don't mind walking a bit... read more

Stopped off here for a nightcap after seeing it a week ago. Honestly, a pretty cool speakeasy bar. The crowd was pretty cool, a younger hipster crowd. It was busy which made it more lively. Drinks were flowing. Bartender was amazing and quite friendly. Did check up on us quite often to see if we needed anything. It's downstairs so that dark bar underground vibe was happening. They did have a few games, skee ball and a Photo Booth. Happy hour was offered certain time. read more

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My best friend and I went here on a Friday night. Security checked us at the front and then we walked down some stairs to the bar. It was pretty packed. We were able to finally order some drinks after a seat at the bar opened up. We ordered a lemon drop and, I believe it was called the master and the margarita, and the bartenders were pretty quick with it. The bartenders seemed really nice as well. The drinks here are pretty cheap from what we noticed. They have a small photo booth and some games to play like pool and skee-ball. After a bit, we noticed that this bar attracts more of an older crowd and we didn't really vibe with the music either. We knew about 3 songs if I had to guess. The music sounded mainly early 2000s or 1990s. We were there till almost closing and the Dj stopped playing music before then. read more

The Blind Donkey - Lemon Drop and The Master and the Margarita - Whiskey Bars Near Me - Long Beach, California

The hippest place in Long Beach. The Blind Donkey is an underground dive-esque-bar in downtown. It's dark, small, and grunge-y.. giving off total Seattle vibes. I visited a few days ago for a post holiday party. This bar was wall to wall with LB locals and other party goers. We ordered a round of Jameson and ginger ale and went to town on the dance floor. The DJ specialized in 90's rap / hip-hop and did a great job of reading the crowd. While this bar is on the narrow side, there's still a good amount of space to roam. They even have booth seating along the edges if you're looking to stick to one area. With a full skee-ball set up in the corner, your experience here is guaranteed to be memorable. read more

I came here with a group of friends for Tuesday night trivia. On the weekdays, happy hour lasts until 8pm, and even without that, the drinks were quite affordable. $5 on select draft beers during happy hour. Trivia was good; 7 shorter rounds that lasted about two hours in total. Not super easy and not super hard; just right! read more

Worst customer service! The security guards are on some power trip ...Saw 4 of them attacking a young man for no reason!! He was just finishing his drink and security guard confronted him to stop drinking and leave. There was a lot more people there but chose to pick on this kid! Kid said ok hold on and they attacked him. Disgusting!!!! read more

This review is only for the Photobooth & the restroom experience, not the actual bar experience. The photobooth is $5 for one strip. It is very overexposed & the photos came out almost fully white. & it took forever to develop. Not the best photobooth out there. I would look elsewhere if you want nice film photo strips. For the restroom, their signs are super confusing so definitely need to be updated. The restroom itself is old and not very nice or fully clean. read more

Love this place ! Especially on Tuesdays is Goth night with Karaoke! Also because they have a pool table and a good old fashioned read more

While I had a great time inside the establishment. I will say the bald bearded security guard who showed up around 11pm on 9/3 is incredibly rude and disrespectful. He told us, 4 ladies not from the area, to walk to the corner to get picked up my our uber. While outside with my friends talking, he obnoxiously yelled shut the fuck up to us while on a public street. Our uber showed up and picked us up right in front of the bar, contradictory to what this bald bearded excuse of a man said. Last time I checked security was supposed to provide safety to those who are vulnerable. The only reason I won't return or recommend this place is because of this particular guard. Extremely rude, disrespectful, and the opposite of how a security guard should act. read more

I happened to come across this place and at first I was hesitant, but don't judge a place by it's cover, the security guard is what made me wonder if it was safe, but once inside I did feel safe. You definitely get a mixed crowd which was refreshing. The service of the bartenders was on point, and drinks were perfect. One of the bartenders is gorgeous and a great singer. My best friend and I enjoyed our time on a Sunday night after a Tim McGraw concert. I would go again if I happened to be in the area, but just watch your alcohol intake, drinks will hit you at the end. Then you'll be stuck in the area. Lol read more

The Blind Donkey - Whiskey Bars Near Me - Long Beach, California

Went to this bar for the FIRST time lastnight for my cousins bday, it was about myself and 3 other girls. We went up to the bar to order some drinks, there was very little room, so my sister and I stood behind my cousin and her friend who was ordering. The bar tender was so impatient and rude. My cousins friend placed her order, my cousin looked back to ask my sister what her order was and the bar tender walks away, proceeds to make the drink that was ordered before allowing my cousin to place her. The bar tender comes back to us and hands the drink to a friend my cousin informs her she wasn't done ordering and the bartender tells her well you walked away. My cousin says no I asked behind me if anyone else wanted to order so it can all be together and the bartender told her well you took so long now I have to go back and forth.... She proceeds to take the order brings back the drinks and my cousin tells her thanks that's all that had to be done you don't have to be rude about it. Mind you this girl is a BARTENDER... that's literally your JOB! the bartender states getting so rude and ghetto yelling at my cousin telling her she's not rude and we are wasting her time because she has to keep going back and forth and my was pointing in my cousins face literally yelling I was about to here here even with the DJ not being too far behind me. My cousin is telling her she's out of line can she speak with the manager, the bartender then yells again "I am the manager" in my cousins face! She then GRABS the drinks back out of my cousins hands and says no you know what no...and gets the security and tells him to escort us out. How embarrassing....Mind you... we have been there for only about an hour. 2nd drink order. This bartender was so out of pocket. If you can't handle taking orders, making drinks going back and forth for your customers you are in the wrong field. And on top of that she was a "manager" like where are you customer service skills lady! We were still charged for the drinks even after she rudely grabbed them and kicked us out. Thanks Vee- manager/ bartender at Blind Donkey for showing us such a great experience at this place! Such a joke. read more

Love going to this bar to play darts! Although, the dj needs to play better songs and needs to be more cohesive lol. Love yall!

Great ambience; solid drink selection. Always love making time to join some friends there.

The bartenders are super rude for no reason. Ordered a simple draft beer, didn't look at me or say a single word to me. Unwelcoming vibes.

Fun little speakeasy type of bar in Long Beach, the service was good and the cocktails were right on par with what we wanted. I would definitely go there again. read more

Hey so last night December 19th was my birthday and I came to the blind donkey cuz I have been here multiple times and it's always good music and there's always a lot of people there but last night they had a DJ there that literally just didn't play anything good at all and when I went to him asking if he's taking song requests and he said no and gave me a really dirty look and not to mention I had like 4 people that night Come up to me and Just to tell me that the DJ sucked no other words just how he sucked and left after and all I gotta say is that bar lowkey was packed then the DJ came on and it lowkey was not as packed after that so MANY people left i literally watched them all leave after he got on the stage he literally played tunes the entire I wanna say 4 hours he was there read more

Smells like throw up I've been here 3 times and the smell never changed. Would be a great place if they cleaned.

I visited this place on Friday night. This place is trendy. It has a pool table, non tracking Dart board and a few more games. They have a substantial amount of seats. Bar service was fast and efficient and the drinks were about 10-13 bucks each, which is reasonable but they are small glasses. They play a lot of school jams. One thing I didn't like was that it was too dark in there for me. It is located in a basement style location. read more

Man this was my favorite bar when I used to live in Long Beach I'd go every Wednesday for karaoke. My man Valdez was there every time and I always had a good night when I saw him. Love that dude great to see you again brotha! read more

Didn't find a wide variety of drinks. After a round of shots I was charged a service fee. Music was too loud to conversate with the person next to me. read more

The drinks were excellent. Bar tenders are great with recommendations on what drink you can try...in my case whiskey . Cool and fun atmosphere where you can play games and have a grand time. read more

The Blind Donkey - Whiskey Bars Near Me - Long Beach, California

The staff were awesome, but the place smells so bad like vomit. We just couldn't stay. Maybe I'm too old or wasn't drunk enough lol

No frills. Just good drinks and awesome karaoke nights. Friendly staff and friendly customers too.

Good vibes, lines weren't too long, and I loved the whole "basement" feel. But, for me, it was way too loud to enjoy conversations with my friends like I wanted to. Nice bar for all people in their 20s-30s read more

This weekend was my second time coming here. The first time it really seemed like a turnt-up vibe, the adult way. Came back this weekend and it was a little more chill, which was also okay with me. The first bartender I had really looked out for us and made us a double shot. Didn't catch his name, but he was dope, lol. Anyway, got a chance to play some of the old-school games, and it was actually really fun. I'll come back here on a night I just want to get out the house for sure. read more

Great time and I like that they have a stage for Kareoke. The drinks are strong. Uber recommend

BEST LITTLE NIGHT TIME SPOT. Best vibes, darts and pool. Coolest bartenders and themed nights like karaoke :)

My husband and I moved to Long Beach and he went to have a drink at the blind donkey and honestly I think they are all donkeys there. 1:30 the security comes and asks my husband to leave while he was doing nothing just finishing his drink he was not like drunk or anything he was minding his business and the bar was still full of other people finishing their drinks out of all those people he came to harass my husband so my husband told him ok I'm just going to finish my drink and then the security guard took his drink so of course my husband got mad they fought and pepper sprayed him like if he was trash while just what he was wearing was worth their weekly pay. Probably they hated on him because he is a good looking man and I know my husband he never fights with people. And after he went to seven 11 there and the people there told him hey don't go there it's a sketchy bar. So yall be careful don't go there they treat people like trash and no customer service at all. read more

Fantastic place especially on Fridays to go drink and relax with good people. The service at the bar was fantastic and ambience to us Fuego. I wish I had food but it's all good. I would recommend this place.. read more

Wasn't my first time going to this bar but this last time was my LAST ! Went with family for my birthday, wasn't even 1 drink in and we went to order a couple more as friends showed up.. the experience quickly went down hill from there !!! As we went to go order more the bartender V who likes to wear the colored contacts WAS VERY RUDE !!! We ordered one drink as she ROLLED her eyes and she walked away before we could order more so when she came back and charged us we asked to finish our order she proceeded to ROLL her eyes and tell us to hurry up with her hand. I simply asked her if that was too hard for her because she was very very rude and from then she went completely off on me and with pointing the finger and all of that ugliness. She got us "thrown out" by security for HER actions. Don't work at a bar if you can't handle the demand and don't work in customer service if you can't work thru a busy night. And ON TOP of all that she said she was the manager. Well that's disappointing because the way the fellow bartender looked at her seems like it wasn't her first time being an absolute disgrace to the name of that bar. Terrible experience and terrible birthday, lost a customer & few extras forsureeeee! read more

Great service, drinks and ambiance. Valdez is the best! Will come back again definitely! read more

The Blind Donkey - Whiskey Bars Near Me - Long Beach, California

I went to The Blind Donkey last Friday with my family. The place is cozy with dim lighting. I had a Lemon Drop, which was refreshing and well-made. My husband & daughter had a Whiskey Sour, which they enjoyed. My son had a dry cider, and my other son had a classic Margarita. The staff was super friendly and quick. Overall, The Blind Donkey is a fun spot with good drinks, music, and a pleasant atmosphere. Perfect for hanging out. read more

Came with my bf & a group of friends. A good bar to socialize with friends & activities to do while drinking. There is a dart game, skee ball game, pool, arcade game(Pac-Man) shuffle board & a dance floor. We didn't order any food, but would like to try when we visit this bar again. The ambiance is a very chill vibe. The service here was good. We came on a busy Saturday night. There were only 2 cashiers/bartenders but we still able to serve the drinks in a timely manner. Drinks came out great. Such a fun bar! I do recommend! read more

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Checked out this bar and I loved it!! There was a few activists like some games, pool, and darts which was cool. We ordered a margarita and a sex on the beach and both drinks were good and reasonably priced would definitely recommend!! read more

The drinks were great, skiball was fun ! But one of them was out of order .... They have a beer menu ... one of the beers was non alcoholic, it wasn't until we ordered the same beer that a different bartender told us it was a non alcoholic beverage ... and they didn't play shrek read more

Walked in to the bar to grab a drink and had a regular start an argument with me and assault me and the security did nothing. They kicked us out even though we didn't do anything back then the security let them wait outside for them to assault us again. WORSE BAR EVER. super getto. read more

This places blows. Last week they canceled Goth night even though it was a busy night before the Fourth of July holiday and this week the petty functionary at the door would not let me in even though I had a California drivers license that showed I was over 21! When I emailed the manager I got no response so I sent my assistant in instead who said the place didn't have a good crowd and so she left. it should not be too long before this venue is off the So Cal Goth club list as this place sucks! read more

The Blind Donkey is a good time, but usually can be pretty hit or miss. The nights that it's on will be some of the most memorable party experiences of your life, however the times when it's off might make you feel like returning again would be a waste of time. The drinks are strong and the games are fun, but sometimes there's a weird bleach smell that seems to linger. Overall worth visiting for sure, but make sure it's on NYE or some other time when there will be more of a crowd. read more

$12 for a gin & sprite with lime... Only option for gin was Hendrix and zero carbonation for the sprite, looked and tasted like an ice water with a garnish. The only flavor in the drink at all was the two limes I squeezed into the glass. Restrooms are a joke and confusing to locate. All of the tables seemed to be reserved but empty at 8:30 on a Saturday night. Sadly, I had heard good things about out this place but I can't see myself returning based on first impressions. read more

WATCH OUT!!! The staff is not helpful here. Me and my friends got randomly assaulted by a drunk couple in front of everyone inside the bar. We did not fight back. The staff would not listen to our pleas for help and kicked both of us out. Once outside in front of the bar, the couple came back from around the corner and ran at us again and only until we got hit again is when the security finally stepped in. The security couldn't even spare a moment to walk us to the corner to get to our car safely. If you want to feel protected and safe, don't come to this bar. Apparently if a stranger hits you they will kick you out. Watch out for the woman in this video and her boyfriend, they said they live around there. read more