My first visit was for open mic comedy. I ordered a patty melt which came with hand cut fries. It was pretty good, although the onions were described as caramelized but were just lightly grilled. Probably delicious for true onion lovers but I pulled most of them off. The cheesy patty on rye bread was still delicious, and there were more fries than I could eat. Not much of a crowd except for the comics themselves, maybe 10-12 with a very entertaining host in between. All were good but many were hilarious including a first-timer. Fun vibe for sure, I would happily go again. I deducted one star because as a new guest, I asked the bartender if they had any special house cocktails. She seemed to hear the word special and thought I meant cheap. I said not necessarily cheap, but do you have any interesting house cocktails here. She said no, so I ordered something boring. Then I got the food menu which on the back had an entire list of house cocktails. But service overall was excellent. read more

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No Bartender! Friday afternoon about 4:30PM. I have been going to the Scoreboard for over 20 years now with no previous issues. This particular occasion, myself and another patron sat down at the bar and waited....and waited...and..... Finally I asked the cook if there was a bartender. He told me "no bartender. the bar is closed for an hour". Now wouldnt you think that IF the bar was closed at a Bar and Grill they would maybe close the doors and not let people sit there and wait for somebody that never shows up? Just a thought. I dont know if they changed ownership possibly, but this kind of (lack of) service is not going to fly with the general public. Its a shame. I use to love this place. read more

Always a great time at the scoreboard! This ketchy dive bar is exactly what you need! The food is really well Priced (check out happy hour) and I love to come for the events! They do Monday night Music Bingo and Tuesdays Trivia. The staff is great and the drinks are strong. They have 5$ cocktails before 6 on read more

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Went in for happy hour. Great prices, and bang for buck. Wasn't crowded, bartender was nice, goes down good with a ultra pint. Food was good, the chef did outstanding. read more

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Cool little dive bar. Nothing fancy just good people and good drinks. Bartender was pleasant and drinks were strong

Institutional dive bar in Imperial Beach! Decent place to drop in after work and have a beer and some fries, watch a game. Also great for karaoke on Fridays, very supportive crowd! read more

We loved this place! Local dive bar, with a super nice bartender and great food. There were four of us and we each had something different to eat and everyone's meal was really good. We will definitely go back.. read more

Great bar ...music...drinks and all their food is delicious ... Veteran owned so go out and show your support read more

such a fun place great music great service good food if you live in IV I would definitely go check it out

Amazing time with Davianna !! She was great so was the atmosphere.. food and drinks are amazing read more

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Ok Just had breakfast; hit or miss 1- biscuits n gravy had no flavor, thin n runny. Horrible-sorry 2- This bar and restaurant had no Tabasco sauce. Really? A bar? 3- need a waitress; bartender seemed a bit busy for food orders. If you don't drink, do you still exist? I'll give it another try. Treat locals good, we're your bread n butter read more

This is a local neighborhood speak-easy that serves up a menu that offers something for everyone. It's a sports bar with emphasis on "bar" serving up all your favorites. The service is quick, friendly and accommodating. I ordered the Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich with "The Works" $11.99. A generous portion of thin-sliced rib-eye steak with sauteed onions, house seasoning, and provolone cheese. Served on our fresh baked Philly roll. Comes with sauteed mushrooms, cherry peppers, and pepperoncini. Comes with choice of side. Every thing was fresh and tasty. If you're ever in Imperial Beach you'll want to check them out. read more

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I've been coming here since October 2023. Lately, not so much since football is not in season, but I've always had a great time. It's small, cozy, has great decorations and the service staff is cool/friendly. I've never really had any major issues. There is also a pool in case you bring friends that play. They do all sorts of activities on different days. You just need to ask so you can come prepare to play raffle, trivia, bingo, etc. I've also eaten lots here. I definitely enjoyed their mozz sticks, carne asada fries and their 1/2lb burger. I remember the second time I came here, the cook undercooked my burger. It was still raw when I took a bite out of it. After I spoke with him and asked him to cook it again, he said, "he got me and apologized." Mind you I've worked in kitchens/food service before and I know sometimes shit just happens. I recall, He was busy that night w/ lots of orders. I know some people just expect food to be served hot and fresh like "SPY KIDS" (yes, favorite childhood movie), but if you don't like waiting then don't order food and go eat at mcdonalds or whatever. read more

If you haven't had breakfast here, you really should. A great little spot right on the main drag. Good atmosphere good people good service and good food. read more

Great happy hour. Can't miss out on Tuesdays for 1 dollar wings and 5 dollar Jameson. Daisy is the best. I will be coming back. Cheers !

Great place to watch the games! Food is amazing and all the bartenders are hot Daisy is always friendly and makes the best drinks!

Came to watch the Dodger game, the service was great, very welcoming and food was good. Wish we would played the music bingo but was watching the Dodger game couldn't multitask!! Everyone was having fun. read more

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Stopped in for lunch. The sandwiches were good and the service was good. Prices are high, much like everywhere now. $15 sandwich plus a drink and tip will probably run $25 for lunch. Was surprised I was the only customer for lunch. Maybe the cost of eating out for lunch has people bringing their lunch to work more. It also felt like the neighborhood bar atmosphere is gone. Didn't see any regulars like I used to. It was hard to find a good neighborhood bar in San Diego. Harder now. Service and food was good. read more

Excellent service. Great staff. As a first timer here able to play Music Bingo and actually win a prize was very inviting. 10/10 would visit again. Just like my local bar back home read more

This place is The place to listen and sing and dance on sat nite. Generous pours and chill crowd. Nice to listen... pitch perfect singers in the housesuper fun thanks! EM read more

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My husband and I had just arrived in San Diego and were on the hunt for dinner and found this place. The Scoreboard has a very open inviting feel to it, definitely the local hangout. The burgers were delicious and the home style fries were so good, while it did take sometime to get our food due to a larger party of people that came before us; the staff was super apologetic and checked on us when they had the chance. As the first place we ate at since moving to San Diego we were fairly impressed and will be returning! read more

New owners really ran this place into the ground. Last time I was here, there were giant cockroaches EVERYWHERE. Saw 3 of them running up the walls in about a 1 hour timeframe, then one actually flew into my friends lap. He jumped up and swiped it off, obviously disgusted. One of the owners saw everything, laughed, and said "yeah, that's why we're remodeling". I then pointed one out on the wall directly behind him, and he goes "yeah I see it" and walked away. I know several families who have been going to this bar about since they opened, and they won't go back under this ownership. It's a real shame. Edit: this is most certainly not a lie, I was there with about 10 other people who witnessed all of this go down. People who have been coming to the scoreboard since it originally opened. This was just before the "remodel" (aka putting a couple of cheap signs on the outside of the bar). I can't speak on whether or not there are still cockroaches, because I will absolutely never go back here. Truly disgusting behavior from the new owners. read more

This place is really shady. I waited for almost two hours to get my food. The lady said if I waited the food was on the house. I said no that's ok I'll wait a little bit longer. I must have misunderstood her so I decided to continue to wait a little bit longer at that point I told myself "well I might as well wait it out if it's free " After about another hour my food finally came. When I started to leave she told me the total and I reminded her that she said it was free. The lady working said "fine" I wasn't being too harsh because they were busy, but two hours of my life is valuable and plus I wasn't there to drink. I came back about a month later for food and drinks. When I checked my my bank account I noticed I got charged twice. I can assume that the lady working thought I was stupid and took it upon herself to charge me from before. That's totally not cool and in my opinion considered stealing. Just make sure you check your bank statement if you eat here. read more

The Scoreboard use to be a hangout for me but I moved to Chula from I.B. I just happend to be in the mood for a burger and maybe run into some old drinking buddies which I did, James, Terry, Chuck, and Marylin. The drinks are all good pours the bartender Jewels is great and the menu and food is out standing. Great job on your establishment Joe O'conner Owner. I forgot to mention that my bill came to $22 and change including 3 beers and a cocktail! read more

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I was out in the area and got hungry so I stopped in for some food it was really good!!! Only reasons I didn't give 5 stars music was a little too loud and they don't have Pepsi. No Pepsi looses a star for me read more

Well I noticed they got rid of the bad bartender so the places back to normal Fun place to hang out and the food is great! read more

Love Scoreboard. Great food, people and atmosphere!!! Prices are reasonable, portions are huge and specials are always changing. It's def our go-to spot! read more

Ask for Gia, she's the best hostess!! Service with a smile, hustled for our drinks. TOP NOTCH GAL!!!

Penny is best thing about this place. Weds night bingo shes waitress, cooks do good job so food isn't bad. Owners are cool people too.

Don't father on a Saturday night Wally the Sandman karaoke host is terrible at his job even though he has great equipment. He doesn't know how to EQ a sound system properly singers around music soft in the music's loud in the singers volumes and EQ are sporadic at best. He insisted that use a microphone cover he constantly complained cuz my fingers touch the edge of the ball even though I made my living at music for 40years buying a house in Imperial Beach with my income when half the people didn't use a microphone cover although they transferred spit to the microphone, when there sing into a microphone he makes no sense most people know that coronavirus 19 is transferred by spit and not by contact by fingers so if you want to come and have a decent. PA Come on Friday nights when Rick's doing sound much better more qualified and the crowds always bigger read more

I love this little neighborhood bar. Penny always remembers what I drink, the burgers and sandwiches are huge, and plus they have trivia, karaoke and bingo. Patty melts and Rubens are legit. read more

Stop number three was the scoreboard yay. We stopped here for a bit. Saw some friends yay. Chatted a bit, possibly drank. The bartenders here are pretty cool. The set up is a bunch of coolers for beers and they have a full bar as well. I swear every time I come here I get water though. This time I had to pace myself. I had some pretty strong drinks. I believe there was karaoke too but in all honesty I was chatting it up and enjoying my water making sure I could make it to stop four! Thanks scoreboard : ) read more

While out in Imperial Beach, I searched for "Cheap Eats" and sorted it by distance. The scoreboard was only a few minutes from me. I was extremely hungry and was praying this sports bar had good food. The bartender was friendly and welcomed me when I sat at the bar. He served me an ice cold beer and recommended that I order the nightly special which was Meatloaf. I was more than presently surprised when my meal came. The meatloaf was the best I've ever had in my life! It was so good I took a picture and posted it in the Photo's. Its makes me hungry just looking at the pic. I think the price was $6.99 After having dinner and three beers I was out the door for less than $15.00 read more

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Man the food here is always good!! They are always trying new things to put on the special menu!!! $2 beers on certain nights, beer is on ice, karaoke W/F/S nights!! read more

I like slight new remodel. The new bar top looks great, and love the new bar stools. The food was good ordered the burger with pastrami. My only disappointment was the bill. I also ordered a tall, vodka soda with a splash of cran. When I later got the bill I saw it was $12 a drink! For house vodka? The bartender charged me double when I didn't ask for it. I even commented to her that it definitely was not a double tasting drink and she said you will feel it later. Paid the bill but hard to come back anytime sion. read more

This is your neighbor bar people who come here are usually locals , i like karaoke nights , as well as tacos Tuesday.there are many different games you can play . Pick the music you want to hear and enjoy a cold drink next to a great burger ! read more

I support local businesses. But the waitress is so rude, she yelled at my kids and has the worst attitude, I will never spend a penny in this place. Not a family friendly place read more

I really like this bar. It can get a little cramped in there, and most of the time it is hard to find a seat at the bar. The food is always good, especially when they have smoked bacon wrapped jalapenos. I stay away during their karoke nights but it is a good place to watch football on Sundays. read more

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Great spot! Very home town vibe. Good prices and good food! Great place to gather with friends and meet new ones.

MONDAY'S Special, Outstanding Meatloaf with roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes and gravy. Tonight was WOW with flavor, larger than life portions. My compliments to the Cooks. You guys Roc the kitchen. It was well worth the wait. Great priced special. This is our 3rd Monday in a row. This comfortable hole in the wall is on Palm Ave. read more

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