Dan's Irish Sports Bar - Walnut Creek, California

Kay

Bartenders are your best friends as well as the regular locals It’s a whole Family vibe Everyone know Each other by name Bar does not offer food anymore, but your welcome to bring your own and share w the rest or not.! But for sure somone will offer you food if they here is some I love this place

Ash Purcell

We were out downtown and saw they had an 80’s cover band. Thought we would give the bar a go. First time to Dan’s. The band was AMAZING. These guys were the real deal. Spazmatics was the name of the band.

Bar staff couldn’t have been nicer. We hung at the bar most of the night. It was PACKED. Bar tender made sure we were taken care and checked in on us often.

Vibe of the bar was definitely party. Super diverse crowd. Tons of energy. Looks like the bar does a great job of booking live entertainment.

Overall- had a blast! We will absolutely be back!! Thanks for a great night !!

Дмитрий Кучин

I was in this bar on Saturday, great music was playing, I was with company, I felt great. I opened an account, bought us a drink, but when it came time to close the account, it turned out that the bartender had lost my card. I was shocked, since this is my business card and I should have received charges very soon. he never found my card. What's strange is that he was looking for my card among many other cards. I think they're just stealing them. it's horrible. Never let go of your card in this establishment.

molly m

Really badly run establishment. Super dirty & security/bouncers are extremely rude. I get that the staff is overworked & probably underpaid, but chose a different profession if you hate it. $10 cover fee just to treat people like dirt. Wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.

Eddie White

Every town has a few institutions that, because of years in operation, location, or local acceptance, carry the real soul of its people. They're the zeitgeist of the populantion and the real social climate they exist in. It's not self-anointed. The honor is not bestowed by the city council, quite the opposite. It's chosen by the masses in the decision they made on where they choose to close out their night. It's not the flashy upscale place with overpriced, over-iced, drinks. Its not the place the elite go to so they can brag to their coworkers. It IS a place there the "locals" go. It IS a place where you can feel the amperage and the ohms of the region. It IS where whatever you're wearing is good enough. Where the wait staff and the cooks and the cops and the RN's and your 7th grade teacher go to peel the weight of the world off for just a bit. Not just now but for generations past. A place like that IS the place your dads dad drank his Crown Royal at because your grandma was being insufferable again. DANS IS THIS PLACE. There is no Dan. The owner is not Irish. There is no overt focus on sports. Its not hidden or secret but you have to KNOW to go here. When Contra Costa County had more horses than people, Dans was there. Before most of the current concrete was poured in this city Dans was quitely serving drinks. Since the days of Fat Tim pouring heavy handed red-eyes, Bud Light on tap, and Goldschlager shots to the nearly homeless, laborers, & the 21'ish (IYKYK) Dans has never tried to be more than it is. It's changed some over the years but its guts are still the same. It has outlasted Crogans, Blarney Stone, The Cantina, Spoontonics, Abernatheys, Massimos, Black Diamond Brewery, Pyramid Brewery, Margaritaville, Johnny Loves, and dozens of other places that all dwarfed Dans with pazzazz and esteem when they came on the scene and died sometimes with less than a whimper. All the while Dans was serving drinks to their staff when they got off work. Dans IS the east bay. All 4 generations of legal drinkers frequent here. It reflects the soft underbelly of blue/white/grey collar workers who are still slugging it out in California. The students taking a light load at DVC or CSUEB AGAIN. Those who've seen other of the state/country and realize the grass isn't greener elsewhere. Those who fell in love with the pace of life, having 4 seasons, and being proximal to the bay, the redwoods, Tahoe, and world class cities. Dans is the bays social blender on "frappe". It's dark, few windows, you left the world behind. The smell, like the black on a cast iron skillet is the areomatic seasoning you wouldn't dare remove. Generations before you have put it there and you have no right to remove it. It only adds to the flavor. Bands that play there are usually east bay locals. The drinks are THICK and made correctly. When every dollar counts you've hit the jackpot. Don't order wierd shit. This isn't the time or the place for that. You don't have to impress people you don't know here. ( PRO TIP: tip big early bartenders will act like they dont notice but they do. They will favor the regulars 1st THEN the people who helped make their rent, then everyone else ) Barteneders are the high priest/priestess here, they know things, they know people, they've seen things, so act accordingly. Kindness is generously rewarded and bad behavior is quickly and swiftly dealt with sometimes by the patrons themselves because to disrespect this place and those within is to screw with the very fabric of society. Disagreements are frowned upon and conversation over Money, Religion and Politics are unwelcome. People her are actively closing out their week on a high note. It OPENS AT 11 AM but it doesnt really start crackin till @ 10 PM'ish. Come early, pace yourself, hit the ATM 1st, be polite, make friends, simple. Say hi to Charle Denum when you're there.

Kate LeClaire

I myself have felt unsafe at this bar and have had multiple friends ( mostly females mid 20s) say they think they were drugged here. Security is too relaxed, wouldn’t recommend for women.

Mark Figueroa

Very chill dive bar, sports on the tv, drinks are good and inexpensive. Staff is nice and has an outside area too.

Michael Soldate

Dan is a great time. It is the spot to go if it’s a late Friday Saturday night and people wanna go out. Dan is a true dark dive bar Irish bar if there ever was one when you go here it’s going to be cheap drinks dark atmosphere live music pool tables everybody’s probably in their twenties to forties here. It’s a very welcoming and fun place to go to. It is definitely not a fancy place or nice by any means but it’s a rowdy fun place to have a good time.