Ruben’s Bar & Grill

Best dive bar in the AV. Small bar, great prices and love the Karaōke. Bartenders are nice, and the crowd ain’t too shabby either.

Sad the owner doesn’t care. Freezing and furnace has been broken for months. Food is okay but oil is not hot enough every thing comes out rubbery. Great bartender and nive people

Nasty Nasty Nasty!!!
The place is gross, the crowd is dirty and bartender on Friday is gross and she sounds like a horse. Here’s a tip. Quit smoking !!!

Matt was an awesome and attentive bartender with drink making skillzzzz! He is super hot And looks like Channing Tatum he’s so easy to look at and kept the drinks coming like a true professional! Five stars. Matt will make me come again just because. It was my first time but I will be back again!

First time there last night and my group had a blast. The staff and regulars were very friendly and fun. Thanks for a great time!

Been coming here for over 7 years. Come here mainly because I love the bartender Stefanie! She remembers me gets me my beer before I even sit down always takes care of me and my friends. Love love love her!!! I also live that they have karaōke! Come here you won’t regret it!

Bartenders are bitches, bar is run down and ghetto. Very white trashy! Would never go back. Lift your shield and show some class!

note: This place got a negative review elsewhere for what was a homophobic incident according to a reviewer. The bar has since changed ownership.
So me and my hubs just got out of the Lancaster/​Palmdale George Bush shrine/​courthouse to pay a speeding ticket and we make a left going to east Palmdale where all my amigas live. It’s a weird little road that’ll take you on a frightening journey surrounded by desert vistas that look like the backyard of area 51 if it had a backyard with distant military installations off the main road (the irony is that Edwards Air Force base in close proximity is said to have it’s own alien underground base like Nevada’s little spot). Smack in the middle of the desert road is what’s THIS place. Now I could say this place looked like it came from the set of the original «Texas Chainsaw Massacre» movie (coincidence this place also serves «meat?»), but I wouldn’t be doing the place justice.
The people inside looked like they came from central casting that included a kindly eyed hooker feeding change in the jukebox to hear all of Patsy Kline’s playlist and «Old Bonnie» who sits at the end of the bar sucking on a cig who lost all water moisture in her body years ago. My bartender made me a bloody Mary hot enough to whiten my teeth with burning off the top layer of enamel (back to Gateway Dental I go) and if you think this is a «honky tonk» bar? Think again because that’s fancy talk when you see the layout of this joint. This place isn’t so much a place to stop off for a drink on purpose as it is a place to drink your last drink before seeing the sun going into a supernova or a hold out for when the aliens underground go ape shit and surface.
Will I come here again? Hell to the yeah! My bartender was a doll who’s the type of gal who would give you the Van Halen tour dates shirt off her back (in the back, where they do rifle target practice) and the people are some of the kindliest people you’ll ever come across who call the men in black who sometimes wonder into the place «Maynards» and who they blame for the weird cloud formations.

New Owners & a New Attitude!
Good lunch specials & a full bar.
Saturday night Karaōke, beer pong, darts, pool table. Thanks for bringing back our neighborhood bar. Our version of «Cheers» in the AV!

This bar has gone down hill. I went in a week ago with my brother and 3 homeless guys take a cheap shot busted his mouth and knocked out teeth. The bartender Angie seemed concerned but later found out she thought it was hilarious. I went back in tonight to find Angie working again I stepped outside to smoke when my brother and husband showed up to join me for a drink. A bartender from Trap was there completely drunk threatening my brother and husband went after me with a pool stick. Her boyfriend picked up a bottle to go after my brother. Angie then started saying she was going to call her «vatos» to come beat our asses. Then the cops got called sounds like a cowardly move to me. Either man up or shut up you shouldn’t threaten customers then hide behind the cops. The owner Jack must not want to stay in business if his employees keep running people off. There is no security on Sunday night or cameras outside so I guess it’s a free for all on innocent civilians and no one cares.
Perfect place for enhancing your fighting skills and nothing will happen to you.

The owner jack is the coolest dude I ever met, really attractive bartenders, best bar food. Really active place.

Let me just say I love this bar. Its homey and reminds me of a dive bar I used to work at. I love that you can actually sit at the bar and smoke a cig while drinking your beer. This is a total plus since its winter and I get cold really easy. Michelle is an amazing bartender. Love love love this place. Friendly patrons, totally homey feel. I really recommend this place.

Depending on the cook at the time the food can be good as far as bar and grills go.

Went to Reuben’s for the first time after reading the mostly favorable reviews. I’m a big fan of dive bars and this one certainly fits the bill. Went in for some dinner and a beer but only got the beer (not at all cold) because apparently they stop serving food at 3:00pm. The kitchen is closed on weekends which means the target customer is the local alchies. They also charge $ 2.00 for using a credit card which made my warm beer rather expensive. When Ieft it was getting dark and only one employee staffing the entire place, a female bartender. With only two other shady looking customers, I felt worried for her as I left. Poorly and greedily managed. If the owner can’t afford a second employee he ought to be there for security purposes, I foresee ad things with that senerio. I’ll never return.

If you can get past the trashiness, this place is fun. Thirsty Thursdays with karaōke are a blast. And the DJ played some good dance music after karaōke finished.

Best bar in town, Jack you are the man, great prices.

Ruben’s Bar & Grill is your quintessential dive bar. Everyone is a regular, drinks are stiff, and the bartenders are fantastic. Great karaōke nights. Huge props to Jack the owner, and I absolutely adore Stephanie behind the bar. If you’re looking to get away from your Chain restaurants, I’d strongly recommend making the drive over.

Shame on Rubens Bar and Grill. Anti-​Gay. Security is a bunch of jerks.
My friends and I visited Rubens on 11÷10÷11. A drunken regular repeatedly harassed with anti-​gay hate speech, insulted our looks, and when we asked him to leave us alone he then tried to get other patrons to participate in his hatefulness.
When we asked for the assistance of staff they supported the bigot and told us if we can’t get along we needed to leave, us, not him. He was fully welcome to stay.
That is the last dollar that Ruben’s will get from me.
Shame on the manager/​owner (Im not sure which) who stood idly by while my friends were marginalized for their sexuality.
NEVER AGAIN.

A low key hole in the wall bar, this place is a fun place to go to and have a drink and meet some cool people. It is very small, and it gets soo crowded you can barely move, but if you can get over that you can have a good time.
I particularly like to go there on dollar beer Thursday nights. I get hammered for only 15 bucks most times.

This place is a cozy dive where you will find bikers, truckers, and contractors congregating. They have darts, pool, cold beers and the food is better than you would think. The staff is really friendly and the service is good. Check it out, stop in for lunch if you are in the area. The menu is typical bar and grill fare, with entre prices from $ 6 to $ 9. Beers are inexpensive.