Jasper O’Farrell’s Pub

It was very Sebastopol-​ly with the hippies and hoodlums and such. Good place to stop for a beer.

Moral Turpitude!
Jasper O’Farrell’s Pub is a disorderly house. The conduct of its owner and (manager) has become a public nuisance. Their license needs to be revoked!!!

I have been to a few thousand bars in the last 30 years and this rates right down there at the bottom. My first experience some 20 years ago pre-​dates Unilocal… I hadn’t back for 2 decades so that should give you a hint at my initial impressions. Last week my wife and I stopped in for an afternoon pop. The bartender was horrible, beside poor personal hygiene she was engaged in a gossip-​laced, shit talking session about a patron that had just left. Uncool. The service was dismissive. The beer was fine (not a great price but acceptable) but the place really needs a good de-​odorizing. I know that bars have an odor and can be funky sometimes (and am fine with that — no biggie) but this place stinks like farts, BO and ancient smoke. Not a good combo when paired with the service…

Went for the first time. Bartender was a total jerk! My friends and I were super happy, polite, and friendly, and for no reason this guy just lost it on us — insulting us and calling us derogatory names, all while insisting he was «no drama» over and over. He even made me the wrong drink, then said it didn’t matter that it was wrong because i was probably too drunk to notice (I wasn’t). I politely paid for it and drank it anyway, and we left quickly. The regulars in the bar apologized to us for his behavior. He followed us out and yelled at us while we walked away. This guy is completely nuts.
Went to the other downtown bars afterwards, where everyone else we talked to said that this is a regular occurrence. So now I know what bar to avoid.

If you’re here, you’re at the best bar in Sebastopol. I mean there’s hop monk which has better beer and better food (wouldn’t be hard), but we’re talking about bars here. There’s like 3, maybe 4 to choose from. This one is your huckleberry.

I would normally give this sort of place 1 star… let’s be honest… it’s a dive bar, so expecting anything else from it, would be silly. BUT, even dive bars have more than 1 person working a holiday! This review is specific to Halloween… I used to really enjoy coming here for open mic or comedy shows yearrrrsss ago. ;) I felt SO bad for the poor guy (bartender) who was doing his best with the completely packed with sloppy drunks bar/​dance club? Lets get honest again… the dance floor is a tiny square thats usually filled with the drunkest of the lot… Ill dance by the pool tables… the only place with space.
Halloween night we decided to go get a «real» drink and check out what was going on downtown Sebastopol. So, we left the EPIC fundraiser we were attending for «open our hospital» at the cultural arts center and began our adventure. We first stopped at old main… it was packed! I love costumes, so we stayed long enough for me to check everyone’s costumes out and take photos… but I was so wrapped up in the fun, I forgot to order a drink! On our way back to the fundraiser it was my idea to stop at Jasper O’Farrell’s. The vibe was really weird from walking in… stares…extremely drunk (like to the point that you should stop serving them) and obnoxiously rude people… This was not the jaspers I fondly remembered. :(Anyway, all disappointments aside… I went straight to the bar and stood behind 2 women who already had their drinks… my friend stood about a foot away from me, in hopes one of us would get his attention… After 5 minutes, I started to notice that there were no bouncers (on halloween? But they have bouncers for reggae concerts? Weird) then I noticed he was the ONLY person working. No bar back… no cook… no manager… solely this one super being serving a plethora of drunken fools. My hat (if I was wearing one) goes off to this superhero bartender for not walking out! That was madness! I would really love to give this place more stars… but from the diveyness, to the wasted money and time on a drink I couldn’t even drink after one sip (red bull and Grey goose vodka… All goose and I don’t drink to get drunk like most of the people that were there), so yeah… that was another issue. I think he thought he was «hooking me up», but I ended up talking one sip and leaving the rest… my time was more valuable than trying to get him to fix it. 2 stars is being generous. I doubt I will be returning, especially with the options for local entertainment.

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It’s a dive bar. Your feet feel like they’re sticking to the ground. The chairs are falling apart. I definitely would not eat any of the food as he might get food poisoning.

Went there to listen to Brittany Bexton, a friend’s daughter perform. This place is too much of a dive for my taste, which is reflected in the clientele. The place is pretty run-​down and dumpy, for example the swivel barstools are very uncomfortable and beat up. Surprisingly their burgers were very good.

Stopped by this place on a whim after a fancy dinner and the need for some good old fashioned beer. Granted I felt a little out of place with a summer dress and heels on, but I loved the low key semi divey atmosphere of the bar.
It was a Thursday night and I saw a special on the board for lasagna and garlic bread — I wished we hadn’t eaten before we got there! There were many great beers to choose from and at 5.50 each (and they offer happy hour at the normal times) I was happy to be hanging out there.
Definitely would love to return with more friends and to play pool!

Love this bar! Was part of a bachelorette party and they made us feel incredibly welcome! My go to bar in Sebastopol.

Have been here a good number of times and it is not a bad place to go if your just looking to hang out and have a drink at a divey joint. The drinks are reasonably priced but sometimes weak. They have a pool table and dart board. The crowd is a mixed bag but friendly.

Loud. Pool table. Smoking porch.

Jenna, the bar girl is awesome! love her. she remembered my name :)
music is hip. happy hour great. love the free peanuts! and space to drink and smoke at the back! has a pool table too, everything a bar needs really :)
Kevin Devine

I have gone there a couple of times with friends when we were in Sebastopol and we had a great time. I guess the ownership changed about a year ago and the new owner was there bartending. She was friendly and quick. One night was a reggae night and the other was a DJ. Very diverse crowd and it would be really hard not to have a good time.

Came here on a Monday night so I am not surprised it wasn’t crowded. Actually there was probably less than 15 people. That’s fine because it meant drinks came fast and the pool table was open.
The bartender here was sweet and created fun drinks for my friends and I. I highly recommend there drink called a Creamsicle. It tastes as you would expect exactly like one!
The music was just okay, but not horrible. We kept ourselves entertained by trying to learn how to play pool.

Went to Sebastopol for a Bachelorette Party weekend. Hit Jaspers for our bar night out and it was memorable.
The music wasn’t great but doable. The DJ could have played more to the crowd that was there and dancing. The dance floor was a good size and wasn’t too crowded.
The bartender was generous and very friendly. The drinks I felt were generous and priced well.
I will definitely go here again the next time I am in the area.

I come here on occasion for the dubstep nights, and it’s fun once in a while. I definitely wouldn’t come regularly.
It’s a decent bar with great prices and really great — generous and friendly — bartenders. They have pool, and more often than not they have live music of a non-​dubstep variety. They also have an outdoor patio that’s reasonably nice.
On dubstep nights (Wednesdays usually) it is PACKED. You have to be really in the mood to tackle those nights.

Jaspar O’farrell’s is an old style irish pub type. tall ceilings. wooden structure. long bar. a few tables. lots of room to mingle about on the floor.
by chance came here when they had an ownership change and are now offering
happy hour, every day, 3 – 6. drinks not specified.
drink: eye in the hawk (3.5) 10ish draughts, lots of bottles on the wall.
–mendocino beer co. not bad for hot whether drinking.
on draught:
–many themed activity nights
–friendly bartender, patrons.

Reggae night… so not canceled. Went there last week. I was surprised at how much fun I had, but I guess the company accounts for it as well. =)
Really good music, fortunately they didn’t play too much hip hop. FREAKIN packed by 12am but everyone was very nice. First time I’ve shared a space with such a diverse crowd since moving to Sonoma County which felt SO GOOD; kinda felt like I was back in SF at Club Six. Danced my tookus off. Will definitely return. Please spin Sister Nancy…
Anyways, love this space. First time I ever walked in, it was by accident, on a Sunday night. Pool table, few booths and stools, complete with a disinterested bartender who appeared to be an old-​time surfer. Wood everywhere, nothing fancy, chic, sexy or modern about it. Just a great place to relax and have a drink while wearing my favorite baggy boy sweats. Generous pours of Jameson, buncha brews on tap, Knob Creek ready at hand, but always out of Black (dammit).
But as time passed and many visits later, I’ve come to realize that Jasper’s is much more versatile. Sometimes an old man dive, other times a casual, dim lit apres-​dinner nightcap lounge for couples, and then again it reinvents itself as the weekly raucous horny college night hookup joint.
More stars for the usually clean bathroom, large smoking patio out back with an extra bar there for when the place is packed to capacity, and the staff:
Love the Pac Islander doorman, all the super sweet female bartenders who do their very best to please;
and a special place in my heart for ‘Tender Greg, ponytail, beard, surfer shorts, huge ass pours and all.