Cue & Brew

Things started off a little rough but ended up just fine. The bartenders were very friendly, we came in and watch the Warriors game and I had a couple beers and shots everything was reasonably priced I will be returning.

it’s a bar. no frills. just drinks. good enough for a beer and a shot on a friday night. pool tables and music.

I’ve had good and bad experiences here, but the bottom line is a good cleaning and better customer service, quality control, and bartender attitudes could go a long way to make this place 3 – 4 stars.
The Good:
–Plenty of pool tables, couple dart boards, and shuffleboard.
–Jukebox
–Drinks are normally made strong and fairly priced.
–Most patrons tend to be nice.
–Some bartenders are cool.
–Allows outside food to be brought in.
–Plenty of parking due to location.
–Wide age range of patrons.
The Bad:
–Limited seating
–Some male bartenders are rude/​jerks, and have poor customer service.
–Even though the drinks are made strong you often wonder «WTF is that nasty taste?».
–The smell of the entrance and bar area.
–Sticky or gross carpet, floors or table/​counter surfaces.
–Bathrooms are nasty and beat up.
–Some rude drunk locals/​friends of the staff that feel like they own the place.

I like Cue & Brew in Martinez. Often stop in for a beer, HOWEVER AM UPSET they No Longer Serve Lagunitas! Lagunitas is a great beer. Wonderful IPA. They offer Free, yes Free Concerts at their on-​site amphitheater. Saw the wonderful St. Paul & the Broken Bones there with their opening act the Fantastic Negrito who should be a Main Attraction, plus they ran a fund raiser for Drakes Bay Oyster, formerly at Pt. Reyes but closed by the Government. Lagunitas is not only a Great Beer, They Are Good Folks! What the hell are you thinking? Tried your «new» IPA, Sierra something I think but am unsure? Ugh. Weak. Went with Racer V. PLEASE Bring Back Lagunitas so I can Up Your Rating!

It’s truly a bar with pool tables and a juke box. It has a full bar but very limited selection of wines. Actually, just one kind, Sutter Home; and it comes in those little bottles that you get in the hotel rooms. I came with a group of friends. I was disappointed that they do not serve food. We had to go next door to Wings. We brought back baskets of tenders to share them with the group. The establishment is nice enough to allow food from the outside. It’s definitely a bar for the locals, and a place for certain type of customers.

Came here on a sat. With my friend. I loved this place. Bartenders were amazing and fast. Pool tables downstairs, bathroom was clean. Shuffle board was cool. Crowd was also cool. A lot of friendly people. We had a great time. No complaints here. and we pretty much utilized the whole place except darts. Even sitting at the bar was fun. I highly recommend u try out the place. Bring someone fun. You’ll have a great time. There’s no food tho. But plenty of places around to eat. There was no cover charge. And you can use credit cards.

I would give em Zero stars if I could. Went there to blow off steam on a Sunday afternoon and the bartender just couldn’t be bothered with doing her job. What are your drink specials…$ 3.50 for a pint of PBR… you gotta be kidding me, why don’t you just say you don’t have any? So I asked if they had any specials with shots and a pint and the bartender just walked away… if you hate your job that much why don’t you just quit lady? Whatever, I ask for very little and got so much less than that, this place is a joke and I’d rather piss my money away elsewhere.

I haven’t had alcohol in a long while and was excited to have a cocktail. I get to this place and the bartender asks me what I want and I asked for a cocktail he coyld recommend because frankly… I don’t know any. He looked at me like I was stupid. I asked if he could give me a few cocktail names and he couldn’t come up with one!!! A BARTENDER THAT DOESN’T KNOW ANY *&^#ING THING ABOUT DRINKS… hmmm. Not good. He was the son of the bartender there or son of the owner? I don’t know but that was the worst bar experience I had ever in my life! I hope you get treated as you treat others. Your attitude was very rude.

Great place to go and relax, I was told a suggestion on a drink I should try, ASTRO POP. Omg that was so good, afterwards it was time to go home. Lol thumbs up Cue n Brew

Went here on my 21^st and got the Strawberry Vagina. Hilarious name but it was delicious I think I had 3 that night :)

Been here alot due to the fact I live literally 2 minutes away, This place is a decent size for the space its in, the bartenders are all generally pretty nice and all make strong drinks. decent jukebox selection, pool tables are good.1 thing that’s kind of a downfall for me is it’s almost a little too cheap, brings in some tweakers trying to get blasted off 20 $, also a older crowd generally 45 And over, and the place does nothing to try and get younger people in there.

Very nice neighborhood hangout with super friendly staff. Love their new dartboards…

Nope. 5 dollar cover. Cash only bar. 4.50 in atm fees to take out a 20. The sad part is… They did this the night before thanksgiving, and the place wasn’t even busy! I saw a bare bar with no patrons multiple times throughout the night.
I won’t be back.

Cue & Brew the only real bar near me in Martinez. And a pretty cool bar at that pool tables, a bunch of big screen TVs with sports on, dart boards, cool digital jukebox and a well stocked bar not so bad. $ 11 an hour for the pool tables very reasonable especially compared to San Francisco. The bartender is kick ass megs excellent drinks and doesn’t skimp on the alcohol ;-) the crowd varies by night but usually a good mix of younger with some old locally types. I like this bar and its divey vibe and I think it’s cool that you look out the window in you see walmart. Nothing like a pool cue in one hand moonshine in the other and looking at Walmart. Although they do not have food there’s a wing place and a Hawaiian barbecue place next door and you can bring it in.

Great drinks and staff. The bouncers are big but very polite. The Bar Tender was this cute little Philippina who looked like she could eat anyone for breakfast, but was actually totally awesome and fun. The crowed have been friendly and fun.

AKA «Wal-​Bar» due to its proximity to Walmart in the same parking lot, this is a locals dive bar.
My friend’s friend was singing with her band here, which is what brought us to this place.
There is a small stage to the left of the entrance, room enough for a small cover group. To the right of the entrance is the bar with a bartender slinging brews.
The middle of the room is where its at, with pool tables where you can play to your heart’s content. They have seating as well where you can listen to people up on stage.

This place is in a parking lot between Wal-​Mart and Home Depot. If you don’t mind that, it’s actually not bad if only to come here for a game of pool and a beer.
The bartenders have always been very friendly (with one exception), they have a decent selection of beer, pour stiff drinks, and have a great special for pool before 6 pm. (I believe it’s $ 6/​hour for a table)
I did see a few fights at the bar here, but they were resolved very quickly by the staff.
Also, when I’ve come here, it’s been quiet (once during the day, and a few times in the evening). There is a pricey and limited jukebox, but it would be nice for them to just have music playing.
And there’s a decent and cheap sushi place next door.
Not bad for a neighborhood bar.

Great dive bar. Pool tables are always available. I spend way too much time here. Drinks are pretty cheap and bartenders are nice, especially Lisa!

I will say this I am a fan. I came here on a Thursday night with some of the boys to grab some beers and play pool. We got in there and it’s a pretty big place with lots of room so you won’t be bumping into people all the time at cramped tiny bars. The atmosphere is a little confused. It’s definitly a dude bar, hardly any women inside and the music choices are scattered. One minute they play country the next minute ASAP Rocky, it was hard to get into the scene. The bar is pretty well stocked and the drinks areat a decent price so a plus. However the price to play pool is their downfall. It is way too expensive for my liking. There are cheaper rates at the local bowling alley or another pool bar in Berkeley which has more young people and college students and since that is my age group I feel more comfortable but this place is more low key for chill nights. It is in the middle of a strip mall in the wal mart parking lot so tons of parking. It was pretty cool just a little confusing trying to figure out it’s identity and pool rates are too expensive but it’s okay for what is around the area.

I am not a fan of sports bar atmosphere. I went here for a friends birthday and I was having a bad dry spell where I wasn’t drinking because my body just needed time to heal. So I was able to enjoy the place sober. Its an average bar with the very original sports bar themes paraphernalia all over. The bar tender was great and she looked as if she could kick everyones ass in the place. It was surprisingly crowded for what I thought a bar in a strip mall would be.
Its all right.