Feels like family coming here, everyone is so nice and welcoming. Security guards look intimidating but are the sweetest ever. It's a dive bar so anything can happen haha but I always feel safe there, lots of security. This place is awesome to check out up and coming and locals bands or local artists (painting and artwork available for purchase on the walls). Always changing themes, again the senior staff makes this place feel like a home away from home. Bring back the falafel! read more

Yucca Tap Room is the perfect live music/divey hipster bar that the main bar strips like Mill and Old Town are always missing. The crowd reminds me of a mix of typical musicians and artists, as well as people who were probably teenagers attending the Warped Tour a decade or so ago. My favorite part of this bar is the live music, and that's exactly why we go. I can guarantee that on a Friday or Saturday night, there will be some bands playing and people rocking out here. The bartenders are really quick and they usually have some great craft beers rotating on draft. The Tap Room also has plenty of liquor options and they're prepared to cook bar food late into the night. The people I run into here are always pretty nice, and this is a bar I could see myself frequenting. The prices are also super reasonable for Tempe, especially at happy hour. I would recommend Yucca Tap Room to anyone who likes live music and doesn't mind a divey/grunge feel. Personally, I prefer it at times. read more

Yucca is a staple in my routine of dive-ish bars, and always entertaining for sure! Depending on the night the clientele can range from regulars, hip-hop heads, to metal heads and everything in between. Callan is one of two of my favorite bartenders there. Always so sweet, with a huge smile on her face and takes the time to make sure you get exactly what you want. My other favorite being Jared, what can i say, he makes a stiff drink and has more charm and charisma than the hoff. read more

Great place. Amazing drink selection, tried several beers I'd never even heard of. Highly recommend!

First time here at the Yucca , was in attendance for a Phobia show W the sound of music , I couldn't feel more at home.., in fact, I felt home Small, personal, the bartenders were very accommodating and attentive for it being such a busy night Hard Cider on tap and Ace bottles at the ready Very pleased w the floor space as well, enough to get a good mosh goin W that being said , I am looking forward to my next visit Remember folks, tip your 'tender read more

This place is the ultimate Tempe dive bar. In my opinion this place is in one of the sketchiest strip malls in Tempe. I could write a review on the parking lot alone, but that is for another day. Anyway, enter the Yucca Tap and go to the right and you will see a depressing, dimly-lit bar. To the left is a well-lit whiskey/beer bar. My wife and I visited the Yucca on a random Saturday night at about 8:30ish. The place wasn't too busy...yet. We first went to the right. We each got a beer and had a seat in one of their many booths. There was a small band on stage. There were only a handful of people there and most looked like they had been there all day drinking away their sorrows and/or hiding from the law. The place was pretty depressing. However, I like cheap drinks, friendly bar tenders and dive bars so I was ok with it. Not exactly a place to bring your wife though. Anyway, the other half of the bar (to the left when you enter) is a totally different story. They have a great selection of beers and sort of reminds me of an older, grittier Taste of Tops. We sat there for about an hour, sampled some more of their beers then took off. I will definitely return when I feel the urge for some local dive bar action. The entire place isn't as bad as it looks, has cheap drinks and everyone seemed pretty friendly. read more

We planned a vacation to the southwest, and when we found out that one of our very favorite bands was doing a residency here (Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers) we knew we had to get our tickets and arrange our itinerary to go to the show. Hands down, one of the best decisions ever. First of all... RCPM is an amazing band. We have never seen them live before and this 20th anniversary show of their first album was a really great event. Second... Small, local "dive" feel in a college town, the bar is extensive, the staff amazingly helpful and probably some of the most hard working people I've ever seen. Didn't like that that the path from the kitchen to the dining room next door saw the poor guys having to go outside to get things over to the dining area. A bit of a redesign in knocking out the last booth against the wall by the door to the patio would make a huge difference for the staff. I felt bad for them. Drinks were cold. Tequila was flowing (Mexican Moonshine by Roger Clyne) and the service speedy with so many people in the place. Sound system was great, so many times a place like this may sound muddy. But this was outstanding as an experience. Looks like if you love live music and drinking and dancing in front of the stage... this is the place for you. "Here's to life," as Roger would sing. read more

OMG!!!! We love local music bars and Yucca Tap Room delivered. Funnest local music night in a long time. Great punk music lineup. Mosh pit viewing was excellent (too old to get in the pit...) Sound was good. Actually had some food and it was pretty good - wings and Korean sliders. Bookmarked read more

Arizona natives know the magical tranquility that comes from stepping out of ultra-bright heat and into cool, cool darkness. Yucca reminds me of the Tempe and Chandler bars of my childhood, where my friends' moms would let us run around while they sipped Coronas with leathery men. I returned Sunday night after years away, and the new Sunday night bartender is an absolute knockout. It made the $3.75 Bud Lights easier to swallow. read more

One of the oldest and coolest bars in Tempe. If you are looking for a traditional wooden wall, wooden bar, windowless dive-- look no further. Drink prices are reasonable, especially during the day. The owner has recently doubled the size of the bar, offering the traditional honky tonk one one side, and a fine ale and whiskey bar on the other. The Yucca now accepts credit cards for the first time since forever, which is a convenience most people take for granted these days. There is live music every night, some touring acts, some local acts, and some regular gigs that draw in locals. I've heard this bar referred to as "rough" or "tough" or "rowdy", and while that hasn't been my experience, what do you really expect from a place with this much character and everlasting style. This is the type of bar that separates the men from the boys, the alcoholics from the drunks, and coherent from the incoherent. The parking is in the back ,like any respectable dive bar should be, and the good ole boys that drink there during the day are a fine bunch a fellas. I like their deep contempt for the youngsters that wreck the place every night. But every night, those young and hip crowds create a culture that is truely Tempe-- Good and bad, and that ain't bad. read more

Yucca Tap Room has proved time and time again that this bar is welcoming to a variety of people. As a craft beer enthusiast, you will feel well at home choosing from one of 20-30 taps in the lounge. Just got out of your 9-5 and wanna slam a PBR or your staple dive bar beers? Next door you got the main room, which by no means sacrifices quality or hospitality as a traditional dive bar would. The main room caters to the traditional bar folk, as well as offering live music (pre-covid) to an eclectic group of patrons. Date night or looking for fun with friends? Last but not least in the third room of this establishment we have the Electric Bat Arcade, where you can bring your imperial stout or standard lager along with you to battle your company to a round of pinball and other games. Regardless of the patron that you choose to be when visiting, Yucca Tap Room is surely not a place to miss out on. read more

Very interesting local bar. Yucca sports two different "building" almost: one side is dedicated to draft and local beers on tap, with a small dining room. The other side of the building has a large bar and area for a band to play. Yucca supports local bands so if you venture here to get a drink, know that you'll most likely happen upon a scene that involves loud music, lots of smoking, and hipsters in every corner. It's a young crowd that gets actively involved in the music playing. But hey, wtih $2 PBRs, you can't beat the entertainment. Try it out! read more

We came here the other night to watch some local bands. The place is a little hard to find, but there is plenty of parking. There was a couple of places open next to the Yucca: a smoke shop that carried a small selection of cigars and lots of head shop stuff, a pool hall of sorts, and then the Yucca itself. It is a small venue, but does have a large bar for seating, and lots of room to stand. We came early and sat at the bar. The bartenders are great. Friendly enough and take pretty good care of you. They sell chips/pretzels and we saw pizza slices come from next door. There are also televisions at the bar so you can watch the game as you listen to the bands. There is a small outdoor smoking area out the back, and I do mean small. I thought the live music was going to be overpowering in such a small space, but it was great. The people were friendly,too, moving out of your way to get past to the bathroom, etc. A dive bar we would go back to. read more

Classic Tempe, Arizona staple on Mill Avenue. It's a beautiful time capsule of Old Tempe. You can feel the memories permeating the walls. Of music from the Tempe Music Scene of the 1990s, The Gin Blossoms, Dead Hot Workshop, The Refreshments, The Piersons and others. Interesting Characters of the past and present can be seen on a barstool across the room. There's an adjacent Room filled with arcade games and pinball machines. It's a true gem. You can still see amazing acts like, Ghetto Cowgirl and Murphy's Outlaw. read more

I am all about Yucca Tap Room. (Except your parking lot. It sucks. I feel like I almost always scrape my undercarriage of my car on those speed bumps because I forget they are there). Anyway...fun, live music, awesome service, and the ambiance, while dive bar-ish, is inviting. It's a cozy environment with two rooms to separate the bar/restaurant from the live entertainment. Let me tell you why I LOVE places that do this. I am a music fanatic. However, there are sometimes those days where you go somewhere, like Yucca, or any other food-serving bar for that matter, and you just want to eat. It's AWESOME that I can still watch the live entertainment on the televisions they have propped on the walls while still being able to hear my friends speak. Sometimes you just have to separate the ones who came for the show and the ones who came for the food. Speaking of the food. Bar food. I mean...how good is it going to actually get? At Yucca, I have the pleasure of saying, it actually gets pretty good. But it's still a bar... right? Yes. So the drink specials are quite comparable to other bars as well. I have to say, I do enjoy me some Yucca Tap Room. It is a place that I will continue to frequent providing I am in the area, or if I have a friend's band playing there and whatnot. read more

Oh Yucca. You are the best place I ever discovered on my own. I first came across Yucca when searching for a great karaoke place in Tempe. I ended up finding Rockaroke which has since then been my fix since I have no time for a band. It's small. It's a total dive bar. The beer is cheap and there's a great list of off the wall beers and I love it! It's a great place to go and relax and hear some music and you can seriously not beat rockaroke. Karaoke but with a backup band and not that shitty midi file-esque crap? Yeah. Awesome. If you are going on a night when something good is going on, get there earlier than you planned on going or you won't get a seat. It can also take awhile to get a drink from the bar, but I think that's because it can become really packed there some nights. I go often and I love it every time. read more

Great food awesome selection of pin ball games , great beers on tap amazing food .Been going to the tap room for years Everything is awesome . Except one of the bouncers .this guy has a huge superiority complex and gets in people's faces for no reason or the littlest reason like laughing loudly .if you show him any sign of anything but complete obedience he becomes verbally abusive and then when you try to correct his negative behaviors by telling him that he is not allowed to talk to you with disrespect he will become physically abusive pushing you pulling you out of the venue for no apparent reason other than to be a bully my friend and I where walking just fine on our own out of the venue this bouncer had no right or real reason to be pushing and or grabbing at us beside to be abusive towards a woman . that is why I rated the yucca tap room two stars if they didn't have this bouncer I would have gave them five. On another occasions I have came to see my friends band's play and the bouncer informed me that he was going to trespass me because I had called the police on him which I had not my friend had . This man is a bully period . The case my friend Adrian has against the bouncer is still pending . I have heard personally from others patreons that is how this bouncer normally acts even from some of the bands that have played the yucca . read more

I have mixed feelings about Yucca Tap Room. I want to love it, but right now we are in a love/hate relationship. The interior of Yucca is dark and wood; it reminds me of some dirty fraternity house basements that I went to parties at back in my college days. The crowd is mixed and almost evenly split between true dive bar fans and the pseudo-hipsters from ASU. There was an abundance of pseudo-hipsters this past Friday night at Yucca and it started giving Yucca a slightly douchey feel to it unfortunately. I like that Yucca has live music and some of the singers/bands we have heard have been pretty decent actually. Definitely not music you will find in a lot of other places in the Valley. I also like that they have shuffleboard, even if it is the longest shuffleboard table I have ever seen. The best part about the shuffleboard table is that it's free and doesn't have a time limit, so bonus points for that. Another gripe about clientele at Yucca...if you call "next game" for shuffleboard (or any other bar game for that matter), that suggests you are going to play the winner. Apparently that concept missed some frat-tastic guys at Yucca on Friday because they called "next game" and then their entire group proceeded to take over the shuffleboard table when my group finished our game. Grrr! Beers are average price...my Bud Lights were $3 each. Not expensive, but higher priced than what I would expect at a dive bar. Yucca is an interesting Tempe establishment, but I prefer Monkey Pants a lot more. read more

Remember when the beauty of Yucca Tap was that there were no taps? Well times, they have a changed. Im a fan of the redesigned stage area in the main room. The addition of a credit card machine is super as well. Kudos to the owners for opening the other side where the old italian sub shop was. Yucca has food! And its good! Love the craft beer fridges and taps on the new side as well. I recommend going to the new side for beer, they really do have a great selection, and going to the old side or Yucca classic for a mixed drink. read more

1st time ever going and I finally could drink a beer with my husband!!.. I an extremely picky person when it comes to drinking beer, 1 because it's an acquired taste for some (ME) and 2 because the beer I love some is very difficult to find!!! UNFORTUNATELY The downside is the crappy location, the parking seemed 2 be quite the hangout 4 some sketchy peeps.. Sadness read more

Great little dive bar with music nightly and NO COVER. A few times a month they get really decent bands and everyone there is laid back and not pervy, which seems to be a rarity in this town. "ooh girl alone in a bar, lets try to get in her pants". Nope, not like that here. These folks respect the need for booze and don't act like total douche bags. Also, they have High Life and Jameson, 2 major staples in any one not from here's diet. read more

Three stars cuz you're the best, if you would only try a little teensy bit. Damn, I was there a few months back when you were REPLACING the juke box with a what? a photo booth? wtf? I came back a few days ago, and it's still there. The Juke box, music in general is hit or miss. And you fired your sound guy, and now it's ALL miss. And bao is ok, but the pizza was best. Plus we miss Mary. Hu, if you didn't grow up with a golden spoon in your hand, you would be out of business. Yucca is falling further and further. I cannot recommend you anymore. Three stars are a gift. Come on man. read more

A tempe staple . yucca has grown so much from its older days but still has the old school vibe. One of the best dive bars in tempe it has a little of everything . you can come for some good live music on one side with cheap drink specials or through one door you find a craft beer haven with more choices then you know what to do with . this place gets a pretty good crowd going some nights but others you can relax and enjoy some shuffle board or pool. read more

oh glorious drunk alcoholic career making dive bar how I love you. I've never actually had a drink of alcohol at Yucca Tap Room... I'm too scared to. I've heard too many stories about people passing out, getting into fights, and having wacky adventures on the way home. I used to be all for these types of adventures but now I just like to hang out here and enjoy the atmosphere and drink soda until I explode. The crowd can be pretty diverse I hear, but everytime I go there there are mostly "rockabilly" and "rude boys" filling the bar. I don't mind these types, but it gets a little weird when everyone is alike so much. This is a dive for twenty somethings which I love, because most bars like this attract career alcoholics, whereas this one attracts new alcoholics and alcholics in training. Thats way more fun. read more

The best dive bar in Tempe that features Live Music with no cover charge. All the employees here are nice and treat you with respect. The beer is cheap and the service is good. There is shuffle board and darts to keep you entertained between music sets. Even though the location is a little bit dumpy it adds to the dive bar factor and keeps the douschbags away. If your not a douschbag and want to try something different, check out this place. read more

....................................................................................................................................... .............my favorite local live music venue. read more

The shittiest bar in Tempe! numerous homeless people hangout right next to the outside patio it smells horrific. Yucca's experience is exactly like the name YUCKA! Been going since 2014 and I can say your employees ruined your rep. The bar is now irritating and lost its jive for the amount of bullshit customers have to deal with from the Yucca staff! I work in this industry and I will tell you the one killing off your customers and venue appreciation is the small dick energy from the security. If you don't know how to do your job don't take it out on other people. leave your feelings at home and don't lash it on to paying customers! This place had opportunity now it's just a washed up waste of time, money, and energy. If you are a musician I would stay away from this place if you are looking for good connections! The only connection you get from security is his lame ass ego! Suck a fart bro! read more

Just a fun place to check out Mon-Sun. Live bands 365 a year right. Split bar, music on one side. Hanging on the other side. I go for music never tried the food looks good, get their early. read more

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I like this place for all of the reasons listed previously. It's just a nice place to hang out with friends. Theres also a rumor that George W. went there on his last visit to Arizona. read more

This is one of my favorite spots. If you go during the week, it's a much more mellow vibe. On weekends they have live music and DJs so it can get a little loud and crowded. They have an AWESOME craft beer tap selection which is one of the main reasons we go. Their food is also really good - definitely recommend the baos. read more

I like chilling here and drinking some beers and listening to the juke box. One of the bartenders is pretty hot too! They open in the early a.m for you morning drinkers! read more

So, I frequented Yucca tap on my Saturday Dive Bar Tour and I have a sneaking suspicion it would be quite different if I stumbled in on a Saturday evening rather than around 2pm. This suspicion is due to a combination of hearsay from friends, other reviews, and walking past the front doors to grab some Shisha from the neighboring smoke shop around 10pm. For that last scenario, there was not one time in which I felt confident I would NOT be smacked in the head by a stray beer bottle. I love the live music, there are so few places in Tempe where you can see some rock and roll without having to fork out $20 and know every lyric. That's why even though I haven't had the pleasure of rocking out to some live music here myself, I'm reviewing high in anticipation and Yucca will have to mess it up to get an updated, lower review. The place is really pretty small during the day, and dark as all hell. I had trouble seeing when I first walked in. The bartender was pretty cool, and prices were cheap - so cheap that when Chris R. asked about whether there were any specials going on, the bartender just replied 'no specials, we just sell everything cheap.' Perfect. read more

Yucca Tap Room is the kind of place with women in the pit along with members of the band while the trombone player orders a beer and then runs back on stage to drink while finishing the set. On the other side of a door is the taproom with a dj spinning 80s on the dancefloor with the best variety of craft beer on tap in the valley. Korean barbeque on the menu, games, tv's and a pool table. Been here many times, will be back many more. read more

They've got live music every night. Great food and beer to choose from. Definitely must try out the Yucca Burger. read more

I always like Yucca Tap Room more when it's quiet and empty than when it's packed... but that might be saying more about myself than about the bar. Thoughtful beer choices, not so exciting tequila choices - 3 stars feels about right. They tend to draw a hipster crowd, it seems; I don't say that with any negative or positive connotation, just observing it at face value. read more

The Yucca Tap Room is wonderful for the following reasons: 1. They don't actually have taps 2. They do have live band karaoke 3. They do have table shuffle board. 4. They do have the naked lady game.... otherwise known as Photo Hunt... the best bar game of all time. (A note to both ladies and gents, the naked ladies are much less distracting than the naked men... and hair, heels, and bra straps are heavily relied on as the sourced of difference between the image. 5. It's a good mix of people and pretty cheap. Unpretentious and awesome! 6. It's bikeable, but I feel like I've traveled long distances to get there (I think that is because crossing Souther is intimidating) read more

Dive bar with great selection of rotating craft draft as well as canned/bottled brews for everyone's taste. Live Dj was good but a bit loud where we had to basically yell at each other to talk. Overall worth it on the dj side. The other rock side was better. Great band and more lit up. Would return for the cheap drinks and ok food. read more

Good time, pretty good wings... Have been here a few times and havnt been dissatisfied. I didnt know that there was another side of the bar that serves a better beer selection. I checked in and used the 50% off my first drink!! Pretty awesome if you ask me!! All in all pretty good place to hangout for a bit. read more

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I'm a fan of Yucca. Clown Shoes is always fun to come sit in on. The music can be come and go, but at least there is plentiful amounts of it. It's usually pretty dark and there's always a crowd smoking outside. Nice and divey. Cash only, $2 PBR's in a can. read more

3.5 stars. I liked how the bar is split into two, separated by a door. One that was more of a hangout bar, and the other was for live bands. They have a good selection of beer on tap, at good prices, and the wings were okay. The bartender wasn't bad, a bit oblivious to customers at times, but she was nice. read more