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Merchant's Saloon

Merchant's Saloon

Dive Bar$$$$
Jack London Square, Oakland
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    Christy C.
    "Great place with cheap drinks... very busy spot!"(4 Tips)
    Amanda M.
    "Awesome place with a good beer selection."(2 Tips)
    Mynisha T.
    "awesome bartenders!"(4 Tips)
    Cesar A.
    "Great bar! Full of the spirits of old sailors!!"(4 Tips)
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  • Mynisha T.heart icon on user image
    Mynisha TaylorOctober 29, 2014
    Tap beers. ..tap cider is great! Great liquor selection. .. tvs.. karaoke. .. love music. .djs awesome bartenders! Sam Tina melissa sasha zhiva. ..McGinty!
  • Byron W.heart icon on user image
    Byron WilkesMarch 8, 2016
    Been here 5+ times
    Cash only, love the pours and love the ambience. Billiard table ain't that hot, though.
  • Christy C.heart icon on user image
    Christy ClarkAugust 17, 2015
    Great place with cheap drinks... very busy spot!
  • Cesar A.heart icon on user image
    Cesar AbidesFebruary 18, 2019
    Been here 100+ times
    Great bar! Full of the spirits of old sailors!!
  • Kian L.heart icon on user image
    Kian LaviFebruary 8, 2020
    make sure you use the photo booth and the piano in the back. martinis, extra dorty
  • Tim H.heart icon on user image
    Tim HarrisonAugust 6, 2014
    My favorite dump. The Dive of Dives.
  • Bill, the Butcher
    Bill, the ButcherFebruary 11, 2011
    Come from 7am to 10am for morning specials daily
  • Tonya S.
    Tonya ShippOctober 26, 2018
    Bring all your buds and tip, drinks are cheap!
  • Eric M.
    Eric MitchellMarch 2, 2013
    Dive bar they have it nailed. Credit card payment and juke box not working, bartenders arbitrarily making up drink prices, random shit sporadically happening. It is what it is.
  • Amanda M.heart icon on user image
    Amanda MorelandJuly 6, 2015
    Awesome place with a good beer selection.
  • Alfredo C.
    Alfredo CasanovsNovember 8, 2010
    Been here 25+ times
    PBR tall boys!!! Don't forget the luxurious bathrooms. If it's not yer kinda place, yer not our kinda patron! Lol
  • Derrik D.
    Derrik DennisApril 14, 2013
    A great dive bar with a friendly crowd!
  • Oliver C.
    Oliver ClothesoffSeptember 15, 2013
    Been here 5+ times
    Best bar, everyone is welcomed :)
  • Sherrell B.
    Sherrell ByrdNovember 4, 2013
    Awesome dive bar! Got to see a love triangle come to a head.
  • mike l.heart icon on user image
    mike lyonsNovember 15, 2014
    Biggest dive in the bay area.
  • Irene C.
    Irene ChouJuly 10, 2013
    A whiskey neat + a whiskey ginger = 6 bucks. What.
  • George H.heart icon on user image
    George HayesMarch 30, 2015
    Such cheap drinks!
  • mike l.heart icon on user image
    mike lyonsNovember 11, 2014
    Awesome dive bar
  • Brett J.
    Brett JohnsonNovember 7, 2011
    It's a dive bar. Cheap drinks and interesting people watching.
  • BetsyM
    BetsyMOctober 28, 2013
    Bartenders are more drunk than the patrons.
  • M-C R.
    M-C ReidOctober 7, 2011
    Yep. This place IS supremely dive.
  • Vasken H.
    Vasken HauriAugust 7, 2011
    Diveiest dive I've ever seen. Fucking win.
  • Sharif R.
    Sharif RApril 7, 2010
    Best Dive in JLS!
  • Shawn K.
    Shawn KormondyOctober 3, 2010
    $4 bloodys!!!
  • Maddie Mae
    Maddie MaeSeptember 18, 2014
    Stop whining. It's not that dirty. It's Oakland.
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