Mugs Away Saloon

Bar sucks ass!!! I was driving around had some hours to wait on my BF so I figured why not stop at this bar. Parked in the lot and was texting and had a some of my Fiji water cuz of the heat. When I walked in the lady instantly told me she can’t serve me cuz the manger saw me in my car. Ok I asked the manger what I did that was so wrong and she just said she doesn’t need a reason. Wtf?! Is drinking water before going in a bar not allowed or something? She was so rude! The place smelled like crap and it was dirty anyways so not a total loss on my end. Just hated being treated like I was doing something illegal in my car before I stepped in the bar. Never never ever go to this spot if you like water before you drink.

Best dive bar around! Go visit sweet Ann! Best bartender around!
Good music and great drinks. Always a fun time.

This is a total dive bar in every sense of the word. There was only about 10 people in there the night I went but the atmosphere was chill (of course with only 10 people).
The staff is great though the lady bartenders were all very friendly and the service was quick and the beers tasted good. Not the type of place to take a date and not really my style but if you’re looking to go back in time to a 1970’s bar that’s very small and hasn’t had a makeover in 30+ years this is your spot!

Decent atmosphere if you can get past the intense smell of fermented urine. This bar is home to some of the rudest, stuck up self entitled staff in southern OC. If I spoke to customers the way that the staff does here, I would certainly lose my job. However, I think management encourages the staff to treat customers with disrespect. I was once threatened by a patron here because I looked like a «Stupid redneck» and instead of him being put in his place I was asked to leave. Apparently the owners don’t like «stupid rednecks» or veterans either as far as that goes. It is rumored that Jimmy Carter once visited this bar. That was also the last time anyone cleaned the bathrooms.
I can’t imagine they’ll be in business for much longer.

Love this place…
To the end of the road where you will find a whole in the wall with great service & good drinks

If you were to piss into a closet for the next five years, you might be able to produce a stench almost as disgusting as the one that greets you when you walk in the door at Mugs. I don’t know if they’ve ever cleaned the bathrooms, but I’m confident that if they did, it was sometime during the Reagan administration. Needless to say, I stuck to the overpriced bottled beer in case their hygiene sensibilities extended to glassware.
Dive bars are great, but this place is just a hole.

This place does pour some Stiff Drinks, bartenders are nice to talk to if you can get their attention… The bad thing about going to this place is (one way in & one way out)… Make sure that you have a ride if your on a mission…

Great dive bar with not so dive prices on beer $$$$. Staff is rude and don’t seem to care that you’re even there. The music is way too loud and just outdated.
Strike up a conversation. Make an effort. This place was practically empty.
If you want to feel better about your life, get a drink here.

This place is great as far as dive bars are concerned… the bartender was super friendly, she addressed the regulars by name as they walked in and made sure to spend time with everyone as she made her rounds… draft beer was a little pricey but then again I was drinking 805 so whatever. I sat at the bar and did my homework and everyone was super social and understanding. The jukebox has great music on it and the pool table just got resurfaced. Great spot to hang out and have a couple beers. Don’t drink and drive tho cause there’s only one way out!

This place seriously needs to be rescued by Jon Taffer or just shut down completely. As soon as I walked in the door I was hit with the overwhelming stench of piss, dirt and mildew. I used to be a social worker and this place literally smelled like the old meth houses I would do investigations on. My sister and I wanted to leave but the other people in our group had already gone to the bar to order a drink. The bartender was wearing a skimpy bikini and even one of the guys in our group said her lack of an outfit made him feel uncomfortable. I reluctantly ordered a simple cranberry vodka and it was the most horrid beverage ever. Cran vodka is my go to drink whenever I’m at a dive bar since it is usually hard to mess up. Yet somehow this place managed to mess it up and make it taste like dirty socks. This place s also overpriced. We spent $ 18 on a well cranberry vodka and a beer. This was crazy considering we just spent about the same price for two beers and two Moscow Mules over at Karmen Bar just down the street. I like dive bars but this place is nasty and I would avoid it at all costs!

Nice little dive bar people are nice pool tables are good and they don’t tow your car if you leave it in the parking lot overnight! !!

Great dive bar to stop and grab a beer after a long ride on the hog… And they eye candy is pretty Damn good too!

Bar is cheap and cheesy… But they charge 15 $ for a pitcher of beer. No thanks. I’d rather spend my hard earned money where the atmosphere is more pleasant. That place needs to lower it’s prices. It looks like he inside of knotts scarey farm with all those cobwebs and nastiness. The dirt is so old in that place even the dirt has it’s own patina

My husband goes to Mugs Away after work. Finally I thought if give it a chance. It’s definitely a dive bar and many of the customers are men. Surprise surprise.
However I was pleasantly surprised to see that the second I walked in the bartender greeted me with sincerity and was super nice. They pour great drinks and I never feel that we are overcharged (as some reviews have mentioned)
They have darts and one pool table as well as a great wood-​burning fireplace.
Now I find myself asking my husband to take me to Mugs Away. The jukebox is great and we always have such a great time.
One of my favorite parts about going to Mugs is chatting with the other people — everyone is really friendly and down to earth.
It does get more crowded on the weekends of course, but that’s expected. Anne and Travis are my favorite bartenders and take great care of their customers.

This is an amazing bar with cheap drinks, amazing clientele and stellar staff. I highly recommend you give them a visit; you won’t be disappointed

what. the. fuck.
I can’t give an eloquent review here, it’s just… ok here’s what happened.
1. yay this is the bar that moons the train once a year or something. (that’s not what I was here for). We were just looking for a dive bar to hit up.
2. Heard SO MANY stories about the other bartenders (from our bartender that night)…like about how one basically prostitutes herself in the bar… what? I’m not kidding that’s what we were told. (on the pool table too– ewww!).
3. my 2 friends and I did drink a lot, we had 2 pitchers of beer and about 4 rounds of shots (and bought a shot for the waitress as well). Somehow our tab was $ 300. I’m not fucking kidding. At a dive bar? We did not drink $ 300 worth of booze. how the fuck did that happen? It was itemized, but everything was listed as hella expensive.
Otherwise it was your basic dive bar in atmosphere. After our night here, I can safely say I won’t be coming back. I feel dirty. :(

The land of mugs, jugs, and the great moon!
After an activity at the nearby On Target indoor shooting range, we headed over to what I thought was just a random watering hole/​dive bar. My friend told me that the bartenders here were awesome, and he did not tell a lie! This could depend on your definition of awesome, but all I can say is there are huge jugs flaunted about in this place, and they aren’t hidden or shy LOL! H (o)(o)ters eat your heart out, Mugs Away Sal (o)(o)n is in town!
So back to the actual service… After getting some amazingly attentive drink service, I found out through stories that THIS is the place where the famous Amtrak/​Metrolink annual mooning happens!!! I have seen it many times on the news: bar patrons lined up at the fence, dropping their drawers at the passing trains that are zooming by. Quite comical to say the least, and I never thought I’d come to the actual place this was happening at. I have to say I definitely now feel that a tiny little bucket list item has been checked off and I can sleep a little easier at night!
The other patrons were pretty friendly, and overall Mugs Away is a cozy little bar that is off the beaten path. Stop in if you have a chance and check out the mugs and jugs!!!
Oh yeah, and if you come here mid-​July, you can (Y) the Metrolink and Amtrak! (
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I love this place. My band used to play here a lot until the drummer got too frisky with the bartender and we got uninvited. But I still go there every once in a while for drinks and a few good chuckles.
But the real reason I go back here? It’s the first place I ever kissed my wife. She unexpectedly showed up while we were playing, I serenaded her and BOOM! So no matter what, Mugs Away will always have a special place in both of our hearts.
If you’re offended by scantily-​clad bartenders who pour stiff drinks — or are afraid of guys who will get in your face for being a dickhead — then there are plenty of Euro-​friendly places to overspend your cash. In the meantime, Mugs is a great place to waste some of your life.

For a dive bar that’s in the middle of nowhere that houses one pool table, they really should have lower alchy prices. 2 pitchers came out to $ 27. At my fave dive bar, I can get 4 people drunk to the point where we are professing our love for each other in their parking lot for $ 50.
The signs they have are fun and they having hanging bikes and a unicycle with a rudder??? Haha, hilarious decorations and good entertainment. How do you fit a live band in that tiny space???
The crowd is of the older variety and there’s no food here. As a tip, you can bring food into the bar =) The shrimp burrito at Albertacos on the other side of the freeway is amazing =d

I came here to support my friend’s band, the HOGs, not knowing what to expect.
For a dive bar, this place was well lit and relatively bumpin’ for a demographic of white 50-​somethings. Older white folks sure know how to put away the alky and break it down on the dance floor!
The patrons are pretty nice and sociable, too. Great for people watching if you’re a wallflower like myself. :)
P. S. There’s a wall of titty photos. ;)