Corner Pocket West Seattle — Restaurant in Seattle

A fun bar with good food and drinks. They have pinball, Skeeball, darts, a jukebox, and 3 9’ gold crown pool tables.

The middle table has been out of level for 2 years, they re-cloth the tables about every 18 months, and do not polish the balls regularly. They keep their house cues in good shape and they all have good useable tips and are generally pretty straight.

The tables get a lot of use, and most nights require getting your name on a list to rent one, but there is pretty good turnover and rarely have to wait more than an hour before one is available. There is a great group of local pool players that tend to all share a table to avoid clogging the list and taking up multiple tables, they are welcoming to new players and set standards and maintain a culture of respecting the equipment.

They have free pool on sundays, and often times this is when the longest wait times for a table occur. I have strongly encouraged the staff to implement a chalkboard style list at one of the tables on sundays. If they left 2 tables to be traditionally rented, and one table that all people are welcome to sign up and play, people could come in and immediately get into rotation while waiting for their turn at a private table.

Some of the best pool bar cultures I have been a part of have included a chalkboard. It brings people together and builds a community. My understanding of the hesitancy revolves around having the equipment stolen since there is no specific person responsible for the balls, which are expensive and a target for theft. But I think there is a big enough community of regular players that there could be at least an option when grabbing the balls from the bar, that someone could also request the chalkboard and be responsible for both. or better yet, if the 2 private tables are already rented then the chalkboard table would be the last option to rent and you could keep your spot on the list for a private table but you are responsible for and able to use the chalkboard table until it becomes available.

Leveling the center table next time the cloth is replaced, vacuuming the cloth at least once per week, polishing the balls at least once per week, and adding a chalkboard to the table closest to the bar would all be massive improvements to an already great bar. I can’t give it less than 5 stars as it is, but I hope these suggestions at least get a moment of honest...

If you like a grunge style, mind your own business, I just turned 21 and want a drink type place, it's not too bad! Told bartender there was chipped glass in my drink and handed the glass to her saying she should prolly burn the ice, and she said nothing, handed me my full bill and walked away. Coming from Alki with Admiral Pub (amazing ppl and employees) being our home bar, we were looking forward to making this place we have visited several times our new place. Not clean, foods no good, no one moves when you say excuse me, if you ask questions, bartender seems annoyed to help, and the darts don't stick and they really don't care. We now walk the extra mile to Larry's Tavern or Veo to Admiral or Yen Wor for...

We had some friends in town and wanted to find a bar, watch games, play darts and pool if possible. I’ve lived in WS for 7 years and am ashamed I don’t go here more often.

It had everything we were looking for! Great drinks, the place was spacious, plenty of tvs. I only tried a couple flavors of the wings and wasn’t a fan (I like crispy wings with fry rubs or sauces that don’t kill the texture) but maybe other things are good.

Id highly recommend if you want to play pool,...