West End Billiards

Best pool hall in NC. Historic, full of a great vibe second to none. And the service is always top…read morenotch and extremely attentive and knowledgeable and professional. A favorite!

Sweet dive bar! The outside looks sketchy but the inside is pure gold filled with history. Perfect…read morespot to grab some friends and play some rounds of pool. They also have darts, arcade games & shuffleboard. All the beer is canned and fairly priced. They have some sodas too. You can't smoke but there's a faint smell. Cool spot to bring a date or hang with friends! Accessible & really friendly staff that can show you some tips and tricks with pool.

Seth is the bomb

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High Dive

3.9(7 reviews)

0.3 mi

Didn't try the food, but they carried Coors Banquet!…read more 1 pool table is available with several arcade games. The music is a little loud, but manageable. The bartender was very quick to serve!

Hey hey Durham, you've got a new bar brought to you by the folks from Bar Virgile, High Dive! This…read moresubterranean drinking cave sits in the old Quarterhorse space on Mangum Street. Head down the stairs and you'll find a chill space with foosball table, pool table, darts, jukebox and a handful of pinball tables. High Dive offers 8 or so beers on tap and some mixed drinks in unpretentious fashion. While it's not fancy, it's a good option if you've got a show at DPAC given its convenient location. And it's open seven days a week until 2am so enjoy, Bull City!

Bralie's Sports Bar And Grill

4.6(23 reviews)

4.9 mi

My new favorite place! People are friendly and know me by name now. Food is great, especially the…read morewings.

If you're looking for a dive bar to watch a game and mix it up with some locals Bralie's is a great…read morespot with solid food. Food: wings great assortment of sauce options available and the wings are good sized and reasonably priced. Pretzel is awesome. Service: staff is friendly but can be slow to get around to tables (they are simultaneously running the bar though so they get a pass) Ambiance: outside the place lacks curb appeal but inside it's a wide open bar with plenty of seating, TVs, dart boards. It's exactly what you would want from a dive bar. We went on a night where they had a local band and had a blast. This has quickly become one of our go to hang out spots.

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Zogs Pool

4.4(90 reviews)

10.0 mi

Great drinks and pool. The upstairs is hot (no a/c) but lots of fans and cold drinks.read more

Zan is the best bartender I've ever had, everyone needs to come here to chill and get your drink…read moreon. Made my friends birthday the best experience ever, would hang out with him socially given the chance

A collage of Zog's environment; colorful, inviting, & cray

Get funky with Christmas lights.

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Live music monthly! Here's our Hip Hop Rap Round Robin.

West End Wine Bar

3.5(90 reviews)

0.0 mi

Had a few beverages at West End Social with bartenders Corbin & Marcus at WES / WEWB: great spot,…read morecool vibe. I would add that [to me] this seemed to be more of a social place to have beverages of *all* kinds rather than simply a wine bar. There was a high-energy afternoon baby shower on the upper level; everyone knew everyone & the place had a solid old friends energy - give it a try. PS: I'll give 'em some grace, but please be sure to have more Tito's on hand next time ;)

Where is the wine??? Cool atmosphere...lots of spirits available but lackluster wine list.read more

Looking down at the bar from the Mezzanine

Upstairs Mezzanine

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Lounge area in the front of the bar

Doyles Sports Bar

3.6(10 reviews)

3.2 mi

Oh Doyles, my home away from home. Doyles is certainly a dive bar, if you are the type of person…read morewho is not okay hanging out with some locals who are a little rough around the edges then you might not like it. But learn to love Doyles and it will become your second living room and the perfect place to play some bar games and drink. If you want pool, darts, ping pong, shuffleboard, fooseball, pinball they have it all. Depending on who is bartending (if its Chris you are in for a treat) there are often movies they picked out playing on the TV at the bar that you can chill and watch. Sometimes there are even video game systems available to play. What more could you want? Oh yeah drinks. Affordable drink special every night, though unfortunately that is somtimes domestics like coor lights. Fortunately their bottle selection is solid (highland gaelic, sierra nevada/torpedo being my favorite options) and they are always affordable at like 3 bucks a pop. If you want go stronger, their bartenders pretty much universally pour a drink that packs a punch. You won't be disappointed. Doyles is the place where you can go, get a buzz going and just relax and be yourself. There is no pretension here. They have a crowd of regulars who know each other but don't let that scare you. The bartenders are friendly and will make you feel right at home. Some problems I'll acknowledge are their drafts have been broken for a while and even while they were running they often had issues. Also If you want music you have to put money in the juke box which can get pricey if you come as often as we do. But overall, for a friendly dive bar they do it the way it should be done and I've seen many people I've brought get over their skepticism and fall for its charms. It should fairly be a 4-star, but I'll admit I am biased with my local watering hole and I can't not give it a 5.

It's an ok bar. There are better dive bars around the area. The owner was cool and let me and…read moremy buddy have drinks despite them not being open while they watched the UNC game. I have learned a couple of things about NC since moving here and from my experience at Doyles: 1)White Irish folks have other teams they like other than Notre Dame 2)Don't order a Bud Light Lime. Apparently, Bud Light Lime is the drink of choice for gay men here and ordering a Bud Light Lime will send the owner into a tirade and call you all sorts of homophobic names for some odd reason.

The Tavern

3.5(74 reviews)

1.2 mi

The Philly cheesesteak was absolutely amazing! The chef really took great care in putting the meal…read moretogether for my wife and I. She has to eat gluten-free and he went to great lengths to make sure she was happy with her meal and she was! Good beerselection and atmosphere was cool. I ate at the bar just because I like the atmosphere and the bartenders were cordial. Definitely will return.

We stopped by to watch the Army-Navy game. Prices were reasonable. Our bartender, Ryan, was…read morefriendly. My nachos were delicious. It is really low-key and gives off a dive bar atmosphere without the smoke. It looks much smaller from the outside it actually is. I also e joyes their selection of local beers/ciders/seltzers. Only Suggestions that I could think of for improvement was the amount of toppings on the nachos. The ratio of toppings was way too large for the amount of chips you got. I had to leave half of my toppings because I ran out of chips. This is super close to our new house though so we will be back for sure.

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Crazy Shot Billiards

5.0(1 review)

12.4 mi

This bar is the epitome of "home away from home" it has the coldest drinks and most affordable…read moreprices I've seen in Hillsborough. The atmosphere is friendly, and welcoming.

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Alley Twenty Six

4.3(434 reviews)

0.3 mi

I thought my visit here was great! I sat at the bar and the bartenders were wonderful. I started…read morewith the coconut shrimp and I absolutely cannot stop thinking about it. It was absolutely one of my favorite dishes I've ever had. I got the spam burger for my entrée and I thought it came with fries and salad but the bartender kind of confused me about it. Otherwise I felt like it was a little dry, but otherwise he was decent. Then I ended with the Keylime pie and I still think about it to this day. It was absolutely one of my favorite Keylime pies I've ever had.

Lovely vibe. Fantastic cocktails. Excellent service. Delicious burger. The shoestring fries are…read morekiller.

Pimento cheese & pepper jelly

Pimento cheese on baguette

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House-made tonic soda mocktail

Surf Club

3.9(91 reviews)

0.4 mi

Aight, 14 years after my last glowing review I have to say Surf Club has lost all lustre and charm…read more Are you a woman who enjoys listening to shit music of only male vocalists? Then you might still enjoy Surf Club. The rest of us who have a limit in how much nonstop male Ken doll singing at us, time to check out the many other bars with better vibes. And yes, I did ask a bartender to put on any song with a female vocalist and he said "No requests" to which I said "Any women, no genre or song, literally any women vocalists" and he responded again "No requests." Got it, women vocalists are special requests in his world. I guess this is the America we live in now, but I don't have to support it.

Relaxed spot. Decent indoor space and outdoor space. A dive for sure. But a dive with personality…read moreand a story. Good beer selection, cocktails, cider, THC-Bev, wine.

Watch sunset

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Elisabeth A.

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12 years ago

This is my new go to spot to hang out with friends! You have access to the wine and food from the wine bar with the added bonus of all the activities! My favorites are the shuffleboard and pool tables. It starts to fill up around 9 or 10 on Saturday nights so if you want your pick of games then get there a little earlier. Everything is so nice and new (and clean! You won't go home smelling like you've been at a smokey dive bar). The space is great as is the environment. Highly recommend for a big group or a date. read more

Jamie M.

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3 years ago

Is there any dart crowd at this bar looking for somewhere to play darts just moved around the area read more

Matthew T.

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12 years ago

Nice pool tables.

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