Harvard Yard Bar — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Do you like crowded bars? Places that are trendy and cutting edge? Is a room full of drunk, gyrating people your idea of fun? Then stay the hell away from my bar!! Harvard Yard is a great little hole in the wall that is never the claustrophobic nightmare that you get at other bars. Simple kitchen menu, beer selection never rotates or changes and the staff are laid back locals who can tell you about the nearest taco shop and the best places to go in the area. I love this place and I hope you dont show up with like 10 of your friends looking for instagram pics and...

We walked in around 9 on a Friday and the only people in the bar were the bartender and one extremely drunk patron. I love dive bars, but if you're going to keep a place this run-down, you have to have a good crowd. We ordered food, which the bartender disappeared for ten minutes to, presumably, cook herself, leaving us alone with the drunk guy. All in all just a bizarre,...

The bar was cool once we got in, but the security guy was power tripping like he thought he was guarding the pentagon or something. Not worth the hassle, I'll probably go somewhere else next time.

Edited: Reduced to 1 star because I learned the bar owner stiffed the bands that played. Go somewhere else, I definitely...